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Program Information
The Sonic Cafe
Telephone Infatuation
Weekly Program
Scott Clark
 Scott Clark  Contact Contributor
Aug. 2, 2018, 7:25 a.m.
Sonic Café. I’m your host Scott Clark, welcome to episode 98. This time the Sonic Café explores our infatuation with phones. Ever since the days of the party line and rotary dial we’ve been addicted telephones. Heck, today we’ll pay just about any price to have one, and we must have with us every second of every day. It’s like we’re totally transfixed on communicating with each other. Too bad we’re not better at it. Listen as Jerry Seinfeld gives us his thoughts on cell phones and also the old school post office. Then later, comedian Jay Larson shares an example of how to have fun with those random calls we all get. All that wrapped in a music mix currated to help you reach out and touch someone… if that’s your thing, including Barenaked Ladies, Ani DiFranco, Captain Beefheart, The Vaughan Brothers, Be Bop Deluxe and more. And finally… a big Sonic Café welcome to our newest sponsor… Mercenaries R Us… The next time you’re planning an insurgency, let Mercenaries R Us cater the whole event for just pennies per casualty. All that and of course more just ahead, from that little café on the coast, we’re the Sonic Café.
Song 1: Telephone Conversation
Artist: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention
LP: Were Only In It For The Money
Yr: 1968
Song 2: Telephone Line
Artist: Electric Light Orchestra
LP: A New World Record
Yr: 1976
Song 3: I Found You
Artist: Alabama Shakes
LP: Boys & Girls
Yr: 2012
Song 4: Mercenaries R Us
Artist: Beau Weaver
LP:
Yr: 1986
Song 5: The Old Apartment
Artist: Barenaked Ladies
LP: Rock Spectacle
Yr: 1996
Song 6: Sharks Tooth
Artist: Archie Bronson Outfit
LP: Coconut
Yr: 2010
Song 7: Cell Phones, Email and the Post Office
Artist: Jerrry Seinfeld
LP:
Yr: 2014
Song 8: Phone
Artist: Magic Kids
LP: Memphis
Yr: 2010
Song 9: Bat Chain Puller
Artist: Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
LP: Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
Yr: 1978
Song 10: Random Call/The Budget?
Artist: Jay Larson
LP:
Yr:
Song 11: Telephone Song
Artist: The Vaughan Brothers
LP: The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Yr: 1999
Song 12: Telephone
Artist: Nektar
LP: Man In The Moon
Yr: 1980
Song 13: Millennium Theater
Artist: Ani DiFranco
LP: Reprieve
Yr: 2006
Song 14: Modern Music
Artist: Be Bop Deluxe
LP: Modern Music
Yr: 1976
Song 15: I Need All the Friends I Can Get
Artist: Camera Obscura
LP: Lets Get Out of This Country
Yr: 2006
Song 16: Tiger Phone Card
Artist: Dengue Fever
LP: Venus on Earth
Yr: 2008
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The Sonic Cafe features an intelligent, eclectic mix of music, comedy and pop culture showcasing 30 to 60 years of content within each episode.

The show is set in an imaginary cafe overlooking the Pacific Ocean on the Central Oregon Coast. The cafe serves music, comedy and pop culture rather than breakfast, lunch and dinner. All announcer voiceovers are presented over the background noise of a busy cafe with references made to the café environment to create a theatre of the mind experience for listeners.

The program actually does originate from KYAQ radio located on the Oregon coast in the Pacific Northwest, so the imagery is not a huge stretch.

Each program is 58:00 minutes in length leaving room for station ID, promos and PSAs. Each episode is .mp3 encoded at a constant rate of 256kbps and ready for broadcast.

All episodes are evergreen; never focusing on time of year, weather, month, holidays, events etc. so each show is timeless. All music is presented in a no repeat format. Once a song airs in an episode it never airs again. Episodes may be downloaded and grouped together to quickly create program blocks of two, three, four or more hours in length.

Original syndication date was 7/22/2016. At that time 31 shows had already been produced (over six months of content) with new episodes produced weekly. A new episode is released each week. You can confidently add The Sonic Cafe to your schedule knowing that a backlog of shows is already produced awaiting weekly release.

The Sonic Cafe has a Facebook page (facebook.com/SonicCafeRadio) where complete show notes and playlists are presented for each episode. The Sonic Café can also be streamed from MixCloud (mixcloud.com/SonicCafe1)

Listeners can also reach the show producers via email (SonicCafeRadio@gmail.com)

Pre-recorded Sonic Cafe promos are available to promote the show on your station. Each is roughly :24 seconds in length with time left to tag local broadcast day and time. We are also happy to produce custom promos, station IDs, etc. Contact us via email to request promo files. Also please let us know if you pick-up the program on your station so we can announce it on our Facebook page.

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