It's been awhile but it's time to do this again. We have a new Guest DJ. We searched high and low but realized the answer was here at home. Our guest DJ is Grant Keller, the tech-meister and media wiz for BalconyRadio.com. Grant brought in a some toys and

You know, sometimes a rock star grows up and has to put childish things (or bands) away . . . and go solo. In Lesson 63 of the 101 Series we take a gander at a bunch of chicks and dudes who decided all the people in the van were keeping them back. It's ou

We've all done it . . . we all heard the lead singer say, "Here's one from the new record," and then head off to the bathroom or to track down a $14 beer. But, that's part of the joy of going to concert. (Along with contact highs and ringing ears.) In epi

On a planet of erupting volcanoes inhabited by purple and green monkey-faced dragons standing on plateaus of granite and marble a siren's song wafts through canyons and valleys...well, it's not quite THAT pretentious. Or, perhaps it is. It's a kind of mus

Like the center of a Bingo card, The Free Space helps complete things. It can go in any direction, add up to any amount, and say anything it wants. So we explore that philosophy on this program of the same name. This is episode 5 of the show that can go o

Ok, now students, we have a very interesting topic to explore this week on the 101 Series Lesson 61. It is the rather broad, but generally accurate term "Bong Rock". That is, music that would be good to consume green, leafy combustibles through colorful p

If you really sit down to think about it . . . every album/record/cd/whatever contains 11-14 songs. How many do you remember from each? Seriously, think about it. We'll wait....We'll wait more.....Balcony Radio is the type of place that mines through all

Lesson 60 of the 101 Series is about something near and dear to everyone and that is COFFEE something that we drink way too much of at Balcony Radio and which people all over the world drink way too much of and perhaps talk about it in a verbose and pompo

Do you think songs just happen, man? Really? Seriously? No. They don't. People slave over these things. We at the Balcony are very aware of the creative process (and how it's a pain in the ass). So, we decided to do a show of nothing but demo versions of

Let it be known far and wide that The Balcony loves America. Or as we say it "Murrka."  So, with Lesson 59 of the 101 Series we pay tribute to Resident #1 and a few of the people who've tried to kill him. We don't do all the presidents and some get more