BVD’s new class at TMCC

The Superb Six: Truly Great Rock Albums

 

(this is the blurb that appeared in the catalog of the Washoe County Continuing Education Catalog this summer)
Celebrate and appreciate six of the greatest recordings in rock music history. Listen to and discuss one classic creation each week embellished with equally classic videos. The lineup is Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles, Beggar’s Banquet by the Rolling Stones, The Who Sell Out by The Who, American Beauty by the Grateful Dead, L.A. Woman by The Doors and For the Roses by Joni Mitchell. Hear why these records still have the power to impress and dazzle despite being 40 to 50 years old.

Class Details

6 Sessions, beginning Weds. October 10.  at Truckee Meadows Community College, main campus.  room 204 in the Vista Building.  7-830.  your instructor–bruce van dyke.  cost–$59

REVISED ALBUM LINE-UP!  take note, please.

The Stones–Beggar’s Banquet

The Doors–L.A. Woman

Joni Mitchell–Blue

The Dead–1970 (both Workingman’s and Beauty)

King Crimson–In The Court of The Crimson King

John Lennon–Plastic Ono Band (first solo)

SO IF YOU WANNA TAKE THE CLASS, EASY WAY TO GO….JUST CALL 829-9010.  (office of Washoe County Continuing Education)

REGISTER TO VOTE!!!!

so you’re registered to vote, right?  this election coming up on 11-6……kind of a biggie (and remember…..voting on ACTUAL election day is a pain in the butt that can be avoided.  take advantage of early voting!)

if you are NOT registered…….it’s not too late.  deadlines are approaching, but there’s time.  but don’t wait until the deadline.  JUST DO IT.  the sooner the better.

in nevada, the deadline to register in person is OCTOBER 16TH. the deadline to register online is OCTOBER 18TH.

in oregon, the deadline to register in person is OCTOBER 16TH.

in california, the deadline to register is OCTOBER 22ND.

yes, you can register online.  you can register in person.  you can register by mail.  but whichever you do, DO IT NOW.  don’t screw around.  get it done.  you will find all the information you need……county registration offices, dmv info, online instructions…..on the web.  your local county registrar will have a web site.  so will the secretary of state.

EARLY VOTING (which is so totally where it’s at!)

NEVADA–october 20 to november 2

OREGON–is a vote-by-mail state.

CALIFORNIA–early voting schedules vary from county to county.  check your county registrar’s web site.

shazam!!!!

every once in a while, we like to remind you of an app that really helps Jive Radio listeners with song and artist identification.  it’s a wonderful application called Shazam.  it’s free and it downloads to your device in 1-2 minutes at the most.  once you install, it’s very simple to use.  when you hear a song that sparks a desire for info, you just hold your device up to the speaker as the song plays.  within seconds, Shazam will identify (usually) the song, the artist, and often the album title.  it’s a very spiffy app and a very handy helper for us at Jive, where most of the time, the songs are being played via random shuffle mode of a computer at Jive Central HQ, and aren’t being identified after airplay.  Shazam is our favorite CYA app here at JR!

I’ve found that Shazam will make the call about 80-85% of the time, and when you consider some of the crazy, obscure stuff we occasionally throw out there, that’s a most acceptable batting average.

of course, when you listen to the shows of Sister Tiny, Diane Michaels, and Hayseed Don Darue, you WILL get songs and artists identified, cuz they old school bossjox!  so that’s nice……

59 out of 60

that number reflects the reality of Jive Radio programming.  that for every 60 minutes you listen, you will hear 59 minutes of our various schizoclectic music selections.  not bad!

of course, if that’s just TOO MUCH music, you have plenty of places to find relief on your radio/internet dial.  but we are relentless in our pursuit of 59/60.

and also……96.5 FM in redmond, oregon has new call letters.  the station used to be KSQI.  but now, it’s officially KJIV. the jive is alive in the high desert of Oregon!  we are hopeful of bringing a mind boggling galaxy of tunes to towns like Redmond, Culver, Tumalo, Terrebonne, Prineville, Sisters, and Bend.

here is our list of musical genres…….rock, pop, blues, zydeco, jazz, reggae, soul, r & b, country, bluegrass, jam, country rock, jazz rock, rockabilly, americana, lounge, unnameable, super goofy, totally weird, music of the spheres, mongolian throat singing, psychedelic yodeling, humpback whale classics, malevolent mariachi, and so forth.  enjoy!

Schizoclectic work on Labor Day

so here is the jumpin’ JIVE coming out of the BVD Bucket of WTF-it on this monday holiday morning.  watch out, it gets kinda jittery……

English Beat–mirror in the bathroom

The Who–the seeker

Country Joe & the Phish–flyin’ high

Velvet Underground–who loves the sun

Heaven 17–(brothers and sisters) we don’t need this fascist groove thang

Paul Simon–paranoia blues

Brian Auger and the Oblivion Express–whenever you’re ready

Putumayo World Music–Doly Doly

The Dead–bertha

Sly and the Family Stone–dance to the music

Prince–jam of the year

Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys–bubbles in my beer

Jerry Band–how sweet it is

Laurie Anderson–born never asked

Albert King–laundromat blues

Sam Butera & the Witnesses–dig that crazy chick

please note the last six songs…..hopping from Prince to Bob Wills to Jerry G to Laurie A to Albert King to Sam Butera shows off a nice streak of ADVANCED SCHIZOCLECTIC ULTRA-JIVE.  where we say hold on and enjoy the multi-genre ride!  flingin’ musical noodles all over the dang kitchen…….