>>for my (sorry to bring it up again, years later) radio
>>show... and i mean making them impeccable every week.
>
>when I was DJing I did it off the cuff every show. I don't
>know, I definitely appreciate the artistry in constructing an
>impeccable playlist, but maybe I'm more lax about what I think
>follows/flows... more maybe the songs themselves are more
>important to me than the order they're played in.

you definitely are, unless what i've heard and seen this year somehow isn't a good indicator.

sometimes my playlist came up short, a cd went missing, or i ended up with extra time before or after my normal slot, so i had room to improvise. it was never as good as the planned playlist, but it was fine. i did have a lot of fun the show where i did all vinyl, which was mostly if not fully the station's, so it was completely improvised, and a lot of the music was new to me as i was hearing it.

i respect off the cuff, but my attitude was that i had so much music of varying genres i wanted to play the listener, and i had ideas on how to present it and connect the dots with other music.


>I suggest above the same theory (of a playlist as mantra)
>could be applied to format radio, which is basically a
>playlist broadcast to lots of people. I know you enjoy
>listening to comm'l. radio in different formats so you may
>have more thought on that.

commercial radio is kind of brainwashing, but i don't think the stations are presenting any mantra beyond that.

i always appreciated listening to and doing themed shows.