THE FIRST DAYS OF SPRING

Our Spring Fling got off to a slow start, but love began to bloom over the first Punk Rock Weekend ever on KJRW.  You pushed the play button 254 times on Saturday and Sunday to hear the Ramones, Clash, Sex Pistols, and more.  Listeners spent one hundred more hours with KJRW on Punk Rock Weekend than the previous weekend.  We may have to do this again soon.

Folks have spent almost 8 hundred hours listening to KJRW during the first half of April.  Radionomy will be looking at our listening time at the end of this month to determine if they will give us more space for more songs or if they will drop us from the website.  It is up to YOU to keep KJRW online once again by listening.

Thanks for listening in the U.S., France, Sweden, Canada, Germany, Greece, Austria, Poland, New Zealand, Uruguay, Italy, Spain, Australia, and the U.K.

PUNK ROCK WEEKEND

This weekend is a Punk Rock Weekend.

Nothing but Punk Rock all weekend long.

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GUESS WHO'S BACK

Get Under the Covers with us again!  KJRW returns to Radionomy for a limited time only!

How limited?  One month? Three months?  Nine months?  Longer?
That depends completely upon YOU.  If you listen long time, we'll stick around.

DJ Spinster is back, playing songs from The Ramones, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Green Day, Black Flag, Rancid, Dead Kennedys, Misfits, Bad Religion, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails, and many more.

KJRW has a new promotions director, Bass Master Nate.  He's in charge of getting the word out about the station.  Please give him a warm welcome, and help him by telling your friends about KJRW.

Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and now Instagram!

Comment with a song request.

Tune in THIS THURSDAY, February 1st for the return of the prodigal radio station. 

http://www.radionomy.com/en/radio/kjrwseattle/

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the Beginning of March)

One week into March, listening has increased 8%.  Let's keep it going!  If we stay at this pace, Radionomy will keep KJRW online at the end of the month.

Those rascals at Radionomy have mislabeled a Ramones song in our playlist.  The first listener that discovers this mistake and emails us at kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com with the correct title and what it was changed to will win a crisp one hundred dollar bill!

KJRW goes green this St. Patrick's Day, playing a Green Day song every hour!  Listen for all the hits, deeper cuts, mashups, and covers from Green Day on the 17th.

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

Meet Lex.  Little Lex grew up in the suburbs, listening to the Clash, Ramones, Green Day and Nirvana. Lex enjoys long skates by the beach, spray paint and listening to KJRW.  Get shirts, stickers and more with his likeness at the KJRW Corner Store.

Allyssa Woodwick, Artist

Live365 is no more.  KJRW has moved to Radionomy! More space means more music and less repetition. Hear us now at listen.radionomy.com/kjrw.

As always, you can submit song suggestions to kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com.

Get Under the Covers with KJRW during the month of February and listen to some "love" songs on the 14th.

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

Your favorite tunes on KJRW in the middle of June are:

1. Repeater - Fugazi
2. Henrietta - Fratellis
3. Drug Train - Social Distortion
4. All Apologies - Nirvana
5. Ripe - Screaming Females
6. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
7. Search and Destroy - Stooges
8. Pigs In Zen - Jane's Addiction
9. I Just Wanna Have Something To Do - Ramones 
10. Cannonball - Breeders

New Wave Summer rolls in next week!  The next top ten might include the Cars, Eurythmics or Men At Work...

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 (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 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...

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 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

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!

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

TOP TEN

The Ramones and Eyeliners switch positions this week in the Top Ten on KJRW:

1. We Want the Airwaves - Ramones
2. Destroy - Eyeliners
3. So Alive - Love and Rockets
4. School Days - Runaways
5. One of My Lies - Green Day
6. So What - Anti-Nowhere League
7. Pull a U - Kills
8. Dancing with Myself - Generation X
9. Kiss Kiss - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10. Wild Thing - X

KJRW declares war on Christmas with tunes from Fear, the Dollyrots, Dropkick Murphys and more!