Tundra Trash (and I Don't Mean Sarah Palin) Internet Radio

Working online from home is the sweatshop labor of the twenty-first century. There are a few high paying telecommuting jobs out there, but mine is not one of them; I have to put in long hours to come up with even a couple of hundred bucks.

What's the best way to make these hours pass faster? The obvious solution is to smoke pot and listen to loud music while working. This job requires only about three or four functioning brain cells anyway. Unfortunately, that doesn't work for me because, well, weed's still against the law, and I don't think my wife would put up with it, which leaves me with just the music.

Thank God for internet radio. It's possible to find a pure stream of just about every musical genre that's out there.

The link to the local "alternative" broadcast station was down one day. My computer refused to play one of the Denver stations I used to listen to, so I started just searching for other streams aimlessly, finally locating the "Live 365" site and searching their listings in the metal genre.

Ninth on the list, something clicks with me. First the terms "metal," "hard rock" and "psychedelic" catch my eye. Next, the station's name, 'Tundra Trash Radio" piques my interest. The station's self description promises "....Only The Best Heavy Metal Hard Rock Stoner Rock Indie Rock..." and I decide to click on it.

Holy sh*t! This is just what I've been searching for; a steady barrage of driving, droning, drugged out metal, grunge and neo-psychedelia without any fillers or artificial sweeteners. Who needs dope now? Just listening to this stuff puts me in an altered state.

This internet radio station plays a lot of obscure and unknown bands, many of them originating from the frozen wastes of Alaska. The Alaskan sound is remarkably similar to the Seattle sound, perhaps due to the relatively close physical proximity of the two scenes, and even more likely, the states of mind
induced by sitting around in the rain, and sitting around in the dark respectively.

The number of bands on this station that could easily be mistaken for Alice in Chains by the uninformed listener is astonishing, which from my point of view isn't necessarily a bad thing. Songs by the actual, original Alice in Chains are frequently offered too. I heard more songs by Clutch on this station in a couple of days than I'd heard all year anywhere else. The only drawback is that every other commercial seems to be for a drug treatment program of some sort. I guess they know their audience. Thankfully, the commercials are few and far between.

Located in Alaska's Kai Peninsula, Tundra Trash Radio was created in 2001 by a DJ who identifies herself only as "Beth." A sign on her page proclaims "Stoner Chicks Rule," boldly in black and white. Solely on the basis of what Beth has created in Tundra Trash Radio, I would have to agree.

Source:
www.live365.com/stations/northernlightz