The Cosmos request line is now open

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Tue May 11, 2004 6:49 am

A lifelong dream of mine is about to come true....I'm gonna host my own weekly music radio show on a new community radio station here in Nashville. It will be two or three hours, and it will be streamed on the net. So I'm taking song requests.....

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Tue May 11, 2004 6:58 am

A bit more about it....it'll be an all-genre show. You may hear Elvis, Miles Davis, the Zombies, Ravi Shankar, Robert Johnson, North Mississippi All-Stars, and Barber's "Adagio for Strings" all in one hour.

There will also be a musician/band in studio for an interview and/or live performance each show. I'll take submissions from unsigned artists as well, and if I dig them, they'll be played. So spread the word to your musician friends....if you want my address, pm me.

The station has been tremendously supportive of my idea, and I'm very grateful to them.

I'm also accepting ideas for a name for my show.....

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue May 11, 2004 7:37 am

very cool cosmos!! you could call it Lost In Space. ok, I'm kidding about that. nick lowe, john prine, nick lowe, john prine.

and where will this be streaming????

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Tue May 11, 2004 7:48 am

Not sure where it'll be streaming yet.....I will definitely let you know.

Funny thing you mentioned Mr. Prine...I work next to Oh Boy Records, and I talked to one of their people about getting some of their artists on the show. Todd Snider was mentioned. Of course, the big prize would be to get Prine himself on the show, but that's a dream and many broadcasts away, I think. I've also tried to find contact info for Nick Lowe, should he ever venture to Nashville again.

I like your title idea too....thanks! Other title suggestions I've received:

High Fidelity
Let the Music Do the Talking
Music Makes the World Go 'Round

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Tue May 11, 2004 8:51 am

i suppose "Southern Cross" would be too evocative wouldn't it?

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Tue May 11, 2004 9:10 am

I like it.....don't know if the station will go for it though

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Tue May 11, 2004 9:16 am

When it's off the net can I be the first to say "When did I stop streaming"?

I'm not sure if you're known as Cosmos in Nashville, but if you are, how about Cosmosis?

Post by **BlueChair** » Tue May 11, 2004 10:09 am

Please keep us posted, cosmos. I'm looking forward to hearing your first show!

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue May 11, 2004 10:13 am

Likewise, I am extremely excited about this.

Cos, have you heard Dan Reeder's debut album yet?

Some requests....

Randy Newman
Steve Earle
Jason & The Scorchers
Albert King
Mississippi John Hurt
David Johanssen & The Harry Smiths
Aimee Mann

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Tue May 11, 2004 10:24 am

I'm not known as Cosmos here, but I like Cosmosis as a title...

El Vez...I haven't heard Dan Reeder's debut. But that's why I'm taking requests. The whole idea behind the show is to musically enlighten and be musically enlightened. I hope to discover a wealth of music I've never heard before through this. I will add the Reeder album to my list of "to-buys."

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Tue May 11, 2004 10:37 am

Great news and congrats Cosmos! I have only recently got into listening to streaming radio and I can't wait to hear your show. Here's some requests:

Any Louvin Brothers
Early Bowie (i.e. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud, Bewlay Bros., etc.)
The Twilight Singers- Blackberry Belle album
Otis Redding
Smoky Robinson (60s please, no 'Cruisin'!)
Camper Van Beethoven
George Jones

Keep us posted!

Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Tue May 11, 2004 11:42 am

cosmos, try to post as a separate thread what the streaming addy is. or, send it to me. please?

i don't get here as much as i used to. and i could really use some new tuneage.

my requests:
don dixon
the dB's
let's active
swimming pool q's (this is only on vinyl, fyi)
sam phillips

yeah, i came up in the south in the 80's, what of it?

ice nine · Post by **ice nine** » Tue May 11, 2004 12:56 pm

I'd like to request some Dr. John, The Meteors, Prof. Longhair, and Tab Benoit........and Slim Shady

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue May 11, 2004 6:35 pm

Wanna hear! Lucky you, sounds great, and so eclectic. So, with this in mind:

JS Bach - a cello suite
Lloyd Cole - something off Love Story
John Coltrane - an alternative take off CD2 of Love Supreme
The Jam - something off All Mod Cons
Tom Waits - Cold, Cold Ground
The Band - Whispering Pines
Bjork - Vespertine

Hope I can stream. It won'tbe archived for a brief while too, will it, as they do on the BBC?

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Tue May 11, 2004 6:43 pm

That sounds like SO MUCH FUN!!! Congratulations!

Nina Simone. Julie London. Ella Fitzgerald.

I'm stuck on girl singers this week.

Play something in Barney Kessel's memory.

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:28 am

Otis....working on the archival part of it. My brother-in-law is a web site designer, so he's gonna advise me on what I should do.

I'll probably have my own site separate from the radio station, and if possible, archive the shows there. The in-studio interviews will definitely be archived.

Thanks to all of you so far....some great requests. As of right now, I can fulfill about 75 percent of them. So keep 'em coming!!

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:58 pm

Would there be massive legal issues over archiving? The BBC keep everything for a week, and then it goes.

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Wed May 12, 2004 2:48 pm

I'm not sure about the legality of archiving. I'm sure the station will know for sure, though.

The interview segments would be okay...I'd just have to have the artists' permission beforehand.

My brother-in-law said archiving each show would likely take up too much space, so I may just post playlists instead.

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed May 12, 2004 4:26 pm

oily slick wrote:i suppose "Southern Cross" would be too evocative wouldn't it?

well, see, a wrongly assumed you'd be "cosmos" there, so it doesn't make any sense now.

how about a little john hiatt.

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Wed May 12, 2004 6:01 pm

Oily,
I may try to get him on the show at some point....since he lives here and all.

clairequilty · Post by **clairequilty** » Wed May 12, 2004 11:12 pm

Can you stream a bit of Limbaugh's show? My junkie friends have been craving it ever since NPR went Country.

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Thu May 13, 2004 6:30 am

No.

Go to Limbaugh's site if you wanna stream it.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Sat May 15, 2004 1:27 pm

A question that I've always wanted to ask......is Payola indeed alive and well?

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Sat May 15, 2004 6:23 pm

Yes, definitely, although it's more subtle. See my last post on the Tower of Song thread....you'll see what I mean.

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Thu May 27, 2004 5:04 pm

I have written all of your requests down in my notebook.

More please....