JSngry Posted September 23, 2006 Report Posted September 23, 2006 (edited) ...and I'm listening to the local Desi station. It's a Friday night party set, they got the shit going on, the DJs are taking live calls and shoutouts over the music, and yeah, ok, let's roll. It's all new to me, but I know a party when I hear it. This shit is jammin' for real. Then the DJ comes on with a trivia quiz. Usually on this station, the trivia questions involve something Bollywood related. But this is Friday night, and the target audience is clearly a younger set than what gets played during the day. So I'm wondering what the trivia question is going to be, whether it'll be Bollywood, or something about the Hindu rapping that's been going on or just what. Hell, I don't know. Like I said, this is all new to me. So here it comes... "What is the oldest object oriented programming language? Call us NOW at 972-XXX-XXXX!" They had a winner in less than 5 minutes. Simula. (numerous claims of Smalltalk were rebuffed) Impressive! And the party never stopped. Edited September 23, 2006 by JSngry Quote
JSngry Posted September 23, 2006 Author Report Posted September 23, 2006 (edited) 1600 AM during the day, and then they switch to 920 AM at night. How/why they do that, I don't know. Rod - they say they're in Cockrell Hill. But as you've noted to me, the phone # suggests otherwise. Al - This is a totally commercial station. The owner is a cat named Rehan Siddiqi who pimps himself relentlessly through his DJs. Cat's gotta be a hustler! But the commercials are mostly for restaurants, financial advisors, real estate agents, and travel agents. Everything's in English, except for the songs. We're witnessing the first wave of assimilation here, and it's a treat for an armchair sociologist like me. Plus, the music is a gas. The music is mostly Bollywood durint the morning and early/mid afternoon, and then switches more to Hindi pop (very house oriented, it seems) once the sun starts going down. The music is, well, hey - if all you know of "Indian music" is the classical style of people like Ravi Shankar, let's just say that you're in for a surprise. Some of the beats are downright nasty, and the voices do things with mellisma and microtones that put "Western Pop" singers to shame after about a bar or two. And then there's the "everything but the kitchen sink" approach to instrumentation that you'll hear on some of these songs. There seems to be no instrument or sound that doesn't turn up eventually. How long you can listen to it is not something I'll predict, just because. But I'm finding it reason enough to listen to the radio in the car again. Edited September 23, 2006 by JSngry Quote
Dan Gould Posted September 23, 2006 Report Posted September 23, 2006 1600 AM during the day, and then they switch to 920 AM at night. How/why they do that, I don't know. Surely a licensing issue, probably related to how the 1600 mghz signal behaves at night - it probably interferes with another licensed station in another market. When I worked at WTNT Tallahassee, I had to make a similar switch on the AM talk radio sister station (which at that point was always riding the satelite and never had live hosts). The music is mostly Bollywood durint the morning and early/mid afternoon, and then switches more to Hindi pop (very house oriented, it seems) once the sun starts going down. The music is, well, hey - if all you know of "Indian music" is the classical style of people like Ravi Shankar, let's just say that you're in for a surprise. Some of the beats are downright nasty, and the voices do things with mellisma and microtones that put "Western Pop" singers to shame after about a bar or two. And then there's the "everything but the kitchen sink" approach to instrumentation that you'll hear on some of these songs. There seems to be no instrument or sound that doesn't turn up eventually. How long you can listen to it is not something I'll predict, just because. But I'm finding it reason enough to listen to the radio in the car again. About 8 years ago, a friend discovered, on the local PBS affiliate, a program of Bollywood videos. Not as "hip" as MTV was, but twice as mesmerizing. The colors, the weird sounding music, the hot babes, and the guys in Member's Only jackets. We'd catch it at 1 in the morning and no matter how tired we were, we didn't leave til it was over. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted September 23, 2006 Report Posted September 23, 2006 (edited) I would SO love to hear some of this stuff sometime. Does the station have an on-line feed?? - by any chance?? Edit: Or can anyone suggest any other on-line radio-stations with this kind of material?? Edited September 23, 2006 by Rooster_Ties Quote
JSngry Posted September 23, 2006 Author Report Posted September 23, 2006 (edited) The station in question has a link here: http://www.desiconnectionusa.com/radio/ but it's not working. There's a buttload full of other links to other stations, though, on that site. I've not checked them out yet, so can't comment on any of them, but there they are. But the music is only part of it for me. The commercials, and the DJ patter are every bit as interesting (well, ok, almost as interesting). Like I said, the process of assimilation going on right in front of us. Check it out. Edited September 23, 2006 by JSngry Quote
7/4 Posted September 23, 2006 Report Posted September 23, 2006 All that Hindustani non-classical rocks. I love it. Quote
WD45 Posted September 23, 2006 Report Posted September 23, 2006 1600 AM during the day, and then they switch to 920 AM at night. How/why they do that, I don't know. Certain licences on the AM band stipulate that they go to low power at dusk to prevent interference from other, larger stations at night. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 6, 2006 Report Posted October 6, 2006 Required viewing and listening. Especially you, Moose. (No, I don't know why.) You too, Sangry!!! Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 6, 2006 Report Posted October 6, 2006 Required viewing and listening. Especially you, Moose. (No, I don't know why.) You too, Sangry!!! Actually, that sounded more like a cover of "Are We Not Men? We are Shiva" to me... Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 6, 2006 Report Posted October 6, 2006 They have 29 wonderful releases to date... Sublime ...filled with humor, mystery, amazing saturated colors (both on the DVDs and CDs). Listening to your recommendation (Radio Soleil) now. MG might like this! Rod Only just caught up with this thread. Tried Radio Soleil but must have copped one of their 5 hour news broadcasts MG Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 6, 2006 Report Posted October 6, 2006 Youtube version of the same footage as above. Classic!! Must See TV Quote
sidewinder Posted October 6, 2006 Report Posted October 6, 2006 Youtube version of the same footage as above. Classic!! Must See TV I choked on my lunchtime beer.. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 9, 2006 Report Posted October 9, 2006 Good blog... http://www.ultrabrown.com Quote
Big Wheel Posted October 9, 2006 Report Posted October 9, 2006 Did any of you guys check this out when I posted it to the Youtube thread awhile back? Quote
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