Notes from the Music Director 2-13-12

Howdy, all!

The Side Door Lock Combination

***IMPORTANT NEWS BULLETIN***

The combination for the side door entrance will be CHANGED on MARCH 1st.  For obvious reasons, we can't post the new combination here or on the website or in an email, so...
TO GET THE NEW SIDE DOOR COMBINATION, CALL KRZA, 589-8844 OR 1-800-290-0887.
If you show up at the station for your show and have forgotten the password, call the on-call phone number: 588-4561.  

Spinitron:

More and more folks are signing onto Spinitron, and I'm seeing more and more playlists online!  Yay!  Thank you!  

As everybody gets up and going, of course, some quirks are beginning to float to the surface.  Here's one:  when you log on to enter your playlist, Spinitron will apparently let you enter data under other peoples' shows in addition to your own.  Please make sure that you're entering your playlist under YOUR show, and not someone else's!

Also, just a reminder: if you're entering a new release, in addition to checking the "New" box under the data entry fields, make sure and enter the library number in the "Song Notes" field.

Yummy new releases: 

The bright point of this week's adds is definitely Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound.  This singer-songwriter has an incredible voice, backed by a tight, energetic band; sort of a country-flavored Indigo Girl sound.  And it's rare that I can sincerely say that there's not a single track on this album that I don't like.  (Unfortunately, however, the FCC will frown if we air track #3 because of a little profanity, so just be aware.)  Sing It, Sisters and acoustic DJs, it's going to be love at first listen!

Jazz DJs, if you like Kenny-G style cool jazz, Kirk Whalum's new album "Romance Language" might be just the thing to mellow out and wind down your show.  Also, if you ignore the weak tracks, Akiko's "Sakura" is a nice tribute to the earthquake victims in Japan...and it's good jazz, too.

Fans of British punk rock, definitely check out You Me At Six's "Sinners Never Sleep".  A most respectable rock-listening opportunity.

That's it for now.  Thanks for "tuning in", and we'll see you next week!