By The Means I’ve Chosen With My Free Will
Published by Mack ShrimnerThe world of internet radio is rife with mediocre stations. Admittedly, it’s better than FM radio, but even the best ones play good music only half of the time. The only ones I find myself listening to on a regular basis are the classical/baroque music stations, and that’s probably because I know so little about those genres. But as far as good old fashioned Rock N’ Roll, I had not found a station worth listening to… until just recently.
Understandably, I was blown away when I first heard Beyond the Beat Generation. This streaming radio station plays exclusively rare underground Rock N’ Roll (Garage/Punk/Psych) from 1964-1968, the majority of which is stuff you’ve likely never heard and will probably never hear again unless you are a serious record collector.
You can tune in and hear San Francisco’s own Beau Brummels play their hit Laugh Laugh, followed by Larry and the Blue Notes, out of Texas, playing the chilling classic Night of the Sadist. And if you’re lucky, you may even get to hear the biographic Oscar Wilde by Chilean psych heroes Los Vidrios Quebrados. It doesn’t get any better than this.
I can listen to this station non-stop for hours (and I do all the time). And if you want a change, you can tune in to the Technicolor Web of Sound, which I found linked to from Beyond the Beat Generation. It’s more of a pure psych station, but excellent as well.
http://www.beyondthebeatgeneration.com/
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