JUNE HYMN

Almost 400 of you clicked the play button on KJRW over 800 times and listened for over 2 thousand hours during the month of May.  That puts us over halfway to our ultimate listening goal we need to reach by the end of October to stay online.  Listening time increased 17% from April to May.

Sadly, that percentage dropped in the past week by 8% due to technical difficulties with Radionomy.  Several of their streams have only played sporadically since the Friday before Memorial Weekend, including ours. There has been no reply to our inquiry for a solution.  We're back on today.

New Wave Summer begins in a couple of weeks.  KJRW will showcase artists such as:  Joy Division, Duran Duran, Blondie, Devo, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Talking Heads, and more all summer long.

As always, we take your requests at kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com or on our Facebook Page.  You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

Thanks for listening in the U.S., Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Sweden, Austria, U.K., Ecuador, Morocco, and Thailand.

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

As May draws to a close, we are glad we scheduled Soundgarden to be the final Artist of the Day.  KJRW was saddened to learn of the loss of Chris Cornell on the 18th after a show in Detroit.  He had one of the strongest voices in rock.  May he be at peace.

KJRW has featured a different artist every day in May.  Over a thousand people heard them all.  Thanks for checking us out in the U.S., Germany, Canada, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Austria, Greece, U.K., Slovenia, Portugal, and Thailand.  Listening time rose to 45%.  We have 4 months to get to 100%.

NEW WAVE SUMMER begins later this week.  Listen for Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, The Cure, New Order, Devo, Talking Heads, The Police, Blondie, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, Tears for Fears, The B-52's, Psychedelic Furs, The Human League, The Smiths and more all summer long.

All your favorite Alternative and Punk Rock songs will be on, too.

So, catch the wave -- it'll be gnarly and totally tubular, dude!

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

Our host site, Live365 is currently conducting a survey by sending listeners an email with a link to the poll questions.  They mostly concern how you would like to monetarily support your favorite broadcasters.  The results we have seen show that people do not really like the idea of subscribing to Live365 and giving a fixed extra amount of money as a donation to their favorite station.  If you would like to support KJRW without going through Live365, you may visit our Go Fund Me page, and donate any amount you wish.  We have added rewards such as stickers, magnets and T-shirts for your contribution.


The Top Tracks on KJRW currently are:

1. Change the World - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
2. Self Esteem - The Offspring
3. We Are the One - The Avengers
4. Got the Time - Anthrax
5. Straight To Hell - The Clash
6. One Way Or Another - Blondie
7. Jocko Homo - Devo
8. Wild in the Street - Circle Jerks
9. Kick Me to the Curb - The Dollyrots
10. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day

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 (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.

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...

RIDE THE WAVE

re-posting this for the last week of NEW WAVE SUMMER:

When the first wave of Punk Rock receded, Post-Punk and New Wave music rose in its wake.  New Wave was one of the definitive music genres of the 1980's, gaining popularity through videos aired on MTV.  In turn, New Wave led to the development of College Rock and Grunge of the late 1980's/early 1990's.  You could say that New Wave is the bridge from Punk to Grunge.  We cross that bridge on KJRW.  We are at midspan of New Wave Summer.  Please continue to enjoy songs from the Cure, Depeche Mode, Talking Heads, Blondie, the Smiths and more.  Get the commemorative T-shirt at the KJRW Corner Store.

New Wave Summer T-shirt

TOP TEN

Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?  Can the Cramps top Poets of the Fall?  Yes, they can.  Here are the Top Ten tracks on KJRW this week:

1. Can Your Pussy Do the Dog? - Cramps
2. Miss Impossible - Poets of the Fall
3. The Guns of Brixton - Clash
4. Another Shot of Whiskey - Gits
5. Shout - Tears for Fears
6. Peaches - Stranglers
7. I Need - L7
8. Miserlou - Agent Orange
9. People Are People - Depeche Mode
10. Suddenly Last Summer - Motels

New Wave Summer songs from Blondie, The Smiths and more just added, along with music from the Beat Dolls, Ruby and the Replacements.  Keep clicking on the thumbs up icon when you hear songs you like on KJRW.

TOP TEN

The songs shuffle around, but Poets of the Fall stay in the number one slot in the KJRW Top Ten for the first week of March.

1. Psychosis - Poets of the Fall
2. B Is For Brutus - Hives
3. Orange Alert - Briefs
4. Wild Thing - X
5. These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - 7 Seconds
6. Take the Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven
7. Dancing With Myself - Generation X
8. Rehab - Ministry
9. Know Your Rights - Clash
10. X Offender - Blondie

The brand new song from Screaming Females, "Poison Arrow" was just added to KJRW, along with tunes that have never been on KJRW before from The Fall, Killing Joke, Fugazi and Devo.

TOP TEN

The songs shuffle around a bit, but mostly stay the same this week.  Here is the current KJRW Top Ten:

1. Orange Alert - Briefs
2. Wild Thing - X
3. These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - 7 Seconds
4. Dancing With Myself - Generation X
5. Know Your Rights - Clash
6. Satyagraha - Vacancies
7. Rehab - Ministry
8. Song 2 - Blur
9. X Offender - Blondie
10. Wrong Way - Sublime

Is there a song you think should be on KJRW?  Comment here, email it or write it in the Shout Out Box on the station page.

TOP TEN

Two songs from Under the Covers Week make it onto the list.  Soundgarden stays at the top.  Here are the tunes that got the "Thumbs up" on KJRW this week:

1. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
2. All This and More - Dead Boys
3. I Wanna Be Sedated - Offspring
4. Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
5. Spin the Black Circle - Pearl Jam
6. Loss of Control - Green Day
7. Angry, Young and Poor - Anti-Flag
8. Rehab - Ministry
9. Call Me - Blondie
10. Love In Plaster - Hives

The well-liked cover versions will remain in the mix next week, along with a new Prat Attack song and some old favorites.

TOP TEN

The Pixies hold onto the number one spot for the second week of October -- or dare I say, Roctober.  Can they do it again next week?  It is up to you.  Click on the 'thumbs up' icon when you hear a song you like on KJRW.  Here is the current list of favorites:

1. Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
2. Rock The Casbah - Clash
3. Dance With Me - Dollyrots
4. Rock & Roll Queen - Subways
5. Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
6. Call Me - Blondie
7. Love In Plaster - Hives
8. Someday - Strokes
9. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
10. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Ramones

New Red Hot Chili Peppers on soon!

KJRW TOP TEN

Soundgarden makes a triumphant return to the top this week.  Here are the most popular songs on KJRW at the midway point of September:

1. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
2. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
3. Waiting Room - Fugazi
4. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
5. School Days - Runaways
6. Precious - Pretenders
7. Dreaming - Blondie
8. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo
9. Take It Off - Donnas
10. Rock 'N' Roll High School - Shonen Knife

Next week, the return of all your favorite songs from KJRW's first year online...

KJRW TOP TEN LIST

How do songs make it into the Top Ten on KJRW?  Listeners click the "thumbs up" icon while the songs are playing.  The songs are then rated on a scale of 1 to 10.  The tracks closest to a perfect 10 make it to the top.  Here is the list for mid-August:

1. B Is for Brutus - Hives
2. Can't Stand Losing You - Police
3. Fight for Your Right - Beastie Boys
4. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
5. Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
6. New Radio - Bikini Kill
7. Fascination Street - Cure
8. Infected - Bad Religion
9. Talking In Your Sleep - Romantics
10. Never Say Never - Romeo Void

Songs just added to the mix from Blondie, Devo, Joy Division and more!  Check here next week to see if they make it into the Top Ten.

NEW WAVE SUMMER

In the late 1970's, Paul Weller of The Jam was on the T.V. show, Tomorrow.  He told host Tom Snyder that what his band played was called New Wave, and that Punk Rock was a term made up by the media.  I believe that New Wave was a lighter, synthesizer-infused type of music that evolved from gritty Punk Rock.

Now that I think about it, the last time I listened to and enjoyed Top 40 or Contemporary Hit Radio, it was filled with New Wave music.  Blondie, The Cars, The Police, The Pretenders, Duran Duran and Eurythmics dominated the airwaves.

KJRW starts sprinkling in New Wave songs on the first day of summer.  So tie a knot in your skinny tie and get ready to ride the wave!  New Wave Summer begins Wednesday on KJRW.


P.S.  You can find that Paul Weller interview on the Tomorrow show on You Tube.  (I enjoyed the part with the cute brunette from The Runaways.)

KJRW TOP TEN LIST

A freshly added song is in the number one spot.  Here is this week's top ten:

1. Generator - Bad Religion
2. Astro Zombies - Misfits
3. Rock 'N' Roll High School - Shonen Knife
4. Promised Call - Dollyrots
5. Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
6. Have A Cigar - Foo Fighters
7. One Way Or Another - Blondie
8. Dance With Me - Dollyrots
9. On A Plain - Telekinesis
10. Gardening At Night - R. E. M.

We are going over all the Top Ten lists from the past year to create a big countdown to celebrate the first year of KJRW.  Listen for the special presentation at the end of the month.

KJRW TOP TEN LIST

Still a couple from Bad Religion in the Top Ten for the first week of Fall.  Here's who made the list:

1. Steady, As She Goes - Raconteurs
2. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
3. American Idiot - Green Day
4. Someday - Strokes
5. Infected - Bad Religion
6. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2
7. Stranger Than Fiction - Bad Religion
8. Kiss Them for Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
9. Waiting Room - Fugazi
10. Breed - Nirvana

Songs being added from R.E.M., the Sex Pistols and the Ramones for More Music Monday -- as well as new Blondie!