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About Me

SOUND AWAKE can be heard every Tuesday afternoon from 3 to 5 PM Central on KPFT 90.1 FM, Houston's commercial-free/listener-sponsored Pacifica Radio station. JEFFREY THAMES [King of Grief], your humble host since Thanksgiving morning 1996, promises the best mix of Intelligent Freeform Pop on the dial, from the deepest oldies to the choicest indie. Every week at 4, the CLASSIC CLUB HOUR features your alternative dance favorites from the 80s, plus complementary tracks from other eras. You can listen online (and get more information about KPFT and Pacifica) at kpft.org . Independent and unsigned acts are encouraged to send material for airplay consideration. For more info, or to submit a demo, send Jeffrey a message via MySpace or email him at kingofgrief via Yahoo! Mail. Facebook users are invited to join the Sound Awake group here . ------------------------------------

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with vast genre- and/or era-hopping tastes in music. Anyone who misses keeping their radio tuned in to one station (and paying rapt attention) for hours at a time. Anyone who still gets excited by the sight of a pile of 45s at a thrift store. Anyone who dances to "It's My Life" at Numbers and pops in Spirit of Eden when they get home. Anyone who knew of The Rubinoos before that whole Avril Lavigne mess hit the media. Anyone who doesn't rank Sgt. Pepper among their three most favorite Beatles albums. Anyone who considers Kid A or In Rainbows to be Radiohead's finest long-player (votes for Amnesiac or The Bends will also be respectfully noted). Anyone who wants to see the entire Cowsills catalog remastered and reissued in their lifetime. Anyone who admires Bono the vocalist and lyricist and loathes Bono the photo-op philanthropist. Anyone who owns The Monkees' Changes and actually listens to it at least once a year. Anyone who fits these descriptions and makes like-minded music of their own, especially fellow Houstonians.Failing that, anyone with Tuesday afternoons free.

My Blog

SOUND AWAKE CLASSIC CLUB SPECIAL Setlist/Download Links: May 26, 2009

Read about it:http://rateyourmusic.com/list/kingofgrief/sound_awake_set list__may_26__2009__post_drive_classic_club_special_Or HEAR IT via a low-resolution mp3 (for a limited time only):http://drop.io/...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 22:56:00 GMT

SOUND AWAKE Setlist: May 19, 2009 [RYM link]

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/kingofgrief/sound_awake_setlis t__may_19__2009__spring_fund_drive_edition__2_Don't forget...this week's show is a 2-HOUR CLASSIC CLUB SPECIAL in honor of Sound Awake reach...
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 15:34:00 GMT

SOUND AWAKE Setlist: May 12, 2009 [RYM link]

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/kingofgrief/sound_awake_setlis t__may_12__2009__spring_fund_drive_edition__1_Thanks to everyone who helped me surpass this week's goal by $20. As promised, I'll devote the...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 19:39:00 GMT

SOUND AWAKE Setlist: May 5, 2009

3 PM: [BBC News Headlines] THE BEACH BOYS / San Miguel / Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys [Box Set] (Capitol 81/93) THE GLAMORUS YOUTH / Feel Like I Feel / The Glamorus Youth EP (rai...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 22:12:00 GMT

SOUND AWAKE Setlist: April 28, 2009 [RYM link]

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/kingofgrief/sound_awake_setlis t__april_28__2009As always, I'll type it out later this week. Did you miss the show? Want to hear it again? Watch your bulletins. I'll tell ...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:45:00 GMT

SOUND AWAKE Setlist: April 21, 2009

3 PM: [BBC News Headlines]THE BEACH BOYS / Our Team / Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys [Box Set] (Capitol rec 77/93)CAMERA OBSCURA / French Navy / My Maudlin Career (4AD 09) [released ...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:57:00 GMT

SOUND AWAKE Setlist: April 14, 2009

3 PM:[BBC News Headlines]THE BEACH BOYS / Long Promised Road / Surf's Up (Capitol 71)SUPER FURRY ANIMALS / The Very Best of Neil Diamond / Dark Days/Light Years (Rough Trade/Beggars Group 09)[digital ...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:39:00 GMT

SOUND AWAKE Setlist: April 7, 2009

3 PM:[BBC News Headlines]THE BEACH BOYS / Be With Me / 20/20 (Capitol 69)SALEM / Cold Shower / Astronaut (EMI Sweden 09) [new]DAVID BOWIE / Right / Young Americans (Virgin 75)JOHNNY GOUDIE & THE LITTL...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:54:00 GMT

SOUND AWAKE Setlist: March 31, 2009

3 PM:[BBC News Headlines]BRIAN WILSON / Roll Plymouth Rock / SMiLE (Nonesuch 04)DOVES / Kingdom of Rust [excerpt due to CD player malfunction] / Kingdom of Rust (Astralwerks 09) [available next Tuesda...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:19:00 GMT

SOUND AWAKE Setlist: March 24, 2009

PLEASE NOTE: The link for Inner Lights was previously entered incorrectly; it has been corrected as of Friday evening, March 27.3 PM: [Live guests: Chris Cox, Kevin Richardson, and Ron Rushing of INNE...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:27:00 GMT