Jason Bentley Completes First Year as KCRW Music Director/MBE Host: How’s He Doing?
By Ryan - Monday December 07th 2009 |
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How time flies. Just last week Jason Bentley, KCRW (89.9 FM Santa Monica; 89.3 KCRI Indio/Palm Springs; 89.1 KCRU in Oxnard/Ventura, and 88.1 KCRY in the Antelope Valley) Music Director and host of the popular post-NPR program Morning Becomes Eclectic, completed his first full year in his new role. I spoke with Jason at a coffee shop last year in Venice, right before the torch was passed, and admittedly no small part of me is left wondering just what in the hell I personally have completed in those 365 days, by comparison. He’s still got nine years left to champion Nic Harcout’s run. Think he’ll be around that long? He’ll have a new boss for year two; Ruth Seymour is leaving at the end of February. Here’s his top 10 album list for 2008 (before helming the entire station) and here’s his list for 2009 (with applicable Music Director title). And though I’ve personally listened to terrestrial radio far fewer hours this year than any other year in history, all told I think he’s doing a pretty bang-up job. But enough about me – what are your thoughts?
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Congrats to J.B. on his paper anniversary. He really has made M.B.E. his own in a very short time.
I wonder if Nic would have thought he would be interviewing Vampire Weekend for the LAT Magazine a year later – http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2009/12/ttette-vampire-weekends-ezra-koenig.html
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All the ladies in my crew think he’s a dreamboat.
No doubt. Annoyingly, he can look like he’s right out of a photo shoot even in just random live shots (this one by Sung).
I think he should be extremely proud of his accomplishment and excited that he is able to give people access to music they may not have heard otherwise.
but…
For me his show is sooooo boring. Everything he plays is so soft. I need a little darkness and a little edge. I just listen to KXLU in the mornings and will go to the KCRW archive when I need mellow.