Wednesday standouts:
KCMU (Napa, CA)
- Hi-Fi Gets A Pounding, Pt. 3-Dub Syndicate (A throbbing reggae instrumental with a prominent saxophone part and a heavy undercurrent of bass.)
- Epic-Other Lives (The piano and strings on this track create a mood similar to the one that "She's Leaving Home" by The Beatles evokes.)
WESM (Princess Anne, MD)
- Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in C minor: IV: Finale: Vivace (Philharmonia Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin, conductor) (Invigorating and life-affirming strings. This movement sounds a lot like the finale of a Mozart symphony to me.)
WQSV (Staunton, VA)
- Robber-The Weather Station (Rhythmically captivating; it's unusual to hear such jazzy backing for disquieting lyrics like these.)
- Feel-Big Star (The tense guitar opening gets the listener's attention immediately. Upon first hearing it, I understood why two of my fellow KCOU DJs were so determined to reunite Big Star. I'm glad they succeeded, so I could hear "Feel" live in '93.)
