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LuxuriaMusic Internet Radio

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LuxuriaMusic is an Internet Radio station that broadcasts out to the world from a small studio in Hollywood, Calif. While almost eight years old, the station’s programming concepts are both fresh and revolutionary, especially when compared with what’s going on in the prehistoric world of terrestrial radio.What the listener hears upon tuning into LuxuriaMusic (luxuriamusic.com) is a meticulously curated mixture of musical genres that make up the station’s eclectic alchemy. Surf Music, Bossa Nova, Exotica, Space-Age Bachelor Pad, Jazz, Soft-Psych, Sunshine Pop, Wall of Sound, Latin, Go-Go, and Film & TV music of the past 50 years are expertly distilled and blended in order to concoct the “highly intoxicating and sometimes hallucinatory” LuxuriaMusic Sound. Somehow, in this context, it all makes sense.This is entertainment for people who possess a high level of pop-culture consciousness. It’s for hipsters well-versed in both The Brady Bunch and The Wild Bunch; Nick at Nite and Playboy After Dark; Disneyland and DisPepsi; Josie & The Pussycats and Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!LuxuriaMusic airs three types of programming:1. Live, interactive music shows hosted by DJs 2. Pre-taped shows by an international syndicate of DJs 3. Luxotron 5000: The station’s mascot, Luxotron is a virtual DJ/jukebox stocked with more than 8,000 songsIn addition to enjoying the fine music programming, a LuxuriaMusic listener can also interact with DJs and fans in our lively chat room. During live shows, the chat room fills up with people eager to discuss the music and/or any other topics. Friendships and romantic relationships have been cultivated in this virtual lounge, where chatters such as litlgrey, hanalei, eightman, catsmeow, Clem, surflounge, MCLowe, surfergirl78, DaveKC, wickedwanda and others often congregate daily.Listeners find LuxuriaMusic in a number of different ways. Some stumble on to our Web site, while others find us via our MySpace page. A link to the LuxuriaMusic stream on the iTunes Internet Radio directory has also brought in many fans. And since people who dig LuxuriaMusic tend to love it, word-of-mouth is an extremely effective listener-building tool. LuxuriaMusic HistoryThe origins of LuxuriaMusic can be traced to the Internet boom of the late 1990s, when a company called Enigma Digital was born. Bill Hein, one of the founders of Enigma Digital, brought Chuck Kelley on board to form an as-yet-undeveloped Internet radio station to go along with some other properties Enigma had recently acquired—KNAC.com and GrooveRadio.com. Kelley suggested that they recruit a friend from the East Coast, The Millionaire, and start a lounge station. Soon after, The Millionaire moved to Los Angeles and after some creative brainstorming, LuxuriaMusic was born. Live programming commenced on February 14, 2000.Over the next 14 months, Kelley and The Millionaire continued developing LuxuriaMusic by bringing in talented people such as Eric Bonerz (Music Programmer), and a staff of over 25 volunteer DJs. During the next year, LuxuriaMusic not only made itself known for its refreshing music, but also for its legendary interviews. Brian Wilson and Al Jardine of the Beach Boys, Lalo Schifrin, Vic Mizzy, The Sherman Brothers, Van Dyke Parks and Stu Phillips all visited the LuxuriaMusic studio in that first year on the air. The station was soon mentioned in publications such as The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and TimeOut New York.In April of 2001, the Internet boom was bottoming out and Clear Channel Communications purchased Enigma Digital in order to acquire some proprietary software the company had developed. Soon after, Clear Channel pulled the plug on LuxuriaMusic.Almost two years later, the rights to LuxuriaMusic were acquired by Cliff Chase, a San Francisco-based entrepreneur. Chase didn’t have to do much pleading to get Kelley to restart the format. For the next three years, LuxuriaMusic was limited to playing taped-for-broadcast shows and jukebox programming that streamed from a computer set up in Chase’s garage. During this time, Chase and Kelley fought to keep the LuxuriaMusic fire burning with their infinite ingenuity and limited resources. Years passed as the dream of bringing LuxuriaMusic back to life as a live, 24/7 operation seem almost unattainable.Then, in July 2006, a re-capitalization launched LuxuriaMusic into the next chapter of its history. A new studio was built and LuxuriaMusic resumed live broadcasting in August. In just a few short months, Bonerz, Kelley and Chase built a roster consisting of music business professionals, artists, composers, producers, DJs and historians that, as a collective brain trust, cannot be beat. See—no, listen—for yourself!

LuxuriaMusic: Live Internet Radio programming featuring an original mix of music content not found anywhere else. Join our Live DJs for an intoxicating and often hallucinatory blend of musical genres, featuring Exotica, Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad, Bossa, Bollywood, Bubblegum, Boogaloo, Big-Beat,Soft-Psych, Go-Go, Latin Jazz, Sophisticated Rock and Surf music.

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My Interests

Entertaining the public.

I'd like to meet:

You

Music:

Supercasanova, Combustible Edison, Ennio Morricone, The Beach Boys, Stu Phillips, The Carrie Nations, Lalo Schifrin, Vic Mizzy, Herb Alpert, Quincy Jones, H.B. Barnum, Nelson Riddle, Annette Funicello, Antonio Carlos Jobim, April Stevens, Bappi Lahiri, R.D. Burman, Barry Gray, Billy Strange, Bob Crewe, Cal Tjader, Burt Bacharach, Carol Kaye, Claus Ogerman, David Axelrod, Dick Hyman, Dean Martin, Dudley Moore, Elis Regina, Esquivel, Frank Comstock, Frank Sinatra, Hapers Bizarre, Henry Mancini, Hugo Montenegro, Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Michel LeGrand, Mort Garson, Neil Hefti,Nancy Sinatra, Hal Blaine, Peter Thomas, Carol Kaye, Pierro Piccioni, Peiro Umiliani, Pierre Henry, Quarteto Em Cy, Ralph Carmichael, Ramsey Lewis, Sammy Davis Jr. , Stereolab, The Animated Egg, The Arbors, The Association, The Brass Ring, The Carnival, The Electrosonics, The Hellers, The Nutty Squirells, The New Classic Singers, The Ventures, Theivery Corporation, Walter Wanderley, Willie Bobo.......

Movies:

We love Soundtracks at Luxuria!

Television:

Great T.V. themes, Cartoons, and vintage commericials jingles are our bag!

My Blog

Pretty World Play List May 11th, 2008 Mothers Day

Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66  Pretty WorldBud Shank  Your Mother Should KnowThe Hollyridge Strings  Your Mother Should KnowThe Brass Ring  Moon (Mom) RiverChris Montez  Call MeBeatles, Bach, Bacha...
Posted by LuxuriaMusic Internet Radio on Sat, 17 May 2008 08:08:00 PST

Pretty World Play List For April 20th, 2008

Hey Folks, Sorry but I won't make it to the studio today, I pulled a muscle in my arm and can't drive my stick shift. Nothing serious but I am upset I will miss my show today, I found lots of groovy M...
Posted by LuxuriaMusic Internet Radio on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:15:00 PST

Pretty World Set List for April 6th, 2008

Hello Pretty World Fans! Here is my set list for April 6th! I missed April 13th, I was in Las Vegas for the Viva Las Vegas Weekender with my dear friends Ray Collins Hot Club! I will be back this week...
Posted by LuxuriaMusic Internet Radio on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:45:00 PST

Astrud Gilberto & Herb Alperts Birthday Special

On March 29th 1940, was Astrud Gilberto's Birthday and March 31st, 1935 was Herb Alpert's Birthday so Andrew Sandoval from "Come to The Sunshine" guest hosted with me on "Pretty World" to have a speci...
Posted by LuxuriaMusic Internet Radio on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:41:00 PST

But wait--there’s more... for Pyro-maniacs!

Not sure if Howie Pyro wanted me to blab about this to the public, but the news was too good to contain among just us Lux DJs! His show, Intoxica, airs on www.luxuriamusic.com this Tues...
Posted by LuxuriaMusic Internet Radio on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:59:00 PST

Come to the Sunshine this Monday!

The hits keep on comin... From Andrew, host of CttS: I have some exciting obscurities and discoveries on deck this Monday (March 24th) for episode 39 of "Come To The Sunshine" (from 4-6pm PST). The f...
Posted by LuxuriaMusic Internet Radio on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:54:00 PST

Kitsch Niche News

This Monday, March 24th, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm PST Join Strike as he celebrates Cesar Chavez Day a week early with 3 hours of Spanish language music.  Latin themed music, Me...
Posted by LuxuriaMusic Internet Radio on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:40:00 PST

Volcanic Action: Today at 3 p.m. PST!

This week "Volcanic Action" returns to Luxuriamusic. com after taking a weekend to soak up the sun in Palm Springs (with a host of our regular listeners). So, some early summer bliss is on the way, vi...
Posted by LuxuriaMusic Internet Radio on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:40:00 PST

Forward to Fri: dD Sound Machine!

Hello to all you groovy kids out there. Well it's Day Lights saving time and Spring is in the air. And that means one thing.....You need some fun filled music to accompany your Friday evenings and dD ...
Posted by LuxuriaMusic Internet Radio on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:20:00 PST

You Don’t Like Mondays? Well, Listen to This!

From Andrew, host of Come to the Sunshine (4 p.m. each Monday) on www.luxuriamusic.com:If you happen to be by your computers this Monday (March 10th) from 4-6:30 pm (PST), I will be presenting an...
Posted by LuxuriaMusic Internet Radio on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:09:00 PST