Line Out - Comments on Sometimes I Feel Like I Don't Have a Partner, Sometimes I Feel Like I Don't Have a Friend, In the City I (Used to) Live in, the City of Angels http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part People who love to bitch about KEXP should spend a week in Southern California, stuck in traffic. Jesus Christ, the radio stations in Los Angeles are dismal. You can hit the SEEK button on your rental car's radio until... Copyright 2008 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:17:13 -0800 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:54:23 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by BloodSugarSexMagik Santa Monica has KCRW, and their 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' show is great, but they don't play music all day like KEXP, and I'm not sure if they cover the whole LA area. It's something, at least.

]]> BloodSugarSexMagik http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c885209 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c885209 Out of Town Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:48:05 -0800 Comment by pete maravich's socks KCRW is SoCal's KEXP--middlebrow alternative radio, but w/o the self-congratulatory slogans 8x/hour. Its best shows happen late at night (SHOCKA).

Irvine-based KUCI (88.9FM) blows KEXP away, most of the time, but it might be too weird for you if KEXP is your yardstick for adventurous radio.

]]> pete maravich's socks http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c885250 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c885250 Out of Town Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:55:55 -0800 Comment by Sam M. "Modern rock" radio stations are just the new version of classic rock, didn'tcha know?

]]> Sam M. http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c885390 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c885390 Out of Town Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:17:58 -0800 Comment by k kcrw is the best. hands down. i agree about the rest of the dial though. used to live there and back in the early 90's they had some great stations. those have all become spanish stations.

]]> k http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c885410 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c885410 Out of Town Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:48:28 -0800 Comment by left coast Typical passive-aggressive Seattle that there are complaints about everything. Little action and plenty of whining. I love and support KEXP, and the malcontents can kiss my ass.

Listening to The End this morning, I have some hope that it's name will soon be quite appropriate. Obviously fraudulent ads for miracle debt relief cures and vitamins that will cure all. They're obviously airing anything they'll get paid for. I guess people just aren't that nostalgic for 1995. Hopefully, the end is near.

]]> left coast http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c885433 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c885433 Out of Town Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:24:38 -0800 Comment by tsm Had the same experience when I headed home to visit the familia, and turned on the radio and - pow! - I was back in 1996. I guess that commercial radio everywhere is just staffed by guys my age who stopped listening to music the second they left college.

]]> tsm http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c885972 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c885972 Out of Town Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:02:06 -0800 Comment by mark Another great station in the LA area is KSPC, 88.7 fm. It's based at the Claremont Colleges which are east towards San Bernadino, so it can be spotty in the western parts of LA. Lots of variety, tons of small label bands and guaranteed no RHCP...

But in general, I agree with you. KROQ is probably less than or equal to The End. KCRW has some really great shows, but it's about 2/3 news, 1/3 music.

]]> mark http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c886284 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c886284 Out of Town Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:08:01 -0800 Comment by david loyola marymount's kxlu is great--like kcmu in the 1980s... The commercial station 103.1 has shows with djs Steve Jones and Henry Rollins and play the same adult alternative stuff that kexp plays. kcrw is about as edgy as kexp--you know, lily allen, et al.

]]> david http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c886313 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c886313 Out of Town Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:28:12 -0800 Comment by *gong* it's the same shit in San Fransisco ... which is more than disappointing.

]]> *gong* http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c886565 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/sometimes_i_feel_like_i_dont_have_a_part#c886565 Out of Town Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:54:23 -0800