WHAT'S GOING ON (In the middle of April)

We enjoyed Pearl Jam Day so much at KJRW, that we have decided to feature a different artist every day in May!  Each day in May, one of our favorite bands will be showcased.  Get the May Artist of the Day Greeting Card at the KJRW Corner Store to follow along.

Unfortunately, listening time has declined quite a bit this past week or so.  We are currently at 30%.  It would be great if we could double that by the end of April to get back on track.

Thanks for listening in the U.S., Germany, France, Canada, Poland, Spain, and Switzerland!

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

There are only a few days left until Radionomy decides the fate of KJRW.  And we're so close to fulfilling their listening time requirement.  Currently, we sit at 97%.  That is amazing, considering we only had 22% during the month of August. September was spectacular with 2,565 more listening hours than in the previous month.

KJRW listeners live on almost every continent.  Most are in the U.S., France, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Macedonia, Poland, U.K. and Spain.  You are all pulling together to keep KJRW online, and we love you for it.

The day of reckoning is the 8th.  Help us get that remaining 3% of listening time.

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

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

January has been a good month for KJRW so far. Our rank on Live365.com is climbing, and our rank among the rock stations on the site are the highest they have ever been. Listeners have made us a favorite station over 630 times as of this week.

The Top Ten Tracks on KJRW are:

1. Natural One - Folk Implosion
2. If You Could Only See - Tonic
3. Love In Plaster - Hives
4. Skin and Bones - Foo Fighters
5. Kick Out the Jams - Bad Brains with Henry Rollins
6. Backwater - Meat Puppets
7. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Bittersweet Symphony - Verve
9. Corona - Minutemen
10. Empty Promise - Girl In A Coma

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 (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...

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

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.

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...

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!

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.

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...

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?