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At 9 p.m. on a Friday in February, Watson was standing outside of La Casa, a micro-church and community center — whose main chapel is the size of your parents’ spacious living room — nestled next to a tienda in Washington, D.C.’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Inside, a hardcore punk band called Unknown Threat had just taken the stage. Of course, there was no actual stage. There was just the floor where the band set up at one end of the room, and the dozens of fans in attendance who stood everywhere the band wasn’t and this is more or less what punk looks like. Once Unknown Threat hit its stride a few songs into its set, those standing closest to the band churned into motion, ricocheting off of one another and swinging arms wildly, seemingly unconcerned whether friend or foe caught a fist to the face. But to Watson, who has performed in bands and booked shows in D.C. for years, the city’s punk scene, at this moment, feels complacent. He says he has watched the scene he helped build lose urgency, at least at home. Looking at it from the outside, 2015 was a banner year for D.C’s storied punk scene, which first rose to prominence in the early 1980s and has become an on-again, off-again fixture in the local music ecosystem. But at no point since those heady days of Bad Brains and Minor Threat has the local product been so talented, prolific and diverse. After years of being a primarily local concern, D.C. punk matters to the wider underground music world once again. But that’s the rub, Watson says. D.C.’s punk scene broke nationally last year, with multiple bands releasing well-received albums, joining major tours and crossing international borders to play for punk contingencies abroad. More than a half-dozen new wave D.C. hardcore bands released albums or EPs last year, including scene stalwarts Pure Disgust, Red Death and Protester. Those three bands also toured the U.S. at various times, while Protester spent a week in Mexico in December. But while established bands rose in prominence as they performed around the country, some within the scene grew frustrated as momentum and enthusiasm at home lagged. When those established bands played gigs within the city limits, fans oftentimes stood with arms crossed and nodded along — not the ideal reaction to a genre that often inspires a hail of spin-kicks and stage dives from its audience. “We just assumed it’s because everyone is in the same bands. For most people it’s like, if I’ve seen one, I’ve seen it all,” Watson says. “We played lackluster shows, attendance was low. People weren’t having a lot of fun.”
You can listen to Dundalk FM’s latest documentary maker Irene Kane’s programme “The History of the Automobile Association in Ireland” on the link here. After it was aired on Sunday 28th January 2018, we received this appreciative email from Donal Woods, a Dundalk man living in London. Thanks for your kind words, Donal. Sent: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:25:43 +0000 Subject: Automobile Association Hi, I’m a regular listener to Dundalk FM. I live in London and find it keeps me in touch with home being formerly from Dundalk. I happened to be listening yesterday and there was a documentary on about The Automobile Association of Ireland. I found this not only interesting but extremely well presented and researched. Compliments to Irene Kane and all involved in this documentary. Keep up the great work. Kindest regards Donal Woods
Meet our new volunteers! Kevin Larney studied electronic engineering and took part in Dublin City University FM when he was there as a student. Paul Donnelly has experience with Ballinasloe Community Radio and Flirt FM, the student radio in Galway. As Paul is new to the town he is interested in recording voxpops to get to know local people. Martin Trodden is experienced in radio broadcasting, knowledgeable about radio studio software and has a long history in presenting programmes. He can record shows at home and came in with a demo CD. Brian Cavanagh says he would like to find out more about IT and communications technology and is fascinated by the town’s legacy of the Great Northern Railway. The evening was hosted by Station Manager Alan Byrne. Evening Duty Manager Paul O’Neill recorded the Community Notices in the Production Studio. Each of the volunteers talked about a band they will research for a Spotlight show. Paul, Brian, Martin and Kevin discussed the opportunities that community radio can provide especially in relation to recording radio documentaries. We will be running a Documentary Making Evening in April. Before they left, our new volunteers recorded a Community Notice which we have included in our daily programming. [podcast title=”Community Notices 12 January 2018″]https://dundalkfm.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/COMMUNITY-NOTICE-BOARD-Jan-12018.mp3[/podcast] To get onto the station bulletins list email us at info@dundalkfm.ie with your name and tel details and we will will get back to you. Below is a copy of the correspondence the station sends out to people interested in joining us as a volunteer. The next Information Evening will be on March 15th from 7pm to 8pm, All welcome. Dear Welcome Thank you for getting in contact with Dundalk FM and enquiring about volunteer opportunities at the station. We will add your email address to our newsletter database and will send out an update each month. This contains details of new shows and training opportunities at the station. Information Evening You are invited to attend an information evening on _________ at 7pm and you are welcome to bring a colleague if you like. This will be an opportunity for you to meet some of the presenters and to find out how you can progress to on air duties. Spotlight Show After the Information Evening a member of staff will contact you and arrange for you to call in and record a show for our Spotlight series Radio Class / Membership Form You will also receive details of our 2-day radio class and will be asked to fill out a membership form at this stage. Further Training Once you have completed your course, a member of staff will coach you to give you more practice on community notices, reading out the news and taking part in programmes. You will also receive one to one desk training. Programme Proposal At this stage you will be ready to submit a programme proposal for a show of your own. We approve new shows on a monthly basis so they time it takes from the initial contact to being on air is a matter of two to three months. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to ask. Kind regards
Dolores Whelan invites you to listen in to a special documentary about St Brigid of Faughart on Saturday 13th January at 9am. The programme will be repeated on Sunday 14th at 5pm. In this programme she speaks to Dr Mary Condren who tell us about the importance of recovering the Divine Feminine into the narrative of our lives. Dr Alison Lennon brings us around the Graveyard at Faughart and talks about the Medieval church, and other artefacts including Brigid’s Well. Fr Tom Hamill tells us about the mindfulness that reflecting on the words and life of St Brigid evokes. At the St Brigids’s Stream, Maura Lennon, May Coyle and Delores have a conversation about Brigid, spirituality and sacredness and peacefulness of Faughart Shrine. There is music from Ann McDonald and Eithne Ní hUllacháin. A Podcast of the show will be available on the Dundalk FM homepage from Monday 15th January 2018.
You will learn how to: use the faders on the sound desk set the correct mic levels playout music from CD’s laptop and mobile phone how to conduct an interview edit a show promo create a 1/2 hour magazine show use a mobile to record an interview You will have lots of fun and meet some like minded people. The next step will be to join in some of our programme teams and when you are ready – we will help you to submit a programme proposal and get a slot on Dundalk FM.
Dundalk FM would like to invite you to come along to a Coffee Evening on Thursday 12th October 2017 from 7.00 pm. Would you like to join Dundalk’s Community Radio Station as a presenter? Are you thinking about a third level digital media course? Do you have an idea for a music or community based programme or would you just like to see how programmes are made and meet some of our volunteers? You will be invited to submit an idea for our popular weekly ‘Spotlight’ series’ – a one hour show about your favourite band or musician. So that’s a date for your diary – Thursday 12th October 2017 from 7 at Dundalk FM Studios, Partnership Court, Park Street, Dundalk. Looking forward to seeing you then.
[podcast title=”Square United”]https://dundalkfm.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/5-Community-Sports-Square-United-Website.mp3[/podcast] Square United Ardee were featured as Part 5 in the series Community Sports Clubs of Co Louth.
[podcast title=”Colm Keane 27-09017″]https://dundalkfm.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Colm-Keane7-07017.mp3[/podcast] Colm Keane was interviewed by Marissa Lucchesi on the Town Talk Show on 27th September 2017 in relation to his latest, and third, book on Padre Pio, Irish Encounters With The Saint.
[podcast title=”Anne Campbell 29-09017″]https://dundalkfm.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Anne-Campbell9-09017.mp3[/podcast] Anne Campbell talks to Marissa Lucchesi on the Town Talk show on 29th September 2017 about leaving her career as a reporter and columnist with The Argus and entering politics as a Sinn Fein representative, following her co-option by Sinn Fein.
