Category: LUVeR (Page 12 of 21)

(Jesse Townley wrote:)

Wait, this is a bunch of teens in a hip-hop group?

Yeesh, I hope their manager is just starting out, because that policy is going to block off a lot of interview opportunities for the band.

Jesse

… And yeah, I don’t know of any- ANY- KALX interviews where questions were pre-approved. (That’s probably why we’ve never had one with a President of the US, ha ha ha) The one I did with the NY Dolls this year was completely on the fly, and that was set up thru their super-professional management agency. We’ve had thousands of artists on the station over the past 45 years much huger than this group with no pre-approved questions.

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yep, they’re teens. Their manager is Mr. Jiggle or some such name! You are quite right. Not only did he blow an opportunity for them, but he established a bad reputation for them.

pre-established questions at best makes for a boring show, no juice! Only a couple of people have asked for that in the eleven years of the show. A more common request is what areas will we cover. How should I know!? A conversation is an exploring journey!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Wow! You have some great guests over there.

Thank you very much for the offer. Be sure if I come in SF one day, I ll be in contact with you and it will be an honor for me to meet you in person. 🙂

peace,
Gi

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ah, yes GI! And now it looks like Carrie Rodriguez… One of my favorite singers /fiddle players will be on my show! How lucky are we?…. having bands come to our house to do concerts for us and interesting people coming to talk deeply with me! How did we get in this position?

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Well Frank, this band would be cancel on our radio show too, because it s always impromptu interviews and like you, we receive a lot of bands, some are known and other less and it s pretty rare this kind of situation. What are they scared about? Oh welll!!! 🙁

Gi

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exactly, Gi! And I don’t think that is something a journalist [which is one of the things we are] should ever do. They are scared that the pre- packaged image which they have invented will fall apart under the light of reality… Which is selling the artist short. My job on the show is to create an environment where the artist can play/be at her core. This most of the time makes the artist look good… And often bands play better on the show.. And the audience feels the reality of the show. But these people don’t trust their bands!

hey, is there any way that LUVER could air your show on a regular basis?

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

(Gi wrote:)

We are from the same generation, I think exactly like you 😀 😉

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ah, yes, Gi! But then great minds think alike no matter how old!

If you ever come to San Francisco, I want you on my show!

Last night I did a rather intense show about the killing of Oscar Grant by the BART cops. We had two black Nation of Islam minsters and an ex- black panther as well as other community members.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore