semi-twang: a weekly radio show
Heard exclusively on Access Sacramento Community Radio : The Voice of Sacramento
Thursdays 6-8pm, Fridays 6-8 am
Semi-twang is a weekly radio show hosted by me, Paul Hefti; wherein the roots of music are wide-ranging and always growing. These roots include classic country, no depression, Brit-pop, new wave, old wave, blues, folk, bluegrass, soul, jazz, and whatever the heck else I can dig out of the 99 cent bin of your favorite record store.
Your favorite music
Well it just makes you sad.
But you like it 'cause
You feel special that way.
Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide - Your Favorite Music
People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands-literally thousands-of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss. The unhappiest people I know, romantically speaking, are the ones who like pop music the most; and I dont know whether the pop music caused this unhappiness, but I do know theyve been listening to the sad songs longer than theyve been living the unhappy lives.
- Nick Hornby - high fidelity (1995)