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Myke Dodge Weiskopf
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Senior Producer, KCRW-FM (Santa Monica, CA)
Long Beach
Beats
Travel , Lifestyle , Food
Cryptocurrency
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By Myke Dodge Weiskopf| KCRW-FM (Santa Monica, CA) Verified On the subject of his influential New Zealand indie outfit, The Chills, and their brief, near-stratospheric ascent in the late '80s, frontman and sole mainstay Martin Phillipps is philosophical. "I can see now where we were in the history of things," he says. "With the success of R.E.M., the major studios were looking for other indie bands that might have crossover potential.
By Myke Dodge Weiskopf| KCRW-FM (Santa Monica, CA) Verified By Myke Dodge Weiskopf Dec. 20, 2021 Hi there, It was December 1982 when Deirdre O'Donoghue debuted “SNAP!” on KCRW. The playlist reflected the forward-thinking music of the time: Soft Cell, Grace Jones, Lene Lovich, Pigbag, Depeche Mode, and others. Over the next decade, Deirdre's show went on to become a lodestar of the 1980s underground and independent music scene. That music eventually made its way to me, years later, as MTV and Middle America caught up with her.
By Tricia Halloran, Bob Carlson, Myke Dodge Weiskopf, Andrea Domanick| KCRW-FM (Santa Monica, CA) Verified Michael Stipe: Los Angeles became a fascinating place to me sometime in the '80s. New York was my second home, and New York was feeling very sad and very tired at the time. LA, and the American West in general, felt a little fresher. And so, at the same time, my best friend Tom Gilroy, had moved to Los Angeles to become an actor. I spent a lot of time there with him. And at the same time, Michael Meister is someone who I met through Natalie Merchant.
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KCRW-FM (Santa Monica, CA)