OK, I know that being music director is a really time-consuming, pain in the ass job. And I have no wish to criticize someone who volunteers to do a job like that, when I know I never would. But I confess that I'm a bit irked about the frequency with which we get the top 100 playlist back too late to report to CMJ. Especially last week, when 5 of the overall top 10 were RPM. Four of which were reviewed by yours truly. (That's even with Lounge Story 2, which was getting lots of spins, having gone missing. Which really yanks my chain, but that's a topic for another post.) How often do we get so much RPM in the top of the playlist? Hardly ever. I think this is the first time since I started reporting. All good stuff too.
Since I can't report to CMJ, I'm posting the RPM top 10 here. woo, RPM!
DJ Cam...Liquid Hip Hop...Inflamable
Lars Horntveth...Pooka...Small Town Supersound
Re:Jazz...Re:Mix...Kriztal
Sasha...Involver...Global Underground
Venetian Snares...Huge Chrome Cylindar Box Unfolding...Planet Mu
Toyen...Did You Bring Me On National Television...Racing Junior
Mouse On Mars...Radical Connector...Thrill Jockey
Savath & Savalas...Manana...Warp
"Medeski, Martin & Wood"...End of the World Party (Just In Case)...Blue Note
Wagon Christ...Sorry I Make You Lush...Ninja Tune
2 Comments
have you explained that it would really help you out if she could get it done earlier?
It's not like it got done early and just didn't get sent to the genre MDs. It just didn't get done. In other words, no core report to CMJ either. Frustrating? Yes. But things do happen.
I'm stunned that Venetian Snares made it to #10. I was thinking (and said in my review even) that it had limited crossover potential and was the kind of thing that only people who liked that sort of thing would like. Shows what I know...
But I'm tickled that 3 of the top 10 are discs I reviewed.