IN THIS ISSUE OF THE 380 RPM INITIATIVE:
Adding this week: July 12 & 13!
This week at Space Radio.
Impacting now!
Diary of a Texas girl lost in the Midwest.
Journal of a man in the depths of a Rum-binge.BEGIN TRANSMISSION:
***ADDING THIS WEEK***
ANDROGENE "The Album" Inwade [WORLD/AFRICAN/RPM]
[From the country of Nigeria, comes ANDROGENE, with her own truly original style
that can only be described as "Soul-House."]***THIS WEEK AT SPACE
RADIO***
FIRST AND FOREMOST:
SKINNY PUPPY #1 RPM * SKINNY PUPPY #1 RPM * SKINNY PUPPY #1 RPM * SKINNY PUPPY
#1 RPM
THIS IS OUR PUPPY WEEK FOR THE TAKING. HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN!
[BTW, I should also have a few cool signed PUPPY-GIVES to contest-off in the
next week or so! Since everyone has really put forth such an amazing effort
to get this record noticed at RPM, I wish I had enough to get everybody...because
you *ALL* deserve something extra and cool! So to make it fair, since I totally
can't just pick favorites or what have you, cause I love you all...all I can
say is REALLY brush up on your Puppy Trivia!!]
Thank you to everyone that helped get COLLIDE up to #28 this week at RPM! This
is a great album if you haven't listened to it yet!! It is really versatile
and can work on many different genre's of shows due to the mixability of the
double-cd! We have been getting a lot of play on down-tempo shows for the, "Razor
Sharp--Dull Mix!" These guys have been working hard in L.A. for almost
10 years! They really do deserve your attention.
AALACHO came inches away from debuting on RPM...this one should be a no-brainer,
since it has the great FELIX DA HOUSECAT mix of "Pompeii" on it! And
with MR. HOUSECAT being #2 at RPM and all! Please give this one a good push
out onto the scene this week! We are having the BEST summer of RPM! More to
come!
***IMPACTING NOW***
SPIN * LOVE * CHART * SPIN * LOVE * CHART:
COLLIDE "Vortex" Noiseplus Music
SKINNY PUPPY "The Greater Wrong of the Right" SPV Records
AALACHO "electro" Independent
***DIARY OF A TEXAS GIRL LOST IN THE MIDWEST***
Tomorrow is a very special day. It is Huffy's B-Day. He asked us if he could
have a bachelor party sans any bride in his foreseeable future for his birthday.
[To relish in his single-male status.] We are now checking into the legality
of cashing in on that extra BP discount for his birthday strip-a-gram...
For the first time, and possibly the last...in this little space of the email
I have come to call my own, [everyone hide your Captain Morgan's], because without
further character waste I present to you...
***JOURNAL OF A MAN IN THE DEPTHS OF A RUM-BINGE***
Damn... good segway Nina!
Well kids, this is your angry white-male commentary about our lovely American
holiday known as, "Independence Day," or the 4th of July to some of
you kooky kids. See, I'm from the capital of Missouri...maybe you've heard of
it...No? Oh well, it's Jefferson City Missouri. A land where it's fairly Republican
and won't allow a tattoo parlor or strip club because, "They don't want
that kind of element in their town." Last I checked with my stripper friends,
the government officials were a good 90 percent of their business. (Why not
be able to get a lap dance right next to the church?) But in some strange way,
any counter-culture also rules out an actual venue for bands to play in.
As a young chap in numerous punk rock bands, all of our DIY shows would get
shut down by the cops, [And my dad's a cop...so doesn't that suck!?], leaving
little for the cultural growth in the town as far as music is concerned. Though
you do get a lot of angry kids who didn't want to be a part of the town's fascination
with the high school football team. As a matter of fact, my hometown was the
topic of discussion and/or star of Melissa Etheridge's video for, "Breath."
(Look it up on Launch, and you'll get an idea of my town from the football coach
in the video.) Forward thinking isn't on the agenda for this town. It holds
on to any shred of the 1950's it can. Though you'll catch a rogue record store
every now and then... I only discovered punk rock on accident while listening
to The Stooges "I Wanna Be Your Dog." from the Crow 2 Soundtrack...ahh
memories.
How does Jefferson City allow a shred of culture into it's conservative town
you ask? They wait a good 15-20 years until after the fact. A couple of years
ago we had QUIET RIOT play the country fair. [That about covers 1983.] Then
we had MOLLY HATCHET. [Resulting in a 'lude/acid flashback to 1978.] Then the
glam styling of CINDERELLA. [Check off '88.] I worked at an FYE when Cinderella
came to town, and the next day ALL of the Cinderella CDs were sold after not
being touched for about 10 years after NIRVANA's "Nevermind" came
out.
At this year's Fourth of July festivities at the Capital they had an inspirational
headlining performance from none other than, EDDIE MONEY. That's right kids...Joe
Dirt's very own American idol singing such hits as, "Shakin'," "Take
Me Home Tonight," and the classic "Two Tickets To Paradise."
[Nina's personal favorite.] Eddie gave his all, but still managed to sing under
the notes. Though all the ladies in their late 30's and 40's we're getting down
and dirty as soon as Eddie pulled out the song "Shakin'." It was the
most diabolical moment of my weekend... Though I do look forward to when Jefferson
City gets into the 90's and they finally get someone like THE SPIN DOCTORS!
That'll be sure to turn on all the kids!
On July 9th, I turn 21. (For what I believe may be the 3rd time, according to
the local pub's here in Columbia, MO.) But this time it's official. I turn 21,
and when I turn 22 I'll be able to say, "I say oh my, and a boo-hoo,"
according to the STOOGES' 1969. So the next time some of you kids speak with
me, my speech may be slightly slurred. Yet, I imagine my 21st birthday will
end up being more like the STOOGES' "1970." Out of my mind, radio
burning up above...feeling all right indeed.
-Jon Huffman, El Conquistador
TRANSMISSION OUT....for more fun and tales of birthdays call me, Huffman, Josh,
or Shanti in the Space Office! 888.909.4380****
BTW, FOR HIS BIRTHDAY, HUFFMAN WANTS YOU TO GIVE THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
BY MAKING SURE
THAT YOU ARE SENDING *ALL* YOUR CMJ RPM CHARTS, PLAY LISTS, & ADDS EACH
WEEK TO:
RADIO@SPACE380.COM
(YOU THOUGHT WE'D BE SCHMARMY AND SAY CHART *ALL* OF OUR RECORDS THIS WEEK,
DIDN'T YOU?)
(BUT REALLY, YOU SHOULD SPIN & CHART SKINNY PUPPY THIS WEEK.)
(BECAUSE THEY ROCK.)
(FOR REAL.)
(WORD.)
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