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Cool Jazz tonight, featuring Gerry Mulligan!

A RARE treat this week. ALEX ROTH of the band WEST NILE RAMBLERS  will be my guest for the whole hour. This very talented individual will discuss his music, his band, the artists that have influenced him and of course - coffee.

The WEST NILE NILE RAMBLERS were brought together by a desire to play music as often as possible, This band brings years of experience and a depth of understanding to a smörgåsbord of music styles. Don't be surprised if you hear Jazz, Cajun, and Bluegrass tunes at a WNR show near you. Their fairly simple arrangements are made special by their very tight musicianship. Also, they have been known to bicycle to their gigs with all their gear. Gotta give them some credit for that.

The show will air Friday, March 1, 2013 at 4:00PM.

Listening Lyrics

Hey all! Welcome back to Drupal tutorials! This post is primarily pointed at DJs who may want to add a little more pizazz to their show pages or blog entries. This information is only recommended for those who have some experience with HTML coding. 

The standard body text input shows users an upper level of actual workings. You're seeing the final product of a complex structure of code. To gain access to the more basic levels of the code, hit the "Disable rich-text" option. 

There is then a drop down menu, allowing you to view three separate types of HTML: filtered HTML, full HTML, and plain text. Choose an option according to your needs and comfort level. 

From here, you can "easily" embed video or do anything else that you fancy HTML people know how do. This is the section that allows you to be most creative with your entries, given that you know how to do so. 

As always, don't forget to save. 

Hey all! Here's a just a collection of links to my Drupal How-To's and a brief explanation on how to do each. For more in depth instruction, click though to each individual entry. 

Account Setup

1. Log in 

2. Click your name in the upper right corner

3. Hit Edit

4. Add Profile Picture

5. Set Common Name

6. Add Name and Bio

7. Add Twitter account

1. Log in 

2. Click your name in the upper right corner

3. Click Track

4. Click the audio show you want to add a playlist for

5. Click the green plus sign

6. Type in playlist information

7. Save the playlist

8. Save the audio file 

Pre-Show Playlist

1. Log in 

2. Mouseover add content in the upper left

3. Click Add Playlist

4. Name the playlist and add playlist info

5. Save playlist

Five jazz greats!

This weeks Listening Lyrics will talk with Marque Cass of "Tha Dirt Feelin". A Davis based group that will be performing (Friday 2/15/13) at Beat Night at the John Natsoulas gallery.

To describe the band I will use Marque's own words ""Our music is, in my opinion, a very original and eclectic amalgamation of hip-hop, soul, and rock & roll. It is always upbeat, positive, and danceable. Our lyrical styles range from rapid-fire raps that may remind you of Bone Thugs ‘n Harmony or Three Six Mafia to soulful crooning that evokes Sam Cooke or Bill Withers."

I have heard Marque at the Dr. Andy poetry reading series and frankly Marque blew me away with his presentation and passion.

Soooo - to catch this very special event tune in on Friday at 4:00PM on 95.7FM or on line at www.kdrt.org

Tha Dirt Feelin (Marque is front row center)

Welcome back for another installment of Drupl How-To's. This time around we're going to look at how to spruce up your audio page. The topics we will be discussing include:

-Adding text

-Adding images

-And deleting posts. 

 For an example of what I mean, let's take a look at the Davisville show page. 

As you can see Mr.Buchanan has down a great job of adding both pictures and descriptions to each of his individuals shows. You too can do this! And its easy! 

Step One

As usual, make sure you log in using the log in box at the bottom of the KDRT homepage