Karl Bartos interview

Karl Bartos, a former member of Kraftwerk, on what it was like to perform with synthesizers in the 1970s.

The machinery was so… they weren’t perfect these sequencers, they broke in the middle of the songs! And if this happened we would have to play by hand. It was very, very basic then. And very expensive!

The full interview is at Quietus.

Incidentially, Kraftwerk’s tour of Latin American with Radiohead starts tonight.

A radio station I can stomach?

I hate most Denver radio stations, especially the ones that play music. Most of them play dull and formulaic music, taking their cues from some mysterious Clear Channel playlist in a secret vault at corporate headquarters.

This station, at 101.5 on the FM dial, is giving me hopes. I listened for a few minutes here are there this morning and afternoon and heard Jane’s Addiction, MGMT, Radiohead, Saul Williams and The Replacements. It gave me chills. This station is unique in Denver.

I hope this station lasts. Free-form music stations rarely do. Remember 92-X? It died 13 years ago and I still talk about it.