Author Archives: DJ El Toro

Countdown Predictions: Hip hop

By DJ El Toro | Published: October 1, 2012

Wondering where a certain record might land in KEXP’s countdown of the top albums of the last 40 years? You’re not the only one. KEXP reached out to some of our favorite Seattle music writers and asked them to predict what records they anticipated seeing in the voter final results. These aren’t personal Top TenRead more...

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Fall Fundraising Drive: Riz Wants You...

By DJ El Toro | Published: October 1, 2012

...to Power KEXP during its Fall Fundraising Drive! Digging in the vaults, I unearthed this print ad for a September 1992 issue of The Rocket, featuring our own DJ Riz! Back then, Riz was responsible for the drive time shift on weekday afternoons. What might you have heard? Well, I couldn’t find a playlist for SeptemberRead more...

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Countdown Predictions: Grunge

By DJ El Toro | Published: September 29, 2012

Wondering where a certain record might land in KEXP’s countdown of the top albums of the last 40 years? You’re not the only one. KEXP reached out to some of our favorite Seattle music writers and asked them to predict what records they anticipated seeing in the voter final results. These aren’t personal Top TenRead more...

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Fall Fundraising Drive: Making History

By DJ El Toro | Published: September 28, 2012

I’ve felt a bit like Dr. Who or a character in a H.G. Wells story the past few days, zipping around the time-space continuum. I admit, I’ve usually got one foot in 1980’s, but my whole head has been in the previous century most of this week. You see, in preparation for the Fall Fundraising DriveRead more...

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Countdown Predictions: Electronic

By DJ El Toro | Published: September 28, 2012

Wondering where a certain record might land in KEXP’s countdown of the top albums of the last 40 years? You’re not the only one. KEXP reached out to some of our favorite Seattle music writers and asked them to predict what records they anticipated seeing in the voter final results. These aren’t personal Top TenRead more...

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The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl

By DJ El Toro | Published: July 18, 2012

For the diehard music geek, a towering stack of vinyl can evoke all kinds of emotions, from the excitement of discovering a promising stash at a garage sale to the dread of all the heavy lifting required when it comes time to move. The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl, which opened at the Henry ArtRead more...

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Weird At My School: Big Gay Podcast 2012

By DJ El Toro | Published: June 20, 2012

When I program the annual Big Gay Podcast, spotlighting KEXP artists who are members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, I have a couple of goals in the mind. The first is to connect music lovers with a bunch of artists and songs worthy of special consideration. And the second is to doRead more...

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Summer Fundraising Drive: Hood-to-Hood Challenge

By DJ El Toro | Published: June 8, 2012

“Love thy neighbor.” That’s what I chant every time the sound of band practice from the house two doors down spills through my office windows. But the truth is, I rarely find it difficult to love my neighbors. Seattle is a city teeming with diverse, vibrant communities, each with its own charms. I adore livingRead more...

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Summer Fundraising Drive: “A beacon of originality”

By DJ El Toro | Published: June 6, 2012

It isn’t unusual to find Rachel Flotard on KEXP. Her (former) band Visqueen remains one of the KEXP Community’s best-loved Seattle favorites. Her record label, Local 638, has issued stellar full-lengths from Shelby Earl, Cristina Bautista, and Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs.  Go poke around the KEXP Flickr pages, and you’ll find snaps ofRead more...

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Summer Fundraising Drive: Make A Circuit With Me

By DJ El Toro | Published: June 4, 2012

Over Memorial Day weekend, I had lunch and went record shopping with my childhood best friend, who works as an elementary school teacher in Northern Virginia. He mentioned running into our fifth grade science instructor recently, then casually remarked that he couldn’t recall anything in particular we’d studied in her class as children. But IRead more...

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