28 April 2012 - Mutwawa, Mutant Genes, Roman Gabriel Todd & the Nervous Ticks at Strange Matter

Same day!  Different show!  After seeing the bands I wanted to outside at the Shadrock Festival, I headed indoors to Strange Matter so see EVEN MORE music.  I didn’t get any pics of Mutwawa this time, but captured everybody else.  Most folks played from the floor, so the lighting was kinda dark, but I still think the pics turned out pretty interesting.  It’s all about the documentation, because I’m just a historian at heart.

Continuing my slow quest to document the shows I’ve been going to…

28 April 2012 - The Dum Dum Girls & Yo La Tengo at the Shadrock music festival.

It rained off and on that day, and my focus, since it was a day-long festival, was to see these 2 bands.  So I pretty much ignored everyone else on the bill.  I’ve played the Dum Dum Girls on my radio show, so I wanted to see them live.  And I’ve been a fan of Yo La Tengo since I was in college, so there was no way I was missing them.  I just wanted to take the whole thing in.  

And this is why community radio stations like WRIR are so important!  We DON’T play the same songs over and over again.  Our DJs are local residents who love music and decide on their own what they want to play on their shows.  Every 2-3 hours from 5pm to 8am (our music programming time) you get to hear music selected by individual DJs who play music they LIKE, not because anyone tells them to play it.
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Follow the link to stream or download the podcast of today’s Thursday Breakfast Blend (originally broadcast on WRIR in Richmond, VA).  It was a very blendy blend this morning!  I hope you enjoy it!

26 April 2012 - The Features performing “Whatever Gets You By” and “The Drawing Board” at Strange Matter, RVA.

26 April 2012 - The Green Hearts covering “In The City” at Strange Matter, RVA.

26 April 2012 - The Trillions performing at Strange Matter, RVA.  I couldn’t figure out what song this is, so if you know, feel free to tell me!

26 April 2012 - The Trillions join Herschel Stratego onstage to back him on “Tall Handsome Man”

Strange Matter, RVA

26 April 2012 - Herschel Stratego, The Trillions, The Green Hearts, and The Features (from Tennesee)
at Strange Matter, RVA 

Filled in for Jamie Lay on this week’s edition of “Love And other Crimes.”  Join me for a primarily 50s-70s focused romp through the ups and downs of love between people.  The podcast has a crackle in the background, but it makes it sound a bit more like the vinyl-heavy show that Jamie usually plays.  Follow the link to stream or download the podcast.  Thanks for listening!