Author: Mike Luoma
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If you’re a writer, you’ve no doubt heard the phrase, “kill your darlings.” I’ve seen it attributed to William Faulkner. Whoever it originates with, the idea behind the phrase is that you have to edit yourself. You’ll write sentences, dialog, scenes, which you love – your “darlings” – but which often must be edited out –…
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Hey – do you like these Song of the Day Spotlights? Haven’t seen a whole lot of reaction. I’m not sure I’m going to keep posting them. Please let me know, either with a comment, or by sharing/mentioning on social media, or shooting me an email at glowinthedarkradio -at- gmail -dot- com. There are other…
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What the world needs now… U.K. folk-punk-rocker Frank Turner’s new album Be More Kind comes out May 4th. There’s a great interview with Frank about it this week in The Sun. He was inspired by poet Clive James, who closes his poem Leçons Des Ténèbres with “I should have been more kind. It is my fate.…
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The first time I heard this song, with it’s haunting keyboards and sitar-like guitar, it hooked me – so good! I was listening to the new Lord Huron album Vide Noir track-by-track and hit the title song second from the end – not a single, nor an advance track – but a plain, old, hear-it-when-you-listen-to-the-whole-album sort of deep…
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Been fun bringing you a new tune almost every day! Here are the past week’s songs: Song of the Day Spotlight – Damien Jurado “Allocate” Song of the Day Spotlight – King Tuff “Psycho Star” Song of the Day Spotlight – In the Valley Below “Pink Chateau” Song of the Day Spotlight – The Record…
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Have to say… Music is amazing right now! So many great new songs, new albums – what an incredible time to be a music fan! There’s too much good music to be contained by radio, really… An Adult Alternative Radio Music Director makes qualitative decisions about music, judging – this is good, this isn’t. Part…
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I know it’s the right Song of the Day for the Spotlight when, after deciding on it, the song won’t get out of my head! King Tuff’s Psycho Star is now firmly lodged in my mental jukebox. Vermonter Kyle Thomas makes music under the name King Tuff. He released his new album The Other on…
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Slinky. Sexy. Sensuous. Playful! All of the above, really… and it sticks in your head, too. “Pink Chateau” comes from the Elephant EP from In The Valley Below, husband and wife duo Jeffrey Jacob Mendel and Angela Gail Mattson . The EP was released last July, but “Pink Chateau” was put out as a single and…
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Alibi Jones saved his ex-girlfriend Katie. He’ll next try to free cat-like Kit. Then, they’ll try to leave Kismet and escape the clutches of crime lord Rene Laveillur! See how far they get in Chapter Twenty-Five of Alibi Jones and The Sunrise of Hur! Free audio science fiction adventure written and read by host Mike…
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First off, I just like these guys, personally. They’re three genuinely nice and, well… genuine folks. The Record Company came in, played live and chatted with me on the air a couple of times when I was with The Point. They’re for real – true – authentic in who they are and what they’re doing.…