November 28 Playlist + Christmas Radio

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=11-28-2008

You know what's really cool? Looking at the above playlist, I'm noticing that a full 2/3 of the records I played I've NEVER PLAYED BEFORE. Ever. I know I'm only on once a week for 2 hours, but I've been on for almost 5 years and I still haven't run out of material for ya. There ARE enough cool records that could be spun without getting stale even though they're "Oldies".

Not that the only FM Oldies station within listening range would ever do that--heck they're currently ALL Christmas ALL the time right now! That started BEFORE Thanksgiving. When there's a COMPETING station in the city doing the SAME THING! How annoying is THAT??

Who ARE these people that want to hear ALL Christmas ALL the time this early in the season? Don't they have CD players? Ipods? Oy. Wait, a colleague of mine at work just told me how she's LOVING waking up to Lite FM and hearing Christmas. It "fills her with glee". HEY I'M NOT ANTI CHRISTMAS SONGS BUT PLEASE WAIT AT LEAST UNTIL DECEMBER!

The problem, as I see it, is that the radio station programmers are programming for the remaining few that listen to radio. Most people gave up the medium long ago. Programming for sheep, if you will. To which I say BAAA!

Want an alternative? Give Brother Kevin his own radio program! Let he and Primitive George (with yours truly as permanent guest host) do a Funky Soul Show! Let Vince Vincent continue to bring in live musical acts like Uncle Monk!

Just got word that our Annual VKR Holiday Bash will be Friday December 19. Thanks, Lyn! Staff DJs are welcome to stop by between 12 and 5 for festive cheer and join ME on the air to dish on MY show. One listener called to say he was making note of the date. I hope it was so that he would remember to tune IN and not OUT.

Til next Friday at 3....
Sammy
lostoldies@yahoo.com

This Aint The Primitive Show Part TWO!

First here's the playlist for Friday November 21:

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=11-21-2008

Umm....news flash. ....the name of the program is "The Lost And Found Oldies Show" . It's not "The Primitive Show Part Two".

I certainly don't mind and even welcome comments about the records I play, even if you don't like the songs. But to add a comment like "If you weren't on after George, I'd probably change the channel"......well..... You know what? Next time, don't waste your time or mine and do just that. Change the channel or put on a friggin' Ipod. The phones were ringing off the hook and I'm expected to listen to your whining? Please!

On another front, Tony O's "Dungeon Serenade" premiered last night on an alternating basis with "Jukebox Jamboree". Wow, this guy is gonna be a fantastic addition to the Friday lineup! His passion for the music was both passionate and inspirational (to me at least.) I'm not even a big Doo Wop fan but Tony O kept me listening! HVW's loss is VKR's gain.

Would love to know YOUR thoughts. Post publicly or Email privately to lostoldies@yahoo.com

As always, thanks for listening!

Sammy

November 14 Playlist with SAM THE TATTOO MAN!

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=11-14-2008

Sounded a tad different today, did it not? Courtesy of avid VKR listener Sam The Tattoo Man who so generously pledged the minimum amount of $250 (PLUS!) in order to get a guest spot on the show of his choice. I'm honored that he chose my show, unless of course, he figured I sucked so badly that he'd finally get to hear something GOOD for a change between 3 and 5! Hmmm...

Sam got a firsthand look at how crazy it gets, cuing up the records, filling out the online log, dealing with PSAs, handling the phones, all the while trying to figure out something relatively interesting to say once it's time to speak.

I'd like to put in my recommendation that based on what I heard today (Sam also guested on Primitive George's show), that station brass give him his own regular show pronto!

Speaking of Primitive George, he took the new photo of me that appears on the profile page as well as the one of the two Sams above. Thanks, Georgie, there's really no one else like you.

Would love to hear your feedback--post a public comment or privately lostoldies@yahoo.com

Next week it's 2 solid hours of November 21, 1968 memories to make up for what we didn't get to today. Tune in 3 ro 5pm immediately following the truly awesome Primitive Show.

Thanks for listening!

Sammy

November 7th Playlist

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=11-07-2008

October 31 Playlist

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=10-31-2008

The scariest thing about my Halloween show was all the Easy Listening I played at the end according to one disgruntled listener.

Just for my mom and sister who were visiting! ummm....they made me turn off Peter Clark on the way home from the airport. And when I got home from the show they had ~~gasp~~92.1 Lite on the radio. They did NOT like The Bachelor Pad. Double Ouch! What are they drinkin' in Michigan???

Swear I heard "Thriller" 3 times in various stores yesterday. Wow, isn't commercial radio COOL?!!?

What was cool was the brief portion of The Primitive Spookarama I heard on Georgie's show. LOVE the movie bites. But um.....mom and sis don't dig El Primitivo either. Sigh....

And that was serious about a Verizon truck plowing into Millman's TShirt store in Poughkeepsie! Check out the Journal online for all the details. Glad no one was hurt.

Thanks for listening!

Sammy