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This Week's Theme: Random Artists A-Z The themes of the Faux Shows during the last couple of months have been very simple, the posts have been very short, and the shows have been bi-weekly. This week's theme is a random selection of songs from artists alphabetized A to Z. To make it a little more … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 20 (June 5, 2022): Random Artists A-Z
This Week's Theme: Recently Listened To As I mentioned last week, the themes of the Faux Shows are going to be less complex for a while and require a lot less research. The shows are also going to be bi-weekly for a while, so the next show will drop on June 5. This week's show … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 19 (May 22, 2022): Recently Listened To
This Week's Theme: Better Late Than Never As I mentioned last week, the next few Faux Shows are going to have a lot less content due to constraints on my time. The themes of the shows are going to be less complex for a while and require a lot less research. The shows are also … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 18 (May 8, 2022): Better Late Than Never
This Week's Theme: Album Openers This is the first of several Faux Shows that are going to have a lot less content due to constraints on my time. The themes of the shows are going to be less complex for a while and require a lot less research. The shows are also going to be … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 17 (April 24, 2022): Album Openers
This Week's Theme: 10-Year Anniversary (Music from 2012) I paid very little attention to new music in 2012. There are many reasons for this, and I don't feel guilty about it, but I'm always working to fill in the gaps in my musical knowledge. For this reason, it was interesting to go back ten years … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 16 (April 17, 2022): 10-Year Anniversary
This Week's Theme: Bassist Richard Davis One of my favorite themes is a celebration of the often overlooked, highly influential session musicians and other background figures that helped create the music of the 20th century. Stars get all of the recognition, but most of them can not make the music they are known for without … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 15 (April 10, 2022): Bassist Richard Davis
This Week's Theme: New Music Due to the themes I’ve selected over the last few weeks, there has been very little new music on the Faux Show for a while. For that reason, this week’s theme is New Music. All songs are from 2022, and cover a variety of genres. Welcome to Radio Faux Show … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 14 (April 3, 2022): New Music
This Week's Theme: Music of Ukraine My decision to celebrate the music of Ukraine is obvious, but if you are reading this in the future then I can simply say that March 2022 is the month that russia's megalomaniacal, sociopathic president decided to cause a sovereign nation's destruction, tens of thousands of deaths (and still … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 13 (March 27, 2022): Music of Ukraine
This Week's Theme: Music Is History by Questlove (1971-1980) I’m in the middle of reading Questlove’s latest book, Music Is History, and as soon as I started reading it I knew I had to work it into a Faux Show. The book is divided into fifty chapters, one for each of the first fifty years … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 12 (March 20, 2022): Music Is History
This Week's Theme: Springbok Puzzle "Play That Beat" One of the most creative aspects of making these shows is the constant need to come up with new themes. I now find that normal everyday activities can become themes, and I often catch myself thinking of normal daily activities in relation to their ability to be … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 11 (March 13, 2022): Springbok Puzzle “Play That Beat”
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