Hablar de esta radio, representa una de las pocas ideas novedosas que sucedieron en la radio de mexico, donde ahora esta lleno de reggaetoneros y pop basura (y si tienes suerte escuchas alguna cancion de los beatles), en fin esta estación esta muerta, solo los pocos que sobrevieron fueron:
Olallo Rubio, Warpig, Rulo
El primero tenia ideas muy locas como los Juguetes Radioactivos, desde una avalancherokee hasta un burdel king xD, un monton de ideas de burla ni como olvidar la musica que pasaban en la estación, las mas comunes (y que de paso regalaron en sus discos de aniversario, que por cierto deberian estar como "Temas completos" en el sitio, pero ya es imposible subirlos xD).

En orden alfabetico se los pongo:

Ace of Base - All That She Wants
Aerosmith - Amazing
Beck - Loser
Bon Jovi - Always
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Dionne Farris - I Know
Duran Duran - White Lines
Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
Everything but the Girl - Missing
Fobia - revolucion de manos
Guns N' Roses - Since I Don't Have You
Hootie & the Blowfish - Only Wanna Be With You
Jaguares - Detras de los Cerros
Oasis - Wonderwall
Passengers - Miss Sarajevo
Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
Radiohead - High and Dry
Scatman John - Scatman
Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Soda Stereo - Zoom
Supergrass - Allright
The Grid - Swamp Thing
The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches
Van Halen - Can't Stop Lovin' You
Weezer - Buddy Holly
ZZ Top - Double Back

Lo Suficiente como para hacer 2 discos de lo mejor del rock alternativo de los 90's, xD, como sea, los antes de los 2000s, la musica era muchisimo mejor e incluso radiohead sonaba mejor que ahora.

#1 Artists for the week
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Sun, 2008-02-10 Final Fantasy 222
Sun, 2008-02-17 Death Cab for Cutie 210
Sun, 2008-02-24 East River Pipe 277
Sun, 2008-03-02 Janet Jackson 146
Sun, 2008-03-09 Broken Social Scene 348
Sun, 2008-03-16 +/- 299
Sun, 2008-03-23 65daysofstatic 537
Sun, 2008-03-30 Placebo 443

Sun, 2008-04-06 Mariah Carey 318
Sun, 2008-04-13 Mariah Carey 1124
Sun, 2008-04-20 Mariah Carey 1274
Sun, 2008-04-27 Placebo 657
Sun, 2008-05-04 張懸 382
Sun, 2008-05-11 Death Cab for Cutie 599
Sun, 2008-05-18 Jason Mraz 338
Sun, 2008-05-25 Do Make Say Think 185
Sun, 2008-06-01 盧廣仲 384
Sun, 2008-06-08 陳綺貞 225
Sun, 2008-06-15 Coldplay 253
Sun, 2008-06-22 Coldplay 150
Sun, 2008-06-29 Everything but the Girl 629

Sun, 2008-07-06 Bill Evans 173
Sun, 2008-07-13*Bill Evans 147
Sun, 2008-07-20 Bill Evans 226
Sun, 2008-07-27 Stars 254
Sun, 2008-08-03 Kings of Convenience 217
Sun, 2008-08-10 Kings of Convenience 342
Sun, 2008-08-17 Kings of Convenience 405


＊10 Artists at #1 with 147 plays the week

I've held off for a bit before writing about the recent facelift that Last gave the site. I wanted to really get a feel for it and see what I thought before I critiqued it.

Overall, I'd give it a B+. When I first saw it, it was rather jarring to see such a drastic change. Nothing looked the same. But once I started getting used to where everything moved to, I started liking it more and more. And there are some really powerful tools that they've added that make me one very happy camper:

1) Live updating of charts. WTF? Seriously? You can do this now???? I've been here for 2 years and have been wanting this the whole time, and finally it's arrived. The second a track is scrobbled, I get to see that show up. This is how it always SHOULD have been, and I think this is one of those things where we're seeing the impact from CBS' purchase of Last. They finally had the capital to build the infrastructure necessary to do this and I couldn't be happier.

2) Simple, fast customization of charts. This is freakin' awesome! With a simple click, I can switch between the various options for chart display and not have to leave the page or wait for it to reload. This is an excellent use of AJAX scripting and as a coder, I'm impressed. But as a music lover and charts junkie, I'm even more thrilled by this since it used to be such a hassle to go through and look at the chart histories.

3) The new streaming player. I'm very much enjoying the new music streaming capabilities of the site. Most of the time, I try to use
Simplify Media to stream my music when I'm away from home, but I've now got a solid second option for playing my library. An excellent job on this.


The drawbacks:
1) What the heck happened to Recent Visitors?? This was one of my favorite parts of being a subscriber, and now it's gone. I met a ton of folks on Last just from either seeing they'd visited me or them seeing I'd visited their page, and now that's gone. Bring it back!!

2) I think it's a huge mistake for the shoutbox to be buried at the bottom of the page. Last is supposed to be about this great social side to music, but they've now made it harder to socialize with others. It's not that big a deal since it's at least still on the page, but it just seems to go against the ideal of what the site is about.


If they keep working on the new design and refining it, I just see it getting better and better. Not that I'm going to go anywhere else, but this redesign has certainly given me more reason to keep coming back.

Now, on to the music. I'll use the handy-dandy charts to see my top artists from the last 3 months to see what I've been listening to. And here they are:

No. Artist Count
1 Róisín Murphy 263
2 John Mayer 162
3 Tegan and Sara 153
4 Rachael Yamagata 98
5 Ani DiFranco 86
5 Bent 86
7 Moloko 80
8 Natalie Walker 78
9 Sia 76
10 KT Tunstall 74
11 Feist 72
12 Tori Amos 65
13 Laura Veirs 64
13 Jamie Lidell 64
15 Lamb 57
16 Beth Orton 56
16 Snow Patrol 56
18 Everything but the Girl 54
19 Deee-Lite 50
19 MC Frontalot 50


Now, of course I wouldn't be me if me regulars of Johnnie, Ani, Bent, KT, Torie, Lamb, Beth and EBTG didn't show up in there somewhere. I've talked about them all so much, though, that I'm going to look at the newcomers, the trailblazers, the funky fresh tunes that I've been sinking my ears into lately.

As you can tell, I've been loving me some Róisín. She has been everything I was hoping to find and more. If I had an iPod in the car instead of listening to CDs when I drive, her playcount would easily have doubled, too! Ruby Blue is an awesome album, with her time in Moloko being very evident. I love the use of horns throughout the album - something I was not expecting at all, but that works very well. With Overpowered, she took a big step forward and took the music deeper into the electronic world of sound. The synth and bass is very well done and complements her incredible voice. Scarlet Ribbons is a song that just touches my heart a bit and makes me hope my daughters feel much the same way when they grow up.

Another fairly new player in my library is Tegan and Sara. I had stumbled across them a little before my last journal in March, and I'm still very much enjoying them. The one "problem" I have is that there's some punk influence there, which means their songs tend to be short and so their playcount is a bit inflated simply because 30 minutes listening to them will get 10 tracks scrobbled instead of 6-7 from another artist. But waaaaaaaah - I'm just a whiner, huh? :)

Ms. Yamagata is back at the top of my charts after her long-awaited return from the abyss of Record Label Hell®. For anyone that's a fan and hasn't discovered this yet, she's released a 3-song EP as a bit of a teaser for her upcoming album. It's available on her site as a download for $3, and it's definitely worth it if you've been as starved for new material as me. I still haven't found a release date for her new album, but hopefully it's not too much longer.

Another re-emerging artist on my list is Natalie Walker. I loved her voice when she rolled out Urban Angel and she's just dropped her new album this week, With You. I'm still digesting it, but I'm not disappointed. I don't like it as much as her first one at this point, but I'm still enjoying it after the first couple of listens. I fully expect it to grow on me more as I hear it.

Laura Veirs has been a joy to discover. She's another one that hunnybee7 introduced us to, and I've been quite happy about that. I can't quite describe the music, but it's a mix of acoustic folk and grunge rock with lyrical vocals that tickles my ear drums when i listen to it. Highly recommended.

Last but not least is MC Frontalot, the Nerdcore rapper from the rough streets of inner-city Mario Land. Would you have ever thought that someone could mix gaming and general geekdom with hip hop? Not only has he done that, but he's done it extremely well. Along with Optimus Rhyme (and others I'm unaware of, I'm sure), Front has brought some serious geek credentials to the rap game and makes for a light, enjoyable listen that will make you laugh a lot.


Well, I think I should wrap up this novel for now. Keep an eye out - I may shock you all with another post one of these days! :)

poor-de-chirico's top albums
1. 'Til Tuesday - Everything's Different Now (208) 2. 10,000 Maniacs - Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982-1983 (158) 3. Joan Armatrading - Track Record (148) 4. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (144) 5. Shona Laing - South (144) 6. 10,000 Maniacs - The Wishing Chair (131) 7. Everything but the Girl - The Best of Everything But The Girl (128) 8. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (119) 9. 'Til Tuesday - Welcome Home (119) 10. The Replacements - Let It Be (117) 11. 10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (116) 12. Laurie Anderson - Big Science (111) 13. Everything but the Girl - Idlewild (108) 14. Jane Siberry - The Speckless Sky (106) 15. Suburban Lawns - Suburban Lawns (104) 16. Laura Nyro - Time and Love: The Essential Masters (100) 17. Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America (97) 18. 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry (96) 19. Laurie Anderson - United States Live (95) 20. Paula Cole - This Fire (94) 21. Yoko Ono - Walking on Thin Ice (92) 22. Cake Like - Goodbye, So What? (89) 23. Judy Collins - Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (88) 24. Jane Siberry - When I Was A Boy (88) 25. 10,000 Maniacs - Blind Man's Zoo (88) 26. The Bangles - Different Light (86) 27. Goo Goo Dolls - Hold Me Up (82) 28. Slowdive - Souvlaki (78) 29. Sam Phillips - The Indescribable Wow (78) 30. The Cure - Disintegration (77) 31. Y Kant Tori Read - Y Kant Tori Read (75) 32. Fairground Attraction - The First of a Million Kisses (74) 33. The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (74) 34. Various Artists - Pure Moods (74) 35. Eurythmics - Revenge (72) 36. Annie Lennox - Diva (71) 37. R.E.M. - Murmur (70) 38. The Replacements - Tim (70) 39. 10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged (69) 40. Laurie Anderson - Strange Angels (69) 41. Kate Bush - The Whole Story (69) 42. Donna Lewis - Now in a Minute (67) 43. Tanita Tikaram - The Sweet Keeper (66) 44. Joan Osborne - Relish (65) 45. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (65) 46. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (65) 47. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (64) 48. The B-52's - Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation (64) 49. Anne Clark - Changing Places (62)
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Tue 15 Jul – We Are Scientists, Fight Like Apes

Not knowing anything at all about either of the two bands or the venue, I was pleasantly surprised. It was a beautiful English summer evening, about 20 degrees, and the Somerset House setting was gorgeous. And well-organised queues for the well-staffed bars (even though £9 for a pint of Pimm's or £4 for a pint of generic lager is a pretty breathtaking rip-off) which, when you're used to Brixton Academy, is lovely.

Fight Like Apes were (contrary to some of the comments I've seen) actually OK. The front-woman has a great voice (hints of Tracey Thorn from Everything but the Girl) and the bass player played a few cool riffs. They had about half an hour's worth of good tunes, too. But the drummer seemed lacking in energy (or skill?) and so songs that could have been floor-fillers dragged somewhat. The hairy keyboardist was, well, full of the energy that the drummer lacked. Shame he could only expend it on holding down 2 keys on his Moog and moshing/flailing wildly. But entertaining...

We Are Scientists were ace. Great rapport with the crowd, very funny too, some great tunes. It's not really the usual style of music I go and see, but I and my friend were both up and grooving (well, in a way) and really enjoyed the show. Will hear more of their stuff...

3 PM:
BBC News Headlines
Brian Wilson / Love and Mercy / Brian Wilson (Warner Archives/Rhino 88)
Friendly Fires / On Board / Friendly Fires (XL/Beggars Group 08) [album released September 1]
Hot Butter / Popcorn / Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, v.14 [Various Artists] (Rhino 72/90)
Yazoo / Ode to Boy [Das Shadow Re-Work] / Reconnected EP (Mute UK 08) [appearing at Lakewood Theater, Dallas next Tuesday, July 22]
Everything but the Girl / Flipside / Walking Wounded / Atlantic (96)
Bridge Music: Twilight Archive / Something Unquiet / Ritual Fiction (Electrophonogram 08)

3:30 PM:
Arthur Yoria / I Don't Wear Red / [digital single] (12 08) [appearing on SOUND AWAKE and at McGonigel's Mucky Duck Tuesday, July 29]
Fleetwood Mac / The Ledge / Tusk (Warner Bros. 79)
fredmusic / Sugar / Sound Awake (Overdone Music 05)
The New Pornographers / Chump Change / Electric Version (Matador/Beggars Group 03)
Dulcesky / Icon of Distress / Unfamiliar EP (Nueve Music/Eden's Watchtower 08)
The Church / Ripple / Priest=Aura (Arista 92)
Southern Backtones / Forever / Southern Backtones (self-release 04) [appearing at AvantGarden Friday]
Bridge Music: TWILIGHT ARCHIVE / Flow of Know / Ritual Fiction (Electrophonogram 08)

4 O'CLOCK 80s BLOCK: SPECIAL Todd Rundgren EDITION
[all selections performed and/or produced by Todd, who appears at Warehouse Live Monday, July 21]
TODD RUNDGREN / Something to Fall Back On / A Cappella (Rhino 85) [request]
" / Pulse / Healing (Rhino/Bearsville 81)
" / Don't Hurt Yourself / The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (Rhino/Bearsville 82)
The Rubinoos / If I Had You Back / Party of Two [EP] (Wounded Bird 83)
The Pursuit of Happiness / She's So Young / Love Junk (Chrysalis 88)
4:20 DRUG WAR NEWS with DEAN BECKER
Jules Shear / Whispering Your Name / Watch Dog (EMI America 83)
XTC / Mermaid Smiled / Skylarking [original LP/current CD editions] (Caroline 86)
Bridge Music: TWILIGHT ARCHIVE / No Longer Nomads / Ritual Fiction (Electrophonogram 08)

4:30 PM:
Peter Gabriel / Down to Earth / Wall•E [Soundtrack] (Walt Disney 08)
Hooverphonic / Frosted Flake Wood / The Magnificent Tree (Epic 00)
The Legendary Pink Dots / Belladonna / The Maria Dimension (Play It Again Sam 91)
Neil Halstead / Paint a Face / Oh! Mighty Engine (Brushfire 08) [album released July 29]
Bob Lind / It's Just My Love / You Might Have Heard My Footsteps: The Best of Bob Lind (EMI 67/93)
Freedy Johnston / Cold Again / This Perfect World (Elektra 94)
Exit Music: TWILIGHT ARCHIVE / The Cooling Tower / Ritual Fiction (Electrophonogram 08)

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