Live From the Barrage explained

Show Name:Live From the Barrage
Format:Talk, Comedy, Music, Entertainment
Runtime:3 1/2 hours
Country:United States
Language:English
Home Station:Radio NOPE
Presenter:John Houlihan
Starring:See List of Live From the Barrage staff
Num Episodes:300
Website:http://livefromthebarrage.nyc
Podcast:LFTB - Podcasts

Live From the Barrage is a combination music, call-in, and comedy Internet radio show/podcast hosted independently by John Houlihan since 2012, in a bar in a garage in Queens, New York.[1] [2] The show's slogan is: "it's Friday night and we're in fuggin' Queens". The show began on livestream (now: Vimeo Livestream) 2012-2015 (episodes 1-118) and then Radio NOPE from 2015–Present (119-Present). The format is largely talk based, ranging from music, sports, national events & more with both call-in and in-person guests.

Founded in 2012, Live From The Barrage broadcasts live at 8PM Eastern each week drawing regular listeners from around the world. Since launching the show has aired over 300 episodes and has hosted celebrity guests such as Marc Maron,[3] DMC of (Run DMC, Billy Bragg, Steve Albini, Mike Watt,[4] Tom Scharpling, Jon Wurster, C. J. Ramone, Pussy Riot, Eric Bachmann, & many more.[5]

The show is noted for its irreverent tone and occasional forays into Insult comedy and a roast like atmosphere.[6] The interplay and frequent frustration between the host and the other on-air personalities being a key part of the show. The shows feature a live weekly game hosted by producer Ryan Collison, which often involve the guests and the listeners. It also features a live news read by newsman and producer Tommy Rockstar, that is frequently interrupted by wisecracks and (frequently inebriated) commentary.

The show has been featured favorably in the New York Times [7] and on FOX5 News[8] in New York.

Barrage has listeners and callers around the world, from the United States and Canada, to as far afield as the U.K., Germany and Australia. Regular callers and in-studio guests of note have included Steve Albini, Matt Sweeney, Justin Foley of the Austerity Program and many others.

Background

Host Houlihan and sometime cohost Patrick Walsh both play in the New York band Risk/Reward. The show also features calls from various fans and personalities featuring parody characters such as Bill Clintron (a Bill Clinton parody), Tilda Swintron (a caricature of Tilda Swinton with a thick, clearly male, heavy New York accent) and actual NY personalities with difficult to believe nicknames. It is sometimes difficult to discern a character from a real person that also participates in the frequent poker games that occur after the show.[9] The show's jargon includes pluralizing words that are not meant to be pluralized, referring to any manner of recording as "tapes" (CD Tapes, MP3 Tapes, Record Tapes) and appending "tron" at the end of anything that ends in the phonetic "ton".

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: There's a bar in a Queens garage that's broadcasting a radio show . thrillist.com . 13 February 2014 . 22 June 2020.
  2. Web site: The Rundown: LISTEN TO LIVE FROM THE BARRAGE . longislandpress.com . September 2013 . 22 June 2020.
  3. Web site: Marc Maron to Make Rare Guest Appearance on 'Live From the Barrage' Radio Show . broadwayworld.com . 22 June 2020.
  4. Web site: john over at 'live from the barrage' says you can hear the spiel we did last night here . twitter.com . 22 June 2020.
  5. Web site: Past Guests . livefromthebarrage.nyc . 22 June 2020.
  6. Web site: David Yow Vs Live from The Barrage . reviewstalker.com . 22 June 2020.
  7. News: In Queens, Broadcasting Banter From a Bar in a Garage . . 16 February 2016 . 22 June 2020. Kilgannon . Corey .
  8. Web site: Internet radio show from a bar inside a Queens garage . fox5ny.com . 19 February 2016 . 22 June 2020.
  9. Web site: There's a bar in a Queens garage that's broadcasting a radio show . thrillist.com . 13 February 2014 . 22 June 2020.

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