>>> but maybe I'm more lax about what I
>think
>>follows/flows...

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

hahaha, no I think it's a great indicator... Tuesday's session was about as consistent as I've ever gotten.

I did have a series of mixes for a girlfriend in college where I didn't repeat any artists over like 6 or 7 XLII90s, but that's the only time I can think of anything like that. Back when I could still remember what I put on a mix for someone a few months ago.

>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.

Cool... but dangerous! (I speak from experience, occasionally even having gone so far as to cut off mid-record. Not like anyone was listening, really.)

>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.

Very cool.

One of the things about our station was that timeslots were broken up by genre. One of the only ways not to be on in the middle of the night (especially that first year) was to do something other than rock. So while I had leeway, my playlist was at least supposed to be composed primarily of folk and blues and related musics. I didn't think of it as handcuffing me then, since that was most of what I was listening to at the time. I dunno.

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

Not what they're presenting, but the effect it has on the listener.

>i always appreciated listening to and doing themed shows.

As I've said, I've appreciated listening to your spots!