DJ Spotlight
The K-Man: Host Of Beyond That Graveyard! III
Submitted by CJLO on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 11:51Our DJ of the week, the K-man (host of Friday night's Beyond That Graveyard! III) explains that the origin of his moniker comes from old friends: "my first bandmates called me [the K-Man] in the '80s and its pretty much stuck since then."
The K-Man also lays out some of his on-air experience thusly: "I've been at CJLO since mid 2004. The following February of 2005 I won the Defenders of Rock award my first year back in radio." Before that, "I did Beyond That Graveyard ll at CRSG for 9 years previously from 1990-99 at Concordia Sir George Williams campus, amassing over 1,100 hours of live radio experience."
His reasons for coming back weekly are also easily laid out: "Well I would say that my motivations to come in every week vary, but I'd like to call it musical therapy, for both me and my selfless minions.
"I always offer cutting edge releases from all over the world in the many musical genres and sub-genres that I play. It's a very diversified format that I follow. I'm not going to pound 3 hours of one genre down anyone's throat. I also play neglected gems from the past from bands that never quite made it commercially but are held in high regard by other musicians. I also worked at Cargo Montreal for a bit in the '90s ; many a score to be made in distribution. I have seen over 2,500 live shows with an average of 3 bands per show, not to mention the ones I've played. What sets me apart from the rest of the airwaves? My experience. I know music; I live it, breathe it and shit it. And I have been in the local music scene as a fan and musician for 25 years now and know many local acts and bands from all over. Experience, perspectives and contacts all play a pivotal role."
For his efforts in promoting countless bands, both old and new, we salute the K-Man as this week's CJLO DJ of the Week!
Cordelia Black: Host of Marvelous Darkness & Unabridged
Submitted by CJLO on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 16:51Cordelia Black, otherwise known as the lovely and talented Jessica, is one of CJLO's finest volunteers & DJs. Jessica hosts Marvelous Darkness, every Friday from 1 to 2 pm a show that features "the collective cacophony of a hundred-odd jack-in-the-boxes simultaneously being cranked into wakefulness by a horde of malevolent clowns whose gaunt and twisted faces are brought into sharp relief by flickering oil-lamps under the dusty drape of a tattered circus tent canopy."
Jess is also one of the co-hosts of Unabridged, which airs every Thursday from 10 to 11 pm. Unabridged is an open mic show that promotes literary experiments of local Montreal dramatists, poets, and prose writers.
Always eager to help out and a strong voice on the CJLO airwaves, Jessica is this week's DJ of the week!
