Kaleidoscope Mixtape

Captions: This week on Kaleidoscope Mixtape, we are dreaming– dreaming of love, dreaming of escape, dreaming of a better way. Let’s listen to songs about dreaming, Thursday at 9am Pacific, on shoutingfire.com

Spoiler: the music appeals to me more now than it did in the 90s.

We're doing the thing again. Nostalgia through the PNW grunge family tree.

Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 9am on ShoutingFire.com

Hype! (1996) ⭐ 7.5 | Documentary, History, Music 1h 24m | Not Rated

Currently watching "Hype!" a PNW grunge documentary, for another healthy dose of nostalgia.

Also trying to figure out what to feature on the show during spooky season. The leaves are turning, the rain is falling, and I'm ready to sink into it.

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Kaleidoscope Mixtape presents: LIT, songs about fire. 25 September 25, 9am PDT. shoutingfire.com

I'm back with a new show this morning at 9am PDT, with songs all about fire. You can listen at shoutingfire.com

Winging it today-- a WTF mix for a WTF world. Listen on ShoutingFire.com at 9am Pacific, 11 Sep 25.

Winging it today-- a WTF mix for a WTF world. Listen on ShoutingFire.com at 9am Pacific, 11 Sep 25.

Burn Edition, Thursday August 28, 2025, In BRC on 99.5 FM Radio Equinox (conditions permitting.) Worldwide on shoutingfire.com. 8am Pacific, Astro Shack Java Jive, 9am Pacific, Kaleidoscope Mixtape, with DJ Leenerella

Excited to be live tomorrow morning with an extra hour of Java Jive to go with your morning coffee. You can hear me in the usual place, shoutingfire.com, and, (if conditions permit-- it's been stormy out there!) the show will be on the air in BRC on 99.5 FM Radio Equinox. Pacific Timezone.

All covers! All 80s originals! Kaleidoscope Mixtape, 21 August 2025, 9am, ShoutingFire.com

All covers! All 80s originals! Kaleidoscope Mixtape, 21 August 2025, 9am, ShoutingFire.com

Always looking for more suggestions for awesome headphones albums.

My personal recommendation that wouldn't be one of the usual-- Trentemoller's "Last Resort."

I attached a little Bluetooth receiver for my wired Princess Leia-buns-lookin' headphones so I can walk away from the screens. I think it's good medicine.

Starting with Zeppelin today, but I might have to pivot to Cocteau Twins. Crushed that I gave away my Peel Sessions CDs-- no streaming those.

Definitely moving back into music-as-coping-device mode.

I've been unhappy with the mix-- when we ditched stereo systems, we lost our listening EQ!

Luckily, I've got a digital mixer on my PC, and I'm diving into tutorials so I can use more advanced functions. EQ is back, baby!

Mellow Gold (electronic version), Kaleidoscope Mixtape, 14 Aug 25, 9AM on ShoutingFire.com

The playlist for last week's show, Mellow Gold (chill electronica) is posted: KHXW.org/14aug25

I'm at loose ends and anxious, and I feel like I just need to immerse myself in some album listening with good headphones.

What's a great album for immersion, front to back, any era?

Kaleidoscope Mixtape, Anything Goes, 07 Aug 25 - 9am PDT, ShoutingFire.com

Anything Goes today on the show, but I will be gothing out for a while. The usual dark classic acts, plus HEALTH, Garbage, DEBBY FRIDAY, Dark Chisme, and more...

But, as Anything Goes, I might pivot hard if the mood strikes. The only way to find out is to listen!

The letters KHXW against a colorful, kaleidoscopic background. The website menu reads: KHXW Radio, Kaleidoscope Mixtape, Event Playlists, and About the Station.

Just a reminder that there is a rotating selection of Kaleidoscope Mixtape episodes on the website, for on-demand listening, if you miss the Thursday morning broadcast.

Also available on Mixcloud!

www.khxw.org/kaleidoscope/

This should be in your subscription list...

Kaleidoscope Mixtape with DJ leenerella, SOUL TAP, July 31st, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific on shoutingfire.com

Exploring soul music this morning on the show. 9am on ShoutingFire.com

Kaleidoscope Mixtape, KHXW's Critical Variety Mix, 9AM Pacific, 24 July 2025, Shoutingfire.com

We're back, and I'm on at 9am to relive my Critical experience, and try to reintegrate back into the default world.

Join me at 9am this morning, if you like, on ShoutingFire.com

The signal for the broadcast last week could not see the forest for the trees, unfortunately. It wasn't strong enough to stream, and I couldn't get the word out. Sometimes this is the way.

Critical NW was a smashing success, and I'm so humbled and happy to have had the experience.

Kaleidoscope Mixtape, Tuesday, July 15th from 1 to 4:00 p.m. Pacific. KHXW live from Critical Northwest on shoutingfire.com

I'm packing up for Critical... Mark your calendars for a special broadcast from the event on Tuesday.

(The usual show will be pre-empted by live content from Lakes of Fire.)

Take care of each other while I'm gone. ❤️

Kaleidoscope Mixtape with DJ Leenerella, Shaken, Not Stirred. 9am Pacific, 10 July 25. ShoutingFire.com

Tomorrow! A collection of soul chanteuses, rock gods, and electronic remixes, plus some of the most memorable leitmotifs in film. 9am Pacific, Noon Eastern, 5pm UK, 5am NZ. Tune in on ShoutingFire.com

Getting ready to take the station to a festival... everything else is just too absurd to be real anymore.

Apropos of absolutely nothing, I think we're gonna do 007 soundtrack songs this week. They're queued and ready to go-- for your ears only. 🤓

My weekly show is half a year old now. It brings me a lot of joy, but the overarching anxiety of the world right now often leaves me feeling like I have nothing to say. (IYKYK... me, speechless? Remarkable.)

The horrors persist, and so do we.
But at least we have the music...

Fun fact: our first dance at our wedding reception was to Cash's rendition of a song Roberta Flack made famous: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." 💕

Small joys:
1) it's nectarine season. Delicious distraction.

2) This evening I'm under the spell of Johnny Cash again. In particular, the "American" series of cover albums. I heard "Gentle on my Mind" with new ears, tonight.

Uncaging the animal on Kaleidoscope Mixtape, Thursday, 03 July, 9am Pacific. 5pm UK.

We're uncaging the animal on Kaleidoscope Mixtape, Thursday, 03 July, 9am Pacific. 5pm UK.

'Mission: Impossible' Theme Composer Lalo Schifrin Dead At 93 Lalo Schifrin, the composer best known for the Mission: Impossible theme song, has died. The Argentine musician passed away due to complications from pneumonia. He was 93.

The prolific Argentine-American composer Lalo Schifrin, who wrote the iconic 'Mission: Impossible' theme, has died

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Hey Boppers: Did you have a crush on Bailey Quarters? Did you prefer Janeane Garofalo over the blonde bombshells? Do you love music and weird shit? Do you know what I mean when I say "Boppers"?

If the answer is yes, you should be listening to my weekly radio show, Late 🧵

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Kaleidoscope Remixtape, with DJ Leenerella, 26 June 25, 9am Pacific on ShoutingFire.com

Remix your morning with a set of reimagined music on Kaleidoscope Mixtape, Thursday morning on ShoutingFire.com

...a momentary distraction from the ongoing apocalypse.

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