Is KEXP jumping the shark?

Balls Mahoney · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:21 pm

They are having Moby come to the studio and spin records this afternoon and Tori Amos will be playing live on the station next week?

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

hey, moby's fine as long as he doesn't play any of his own stuff.

Tori Amos stills sucks, though.

Balls Mahoney · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:46 pm

Seems like a different mission for in studio guests than a couple of years ago.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:19 pm

That's pretty....um, "unindie", if there is such a thing anymore...
even if the line's been blurred, Moby and Tori Amos are definitely on the other side of the fence...

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:23 pm

moby dj'ing is ok. caught him doing that about 6 years ago. But both have watered down their stuff recently, and both are major labels.. oh well, just skip 'em

DHRjericho · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:32 pm

Jimmy Stripe Wrote:

They are having Moby come to the studio and spin records this afternoon and Tori Amos will be playing live on the station next week. Is KEXP jumping the shark?

No.

Psychlone · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:37 pm

I'm really beginning to hate the stupid banter between the DJs as they change shifts. It sounds exactly like a commercial radio station at time, save the music of course.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:39 pm

Psychlone Wrote:

I'm really beginning to hate the stupid banter between the DJs as they change shifts. It sounds exactly like a commercial radio station at time, save the music of course.

...because commercial radio stations never play Tori Amos and Moby, of course...

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:44 pm

no...KEXP is not an INDIE station.

They are a defined as a VARIETY station, not even a college variety station, plus they report to AAA charts so they have some of that too (Tori definitely fits that) meaning they can play whatever or have whomever they want on. Plus, you have to occasionally have someone a bit larger scale on to keep certain people still interested.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:13 pm

Death To Shoegaze666 Wrote:

no...KEXP is not an INDIE station.

They are a defined as a VARIETY station, not even a college variety station, plus they report to AAA charts so they have some of that too (Tori definitely fits that) meaning they can play whatever or have whomever they want on. Plus, you have to occasionally have someone a bit larger scale on to keep certain people still interested and make others who have supported the station for a long time taste a lil' bit of bile as they vomit in their mouths upon seeing what is becoming of their station.

DHRjericho · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:17 pm

Psychlone Wrote:

I'm really beginning to hate the stupid banter between the DJs as they change shifts. It sounds exactly like a commercial radio station at time, save the music of course.

That's like 2 minutes out of an hour. On the way to work in the morning you'd be lucky to hear 6 songs in an hour. How many on KEXP? How much DJ banter on the commercial radio stations? 15-20 minutes of wacky comedy with loads of great zingers and goofs. How much on KEXP? 2 minutes of playful banter amongst the dj's. Commercials? I won't even go there.

Basically don't listen to KEXP because i'm sure you all can find better stuff elsewhere. Why waste your time with KEXP? Just move on. I hear the End rocks.

DHRjericho · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:24 pm

Postmersh Wrote:

Plus, you have to occasionally have someone a bit larger scale on to keep certain people still interested and make others who have supported the station for a long time taste a lil' bit of bile as they vomit in their mouths upon seeing what is becoming of their station.

No true. I've been listening since it was KCMU (not really that long but 5+ years) and i've been giving my money for 4 years. I don't see a problem with Moby guest DJing. I remember when Moby wasn't in the mainstream Everything era and a commercial station wouldn't touch his stuff yet KEXP played him. Now they're supposed to turn their back on him because he's gained a mainstream audience?

I don't like Tori Amos but if they can play stuff like Tom Waits, Elvis Costello and the sort then why not have her perform in the studio?

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