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

New Wave Summer is in full swing on KJRW.  We've been enjoying songs from INXS, Blondie, Depeche Mode, Split Enz and more.  Listeners have made us a favorite station 700 times.  Your most liked tunes overall right now are:

1. Communist Eyes - The Germs
2. Los Angeles - X
3. Kids In America - Kim Wilde
4. American Idiot - Green Day
5. Nazi Punks Fuck Off - Dead Kennedys
6. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
7. Sappy - Nirvana
8. I Will Buy You A New Life - Everclear
9. It Haunts You Now - Go Betty Go
10. Questioning My Sanity - L7

KJRW will once again be hosting trivia in West Seattle. Watch this space for details.

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

NEW WAVE SUMMER IS A HIT! Listening time has increased since New Wave Summer began on KJRW on June 22nd.  The average length of each stream launched in June was the highest since February.  More people visited the station page during the month of June than in any given month in the past couple years. Listeners added KJRW to their favorite lists more times than in the previous two months.  Consequently, the station's rank climbed.

VIPs spent more time listening than they did in May.  That puts a few pennies in our pockets. Speaking of VIP... If you sign up for a 12-month membership on the Fourth of July, you will receive an additional 4 months FREE. Click here.

People listened the most in the U.S., Belarus, Canada, Spain, France, Brazil, New Zealand, Switzerland, the U.K., and Peru. Listening in the U.S. was tops in our home of Seattle, Washington (as usual). Texas came in second due to 3 cities spending time with KJRW: San Antonio, Dallas and El Paso.  Other hot spots were Tampa, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Albany, New York; Detroit, Michigan; and San Francisco, California.

Your current favorite songs playing on KJRW are:

1. It Haunts You Now - Go Betty Go
2. Sappy - Nirvana
3. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
4. See No Evil - Television
5. Flying Saucer Attack - The Rezillos
6. Questioning My Sanity - L7
7. All Apologies - Nirvana
8. Repeater - Fugazi
9. Henrietta - The Fratellis
10. Drug Train - Social Distortion

New Wave Summer rolls on... and be sure to listen for "American" songs on the Fourth of July.

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

At a recent bed-in at the KJRW studios (It's a thing.  See: John and Yoko.), it was decided that it was time to come out from Under the Covers. And since March is Women in History month, KJRW honors  Women Who Rock. Linda Perry, Kathleen Hanna, Kathi Wilcox, Tobi Vail, Kat Bjelland, Allison Wolfe, Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, Kim Deal, Siouxsie Sioux, Polly Styrene, Kathy Valentine, Gina Schock, Jane Wiedlin, Charlotte Coffey, Karen O., Courtney Love,  Patty Schemel, Joan Jett, Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker, Patti Smith, Kim Gordon, Shirley Manson, Alison Mosshart, Tina Weymouth, Exene Cervenka, Kim Warnick, Poison Ivy, Kristen Hersh, Tanya Donnelly,  Kim Shattuck,  Johnette Napolitano,  Brody Dalle, Beth Ditto, Jennifer Finch, Lita Ford, Nina Gordon, Juliana Hatfield,  Annie Lennox,  Aimee Mann, Donita Sparks, Suzi Gardner, Dee Plakas, Selene Vigil, Mia Zapata, Stefanie Sargent, Elizabeth Davis, Sandy West, Valerie Agnew and many more.

Let's take a quick look back at February.  As you may recall, January was the best month ever for KJRW.  We kept the momentum going in February.  Even though our rank clicked down a couple notches due to a few less streams being launched, the average amount of time people spent listening to the station was the highest ever. In other words, a slightly smaller amount of people pressed the play button, but when they did they stuck around longer.  And you know, "the longer you listen, the more songs you hear".

People listened the most in the U.S., Sweden, Canada, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Poland, Germany, Republic of Korea and Italy.  Inside the U.S., listeners spent the most time with KJRW in our home base of Seattle, WA; Dallas, TX; Cincinnati, OH; Los Angeles, CA; Tampa, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; Denver, CO; New York, NY and Beaumont, TX.

Your favorite songs at the end of February included 4 Get Under the Covers tunes:

1. My Generation - Green Day
2. Radar Love - Ministry
3. Merchandise - Fugazi
4. House of the Rising Sun - Adolescents
5. Underground - Sneaker Pimps
6. Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees
7. Violet - Hole
8. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
9. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
10. Bittersweet Symphony - Verve

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?

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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It's a repeat performance from the Eyeliners, as they stay in the top spot on KJRW.  Here are this week's Top Ten tracks:

1. Destroy - Eyeliners
2. We Want the Airwaves - Ramones
3. Pull A U - Kills
4. So What - Anti-Nowhere League
5. The Masses Are Asses - L7
6. Need You Around - Smoking Popes
7. Minor Threat - Minor Threat
8. Lexicon Devil - Germs
9. Dancing With Myself - Generation X
10. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

The Top 113 of 2013 starts Sunday at 1 p.m.!!!

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The Eyeliners replace L7 at number one this week.  Here are the songs getting the 'thumbs up' on KJRW:

1. Destroy - Eyeliners
2. We Want the Airwaves - Ramones
3. So What - Anti-Nowhere League
4. The Masses Are Asses - L7
5. Suicide - Battered Wives
6. Need You Around - Smoking Popes
7. Minor Threat - Minor Threat
8. Oh Come On - Julie Ruin
9. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
10. Paralyzed - Rock Kills Kid

Think these Top Ten lists are cool?  Then you will really enjoy when we countdown the Top 113 songs from the past year on KJRW!  It begins December 1st.

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L7 stays at the top of the heap this week on KJRW:

1. The Masses Are Asses - L7
2. Suicide - Battered Wives
3. Minor Threat - Minor Threat
4. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
5. Oh Come On - Julie Ruin
6. Need You Around - Smoking Popes
7. Paralyzed - Rock Kills Kid
8. Look Back and Laugh - Minor Threat
9. Lexicon Devil - Germs
10. Dancing With Myself - Generation X

We're filtering in some of your old favorites from the past year on KJRW from the Stooges, Misfits and more in preparation for the TOP 113 of 2013.  Stick a song to the wall on the facebook page to get it on the list.  The countdown of the TOP 113 begins December 1st on KJRW.*

*If we are able to renew our subscription with Live365.com

You can help us stay online by making a donation.

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We were not sure if the masses would be offended, but you made The Masses Are Asses by L7 number one on KJRW this week.  Here's the list:

1. The Masses Are Asses - L7
2. Minor Threat - Minor Threat
3. Suicide - Battered Wives
4. Lexicon Devil - Germs
5. Look Back and Laugh - Minor Threat
6. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
7. Need You Around - Smoking Popes
8. So Alive - Love and Rockets
9. Oh Come On - Julie Ruin
10. Bad Mouth - Fugazi

Songs new to KJRW this week from My Son the Bum, Anti-Flag, The Voids and more!

The KJRW Fund Drive continues at gofundme.com.  Our subscription with Live365 ends this month.  Your donation will help keep us online.  Thank you!

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The Runaways stay at the top another week, and Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat/Fugazi) rules the list with three songs:

1. School Days - Runaways
2. Suicide - Battered Wives
3. Minor Threat - Minor Threat
4. Bad Mouth - Fugazi
5. Look Back and Laugh - Minor Threat
6. So Alive - Love and Rockets
7. Oh Come On - Julie Ruin
8. Need You Around - Smoking Popes
9. I Need - L7
10. Mind Your Manners - Pearl Jam

Songs new to KJRW this week from the Stooges, Weezer, Gossip and more...

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Most of the list stays the same at the end of September.  Here are the top ten tracks on KJRW:

1. The Happy Song - Poets of the Fall
2. Pattern Skies - Greenhornes
3. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo
4. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
5. Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry
6. Soup Is Good Food - Dead Kennedys
7. Mr. Chivalry - Girl in a Coma
8. One More Thing -L7
9. Pretty Fly for a White Guy - Offspring
10. Wild Thing - X

Listen for lots of songs that haven't been on KJRW before...

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The songs shuffle around as Summer turns to Fall.  Here is this week's list of Top Ten tracks on KJRW:

1. The Happy Song - Poets of the Fall
2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo
3. Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry
4. Soup Is Good Food - Dead Kennedys
5. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
6. One More Thing - L7
7. Mind Your Manners - Pearl Jam
8. Dancing With Myself - Generation X
9. Wild Thing - X
10. So Alive - Love and Rockets

Listen for songs getting their first spins on KJRW from:  Flipper, The Descendents, Green Apple Quick Step and more!

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The Top Ten tracks do the shuffle this week on KJRW, while Poets of the Fall remain at number one:

1. Miss Impossible - Poets of the Fall
2. Cars - Gary Numan
3. What You Say - Sugarcult
4. I Need - L7
5. The Guns of Brixton - Clash
6. Peaches - Stranglers
7. Destroy - Eyeliners
8. Baby Baby - Vibrators
9. Last Life - Ruby
10. Oh Come On - Julie Ruin

Lots more New Wave Summer songs from the likes of Midnight Oil, English Beat and Eurythmics soon on KJRW.  Remember to click the thumbs up icon if you like a song that is playing on KJRW.  The songs with the most thumbs up make their way into the Top Ten.

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Our favorite new song sneaks in at number 10, while the "Poetheads" put Miss Impossible back at the top this week on KJRW:

1. Miss Impossible - Poets of the Fall
2. I Need - L7
3. The Guns of Brixton - Clash
4. Suddenly Last Summer - Motels
5. Destroy - Eyeliners
6. Peaches - Stranglers
7. Can Your Pussy Do the Dog? - Cramps
8. Shout - Tears for Fears
9. Baby Baby - Vibrators
10. Oh Come On - Julie Ruin

More New Wave Summer songs coming your way as well as tunes from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bad Religion and others on KJRW!

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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.

BLOW OUT

Kathy Valentine, Patty Schemel and Donita Sparks

Friday night, the EMP museum had a Blow Out concert to kick off their Women Who Rock Exhibit.  Local acts, such as Capping Day were show openers.

Laura Vanderpool of Capping Day

The headliners were the Bad EMPressions:  Kathy Valentine (Go-Go's) on guitar, Patty Schemel (Hole) on drums, Dominique Davalos (BlueBonnets) on bass and Shae Padilla (KSM) on lead guitar.  Valentine and Davalos play together in the Austin, TX band BlueBonnets, and were the first to take lead singer duties.  From then on, that position went from local Shelby Earl to Annabella Lwin (Bow Wow Wow) to local Star Anna to Kim Shattuck (The Muffs) to local Choklate and finally to Donita Sparks (L7).  Song highlights included:  Vacation, Brass in Pocket, I Want Candy, Saints, and Rehab.  The finale of Bad Reputation was a bit of a disappointment because they hadn't worked out who would sing each verse.  But on the whole, the show was a lot of fun.  Most of the performers even joined the crowd to shake hands and take pictures.


The Women Who Rock Exhibit comes to EMP via the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.  The image of Joan Jett greets you at the entrance.  It is followed by a timeline of special achievements by women in history.  Following that are artifacts from female singers and musicians of the 20th century.  We are taken on a trip through time beginning with early blues singers.  Of course, our favorite part began in the late-70's with the emergence of punk rock.  And we appreciated the inclusion of Bikini Kill to represent the Riot Grrrl movement.  However once again, we find disco queens and pop stars included under the moniker of Rock.  Madonna and Lady Gaga are icons, but they do not rock.  Where were the Go-Go's, Hole, L7, Bratmobile, Babes in Toyland, Sleater-Kinney, etc.?  Even with those conspicuous absences, it is a very interesting exhibit.  If you find yourself near Seattle Center, you should take a look.

Kim Gordon's stage attire

KJRW continues to celebrate Women Who Rock during the month of June.  Listen for Breeders, Pretenders, Blondie, Sonic Youth and more.

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This week's Top Ten is full of Women Who Rock!  In the middle of June, these are the tunes getting the 'thumbs up' on KJRW:

1. Psychosis - Poets of the Fall
2. Pull a U - Kills
3. Wild Thing - X
4. (I'm Gonna) Run Away - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
5. Connection - Elastica
6. Shove - L7
7. Destroy - Eyeliners
8. Kiss Kiss - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
9. Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes
10. Take Me to the Backseat - Donnas

New Wave Summer starts this week!