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EDBZ BLOG #46

    The San Fernando Valley will be hot and humid today. This is what we have to suffer through to live in the best state in the country. HOT SUMMERS. But we also don’t have to worry much about mildew, water damage, paint being stripped from our cars from ice or salted roads, we don’t spend too much on coats or jackets or boots to slog through snow. I wear shorts and short-sleeved shirts most of the time when I’m not at work. But these hot summer days! Ugh. Beats snow and rain and ice any day though.


    The Odyssey was amazing! Go see it when you can on the biggest screen. Spiderman: Brand New Day is next week. I got tickets to see Avengers: Doomsday for December. Dune 3 is out in December on the exact same day. And if you haven’t seen The Furious yet and are even a tiny bit of a fan of martial arts and action movies, go see it while you can. It’s about four movies worth of stunts, punching, kicking, shooting, takedowns and general jar-dropping action. 

    We have two new shows on the fourth Wednesdays of the month with Anatoliagaze hosted by Erkan, playing music from artists from Turkiye (at 11am & 6pm Pacific) and Frequency Dip with Marcus Mayes (at 12pm and 7pm Pacific), playing the latest and classic songs from Shoegaze to Post-Punk. Follow us on Facebook/eardrumbuzzradio for more info or look on the DJ page at the website.

    Here’s a picture of me with the latest release from Sun Shines Cold, out now at: sunshinescold.bandcamp.com/album/light-fades-into-ruins Thanks to Colan and Brian for sending me this beautiful double album! You can’t see it, but the records are a smoky grey and black. Over 13 songs, Sun Shines Cold crafts guitar atmospheres that build and layer and crash over your ears, lifting you up with their power and beauty.


    We also had our hot Sixth Anniversary Weekend a few weeks back and I’m slowly recovering from making sure everything ran smoothly. Except for a few hiccups, it all went well. I want to thank all the wonderful musicians and music fans who took the time to put together recorded shows for us, sharing their passion for music with our listeners.  


    All the shows that aired on our Eardrum Buzz Radio Sixth Anniversary Weekend can be heard on Podbean. You can listen on the site, the app or download them for later. eardrumbuzzradio.podbean.com

    Listen to shows by DJ Jimi C, aka Jim Biggs from Black Nite Crash, DJ Kirst's Knighted Snowmen Beats, Sean Schultz, aka SonderUS and Neo, DJ Dubya, host of the Surprise Cast podcast, Goran and Ronnie Vs. The World members of Damokles and Rule of Two, Greg Fuhs of Beyond The Beaten Tracks, Martin Kennedy of All India Radio and Kilbey Kennedy, DJ Knillz host of Underwater, Looking Up Thursday's on Twitch, The Scandinavian Shoegazers United with Gunnar Malmquist and Terje Lomondal, Alex Keevill of The Microdance and Damian Frood aka The Failed Blue Dot with Zaar.Plus the latest episodes of Beyond The Beaten Tracks with Greg and John, The Comforts of Madness with Rob Levy, Friday I'm In Love with Bret Miller and Vapour Trail with Greg and Meagan.All the shows on Podbean are free to listen to or download! If you sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of the main page at eardrumbuzz.net you will get our latest blog and get notified when new shows are on Podbean.


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    EDBZ BLOG #45

      The Eardrum Buzz Radio Sixth Anniversary is upon us! I’m eager for you all to hear all the fantastic guest shows, all of our usual DJ’s shows and to find new bands and artists to support.


      Tune in beginning at 12am Pacific through the end of Sunday, July 5th to hear these shows from our wonderful Eardrum Buzz Radio DJ’s, supporters and fans!


      Find this same schedule below the player at eardrumbuzz.net.


      Eardrum Buzz Radio Sixth Anniversary Schedule

      July 3rd-5th (All Shows are Pacific Time. Use worldtimebuddy.com)

      (Shows in Bold are our regularly scheduled shows)


      Friday, July 3rd:

      12am - Goran Karlsvik and Ronny Raskinn of Damokles

      2am – Sean Schultz aka SonderUSA & Neo

      4am – Jim Biggs aka DJ Jimi C of Black Nite Crash

      6am - Dubya Frederick, host of Surprise Cast

      7am – Alex Keevill of The Microdance

      9am – Gunnar Malmquist aka DJ MQT and Terje Lomundal present: “Scandinavian Shoegazers United”

      11am - Goran Karlsvik and Ronny Raskinn of Damokles

      1pm – Greg Fuhs’ Beyond The Beaten Tracks Special

      2pm – Shore Dive Records Hour 

      3pm – DJ Knillz’ “. . .underwater, lookingup” Special

      5pm - Dubya Frederick, host of Surprise Cast

      6pm – Meagan Masingill’s Sixth Anniversary Special

      8pm – Vapour Trail, The Resurrection with DJ Grim and DJ Dreams

      10pm – DJ Kirst's Knighted Snowmen Beats


      Saturday, July 4th:

      12am - DJ Knillz’ “. . .underwater, lookingup” Special

      2am – Damian Frood of The Failed Blue Dot and Zaar’s Sixth Anniversary Special

      3am – Martin Kennedy of Kilbey Kennedy and All India Radio

      4am -  Gunnar Malmquist aka DJ MQT and Terje Lomundal present: “Scandinavian Shoegazers United”

      6am - Dubya Frederick, host of Surprise Cast

      7am – The Comforts of Madness with Rob Levy

      9am – Six Beats Under with DJ Wednesday

      11am - Martin Kennedy of Kilbey Kennedy and All India Radio

      12pm – Shore Dive Records Transmissions with Nico Beatastic

      1pm - Damian Frood of The Failed Blue Dot and Zaar’s Sixth Anniversary Special

      2pm - Sean Schultz aka SonderUSA & Neo

      4pm – Shore Dive Records Transmissions with Nico Beatastic

      5pm - Greg Fuhs’ Beyond The Beaten Tracks Special

      6pm - The Comforts of Madness with Rob Levy

      8pm - Shore Dive Records Transmissions with Nico Beatastic

      9pm - Six Beats Under with DJ Wednesday

      11pm - Dubya Frederick, host of Surprise Cast


      Sunday, July 5th:

      12am - DJ Kirst's Knighted Snowmen Beats

      2am - Damian Frood of The Failed Blue Dot and Zaar’s Sixth Anniversary Special

      3am - Martin Kennedy of Kilbey Kennedy and All India Radio

      4am - Greg Fuhs’ Beyond The Beaten Tracks Special

      5am - Sean Schultz aka SonderUSA & Neo

      7am - DJ Knillz’ “. . .underwater, lookingup” Special

      9am - DJ Kirst's Knighted Snowmen Beats

      11am – Rock Never Rusts with David Kasheta

      1pm - Gunnar Malmquist aka DJ MQT and Terje Lomundal present: “Scandinavian Shoegazers United”

      3pm - Alex Keevill of The Microdance

      5pm - Jim Biggs aka DJ Jimi C of Black Nite Crash

      7pm - Rock Never Rusts with David Kasheta

      9pm - Martin Kennedy of Kilbey Kennedy and All India Radio

      11pm - Goran Karlsvik and Ronny Raskinn of Damokles


      Not many of you kind listeners to Eardrum Buzz Radio know this, but my favorite band is a trio from Canada named Rush. Really, Prog Rock? I do choose to play everything but “Classic Rock” on my station because I believe there are plenty more other sources of that sound. You know, all the music you heard during the 70’s, if you were alive, or all that your parents or grandparents grew up hearing on the radio, stations like KMET and KLOS here in the Los Angeles area. I do play some Psychedelic Rock though. So why Rush? Well, they were literate, they were challenging, they did have some shorter, catchier songs like Fly By Night early on, but it was the mystery, the fantasy, the many parts and passages to their songs that really caught my ear. Even in shorter songs like those heard on the first side of Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures, when they decided to focus on shorter, radio-friendly tunes, had so much going on within their framework. Then Geddy Lee REALLY got into synthesizers as the main instrument on a few albums, but even those had their hits and memorable songs. They then went back into making more rocking songs, then took a hiatus and came back harder than ever. During their reunion tour I got to take pictures from the stage at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater and got to see Jack Black jump on stage dressed as Carmen Miranda, complete with fruit hat and cropped top, change his clothes, which were in one of the moving clothes driers on stage, then roll around and prostrate himself at the feet of Geddy, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart.


      When Rush called it quits after their 2016 tour I was sad but satisfied. When Neil passed in 2020 I was sad. But I started an online radio station and discover so much great music. Then Geddy and Alex had some news. They were playing with a drummer and planned on taking to the road as Rush! Anika Niles was someone I’d never heard of before but seeing and hearing her take on the role of the Professor behind the kit must’ve been a daunting challenge. But she was amazing, muscular and played all the necessary parts while adding her own power and style to the well-known, beloved songs.  Loren Gold, who has played with The Who and Chicago, added understated keyboards that filled in the space between bass and guitar beautifully. The back of the stage was a wall-to-wall screen, with another screen in front and above that showed closeups, as well as two side screens with closeups and sometimes a framed closeup in the middle of the graphics on the big screen. The pyro blast during one of the songs made us jump! Geddy was in great voice, he must’ve had some training exercises to hit those high notes, his bass playing was stellar and Alex was as fast and as emotional in his playing as ever. I sang along to quite a few songs, likely off-key, tears flowed, cheers were given and “Hey’s” were yelled at the proper parts during 2112.  Rush did mix up some of the songs from their previous night, including beginning their second set with more parts from 2112. I’m exhausted, happily, with lights and colors and riffs in my head. If and when Rush come back, my friend Mike and I will be there. Oh, yeah, the cartoons and videos before and between were hilarious too. “Slappin’ Da Bass.”


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      EDBZ BLOG #44

        I’m looking for people who would like to guest DJ Eardrum Buzz’s Sixth Anniversary weekend of July 4th. If you want to be a DJ for an hour or two please contact me at bret@eardrumbuzz.net for the details. You have until the beginning of June, so respond soon and get the best placement in the schedule!


        I wanted to remind you all that we do have a Patreon page, so if you’d like to support independent radio, you can do so for as little as $2 a month. Bonus points for knowing where I got the Tier name from. You’ll live your days knowing that there is a station out there that plays music that isn’t picked by an algorithm, nor a computer system, with music that isn’t made by some list of prompts, that is created by real human beings with real instruments and blood, sweat and tears. We have many DJ’s with passion and heart and extraordinary musical tastes. So memorize the schedule below the player on the website and go to patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio to help keep us going. Please enter your email address to get the blogs and notifications when new shows are up on Podbean too!


        We also have a Podbean page at eardrumbuzzradio.podbean.com. You can find London Calling, Seasons Change, Beyond The Beaten Tracks, Vapour Trail, The Comforts of Madness, Friday I’m In Love and guest shows there. Listen on the site, get the app or download the show for later. Please leave a comment if you enjoyed the show. We love the feedback!



        Dreamgaze is happening in Portland and Tremolo in Seattle on June 5-6!


        Tremolo Festival:

        Guest Directors, Black Nite Crash, Desario, Cigarettes for Breakfast, Moondaddy, Lauren Lakis, Waves Crashing, SomeSurprises, 44Go and Bridal Veil



        Dreamgaze:

        Night One:

        Darkswoon, Cigarettes for Breakfast, Lauren Lakis and DJ Wednesday



        Night Two:

        Desario

        Moon Daddy

        Herr God

        DJ Wednesday



        Deep thoughts ahead...


        Imagine being born to a world that accepts, supports and nurtures children to become happy, confident, able-bodied adults. Now think of how hard it is for kids who think differently, love differently and feel differently to navigate this world, at least in my experience here in lovely Burbank, California. Maybe you identify as a certain gender, no gender, or are attracted to the same gender or both? Perhaps you have learning challenges, your brains are wired in such a way that you’re teased or abused or misunderstood, or worse, given up on? Living on this planet I’ve noticed my own differences and experienced how difficult it is to figure out other people, accept others’ differences and not judging so much. I’m an INTJ. Look it up. I’m also highly sensitive. Go learn what that means. I have tinnitus. I constantly hear ringing. I’m constantly telling myself to not judge others, to accept myself and others for the way they are, to not belittle people for being different. Being an intuitive introvert, thinker and judger can be tough.


        I also think both my parents are/were introverts, though my mom has always been more social, going to her knitting and garden clubs and used to help put together her high school reunions. I know my younger brother is an introvert and likely my older brother was too, if not autistic and was mentally disabled as long as I knew him, living in hospitals and assisted living. I think my father didn’t handle his challenges as well as he could, possibly because of his upbringing but did the best he could, though he was a bit judgy and never understood nor accepted my interests as much as he should have. He punished my brother and I and I think that has adversely affected me throughout my life. Grandma Gracie, and Uncle Jerry, both on my mother’s side, always took me to where I wanted to go to get birthday presents and Christmas/Hannukah presents and got me what I liked. My parents/step-parents were of various degrees accepting of me, my stepmother, not so much. But we got along well enough, though she was a pain when we were younger.


        What is the hardest thing for me to accept is living in a culture that doesn’t cherish people, doesn’t promote healthy living both physically and mentally and doesn’t bring everyone up. Our culture is so toxic that so many people don’t get the courage to express their gender identity or who and how to love until they’re much older. To be comfortable in their own skin, to be confident, to not care so much about what other people think and to just be themselves. If that means a gender reassignment, coming out of the closet or to just be OK with being yourself, why does it take so long? And on top of that are the emotional aspects of being thought of as difficult or strange or different, the self-preserving mechanisms, the fears, the neuroses, the anxieties connected to wanting to be OK with oneself, whether being autistic, highly sensitive, having OCD or ADHD or even a physical challenge that can be seen. 


        If only we weren’t so easily divided, so tired, so distracted, so pliable, so slow, so stupid, so gullible. Maybe if we were well educated, maybe if jobs paid enough to not just survive but to thrive, maybe if housing was affordable, health care was affordable, the news wasn’t owned by autocrats, a few people didn’t hoard all the wealth of the country. Maybe if we lived in a country that cherished their citizens, art, science, health, longevity and learning. Maybe then we could feel good about raising kids to become adults who can move through the world with confidence, find a good job that pays enough for a house, a car, vacations, living in a neighborhood with good schools, that paid their teachers well, with stores that sold fresh food at affordable prices. With kind and loving and learned people in those neighborhoods who didn’t judge or punish but nurtured different views on life, different ways of thinking, different neurological and emotional connections, to love who they wanted to and who loved themselves for who they truly are. Think about all the art and joy and relaxation and thinking and science we could develop with time and peace and enough money to thrive. I think and feel that is an achievable goal for this culture, but then I’d likely have to move somewhere in Europe to have a better life right now, where the people are reasonable and happy and smart and caring.


        Be the person we all need to be: kind and generous and giving and confidant and smart and healthy and not judgey and divisive. Even while the world is going to shit we can all agree to get along.


        I do love you all, listeners and non and am giving you all a big virtual hug. I’m a hugger. I’ll chat with you next month.


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