Looking for input

[ericcoleman]

So, every year I run a one watt radio station at Capricon in Chicago. I try to run a lot of fannish stuff and a lot of general sorts of music that fannish folk might like. I'm looking for some ideas. This is year 5 or 6 (time is never my strong point) of my doing this and I want to expand my programming.



Ok, Part One
I need a bigger filk presence on the station. My collection is limited so I am asking if there are folks out there who would put together hour shows of filk music for me. I'm looking for 4-6 hours over the course of the weekend of filk programming. What this would entail is putting together a mix disc and information on what the songs are and where they are from. This can be a sheet of paper or a text file (I prefer the latter so it is easier to insert into my book of information).

I will of course credit you with the show in the program I put together and I will send money for any blanks and postage and whatever.

Figure that about 55 minutes of music will fill an hour after the various jabber that goes along with the show.

Part Two
I am also looking for just general ideas of things to play on the station. I run Old Time Radio shows, we have a late night ambient and trance show. The friday night music show is all SF/Fantasy songs from artists you might not (and sometime might) expect to do an SF/Fantasy song (and any ideas to add to that would be helpful as well). The saturday night show is called Bull Goose Looney and is music from the odder corners of my record collection.

Part Three
If you are planning on attending Capricon and would like to play live on the radio, contact me. I will have gear to record the show with me this year, so you could end up with a good CD out of it. If you are attending Capricon and would like to work on Radio Capricon contact me as well. I can use all the help I can get.

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You can also email me at radiocapricon at eric dash coleman dot com

I am looking to have all my programming done by the end of October or thereabouts.

Comments

[cyohtee.livejournal.com]

Well, I would like to help out as much as I can. I don't have a lot of filk myself, but I do have on-air experience, would love to do a show, and I have the entire Orson Welles "The Shadow" radio series if you want to play some selected episodes. They are currently in mp3 format, but if you prefer I can burn them onto Audio CDs.

Let me know what you need :)

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[drawshad.livejournal.com]

Don't really have any suggestions, but when you have it ironed out, don't forget to shoot me an e-mail :)

[ericcoleman]

I don' t think I have any Shadow episodes, but I have played a fair amount of Mercury Theatre stuff.

I am not looking exclusively for filk stuff, anything that fans might like. Email me at the address above and we'll talk.

Re: Friendly Webmaster Reminder

[ericcoleman]

I will have updates for you in the next couple of weeks. Things are starting to move along.

[xap]

I can use all the help I can get.
Okay - can't play, can't sing, you have a MUCH better music collection that i do....but will be at the con and willing to do other useful RC things you may need *grin* Used to be a pretty fair techie (theatre), so i'm betting i can manage to push buttons & monitor things so you can have breaks, if nothing else. *huggs* Just let me know :)

Stuff for the show

[hazelchaz]

Do you have Crazy Dog? Big Big Space?

My own CD list is online.

We've done a Listening Lounge at Loscon a couple of years...

Re: Stuff for the show

[ericcoleman]

Don't know either ...

and I'm supposed to do cards for you aren't I ???

Works been nuts ... gonna get things sent to press today. I can do 2K for you now and another 2 in a couple weeks (there are big corporate things running right now)

Email me at eric at eric dash coleman dot com with your address, so I know that I still have the right thing.

[blur01.livejournal.com]

From the guys both downstairs, and upstairs from you...play more tunes!

[barondave.livejournal.com]

You could, of course, play lots of Shockwave Radio Theater.

In terms of filk, essentials that you've probably not encountered (or at least filk from people not on lj that I've never seen you talk about) include:

Dr. Jane: "Fossil Fever" especially (recommend to play: 'Fossil Fever', 'Graviportal Polka', 'Digga Digga Bones') , but "Remains" is pretty good, as is "Wackademia" ('Aria in Ape Minor' and 'Drivel').

Dandelion Wine: Okay, decadentdave is finally on board. Still, "Circles In The Grain is a great CD ('Drink Up the River', 'Captain Jack and the Mermaid', 'Discovery') or "Cheap Hooch".

Urban Tapestry: "Myths and Urban Legends" ('Technonerdboy', 'Starsoul', 'Web Surfin'').

Geeze, I better hurry: Folk Underground, the Flash Girls, Puzzlebox, The Duras Sisters...

Oooh, I almost for one of the most indispensable filk CDs of all time: To Touch the Stars. My favorite version of my favorite filk song, 'Hope Eyrie' is on it, with many other Leslie Fish songs and many others.

I hope this helps. I do filk shows all the time (though recently they've had lots of you and Luke and WQ and Nick Atoms) and would be happy to set a playlist. Of course, remember who you're talking to: My definition of 'filk' is rather loose and my fannish sensibilities (such as they are) rove wide. Allan Sherman anyone?

Wally Pleasant? Roy Zimmerman? Spike Jones?

But mainly, lots of Shockwave Radio Theater.