My contribution to the August CD Mix of the Month Club was Rocktropolis Radio Remembered.
In February of 1997, I took a job with the company N2K as technical producer for a website called Rocktropolis.com. Besides helping produce live webcasts of bands like the Cure, the Allman Brothers, and Mötley Crüe, I was responsible for implementing a feature called Rocktropolis Radio, which offered streaming access to a set of about a dozen RealAudio tracks every month. Before taking the job, I had pretty much fallen out of touch with the new music scene. Rocktropolis Radio was my first introduction to every track and artist below (with the exception of the hidden Beck bonus track), and was the kick in the ass I needed to start exploring new sounds again.
