The story of REVENGE!
In May 1995, Emi Briet, also known as "DJ Particle", started a little bi-weekly wee-hours radio show on WOMR, a small community radio station in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She wanted to play an eclectic mix of anything that was 15 years old or older, and the show "Particle's Pick" was born. After having a substitute DJ fill in for her on the show's premiere, she fell right into the show the week after. Her "double shot", "original & remake", and "disco half-hour" blocks became a signature for her show in the months to come. Her show also had occasional special themes, including the "Spirit of '76" show, near July 4th, which counted down Billboard's Top 100 of 1976, and "Particle's Christmas Pick", which was the last show before Christmas, featuring the sounds of the season.
On the night of March 30, 1996, in order to give the show more 'attitude", she renamed it to "Revenge of the Particle". Same music and specials, but faster-paced and longer; expanded from 3 hours to 6, though she had to reduce it back to 3 a couple months later to fit another show, but when that show moved slots in late 1996, the 6-hour Revenge returned!
The show continued on WOMR bi-weekly until August 1997, when longer hours at her paying job forced her to give up the show. Moving to Minneapolis a year later kept her out of the radio loop seemingly for good...
Then came October 15, 2005...after acquiring a microphone for her media PC, she mentioned to the keepers of Dementia Radio, DJ Blaksmith and DJ Blasted Bill, that she would like to resurrect her show...but there would need to be some changes...
The eclectic mix is still very much a part of the show, but the 15-year cap is gone, ANY song in the collection (within reason) is now eligible for air (though to stay true to Dementia Radio's format, the strange, the novelties, the filkish, and the rare will play more prominent)! The "double shot" and "original & remake" sections are still there (though now called under the umbrella name "Multishot"), and to keep with the destruction of the 15-year rule, there is now a techno/dance half-hour!
See the 1997 website for the show!