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Tribute to Jeff Porcaro (episode of “End of the Century” on WRIR)

“End of the Century” on WRIR highlights music from 1975 to 1999.   This episode explores the timeline of the work of drummer Jeff Porcaro.  Jeff Porcaro was one of the most-recorded studio drummers of all time.  He’s a legend in drumming circles famous for his groove, his technique and his ability to not only serve the song, but approach it in such a way that he elevated it and gave it a voice sometimes the artist didn’t realize was there.  Jeff worked with so many incredible artists in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s it’s hard to represent them all.   From Michael Jackson to Michael McDonald, from Bruce Springsteen to the B-52’s, and of course his work with Toto, Steely Dan and Boz Scaggs.   From Wikipedia: “AllMusic characterized Porcaro as “arguably the most highly regarded studio drummer in rock from the mid-’70s to the early ’90s” and said that “it is no exaggeration to say that the sound of mainstream pop/rock drumming in the 1980s was, to a large extent, the sound of Jeff Porcaro.”  He was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1993.”

The Spotify playlist above has a representative chunk of his work, and you can listen back to the show by going to the WRIR Show Archives.

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Voiceover for Canyon Cycling

 

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I love cycling and participate in a number of cycling events for charity and causes.  A couple of my faves are the annual Bike MS 150 to benefit the MS Society and the Go Forward Together Ride to benefit The Forward Foundation.  So it was a blast to work with Canyon and provide the voice for this social media campaign.   I should have asked if they would consider some trade!

Good Eye Podcast – T Veiga – The Queer Ketamine Nurse

T Veiga, also known as The Queer Ketamine Nurse, has had chronic physical and mental health conditions since birth that escalated in severity over the years. A journey to feel better, included pills, supplements, Pulsed Electromagnetic Frequency (PEMF) devices and detox helped a little, but problems continued.

After graduating from the #1 Nursing Program in Virginia in 2021 some LGBTQ+ identifying friends
introduced T to the concept of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). T witnessed a transformation of their mental health and felt a calling to spread their personal healing journey and serve the LGBTQ+ population around the world.

They completed Cybin’s Psychedelic Facilitator Training, wrote “The Ketamine Handbook”, and are now based out of Las Vegas where they speak at events, appear as a guest on podcasts, lead retreats, and provide sitter, consultation, and coaching services to primarily LGBTQ+ identifying clients.

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River City Limits on WRIR – 3-1-25

GoFundMe page set up to help Justin Golden battle stage 4 cancer

RIVER CITY LIMITS PLAYLIST from 3-1-25

Justin Golden – I Hate When She Calls
Justin Golden – Left My Gal in the Mountains
Justin Golden – The Rain Done Fell on Me pt.1
McKinley Dixon – Sugar Water (feat. Quelle Chris & Anjimile)
The Mitras – Eat Your Heart Out
Benjamin Shepherd – Mid-Atlantic Blue
ACITYASLEEP – Dance On Your Grave
Charles Owens Trio – Body and Soul
Crack Fox – Little Weirdo
Dear Providence – Whole Steps
Station Aries – Room 516
the Technical Jed – Edith Peach
Washers – Go Go Go
Toward Space – Happiness is Just a Thread Away
Twin Drugs – Convenient Spell
Whiteflower – Cross
Ballistic Affairs – NOVA BEAT
Book of Wyrms – Undead Pegasus
bodyshell – Astronaut
Byzantine – Wings of My Soul
Earthling – Humanity Dissolved
ENFORCED – A Leap into the Dark
I Am The Liquor – The Devils Due
Left Cross – Burning Raids
MENSREA – Twenty minutes til
MURDERSOME – Smoke and Mirrors
Ninth Realm – Spite
Pyramid Mass – Debt
The Get Off – Takes One To Know One
THUNDERCHIEF – (Dream of the) Hornworm
Voarm – Emptiness

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River City Limits on WRIR 12-7-24

NEW

Andy Jenkins – Leaving Before
-released Dec 3

Twin Drugs – Convenient Spell
-released ysterday Dec 6

The J.O.B. – One Day In A Lifetime
-released Nov 5

Dogwood Tales – driver’s side fantasy
-released Nov 22
-Harrisonburg

Asylum 213 – October Beach House
-advance release (a few songs) ahead of official release Dec 13
-production began in 2021

Dayfiction – Bullet in the Sun
-released yesterday Dec 6

Murdersome – Necessary Evil – 02 Necessary Evil
-released Nov 22
-former members of Alabama Thunderpussy, Short Bus Pile Up, and Humungus.

NOT NEW

Alabama Thunderpussy – When Mercury Drops
-Rise Again (first release)

Humungus – Warband
-Warband

Enforced – Malignance
-Kill Grid

Valkyrie – Fear and Sacrifice
-Fear

Destruct – Omnicide

DYNAMIC TRUTHS – Understanding Is Overrated – You Take It All

Coral – Pillowtalk – Figure 8

Honor Role – So Anyway

Butcher Brown – Secret House – Secret House
-with drummer Nate Smith at the National for Nate’s 50th – 7pm – TONIGHT

Drook – America, My Window

Bats & Mice – worst time (single released in April, album in May)

Greg Garner – Lighthouse

Instrumentals
Colin Phils – Trust-Fall
-Trust Fall

Benjamin Mauch – Self Preservation
– A Moment in Time that Always Happens

Mark Stanley – Hydroglyph
-WHAT

DJ HARRISON – LaDeeDahDeeDah
-TapeCookies2

Ronan Chris Murphy – Another Mother for Peace
-Horse, Zanthus!

Heavy set
BASK – Mush! Carry Me Home

NIGHT BATTLES – Curse the Day

Thunderchief – Crawl

The Practitioner – Flesh At The Tips of Thorns
-Wrought

Night Idea – Riverless – Perfect Water

Voiceover for Steelers/Ravens Rivalry Week

Ohhh man.  Rivalry week.  Just about every team has them.  Washington/Dallas.  Chicago/Green Bay.  Atlanta/New Orleans (although that one has faded recently).  And when your most-hated rival comes to town you can “throw out the schedules” as they say.  But when the Steelers call it always gives me a charge.  I’ve been voicing their in-stadium, online and other content for a while and I absolutely love it!  They usually want that old-school Facenda-ish read that makes you almost smell the “frozen tundra of Lambeau Field”.   And they said to really lean into it.  It’s like Thanksgiving came early.  What a great organization to work with and what it honor it continues to be.

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River City Limits on WRIR 11-2-24 – Fund Drive

Crack Fox – Little Wierdo
Asylum 123 – October Beach House
Illiterate Light – All The Stars Are Burning Out
Midlife Pilot – Start The Day
Superchunk – Fire In The Western World
Voarm – Emptiness
Whiteflower – Cross
Balter Choir – Leaves Falling
Butcher Brown – Down With The King
Crucial Rip – Force Fed Concrete
Dorthia Cottrell – Price To Prey
Earthling – Humanity Dissolved
Erik Larson – Electric Burning
I Am The Liquor – The Devils Due
Landon Elliott – Aftermath
NO BS! Brass – Begin Again
Prisoner – Flash Dirge
Stone Woman – Near Dark
Tomb of Annihilation – Black Coffin Ride
Appalling – On The Backs of Horses
Bearstorm – Biophobia
Book Of Wyrms – Leatherwing Bat
Cough – Ritual Abuse
Roy Batty – A Quality of Mercy

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StudioB RVA/Good Eye Podcast – Melissa Vaughan – WRIR Fund Drive

Both podcasts – same exact interview.

 

In this dual episode of Studio B RVA and the Good Eye Podcast, the conversation is with Melissa Vaughan, President of WRIR, Richmond’s independent community radio station.  She took over in 2020.  She had previously acted as Volunteer Coordinator.  Since taking over as WRIR’s fearless leader, she has spearheaded growth, expanded programming, volunteer and fundraising for the station and even led efforts to buy a new building so the station could grow further and increase its service to the community.

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