Bobby Gillespie

June 08, 2011

Time: 2:30pm

In the controlled world of the music business where money rules and everybody loves a winner no matter how crap their music is it’s a very rare thing for anyone to have a vision beyond that and a feeling for art/artists and what can really be achieved through the medium of rock and roll.  For me, amongst other things, Rock and Roll = freedom & imagination. It means trying things when maybe there’s a chance you’re gonna fall flat on your face and make a fool of yourself. It means sticking your neck out and taking a chance on something you believe in. I think starting your own radio station is a great idea; it’s a mission statement, a declaration of independence, a breakaway from the conformist garbage that passes for commercial radio pumping out mind- rot distraction 24/7.  And most of all it should be F-U-N!!  We need a place where underground sounds/ideas/opinions can be heard, somewhere where the play list isn’t dictated by big money but by how good the music is. So, it was a pleasure to be asked by the people at Domino Records to host my own radio show and to have the freedom to play exactly what i wanted on Domino Radio.  I hope you have as much fun listening to the show as I had making it.