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Radio Crystal Blue and RCB Novus Ordo week of 10/28/12


Radio Crystal Blue: Novus Ordo spotlights CDs that are debuting on my
standard freeform radio program, Radio Crystal Blue. The show exists as a
weekly podcast.

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This show was distributed on 10/31/12

The Kennedys “Cradle To A Boat” – Closer Than You Know CD www.kennedysmusic.com
The Violet Hour “Special” – s/t CD www.reverbnation.com/theviolethour
Lipstick And Cigarettes “Alibi” – About Last Night CD www.lipstickandcigarettes.net
Starring “…7…” – ABCDEFG-HIJKLMNOP-QRSTUV-WXYZ CD http://northern-spy.com/products-page/starring-abcdefg-hijklmnop-qrstuv-wxyz
Hudson Henry “Take These Eyes” – s/t EP www.hudsonhenrymusic.com
Cold Chocolate “Tell Tale Heart” – This Old Way EP www.coldchocolatemusic.com
Roy Schneider “Cedar Ridge” – Walls Could Talk CD www.royschneider.com
Gathering Time “Red Apples and Gold” – Red Apples And Gold CD www.gatheringtimetrio.com
Running time: 65 minutos

Here’s RCB proper:

Radio Crystal Blue is my long-running standard freeform radio program. The
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This show was distributed on 10/31/12.

Artists who are appearing at events together are marked by * and **

I continue my annual theme of spinning music fit for the holiday in late October.

Opening music:
Lou Reed “The Raven” (narrated by William Dafoe) – The Raven CD
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Reverend Horton Heat “The Devil’s Chasing Me” – The Full Custom Gospel Sounds Of The Reverend Horton Heat
The Modeens “Werewolf Attack” – Get With The Times EP http://www.themodeens.com
Dance Hall Pimps “Mommy Was A Zombie” – Beast Of Love CD http://www.dancehallpimps.com
D.B. Rielly “We’re All Going Straight To Hell” – Love Potions and Snake Oil CD http://www.dbrielly.com
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Achilles Wheel “MoonShine” – Thirteen Hours CD http://www.achilleswheel.com
Wes Tucker & The Skillets “Rattle Your Chains” – Afterlens CD http://www.westucker.com
*Chris Riffle “Downstream” – I Am Not From Here CD http://www.chrisriffle.com
*Deni Bonet “Get On With It” – It’s All Good CD http://www.denibonet.com
Margo Rey “Saturn Returns” – Habit CD http://www.margorey.com
Tweed Funk “Fine Wine” – Love Is… CD http://www.tweedfunk.com
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The Ramones “Chain Saw” – s/t
The Ramones “You’re Gonna Kill That Girl” – Leave Home
The Ramones “I’m Making Monsters For My Friends” – Adios Amigos
The Gashers “Monsters” – Law Is Not Order CD http://www.thegashers.com
Voice Of Addiction “Bombs Away” – Reduce Reuse Resist CD http://www.voiceofaddiction.com
Niki Barr Band “Ghosts” – Radar Radio CD http://www.nikibarr.com
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Schwervon! “Truth Teller” – Courage CD http://www.schwervon.com
The Symbols “Ephemeral” – s/t EP http://www.thesymbols.net
Song Dogs & The Nightjar “Holy Ghost and Run” – s/t EP http://www.songdogsandthenightjar.com
Aqua Cherry “Wolfman” – Drowning In The Shallow End CD http://www.reverbnation.com/aquacherryband
Blue Sour “Days Of Old” – S.U.A.D. CD http://www.bluesour.com
Voxhaul Broadcast “Turn The Knife” – Frozen Beach EP http://www.voxhaulbroadcast.com
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CD Focus: Trouble In The Fields: An Artists’ Tribute To Nanci Griffith http://www.paradiddlemusic.com
This album with 14 of Nanci’s songs, is produced by Pete & Maura Kennedy, who
play on several of the tracks. Profits from the album benefit Mines Advisory
Group, an NGO that ‘clears landmines, unexploded ordinances, and other remnants
of conflict for the benefit of communities worldwide’ www.maginternational.org
From this CD I spun
Tom Russell “If I Were A Child” www.tomrussell.com
Eric Brace & Last Train Home (with Alice Despard) “I Wish It Would Rain” www.redbeetrecords.com
Amy Rigby “The Flyer” www.amyrigby.com
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David Bowie “Underground” – Labyrinth soundtrack
Changing Modes “Ghost In The Backseat” – In Flight CD www.changingmodes.com
Cletus Romp “Wicked Left Hand” – Snake Oil: half truths, outright lies and the gospel CD www.cletusromp.com
Kirsten Thien “I Ain’t Superstitious” – Delicious CD www.kirstenthien.com
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*Buskin & Batteau “Wild Infatuation” – Red Shoes & Golden Hearts CD www.buskinandbatteau.com

Marci Geller “Gotta Love That Man” – Open Book CD www.marcigeller.com

*Vance Gilbert “No One Can Love You Like Mary” – Old White Men CD www.vancegilbert.com

Shane Cooley “Last Love” – West Land CD www.shanecooleymusic.com

Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders “Dancing In The Rain” One Virginia Night CD www.andrewmcknight.net
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MJ Hibbett & The Validators “We Are The Giant Robots” – Dinosaur Planets CD www.mjhibbett.com

The Cramps “I Was A Teenage Werewolf” – Songs The Lord Taught Us
Sylvia Platypus “Like A Vampire” – s/t EP www.sylviaplatypus.com

Jessie Kilguss & Radio Gold “Die Dog or Eat the Hatchet” – The Sky Gold CD www.jessiekilguss.com
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Tom Principato “Stranger’s Eyes” – A Part Of Me CD www.tomprincipato.com

The Brehms “You and Me” – s/t CD www.thebrehmsband.com

The Portraits “Validation” – Counterbalance CD www.theportraitsmusic.com

*Putnam Smith “Alfred Hitchcock” – We Could Be Beekeepers CD www.putnamsmith.com

*Heather Styka “Andromeda” – Lifeboats For Atlantis CD www.heather.styka.com

Devon Sproule “The Easier Way” – Don’t Hurry For Heaven! CD www.devonsproule.com
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Closing music: Lou Reed “Halloween Parade (AIDS)” – New York
Running time: 4 hours, 15 minutos.

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Next show will be recorded and distributed in the week of 11/4/12

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Radio Crystal Blue 10/21/12 news


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NEXT SHOW will be published on or about October 24 and will be available
for about 1 year. Remember, even if you miss hearing a show the week I
record, you can always find it within the FeedPlayer’s archive of older
shows. Owing to schedule demands, I usually publish on Wednesdays or as soon as
possible thereafter. You will hear music in several segments of top indie/DIY/underground
songwriters and bands.
RCB Novus Ordo will also air separately. On this show I spin one song from
8 songs in one sitting and give you background info of each artist.

PROGRAMMING NOTE:
For the next several weeks I’ll be featuring a Nanci Griffith tribute album released by Huntington NY label Paradiddle Records. Titled “Trouble In The Fields: An Artists’ Tribute To Nanci Griffith”, it contains music from artists you’ve heard on my show plus others of their caliber. The album also contains a narrative by Pete Kennedy. Profits from the sales of this album benefit Mines Advisory Group. More about this album at: www.paradiddlemusic.com www.maginternational.org
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Camera is back, all shiny and new, and totally worth the $32 plus round-trip bus to get to NYC and back. Yes, I trudged to Union Square, did a fair amount of walking, and caught my NYC stride without missing a beat. I put said camera to good use on 10/16 seeing 2 bands at The Grape Room. More on this event at my website, right about here: https://radiocrystalblue.net/2012/10/17/the-grape-room-101612/
PHOTOS from 10/16 are here:
VIDEO of Freddy Hall & The Best Intentions, along with The Flashbulb Fires are here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dOAX7e4fKc&feature=share&list=UUKPVG6lA9QW5lnPTbyXPJrQ
Also there are more videos from the 10/11 event at Milkboy Philly elsewhere on www.youtube.com/user/cblue456

COVERAGE:
I do audio interviews along with photos, video, and audio of live events.
You can see and hear evidence across my Facebook and YouTube channels, plus
the field recording FeedPlayer.Time, location and expense will be taken into
account before taking on a job. I’ve done this work for free, but that may
change soon. Also, with the video skills I’m learning, I might do more
video oriented work in the future.

10/22: The Blakes www.theblakesband.com perform at Ortlieb’s Lounge
11/3: Katie Barbato, Ginger Coyle, Danielle Miraglia at Sine Studios
www.katiebarbato.com www.gingercoyle.com www.daniellem.com
11/15 Mr. Hunter returns to the East Coast, and to The Grape Room
www.mrhunterband.com

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RCB REVIEW:
RCB Novus Ordo: Kicking off this edition is music from Tora (Fisher), with a most unique
view on songwriting from the heart. We Are The Woods resurfaces with a slightly different lineup but continues blazing musical trails. Marci Geller is a Long Island NY artist with Vance Gilbert doing backing vocals on the song I spun “No Weather Down”

RCB proper: Even before programming this week’s show I knew that it would be full with music by artists who are participating at FAR-West this week…the Western states region of Folk Alliance International. Included within 2 segments worth is new music by Nels Andrews (in the same company of friends like AJ Roach, Raina Rose, et al.), and more new songs by Severin Browne and Chico Schwall. Severin’s tune “To The Light” has co-writing credit with veteran bassist/songwriter Freebo, also part of this special pair of segments. The K’s are breaking up, and for certain. I had followed their career since they began their initial radio campaign in 2005 and it was back in 2006 I had first given airplay to the first of their three albums. I will miss them. There was death and some elements of doom and gloom that came through the lyrics. Some of it happened in real life to them as well. That’s why I spun the songs I chose this week. From the standard segments: Tania & The Revolutionaries will release a new EP soon. Jeneen Terrana & Amateur Blonde share a bill 10/19 in NYC, part of the big CMJ experience. Hudson K & Avi Wisnia likewise with a CMJ show. Gave you some blues/rockabilly in my 2nd proper segment (Brother Joscephus, Vintage Blue, Voodoo Swing, Zac Mac Band). Patti DeRosa shares bills in the next month with Daphne Lee Martin & Beth DeSombre. I had built a whole segment around Rebecca Loebe, who also releases new material. She shares a bill on 10/20 wtih Curtis Becraft and Fred Gillen Jr, and later into November with Jesse Terry and Sarah Blacker (the latter two with new music). Final segment includes new music from Beaucoup Blue (who I saw earlier in October).Honor Finnegan and Anna Dagmar share billing on 11/3. This segment also has songs that feature danger, hope, longing for ease.
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Send CDs to
Dan Herman
Radio Crystal Blue
1701 Snyder Avenue, #4
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CDs MUST have a 2012 or 2013 release date Digital is acceptable if media is not
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If material is from 2011, I will add to the RCB rotation but will not get debut on RCB Novus Ordo.
Artists are also advised to add my email address to their general email
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Radio Crystal Blue 10/7/12 news


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NEXT SHOW will be published on or about October 10 and will be available
for about 1 year. Remember, even if you miss hearing a show the week I
record, you can always find it within the FeedPlayer’s archive of older
shows.
Owing to schedule demands, I usually publish on Wednesdays or as soon as
possible thereafter.
You will hear music in several segments of top indie/DIY/underground
songwriters and bands.
RCB Novus Ordo will also air separately. On this show I spin one song from
8 songs in one sitting and give you background info of each artist.
******
TWITTER FIVE TO FOLLOW: @PixelFishMedia @ajdowning @jenningsmusic @ComoBrosBand @danandfaith
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So you know the word by now: Vance Gilbert scored another #1 finish in the Quaterly Charts. There are about 20 other artists who mathematically have a chance to reach the Artist of the Year title. I’ll reveal that chart, and similar ones, just after Christmas. Quarterly chart is at the top of the Chart page: https://radiocrystalblue.net/chart-page/

Had a pretty good time at The Grape Room, seeing Jeff Campbell and his band for the first time. Review of the evening at https://radiocrystalblue.net/2012/09/30/the-grape-room-92912/

This week I began courses in digital video production and production management. Digital video production is introducing yours truly to the Canon Vidia camera, which is what’s used for cablecasting.

COVERAGE:
I do audio interviews along with photos, video, and audio of live events.
You can see and hear evidence across my Facebook and YouTube channels, plus
the field recording FeedPlayer.Time, location and expense will be taken into
account before taking on a job. I’ve done this work for free, but that may
change soon. Also, with the video skills I’m learning, I might do more
video oriented work in the future.

10/6: Beaucoup Blue are at Ortlieb’s Lounge www.beaucoupblue.com
10/16: Post-punk alt-country songwriter Freddy Hall (The Best Intentions)
performs at The Grape Room www.freddyhallmusic.com
10/22: The Blakes www.theblakesband.com perform at Ortlieb’s Lounge
11/3: Katie Barbato, Ginger Coyle, Danielle Miraglia at Sine Studios
www.katiebarbato.com www.gingercoyle.com www.daniellem.com

11/15 Mr. Hunter returns to the East Coast, and to The Grape Room www.mrhunterband.com
From what I know about Ortlieb’s, it was was a jazz joint called Jazzhaus. Now it hosts DJ events, various genres represented, including a house blues band that plays every week, along with a weekly jazz jam, open mic and more. And Tex-Mex on the menu! www.ortliebslounge.com
I also do audio interviews at live events and also via Skype (cblue456)
Sending RCB love to those who promote the good word of RCB:
www.thirstyrecords.com
Outside of the US: Canada, Hungary, Hong Kong and UK have been the most frequent visitors to my website.
Most accessed photo from the last month is of Anjuli Josephine, when she performed at The Fire, on 8/22 https://radiocrystalblue.net/2012/08/24/the-fire-philadelphia-82212/dscf0747/
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RCB REVIEW:
RCB Novus Ordo: First 3 artists heard on this edition are music by Philly metro-area songwriters/performers, all whom I had seen perform at Silk City , a lounge/diner venue in Northern Liberties. Corporate Hearts I had debuted for you last year, a duo of brothers who had opened for MxPx’s Mike Herrera at The Fire last year. Black Light White Light from Northern Europe have a wonderful dance/rock groove. . The Universal Thump is a most unique orchestral-pop concept by Greta Gertler and Adam D. Gold
RCB proper: Officially ended the 3rd quarter of airplay with this show, startign with my annual airing of “Song X” by Neil Young & Pearl Jam. This was teh first song I aired on my show back in late 2000. First segment featured artists who are performing at this year’s Folk Alliance Region Midwest Gathering, specifically artists who are on Performance Line during the week. One such artist is Chico Schwall, new to the rotation on RCB and who presents a tradiitonal song here. Chico mentions the legend of John Henry in his song; in turn I spun Andrew Calhoun’s reworking of that particular traditional song. Segment 2 starts with Kirsten Thien’s newer rendition of “Treat ‘Im Like A Man”. The original appears on her debut album from 2001, which I certainly did spin at the time of its release. A song similar in songwriting and energy by Deborah Lombardi was heard next. Segment 3: Spun a brand new tune by Social Hero, along with another great song by Blue Sour. Segment 4 includes songs musing on facing death and despair. Marybeth D’Amico’s “Der Grenzer” focuses on a soldier at the Berlin Wall. Paul Sachs follows this up with “Poor Man’s Out”, with powerful songwriting which opens his album “Oil Town”. Segment 5 includes another new song from Lee Feldman and a song from a new EP by newlywed Daniel Levi Goans.
AIRPLAY SUBMISSION:
Send CDs to
Dan Herman
Radio Crystal Blue
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Philadelphia, PA 19145

CDs MUST have a 2012 release date. Digital is acceptable if media is not
available in other formats.
Artists are also advised to add my email address to their general email
list.

I also accept EPKs through these companies. For EPK submissions I select
artists on their body of work and the completeness of the press kit.

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215 995 2234

Vance Gilbert heads the 3rd Quarter Airplay Chart list


Vance Gilbert, a constant presence on Radio Crystal Blue, since first spinning his music back in 2008, has earned another #1 position, leading the 3rd Quarter of airplay. This period covers music I aired from July through September, and to a lesser degree over the previous 12 months. The top artists on this list represents the absolute best indie/underground/touring songwriters and bands. The chart was just published to the website on the Radio Crystal Blue Chart page.
I measure airplay not only on raw chart scores, but the progressive amount as well. That is, I will rank artists receiving larger recent amounts than those with diminishing amounts.
I also give bonus points to artists whom I’ve interviewed and have seen perform in recent months.
In the last 3 months Vance Gilbert and Eilen Jewell were the only ones to receive airplay 5 times.
These artists were heard 4 times: Avi Wisnia, Aztec Two-Step, Brother Sun, Cary Cooper, Natalia Zukerman, Professor Louie, and The Steel Wheels.
Vance received airplay 14 times over the period from October 2011 to September 2012, ahead of Avi Wisnia’s total of 13. Red Molly and Rod Piazza each received airplay 12 times.Vance is also the reigning Top Artist of the Year, on the strength of airplay from the prior 12 months. I would be hard-pressed to believe that anyone else could outrank him in the final 3 months of the year. Over the next 11 shows, we’ll see how Vance does against some mighty big challengers to his title.
I’ll be selecting a list of Top 100 artists just after Christmas, with a big top 100 countdown on Twitter at @radiocblue I will also announce the top 10 albums of the year, and also announce the title of Best New Artist.
Here are the mathematically eligible artists who could outrank Vance for the title of Top Artist of 2012 for RCB:Avi Wisnia
Eilen Jewell
Brother Sun
Cary Cooper
Red Molly
Natalia Zukerman (prior winner and reigning all-time artist)
Danielle Miraglia
Ryan Tennis
Rod Piazza & The All Mighty Flyers
Spuyten Duyvil
My Pet Dragon
Mark Erelli (two-time winner)
Sirsy
This list is unofficial but is based on the chart ranks from each of the three quarters.  The amount of airplay and exposure from the final 11 shows of the year, starting with the week of 10/7, and ending the week of 12/16, will determine who ranks across all of the lists.