Bent By Nature - Ep. 1: This Is 'SNAP!'

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

Music History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Music

4.7 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Before Soundcloud and Bandcamp, there was Deirdre O'Donoghue and "SNAP!," the LA DJ and radio show that served as a waypoint for underground music, artists, and its fans — and helped shape the sound of independent and D.I.Y. culture today. In the first episode of "Bent By Nature," co-producer Bob Carlson introduces O’Donoghue and goes inside the community she cultivated, her passion for music, and the problems she had with KCRW’s management and staff. Featuring archival live performances by Camper Van Beethoven, the Meat Puppets, Glass Eye, Jazz Butcher, the Dream Syndicate, and more.

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0:00.0	Hello, it's Saturday night at KCRW89.9 FM. My name's Deirdre. I'll be your host once you pour yourself a drink and think about dancing.
0:10.3	Deirdre O'Donohue was the most influential American DJ that you've never heard of. And for a generation of music fans, her voice launched countless artists into the ears and the hearts of Los Angeles.
0:22.7	For a while, the show was a kind of center for alternative and independent music and culture
0:27.9	in Los Angeles. That's Bob Carlson. He recorded scores of bands in Deirdre's Studio at KCRW,
0:34.9	from REM to Per Ubu. Today, those tapes tell the story of a golden age of underground and independent music,
0:43.0	all performed live on air with no safety net.
0:46.8	I'm your host, Tricia Hallorin.
0:49.3	Jerja was my mentor, and happily she was also one of my closest friends.
0:53.8	And it is a dream fulfilled and an honor
0:56.1	to bring her story to you. You'll be hearing more from me later, but in the meantime, here's Bob
1:01.6	Carlson again to kick off the untold story of Snap.
1:05.2	Music From KCRW and the producers of unfictional and lost notes.
1:25.9	I'm Bob Carlson, and this is Bent by Nature,
1:29.2	Deirdre O'Donohue, and the Lost Snap Archives.
1:32.6	We sound in tune to you?
1:34.0	To me, yeah.
1:34.8	And then we'd better rock,
1:36.1	or whatever this equivalent is.
1:41.2	You just got to retune your ears a little.
1:44.6	Accept it as what it is, and not what you want it to be, and you're in for a big treat.
1:52.4	That's the voice of Deirdre O'Donohue.
1:54.9	She hosted a free-form music program at radio station KCRW from 1982 until 1991.
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