BONUS: Joe Cocker at Woodstock - the real lyrics

For those of us old enough to remember Woodstock - and Joe Cocker - here's a clip that made me laugh more than anything I've seen in the last few months:

Retro Cocktail Hour

A weekly treat from my former home state of Kansas is the (inaccurately-named) Retro Cocktail Hour http://www.kpr.ku.edu/retro/. This weekly two-hour radio show of "Space-age pop, bachelor pad music, exotica, lounge music, and cocktail jazz" is loads of fun. Dig that cocktail shaker out of the closet and make this the backdrop to your next tiki-themed party. The shows are usually available for streaming for about 6 weeks after their Saturday night broadcasts.

Montana Radio Cafe

In 2004, Scott Johnston went on the air from his 90-year old farmhouse near Creston, Montana. His 100-watt signal barely reaches his nearest neighbor, but his eclectic 21,000+ song library has attracted fans from around the web. I'd characterize his playlist as largely "American Roots" – Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Tish Hinojosa, John Mayall, BB King, the BoDeans, and Little Feat show up regularly, but many of the tracks will be ones you've never heard on the radio. The site streams 24/7, and is free, but has commercials for local home-town businesses. http://www.kxzi.com/. 

SoundCloud

An interesting website I've recently started visiting is SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com/. The site, which originated in Sweden in 2007, allows visitors to upload their own music, poetry readings, interviews, ambient recordings – really anything. Anyone can listen to and comment on the tracks at any point (there's a cute waveform display for each track), and a whole social network has emerged from this. I enjoy sticking a random word into their search engine – say, broccoli – and see what pops up.

Found via BoingBoing

The Retro Cocktail Hour

A weekly treat from my former home state of Kansas is the (inaccurately-named) Retro Cocktail Hour http://www.kpr.ku.edu/retro/. This weekly two-hour radio show of "Space-age pop, bachelor pad music, exotica, lounge music, and cocktail jazz" is loads of fun. Dig that cocktail shaker out of the closet and make this the backdrop to your next tiki-themed party. The shows are usually available for streaming for about 6 weeks after their Saturday night broadcasts.

Montana Radio Cafe

In 2004, Scott Johnston went on the air from his 90-year old farmhouse near Creston, Montana. His 100-watt signal barely reaches his nearest neighbor, but his eclectic 21,000+ song library has attracted fans from around the web. I'd characterize his playlist as largely "American Roots" – Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Tish Hinojosa, John Mayall, BB King, the BoDeans, and Little Feat show up regularly, but many of the tracks will be ones you've never heard on the radio. The site streams 24/7, and is free, but has commercials for local home-town businesses. http://www.kxzi.com/. 

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