{"id":1319,"date":"2024-02-06T07:30:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T22:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2024-02-06T07:56:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T22:56:47","slug":"a-playlist-to-re-create-the-kukq-1060am-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2024\/02\/06\/a-playlist-to-re-create-the-kukq-1060am-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"A playlist to re-create the KUKQ 1060AM experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kukq-sticker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kukq-sticker.jpg 672w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kukq-sticker-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been on a retro music odyssey for the past month and a half, going back to so much of the music I loved in high school. I&#8217;ve bought CDs from R.E.M., The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tears for Fears, and Echo &amp; The Bunnymen. I&#8217;ve already gushed about my love for this old radio station and its impact on my teen years in my various <a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/life\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/life\">Greg&#8217;s Life essays<\/a>, so I won&#8217;t reiterate all that here. But these are the bands that were played on this legendary AM radio station. I found a few KUKQ playlists on YouTube. One was good, while two others were very short and limited (apparently one was a huge Cranberries fan). I was inspired to make my own playlist. At this moment, I am just short of 400 songs. Of course, there are no songs by Pearl Jam or Nine Inch Nails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KUKQ 1060AM Alternative Radio Tempe, AZ playlist\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL8RGoOcn5U1qeQfDG6XhbN5zajB1h4LSL\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I snagged the KUKQ bumper audio from a file provided on the <a href=\"https:\/\/daveandrews.tripod.com\/kukq.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/daveandrews.tripod.com\/kukq.html\">KUKQ fan page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been on a retro music odyssey for the past month and a half, going back to so much of the music I loved in high school. I&#8217;ve bought CDs from R.E.M., The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tears for Fears, and Echo &amp; The Bunnymen. I&#8217;ve already gushed about my love for this old &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2024\/02\/06\/a-playlist-to-re-create-the-kukq-1060am-experience\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A playlist to re-create the KUKQ 1060AM experience&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[142,141],"class_list":["post-1319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-alternative-music","tag-kukq"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2109,"url":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/ive-fallen-in-love-with-castlebeat\/","url_meta":{"origin":1319,"position":0},"title":"I&#8217;ve fallen in love with Castlebeat","date":"2025-04-01","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fJ5U3Q3PZ4s It's cool how YouTube can, out of the blue, recommend music I've never heard of before and when I click to listen, I become completely enamored with it. 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