Christmas Schedule

We will not be broadcasting live on Christmas Eve. ArJohn and I spend Christmas Eve with our families and should be eating some of his great food right about that time. We did, however, record a special Christmas edition of our show and will be playing them in our normal time slot. OGR will then rebroadcast that through out the day with their normal all Christmas music scheduling, starting Christmas eve noon (CST) to Christmas Day midnight (CST).

From the AnJ Show, we wish you the very best holiday greetings whatever your faith and look forward to talking to you all on New Years Eve.

The AnJ Show Log 12/3/08

Stuff
6:00 AnJ --- Another flawed beginning
6:14 The Business of AnJ (Emails -- how to get to the chat room - Yada, yada, yada)
6:26 Today in Rock & Roll History. Accompanied by appropriate music
6:51 E-surance music (from TV commercial) -- Lucky Today -- Cloud Cult
7:03 Smoke on the Water ---- Song history for this date. Lyric read, History article.
7:21 Discussion of Chess records and Paramount label
7:58 G'night everybody!

MUSIC
03-Dec-2008 6:20 Abc - When Smokey Sings
03-Dec-2008 6:25 Alanis Morissette - You Learn
03-Dec-2008 6:30 Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story
03-Dec-2008 6:35 Jody Reynolds - Endless Sleep
03-Dec-2008 6:40 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - You've Really Got A Hold On Me
03-Dec-2008 6:45 Monkees - I'm A Believer
03-Dec-2008 6:50 The Beau Brummels - Laugh Laugh
03-Dec-2008 6:55 Cloud Cult - Lucky Today
03-Dec-2008 7:00 IRN/USA Network News - Top Of The Hour News
03-Dec-2008 7:05 IRN/USA Network News - Top Of The Hour News
03-Dec-2008 7:10 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
03-Dec-2008 7:15 Allan Sherman - The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas
03-Dec-2008 7:20 Allan Sherman - The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas
03-Dec-2008 7:25 Rolling Stones - 2120 South Michigan Avenue
03-Dec-2008 7:30 Chicago - Beginnings
03-Dec-2008 7:35 Chicago - Beginnings
03-Dec-2008 7:40 Dr. Pepper Commercial Mahna Mahna
03-Dec-2008 7:45 Jingle Cats - Jingle Cats Medley
03-Dec-2008 7:50 The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
03-Dec-2008 7:55 Beach Boys - Barbara Ann (45 Version)

Christmas House

Well I thought no Christmas would be complete without the (now) famous Christmas music house. Unfortunately it seems Carson William has gone commercial and now because of the success of this video he designs these sets for malls and casinos all over. His website lists his latest jobs but unfortunately none are really on video.

So this is his only and most famous and I guess will become the tradition:

Holloween Comes Again

If you missed my Decades of Rock Halloween Special you will get your chance to hear it this weekend. Did you find out who "Zombi" was? If not, listen to this rebroadcast on Friday at 4pm PST (7pm EST)

Off the Air .. OOPS!

Sorry but looks like we were off the air for a few hours overnight. Had a power failure here in the Midwest, USA and now all is back and running. Got about 2" of wet slush on the ground in Chicagoland.

AnJ Show Log – 11/26/08

Bits
6:00 Where's ArJohn??
6:18 ArJohn rolls in late.... Excuses
6:30 Comparing two versions of Can't Help Falling In Love
6:38 First “This Day In R&R – Tina Turner”
6:44 Some more R&R Days
7:00 News
7:05 Finish the day in R&R
7:21 Comedy (watch the language Dennis!!!)
7:36 Busiest day Shopping? Don't think so...
7:55 Wish all a great Thanksgiving and good night

STUFF
16:05 AnJ - AnJ Intro
16:10 Van Halen - Poundcake
16:15 Robert Palmer - Some Like It Hot
16:20 Queen - Flash
16:25 Playing Your Generation's Music
16:30 AnJ - Rejoin15
16:35 UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love
16:40 Ike and Tina Turner - Proud Mary
16:45 AnJ - Rejoin14
16:50 Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
16:55 AnJ - Rejoin11
17:00 Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom
17:05 IRN/USA Network News - Top Of The Hour News
17:10 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Every Beat Of My Heart
17:15 Badfinger - Baby Blue [U.S. Single Mix]
17:20 AnJ - Rejoin15
17:25 Dennis Leary - Coffee, Beer And The Pope
17:30 Dennis Leary - Coffee, Beer And The Pope
17:35 Dennis Leary - Coffee, Beer And The Pope
17:45 Bon Jovi - Bed of Roses
17:50 R.E.M. - Orange Crush
17:55 Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes

Music Lovers Alert

Hey .. just wanted to take a minute a share a new find with you all. If you are like me and enjoy your music collection then you may also have a large collection of album artwork with these songs.

Now you can turn these into a great screen saver. Originally designed for the Mac it is now available for us Window users also.

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Each cover will rotate or "flip" to reveal a new cover, this is the actual screen saver aspect of the software. You can download it HERE ... have fun!

Our Wed Nov 19 2008 AnJ Show

Song List and times for the day

16:15 0 Anj The Beach Boys - California Girls
16:20 0 Anj Shawn Mullins - Lullaby
16:25 0 AnJ Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World
16:30 0 AnJ Cheap Trick - The Flame
16:35 0 AnJ National Weather from The Weather Channel
16:40 0 AnJ AnJ - Rejoin06
16:45 0 AnJ Vicki Lawrence - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
16:50 0 AnJ O'2L - Riders On The Storm
16:55 0 AnJ O'2L - Riders On The Storm
17:00 0 AnJ Peter Gabriel - That Voice Again
17:05 0 AnJ AnJ - Rejoin13
17:10 0 AnJ IRN/USA Network News - Top Of The Hour News
17:15 0 AnJ IRN/USA Network News - Top Of The Hour News
17:20 0 AnJ Sammy Davis Jr - Mr. Bojangles
17:25 1 AnJ Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
17:30 1 AnJ Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen
17:35 1 AnJ Gary Lewis & The Playboys - This Diamond Ring
17:40 1 AnJ AnJ - Rejoin11
17:45 1 AnJ AnJ - Rejoin11
17:50 0 AnJ Cheech & Chong - Sister Mary Elephant
17:55 0 AnJ Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Phone Booth
18:00 0 AnJ BB King - How Blue can you get


Our Bits:

16:00 - Intro
16:02 - Bad Mic start -- What the...?
16:16 - Business chat -- How tune in or get to the chat room
16:31 - Today In Rock & Roll (music interludes)
16:45 - Huffington Post - Fun with Obama's use of complete sentences
17:09 - Resume with and finish Today In Rock & Roll
17:35 - Cheech & Chong Interview

Clock Settings

Just a reminder. For those of us in the DST area we need to set our clocks back one hour this weekend. Please adjust your listening schedule accordingly.

Halloween Show on DOR

Zombies, Ghosts, Spirits and Witchcraft abound on DECADES OF ROCK this week. Join your favorite Cat this Friday and see what Holloween related and Themed songs I have found for YOUR favorite decade! I promise not to walk under a ladder during the show! (What song could I possibly find from The WHO for Halloween?)

Decades of Rock airs every Friday starting at 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern and is rebroadcast on Sunday starting at 3pm Pacific/6pm Eastern.

SATURDAY: My Free-form show on Saturday (at 4p PDT/7p EDT) will feature 2 full hours of freshly ripped Rockabilly.

Elton John Fans

The 70's block of My Decades of Rock show today (Friday 24-Oct) will contain a special track for Elton John Fans. A somewhat rare B-Side that did not appear on Elton's Studio Albums

Tune in Decades of Rock with DJ Jitar Friday at 4p Pacific/7p Eastern, or listen to the rebroadcast on Sunday at 3pm Pacific/6pm Eastern

Lunatic Fringe

Just a quick note. For those of us missing The Lunatic Fringe ... a bad case of laryngitis has kept DJ Wolf off the air. Hopefully he shall heal and be back soon.

How exciting

So many of us do things - a job, a family, a hobby perhaps a passion. But when you start something that has the potential to reach, to entertain, hundreds even thousands of people it takes a while to hit. Sure at first there are the many decisions and so many mini-projects going on. Long days even some long nights building not just what was needed to become an Internet communication station but to become an actual, well, Thing. A noun; something that is. OGR became an entity.

Even now after we have done a few shows we still are finding our identity meaning OGR is finding its identity. We had decided to appeal to Baby Boomers. Why?? Well mostly because so many of us are BBs. But there are many Oldies Stations out there. That is when we made another decision. We are not just an oldies station but one for Baby Boomers. Baby Boomers are not a static group but a dynamic ever changing portion of the population. My tastes in music today are far different than they were in the 1960's. Yet I often feel lost in today's maze of music complexity. But throughout my aging I have cut a path through the mass of oncoming music. In my life, I knew what I liked in the radio world. I knew what I did not. I DID like some of the old stuff, but that was a finite sample, there was no more 60's and 70's music being recorded, but I was attracted to some of the new stuff that was out there. Additionally many older recording artists had not died off and dried up their abilities, no they were still recording and as we listened we found many of their new stuff was exactly to the tastes of our advanced tastes. It was on this that a new segment of OGR was born.

Our new Old Music. What many of you BBs may have never heard along with the very familiar. Won't you join us in this great endeavor? Set your computer to hear Our Generation Radio and we will do our best to play the music you grew up with and introduce you to the music you can live with --- Not just being alive, but really live with. Remember we are the generation that refuses to grow old!

The Silent Lunatic Fringe?

I have no clue how this happened. I really don't. Last night I started to have something akin to an allergic reaction but for the live of me, I cannot figure out what I got into that would make me break out in a rash and get to itchin'. I took a benadryl before bed and all was good. Until this morning that is. I woke up with no voice!! My throat hurts, which is odd since I have no glands in there to hurt (had the tonsils removed when I was 12 or so). So, probably for the rest of the week, I will not be on... I am trying not to talk as much as possible, just in case I actually have to (emergency or what have ya).

I will keep everyone up to date. I apologise you cannot get your insanity fix. I know, I miss it too. *cries*

No Lunatic Fringe for Friday

That is right... seems the headache I had yesterday bloomed into a full blown migraine!! I am attempting to get rid of it as we speak. I have been given permission to get into the Holy Vicodin bottle, so that should help. See you on Monday, promise.

You Missed It

We had a great inaugural show (wow sounding political). We did in fact work in some politics. Played some comedy, chatted in the chat room and had listeners help program the station. All in all had fun and look forward to next week show.

The Lunatic Fringe going Live!

You heard it right folks... The Lunatic Fringe is going live on Monday!! Listen in to the madness tha DJ Wolf will bring to OGR and have a ton of fun with it. I will be in the chat room to take your requests and to chat about whatever tickles your fancy, as long as Fancy don't mind! 2-6p EST, 11a-3p PST M-F..... The Lunatic Fringe

Going Live.

Well we (that's ArJohn and I) are going live this Wednesday. Check the schedule for our time slot (The AnJ Show) and convert to your time as needed. Should be fun and this is a whole new station with lots of new ideas. Chat with you then.
JimmyB

Updates for all the hard workers

Here is the text of an article posted on two Chicagoland papers:
Construction Is Not Always Visible
Our Generation Radio To Debut

You won't hear saws cutting, trucks rumbling or jackhammers hammering, but major construction is going on in Tinley Park. If measured in key clicks and megabytes of code the undertaking is huge. Local Internet Radio Disk Jockeys, ArJohn and JimmyB (The AnJ Show) have gone from station to station looking for a home. Veteran personalities on the Internet (I [ArJohn] began in 1998, JimmyB was a frequent guest and popular addition to the show) radio scene. In the last year the two irreverent, wacky and outspoken distributors of music, comedy and comment just could not find a fit. Tied with the poor economic conditions, artistic freedom issues and just plain chemistry, they worked and left three stations. Along with them were a nucleus of on-air, production, web design and management people that were looking for more. While I (ArJohn) have little to do with the construction of the new station, JimmyB, Dick Wrigley and Jitar have been putting in plenty of hours, most likely sweat and perhaps even blood and tears.
What exactly are we building? Well Internet radio is certainly not new. As I mentioned earlier I have been doing this since 1998. What is new a different is our veering away from trying to be all things for everyone and align with the people we know best; the people who grew up with the radio we know, from the Top Forty DJ to the beginnings of chatter and downright irreverence of the morning and overnight shows of the past. Get ready world because Our Generation Radio (OGR) is coming. Tune in today by visiting us at www.ourgenerationradio.com.
When we say the 50's, 60's and 70's are ages not decades, we mean these are the ages of the Baby Boomers. While many Internet Radio stations today really give us little more than Ipods you can't carry, OGR has the sounds we grew up with and new music from the rock stars we know. There is a whole segment of the industry that knows the Boomers and even our own record label (More on that for you lucky listeners). So while you'll hear oldies – you will also be introduced to music that appeals to us who have grown through the ages and still like music. All this given to you by real live DJs not just music rolling by. Give us a visit and find out more!!!
Actual date we come on air is soon, very soon but not yet specific. Stop by www.ourgenerationradio.com and find out more!!


If anyone wants to use it feel free to post in papers both in print and web based.where it can help us --- ByLine = ArJohn

I am checking out the new room

I am excited that this place is being designed from the desktop up. I am working on an article for a couple of local papers. I also have a connection to a local resturant that likes the idea of an Our Generation Radio night..... More to follow

Hello Hello

I thought I would take up the invite and get started. looking forward to working with my partner ArJohn on The AnJ Show. As soon as things are up and running look for us on air.

Our New DJ Blog

This is where our deejays will be posting their news. That news can post anything, from upcoming show formats to their own personal observations.

Of course you the listeners are encouraged to comment on them.