LouieB

So I understand not liking jazz or (modern) classical, but I have a show everyone will like tomorrow June 20. on the MIdday Mixtape Show. (wnur.org or TuneIn or 89.3 FM at 12 PM Central time) I'm going to play lots and lots of rock and other stuff like that (with a bit of weirdness thrown in for good measure. I had requests for more Allman Brothers, The Fugs, and the Brits (which will include the Stones, Kinks, and Joy Division). Then some cuts from the Monterrey Pop Fest from 50 years ago this past weekend including Otis Redding, the Byrds, Hendrix, The Animals, Jefferson Airplane and Hugh

Well look for me at 12-2 for jazz. This will be my regular slot for the summer. Next week not just jazz, but that's what I planned for today. LouieB

I keep forgetting to post here, but I have a jazz show on Tuesday June 13 at 730 AM- 9 AM on wnur.org. This will be my last one since I am back to my free form show every Tuesday at noon during the summer. Check me out. LouieB

\The Classical and Beyond show this Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 1-4 PM CT on WNUR 89.3 FM, or wnur.org or Tunein will pay tribute to the work of French author Marcel Proust, author of the monumental novel "In Search of Lost Time" with music from Proust's contemporaries, friends, and inspirations. Those composers will include Camille Saint Saens, Maurice Ravel, Cesar Franck, Gabriel Faure, and Renaldo Hahn. Cohosts John Martin and Lou Berkman will be playing works by these composers and discussing their relationship to Proust. This is a new and improved show; since we did more show prep. The musi

Back to Chicago for more Midday Mixtape Show tomorrow on wnur.org (not on 89.3 since the transmitter will be off I guess for roof repairs) at 12 PM Central. KInd of a mish-mash of more Record Store Day releases (Lou Reed, Nico, Electric Flag, Luna, The Cure, Sunshine Nuggets), some soul (Major Harris, The Staples, Allen Toussaint, Ann Peebles, The Dells), plus The Notekilers, Eubie Blake, Amacher, The Monkees, and maybe the Grateful Dead at Ithaca/Cornell. Should be fun. Check me out if you haven't before. LouieB

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It's time for the Devil's Radio with DJs RosieB and LouieB on WDBX.org from Carbondale May 18th at 10-12 PM central time. Get ready for a whole bunch of new music brought in by Lou (or new to him) and some fun intergenerational patter. Listen in for music from Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Nico, Electric Flag, Luna, the Cure, On Fillmore, Sharon Jones, Nikki Sudden, the Grateful Dead, etc. Who knows what we'll play. Maybe not even us until we put it on. Should be a late night gas.

Don't forget I have a 90 minute Jazz Show on May 16 at 730-900 AM central time on wnur.org or TuneIn or 89.3 in Chicago. Yes it's early, but I will e playing the Coltrane's (Alice and John), Monk, Miles, Cannonball, Mike Reed, Tim Berne, Eight Bold Souls, Dina Washington, Johnny Otis, Louis Jordan, Red Allen, Clifford Jordan and John Gilmore, Cohn, Perkins, and Kamuca, and maybe some more Alice Coltrane's tapes. Should be a fun early morning commute. Check me out. LouieB

Back at you tomorrow May 9, 2017 with a Midday Mixtape show on wnur.org, Tunein, or 89.3 FM at 12-2 PM Central time. This show will be a discussion with Ben Remsen, who has a website called Now Is that features interviews with musicians commenting on music, something like the Downbeat Blindfold test. The musicians we will be playing clips from include Josh Berman, Jaimie Branch, Dave Rempis, Olivia Block, MIke Reed, Tomeka Reid, Jason Stein and maybe Hamid Drake. Tune in for some interesting conversation on these musicians on their influences and opinions on other musicians. It should be fu

We are having a Cornell/Ithaca release party at Laurie's Planet of Sound tonight at 6 PM (May 5) with give a ways and listening to the show. Stop by. 4639 N Lincoln Ave in Chicago. LouieB

Back at you again tomorrow May 6 at 1-4 PM Central time (wnur.org as always). This time it is Classical and Beyond with Film music by John Zorn. This is pretty cool stuff and you will not want to miss it. Hope you enjoy. LouieB

Like jazz? I am going to be spinning jazz tomorrow on wnur.org at 7:30 to 9 AM May 2. Come on, listen on the way to work. Thanks. LouieB

Glad you had an okay experience at Laurie's. I am part time and mostly evenings. You met John the owner and Paul one of the main clerks..Glad you found stuff. We all work pretty hard to make sure there are plenty of interesting LPs in the bins, especially since we aren't all that big. LouieB

Thirty-five years plus and the GOP is still flogging supply side economics. Just great. LouieB

Very sad. Made some great music films too. LouieB

Back again this week on April 25th at 12-2 PM Central time wnur.org This week is more sorts of odds and ends including some segments on jump blues and western Swing. Look for Klaus Nomi, Pete Seeger, the Hi-Los, Sharon Jones, On Fillmore, and whatever else strikes me as something to mess up the radio waves. Requests? Should be fun as always. I think the news is on at noon so 12:15 is a good time to tune in. LouieB

i heard they did. I also drove by today and there were emergency vehicles all over the place. LouieB

OH man I was at that show. Good times. LouieB

As some of you know I am now working at Laurie's Planet of Sound record store. What is still selling at a furious clip to customers of all ages is a mix of classics I hardly expected folks to still be interested in anymore. We sell every used copy of Tapestry just about as soon as it comes in the store. Simon and Garfunkel, Springsteen, Steely Dan, Madonna, Hall and Oates, Billy Joel, and the usual suspects (Beatles, Beach Boys, Bowie) all sell well. Despite most of these albums being decades old, there is constant interest in them. We have completely sold out of Bill Evans for some reaso

The Mixtape Show is back for an early edition on Saturday April 15, 2017 at 7-9 AM CT on www.wnur.org, 89.3 FM or TuneIn. On this show DJ LouieB swill host Megan Powell and Chris Perry (since we had so much fun the last two times) to spin some of their favorite music both new and old. Expect to hear well known musicians such as Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Tom Rush, Chuck Berry, Eddie Hendricks and Antonio Carlos Jobim; along with less famous musicians such as The Veldt, Eryn Allen Kane, The Apartments, Nikki Sudden, Laura Marling, and the Dust Bunnies. Not only will we play Chris an

Infested is right. In fact going by there at midnight was nightmare inducing because folks would feed them and they would come out in packs. It seemed like there were hundreds, but it was probably just dozens, which for raccoons, who are fairly solitary creatures was so weird. Sadly I believe they euthanized some and relocated some and they are now gone. LouieB

I live nearby. It's a great spot and will be better when some of the plantings mature. LouieB

Before I forget, I am back on the MIdday Mixtape Show this Tuesday April 11 at 12-2 central time on wnur.org or 89.3 if you happen to be in Chicago. Back to the old format for a week playing new music (Valerie June, Old 97s, Brokeback, Lee Fields, Josh Abrams, etc.), old music (Coleman Hawkins, Elvis Presley, Canray Fontenot, Louis Jordan, Ramsey Louis, Sippie Wallace, and many others), plus assorted silly stuff (Lord Buckley, Harmonicats, Mermaid Avenue from the Klezmatics, etc.) Tune in for my crazy commentary, occasional miscues; almost all on vinyl. Come on - it's all fun. LouieB

The problem is the entire audience is going to look just like you. Your description is most of who will be there, because I look like that too and I may well be there as well. (Bring earplugs.) LouieB See you there. Bring earplugs. LouieB

r Yea, where are they? Not here apparently. LouieB