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Thursday Breakfast Jam on KRCL

Thursday mornings, 6 to 9, on 90.9FM or krcl.org

About Me

The Thursday Breakfast Jam is a morning drivetime radio show that actually plays music.

KRCL is listener-supported, commercial-free community radio. No playlists or advertisers to appease here, folks. Only good radio.

The show runs from 6 to 9AM, every Thursday morning on KRCL 90.9FM Salt Lake City, 107.3FM Park City.

Don't live in Utah? Listeners can stream it worldwide at www.krcl.org/listenlive.htm .

Are you a musician?
Want to send me some material to consider for airplay? Please do!
Message me or send CDs to:

Dave M., Thursday Breakfast Jam
c/o KRCL
1971 West North Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84116

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/2/2007
Band Website: krcl.org
Band Members: Host: Dave M.
Influences: What you’ll hear on the show, in no particular order...

The Joshes: Josh Rouse, Josh Ritter;

The Bens: Ben Kweller, Ben Folds, Ben Harper;

Any Elvis: Elvis Presley, Elvis Perkins, Elvis Costello;

All the Bands: Band of Bees, Band of Horses, Band of Annuals;

I like Scotts: Orange Juice, Belle and Sebastian, Camera Obscura, Butcher Boy;

I'm cool with Scandinavians too, like: Acid House Kings, the Razzia Records label, Hello Saferide, Shout out Louds, Frida Hyvonen, Jose Gonzalez;

Singer/Songwriter's nice: J. Tillman, Elliot Smith, M. Ward, Beth Orton, Richard Buckner, Julie Doiron, Laura Gibson, Peter and the Wolf, Willy Mason, Malcom Holcombe, Andrew Bird, Richard Swift, Ray Lamontagne, Kelly Joe Phelps, Amos Lee, Sarah Harmer, Jess Klein, Ani DiFranco, Jason Molina, Leonna Naess, Mason Jennings, Joseph Arthur, Brett Dennon, Eric Hutchinson, Glen Phillips, Damian Jurado, Alison Pipotone, Catie Curtis, Jonathan Richman, Langhorne Slim, Morrissey, Stephen Merrit, Micah P. Hinson, Ramona Cordova, Jolie Holland, Regina Spektor, Trace Wiren, Julie Sokolow, Glade, Emiliana Torrini, Clare Burson, Laura Veirs, Todd Snider, Damien Rice, Dan Bern, Patty Griffin, Iron + wine, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Will Oldham, Michael Penn, Ron Sexsmith, Cat Power, Brendan Benson, Joanna Newsom, Erin McKeown, Ola Podrida, Jim White, Daniel Johnston, Polly Paulusma, Stephen Malkmus, Amy Millan, Colin Meloy, Final Fantasy, Emily Haines, Frank Black, Juana Molina, Kaki King, Anders Parker, Michael Miller, Patrick Park, Norah Jones, El Perro del Mar, Sean Lennon, Benjy Ferree, Marissa Nadler, Lucy Kaplansky, Shelby Lynne, Devenda Banhart, Porlolo, Sam Phillips, etc.

Sure, I'll take some of the classics: Beatles, Dylan, The Boss, Van Morrison, Otis Redding, Aretha, Neil Young, Nick Cave, Jim Croce, James Taylor, Al Green, Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, Cash, some Stones, Ella, The Clash, Bowie, James Brown, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed

A bit of twang's alright: Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Wilco, Loretta Lynn, Tift Merritt, Alison Moorer, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Drive By Truckers, Richmond Fontaine, James McMurtry, 40 watt bulb, Ryan Adams, Whiskey Town, Old 97s, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Be Good Tanyas, Neko Case, Kathleen Edwards, Anne McCue, Lucinda Williams, Charlie Louvin

Others favorites include: Voxtrot, Magnolia Electric Co., Pavement, Sebadoh, Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, Crooked Fingers, DCFC, The Long Winters, The Pogues, For Squirrels, Ollabelle, Marah, Lamchop, The Bracelets, Cold War Kids, Destroyer, The New Pornographers, Swan Lake, Wolf Parade, Page France, Albert Hammond Jr., The Hidden Cameras, Lemonheads, Dinosaur Jr., Buffalo Tom, Grant Lee Phillips, Grant Lee Buffalo, James, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Tapes 'n Tapes, Ted Leo & the Pharmacits, Gomez, The Smiths, Hockey night, The Magnetic Fields, Okkervil River, Norfolk & Western, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Dolorean, The Postmarks, Great Lake Swimmers, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Catfish Haven, Say Hi To Your Mom, Christians and Lions, Bishop Allen, Clap your hands say yeah, Fujiya & Miyagi, Margot & the nuclear so-sos, West Indian Girl, The boy least likely to, Tangle Eye, Calexico, Tegan and Sara, My Morning Jacket, The Cars, The Mountain Goats, Devin Davis, Beirut, The Black Keys, Nada Surf, Beck, R.E.M., Rogue Wave, Califone, Barzin, Built like Alaska, Dr. Dog, The real Tuesday Weld, Sparklehorse, Violent Femmes, The Blow, Spoon, Ry Cooder, The Waifs, Mosquitos, Kings of Convenience, Kings of Leon, The Whitest Boy Alive, Pearl Jam, Jeffrey and Jack Lewis, Preston School of Industry, The Duhks, The Divine Comedy, Unbunny, Arcade Fire, Metric, Pixies, Portastic, Silver Jews, The Pernice Brothers, She's Spanish I'm American, The Legendary Porch Pounders, Marcus Bently & the Beat Surrender, Pete Yorn, John Vanderslice, David Vandervelde, Badly Drawn Boy, Sleepy Jackson, Akron/Family, The National, The National Lights, Clem Snide, Malajube, Bee and Flower, Paul Westerberg, Grandpaboy, Yo la tengo, Magic Numbers, Pete Bjorn and John, Arctic Monkeys, Stereolab, Teenage Fanclub, Cloud Cult, Sigur Ros, Grizzly Bear, Sondre Lerche, Torubled Hubble, The Hold Steady, Citizen Cope, Nic Armstrong & the Thieves, The Light footwork, Lovers, The Finches, Rosebuds, Deerhoof, Radiohead, Vietnam, They Might Be Giants, British Sea Power

Also, I really like these labels: Merge, Suicide Squeeze, Secretly Candian, Asthmatic Kitty, Yep Roc, Matador, Rough Trade, Arts + Crafts
Sounds Like: Good, commercial-free radio.
Record Label: DMo on the Radio
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Coming up on-air, 8.2: Atherton live performance + interview

Grizzled local veterans Atherton are set to release their new full-length record, Skyline Motel. They'll stop by the studio about 8am to play a few songs live and give us a preview of what to expect c...
Posted by Thursday Breakfast Jam on KRCL on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:34:00 PST

Coming up on-air, 8.9: Save Our Wild Salmon + Laura Veirs

Save Our Wild Salmon; a nationwide coalition working to restore self-sustaining and healthy wild salmon to rivers, streams and oceans of the Pacific salmon states; will be in studio to talk about thei...
Posted by Thursday Breakfast Jam on KRCL on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:34:00 PST

Coming up on-air, 7.19: Chris + Anna from Slowtrain Music

Tomorrow, (Thursday, July 19) Chris + Anna, from Slowtrain Music, will be in studio about 8am. Besides being just about everyone's favorite local record store, they're hosting a kick-ass anniversary ...
Posted by Thursday Breakfast Jam on KRCL on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:33:00 PST

Dining for Darfur

On yesterday's program, I was joined by Rebecca from Dining for Darfur, a great event that happens tomorrow, April 28.Here's the deal, you head to the Downtown Huka Lounge or House of Kabob and Pita, ...
Posted by Thursday Breakfast Jam on KRCL on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:47:00 PST

Salt City Derby Girls on Thursday Breakfast Jam!

Tune in to KRCL 90.9FM (107.3 Park City, webcast at krcl.org) tomorrow, April 19 at 8am. Thursday Breakfast Jam will be joined in studio by three fabulous members of the Salt City Derby Girls: Battle ...
Posted by Thursday Breakfast Jam on KRCL on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:58:00 PST

$8,500

Or somewhere in that neighborhood at least. About $600 over the goal. Not a bad chunk of change to raise in just three hours. Thank you for a successful first Radiothon back.
Posted by Thursday Breakfast Jam on KRCL on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:07:00 PST

Today's playlist...

... is available here.
Posted by Thursday Breakfast Jam on KRCL on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:23:00 PST

A craptacular broadcast

Bit of a rugged broadcast this morning. My apologies go out to you, especially if you tried to bare with it and listen anyway. What was wrong? Good question, and I don't know the exact answer. I'm no ...
Posted by Thursday Breakfast Jam on KRCL on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:57:00 PST

This Saturday Evening: The Polka Dot

You have the unique opportunity to stuff yourself full of the Valley's best BBQ and enjoy some polka music. How often do you get to combine those two things?Local non-profit Utah Federation for Youth ...
Posted by Thursday Breakfast Jam on KRCL on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:53:00 PST

How are your phone skills?

If you're a regular KRCL listener, then you probably already know that Radiothon is right around the corner. In fact, we're already accepting wed pledges for Prethon.Anyway, I'm in need of a few peopl...
Posted by Thursday Breakfast Jam on KRCL on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:24:00 PST