Becoming a fan of live jazz with Ralph Towner (1940-2026) and John Abercrombie

In January 1984, I got two free tickets from Stanford student radio station KZSU and went with my friend Paul Baer to a concert at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco by guitarists Ralph Towner (1940-2026) and John Abercrombie. Along with another Great American Music Hall concert later

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Fifty years ago today: The Grateful Dead at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall on 13 August 1975

Sometime in 1982-1983, I found an LP in the KZSU Stanford library: "Make Believe Ballroom", by The Grateful Dead, a radio-broadcast bootleg ...

From the Mountain to the Crossing: Remembering Sheila Jordan (1928-2025)

For Winter Quarter 1986, I called my morning-jazz program on Stanford's student-run radio station KZSU "From the Mountain to the Crossing". ...

Runcible Spoon Fight, live at South Bay Sonic Circuits, February 2025

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Already underway, KZSU Day of Noise. Stream live audio/video. The archives will be a great resoource but gotta love the live broadcast. This is an amazing showcase of Bay Area noise artists, for my penny this is what makes the bay area the only place to call home. Bigger cities are cute, but this one runs on love not money. h/t to Abra for organizing it each year! #experimentalmusic #noise #kzsu

Here's the livestream
https://kzsu.stanford.edu/

Here's the 24h schedule
https://kzsu.stanford.edu/dayofnoise/2025/

KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM

https://www.youtube.com/live/dXwL1yLXugU?si=tWnnkkEiG3GlRQ-I

So it begins...
Day of noise #kzsu
24 hrs of live #noise #experimental music
Feb 3 2024
It's going to get weird
Like, a marathon of weird
I play the 20:00 time slot
XOXO LUCY

Day of Noise 2024: Pt I (00:00-12:00)

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Absolutely epic moment yesterday. Heard my bands music live on the radio for the first time - and played by someone I don’t even know! It was WILD and strange and just… wow y’all. After months of existential musical dread and self doubt - You just never know. #countrymusic #underdog #indiemusic #KZSU #americana
Listening to R.E.M. and remembering their debut "Murmur" when it came out in 1983

Today, my binge listening has been to R.E.M. First, my shuffle suggested their second album "Reckoning" (1984), then I tu...

I was thinking about writing up the story of how I became a jazz fan by becoming a jazz DJ, but I discovered that I wrote it up on my blog back in 2013. #Jazz #KZSU #JazzDJ https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2013/10/jack-dejohnettes-special-edition-album.html
Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, "Album Album"

Listening to a jazz playlist of mine on shuffle on my pocket computer, I had the pleasure of hearing "Third World Anthem," from  " Albu...

My Federal Communications Commission Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit

While hunting for (and eventually finding) my daughter Sara's Social Security card from the United States (because we nee...