Steve S

• Website: http://www.facebook.com/joyfulcosmos?ref=hl
• Since: 2001
• DJ Calendar

- circa November 1975: began listening to Top 40 radio, with intent. began collecting 7" singles soon thereafter.

- circa winter 1979: began listening to local college radio, WQSU at Susquehanna University.

- late August 1981: began Architecture program at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.

- circa winter 1981: began listening to WRCT at Carnegie-Mellon University. Mind blown.

- June 1981: saw Mission of Burma, sponsored by WRCT, on an outdoor stage. My first show.

- circa summer 1983: began record hunting at Heads Together, Jerry's Records, and Jim's Records in Pittsburgh. Mind blown.

- June 1988: completed studies at Carnegie-Mellon University

- Halloween 1988: saw Sonic Youth Daydream Nation show in Cleveland, Ohio. My Dad is Dead and Laughing Hyenas opened.

- summer 1989: saw Sun Ra Arkestra perform at the "Homewood Jazz Festival?", outdoors, in a thunderstorm, with much lightning. Purchased several Saturn LPs from Marshall Allen.

- winter 1989 through summer 1990: Sonic Temple

- June 1990: House of Duh

- summer 1990: finally have adequate time and knowledge to get a show on WRCT, Saturdays 4-6am.

- fall 1990: "Eat Some Paste" with Steve S debuts on WRCT.

- fall 1990 through summer 1994: a WRCT Music Director

- circa 1991: Peas Kor Records

- late September 1996: final "Eat Some Paste" with Steve S.

- October 1996: move to Goleta, California. Began listening to KCSB.

- circa 2001: began helping KCSB News with Democracy Now! and Free Speech Radio News broadcasts.

- circa spring 2002: KJUC training

- circa summer 2002 through summer 2007: programmed various shows at different times on KCSB

- circa 2007?: Joyful Cosmos debuts Mondays 6 -8pm.

- Monday, 19 September 2022: Joyful Cosmos remains on the KCSB programming schedule...