Bruce Van Dyke

Most of us grew up listening not to MP3s or CDs, but to albums.  record albums, made of good ole scratchy vinyl.  album sides were short, sweet, and awesome……usually 4 to 6 songs and 15 to 20 minutes in length.  few things better in life than a great album side!

so what the heck, let’s relive their nostalgic glories.  we’ll play a good album side every friday at noon on jiveradio.org, and play exactly as you would have heard it as if you were playing the record.  this friday, october 9th, we’ll get this starty parted with a great one…..Side One of the 1980 Police album Zenyatta Mondatta.  six terrific tunes that helped to establish Sting’s old band as international superstars, including DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME, DRIVEN TO TEARS, and BOMBS AWAY.

you’ll hear it friday at noon….as we kick off THE ALBUM SIDE OF THE WEEK here on JiveRadio.org.

a new feature we’re firing up every friday is THE ALBUM SIDE OF THE WEEK.  where we play a good ole album side…..one with historical merit but still sounds good here in the modern age.  just to fondly remember those 20 minute slices of life from yesteryear.

this friday the 16th at noon, here’s one that should work.  The Rolling Stones and side one of their super fab Sticky Fingers album.  49 years old……and still not an embarrassment!

 

Our pals at KWNK 97.9 FM in reno tell us of a new schedule for the following JIVE shows that it carries…..

SISTER TINY’S SONG AND DANCE now plays on SUNDAY MORNING from 7-9 am.

DIANE MICHAELS JIVE CAFE now plays on SATURDAY MORNING from 7-9 am.

ok?

BVD’S BUCKET OF TUNES still rolls out on MONDAY through FRIDAY MORNINGS from 6-9 am.

Remember……music can be a magic carpet ride for your mind.  hop on ours often!  thanks for listening!

yeah, ok, so here’s a few of the songs that spun out this weds. morning 11-20th on the BVD show.  in no particular order, listeners partied with/heard/snoozed to the following batch of jive tunes…..

Janis and Big Brother–Combo of the 2

Robben Ford–Keep on Runnin

The Clovers–Love Potion Number 9

The Dead–Loose Lucy

John Mooney–some real good tune i forget the name of

Simon and Garfunkel–Baby Driver

Ten Years After–Uncle Jam

Steve Stills–4 and 20

James Brown–King Heroin

Beck–Two White Horses

Roy Zimmerman–You’re Getting Sleepy

and so on and so forth until yabba dabba ding dong……

We here at Jive World HQ are super saddened to note the passing of the great Paul Barrere, guitarist and singer for one of the greatest goddang bands in the history of Rock n Roll, LITTLE FEAT.  Paul was 71, and his departure was due to liver cancer.

Not as well known as Feat Founder Lowell George, Paul was excruciatingly important to Little Feat’s overall Mega-Awesomeness.  Co-writer of Romance Dance, All That You Dream, Hi Roller, Time Loves A Hero, Old Folks Boogie, and more, he was an essential part of this essential American band.

You want to have a great tribute to Barrere tonight…..and a real good party, too?  Listen to the incredibly terrific Little Feat live album called Waiting For Columbus.  that’ll ignite your mojo factor real good.  Crank it up…..and don’t bogart that vape, my friend!

ok, some big changes on the way, as our friends at the community-based, student-staffed, super cool KWNK FM move into their next phase.  What’s gonna happen is that Jive Radio programming will disappear from 97.7 fm as of November 1.  KWNK now has plenty of manpower, and it’s ready to step up and take control.  So Jive Radio programming, currently heard from 4 am to 4 pm every day, will vanish.  In its place will be KWNK programming, and they are doing a fine job.  go to KWNK dot org to check out their web site.  they’re doing some great radio, and don’t write it off as just “College Radio.”  they are doing so much more! All kinds of stuff, and we encourage you to check em out.

We still will have a small presence on KWNK.  Bruce Van Dyke’s Big Bucket of Wathefuket will still be on every Monday through Friday morning from 6 to 9.  Sister Tiny’s Song and Dance will still be on Saturdays noon to 2.  and Diane’s Jive Cafe will be heard on Saturdays from 2 to 4.  but apart from these Jive offerings, the programming on KWNK, beginning November 1, will be all KWNK.  We’ve been delighted to help the station get going and hope for it to have a long and fruitful run.