An open letter to Coyote J, while listening to Neutral Milk Hotel

Coyote J is my deejay idol.

Here's a little bit of, "Oh, I didn't know that" trivia about me. My first actually job was as a radio disc jockey. I was 16. To this day, it was my dream job. If my time as a deejay had lasted longer than a few months, I would have wanted to grow up to be Coyote J.

Actually, I still do.

I spent the years of my late teens and early twenties listening to Coyote J's Sunday night program, "The Edge" in the late-'90's. He is who introduced me to dark wave and dozens of amazing acts that I would have otherwise never heard. Before the social networking, peer-to-peer, file-share, streaming internet radio, iTunes, or the ease of internet access ... there was only 120 Minutes and The Edge.

I lived for Sunday nights. My college roommate and I would talk all week about his program. Our weeks revolved around it.

I did resurrected my deejay career - but as a club dj - for a couple of years in the mid-'00's but ten years later, my lone connection to the music industry is this Web site. I love, love bringing people new music; or reminding them of music they forgot; or playing music they never knew to begin with.

Coyote J is getting close to 30 years of breaking new music as a deejay from LA (California) to LA (Lower Alabama). What a lucky bastard - said with every bit of respect he is due.

I would love to interview Coyote J, but I'm not sure I could actually craft an interview that would do his career and influence justice.

So, if you happen to read this Coyote J, thank you.