Two weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the 2024 NON-COMMvention for the first time as a participant as opposed to just a listener. For those of you unfamiliar, the NON-COMMvention is the annual gathering of public (non-commercial) radio music programmers and managers, music industry representatives, and music media from across North America that […]
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The following is an excerpt from episode two of Season Five of the Y!TMJ Podcast with my guest, Matt Pond. It’s a brief look into current process of engaging with music. – Nate So, this may be a little behind the scenes here, but a lot of times, I have multiple episodes worth of conversations
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The following is an excerpt from the season premiere of Season Five of the Y!TMJ Podcast with my guest, Charlie Harding. It tells the story of how I came to stop worrying and love Pop Music. – Nate This podcast, which started as a music blog, has always been a space that I wanted to
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My Dad loved Harry Nilsson. More specifically, my Dad loved the album Nilsson Schmilsson. It was one of his favorite albums, a trait that has been passed down from father to son as it is easily in my Top 5 Favorite Albums of All Time. I have had a recurring internal argument with myself over
COVID-19 sounds like the name of a local hardcore band. Like, I feel like if I were to say to you, “Yo, you remember Daryl from Broke Finger Nightly? Well, him and the drummer from Our Undying Threat started this new band COVID-19 and they’re playing down at the Legion this Saturday,” it would sound
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You’ve suspected it for awhile. Since he stopped calling. Since the every night late night text became the weekend late night text, became sporadic late night text, became the non-existent late night text. You’ve suspected it for awhile, yet you refused to indulge the thoughts. You’ve suspected it. But now you know it’s true. He’s
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…we have grown. It’s in every step I take. From the way I wear my hat to my desire to not only rock and roll all night, but also find a way to party every day. I am a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm, born to run like a bat out
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