breathe in the night, let it know just who you are
It’s kinda pathetic when the best music station on the radio is the local NPR station. They seem to be the only one who’s playing something besides hiphop or punk or bubblegum pop or worse, 80s music. I listen to NPR every morning on my way to work, so I discovered quite inadvertently that every night, they host “Cafe Tonight” where they feature local artists, plus a wide variety of alternative, acousitc bands. Just my type.
For example, tonight, through “Cafe Tonight”, I discovered that Carbon Leaf released a new album on Sept. 12th (yes, i squeed) and already I’m in love with it. Especially “Under the Wire.” Too bad it’s not on iTunes yet… I can’t decide whether I should wait to see if iTunes picks it up or just buy it on Amazon.
Carbon Leaf also played tonight in Chicago. I may have been tempted to tackle the big city had I known. Instead, I did have a good evening, hanging out with a couple of other interns. I’m trying to get a social life, so I’ll have something to talk about when I call people or update LJ. I guess talking about my patients gets a little wearisome after a while.
Have you checked out WMSE (91.7)? They’re also a very good station with an eclectic mix, I enjoy listening to it when I’m down there (doesn’t get up here and it would be blocked out anyway by the high school/public radio station here in town).
And oh God, do I agree about Milwaukee radio, three companies own most of the FM stations and the one that isn’t (WKTI) is just as lame. It’s even worse up north, where one company owns all the stations here in town except for the sports talk one. That’s why I stick to news radio or the sweetness that is my iPod.
WMSE also has a live stream though, it’s in iTunes under the Radio option, then the Public Radio category.
They came out with a new album?
Coolness!!!