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Tonight we featured an exclusive in studio performance from fretless guitarist Michael Vick. Michael is a multi instrumentalist who has released several uncanny experimental guitar albums representing a wide variety of compositions from jazz and classical to progressive rock and the avant garde. Michael came on at 11:00 and dazzled our audience with his individualized playing. I felt bad for his tech tonight because he was literally falling asleep waiting for the performace to begin. It was a basic recording of mics to amps. Reminded me of the old days of recording live stuff on the show before the new studio. Recording still came out great!
As always, I love Saturday nights for many reasons. The one that sticks out primarily is our security gaurd Ralph. Ralph comes in usually at midnight and always looks miserable. But he looked smilier than usual...until I opened the door to have a smoke. He gave me the look of death and proclaimed I was trying to kill him. Cold air is good for the lungs. Maybe not the tobacco smoke though. Our listenership peaked during the Caryn Lin spotlight, and again during the Soft Machine set. The Soft Machine is a wonderful new archive recorded in 1975 featuring Allan Holdsworth. Excellent recording with a great live presence. This is a must get for 2006.
Chad is now prepping for our 8th Annual Nearfest Special next Saturday. Should be HOOT!

This program ran 4 hours and 2 minutes.