Radio - I have programmed local music in Boston for longer than even I can remember in an effort to expose independent music that may otherwise remain hopelessly obscure. Well, it still may, but at least a few fortunate ears will be all the more graced.
Music
Photography
Nature and wildlife
Film - with little time to indulge in seeing much these days. ..aries are my favorite. I Would love to produce and direct a documentary or two someday. Perhaps in my next life. Maybe this one.
Music
All genres if they are well written and performed. Here are a few mostly 'classic' nationals to start (in no particular order): Patti Smith, Nick Drake, The Kinks, Jonathan Richman, Buzzcocks, Buffy Sainte Marie, AC/DC, Elliott Smith, The Who, The Damned, Mighty Bosstones, The Fall, Iggy Pop, Clash, Mission of Burma, Cheap Trick, Linda Ronstadt, Stranglers, Johnny Cash, Alice Cooper, Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, The Beatles, Neil Young, David Bowie, John Lennon, The Blue Nile, Annie Lennox, Ramones, T Rex, Fats Domino, Chameleons UK, Joan Baez, Mott the Hoople, Squeeze, Rolling Stones, Erin McKeown, Sly Stone, The Smiths, Tom Rush, Nine Inch Nails, Black Flag, Richard Thompson, Ray Charles, Anything Motown, Naked Raygun, Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Tim Buckley, Jeff Buckley, James White & The Blacks, Suzanne Vega, Sex Pistols, P.I.L., Thin Lizzy, Deb Talan, X, Elliot Smith, Foo Fighters, Irma Thomas, Robert Johnson, Motorhead, Megadeth, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Dr. John... Cut me some slack on the limited amount of bands so far. I posted these at 6:30 AM which is pretty aces, if you ask me.
Movies
The Constant Gardener, El Norte (don't watch this one if you forgot to take your mood enhancers), Anything by John Waters, Los Furtivos, Night of the Living Dead, Philadelphia, Big, Thelma & Louise, Rain Man, Clerks, Mrs, Doubtfire never not makes me laugh.
Television
60 Minutes, Animal Planet Network, The Office, ER, Conan O'Brien, Law and Order, Seinfeld re-runs... However, I rarely watch TV much these days.
Books
American Gods - Neil Gaiman, To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee, The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd, Life of Pi - Yann Martel, I've Got The Light Freedom - David J. Garrow, Secrets of the Savannah - Mark and Delia Owens, Cry of the Kalahari - Mark and Delia Owens, Animals in Translation - Temple Grandin, Whatever you do, Don't Run - Peter Allison The Great Divide - Studds Terkel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Choderlos de Laclos, The Pianist - Wladyslaw Szpilman, A Peoples History of The United States - Howard Zinn, Wonderland Avenue - Danny Sugerman
Heroes
Not exactly heroes, but fearless women & men who I respect for the difference they have made in this world:
My parents
Sojourner Truth (1797 - 1883) - abolitionist & feminist
Patti Smith - poet & musician
Cesar Chavez - Mexican American labor activist
Lucy Parsons - African American labor activist
Stephen Bantu (Biko) - Anti-Apartheid activist
More to come, but these are the ones who instantly come to mind.
Program and host a weekly local music show called Bay State Rock on 107.3 WAAF - Boston, MA
- Bay State Rock airs on Sunday nights from 10:00 PM to midnight.
Carmelita is always listening and never catching up, but it's alright... Posted at 5:31 AM Nov 21 view more
Denial is an easy way to put off making a difference in the lives of people and animals who suffer silently. It takes emotional strength to watch and learn about ugly injustices. There is comfort in resolving to do something/anything, be it large or small, to make a difference in the lives of others. There are crap loads of worthy causes and tax-deductible organizations to donate money to, or volunteer time with. Please watch below to view yet another ugly reality check viddy from the wretched bowels of humanity.
FRIENDS, PLEASE TRY TO REFRAIN FROM POSTING HUGE ADS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION... my eyesight is not THAT bad. No problem if it's a smaller version of information that you may want to share. I spend several hours every week programming and posting listings on Baystaterock.com. Please feel free to send your listings to me via e-mail at baystaterocklistings@yahoo.com. Thanks.
PLEASE SEND ALL RADIO/BAND CORRESPONDENCE, announcements and show listings to: baystaterocklistings@yahoo.com instead of here. I spend more time working out of that e-mail address, than here. In fact, I DON'T work out of here at all. Please DO NOT send work related stuff here, I may miss it. If you need more information with regard to music related questions, please refer to the instructions at the bottom of the cover page at baystaterock.com. Fair? Thank you.
Carmelita's local music program 'Bay State Rock' airs every Sunday night from 10:00 PM to midnight on 107.3, now 97.7 WAAF. or listen here:
WAAF LIVE STREAM
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Music, books, movies, animals, watching live safari drives on WildEarth.tv, Nkorho Pan Stream Watering Hole in South Africa, the zoo (for lack of anything better in my immediate vicinity), photography, travel, maps, good food, anything music and art are a few of my favorite things. Solitude. Social time spent in the company of close friends.
I work at a local university full-time during the week and spend a huge part of my remaining time listening to, and programming local music for WAAF in Boston. My show is called 'Bay State Rock' and it airs on Sunday nights from 10:00 PM to midnight. It has been my labor of love for most of my adult life. I also have a program website baystaterock.com. The website includes pretty much everything from instructions for the bands, an updated weekly playlist page, upcoming show listings, venues, photo page, some of my own personal history, and a chat board.
I am blind as a bat. I was that skinny girl with the oversized glasses who sat next to you in second grade. Glasses are a necessity for me unless I choose to see the world around me in soft focus. On rough days the glasses come off. If I should not have glasses on and ever pass you by at a show or on the street without a friendly nod, I didn't see you. Try standing about two feet next to me.
Hey Lady ~ I wanted you to know about MY very special gig that I'm producing in the wake of the tragic fire in my neighborhood. Our very own PROSPECT HILL is Rockin out on this day along with other amazing guests.
Please spread the word via Re-posting! I hope you see you there!!!
Hey, Just want to let you know our new CD "THIS TIME" is available
to download off iTunes and at Amazon Mp3. The CD release party will be
Saturday, September 12, at Ralph's Rock Diner in Worcester, MA.
Online Now!
