Community radio = a thriving community, on Listening Lyrics, Dec. 3, 2021Fri, 12/03/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter PastoorThis week, Listening Lyrics plays songs that reflect the spirit of community radio. Listen in for some great tunes, and for information on how you can help. |
Music to test your speakers, on Listening Lyrics for Nov. 19, 2021Fri, 11/19/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter PastoorThis week on Listening Lyrics: songs that a speaker manufacturer uses to check its sound quality. You can also use this great selection of songs to check your ears. |
Trains and train songs recorded on Amtrak's Coast Starlight, on Listening LyricsFri, 11/12/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter PastoorEverybody loves a good train song -- so that's what's happening this week (Nov. 12) on Listening Lyrics, as recorded on Amtrak train No. 11, the Coast Starlight. Trains are used in so many metaphors in music and art -- listen to the sampling collected here. Check out the playlist and enjoy the train ride -- ALL ABOARD! |
Local bands are back live: Gold Souls, Boca Do Rio, Big Sticky Mess, and Adrian West, featured on Listening LyricsFri, 10/29/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter PastoorHooray! Slowly the local music scene is coming back to life. This week (Oct. 29) on Listening Lyrics we feature the music of four local bands that have gigs this weekend: The Gold Souls (pictured), Boca Do Rio, Big Sticky Mess and The Adrian West Band. Also in the playlist are some tunes to bring this hour to one heck of a close. |
Clone of Lost Then Found, Guitars of Jimmy Page, Smashing Pumpkins, Peter Frampton and The Guess WhoSat, 10/23/2021 - 10:31am | Pieter PastoorIncredible stories of guitars lost or stolen for up to 45 years and then returned to their owners. Featuring four stories that involve Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Peter Frampton (Humble Pie), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) and Randy Bachman ( Guess Who). Pictured is Peter Frampton and his guitar that was destroyed in a plane crash (or so he thought) and returned to him 30 years later. |
Lost, then found: Guitars of Jimmy Page, Smashing Pumpkins, Peter Frampton and The Guess Who, on Listening LyricsFri, 10/22/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter PastoorToday on Listening Lyrics (Oct. 22) we have incredible stories of guitars that were lost or stolen for up to 45 years, and were then returned to their owners. These four stories involve Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Peter Frampton (Humble Pie), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), and Randy Bachman ( Guess Who). The photo shows Frampton and his guitar that was destroyed in a plane crash (or so he thought), and was returned to him 30 years later. |
Neighborhoods in music, on Listening Lyrics, Oct. 15Fri, 10/15/2021 - 3:00pm | Pieter PastoorNeighbors night out in Davis is Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. So in honor of this, Listening Lyrics features thoughts about neigbors, neighborhoods, and of course lots of "neighborly" music. |
Cabin camping, a musical journey on Listening LyricsFri, 10/01/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter PastoorIf you have ever camped near the ocean while surrounded by tall redwood trees, then this is an hour of music you can relate to. My cabin camping experience near Manchester Beach in northern California inspired today's (Oct. 1) Listening Lyrics. |
Fox on a rooftop, a musical journey on Listening LyricsFri, 09/17/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter PastoorIt did happen -- a fox was spotted on a rooftop in west Davis. I heard about it and put a musical take on this, using the words "rooftop" and "fox," or a connection to it. Take a listen on this week's (Sept. 17) Listening Lyrics. |
Masks, personas and music, on Listening LyricsFri, 09/03/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter PastoorCovid started and we ended up wearing masks. I really never owned a mask before but now I have a box of them in the house and many more in my car. So of course I had to do a show on masks -- not only the type I have in my box, but the masks we wear to present ourselves to the world or to hide behind. Great songs will take us on the musical journey of masks. |
