Bad enough the FOG (forces of gentrification) is changing Portland neighborhood by neighborhood (an aside: I was in the Clinton area last week, where the post-production company is, and was charmed by the neighborhood. Then I thought: they'll be next), now they are messing with radio stations. KMHD, the all jazz station for as long as I can remember, is changing its format. They added "Mississippi West," a roots music show. I happen to like roots music -- but not on an all jazz station!. KMHD no longer is all jazz. Duh. Next will be some goddamn New Age show. Another era ends.
And with the passing of Dr. Jazz, the dixieland weekend morning shows are not the same. They call it "tradjazz" now and they over-produce it and get cute with it and there is no personality, none, to the show. Why the hell don't they replay tapes of Dr. Jazz? He was there for decades. Who is going to remember his show from 19xx, say, and the music was all recorded years ago anyway.
Even with Portland changing for the worse, in my view, I could escape to a couple of good radio stations. Now FOG is even polluting the airwaves.
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Mississippi West is a much needed breath of fresh air to clear out the old man smell tainting weekends on KMHD. It and DJ Santo's Something Different let the audience know that jazz is very much alive. How will playing the same old stuff bring in younger listeners to replace fogies like you?
Your photo doesn't help, by the way-- a white guy bitching about gentrification! I know a half-blood Kalapuya who's going to get a kick out of your post.
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