PUT ON YOUR PJs

Pearl Jam plays Seattle for the first time in 5 years, with 2 shows at Safeco Field August 8th and 10th.  Billed as The Home Shows, Pearl Jam hopes to shine a light on Seattle's homelessness population which is now the 3rd largest in the country.  Band together with Pearl Jam by donating, volunteering, and getting more informed.

https://pearljam.com/thehomeshows/seattle-wa/take-action

KJRW celebrates the occasion with Grunge Week beginning Sunday, August 5th.  We interrupt New Wave Summer to bring you the Seattle Sound (or the Puget Sound, if you will), featuring:  Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, and more.

Don't forget to check out the Pearl Jam:  Home and Away exhibit at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle Center.  See over 200 artifacts from the band's almost 3 decades of making music.  Instruments, stage props, set lists, album and poster art, lyrics, and notebooks that have resided in Pearl Jam's warehouse will be on display.  (Nirvana artifacts are also currently on display at MoPOP.)

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 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 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...

TOP TEN

There are a few changes to the list this week, but the Happy Song remains at the top spot on KJRW:

1. The Happy Song - Poets of the Fall
2. Whip It - Devo
3. What You Say - Sugarcult
4. Minor Threat - Minor Threat
5. Miss World - Hole
6. Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine
7. Neat Neat Neat - Damned
8. Kiss Them for Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
9. One Thing - INXS
10. Potential Suicide - Wipers

KJRW favorites from Soundgarden, White Stripes, Iggy and more just added back into the mix.

TOP TEN

Psychosis stays at the top!  Here are the ten tracks that got the highest 'thumbs up' from KJRW listeners this week:

1. Psychosis - Poets of the Fall
2. I Want To Hear What You Have Got To Say - Subways
3. One of My Lies - Green Day
4. Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney
5. Breed - Nirvana
6. Jackie Chan - Dollyrots
7. Drug Train - Social Distortion
8. Hybrid Moments - Misfits
9. Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols
10. Self Esteem - Offspring

 Tunes from Soundgarden, Iggy Pop, NOFX and more are making their debut on KJRW right now!

TOP TEN

There are more covers in the list this week than there were for Under the Covers week.  We guess a few have grown on you.  Here are the tunes that got the "thumbs up" on KJRW the first week of February:

1. These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - 7 Seconds
2. Wild Thing - X
3. Satyagraha - Vacancies
4. Dancing With Myself - Generation X
5. Song 2 - Blur
6. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
7. Guilt Within Your Head - Gits
8. Counting Backwards - Throwing Muses
9. Judy Is A Punk - Ramones
10. Stuart - Dead Milkmen

Listen for "love" songs next week on KJRW!

TOP TEN

Soundgarden is topped by the Vacancies doing a 7 Seconds song.  Here is the list of KJRW favorites for the last week of January:

1. Satyagraha - Vacancies
2. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
3. Rock 'N' Roll High School - Ramones
4. Know Your Rights - Clash
5. Boredom - Buzzcocks
6. Who Is Who - Adolescents
7. Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols
8. Weeping - Prat Attack
9. Wave of Mutilation - Pixies
10. Give Me Everything - Magazine

Lots of songs not heard before on KJRW have just been added.  Listen for Deap Vally and give the gals a thumbs up if you like their song.

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

A few Pacific Northwest bands make the list, including Soundgarden at the top on KJRW this week:

1. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
2. Blood One - Bikini Kill
3. Blue Orchid - White Stripes
4. Dancing With Myself - Generation X
5. Go Home - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
6. I Wanna Be Your Dog - Stooges
7. Steady, As She Goes - Raconteurs
8. Destroy - Eyeliners
9. Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
10. Local God - Everclear

Next week, KJRW goes Under the Covers...

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

If the Mayans were correct, this may be the last countdown we ever hear.  And it will be a good one.  The Top 112 of 2012 begins December 1st - the start of KJRW's third year on Live365.com.

Countdowns are kind of a media year end tradition - a way to tie up the past year in a little bow and present it as a gift for the holidays.  Back in 1999, the program director of Seattle's One and Only Classic Rock Station decided it would be a good idea to countdown the 1,000 best Classic Rock songs of all time.  We all agreed this would be a great way to celebrate the new millennium.  We would reach number one on New Year's Day, provided we were still on the air after Y2K shut down all the computers.  For some reason, the Classic Rock Station still does the thousand song countdown every year between Christmas and New Year's.  The songs are all the same, and Stairway to Heaven is always number one.

KJRW's Top 112 of 2012 is not a rehash of the same old songs.  It is not even the same as the Top 111 of 2011.  For starters, it goes to 112, that's one higher.  (This is Spinal Tap reference)  Nirvana had the most songs on the list last year, but this year only have two.  We would be willing to bet at least half the songs on this year's list were not on last year's, and the ones that do make a return trip are not at the same rank.  The Top 112 is not your typical list of the top punk songs, either.  Surprisingly, there's no Dead Kennedys, Replacements, Minor Threat nor Misfits, and only one Sex Pistols song. 

Now that we have said what the Top 112 of 2012 is not, let us tell you what it is.  This compilation is made up of the songs that were in the Top Ten lists this year because they got the thumbs up from KJRW listeners.  We sat here and counted all of them.  Some of the results were very unexpected.  But what you can expect to hear is the Ramones, Clash, Pretenders, Soundgarden, White Stripes, Strokes and more.

The Top 112 of 2012 starts Saturday on KJRW.  http://www.live365.com/stations/member_10222739915?play=1 
The full list will be posted here soon. 

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!

TOP TEN

Soundgarden drops down to number two, as the Pixies replace them at number one this week.  Here's the list:

1. Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
2. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
3. Trust - Generationals
4. Rock & Roll Queen - Subways
5. Wonderful - Circle Jerks
6. Please Play This Song on the Radio - NOFX
7. Hip Like Junk - 7 Year Bitch
8. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
9. Let Yourself Go - Green Day
10. B Is for Brutus - Hives

More songs that have never been on KJRW before were just added.  Remember to email the title of your favorite spooky tune to kjrw@comcast.net to hear it on Halloween.

KJRW TOP TEN

"Bleed Together" by Soundgarden remains at the top this week, and just may be the number one song of the year on KJRW.  We will find out in December, when we countdown the Top 112 of 2012.

1. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
2. Andres - L7
3. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
4. Wonderful - Circle Jerks
5. Head Like a Hole - Nine Inch Nails
6. I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
7. New Radio - Bikini Kill
8. Rise Above - Black Flag
9. Steady, As She Goes - Raconteurs
10. Sweet '69 - Babes In Toyland

A bunch of tunes never heard before on KJRW have just been added.  Remember to click the "Thumbs up" icon while they are playing if you like them.

KJRW TOP TEN

Lots of old favorites in the list this week, including the first song ever played on KJRW (at number 5):

1. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
2. Waiting Room - Fugazi
3. Giant Killer - TAD
4. Still In Hollywood - Concrete Blonde
5. Kick Out the Jams - Presidents of the U.S.A.
6. We're A Happy Family - Ramones
7. Breed - Nirvana
8. 12XU - Wire
9. Don't Abuse Me - Joan Jett
10. Wonderful - Circle Jerks

Listen for the new Dollyrots song, and be sure to give it a thumbs up or down.

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

The cops are still the tops.  Here are the top ten songs on KJRW this week:

1. Can't Stand Losing You - Police
2. Fight For Your Right - Beastie Boys
3. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
4. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
5. Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
6. New Radio - Bikini Kill
7. Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
8. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
9. Destination Unknown - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
10. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth

New Wave Summer songs by New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Missing Persons and more just added!

KJRW TOP TEN LIST

It's the first top ten list of August!  Recently added New Wave songs sneak into the bottom.  Here are the tracks getting the "thumbs up" on KJRW this week:

1. Can't Stand Losing You - Police
2. Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
3. Fight for Your Right - Beastie Boys
4. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
5. New Radio - Bikini Kill
6. Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
7. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
8. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
9. How Soon Is Now - Smiths
10. It's My Life - Talk Talk

More New Wave Summer songs coming soon...