Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Radio Voices Session 17 8.23.7

Hola Listeners,

For session 17 I was honored to feature Jiang Kou Chen, otherwise known as KC Jiang. KC has had more time practicing than I have had breathing. His is a unique story and I am proud to have him as a guest of Radio Voices.

KC was born in China. His family was rather poor and one day his mother found a harmonica while travelling to the city. His older brother played it briefly and when he grew tired of the instrument, he gave it to KC. KC played the harmonica as much as he could. His father was part of Chiang Kai-shek's military and his father, mother and himself moved to Taiwan in 1949 after Chiang defeat by Mao. They were forced to leave KC's brother in Mainland China. Years later KC moved to America where he was once again able to resume communication with his brother. In 1987 KC was able to reunite with his brother. At this time, his father had passed away.

Since KC was 5 he has played a musical instrument of one form or another. He has learned the traditional music of China, Taiwan, America and even Ireland. He is adapt at a number of instruments but prefers the harmonica and more recently, the Irish whistle. You can learn more about KC by going to his website at http://www.geocities.com/kcjmusic/

I would like to thank KC for performing so many songs live on the air. He performed traditional Chinese, American and Irish songs as well as a number of originals that KC wrote himself.

When KC wasn't performing the "me too" music I played was:
"Hail Columbia" by the Radio Voices All-Star Ensemble
"Scratch Your Name" by The Noisettes
"Anti Music Song" by The Mountain Goats
"Here I Come" by The Roots
"Microphone" by Edie Sedgewick
"True Nature" by Janes Addiction
"Don't Le Me Down" by Twisted Sister
"Servititude" by Fishbone
"Pluto" by Bjork
and
"The Radio Still Sucks" by The Ataris

The story I told was Bush Diving which was previously printed in A Multitude of Voices Volume XV and is also available currently on my myspace blog with illustrations by Matt Elton.

You can hear the podcast of this session by going online to www.piratecatradio.com and clicking on schedule and then clicking on the Radio Voices link (under Thursday) or by going to
http://www.nerdnetworks.org/pcr/RadioVoices-20070823.mp3

Tune in tomorrow to hear my guests ArnoCorps!

Talk with you soon,

Stormshadow

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Radio Voices Session 16 8.16.7

Hola Listeners,

I hope you had a great week. I had been doing some thinking and I am really happy and honored to have such creative and wonderful people on my show as guests but I realized that in some ways I am using others as a crutch. Like I am afraid to present myself by myself. This radio show is a great opportunity for me (Gracias, Monkey) and I need to treat it like the opportunity that it is. I need to express my creativity without the assistance of anyone and treat my show like it is MY show.

So I decided to accept the challenge/opportunity that is offered to me, that I worked hard to get and go solo with my work with nothing but my stories, a microphone and the world as my audience.

This session, Session 16 is the first of what will take place once a month where I will have only myself to stand up, grab the mic and belt it out like I'll never have the opportunity again.

I told the story of how I formed A Multitude of Voices and what the inspiration behind everything is. I played some music that I composed. I told a story about hanging out with a striper in Florida.

It was awesome! (For me, at least).

I told the story of planting trees and what it inspired me to do but I think most of that story got cut off as I heavily bled into KRobs show time.

You can read the stories at www.altgeek.net/voices (thanks Fredo for hosting these). The copies of my album of my music are sold out but if you really enjoyed it, email me and I'll send you MP3s.

You can hear the podcast of this show by going to www.piratecatradio.com or by going to
http://www.nerdnetworks.org/pcr/RadioVoices-20070816.mp3

My guest tonight is KC Jiang, harmonicist extrodinaire and my next solo show will be September 13th. I'll play the remaining part of my CD and tell more stories.

Hear you soon,

Stormshadow

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Radio Voices Session 15 8.9.7

Hola Listeners,

This last show was a blast. I had a few redneck specials with RoBro before the show (shot n' a brew) which sort of set the tone for this one. Hope I didnd't stumble over my words too much for you.

My guests for this session were Quinn DeVeaux of the blues band "The Brown Bums" and Kitty Delicious and Pixie Largewood of the pop/punk band "Sassy".

The "me-too" music I played was:
Hail Columbia by The Radio Voices All-Stars
Mutiny in Heaven by The Birthday Party
Panic in Detroit by David Bowie
Tame by The Pixies
Here I come by The Roots
Too Late by Wire


Quinn performed a number of originals on the air and we did a mini chronology of The Brown Bums. You can learn more about The Brown Bums by going to their website at http://www.thebrownbums.com/
They are performing a final bay area show this Wednesday at Cato's Ale House in Piedmont this Wednesday from 6-9pm for FREE!

We listened to the entire Sassy demo. They are working on their new album and are coming up strong with shows all over the place coming up. They have a show with The Donna's on 9/15 in Long Beach and a show with The White Barrons this Thursday at Thee Parkside. They are awesome ladies. You can find out more about Sassy by going to their 'space page at http://www.myspace.com/sassytheband (Little fun fact about this show, when Sassy's demo was playing on the air, we had an impromtu dance party in the studio. It was divine!)

I inducted three new members into Chester Carlson's Army and the three of them improvised while I told the story "Camping". You can read that story at www.altgeek.net/voices

You can hear the pod cast at http://www.nerdnetworks.org/pcr/RadioVoices-20070809.mp3

Tune in this Thursday for my solo debut! I am excited and nervous and will do my best.

Stormshadow

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Radio Voices Session 14 8.2.7

Hola Listeners,

Hope you are doing great. This last show was fun. Perhaps I pre-partied a bit too hard for an on air appearance (thanks, RoBro). Either way, I was on the air, 20,000 miles above, crusing speed.

There was a mix up with bLeev. He didn't make it this time, but he will be back. I saw him Sunday and made up for lost time. You may witness this event at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEe6KFU1o0E

I told a couple of stories. The first was "Quality Observation". The second was "Night of The Living Drag Queens". You can read Quality Observation at www.altgeek.net/voices NoTLDQ has only been told as oral history. Enjoy!

I played a fair amount of music. Some of the songs you heard were:

Hail Columbia by The Radio Voices Playas
I Burn by The Toadies (by request, no less)
Do You Love Me Still by The Breeders
I would hurt a fly by Built to Spill
Let's make it special by Dexy's Midnight Runners
I will always love you by Dolly Parton
Which way to your America? by Living Colour
Our Day will Come by Ruby and The Romantics


My guest for the evening was Sanjeev of The Worship of Silence. We played a number of songs from their latest album. You can find out more about The Worship of Silence at http://www.theworshipofsilence.com/ and at www.myspace.com/theworshipofsilence

You may hear the podcast of this session at
http://www.nerdnetworks.org/pcr/RadioVoices-20070802.mp3

Tune in this Thursday to hear me with the band Sassy and Quinn of The Brown Bums.

Snikt Snikt,

Stormshadow