Post #487129 by John in Montreal on Thu, Oct 8, 2009 2:50 PM

SPECIAL DAY AND TIME!
Friday Oct. 9 at 8 am east/5 am west
AND, as usual on
Sunday, Oct. 11 at 9 pm east/6 pm west

"A Thrifting for Tunes Special"

Amidst the hype and hoopla surrounding the arrival of the remastered Beatles catalog, feisty independent radio station Luxuria Music (www.luxuriamusic.com) has set Oct. 9, 2009 for its annual Beatles Day marathon—during which no Beatles recordings will be played. Instead, Luxuria’s DJs will celebrate the Beatles by exclusively spinning cover versions of Beatles songs, Beatles novelty and tribute recordings, and all manner of Beatles-related audio.
As with previous Luxuria Music Beatles Days, listeners can expect to hear Beatles songs performed by an expansive range of artists, including the Beach Boys, Al Green, Enoch Light, the Hollyridge Strings, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Domino, and William Shatner. But no actual Beatles recordings will be used during Beatles Day. “All of us at Luxuria genuinely love the Beatles a lot,” says station manager Chuck Kelley. “But really, pop culture is so saturated with Beatles music—on radio, in commercials, everywhere—that you really don’t have to sit down and actively listen to them anymore. You can just listen to them in your head; I’m listening to them right now! We always get a strong response to Beatles Day because listeners get exposed to Beatles music in so many new and different ways. It’s become a tradition we look forward to every year.”

And don't worry, spinning around among all the weird Beatles covers will be a little bit of Beatles exotica on Thrifting for Tunes...

Thrifting for Tunes: Your hour of exotica et cetera on http://www.LuxuriaMusic.com

Visit the TUNES! page at http://www.maitaionline.com for a playlist, cocktail recipe, and more (posted the day of the show).

Luxuriamusic has a friendly and lively chat room. Stop in and say hi... http://chat.luxuriamedia.com/