jusssss lisin'

when mindy and i were driving down I-55 for Thanksgiving time, i tuned to 88.1 as soon as we closed in on the st. louis area. 88.1 is stl's public radio station and there's usually something good playing. and what did i hear? THE MARINE GIRLS HOLY SHIT! and then lush and then the jesus and mary chain. i didn't even have to hear the dj talk to figure out that this had to be the show Juxtaposition considering the time of the day and the day of the week (late wednesday). Juxtaposition was my saving grace in high school. i didn't have cable so no 120minutes unless i was staying at a friend's house (no offense to those people i friended just so i could sleep over and watch your cable and watch catherine wheel videos... it just had to be done), i had a total of 2 friends in my actual high school that listened to anything remotely interesting, i lived an hour away from the record store which my parent's wouldn't let me go to for fear of getting murdered (again no offense mom and dad for every other weekend that i went there anyway, usually by myself...it just had to be done), and the internet wasn't even in my vocabulary at that point. so this was it. i would tape it as much as i could; 90 minute tapes could only capture so much of a 120 minute radio show. it's unreal how much this show ushered music into my life that i never would have heard that is now so dear i can't imagine life without it. it was soooo varied. i know i have tapes with the bush tetra's, big black, bikini kill, sleater kinney (when they were babies), kmfdm, and the gits on one; dead can dance, cocteau twins, stereolab, nitzer ebb and the fastbacks on another. that's just barely scratching the surface. so anyway...the dj's name is rob and when he starts talking while mindy and i are riding along, he mentions that he's dj'ing a bar called the Royale in st. louis over the weekend. i love his radio show and i love that bar so of course we went, and carson came along too b/c he's a fan as well. long story short...i approached rob and handed over a few requests and OF COURSE i had to pull the whole, "when i was in high school...you played like, meat beat manifesto....and you introduced me to...so thank you for that." we chatted for awhile, he brings over a piece of paper to our table and says to write down whatever i want to hear. carson added a few too. so i looked up the archived shows online and there are two ahows where he plays a bunch of stuff on the request list: december 3rd and december 10th. have a listen.........

http://www.kdhx.org/index.php?option=com_kdhxradio&task=playlist&dothis=latest&show=Juxtaposition&Itemid=268

(there's a few minutes of garbage before his actual show starts)