nic harcourt is the most important disc jockey in the nation

"'Intelligence and tastefulness'" are way over-rated as necessities in entertainment. Story falls into the cliche category, which is popular in big news dailies arts writing, that music should be something journalists, editors and readers find intellectually satisfying, or vitamins for the brain and soul.

Also Coldplay and David Gray. And they quote Chris Martin saying Harcourt has "impeccable taste." At least I know who to blame now.

When does KEXP's John Richards get his NYT write-up?

Yeah, my impression is that "The Jack" is Eighties-centric, but it can also get odd, putting in 70's classic rock and the occasional high profile indie thing from a few years back. For something that advertises its shuffle and idiosyncratic character, it's frozen.

"impeccable taste". More of the music as good vitamins for you. I'd laugh if for once I saw the equivalent, "But Charlie, people don't want tuna with good taste, they want tuna that tastes good."

"crucial early advocate..."

How do you test that one? Ask one or two or three people? How 'bout this: MTV was a crucial early advocate of Alanis Morissette.

Anyway, any newspaper articles that actually seriously proclaim people to be kings of something, or deliver various forms of hagiography revolving around their wonderful mental acuity and basic greatness and genius should peg the bogometer. Not because of any fault of the subject, but the workings of the journalist and editors who are delivering you what's called "a script."

Not really a good thing.

Yikes!

I disagree! Maybe true in various critical circles, but not when it comes to what is served to the public through the largest media avenues for "entertainment" (see primetime TV, summer blockbusters, Clearchannel radio, etc etc). Of course this is a matter of personal taste, but I find those examples to be a little short on the "intelligence and tastefulness" (and of course what that even means is debatable). </snob>

my wife and i call the signature sound at the center of his world view the "weedy white man". sort of whiney, bland, watered down rockism. intelligent, perhaps, but just not very good/catchy/fun

as a rare non-corporate voice in an influential market he has perhaps one of the most important DJ platforms in music. but for my money he fails miserable at either being eclectic or having good taste.

man that guy loves Jenny Lewis and Thievary Corporation

nuff said

may he be crushed by ten tonnes of morcheeba records

Leaving KCRW at the end of the month

yep. moms just called me about this last night. he's currently the music supervisor of the new 90210. think he'll be ok. it might be a welcome change for the station to get someone new.

who will play kinky?

i think he'll have a sunday night show for you to complain about

: D

KCRW General Manager Ruth Seymour said the nonprofit is "in the process of choosing a new music director."

Barry Hansen!

Why am I not surprised:

KCRW announces the appointment of Jason Bentley as Music Director and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic, effective December 1. Bentley will leave his current evening time slot to take over KCRW’s signature music program from 9am to noon PST, Monday through Friday.

No surprise at all zzzzzzzz

C'mon man think of all the new amount of dull cusp-of-1996 ambient techno you'll be able to hear now.

what about dude who gave roofies to a minor or whatever that business was a few years back? douridas??

charges were dropped against douridas

A co-worker who pitches music to TV shows told me that Hahcourt apparently doesn't really do much on 90210 except collect a paycheck.