Bohemia AfterDark #500 (July 2023)
Description
Bohemia AfterDark Show #500
Bohemia AfterDark Show #500 marks a milestone episode in the long-running Bohemia AfterDark / BVMTV music television archive. The program continues the show’s tradition of mixing underground music, alternative rock, punk, hip-hop, experimental video, classic performance footage, and independent music culture into a full-length visual playlist.
The episode reflects the wide-ranging identity of Bohemia AfterDark, moving between vintage country performance clips, garage rock, post-punk, psychedelic visuals, hip-hop, classic alternative, underground animation, and modern independent music videos. As part of the BVMTV Vault, Show #500 represents both a celebration of the program’s history and a continuation of its original mission: presenting music television outside the limits of mainstream formatting.
The show includes rare, classic, and contemporary music video selections, with visual segments that carry the late-night underground television style associated with Bohemia AfterDark. The mix connects different eras of music and video culture, from early rock and country television footage to alternative, punk, hip-hop, and experimental visual work.
Overview
Program: Bohemia AfterDark
Episode: Show #500 (Air Date: July 2023)
Format: Music television / video playlist / archive episode
Archive: Bohemia Visual Music Television / BVMTV Vault
Website: BVMTV.com
Category: Featured Video, Bohemia AfterDark Vaulted Shows, Music Video Archive
Playlist
- The Breeders – “Go Man Go’
- M. Ward – “Too Young to Die”
- dolphinbrain – “Peaks & Valleys”
- Coma Cinema – “Her Sinking Sun”
- The Black Keys – “Wild Child”
- Cocteau Twins – “Seekers Who Are Lovers”
- Rockwell – “Somebody’s Watching Me”
- Dick Dale & His Del-Tones – Anaheim, CA 1962
- Earth – “Tallahassee”
- The Jesus and Mary Chain – “You Trip Me Up”
- Necro – “Beautiful Music to Die For”
- dolphinbrain – “Desert Dust”
- Willie Nelson – “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”
- Rosanne Cash – “September When It Comes”
- Teenage Cavegirl – “Space Girl”
- Pink Floyd – “Astronomy Domine”
- DNA – “Blonde Red Head”
- The Roots – “What They Do”
- Cypress Hill – “Hand on the Pump”
- Blur – “St. Charles Square”
- Clowns – “Bisexual Awakening”
- fIREHOSE – “Hear Me”
- Ernest Tubb – “Thanks a Lot”
- Mic Bless featuring XP The Marxman & Cee Gee – “Where I Am From”
- THR33 61X featuring Zekey Freaky & ZLZA – “Off Safety”
- Sonic Youth – “Death Valley ’69”
Archive Notes
Show #500 highlights the broad programming style that has defined Bohemia AfterDark across decades: music discovery, independent visual culture, underground television energy, and a willingness to place very different artists and eras side by side. The episode functions as both a celebration of the 500-show milestone and a continuation of the BVMTV Vault’s effort to preserve and present music television history.
The playlist combines established artists, underground acts, classic footage, and contemporary independent music videos. This range reflects the Bohemia AfterDark format, where genre boundaries are intentionally loose and the focus remains on visual music, performance, cultural memory, and late-night discovery.
See Also
- Bohemia AfterDark Vault
- BVMTV Vault Featured Videos
- Bohemia AfterDark Vaulted Shows
- Independent Music Television
- Underground Music Video Archive
Bohemia Visual Music
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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Phoenix, Arizona Portland, Oregon Los Angeles, California |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bohemia Visual Music LLC |
| History | |
| Launched | 1982 August 20, 2011 (internet) |
| Closed | March 29, 2010 (TV) |
| Former names | 24-7 Videos (2005-2006) Bohemia Afterdark (1982-2003) |
| Links | |
| Website | https://bvmtv.com |
Bohemia Visual Music (also referred to as “BVM” and “BVM TV”) is an Internet broadcast music video service in the United States that was formerly a Television Broadcast Station Service.
History
Jeff Crawford who began his pursuit of Bohemial Afterdark in Phoenix by filming and recording bands such as Nirvana, Stone temple pilots, and others moved to Portland Oregon in the late 80’s. He began filming bands in Portland and Seattle. Jeff bought some editing equipment and began to edit his concert tapes and created Bohemia after Dark and ran this program weekly on public television, often times running the tapes to the studio to ensure they meet broadcast times. The service began as Bohemia Afterdark in 1982 and operated in Phoenix, AZ but early history is unknown until 1990 when they moved to Portland, Oregon. In 1992 they began airing on KPDX Portland and then they moved to KWBP in 1994. In 1995 they began airing on 22 Network One affiliates.[1] In 1997 Network One shut down and the service moved to KOIN and in 2001, the service moved back to Phoenix, airing on KASW, then in 2002, moved to KPHO-TV. In 2003 they got their own station, KPHE-LP, at the time broadcasting on channel 19 in Mesa, Arizona, and changed their name to Bohemia Visual Music. KPHE moved to channel 44 in Phoenix in 2005.[2] Bohemia Visual Music changed their name to 24-7 Videos for a few months from mid-2005 to early-2006, then reverted to Bohemia Visual Music.
In July 2006, KPHE replaced Bohemia Visual Music with Spanish-language programming, and BVM was without a broadcast outlet until September 2006, when they began broadcasting on KORS-CA digital subchannel 16.2 in Portland.
In March 2008, Bohemia Visual Music began broadcasting on KDOC-TV 56.3 in Los Angeles, California and KJKZ-LP 27 in Fresno, California, but by July, BVM was no longer airing on these channels.[3][4]
On March 29, 2010, Bohemia Visual Music left KORS-CA from its digital signal to focus on Internet Broadcasting. Now KORS-CD, it carries only Home Shopping Network (HSN) and America One.[5]
As of August 20, 2011, Bohemia Visual Music relaunched with a website as an internet broadcast.[6]
Programming
Bohemia Visual Music featured a diverse mix of music video programming.[7]
Former affiliates
| City | Station | Channel | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anaheim-Los Angeles, CA | KDOC-TV |
56.3
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Ellis Communications, Inc. |
| Phoenix, Arizona | KPHE-LD |
44
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Lotus Communications |
| Portland, Oregon | KORS-CD |
16.2
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WatchTV, Inc. |
| Fresno, California | KJKZ-LP |
27
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Cocola Broadcasting |
Logos
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BVM logo, 2003-2005 -
BVM logo 2005–present
Slogans
- Music Television, The Way It Should Be (2002-2010)
- It’s About The Music (2003-2010)
- Your Music Channel (2008-2010)
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