Final Note

A Twin Cities institution went silent at the stroke of midnight this past Tuesday as One Final Note sounded its curtain notes into the Troposphere. DJ Scott Hreha beamed out his final broadcast from the KFAI studios, having decided to hang up his ear goggles and mic. I don’t have the scoop on the whys & wherefores, but I’m surmising it has something to do with the growing gig list of his up & coming band, The Unreasonables. OFN’s gone through various guises over the years, from links clearinghouse, to quarterly journal, to weekly webzine and radio show and I’ve had the privilege of being a participant in some of them. Scott’s kept the latter incarnation going for 2+ years and the archived play lists record an impressive range of jazz and improv platters. I wish him the best in his future endeavors, but will no doubt feeling pangs of loss when I sit down to hear the final show still accessible here for the next fortnight or so. An end of an era? Probably not, but still a very impressive run.