Mozart 250: LIVE From Salzburg
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XM Classics® – XM 110 – January 25, 26 and 27
XM is live from Salzburg to provide exclusive coverage of the celebrations marking Mozart’s 250th birthday. Listen for extraordinary interviews with artists and sound portraits of Salzburg and its people, along with the amazing music presentations.
Wednesday, January 25
Noon to 2PM ET: Live from Salzburg
Thursday, January 26
Noon to 3PM ET: Live from Salzburg
Friday, January 27
9AM – Noon ET: Mozart Classics
Noon – 4PM ET: The Official Mozart 250th Commemoration Concert
4PM – 6PM ET: Mozart Classics
6PM – 8PM ET: Vienna Philharmonic Mozart Special
8PM – Midnight ET: The Official Mozart 250th Commemoration Concert (Encore)
Mozart Live. Has an exotic ring, no? How does he do that?
And, for race fans:
Dialed In™ Lowe’s Media Tour
NASCAR® Radio – XM 144 – Monday to Thursday, Jan. 23 -26,
4-7PM ET
Claire B. Lang brings you live reports from the Lowe’s Media Tour. Visit race shops, meet with drivers, crew chiefs and team owners, and discuss the latest developments and news with motorsports industry leaders before the season heats up.
And this, for the benefit of one of the top 5 Solaris Admins1 it’s been my pleasure to work with; this airs Wednesday, 1/25:
Wired In: John Hiatt
X Country® – XM 12 – 7PM ET
The passion. The energy. The X Country Concert Series with John Hiatt – Live from Austin, TX.
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1 – He also reads this ol’ blog; his tastes are therefore impeccable.
Twilight Zone #169: The Grave
Sonic Theater – XM 163 – 9PM ET
Before he died, notorious badman Pinto Sykes put a curse on hired gun, Conny Miller: if Miller sets foot on his grave, he will kill him – a threat Sykes plans to carry out. Starring Michael Rooker (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, JFK, Sea of Love). Narrated by Stacy Keach.
Is this any kin to THE Twilight Zone of teevee fame? It’s on Tuesday, January 17th. I think I’ll listen, if for no other reason than to satisfy my curiosity.
I listened to XM’s Sixties Radio (XM-6) last night. They featured some clips from old broadcasts from KOMA, 1520 AM, in Oklahoma City. I grew up in a small town on the Kansas/Nebraska border; this little town was home to a tiny 1000 watt AM station on 1530 AM.
As strange as this may sound in the 21st century, in those days, that 1000 watt station operated from sunup to sundown only. So after the hometown station signed off, we listened to KOMA, a 50000-watt station that normally came in very well. Listening last night brought back some great memories:
Radio ads weren’t insulting; you had the feeling that the advertisers were partners in the broadcast, rather than hucksters just trying to get you to buy.
There used to be an American car called Rambler. First car I ever drove was a Rambler.
They had neat little radio games; KOMA had “Name it and Claim it”. If you were the first caller who could correctly identify the currently playing song, you won yourself a copy.
Salutes to local high schools were prevalent.
The DJs created a sense of friendship; you felt like you knew ‘em.
From the weekly XM mail-o-gram, this, starting 1/5:
LIVE! MusicFest at Steamboat
X Country® – XM 12 – Thursday through Saturday, 8PM ET; Sunday 4PM ET
X Country is LIVE from MusicFest at Steamboat Springs, Colorado, with artists like Ray Wylie Hubbard, Robert Earl Keen, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Cory Morrow, Jack Ingram, Reckless Kelly, and many others.
XM Satellite radio sends a program guide via email each week, wherein they highlight upcoming shows. One show that will be airing on December 25 caught my eye; here it is from the email:
It’s A Wonderful Life
Radio Classics – XM 164 – 8PM ET
The holiday big screen classic returns in this hour-long 1947 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation. Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed reprise their film roles of George and Mary Bailey
I was not aware there had been a radio adaptation. It’s A Wonderful Life is one of my favorite seasonal movies; I’ll definitely be checking out the radio version.
Yep, just heard it on an XM Satellite ad. It’s probably been dead a few years longer than that.
What was funny, though, was the last line of the ad: “The memorial for FM radio will be attended by its two terrestrial station owners.” Funny, in a sad kinda way.
Name: Ken Nelson Location: Reston VA, US, Earth Occupation: Linux and Solaris System Administrator Married: Nearly as long as I haven’t been Children: 2, one living Grandkids: 4, 2 of each gender Fun Stuff: NASCAR Politics: libertarian Religion: Lutheran NASCAR Driver: Kevin Harvick Memorable Moment: Meeting Paul Prudhomme in the Big Easy Birthplace: Kansas Best Place I’ve lived: Kansas Spiffy t-shirt:Evil Genius Chronicles Influential person: My dad Thing I’d most like to do: Night race at Bristol Beer: Free is preferable. Cold and within reach works. Scotch: Single malt, 12+ years, neat TV: Prison Break. Music: Country, steel guitar and twang. Music #2: Real country is alt.country, or Texas country, thanks. Best Rock song ever: Rock & Roll Woman, Buffalo Springfield Food: BBQ, pork, Carolina-style. Slaw on the side.
