THE TOP 114 OF 2014

Merry Christmas!  Here it is:  the big list of your favorite songs you heard on KJRW this year.  The band with the most songs was Nirvana.  The White Stripes had the number one song, but it was the only song they had in the countdown. Just under 20% of the list were tunes from our College Rock and New Wave Summer features. A dozen songs were covers.  Get Under the Covers again with us in January!

1. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
2. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
3. Perfect Storm - Strypes
4. So Alive - Love and Rockets
5. Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
6. Lexicon Devil - Germs
7. Wendy - Descendents
8. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
9. Get With Me - PINS
10. Oh My God - Kaiser Chiefs
11. Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets
12. I Fought the Law - Clash
13. No Fun - Sex Pistols
14. One Way Or Another - Blondie
15. T.M.I. - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
16. Strange Love - Cramps
17. Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
18. Rise Above - Black Flag
19. Till I Get My Way - Black Keys
20. People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
21. Goodnight Tonight - Dollyrots
22. Pirate Song - Go Betty Go
23. Between the Eyes - Love Battery
24. The Guns of Brixton - Clash
25. We Want the Airwaves - Ramones
26. Bad Mouth - Fugazi
27. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
28. One of My Lies - Green Day
29. School Days - Runaways
30. Dancing With Myself - Generation X
31. Sappy - Nirvana
32. Here's To Your Fuck - Gits
33. These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - 7 Seconds
34. Drama - L7
35. State of Love and Trust - Pearl Jam
36. Phenomena - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
37. Grind - Alice In Chains
38. Pablo Picasso - Modern Lovers
39. Dresden Dolls - Fall
40. Destination Anywhere - Sugarcult
41. Electric Band - Wild Flag
42. No Time Left - Crawls
43. You Sound Like You're Sick - Ramones
44. Season of the Witch - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
45. Wild Thing - X
46. Infected - Bad Religion
47. What Love Is - Dead Boys
48. Good Guys (Don't Wear White) - Minor Threat
49. Ring of Fire - Social Distortion
50. I Wanna Be Sedated - Offspring
51. Wave of Mutilation - Pixies
52. Damaged Goods - Gang of Four
53. The Wait - Pretenders
54. Love Buzz - Nirvana
55. I Want It All - Battered Wives
56. Pull A U - Kills
57. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
58. Stray - Heatmiser
59. Rock and Roll Queen - Subways
60. Who Was In My Room Last Night? - Butthole Surfers
61. The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
62. The Wait - Killing Joke
63. Destroy - Eyeliners
64. Goo Goo Muck - Cramps
65. Everybody's Out - Dum Dum Girls
66. Somebody Else's Baby - Murder City Devils
67. Take Me To Your, Leader - Pudz
68. The Impression That I Get - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
69. I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
70. Over Seasons - Authority Zero
71. Kiss Kiss - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
72. Dog Style - Viletones
73. Money - Flying Lizards
74. Prison Bound - Social Distortion
75. Hellhole - Detroit Diesel Power
76. (I'm Gonna) Run Away - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
77. All This and More - Dead Boys
78. Sliver - Nirvana
79. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
80. Suicide - Battered Wives
81. The KKK Took My Baby Away - Ramones
82. New College - Dollyrots
83. Waiting Room - Fugazi
84. Soup Is Good Food - Dead Kennedys
85. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo
86. Should I Stay Or Should I Go? - Clash
87. Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
88. Abra Cadaver - Hives
89. Wrong Way - Sublime
90. Friction - Television
91. New Radio - Bikini Kill
92. Radio Free Europe
93. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
94. Gouge Away - Pixies
95. Andres - L7
96. Bang On - Breeders
97. Lies - Greenhornes
98. Ever Fallen In Love? - Buzzcocks
99. Misunderstood - 7 Year Bitch
100. Girlsized - Glitter Mini 9
101. In Bloom - Nirvana
102. Bored of You - Agent Orange
103. Cocaine - FIDLAR
104. Radio Revolution - Vacancies
105. How Soon Is Now? - Smiths
106. Story of My Life - Social Distortion
107. Seriously - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
108. Whip It - Devo
109. First World Anarchist - Dollyrots
110. Ball of Confusion - Love and Rockets
111. Sundance - Public Works
112. Not My Idea - Garbage
113. So What - Anti-Nowhere League
114. You Know You're Right - Nirvana 

WHAT'S GOING ON (in the middle of December)

We're halfway through December and have had almost as many visits to the station page as in the whole month of November.  Our rank among all the stations on Live365 has been climbing this past week.  Your current favorite songs on KJRW are:

1. Spoonman - Soundgarden
2. Closer - Nine Inch Nails
3. Cannonball - Breeders
4. Rise - Public Image Ltd.
5. Rise Above - Black Flag
6. Bonzo Goes To Bitburg - Ramones
7. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
8. Corona - Minutemen
9. Lies - Greenhornes
10. Santa Monica - Everclear

The Top 114 Songs of 2014 will be posted soon.  Happy Chanukah!

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the beginning of December)

KJRW's fifth year online has begun with lots of 90's Alternative Rock.  A couple hundred streams were launched in the first week of December.  We were made a favorite station a handful of times.  And there are lots more twitter followers.  Your current favorite songs on KJRW are:

1. Cannonball - Breeders
2. Closer - Nine Inch Nails
3. Spoonman - Soundgarden
4. Corona - Minutemen
5. You - Candlebox
6. Rise Above - Black Flag
7. Bonzo Goes To Bitburg - Ramones
8. Santa Monica - Everclear
9. Glycerine - Bush
10. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus

Listen for Punk Rock Christmas tunes soon on KJRW...

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the beginning of KJRW's 5th year)

KJRW begins its fifth year online by once again turning our focus to the Sound.  Puget Sound, that is.  Clouds.  Logging.  Flannel.  We continue our musical journey following Alternative Rock into the 90's, when it exploded into the mainstream.  Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam are just the tip of the volcanic mountain.

A quick look back at November shows that KJRW's rank among the rock stations on Live365 went up a couple notches.  The average time people spent listening to KJRW in November was higher than in October.  People listened the most in the U.S., Canada, France, Spain, Mexico, New Zealand, Finland, Sweden, Germany and the U.K.  Inside the U.S., listening was tops in Illinois, New York, Georgia, California, Ohio, Indiana, Texas, Virginia, Michigan and Florida.

Your favorite songs the last week of November were:

1. Rise Above - Black Flag
2. Corona - Minutemen
3. Bonzo Goes To Bitburg - Ramones
4. Lies - Greenhornes
5. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
6. Waiting Room - Fugazi
7. What You Need - INXS
8. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
9. Rat Race - Brody Dalle
10. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

WHAT'S GOING ON (in the middle of November)

The good news is that we have raised enough money to renew our contract with Live365 next month!  KJRW will stay online another year, and will have more room to store more songs and more people will be able to listen at a time without having to pay a subscription fee.  More!  More!  More!

Our rank among the rock stations on Live365 is holding steady.  We're just shy of being made a favorite 600 times. KJRW picked up a few more twitter followers this past week.  If you would like more frequent updates about the station, follow us on twitter or like the facebook page.

Your current favorite songs on KJRW are:

1. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
2. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
3. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
4. You Sound Like You're Sick - Ramones
5. People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
6. Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets
7. Goo Goo Muck - Cramps
8. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
9. Wave of Mutilation - Pixies
10. The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - XTC

We continue our musical journey through 80's College Rock the rest of this month to 90's Alternative in December.  Thanks for coming along for the ride.

WHAT'S GOING ON (a week into November)

There's just a few weeks left of our contract with Live365, and we have raised enough money for a "bronze" renewal.  That is the minimum amount to keep KJRW online.  If we raise just $70 more, we will qualify for a "silver" contract.  What would that mean to you?  More listeners could tune in for free, and we could expand our library to play even more songs.

We did get off to a slow start on our fundraising because our campaign page on Go Fund Me was telling people they could not make donations.  That problem was fixed by making a brand new page:  http://www.gofundme.com/renewKJRW.

We're off to a good start in November.  The average time people spend listening to KJRW is double what it was in October.  Consequently, our rank has clicked up a few notches.  It is still Fall, so we are still rocking College style.  Our College Rock T-shirts will only be available in the KJRW Corner Store for a few more weeks.

                      

Your favorite songs the first week of November were:

1. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
2. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
3. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
4. Season of the Witch - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
5. You Sound Like You're Sick - Ramones
6. Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets
7. People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
8. Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
9. Goo Goo Muck - Cramps
10. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the beginning of November)

Hello and welcome to November!  The last month of KJRW's contract with Live365.  You can help us renew and stay online for another year by making a donation at http://www.gofundme.com/KJRW-WestSeattle or by becomming a VIP.

VIPs spent more time listening to KJRW in October, and the average time all listeners tuned in was longer than in September.

The U.S., Canada, Colombia, Spain, France, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, U.K., Brazil, Italy and Austria were the countries where people listened the most in October.

Your favorite songs the last week of October were:

1. Rather Be A Zombie - Dollyrots
2. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
3. Season of the Witch - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
4. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
5. People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
6. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
7. Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
8. Goo Goo Muck - Cramps
9. Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets
10. Oh My God - Kaiser Chiefs

Our hope is to continue our musical journey from 80's College Rock in November to 90's Alternative in December.  Please help us renew our contract with Live365 in December.

WHAT'S GOING ON (near the end of October)

Live365 VIPs are spending more time with KJRW lately.  VIPs get to listen commercial-free.  If you would like to test drive VIP for free for 5 days, click here.

Joan Jett was honored as Rocker of the Year by Little Kids Rock this past week, and we're happy to see she tops the list of your current favorite songs on KJRW:

1. Season of the Witch - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
2. People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
3. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
4. Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
5. Pirate Song - Go Betty Go
6. Perfect Storm - Strypes
7. Oh My God - Kaiser Chiefs
8. Till I Get My Way - Black Keys
9. Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets
10. Goodnight Tonight - Dollyrots

More spooky tunes for Halloween week coming your way on KJRW.  College Rock continues in November.  In December, our contract is up for renewal with Live365.  Help us stay online with a small donation at http://www.gofundme.com/KJRW-WestSeattle.

WHAT'S GOING ON (in the middle of October)

People have visited the KJRW station page at Live365.com 55 thousand times!

Your favorite songs this week were:

1. Till I Get My Way - Black Keys
2. Pirate Song - Go Betty Go
3. Goodnight Tonight - Dollyrots
4. Oh My God - Kaiser Chiefs
5. Stray - Heatmiser
6. Damaged Goods - Gang of Four
7. Perfect Storm - Strypes
8. How Soon Is Now - Smiths
9. The Wait - Pretenders
10. Dresden Dolls - Fall

More spooky tunes as we get closer to Halloween.  More college rock in November.  And then...

We're not sure what will happen in December.  Our contract will be up with Live365.  If we don't raise enough money to renew, KJRW may go silent.  You can keep us online if you become a VIP, or donate what you can at http://www.gofundme.com/KJRW-WestSeattle.

CHILL

Getting too chilly to wear a KJRW T-shirt?
Pick up one with sleeves in the KJRW Corner Store.







NEW sweatshirts are now available also!

As well as our classic sweatshirts.

Buy something at the store this fall and you will be contributing to keeping KJRW online for another year!

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the beginning of October)

Your favorite songs the first week of October were:

1. Till I Get My Way - Black Keys
2. Goodnight Tonight - Dollyrots
3. Pirate Song - Go Betty Go
4. Oh My God - Kaiser Chiefs
5. Stray - Heatmiser
6. You Sound Like You're Sick - Ramones
7. Damaged Goods - Gang of Four
8. All This and More - Dead Boys
9. Perfect Storm - Strypes
10. The Wait - Pretenders

Over a couple hundred people visited the station page during the first week of the month.  Several people clicked on the heart to make KJRW a favorite.

KJRW got more twitter followers and more Facebook page likes.

Listen for College Rock and some spooky tunes all month long...

SCHOOL

Get your Back To School clothes at the KJRW Corner Store.

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the end of September)

There were more visits to the the KJRW station page in September than in August.  So, there were also more streams launched this month than the previous one.

More listeners made KJRW a favorite station by clicking on the heart on the station page.  Our rank among the hundreds of rock stations and thousands of stations on Live365.com went up.

VIPs spent 4 times longer listening to KJRW in September.  If just 3 more people sign up to be a VIP before December, KJRW will be able to stay online for another year.  VIPs get to listen commercial-free.  Give it a try by clicking here.

KJRW went back to school at the beginning of September.  Get your back to school clothes at the  KJRW Corner Store.  Some college rock were favorite songs this month:

1. All This and More - Dead Boys
2. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
3. State of Love and Trust - Pearl Jam
4. Perfect Storm - The Strypes
5. Complete Control - The Clash
6. The Dream's Not Dead - Candy Hearts
7. Unsatisfied - The Replacements
8. Amplifier - The dB's
9. One Way or Another - Blondie
10. Dresden Dolls - The Fall

People listened the most in the U.S., Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Germany and Japan.  The states supporting KJRW were:  Texas, California, Ohio, Arkansas, Florida, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, Nevada and Arizona.

Spooky tunes are coming your way in October...

WHAT'S GOING ON (in mid-September)

KJRW's rock rank is holding steady on Live365.com. The station has been made a favorite 575 times, and over 54 thousand streams have been launched.  It seems as though there have been some connection problems, with the signal dropping out a bit over the past week.  Thanks for not giving up, and pressing play again, again, and again!  Your current favorite songs are:

1. Rock & Roll Queen - The Subways
2. You Sound Like You're Sick - The Ramones
3. Girlsized - Glitter Mini 9
4. Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. All This and More - Dead Boys
6. In Bloom - Nirvana
7. Perfect Storm - The Strypes
8. Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
9. Everybody's Out - Dum Dum Girls
10. Phenomena - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

More College Rock just added from Dinosaur Jr., Faith No More, Joy Division and more!

KJRW has also picked up more Twitter followers this week.  If you would like more updates about the station, you can follow us  @KJRWwestseattle.

Find out what it's like to listen to KJRW without commercial interruptions.  Click this link:  http://www.live365.com/rewards/pm?tag=member_10222739915

KJRW continues to host trivia Sunday nights at 7:30 at West Seattle Brewing Company.  Come out and play!

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the beginning of September)

The play button on KJRW was clicked for the 40 thousandth time yesterday.  A couple hundred of those streams were launched during the first week of September.  A few people made KJRW their favorite station on Live365.com this last week.  But, people are not listening for long amounts of time, so our rank slipped a bit.  You've heard College Rock on KJRW for the past few days, and a few songs made it into the Top Ten:

1. In Bloom - Nirvana
2. Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
3. Rock & Roll Queen - Subways
4. Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Prison Bound - Social Distortion
6. Girlsized - Glitter Mini 9
7. Phenomena - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
8. Perfect Storm - Strypes
9. Everybody's Out - Dum Dum Girls
10. Dear God - XTC

KJRW ROCKS COLLEGE THIS FALL

80's Alternative Rock was once known as College Rock.  It was underground, played only on student-run radio stations in the United States and Canada.  College Rock was a combination of Post-Punk and New Wave music.  

And now that New Wave Summer has ended, it's time for KJRW to go to college.  Soon you will hear from R.E.M, The Cure, The Replacements, The Smithereens, They Might Be Giants and much, much more on KJRW...

WHAT'S GOING ON (During Labor Day Weekend)

It's the last days of New Wave Summer on KJRW.  There were more streams launched in August than in July, but less time spent listening to the station.  Our rank among the rock stations on Live365.com climbed a few notches, but dropped a bit overall.

Your favorite New Wave Summer song was the Boomtown Rats' I Don't Like Mondays.  Your favorite songs at the end of August were:

1. Who Was In My Room Last Night? - Butthole Surfers
2. Prison Bound - Social Distortion
3. Pigs In Zen - Jane's Addiction
4. I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
5. The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
6. Take Me To Your, Leader - The Pudz
7. Sliver - Nirvana
8. Phenomena - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
9. Pablo Picasso - The Modern Lovers
10. One Way Or Another - Blondie

People listened to KJRW the most in the United States, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Indonesia, Australia, Spain, Brazil, New Zealand and Italy.

Watch this space for a big announcement on Tuesday!

WHAT'S GOING ON (in mid-August)

KJRW's rank is rising!  Just about every visit to the station page results in a click of the play button.  Maybe people are getting used to the new layout changes Live365 made recently.

Your favorite songs this week were:

1. Pablo Picasso - The Modern Lovers
2. Who Was In My Room Last Night? - Butthole Surfers
3. I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
4. The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
5. Sliver - Nirvana
6. Take Me To Your, Leader - The Pudz
7. State of Love and Trust - Pearl Jam
8. Somebody Else's Baby - Murder City Devils
9. One Way Or Another - Blondie
10. Prison Bound - Social Distortion

Just added tracks from the Adicts, Screaming Females, Black Wine and more!

Comment here if there is a song you would like to hear.

If you are in the Seattle area, please join us for trivia at the West Seattle Brewing Company Sunday nights at 7:30 p.m.

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the beginning of August)

We have added a new feature to the KJRW web page:  Polls!  The first question is about New Wave Summer songs.  Be sure to vote for your favorite!

There have been over 2 hundred streams launched and visits to the station page on Live365.com in the first week of the month.  Our rock rank is holding steady.

The current Top Ten tracks are:
1.   I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
2.   Sliver - Nirvana
3.   Who Was In My Room Last Night? - Butthole Surfers
4.   Pablo Picasso - The Modern Lovers
5.   One Way Or Another - Blondie
6.   State of Love and Trust - Pearl Jam
7.   The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
8.   Take Me To Your, Leader - The Pudz
9.   Somebody Else's Baby - Murder City Devils
10.  Free Love - Cage the Elephant

More New Wave Summer songs from The Psychedelic Furs, The Church, Talk Talk and more just added!

Follow us on twitter @kjrwwestseattle for daily updates!

WHAT'S GOING ON (At the End of July)

Our rank on Live365.com has gone up a little.  KJRW got a few more clicks on the heart to make us a favorite station.  A larger percentage of people who visit the station page are pressing the play button and giving us a listen. More streams were launched in July than in June.  These are the songs folks are enjoying the most:

1. State of Love and Trust - Pearl Jam
2. Pablo Picasso - The Modern Lovers
3. Somebody Else's Baby - Murder City Devils
4. Dresden Dolls - The Fall
5. Kool Thing - Sonic Youth
6. One Way Or Another - Blondie
7. Fall Out - The Police
8. New Sensation - INXS
9. Raw Power - The Stooges
10. California Sun - The Ramones

Listening is tops in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Mexico, Colombia, Italy, France, Finland, the United Kingdom and Germany.

New Wave Summer is in full swell.  INXS and the the Fall even made it into the top ten tracks this week.  More songs on the way from the Smiths, Split Enz, Missing Persons and more.

TRIVIAL PURSUIT

KJRW sponsors TRIVIA again this Sunday night at 7:30 at the West Seattle Brewing Company.  Bring a friend or 5 to 4415 Fauntleroy Way SW, just off the West Seattle Bridge for a beer and 4 rounds of crazy questions.  Jokester Jim is your host for the evening.

WHAT'S GOING ON (in the middle of July)

With the exception of July 10th, there have not been as many visits to the KJRW station page at Live365.com lately.  Consequently, our rank has dropped a bit over the past week or so.  However, a few more people have clicked on the heart to show they like KJRW,  and that it is one of their favorite stations.

These are the tunes getting the "thumbs up" this week on KJRW:

1. Hotprowl - Tiger Army
2. American Waste - Black Flag
3. Over - Sugarcult
4. Parts - The Fastbacks
5. Whip It - Devo
6. Liar - Sex Pistols
7. Hunted Down - Soundgarden
8. Gouge Away - The Pixies
9. Phenomena - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand

Our first sponsored night of trivia was postponed to THIS Sunday.  Please come out and play if you are in the Seattle area.  It's at the West Seattle Brewing Company on Fauntleroy,  just east of the West Seattle Bridge at 7:30 p.m.

New Wave Summer rolls on with Devo, Bowie, INXS and more...

SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!

Hey, Seattle listeners:  KJRW sponsors TRIVIA this Sunday night at 7:30 at the West Seattle Brewing Company.  Bring a friend or 5 to 4415 Fauntleroy Way SW, just off the West Seattle Bridge for a beer and 4 rounds of crazy questions.  Jokester Jim is your host for the evening.

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the beginning of July)

Our rank on Live365 is holding steady at the beginning of July.  More than 15 hundred people have visited the station page in the past month.

KJRW can be heard around the world 24-7.  Currently, it is most popular in the United States, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Denmark and Germany.

Your favorite songs on KJRW this week were:
1.    Santeria - Sublime
2.   Abra Cadaver - The Hives
3.   Static Age - Misfits
4.   Over Seasons - Authority Zero
5.   In the City - The Jam
6.   Love Buzz - Nirvana
7.   TMI - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
8.   Mannequin - Wire
9.   Superwise - Goodness
10.  Andres - L7

Please listen for "American" songs all Independence Day Weekend long from artists such as:  Pennywise, The Offspring, Green Day, Bad Religion and more.

KJRW HOSTS TRIVIA NIGHT on JULY 13th!  If you are in the Seattle area, please join us at the West Seattle Brewing Company.

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the end of June on KJRW)

KJRW's rank among the Live365 stations has gone up a smidge this week.  We were made a favorite station once again.

New Wave Summer started a few days ago.  Artists such as:  Scandal, The Go-Go's, B-52's and Squeeze were added to the mix.

Your favorite songs on KJRW included:
1. Lexicon Devil - The Germs
2. Should I Stay Or Should I Go? - The Clash
3. Story of My Life - Social Distortion
4. Before We Die - The Beat Dolls
5. TMI - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
6. Bored of You - Agent Orange
7. Abra Cadaver - The Hives
8. Private Helicopter - Harvey Danger
9. Johnny Hit and Run Pauline - X
10. Soup Is Good Food - Dead Kennedys

KJRW may be hosting a trivia night next week.  Stay tuned for details...

WHAT'S GOING ON with KJRW (for the 3rd week of June)

Live365.com has given the KJRW station page a new look.
Check it out and tell us what you think.

A handful of people made KJRW a favorite station last week.  You can do that by clicking the heart on the station page.  The number of streams launched has decreased this past week.  It may be because the play button has been moved to the upper left corner of the station page.


The Top Ten tracks on KJRW this past week were:

1. Baby Boy - Girl in a Coma
2. Andres - L7
3. Over Seasons - Authority Zero
4. No Integrity - Betty Blowtorch
5. Lust For Life - Iggy Pop
6. Cold Wind - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
7. Dog Eat Dog - Adam and the Ants
8. Get With Me - PINS
9. Apathetic - Lunachicks
10. Chelsea Dagger - Fratellis

NEW WAVE SUMMER crashes in THIS WEEK!  The genre of music that bridges the gap between Punk and Grunge.  Song suggestions?

WHAT'S GOING ON (INSIDE MY HEAD)

Look for a new feature in this space called "What's Going On"...

TOP TEN

A Clash classic sits at the top this week on KJRW:

1. Should I Stay Or Should I Go? - Clash
2. Story Of My Life - Social Distortion
3. I Don't Want To Know - Donnas
4. Infected - Bad Religion
5. Black Leather - Shonen Knife
6. Can't Live Without You - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
7. Not My Idea - Garbage
8. Bang On - Breeders
9. Between the Eyes - Love Battery
10. TMI - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

NEW WAVE SUMMER crashes in on KJRW in a little over a week from now...

TOP TEN

Here are the Top Ten tracks on KJRW for the beginning of June:

1. TMI - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
2. I Just Wanna Have Something To Do - Ramones
3. Love Buzz - Nirvana
4. Jennifer Lost the War - Offspring
5. Gimme Gimme Gimme - Black Flag
6. Bored of You - Agent Orange
7. Infected - Bad Religion
8. Cocaine - FIDLAR
9. 100% - Sonic Youth
10. Lies - Greenhornes

Thanks to your emails and New Wave Summer being just around the corner, the Spinster will return to the DJ seat next week, along with songs from Devo, Adam and the Ants and more!

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS KJRW?

During NO DJ MAY, people pressed the play button over 12 hundred times.  Where were they listening?

• United States
• Canada
• Colombia
• United Kingdom
• Italy
• South Africa
• Brazil
• Czech Republic
• Finland
• Spain
• Peru
• Australia
• Thailand
• Serbia
• New Zealand
• Mexico
• Costa Rica
• Croatia/Hrvatska
• Austria
• Hong Kong
• Chile
• Denmark
• Philippines
• El Salvador
• Taiwan
• Argentina
• Germany
• Japan
• Greece
• Turkey
• Israel
• Hungary
• Norway
• India
• Saudi Arabia
• Greenland
• Russia
• Egypt

SPINSTER

DJ Spinster has had the last month off and we thought she would be anxious to return to KJRW on June 1st, but it looks like it is going to take a little convincing.  We told her that listening in May was half it was in April, and that clearly everyone wants her back.

As much as KJRW's rank climbed in April, it dropped in May.  There were still over 14 hundred visits to the station page on Live365.com and over a thousand streams launched.

Please continue to enjoy the music mix you cannot hear anywhere else but on KJRW, and tune in to see when the Spinster returns...


Tell the Spinster to get her ass back in the DJ seat!

POP SONG

The most popular songs on KJRW during NO DJ MAY:

1. No Shelter - Rage Against the Machine
2. Strange Love - Cramps
3. Drones in the Valley - Cage the Elephant
4. Doesn't Make It All Right - Stiff Little Fingers
5. Let It Burn - Orwells
6. When I Come Around - Green Day
7. Lies - Greenhornes
8. Ever Fallen In Love - Buzzcocks
9. Forced To Suck - Sloppy Seconds
10. Grind - Alice In Chains
11. Wrong Way - Sublime
12. Lump - Presidents of the United States of America
13. Gouge Away - Pixies
14. TMI - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
15. Goofy's Concern - Butthole Surfers
16. Not My Idea - Garbage
17. Lexicon Devil - Germs
18. You Know My Name - Courtney Love
19. It Didn't Matter - Crawls
20. Wendy - Descendents
21. One Evening - Jesus Lizard
22. Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers
23. Cocaine - FIDLAR
24. Epic - Faith No More
25. Over Seasons - Authority Zero
26. I Hate My Life - Youth Brigade
27. Ready Steady Go - Generation X
28. I Hate People - Anti-Nowhere League
29. Unreal - Go Betty Go
30. Just A Girl - No Doubt
31. This Is the New Sound - Anti-Flag
32. Get With Me - PINS
33. Superhero - Jane's Addiction
34. Waiting Room - Fugazi
35. Everybody's Out - Dum Dum Girls
36. Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
37. Manthem - Bouncing Souls
38. Joanie in the City - Girl in a Coma
39. Bang On - Breeders
40. Friction - Television

MEN ARE APRIL WHEN THEY WOO

Now that we are midway through May, let's talk about April.  Ahhh April, when there was only one day without a deejay.  More people listened on this April Fool's Day than on any other we have endured on KJRW.  And it was all uphill from there!





The play button was pressed over 12 hundred times.  The KJRW page at Live365.com was visited over 2 thousand times.  People spent the most time listening since the station was created!  Consequently, KJRW achieved the highest rank among all the stations on Live365 ever!

NO DEEJAY MAY

Ever wonder what KJRW would sound like without a DJ?  
No one to tell you what you are about to hear.  No one to play those funny id's between tunes.  No one to make sure an artist does not perform more than once an hour.  No one to keep the same song from repeating. We got a little taste of that on April 1st.  But that was only one day.  What would it be like for an entire month?  Listen to KJRW during May to find out what happens...

TOP TEN

Big shake up in the Top Ten tracks this week on KJRW.  A Sex Pistols cover of a Stooges song shoots up to number one.

1. No Fun - Sex Pistols
2. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
3. Primitive - Killing Joke
4. Wendy - Descendents
5. F.T.W. - Vines
6. Drama - L7
7. Lexicon Devil - Germs
8. Strange Love - Cramps
9. What Love Is - Dead Boys
10. Rock & Roll Queen - Subways

This time next week, KJRW will not have a DJ, so we don't know if we'll even have a Top Ten...

TOP TEN

PINS and Fugazi swap at the top this week on KJRW.

1. Get With Me - PINS
2. Bad Mouth - Fugazi
3. Lexicon Devil - Germs
4. Drama - L7
5. You Know You're Right - Nirvana
6. Hellhole - Detroit Diesel Power
7. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
8. Destination Anywhere - Sugarcult
9. New College - Dollyrots
10. Feelin' All Emo - Unlovables

New songs from Band of Skulls and Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders on KJRW now...

TOP TEN

Fugazi moves into the top spot this week on KJRW:

1. Bad Mouth - Fugazi
2. Get With Me - PINS
3. Destination Anywhere - Sugarcult
4. Drama - L7
5. Are You Bad - Glitter Mini 9
6. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
7. Hellhole - Detroit Diesel Power
8. Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
9. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
10. You Know You're Right - Nirvana

Listen to KJRW to hear new music from the Orwells, as well as old favorites from Devo, Blondie and more...

WE DO NEED SOME MUSIC EDUCATION

"Building on existing research (Kirschner and Tomasello in 20102) which found that making music significantly improves pro-social behaviour in young children) the current study investigated not only the potential effects of music making (singing or playing an instrument) on pro-sociability but also its effects on problem-solving and whether there was a difference between boys and girls.

The study, carried out by undergraduate student, Rie Davies, and academics Dr Maddie Ohl and Dr Anne Manyande from the School of Psychology at the University of West London, explored the pro-sociability, co-operation and problem-solving abilities of 24 girls and 24 boys aged four.

The children in the study were randomly assigned to either a 'Music' Group (Group 1) or a 'No Music' Group (Group 2). Children in Group 1 (Music) sang and played the percussion bullfrog and children in Group 2 (No Music) listened to a story. These sequences were then followed by two games a 'Co-operation' game and a 'Helping' game. The children's problem solving ability was tested by observing their reactions during the 'Helping' game.

Music improved helpfulness for both girls and boys with children in the 'Music' group over thirty times more likely to help than those in the 'No Music' group. Girls were over twenty times more likely to help than boys. Making music was also shown to improve co-operation among all the children in the 'Music Group' who were six times more likely to co-operate than those in the 'No Music' Group. Once again girls were even more likely to co-operate after music making than boys. Boys in the 'Music' Group were also four times more likely to problem solve.

Rie Davies said: "This study provides support for prior research by Kirschner and Tomasello (2010)1 and also highlights the need for schools and parents to understand the important role music making has in children's lives in terms of social bonding and helping behaviours. Music making in class, particularly singing, may encourage pupils with learning differences and emotional difficulties to feel less alienated in the school environment."*

*British Psychological Society (BPS). (2013, September 5). 'Making music may improve young children's behavior'. ScienceDaily. Retrieved February 9, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905202851.htm

The moral of the story is:  KEEP MUSIC IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS!  Don't you agree?

TOP TEN

Sugarcult surprises us this week by shooting up to number one in the Top Ten tracks on KJRW.

1. Destination Anywhere - Sugarcult
2. Bad Mouth - Fugazi
3. Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
4. Drama - L7
5. Get With Me - PINS
6. Are You Bad - Glitter Mini 9
7. New College - Dollyrots
8. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
9. Hellhole - Detroit Diesel Power
10. First World Anarchist - Dollyrots

To see your favorite songs in the list, click the "thumbs up" icon while they are playing on KJRW.

MARCH INTO THE SEA

We made it through another April Fool's Day.  There were actually some cool 60's songs.  And more people tuned in than on any previous April 1st.  We may try to go a whole month without a DJ and see how that sounds.

Now as for March, our rank slipped a little bit due to people listening for free a little less.  VIP's were pressing the play button a bunch more, though.  Over 11 hundred streams were launched during last month.  There were a couple hundred more visits to the station page on Live365.com than in February.  KJRW was made a preset station the most times in March than in the past year.

People spent the largest amount of time listening in the U.S., Canada, China, Spain, Australia, U.K., Thailand, Colombia, Sweden and France.  Inside the U.S., Washington, Illinois, California, Alabama, Texas, Ohio, Arkansas, Colorado, North Carolina and Georgia were tops in listening.

TOP TEN

The new Dollyrots' song zooms to the top this week on KJRW:

1. First World Anarchist - Dollyrots
2. Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
3. Spring Forward - Tiger Army
4. Fall Down - Toad the Wet Sprocket
5. Rise Above - Black Flag
6. Bad Mouth - Fugazi
7. Lexicon Devil - Germs
8. Get With Me - PINS
9. The Guns of Brixton - Clash
10. Radio Revolution - Vacancies

Listen for new stuff from the Strypes, Bouncing Souls, Cali Giraffes, Julie Ruin and more next week.  And you could hear just about anything on Tuesday...

FOOLISH GAMES

Every year on April Fools' Day, the DJ leaves the hot seat and someone else (something??) takes over the controls.  The format has run the gamut from Classic Rock to Disco to Rap.  It's anyone's guess what will happen this year.  You will have to tune in to KJRW on April 1st to find out...

WALK THIS WAY

"Most people synchronize their steps to the beat of their tunes when they listen to music on a walk. In the current study, researchers found that even when excerpts of music had identical tempo and beat, other acoustic features influenced walkers' stride and speed.

Participants in the study heard samples of 52 different types of music that all had the same tempo and a 4-beat meter during a walk, but their stride lengthened in response to some tunes and was shorter in response to others. These differences in stride caused an overall difference in the pace of their walk.

After the experiment, participants rated the music they had heard with bipolar adjectives like bad or good, aggressive or tender, familiar or unfamiliar. Music which increased walking speed the most was most frequently rated bad, aggressive, loud or fast, whereas emotions, familiarity or taste had little correlation to the music's effect on pace. Pop-techno sounds were more prominent in the excerpts that increased pace, compared to jazz-reggae on tunes that decreased walking pace. Leman adds "Music tones up or tones down your walking stride depending on musical style, even when the tempo is the same. This offers perspectives for sports and physical rehabilitation."*

*Public Library of Science. (2013, July 10). Same beat set to different tunes changes walkers' pace. ScienceDaily. Retrieved February 9, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710182938.htm

Download the free Live365 app to listen to KJRW on your smartphone, and see if you walk faster!

TOP TEN

Big changes in the Top Ten tracks on KJRW this week:

1. Love Buzz - Nirvana
2. Lexicon Devil - Germs
3. Radio Revolution - Vacancies
4. Out of Step - Minor Threat
5. Destination Anywhere - Sugarcult
6. The Guns of Brixton - Clash
7. What Love Is - Dead Boys
8. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
9. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
10. Beat Your Heart Out - Distillers

Next week on KJRW we will feature the new album from The Dollyrots, Barefoot + Pregnant!

TAG

The KJRW Tagline Contest closes at the end of the month!  

Just a few days left to fill in the blank:  "KJRW is ______________" for your chance at prizes.

I DON'T HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts played a sold-out show at Snoqualmie Casino in Washington Sunday night.  It was their second show in the ballroom in a little less than a year.  Breaking with tradition, the set began not with Bad Reputation, but TMI from the new album, Unvarnished.  Almost half of the songs during the concert came from the new album (Soulmates To Strangers, Make It Back, Fragile, Hard To Grow Up, Any Weather and Reality Mentality).  The Runaways classic, Cherry Bomb remained in its usual second slot.

It was at about this time that I reached up to get a high five from bassist Acey Slade.  He instead shook my hand and left his guitar pick in my palm.  They then launched into Gary Glitter's Do You Wanna Touch Me and Bad Reputation.  The Blackhearts really hit their stride midway through the set with the first song Joan Jett ever wrote, You Drive Me Wild.  This was the highlight of the show for me because she came over and played part of it right above me.

The show ended with the trifecta of tunes that most people go to hear:  I Love Rock 'N' Roll, Crimson and Clover and I Hate Myself For Loving You.  The encore included The Sweet's AC/DC and Sly and the Family Stone's Everyday People.

TOP TEN

Only a few changes to the list this week.  Here are the Top Ten tracks on KJRW:

1. The Guns of Brixton - Clash
2. Money - Flying Lizards
3. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
4. Rise Above - Black Flag
5. Ever Fallen In Love - Buzzcocks
6. The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
7. Grind - Alice In Chains
8. Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
9. Electric Band - Wild Flag
10. (I'm Gonna) Run Away - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Listen for Celtic Punk from Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys and more now through St. Patrick's Day...

SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE

"We are constantly bombarded with a seemingly limitless amount of new music in our daily lives. But why do we keep coming back to that one song or album we couldn't get enough of in college?

New research from Washington University's Olin Business School shows that although consumers say they prefer to listen to unfamiliar music, their choices actually belie that preference.

The study, "The Same Old Song: The Power of Familiarity in Music Choice," could have implications for marketers and the playlists, events, venues and products which they choose to advertise.

"In three studies, we examined the power of familiarity on music choice and showed that familiarity is a more important driver of music choice than more obvious, and commonly tested, constructs such as liking and satiation, i.e., being 'sick of' certain music," says Joseph K. Goodman, PhD, associate professor of marketing at Olin and co-author of the study, along with Morgan Ward of Southern Methodist University and Julie Irwin of University of Texas at Austin.

"Our results suggest that the emphasis on novelty in the music domain, by consumers and people often protesting the current state of the music business, is probably misplaced," Goodman says. "In the marketplace, and in our pilot study, consumers say that they want more novelty when in fact their choices suggest they do not."

The study shows that consumers pick music they are familiar with even when they believe they would prefer less familiar music.

Goodman suggests that based on the findings marketers should continue to promote what is familiar to consumers, even though it might not be the most liked. In addition, managers and artists should not underestimate the power of familiarity when promoting their music.

He says that though the studies show the importance of familiarity in music, it also shows that there is a place for new music as well. Consumers have a need for both novel and familiar music, and they especially prefer familiar music when they are busy working or doing cognitively demanding tasks.

Goodman says that the success of services like Pandora and Spotify will continue because they not only play personalized familiar favorites, but they also introduce people to new music with familiar musical elements."*

So, what do you think?  Do you want to hear your old favorites or new stuff?  Do you say you want to hear new stuff, when you really prefer hearing your old favorites?

*Washington University in St. Louis. (2013, July 23). We don't like unfamiliar music, even though we claim we do. ScienceDaily. Retrieved February 9, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130723134248.htm

TOP TEN

It's musical chairs this week on KJRW, as the songs switch positions from the previous week.

1. The Guns of Brixton - Clash
2. Money - Flying Lizards
3. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
4. The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
5. Rise Above - Black Flag
6. The Hardest Button to Button - White Stripes
7. Strange Love - Cramps
8. Grind - Alice In Chains
9. Electric Band - Wild Flag
10. I Want It All - Battered Wives

Listen for the Greenhornes, Fratellis, Veruca Salt and more this week on KJRW...

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XMAS IN FEBRUARY

Was it the love songs?  KJRW saw its biggest jump in listening and rank ever during the month of February!  There were over 11 hundred streams launched during the short month.  We were made a preset station a dozen more times.  People spent the most time listening to KJRW in the U.S., Canada, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Greece, Hungary, Denmark, Italy and Finland.  Inside the U.S., Washington, Alabama, Ohio, Arizona, California, Texas, Colorado, Arkansas, Minnesota and Tennessee were tops in listening.  Thanks for showing KJRW the love in February!

TOP TEN

There's a new number one in the Top Ten on KJRW this week:

1.  The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
2.  Rise Above - Black Flag
3.  Money - Flying Lizards
4.  Incinerate - Sonic Youth
5.  Grind - Alice In Chains
6.  Electric Band - Wild Flag
7.  Strange Love - Cramps
8.  I Want It All - Battered Wives
9.  Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
10.  New Radio - Bikini Kill

Looking ahead to mid-March and trying to dig up some Celtic Punk...

THE CONTEST

Do you remember the contest on Seinfeld?  This isn't it.

KJRW's Tagline Contest began last week.  We have received a few entries, but no winners yet.

Just fill-in the blank:  KJRW IS __________

If we like your tagline, you will hear it on KJRW 

and get a KJRW prize pack!

TOP TEN

Only a few songs from last week's list made it into the Top Ten this week on KJRW:

1. Rise Above - Black Flag
2. Electric Band - Wild Flag
3. Strange Love - Cramps
4. I Want It All - Battered Wives
5. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
6. Kiss Them for Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
7. No Time Left - Crawls
8. (I'm Gonna) Run Away - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
9. Wendy - Descendents
10. Good Guys (Don't Wear White) - Minor Threat

Listen for songs that have not been on KJRW before from Nirvana, Savages, PINS and more next week...

TAG US!

Fill in the blank:  "KJRW is _______________ "

submit your contest entry

If we like your slogan, you will hear it on KJRW and win a prize pack!

FROM THE CORRECTIONS DEPT.

For some time now, KJRW has been playing a Nirvana song from the Live365 library.  And we have just noticed that the track information is incorrect.  It has been labeled "Verse Chorus Verse".  The song did evolve into "Verse Chorus Verse", but this version was originally called "Sappy".

Please forgive the mistake.  It has been corrected.  All Apologies.

TOP TEN

There's a shake up at the top this week on KJRW:

1. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
2. New Radio - Bikini Kill
3. So Alive - Love and Rockets
4. No Time Left - Crawls
5. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
6. I Fought the Law - Clash
7. Verse Chorus Verse - Nirvana
8. Wendy - Descendents
9. We Want the Airwaves - Ramones
10. No Fun - Sex Pistols

Listen next week to hear songs that haven't been on KJRW before from the Offspring, Audioslave, Nine Inch Nails and more...

LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES

It's that time of year again.  You can't walk into any store without being assaulted by pink and red hearts.  We prefer Blackhearts.  KJRW brings you love songs this week.  Here is a list of what you will hear:

• Prove My Love - Violent Femmes
• Fell In Love With A Girl - White Stripes
• Lovecats - Cure
• Love Sucks - Adicts
• Won't Fall In Love Today - Suicidal Tendencies
• Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Love Comes In Spurts - Richard Hell & the Voidoids
• LUVU4LYF - PINS
• State of Love and Trust - Pearl Jam
• Radar Love - Ministry
• Everyday I Love You Less and Less - Kaiser Chiefs
• Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
• Love Like Anthrax - Gang of Four
• I Love Livin' in the City - FEAR
• Ever Fallen in Love - Buzzcocks
• Hello, I Love You - Adam Ant
• Love Buzz - Nirvana
• Love Ya Love Ya Love Ya - Jaret Reddick and Kelly Ogden
• Love in Plaster - Hives
• Kiss Off - Violent Femmes
• Love Spreads - Stone Roses
• I Love Playin' With Fire - Runaways
• Message of Love - Pretenders
• La La Love You - Pixies
• Valentine's Day - Dollyrots
• Strange Love - Cramps
• Love Songs - Adverts
• Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The One I Love - R.E.M.
• Kamikaze Love - Poets of the Fall
• Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson
• Gone Kissin' - Lunachicks
• My Valintine - Little Hearts
• This Ain't the Summer of Love - L7
• I Hate Myself For Loving You - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
• Kiss Me Deadly - Generation X
• My Lover's Box - Garbage
• Love You More - Fastbacks
• What Love Is - Dead Boys
• Kiss My Ass Goodbye - 7 Year Bitch

Did we leave anything out?

TOP TEN

The Crawls drop down to the second slot, and the Pixies fall to the bottom ten this week on KJRW.

1. So Alive - Love and Rockets
2. No Time Left - Crawls
3. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
4. I Fought the Law - Clash
5. Verse Chorus Verse - Nirvana
6. Good Guys (Don't Wear White) - Minor Threat
7. Wendy - Descendents
8. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
9. We Want the Airwaves - Ramones
10. No Fun - Sex Pistols

Listen for love songs next week on KJRW...

JANUARY IS THE MONTH THAT CARES

January was Dive Under the Covers month on KJRW.  There were over 2 thousand visits to the station page at Live365.com.  Our rank amongst the rock stations held steady, but our overall rank slipped due to most people listening for free, instead of being VIP members.  But there were more streams launched in January than in December, and KJRW was made a preset station the most times since September.

People spent the most time listening in the U.S., Canada, Spain, Greece, Brazil, U.K., Hungary, Denmark, Croatia and Germany.  Inside the U.S., Alabama, Washington, California, Colorado, Texas, North Carolina, Minnesota, Ohio, Arizona and Florida were tops in listening time.

KJRW will play love songs in mid-February.  Watch this blog to find out how to win a KJRW prize pack in the coming weeks.

TOP TEN

The end of January finds these songs at the top on KJRW:

1. No Time Left - Crawls
2. Head On - Pixies
3. I Fought the Law - Clash
4. Verse Chorus Verse - Nirvana
5. Ball of Confusion - Love and Rockets
6. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
7. No Fun - Sex Pistols
8. Good Guys (Don't Wear White) - Minor Threat
9. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
10. Wendy - Descendents

We're looking for love songs for mid-February.  Any suggestions?

DIVE UNDER THE COVERS

We have been asked to post a list of all the cover songs played during Dive Under the Covers month on KJRW.  We hadn't really been keeping track, but we can't resist a list, so here is what we remember playing:

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo
99 Red Balloons - 7 Seconds
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Minutemen
Amoeba - Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker
Ball of Confusion - Love and Rockets
Bang A Gong - Ministry
Be My Baby - Dollyrots
Because I'm Awesome - Bowling For Soup
Blue Monday - Orgy
Break On Through - Weirdos
Cherry Bomb - Bratmobile
Class War - Bobby Alt,  Branden Steineckert, Ben Rojas, and Nick S.
Come On, Let's Go - Girl In A Coma
Crimson & Clover - Evil Stig
Darling Nikki - Foo Fighters
Dear Prudence - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Dirty Deeds - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Do It Clean - Hole
Easy - Faith No More
Everybody Knows - Concrete Blonde
Gimme Some Truth - Generation X
Have A Cigar - Foo Fighters
Head On - Pixies
Hello, I Love You - Adam Ant
Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
House of the Rising Sun - Adolescents
How Soon Is Now? - Meatmen
I Can't Control Myself - Strawberry Zots
I Fought the Law - Clash
I Had Too Much To Dream - Stiv Bators
I Love Rock 'N' Roll - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
I Wanna Be Sedated - Offspring
I Will Survive - Cake
I'm Not Your Stepping Stone - Minor Threat
Indian Giver - Ramones
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
It's My Life - No Doubt
It's Too Late - 7 Year Bitch
Just Got Paid - Rapeman
Kick Out the Jams - Presidents of the United States of America
Kids In America - Donnas
Lake of Fire - Nirvana
Lord of the Thighs - Breeders
Love Song - 311
Maggies Farm - Rage Against the Machine
Manic Depression - Beefeater
Money - Flying Lizards
Mony Mony - Billy Idol
More, More, More - Babes In Toyland
Mrs. Robinson - Lemonheads
My Generation - Green Day
My Sharona - Veruca Salt
Nights In White Satin - Dickies
No Fun - Sex Pistols
Nothing Compares 2 U - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
On A Plain - Telekinesis
Over the Rainbow - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Paranoid - Dickies
People Are Strange - Echo and the Bunnymen
Personal Jesus - Marilyn Manson
Pictures of Matchstick Men - Camper Van Beethoven
The Promise - Eyeliners
The Pusher - Blind Melon
Radar Love - Ministry
Ring of Fire - Social Distortion
Roadrunner - Colored Girls
Rock 'N' Roll - Runaways
Rock 'N' Roll High School - Shonen Knife
Rock On - Blondie
Satyagraha - Vacancies
Seek and Destroy - Agent Orange
Set Me Free - Fastbacks
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Should I Stay Or Should I Go? - Anti-Flag
Stairway To Heaven - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Stay Away - Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band
Surfin' Bird - Ramones
Swallow My Pride - Fastbacks
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Marilyn Manson
Take Me To The River - Talking Heads
These Boots Are Made for Walkin' - 7 Seconds
Tomorrow Never Knows - My Son the Bum
Too Drunk To Fuck - Blanks 77
Travelin' Band - Heart Attacks
Viva Las Vegas - Dead Kennedys
Voices Carry - Gang Green
Wasted - Circle Jerks
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Nirvana
You Know My Name - Poets of the Fall

A KJRW prize pack to the first person who responds with a corresponding list of artists who did those songs first!

TOP TEN

It's almost all covers in the Top Ten tracks this week on KJRW:

1. I Fought the Law - Clash
2. Ball of Confusion - Love and Rockets
3. Verse Chorus Verse - Nirvana
4. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
5. No Fun - Sex Pistols
6. Ring of Fire - Social Distortion
7. I Will Survive - Cake
8. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo
9. I Wanna Be Sedated - Offspring
10. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes

There is only one week left of Dive Under the Covers month.  We will soon post a list of all the cover tunes we played.

DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY

Our friends at the Stress Blog write about listening to upbeat music to stay happy.  We at KJRW have to wonder what listening to the tunes we play does to people's moods.

The Stress Blog: Be Happier ~ Listen to Upbeat Music: enlarge People can successfully try to be happier, especially when cheery music aids the process. (Credit: © Syda Productions / Foto...

TOP TEN

The Offspring's cover of a Ramones classic remains at number one in the Top Ten tracks on KJRW this week:

1. I Wanna Be Sedated - Offspring
2. Ring of Fire - Social Distortion
3. These Boots Are Made for Walkin' - 7 Seconds
4. The Wait - Killing Joke
5. Here's To Your Fuck - Gits
6. Suicide - Battered Wives
7. Sundance - Public Works
8. Between the Eyes - Love Battery
9. Dog Style - Viletones
10. The Hardest Button to Button - White Stripes

Covers of songs better known by the Doors, Troggs, Creedence Clearwater Revival and more as Dive Under the Covers month continues on KJRW...

UNDERCOVER ANGEL

Songs by Nancy Sinatra, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Gloria Gaynor, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd playing on KJRW??  No, it's not April Fool's Day.  It's Dive Under the Covers month.  You will hear Gang Green take on 'Til Tuesday, Generation X do John Lennon and more all during January on KJRW.

Sometimes covers become more popular than the original versions of songs such as Santana's version of the Fleetwood Mac song "Black Magic Woman" or Jimi Hendrix's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower".  Are the tunes KJRW is playing more popular than the originals?  Probably not.  But we think they sound cool.

TOP TEN

The top three are covers this week on KJRW, as Dive Under the Covers month ramps up.

1. I Wanna Be Sedated - Offspring
2. Ring of Fire - Social Distortion
3. These Boots Are Made for Walkin' - 7 Seconds
4. The Wait - Killing Joke
5. Between the Eyes - Love Battery
6. Here's To Your Fuck - Gits
7. Sundance - Public Works
8. Wave of Mutilation - Pixies
9. The KKK Took My Baby Away - Ramones
10. Suicide - Battered Wives

Listen for the Fastbacks covering Green River, Poets of the Fall taking on Chris Cornell, My Son the Bum doing the Doors and more this week on KJRW.

DECEMBER YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM CHILD

During December, listening was highest in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, France, Mexico, U.K., Denmark, Spain, Philippines and Hungary.  Inside the U.S., people listened the most in Alabama, Washington, California, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Virginia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arkansas.

There were more visits to the KJRW page on Live365.com in December than in the previous month.  The average amount of time people spent listening was up a tiny bit also.  However, the number of streams launched was the lowest of the entire fall season.

Please make sure your version of flash player is up to date so you can listen to KJRW.  We had one listener tell us that she could see all the great songs that were playing on the station, and was frustrated to not be able to hear them because her software was not upgraded on her computer.

We started December playing back the Top 113 of 2013.  It was the first month of our fourth year online.  Onward and upward, we say!

January is Dive Under the Covers month on KJRW.  Please push 'play'.

TOP TEN

The first list of 2014 finds Killing Joke at the top of the heap on KJRW.

1. The Wait - Killing Joke
2. Here's To Your Fuck - Gits
3. The KKK Took My Baby Away - Ramones
4. Seriously - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
5. Dog Style - Viletones
6. So Alive - Love and Rockets
7. These Boots Are Made for Walkin' - 7 Seconds
8. Between the Eyes - Love Battery
9. Suicide - Battered Wives
10. Miss Understood - 7 Year Bitch

One cover made the list this week.  We shall see which others make the cut as KJRW Dives Under the Covers all month long.