Monte Belmonte

Monte Belmonte 6am - 10am
Having grown up in the suburbs of Boston, I always thought Western Mass was a desolate wasteland. Now I can’t imagine living anywhere else. Well, I guess I can imagine it but I don’t WANT to live anywhere else. On this page you’ll find conversations with some of the people I find most interesting in our Valley. Authors, astronomers, astronauts and other people that start with letters other than “a.”
I got my start in radio impersonating Al Gore while off the air on Election Day 2000, and since that election dragged on and on, so has my radio career. I love bringing music and my “low minded humor for high minded people” (Wine Squirrel copyright 2017) to people of the Valley every weekday morning.
Thursday, September 3, 201509/03/2015
Required Rock Reading List: The Works of Ellen Willis
In Podcasts
An early rock writer finally getting her due? Dr. Steve Waksman, Smith College’s Dr. of Rock, on one of the…
Thursday, September 3, 201509/03/2015
Required Rock Reading List: Greil Marcus ‘Mystery Train’
In Podcasts
Dr. Steve Waksman, Smith College’s Dr. of Rock, on one of the first and most important rock history books of…
Friday, August 28, 201508/28/2015
Wine Snob: Yo ho ho & a bottle of rum
In Podcasts
Goslings and Kirk & Sweeney and Dark & Stormy and black mojitos!
Thursday, August 27, 201508/27/2015
Transperformance 2015: A Look At The Movies
In Podcasts
The Northampton Arts Council’s annual event was (in movie reviewing terminology) a ‘Tour de Force’. And somehow, the Gazette skipped…
Wednesday, August 26, 201508/26/2015
Stop Looking at This On Your Phone (If You’re Driving)!
In Podcasts
Amanda Drane from The Valley Advocate on the staggering statistics on texting related traffic deaths.
Wednesday, August 26, 201508/26/2015
Word Nerd: And Her Prodigy Progeny
In Podcasts
Young Theo, Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster from Merriam-Webster’s offspring, comes up with his own words. Will they get in the dictionary?
Tuesday, August 25, 201508/25/2015
Oud Morning, East Jerusalem!
In Podcasts
Communications director for Connecticut’s Secretary of State, radio producer, and Valley resident, Av Harris, took his daughters to a restaurant in…
Tuesday, August 25, 201508/25/2015
Heavy Petting: RIP Uggie
In Podcasts
Dr. Steve, from the Sunderland Animal Hospital, says farewell to the famous doggie actor from The Artist.
Monday, August 24, 201508/24/2015
Mr. Universe: Stunning Pictures From Saturn
In Podcasts
Hampshire College Astronomer, Dr. Salman Hammeed, on what NASA has been looking it at the same time we’ve all been…
Monday, August 24, 201508/24/2015
Western Mass Weed
In Podcasts
It’s just a couple of weeks away and the people behind the medical marijuana facility, New England Treatment Access, are…