Dec 152012
 

Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

On today’s early edition of Saturday Night Shut-In your host, Mr. Moderator, reflects on the latest school shooting in Connecticut and allows himself a Bob Costas Moment on gun control. Later he recounts a recent conversation he had with his partner in crime, sammymaudlin, over the old David Sanborn-hosted music show Night Music. If you feel the urge to complain about your host’s getting on his soapbox when all you want to do is rock out, man, please do so in this thread. Hell, if that’s where you’re headed there’s no reason to listen in the first place. Just post your outrage and threaten to boycott our sponsors.

RTH Saturday Night Shut-In, episode 91

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Dec 082012
 

Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

On tonight’s edition of Saturday Night Shut-In your host, Mr. Moderator, pulls records from the last bin in the “go-to” rock ‘n roll section of his vinyl collection, which spans from somewhere in the middle of his Roxy Music collection through The Zombies. Along the way he dreams of a mating of two versions of a Lou Reed song, wonders how anyone can like the songs by T. Rex that don’t sound like “Get It On,” and forgets to announce the one pretty good track off an otherwise blah Richard and Linda Thompson album. He ends the show analyzing the moment “cool” Who fanboys  would deeply regret.

RTH Saturday Night Shut-In, episode 90

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Nov 212012
 

Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

For the Thanksgiving holiday Mr. Moderator shares a very special Saturday Night Shut-In. Your host gives thanks and praise in between complaints over the audacity of asking for salt and pepper when served with an original vinyl Beatles album. A special shout-out is sent to former members of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. Join us, won’t you?

RTH Saturday Night Shut-In, episode 89

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Sep 292012
 

Every song 49 cents or less!

After a recent excursion to our Ann Arbor campus for our annual brand planning meeting, we turn over a new format on tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Shut-In, something we like to call Cheap Cutz. Rather than our usual mix of obscuro collectors’ gems, German True Stereo recordings, and outtakes from expensive box sets, your newly budget-conscious Mr. Moderator spins nothing but tracks costing 49 cents or less. Stay tuned for an important announcement about our launch on satellite radio. Meanwhile, tell us what you think of the new format. We’ll be reading your best tweets on the air!

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Sep 012012
 

Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

On tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Shut-In Mr. Moderator mourns today’s death of lyricist Hal David, reflects on the instructional film Easy Rider, and calls for the arrest of Clint Eastwood. Should be a pleasant show.

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Aug 052012
 

Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

On tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Shut-In a slightly perturbed* Mr. Moderator returns from 2 glorious weeks visiting friends along the California coast. The hope is he will work through what ails him during the show. Blame it on his return to East Coast humidity? Why not. Nevertheless, the man carries on with some scratchy vinyl and a pocketful of insights.

As a special treat, tonight’s episode kicks off with a Mystery Date! The rules for play follow. The Townsperson who posts the best analysis of our Mystery Date within the constricts of the game will win a KISS Hanging T-Shirt Air Freshener! Contest runs through Wednesday, August 8. Check out how to play…after the jump!

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To enter our special Mystery Date competition, continue to the next page!

*I found the microphone. My wife was right. Again. My lifelong streak of unnecessarily worrying about misplaced things continues.

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Jul 212012
 

Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

On tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Shut-In Mr. Moderator presents some of his favorites from a batch of Robert Pollard/Guided By Voices-related releases from 2011, courtesy of Pollard’s friend and GBV label colleague Kpdexter, our old friend and founding Townsman.

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