Earth Minor Performs Live

Members of the electronic rock band Earth Minor www.myspace.com/earthminor perform live on our Feb 1st show. These guys remind me of my favorite German electro pop band Kraftwerk, and a few other UK pop bands of the 80's. This one's my sidekick Bob's discovery since he occasionally plays dueling pianos with the keyboard player of the band at a local NJ bar. I'm always interested in bands that combine various styles of music and instruments to create a different sound. I remember hearing a story about Ian Andersen of Jethro Tull being told to play in the back of the band because they thought the flute was not a rock instrument. And some music exec told the Beatles that bands with guitars are on there way out. Folks, when it comes to music, do what sounds right to you and dont let fashion or industry people dictate the direction of music. Photo: Members of Earth Minor

Check out our podcast interview with Christian rock singer/songwriter Chris Dickson on Cyberears.com

http://www.cyberears.com/index.php/Browse/playaudio/2859

A 70's Show

I'm planning to do another 70's show this coming Monday night 7-9:30pm EST on http://www.hgrnj.org/. We're talking all music from the 70's like Yes, Led Zep, Bowie, even John Denver & a whole lot more. You can call the station during the show to make a request or send us an Instant Message (Yahoo Messenger, etc), just enter the screen name HGRNJ. We'd love to hear from you because sometimes I think we're broadcasting in a black hole.

The 70's were a great time for me. If only I could remember it.

Photo: Me in the 70's with Pluto.

Also, check out our many podcasts on http://www.cyberears.com/index.php/Show/audio/5102

The History Of Horror Films

One of my favorite interviews on our radio show was with Prof. Roy Frumkes who teaches courses in filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. I studied Film Appreciation in high school (can you believe they had a course like that?) and have always been interested in movies and how they are made. Roy provides some great advice on how to make a good horror film and talks about the origins of this still very popular genre. Click on this link to our podcast: http://www.cyberears.com/index.php/Browse/playaudio/5707

What's your favorite scarey movie?

Many other interviews can be heard on http://www.cyberears.com/.

We'll be back on www.HGRNJ.org Jan 18th. Thinking about doing an all 70's show. You remember the 70's dont you? Led Zep, Elton, Bowie, and maybe some you've never heard of.

Photo: The first movie vampire.

The Pfeiffer Twins

What's It Called Radio presents a double feature. Local NJ artists The Pfeiffer Twins www.myspace.com/thepfeiffertwins will be on our show, and they'll be performing a few of their songs live. We'll also be interviewing the lead singer of The Motels, Martha Davis. OK, so it's a triple feature then.

I hope you can tune in http://www.hgrnj.org/ Monday night Jan 4th from 7-9:30pm est. Just click Listen Live. You can also Instant Message us, screen name: HGRNJ during the show. Photo: The Pfeiffer Twins Carrie & Lindsay (but which ones which?)

Lead Singer Of The Motels Interview

I'm excited to be interviewing the lead singer of the 80's group The Motels, Martha Davis. Her band was signed to Capitol Records in 1979, around the same time my band The Elektrics were signed to the same label. We also opened for The Motels in clubs in 1980-81. Also, local New Jersey artists The Pfeiffer Twins www.myspace.com/pfeiffertwins will perform of few of their songs live on our show this Monday night Jan 4th from 7-9:30pm est on http://www.hgrnj.org/. So its a double feature on "What's It Called?" Radio. I'm hoping to interview other 80's artists in the future. Feel free to suggest any to me and I'll try and make it happen. Just leave your comments on my blog. Photo: Martha Davis

WIC Radio Trivia - Our very first phone interview was with UFO lecturer Stanton Friedman.

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