Freestailo #45 - 8/31/12

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I wish there was a Pokemon anatomy book.

Good morning!

I had an interesting show this morning, and one that kept me on my toes. I had a large variety, as usual, but more so since I used my VERY FIRST reggae vinyl today! I might have at some point accidentally played some reggae, or something very genre-crossing, but I usually don't pick anything from reggae for reasons unknown to me. I liked very much the one I picked though, so I should probably explore that section more.

Regarding the layering, I wanted to say that I felt really good about it today. Sometimes I get in ruts when it comes to layering things, but I think I had a really great groove with the one today. I had a good grasp of what materials I was working with, and how to create a full radio piece with them. It was a much more analytical process today than it usually is when I layer. Often times when I layer, I either am running around the station looking frantically for something that I need, or I have set everything up to go at the same time, which has its virtues and faults. Today though, because of the slow pace and build of the layer, I was able to play one song, then add another, and had the time to mentally process whether it was working or not, and had the time to switch songs if I needed to. I felt very much in control, which is a pleasant feeling, I think. Haha.

Anyway, let's get to it.

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Ragnarok: Rites of Geburah - Blackdoor Miracle
2. Cédric Stevens: The Siamese Level Linear Enlightenment Mix - The Syncopated Elevators Legacy
3. Bollywood Brass Band feat. Rafaqat Ali Khan: Kehnde Ne Naina - Chaiyya Chaiyya
4. Brian Eno: Somber Reptiles - Another Green World
5. Charmander - Pokemon Gameboy Sound Collection
6. Dead Poetz Society: Lick A Shot Remix - AftaLife
7. Jack de Johnette & Foday Musa Suso: Kaira - Music From The Hearts Of The Masters
8. Pokey Oaks - Music From Powerpuff Girls
9. South Rakkas Crew: Fake Blood Remix - Mad Again
10. Paul Pena: Alash Hem (The Alash River) - Genghis Blues OST
11. Yeti: La Java Blanche - Accordion Babes 2011
12. Galaxie 500: Snowstorm - On Fire
13. April in the Orange: Siva Casting Dice on Herbrus Edge - Siva Casting Dice
14. De La Soul: Shopping Bags (She Got From You) - The Grind Date
15. Sofins Voskopoulos: Den Ei∑ai Kypio∑ - Voskopoulos
16. Melt-Banana: Like a white bat in a box, dead matters go on - Cell-Scape
17. Pikachu - Pokemon Gameboy Sound Collection
18. Autechre: Side A - Autechre
19. i, cactus: yellow cactus - i, cactus
20. Ukrainska Selska Orchestra: Marusia (Little Mary) - Aimer et Perdre (To Love & To Lose)
21. Nensi: Chistyy List - Misc. Songs
22. Hot Chip: Let Me Be Him - In Our Heads
23. Hajime Wakai, etc.: Flooded Forest ~Faron Woods~ - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
24. All Out War: Two Thousand Years - Condemned To Suffer
25. Elf Power: Green Sea Days - The Winter Is Coming
26. Benny Goodman: Caprice XXIV Paganini - Volume II: Clarinet a la King
27. Wayne Smith: Under Me Sleng Teng - Sleng Teng
28. Thelonious Monk: Getting Sentimental Over You - Live! At The Village Gate
29. Steve Miller: Dime-A-Dance - Sailor
30. Kid Koala: More Dance Music - Some Of My Best Friends Are DJs
31. Sven-Åke Johansson: Cymbals in the Night - Cymbals in the Night
32. Koji Asano: Rabbit Room Reservation Center III - Rabbit Room Reservation Center
33. Gazel: Sabreyle gönül - Gazel
34. Empire Brass Quintet with William Kuhlman: J.S. Bach: Contrapunctus I from The Art of Fugue - Baroque Music for Brass and Organ
35. Lama Gyurme: Hope for Enlightenment - Songs of Awakening
36. Play-Along Sound Effects - Play-Along Sound Effects
37. Shakespeare: Othello - Othello
38. Edith Farnadi: Vallée d'Obermann - Lizst: Années de Pelerinage
39. Satyricon: With Ravenous Hunger - Volcano
40. Café Tacvba: 11 - Reves
41. 101 Strings: Orbit Fantasy - From Beyond The Year 2000
42. Hanggai: Yuan Ding Cap - He Who Travels For
43. Fela Kuti: Let's Start - With Ginger Baker Live!

Yes: 

1. Koji Asano Layering: I've used Asano-san's music before for layering, and I've never been disappointed. I really like the ambiance he creates, and especially the gradual build to it. 
2. Pokemon: This should always happen. Using these sounds makes me think that I should use more small sound interludes in general, whether they are Pokemon or not...but they should preferably be Pokemon. 
3. Powerpuff Girls: This is pure aural gold. Hip-hop style remixes of the Powerpuff Girls? Yes, please. Always, please. The best part is that I thought it was just going to be straight-up music from the show, but it turned out to be remixes coupled with quotes and sound effects. 

No:

1. Speaking was ehhh: I was pretty close to the mic, wasn't I? It sounded a little distorted to me, so sorry about that. It sounded good in my ear, but that's good to know that it was too much. 
2. Request awkwardness: With no fault to the wonderful person who requested Steve Miller, I wasn't expecting to get a request, and I was just about to put on a long layering, but knew that I couldn't wait until after the layer.
3. Pauses: There was more dead air than I normally like to have, and it was purely because I wasn't paying attention. I usually have a really good sense of when songs end, but today I was just zoning out a lot. At one point I think I was standing in the FM studio, looking at the computer, and realized I had nothing cued up for what I needed to play in 30-seconds. *headdesk*

Well, hope you enjoyed the show, and I'll see you next Friday! And if you can't get enough of me, you should listen to my public affairs show. 

Freestailo #44 - 8/24/12

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I don't know what was different about this day from other days, but I had a lot of fun on the show this morning. I think it must of been a combination of getting almost enough sleep, and also getting a couple of calls from listeners, which is always really encouraging/interesting, no matter what. It seems to be that starting of any set with some uptempo music from the African section really does it for me. Who knew?

A major thing in this show that I did differently than normal was that I used a huge amount of 7" records. That's not something I've ever dived head-first into, but have dabble with from time to time, and never from the metal filing cabinets in the other room. I think I had a good variety of local 45s and older 45s from the cabinets, but tell me what you think.

Thinking about 45s more, this also kind of makes me think that when WCBN trains new DJs, they should have one 45 record required for the demo tape, because I honestly didn't play a 45 until I was settled in the station for a few months, and then I was really scared and confused when I tried to do it, and didn't understand why there was a big hole in the middle of it instead of one to fit right around the center of the turntable. *headdesk*

Anyway, take a listen. I think you'll like it. 

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Femi Kuti: Truth Don Die - Shoki Shoki
2. Le Hammond Inferno: C.K.-T-Shirts - My First Political Dance Album
3. Shonen Knife: Flying Jelly Attack - Let's Knife
4. Afrika Bam-Baa-Taa and Family: Bambaataa's Theme (Assault on Precinct 13) - Beward (The Funk Is Everywhere)
5. Tolga Çandar: Hisardan Inmem Diyor (Türkü) - Türküleri Ege'nin III
6. Matthew Dear: Hammers - EP1
7. Kim Gunmo: (track 6) - ka.m4
8. Radiation 4: John vs. The Elephant - Wonderland
9. State: Spießbürger - Verboten German EP
10. Nilla Pizzi: L'amore è una cosa meravigliosa (Love is a many splendored thing) - Love Me If You Want To
11. Ensemble of Traditional Musical Instruments of Japan: The sun sets on the Temple - Traditional Music of Japan
12. Elba Ramalho: Légua tirana - Brazilian Popular Music
13. Atari Teenage Riot: Riot 1996 - Riot 1996
14. Salif Keita: Wamba - Soro
15. Lyrics Born: Bad Dreams - Later That Day...
16. Motorpsycho: The Hollow Lands - The Death Defying Unicorn
17. Witch Gardens: Aunt Shae/Mean Colleen - R-I-P
18. Kozilek: Last Dance of the Giants [Majora's Mask] - 25YEARLEGEND: A Legend of Zelda Indie Game Composer Tribute
19. Alain Souchon: Pays industriels - J'veux du cuir
20. Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan: Raga Manhj (Dhun in tintal) - Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan (shehnai)
21. Ed Sheeran: Small Bump - +
22. Placido Domingo: Besame Mucho (Spanish Version) - Besame Mucho
23. Theo Katzman: Brooklyn - Romance Without Finance
24. Quiet Cloud: I Am A Lightning Tower (Feel My Power) - Suitcase
25. Teach Me Tiger: Won't U Come Around? - Won't U Come Around?
26. Kona Triangle: Toybox (Kona Remix) - Sing A New Sapling Into Existence
27. Psychic Feline: Non Dot - White Walls/Non Dot
28. Janis Siegel: How High The Moon - How High The Moon
29. Meat Beat Manifesto: No Echo In Space - RUOK?
30. Stereo Total: Komplex Mit Dem Sex - Paris-Berlin
31. Tammy Lynn: Walking After Midnight - Walking After Midnight
32. Ramon: Chica Donde Estas - Chica Donde Estas
33. The End: The Asphyxiation of Lisa-Claire - Transfer Trachea Reverberations From Point: False Omniscient
34. Sigur Rós: Hoppipolla - Inni
35. Starlight Mints: Power Bleed - Change Remains
36. Mouse On Mars: Mine Is In Yours - Radical Connector
37. Sunday Morning Einsteins: Rakna Med Bräk - Kängnäve
38. Brazil: Forro: Balanço Da Canoa - Music For Maids and Taxi Drivers
39. Legowelt: Strange Girl - Classics 1998-2003
40. halc, Insixfour: Serious Moon Business - LoZ Majora's Mask
41. Norbert Stein: No.w.here - Graffiti Suite

Upvote:

1. LoZ: Who else noticed I used a couple of Legend of Zelda remix tracks? I've been on a video game remix kick lately (more than usual at least), and these are a couple of tracks I've been listening to maybe more than I should. They're just soooo good, and I'm happy to share them with you.
2. Placido Domingo: Ummmm so this is a Spanish disco song starring one of the opera world's most famous tenors. WHAT?! I'm obsessed, and I hope someone had the same violent reaction to it that I did.
3. Lyrics Born: I really digged this track, and now I have to play a lot more Lyrics Born on my show. 

Downvote:

1. Theo Katzman: Something happened during the track that was not so legit. Oh well!
2. Brazil Forro: Eh this was kind of lackluster but OK.
3. Shonen Knife: You know, I was expecting something more. I really want to like Shonen Knife, but I'm not sure I did. 

UNTIL NEXT WEEK!

Freestailo #43 - 8/17/12

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You'll understand why I chose this picture
if you listen to the show. 

Today's show was very special, because I had a special guest artist on the show! John Boyle asked me maybe a month ago if he could come on the show, talk a bit, and play his music. He had a show at the Canterbury house the next day, which unfortunately I didn't get to go to, but I hope some of you went.

It was really refreshing to talk to someone with a different sensibility about music than I have, but with similar philosophies about music in general. After talking to John, I learned that he's been to quite a few radio stations across the country, and loves the kind of freeform we do (yaaay!). Since John stayed during the rest of my show after the interview, I also got a chance to use his music in some layering, which couldn't have turned out better. I really want to thank John for creating this music that gave me the opportunity to create a radio piece like on today's show, and I very much hope that you enjoy listening to it as much as I did creating it.

To the music!

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. John Boyle Interview
2. Korean Orphan Choir: Various - Enchanting Korean Orphan Choir
3. Ramon Lopez: Various - Eleven Drums Songs
4. Shujaat Khan: Vilambit gat in tintal - Schujaat Khan (sitar)
5. Linde: Depths - Lander
6. Tim Sparks: At The Rebbe's Table - At The Rebbe's Table
7. Michael Leviton: I Only Want The Sky - Songs From The Big Top
8. Mantovani: You Only Live Twice - Hollywood
9. John Boyle: Kontinuum 1 - Kontinuum
10. Lucian Rebay: Various - Invitation to Italian Poetry
11. Dexter: Various - Fever Dreams
12. Trayer: Supernumeraries - Afterlife An Abandoned Theme Park
13. Gregg Bendian: The Mother Box - Requiem For Jack Kirby
14. Fabolous: Breathe
15. From Ashes Rise: The Noise - Nightmares
16. Frank Sinatra: My Baby Just Cares For Me - Strangers In The Night
17. Daniele Lombardi: Sonata No. 4, Op. 11 - Russian Futurism
18. The Black Angels: Black Grease
19. Calvin Owens: Stop Lying In My Face - Stop Lying In My Face
20. High Llamas: Get Into The Galley Shop - Buzzle Bee
21. Amadou Kiénou: Tiriba - Amadou Kiénou
22. Dorothée: Le Tour Du Monde - Dorothée
23. Laura Bell Bundy: Giddy On Up
24. The Waikiki's: Strangers in the Night - A Taste of Hawaii
25. Malacoda: Into The Fold - Cascade
26. Walter Wanderly: Rain - Rain Forest
27. From A Second Story Window: The Challenge of Caring - Not One Word Has Been Omitted
28. Kris Kristofferson: The Silver Tongued Devil And I - The Silver Tongued Devil And I
29. Chuck Willis: Change My Mind - My Story
30. Gloria Estefan: Me Odio - 90 Millas
31. Quasimojo: Jetlag-4 - Acoustic Coupler

Giddy on up:

1. Dat layer: That incredibly long layer that I did with John Boyle's material was absolutely stunning to do, and I'm still a little floored by how well it went. I think the best part was when the Mantovani record started to skip, which allowed me so much more to work with. AND THEN when it randomly came out of its groove to finish the song, exactly when I would have liked it to. It was magical, so take a listen. 
2. Trayer: I'm really obsessed with this album, guys. I ripped it and took it home, and it's been in my ears ever sense. 

Giddy on down:

1. Dead air: There were a few times when there was just flat-out dead air, and no excuse at all. Sometimes I'd be running around the station. There was that time I was making coffee. There was that time I was on the phone with a listener. Everything.
2. Misplays: There were a few times that I wanted to play something in particular, but then I played something else. I'm really not too upset after the fact, but when it happens it's like THE END OF ZE WORLD. 

Thanks for listening! Check out John Boyle, and tune in for the next show!

Subshow #17 - 7/18/12

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Since Saramin wanted to go off and do A2 Art Fair stuff methinks, I took her show! Yay! I know this post took a long time, but I promise it'll be worth it. I love a lot of the stuff I played, and it's always fun to get outside of my 9am-noon slot to bring some music to you. For this particular episode I had a guest with me, which was super fun, and should happen way more often.

Also, let me put this out here: if any of you ever want to come to my show. I mean, come IN PERSON to my show, please just give me a holler. I like to think I'm a pretty friendly person, and you could even help me pick out music and I can show you around. There's this thing called the 6 O'Clock Shadow we have every Friday at 6pm where we invite listeners to come in and try out the DJ thing, but don't let that limit you to when you can come to the studio. We are always in need of new DJs, and I bet if you like WCBN, then you probably have thought about what it's like.

Anyway, onto the music. 

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Michna: Triple Chrome Dipped - Magic Monday
2. Lynn Gold: Sweet Potatoes - Lynn Gold
3. Cristian Vogel: La Isla Piscola (For The Traveling Fish Lover Version) - La Isla Piscola
4. Les Go De Koteba: Kele Magni - Les Go De Koteba
5. Red Krayola: Bad Medicine - Fingerpainting
6. Rasputina: High On Life - Frustration Plantation
7. Flaco Jimenez: Mala Movida - Buena Suerte, Señorita
8. Cataract: with Triumph comes Loss - with Triumph comes Loss
9. Les Rita Mits Ouko: Marcia Baila - The No Comprendo
10. Elena Kats-Chernin: Green Leaf Prelude - Ragtime & Blue
11. Huun-Huur-Tu: Xöömeyimny Kagbas-La Men (I Will Not Abandon My Xöömei) - Where Young Grass Grows
12. Danny Stewart: Silhouette Hula - Hawaiian Favorites
13. General D + Funk 'N Lata: Sobi Esse Pano, Mano - Onda Sonora
14. rephlex: Jelly Fish - cat 027cd
15. Mad Gregs: Twelve Tone - Big Nun
16. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Kangivumanga (I Disagreed) - Thuthukani Ngoxolo (Let's develop in peace)
17. The Volumes: Ain't Gonna Give You Up - Detroit Gold
18. Paul Tripp: Snow White and Red Rose - Snow White and Red Rose
19. Ether: 35' 45N 139' 45E - music for air raids
20. Niederflur: Bahnhof Deutz/Messe - Minus
21. Osborne: Afrika - Afrika EP
22. Fugees: Take It Easy (Radio Edit) - Take It Easy
23. Tegan and Sara: Knife Going In - The Con
24. The Vienna New Symphony: Rosamunde Overture - Schubert: Unfinished Symphony, etc.
25. Cosmetic: So Tranquilization - So Tranquilization
26. New York City Gay Men's Chorus: I Hear Bells - Love Lives On

Highs:

1. Snow White and Red Rose: This layering was a lot of fun, and I kind of was planning it from the beginning of the show, and waiting for a good time to bring it out. I've been reading a lot of Fables, and the character Red Rose is in it, but I had never heard of her, despite my self-proclaimed knowledge of fairy tales. The thing about the comic series is that it's a bit darker and more mature than other versions of these fairy tales you might have heard, so I wanted to emphasize that with the Ether and Niederflur tracks that I layered along with it.
2. Cataract: This was a nice mid-length track to play, which is a nice balance between the really short thrash-core metal songs, and the 20-minute stoner metal songs you can find around the station. I love me some metal guys.
3. Fugees: I'm kind of obsessed with them right now, and I think that I need to play more. 

Lows:

1. Gay Men's Chorus?: This wasn't as good as I thought it would be, but I think that the fact that it's a Gay Men's Chorus makes up for it. Hahaha.
2. General awkwardness: I was a little distracted sometimes during the show, so some of the transitions weren't perfect, but sometimes that happens when I'm by myself anyway, so whatever.

Thanks for listening as always! Get ready for more updates!

Freestailo #41 - 6/6/12

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Walalalalalala!

For me, this show was a lot more high energy in the start than I usually have, and there was a lot more balance throughout the set than I usually see. Despite a couple of herp-a-derp moments, I really enjoyed listening back on the show as well! Because I don't have a lot else to say, here's the video of the video conversation that you heard on the show. It's just as good visually.

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Messer Chups: Dark Story - Russkie Wig-Out!
2. Goldfrapp: When Andy Bell Met Manhattan Clique Mix - OOH LA LA
3. Mamani Keita & Marc Minelli: Dimisenoun - Electro Bamako
4. Dr's: Crunch - Rx1
5. Balkan Beat Box: Cha Cha - Balkan Beat Box
6. Chet Baker: It's Always You - My Funny Valentine
7. Asobi Seksu: Sooner - Asobi Seksu
8. Arcwelder: The Carpal Tunnel Song - Xerxes
9. Bakra Bata': What You Like - Steel Drums and Percussion
10. Richard Buckner: Elizabeth Childers - The Hill
11. Ghost: Live With Me - Snuffbox Immanence
12. Carlos Montoya: Tanguillo: Zambrilla - Flamenco!
13. Oorutachi: (tracks 10+11) - Jurasy Human
14. The Avett Brothers: Sixteen in July - Four Thieves Gone
15. Billie Holiday: It's Like Reaching For The Moon - Story Volume II
16. Serge Gainsbourg: Le poinçonneur des Lilas - de serge gainsbourg à gainsbarre 
17. Salif Keita: Tono - Amen
18. Mighty Fire: Sixth Street (Turn It Up) - Mighty Fire
19. Rabih Abou-Khalil: Nashwa - Al-Jadida
20. Air: How Does It Make You Feel? - 10,000Hz Legend
21. Transglobal Underground: Ancient Dreams of the Sky - Psychic Karaoke
22. Mark Franklin: Release to the System - Artificial Intelligence II
23. Alexander Demidov: The Delights of Culture - Modern Soviet Poetry and Humor
24. Endthisday: Killing in the Month of July - Sleeping Beneath the Ashes of Creation
25. Brave Combo: Limbo Rock/Hand Jive - Group Dance Epidemic
26. The Everyday Film: A Silent Leash - Permanent Patients
27. King Cobb Steelie: Rational - Junior Relaxer
28. Jeremiah McDonald: A Conversation With My 12 Year Old Self: 20th Anniversary Edition - weepingprophet
29. L'Orchestre National "A" de la République du Mali: Duga - L'Orchestre National "A" de la République du Mali 
30. The Meters: Good Old Funky Music - Good Old Funky Music
31. Little Brother Montgomery: Tantalizing Blues - Crescent City Blues
32. Clayton Knight: Having a Party - Call Me What U Wanna
33. Georgia Sedlack: Moon River - The Vocal Jazz Collective
34. Aldo Ciccolini: Sonata in D minor, L. 413, Allegro (Pastorale) - Scarlatti: Sonatas
35. Amandine: Firefly - Fat Cat
36. Boom Bip: Popsicle (feat. Nacky Koma) - Seed To Sun
37. M. Ward: Me And My Shadow - A Wasteland Companion
38. The Apples in Stereo: Sun is Out - New Magnetic Wonder

Turn it Up:

1. Chet Baker: I could literally listen to his voice until the apocalypse comes. I think he has the most mesmerizing voice, and his trumpet playing is just as good. Mmmm. Makes me want to curl up in a blanket and read a book. 
2. Apples in Stereo: This was an awesome way to end the set. I'd never heard Apples in Stereo before this, so it was a real treat. 
3. The Avett Brothers: This song was a really nice balance to what was going on during that part of the set, and I really didn't expect something so sweet. I guess I haven't really listened to The Avett Brothers before. 

Turn it Down:

1. Russian Flub: Yeah I definitely didn't mean to play this at first...oh well. Kind of a let down but radio is pretty much never perfect. Hahaha. 
2. YouTube Clip: I'm not gonna say what went wrong with this, but you can probably guess. 
3. General awkwardness: I have no idea why there were weird pauses, and fast talking, and there was one point my voice was totally monotone. 

Until next Friday!

Freestailo #40 - 6/4/12 - Happy 4th of July!

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Oh, hello there.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, FRIENDS!

To celebrate our independence, and subsequently the independence of being able to put millions upon millions of cat pictures on the internet, throughout this post I'm going to give you lots of American themed cats, like this guy.

This 4th of July, I willfully let WCBN take my entire day from me, and I regret nothing. I woke up early and headed to the Canterbury house where we congregated before heading over to the Ann Arbor 4th of July Parade. "What would WCBN do in a parade?" you might ask. Well, we had a MARCHING BAND! Spreading music the only way we know how: freeform style. As a side note, if you happened to be there and have pictures, please feel free to contact us so we can see them!

After the parade, I met up with my roommates and headed to Starbucks for some free coffee, which I SO DID NOT NEED because I was still hyper from the parade, and continued to be while we got ice cream at Washtenaw Dairy, and THEN STILL once I got home and started to do research for the July 4th Sex & Tell special, which pretty much took me the rest of the day, while I stayed in the air-conditioning of my apartment.

I cannot tell you how much fun my time at the station was this day. Even though I messed up a few times, and there were some frustrating moments, there's something special about sharing music with everyone on a holiday that makes up for it. I've DJed on holidays before, and there's an energy that cannot be contained when the whole world/country/state/city is sharing something like a holiday with each other, and you get to create a living and breathing playlist for it.

This is a cat with a red and white star cello.

About the actual show, although I don't do this very often, I created a playlist beforehand to make sure that I had enough material, but allowed a bit of breathing room in the moment for flub-ups, requests, etc., which seemed to work out really well. I tried to make sure all of the songs were either American themed, or for certain parts I created a scheme of Red-->White-->Blue songs for a bit of literal color. The one thing that wasn't "American" was the V for Vendetta clip, but I think that this movie (and especially this clip) is relevant to all people, and all countries.

Anyway, I really hope you enjoy this playlist, and I hope that you all had a loving, drunken holiday.

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Kazumi Totaka: Fireworks Festival - Animal Crossing GC OST
2. Richard Tucker and Philip Maero: Dovunque al mondo - Puccini: Madama Butterfly
3. Galaxie 500: Fourth of July - This Is Our Music
4. Rammstein: Amerika - Reise, Reise
5. The Beach Boys: Surfin' USA - Endless Summer
6. Chanticleer: Camptown Races - Our American Journey
7. Funkadelic: One Nation Under Groove Pt. 1 and 2
8. Steve Earle: American v. 6.0 - Jerusalem
9. exileFaker: redshift - Ockham's Chainsaw
10. Kris Ellestad: White As A Feather - No Man Is Land
11. CHOCOLAT: Blue Mint Blue - Japan Not For Sale Vol. 2
12. Robert Shaw Festival Singers: Hark, I Hear The Harps Eternal - Amazing Grace American Hymns and Spirituals
13. Cat Power: American Flag - Moon Pix
14. British Sea Power: Waving Flags - Do You Like Rock Music?
15. Yann Tiersen: La redécouverte - Amelie from Montmarte (Bande originale du film)
16. Anamanaguchi: Helix Nebula - Power Supply
17. Eels: In Gratitude For This Magnificent Day - Tomorrow Morning
18. Nina Simone: July Tree - Four Women
19. The Andrews Sisters: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy/Rum and Coca Cola
20. The Sex Pistols: God Save The Queen - The Swindle Continues
21. V for Vendetta: Ending Scene (1812 Overture) - V for Vendetta (movie)
22. Louis Armstrong: Red Cap - Alexander's Ragtime Band
23. My Dear Disco: White Lies (Radio Edit) - My Dear Disco EP
24. Leonard Berstein: America - West Side Story (1957 Original Cast)
25. Tom Brosseau: Favorite Color Blue - Posthumous Success
26. Animal Collective: In The Flowers - Merriweather Post Pavilion
27. Dianne Steinberg, Stargard: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
28. Asobi Seksu: Red Sea - Citrus
29. T.M. Revolution: WHITE BREATH -MORE FREEZE MIX- - triple joker
30. Damo: Deep Blue - Seven

Good Things:

1. Madama Butterfly: I absolutely love this opera, and I really love this segment of the opera because it is just RIFE with sarcasm and irony. Although the sound is patriotic, the content is a big vulgar, and makes a big statement about how the characters represent America. 
2. Andrews Sisters: I'm in love with this 45", and I'm glad I got to play the other side of it! Honestly, I could play an entire show of just this stuff. Mmmm. 
3. V for Vendetta clip: This is one of my top-5 favorite movies, and I think the ideas of empowering the people to change the government are powerful, and something that we should all take a good look at for our own government(s). 

Bad Things:

1. Wrong Animal Collective Song: I'm not even going to lie to you, I was really pissed when I played "In The Flowers" instead of "My Girls." This was one of the main songs I wanted to sing over the course of the show, and I messed it up. You don't even want the know the things I was screaming in the station.
2. Not Beatles: Also another mistake RIGHT AFTER the Animal Collective mistake, which pissed me off even more. Let me be honest with you: I was positively livid. But things pass, radio keeps going. C'est la vie. 
3. Too much laptop: I thought that I knew where a lot of this music was in the station, but when I got there I couldn't find all of it, and ended up using my laptop for at least a third of the songs on this list. I don't like that, and I'm sorry. It's not fair to you or me or freeform radio. 

Thanks for listening! Hope you had a great holiday. Stay locked in. 

Freestailo #39 - 6/29/12

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Top o' the mornin' to yeh, me bright eyed lis'ners!

Today's show was a bit rough for me, for the plain and simple fact that I was feeling rather ill while I was DJing. That's how much I love you though, and it's totally worth it. The show was still pretty solid, and my lovely roommate Kara came and visited me at the station, and even made me eggy-toast and brought it to the station! Later Robster made some coffee, which totally made my morning as well, and I think thoroughly improved the final hour of the show.

Anyway, the main thing I want to talk about today is the layering that happened about half way through with Jack and the Beanstalk and LCD Soundsystem. I am a little haunted by it, both because I really enjoyed it, and because many things went wrong. The way that the two tracks meshed together was pretty astounding, and even small things like the rate of an actor's speech, or the scratches on the vinyl seemed to go along with the beat of the LCD Soundsystem record. Unfortunately, the Jack and the Beanstalk record was pretty damaged, and kept skipping without me noticing. Yes, I should have been paying attention, but sometimes it's unavoidable. On the other side though, the skipping was kind of interesting, and I don't necessarily regret that it happened. I neither like nor dislike this layering, but admire it in a very objective way.

How did you feel about it? What did you like?

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare - Star Wars IV
2. The Meters: Groovy Lady - Jam
3. Herbie Hancock: Honey From The Jar - Feets Don't Fail Me Now
4. Crystal Castles: Magic Spells - Crystal Castles
5. John Williams: Cantina Band - Star Wars IV
6. The Capricorns: End of the World Love Song - Pure Magical Love
7. Joan Baez: Crack In The Mirror - Gone From Danger
8. John Williams: Cantina Band #2 - Star Wars IV
9. Buddy Holly: Brown Eyed Handsome Man - The Crickets 20 Golden Greats
10. Ella Fitzgerald: That Old Black Magic - Ella In Rome
11. Oojami: Sitare - Bellydancing Breakbeats
12. Rinken Band: Kansha Sabira - Japan Not For Sale Vol. 2
13. Anne Queffélec: Jeux d'eau - Ravel: Piano Works
14. Arif Sag: Su diyari Gurbet Elde - Insan Olmaya Geldim
15. Various: Khangayn Magtaal - Mongolie
16. Asobi Seksu: Strawberries - Citrus
17. Lead Belly: Good Morning Blues - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
18. Various: Jack and the Beanstalk - Let's Pretend
19. LCD Soundsystem: aa onastic dub - north american scum
20. Gotan Project: Confianzas - Inspiración-Espiración
21. The Funkees: Ole - Dancing Time
22. Louise Attaque: Toute cette histoire - Louise Attaque
23. Donna Summers: Journey To The Centre Of Your Heart - Bad Girls
24. Chiwoniso: Nhemamusasa - Ancient Voices
25. Black Moth Super Rainbow: Tooth Decay - Eating Us
26. The Botho Lucas Choir: Sei Lieb Zu Mir - From Germany With Love
27. Sarolta Zalatnay: Itt A Nyár (with Locomotiv GT) - Sarolta Zalatnay
28. Geckoturner: Limón En La Cabeza - Guapapasea!
29. Galliano: Believe - The Plot Thickens
30. Darkthrone: Det Svartner Nå - Hate Them
31. S.P. Balasubrahmanyam: Dil Deewana - Hindi Film Hits
32. D'arcangelo: n-tower - Broken Toys' Corner
33. Yolanda Kondonassis: La Cathédrale engloutie - Debussy's Harp
34. Clarence Reid: No Way Out - Eccentric Soul 17
35. Electroputas 3: AA - Electroputas 3
36. Dan Del Santo: No More - Off Your Nyash
37. Alan Dargin with Michael Atherton: Fantastic Plastic - Bloodwood
38. Fantastic Plastic Machine: Fantastic Plastic World - Fantastic Plastic Machine

Love Them:

1. Star Wars IV: Anything to do with this CD went well on the show. The beginning with the fanfare completely made my week, and both of the Cantina Band tracks were totally stellar. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as me, but even if you didn't...I don't really care. Hahaha. 
2. The Funkees: A Nigerian funk band?! Hell yes! This was an awesome surprise to find in the new soul stuff against the wall! 
3. Fantastic Plastic End: I felt really satisfied with the end of my show, linking together the ideas and sounds so well. Also, I love the Fantastic Plastic World album. 

Have Them:

1. Skipping/Neglect: As I was chatting with my roommate, and sipping coffee, I realized I should check on the turntables just to be safe, and luckily Rob got to them a bit earlier and saved them from skipping for eternity. Apparently the Jack and the Beanstalk record was very scratched, and it also skipped when the LCD Soundsystem record stopped, which is not a very interesting sound, I tell you what. That'll teach me to socialize ever. 
2. Debussy on Harp: This was just too quiet to hear. I ended up having to turn it all the way up, which caused kind of a weird buzzing noise. Silly classical CDs. Y U NO LOUDER?!
3. Tooth Decay: This sounded all right, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted. Felt a little low energy. 

Thanks for reading/listening! 

Freestailo #38 - 6/22/12

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Why I want it to rain

I woke up this morning, and for once in my life, I wasn't totally stoked to go to the station and play you some tunes. We've all had that morning: you wake up, stare at the ceiling, realize you got up earlier than your alarm, lie in bed some more, realize you need to DJ, put on some pants, and grab some records. If it hadn't been for a small theme of "rain" I found between two records I had, I probably wouldn't have had so much fun. 

All right, now let's talk about my experience with the long layer that I did for this show. There were a lot of things I liked, but also a lot of things I didn't like. My thought process for it was to start soft with the guitar, and use the Robert Lax recording to slowly layer, but I accidentally put in the wrong CD, which was a dumb mistake. I think that might have gotten me in a weird groove, despite fixing it immediately. After that, I layered the "Istomonography" track, which perhaps just added a lot of white noise to the equation, along with the jungle sounds, which was more white noise, in a sense. As I listened back to this, it was almost annoying, until the Carpet Musics track came in, which I simply put on repeat for the duration of the layering. I think that this gave a lot of stability to the layering. It had the same calming sound like Robert Lax, but brought together the noise to make aural sense. The Ravi Shankar track was next, which was an interesting balance for the layering, because at times it went together well with the Carpet Musics track, and at times it went together with the noise tracks.

A little infographic I modded for y'all. You're welcome.

Throughout the track, I found myself really focusing on Robert Lax and Carpet Musics, and grouping the others together in a separate track completely, as if the layering was composed of only 2--maybe 3--parts. This brought me to a small revelation about freeform, and the layering technique: it must be aurally comprehensible. I don't know about all of you, but for me, my brain can only take so much of a "noise" soundscape before my ears shut down from listening critically, and therefore must have something to separate. Instead of having 6 things to try to understand, my brain split it into 2 or 3. To successfully layer something, I've concluded that the listener must be able to divide and comprehend it aurally, and that for a long layering, it's best to add things one at a time, with a good solid space in between.

Robert Lax

My favorite thing about the layering piece was the moment when the tracks slowly started ending, but Robert Lax was still talking. I could feel my body relax more and more, especially after such tension throughout the piece, and when it came down to just 1 track (still Robert Lax), my brain had no choice but to focus itself completely, almost like meditation. Like I said before though, I definitely have mixed feelings about how it actually sounded, but the fact that I strandled the line of failure helped me really understand more about how I create more interesting pieces for you guys. 

Let me know what you thought of the show, and especially the layering! 

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain - Shaka Zulu
2. Hugh Masekela: Motlalepula (The Rainmaker) - Techno Bush
3. Edith Piaf: D'Accordéoniste - Disque D'or de Edith Piaf
4. Kohwi: Rem - Hidden Trees
5. Moe Tucker: Hey, Mr. Rain - Moe Tucker
6. Mira: Don't - Mira
7. The Marcels: Blue Moon - The Best of Doo Wop Uptempo
8. Los Marimbas Caliente: Macarenas - The Gaiety and Romance of a Holiday in Mexico
9. Kid Loco: (track 1) - The Graffiti Artist
10. Julius Katchen: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel - Brahms: Complete Piano Works
11. Whale: Deliver The Juice - All Disco Dance Must End In Broken Bones
12. Bob Dylan: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - The Essential Bob Dylan
13. Coco Rosie: Trinity's Crying - Grey Oceans
14. Mo Kenney: Eden - Eden/Great Escape
15. Tabla Beat Science: Triangular Objects - Tala Matrix
16. Billie Holiday: Stormy Weather - The Unique Billie Holiday
17. Ed Sullivan: How Are Things In Glocca Morra? (From "Finian's Rainbow") - Songs of Ireland
18. Daedelus: Fair Weather Friends - Love To Make Music To
19. Bobby Darin: Mack The Knife - Beyond The Sea/Mack The Knife
20. The White Stripes: Red Rain - Get Behind Me Satan
21. Amon Amarth: Across The Rainbow Bridge - Versus The World
22. Kazumi Totaka: Rainy Day - Animal Crossing GC OST
23. Santiago Navascues: Gaspar Sanz: Twelve Dances from "Instrucción de Música Sobre la Guitarra Española" - Music For The Spanish Guitar
24. Robert Lax: Various - Wake up re:lax
25. Nautical Almanac: Istomonography - Cisum
26. Rainy Season Sounds - Sounds of a Tropical Rain Forest in America
27. Carpet Musics: Hail Storm - Weekday
28. Ravi Shankar: Raga Kaushi Kanhara: Gat in Dhamar - Full Circle Carnegie Hall 2000
29. Bonnie Pink: It's gonna rain! - Rurouni Kenshin Themes
30. Red Sea Pedestrians: Golden Apple - The Electromagnetic Escape
31. Osibisa: Seaside Meditation - Welcome Home
32. The Andrews Sisters: Rum & Coca-Cola - Rum & Coca-Cola/Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
33. The Supremes: The Lady Is A Tramp - The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart
34. Rafael Mendez: The Little Russian Donkey - Magnificent Mendez
35. Madeleine Peyroux: California Rain - Half The Perfect World
36. The Carpenters: Superstar - Superstar/Beasts & Children
37. Himadari: Lucid Lure + Ah, Elektra - Himadari
38. Trio Mediaeval: Nu solen går ned (The sun is setting) - Folk Songs
39. Faze Action: Là-bas c'est naturel - I <3 Serge
40. Regina Spektor: Raindrops - (unreleased demo)
41. Cookie Monster and the Girls: Me Lost Me Cookie At The Disco - Sesame Disco
42. E. Koestyara and Group Gapura: Sangkala - Sangkala

Good things:

1. Rum & Coca-Cola: I bought this gem at the NXNE Record Fair, and I hadn't listened to it before bringing it to you guys, so this was as much a surprise for me as (possibly) you. Can't wait to play Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy sometime.
2. Cookie Monster: I think this was a pretty nice way to wrap up the show. I don't know about you, but I'm ready for die Discothek now. 
3. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: I've been listening to this record for the past week quite a lot, and I keep falling in love with it. I'm really happy I got to share it with you guys. You'll probably hear it again. 

Bad things: 

1. Pauses: I don't think they were tooo long, but there were a few pauses that I didn't have a handle on because I was previewing the next song to play, and just lost my head. That'll teach me not to drink coffee before coming to the station.
2. Yawning: Sorry about this. Maybe you don't care, but if we were having a conversation and I kept yawning like I was, that would just be flat-out rude, and not my style. Was this distracting for you?
3. Trio Mediaeval: I just wasn't digging this. The recording was too quiet, and it was just a bit languid for where this was in the set. 

Thanks a lot for listening, and please give me some feedback if you have any! Or even just say hey. Until next week! 

Freestailo #37 - 6/8/12

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Hey gang.

This show had its ups and downs, I'm not going to lie. There were moments where I was screaming in the studio because I thought that the Hellmouth had opened up to swallow my radio show.

The real story of why WCBN is in the basement of the Student Activities building.

Anyway, despite all of that, I ended up really enjoying my show. I had a couple of really encouraging callers, and especially towards the end of the show I started to really get into a groove.

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Jody Miller: Under Your Spell Again - Sings the great hits of Buck Owens
2. Claude Nougaro: Le Gardien de Phare - Nougayork
3. The Macpodz: 9 Lives - The Truth EP
4. Goran Bregovic and his Wedding and Funeral Band: Venzinatiko - Alkohol
5. Flaco Jimenez: Por Una Mujer Bonita - Flaco Jimenez
6. The Chemical Brothers: A Modern Midnight Conversation - We Are The Night
7. Bernard Herrmann: Twisted Nerve - Kill Bill Vol. 1
8. Radiohead: Motion Picture Soundtrack - Kid A
9. Hajime Wakai, etc.: Theme of Skyward Sword ~Ballad of the Goddess~ - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
10. DJ Spooky: Ibid, désmarches, ibid - Optometry
11. Messer Chups: Satan Jeans - Crazy Price
12. Laximikant Pyarelal: Aa Jaane Jaan - Bollywood Bloodbath
13. Mortician: Zombie Apocalypse - Zombie Apocalypse
14. Vladimir Horowitz: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1 - Horowitz Plays Chopin
15. The Button Pushers: Music To Shoot People To - Music For 8-Bit Video Games
16. Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Mvt. 1: Rêveries, Passions - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
17. Caspian: Ghost of the Garden City - Tertia
18. Emeralds: Diotima - Emeralds
19. Pentangle: Meat On The Bone - Think Of Tomorrow
20. The Terraplanes: She Loves Me - Peak Performance
21. The Klezmatics: Ergets Shtil/Baym Taykh (Softly Somewhere/At The River) - The Well
22. Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra: Three Orchestral Pieces: Präludium - Berg: Violin Concerto, etc.
23. Billie Holiday: I love you Porgy - Greatest Hits Vol. 1
24. Single Cell Orchestra: Heaven Knows (Twitch Mix) - The Liberated EP
25. Ralph Thamar: Les enfants du soleil - Ralph Thamar
26. Rasputina: 1816, The Year Without A Summer - Oh Perilous World
27. Cinematic Orchestra: Brotherhood - The Allenko Brotherhood Ensemble
28. Radiohead: Lozenge of Love - Lost Treasures 1993-1997
29. The Mabuses: Tiger Lilies - Mabused!
30. Coppé: Watch Radio - Mercury
31. Goblin: Suspiria - Suspiria
32. Mark Kirschenmann: SilverSkyScape - The Bionic Trumpet
33. Klaus Schultze: Irrlicht, I. Satz: Ebene - The Essential
34. Nawal: Salama (Peace) - Aman
35. Cat Power: He Turns Down - Moon Pix
36. Cat Scientist: Cicada - Cicada
37. Solvent: Mitgang Audio Remix - Radio Ga Ga Pt. 2

He Turns Up:

1.  Suspiria: I had no idea what to expect with this (as with 70% of the soundtrack section), and I think this was probably the highlight of the show for me. I can't wait to listen to the rest of the soundtrack, and I really want to watch the movie now. 
2.  Twisted Nerve: This is always good, and always makes me want to watch Kill Bill. 
3. The Mabuses: I pulled this at random because of the cool cover, and I liked it way more than I thought! Will be playing this again. All of the tracks sound really different, and are all a lot of fun. 

He Turns Down:

1. Radiohead debacle: Yeah I'm so sorry about that. *shrugs* Oh well. 
2. My way of words: I have no idea what I was saying tonight guys. Apparently I was a huge mess. Haha. I don't think it was too terrible, but definitely not my best composure on a show. 

 See you next week.

Freestailo #36 - 6/1/12

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Guten Tag, meine Freude! Wie geht's?

So I was looking up pictures for this blog post, and because I few songs were German, and I've been wanting to go to Heidelberg here in Ann Arbor, I decided to give you many pictures of German bar maids carrying copious amounts of Bier. Magst du das? Auch, wer will trinken viel Bier mit mir am Donnerstag? Vielleicht nicht.

This show (despite being only slightly German), was pretty dark, compared to my usual shows. I blame it on the rain, and honestly, I think it was pretty perfect for a rainy day. I even had a caller affirm my feelings, so thanks dude. There was lots of German schtuff, metal, and lots of weird ambient music, and I had a pretty good time of it. What do you think?

This show was one of those days where I realized when radio is truly relevant in my life, because when you're listening to internet radio, or a CD you like, you can only get a certain feeling. When you're listening to the radio, the DJ can change how they feel at any second, and often will be feeling similar things to what you are feeling, especially in lieu of shitty weather.

Anyway, onto the playlist!

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Aretha Franklin: Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning - Aretha Sings The Blues
2. Les Satellites: La Basse L'a Rendu Fou - Riches Et Célebres 
3. Gipsy Kings: Canto A Brazil - Compas
4. Freeze Puppy: June On TV - Animation
5. Kill Memory Crash: Crash V8 - Kill Memory Crash
6. Kassav': Bolero - Kassav'
7. Benny Goodman: Oh, Lady Be Good! - The Complete Small Combinations
8. IAYD: Red Giants (Pts I & II) + Like A Phoenix - Like A Phoenix
9. Hanzel und Gretyl: ich bin über alles - über alles
10. Rammstein: Sonne - Sonne EP
11. Carpet Musics: sleeping (on trains) - Weekday
12. Taraf de Haïdouks: Bartok: Ostinato & Romanian Dance - Maskarada
13. Sigur Rós: Dögun - Von
14. Anthony and the Camp: How Many Lovers (a capella) - How Many Lovers
15. Zach Hill & Mick Barr: Lakes in Space - Shred Earthship
16. Sigur Rós: Hafssól - Von
17. Radioinactive: Pyramidi - Mush filmstrip (frame 1)
18. Gotan Project: triptico - la revancha del tango
19. Stevie Wonder: Happy Birthday - Hotter Than July
20. Ruth Wallis: My Children Are My Treasure - Love Is For The Birds
21. Jean-Jacques Goldman: C'est ta chance - Traces
22. Baloji w/Konono No. 1: Karibu Ya Bintou - Kinshasa Succursale
23. Rare Air: Treebranch - Space Piper
24. Mariza: Boa Noite Solidão - Fado Tradicional
25. Black Joe Lewis: Please Pt. Two - Tell 'Em What Your Name Is
26. Coldcut: Just For The Kick - Sound Mirrors
27. Maya Angelou: Sepia Fashion Show - Black Pearls
28. Mamud Band: Zombie - Opposite People the Music of Fela Kuti
29. J Dilla: Body Movin' - The Shining
30. Fra Fra Sound: Mampira - Dutch World 2005
31. Yma Sumac: Chuncho - Yma Sumac Recital
32. Terrorizer: Dead Shall Rise '06 - Darker Days Ahead
33. The Scammers: Sally's Walk - All System Are Go Go
34. Takako Minekawa: Never/More - Roomic Cube
35. Towa Tei: Technova - Future Listening!
36. Smoke City: O Cara Lindo (Mr. Gorgeous) - Onda Sonora

Lady Be Good:

1.  Dögun/Lovers/Lakes Layer/Hafssól: This was probably one of the darkest pieces I've done in a long time, and definitely the noisiest. And when I mean noise, I do not mean that negatively. There was a whole lot of stimulation in this, and I did a lot of playing with the turntable as well, going fast and slow and backwards, etc.
2. Kill Memory Crash: Wow I didn't know I would like this so much. This is beautiful. I want all of it.
3. Rammstein: I love me some Rammstein. This takes me back to high school. I'll have you know I had the speakers turned up as loud as I could stand in the station. 

Lady Be Bad:

1. Goldman: I'm sorry for anyone who liked this, but this is really not my bag. I also think it kind of put the show in a weird lull. What do you think?
2.  Towa Tei: Eh. This was OK. I have a fairly neutral opinion of Towa Tei after I grabbed a bargain CD at the WFMU Record Fair, so maybe I need to reassess my opinions to be unbiased...
3. Freeze Puppy: This wasn't as good as the cover led me to believe, with it's cartoon boy and cartoon boy with a cartoon frisbee playing outside. 

See you next week!

Freestailo #35 - 5/25/12

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I don't even know what to say about this show. It was a lot of fun, and I feel like it went through some strange waves. I used some video game music sparingly, and I tried to have a carefree attitude about the types of genres I pick. Usually I try to pick one thing from most of the genres, but today I felt a bit glued to the electronica and rock. Honestly, I think it turned out to be a good show though, but tell me what you think.

One thing I absolutely loved was a moment of layering where I was playing the "Cave" song from Skyward Sword, a song from Niellerade, and the Robert Lax recording. Truthfully, even if a layering is good, sometimes it doesn't affect me, because it still seems like separate components. This layering in this show though was a moment I want to bottle. It was a feeling like I could close my eyes and, instead of being at WCBN, I would be in a cave, with a God-like voice echoing off the walls to speak to me. That moment in freeform radio when you are transported to a different country, continent, universe, is what I live for.

Also, because I am in love with Regina Spektor, I want to share more of her with you with this article by NPR along with her new album streaming for free.

Playlist time!

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Jame Kochalka Superstar: Ozzy & I - Don't Trust Whitey
2. Ozzy Osbourne: Crazy Train - Blizzard of Ozz
3. Tales From The Crypt: The Crypt Jame - The Crypt Jam
4. Bonga: Ai-ue Mama - Angola
5. Kiyoshi Yoshida: The Lucky Spirit - Samurai Collection
6. The Luddites: Beret - There'll Be Trouble, All Right!
7. De Boca En Boca: Svatba - Musica De Mundos
8. Walter Slezak: Emil and the Detectives side 2 - Emil and the Detectives
9. Kiyoshi Mizutani: Aokigahara - Bird Songs
10. Animal Crossing: 9AM - Animal Crossing GC OST
11. Hajime Wakai, etc.: Cave - Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword OST
12. Niellerade Fallibilisthorstar: Upprinnelse - Hålrum
13. Robert Lax: One moment… - Wake Up re:lax
14. The Miles Davis Quartet & Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser - Miles & Monk At Newport
15. Summer Cats: Christopher Wren - Songs for Tuesdays
16. Atlantic Starr: Straight To The Point - Straight To The Point
17. Bill Laswell: La Traviata Love Theme - Operazone
18. Drafted By Minotaurs: Blueprints For Sunbuilding - Drafted By Minotaurs
19. Robert Lax: Searching for you… - Wake Up re:lax
20. Paul Crossley: Poisson d'or - Debussy: Complete Works for Solo Piano vol. 1
21. Underground Resistance: Amazon - World 2 World
22. Wax Poetic: Dagmar não tava não - Brazil
23. Apollo: Apollo - Apollo
24. Radiohead: Bloom - King of Limbs
25. Beyond The Sixth Seal: Intro & Medusan - Earth and Sphere
26. The Gag Quartet: le Internet Medley - le Internet Medley Single
27. Terra B: Coming Home - Soca Xplosion 2002
28. Robert Q. Lewis: The Ugly Duckling - The Ugly Duckling and other stories
29. Chemical Brothers: don't stop the rock (electronic battle weapon version) - elektrobank
30. Strathclyde Police Pipe Band: Traditional Pipe Band - A Beginner's Guide to Traditional Scottish Music
31. Megurine Luka (vocaloid): Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (x1.5) - Classical Megurine Luka
32. Morton Gould: Liebesfreund - Baton & Bows
33. Elena Duran, Stéphane Grappelli, Laurie Holloway: Fascinating Fugue (Fugue in G minor) - Brandenburg Boogie
34. Chica and the Folder: max der differ - 42 mädchen
35. Inhalt: Fahrzeug - Vehicle
36. Jad Fair: Mole People - The Attack of Everything
37. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: It Ain't Necessarily So - Porgy and Bess
38. Regina Spektor: A Cannon - (unreleased demo)
39. Small Paul: There's Gonna Be Some Crying - Eccentric Soul No. 11
40. Coco Rosie: The Moon Asked The Crow - Grey Oceans
41. m-.-n: ektbnag - Disco Dust
42. Innerzone Orchestra ft. Paul Randolph: people make the world go round (c2 remix) - people make the world go round

The Attack of Everything:

1. Cave Layer: It's worth saying again that I loved creating this for you.
2. Emil and the Detectives pt. 2: I had a request from a listener last week that I play the other side of this vinyl, and I'm really glad I did! I had a lot of fun figuring out what to layer with it! 
3. Chica and the Folder: This was a very pleasant surprise. Me-effing-gusta.

The Attack of Nothing:

1. Extra long set: The DJ after me tends to come late pretty regularly, which is why this set in particular is pretty long. I think he might have come in the middle of the last song, but I've been setting long songs so that I can pack up and go.
2. Glitches: And by glitches I mean me accidentally playing the second song on a vinyl when I didn't catch it in time. Womp womp. This happened a few times. Precision was not the name of the game tonight, folks.
3. Too much electronica?: Now I'm wondering whether that was too much...it's ok.

Until Friday, my friends!

Freestailo #34 - 5/18/12

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How's it going, my freeform minions? I heard that you like listening to the radio...is that right? Well, you're pretty lucky, because I'm a DJ at WCBN. THAT'S SO COOL RIGHT?! I must be, like, the coolest person you know. Also, I'm really useful to you, because I have some information for you:

Did you know that the hot girl on all of the Messer Chups covers...

...is actually the leader singer/guitarist in the band?!

Anyway, this was a good show, and I have not too much to report about it, except that I'm really enjoying my 9-noon slot for the summer, and I hope that I can keep something like this during the coming year. I'm not really missing songs with curse words, and it's actually more of a challenge because I can't just grab ANYTHING. It also makes me realize how much of the library needs to have reviews for FCCs (curse words and generally inappropriate content).

All right, now stop being lazy and go listen to my show.

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Neo Geo: Wakamaka (Freestailo Remix) - YouTube
2. Manowar: Hail and Kill - The Hell of Steel
3. Elf Power: The Concrete and the Walls - Elf Power
4. Gotan Project: interfearance remix vocal - La Cruz Del Sur
5. Messer Chups: Srubi Derevo, Sovrati Rebenka, Sozhgi Dom - Russkie Wig-Out!
6. Tom Jones: The Rose - What's New Pussycat?
7. M. Ward: A Wasteland Companion - A Wasteland Companion
8. Funkadelic: March To The Witch's Castle - Cosmic Slop
9. Brown Bird: Danger and Dread - The Devil Dancing
10. Maria Callas: Seguidilla & Duet - Carmen Highlights
11. Oliver Mtkudzi: Ndima Ndapedza - The Oliver Mtukudzi Collection
12. David Watson: Descension - Skirl
13. Uchuuhikoushi: Liquid Crystal - We Exist!
14. Jan DeGaetani: Pierrot Lunaire pt. 1 - Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21
15. Ghost In The House: Stormville - Ghost In The House
16. Billie Holiday: I Wished On The Moon - The Voice of Jazz, Volume Three
17. Freaky Chakra: Automatic - Blacklight Fantasy
18. Bar-Kays: Get Up 'N Do It - Light of Life
19. Theodore Bikel: Yamshchik Gani-Ka K Yaru (Coachman, Away To The Fair) - Songs of Russia Old and New
20. Mynta: The Last Forest - Hot Madras
21. Dexter Gordon: Cake - Great Encounters
22. Arj Snoek: Spaziergang - Wir
23. The Makers: Matter of Degrees - Everybody Rise!
24. Walter Slezak: Emil and the Detectives - Emil and the Detectives
25. Joseph Celli: Celli Plays Niblock - Niblock
26. Emaciator: Perserverence & Recurring - Coveting
27. Radiohead: Morning Mr. Magpie - King of Limbs
28. Booker T.: She Breaks - Potato Hole
29. Rufus Harley: More - The Pied Piper of Jazz
30. Balkan Beat Box: Smatron - Blue Eyed Black Boy
31. Mathematicians: Weapons of Math Destruction - Level Two
32. Mano Negra: Bring The Fire - King Of Bongo
33. Kellog Cereal: "No more Rice Crispies!" - Commercial
34. Bad Fate: Lung - Lung
35. Mazinga: Satana - Mazinga
36. New York Philharmonic and Leonard Berstein: I-IV - Holst: The Planets

Hail:

1. Pierrot Lunaire Layer: Eeeeee I love scary layers! I've noticed something from my past layers, is that I find it easier to create a spooky, atmospheric layer, rather than a super exact one, but perhaps that's also the nature of doing live layering with the materials I have. Either way, my favorite part was when I played the Billie Holiday. Love that shit. So scary.
2. Messer Chups: All of the reincarnations of the Messer Chups are absolutely brilliant. They're in the good-life section, and if you're a DJ at WCBN reading this, you should go look at it right now. 
3. Freestailo Remix: Ummmm this was baller. I should play more remixes of this, or make one.

Kill:

1. YouTube: Why do I use YouTube? I hate myself every time I do, but sometimes I feel like it's so necessary. Oh the Internet.
2. Manowar: I was really into this for a hot second, and I think I could be in the future, but for what I wanted at this moment, it felt a little...overdone, shall we say.
3. When I forced my random ideas on you: Remember that time that I tried to create a cart for you live? That was kind of weird. 

Update complete. Now go listen to more radio. 

Subshow #16 - 5/9/12

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Today was a bit of a strange show for me because one of my very good friends was in the studio with me, and immediately before subbing Saramin's show, I hosted the very first episode of the Sex and Tell Show, which is a public affairs show I'm doing this semester with a friend, so I was a little...crazed is the word.

Regardless, I think it was a good show, and I happened upon a few good songs! Hope you like it!

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Burton Green: Variations on a Coffee Machine - Variations on a Coffee Machine
2. Kraftwerk: Trans-Europe Express - Trans-Europe Express
3. Modern Barbershop Quartet: Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree - Modern Barbershop Quartet
4. Various: Disco Mickey Mouse - Mickey Mouse Disco
5. The East St. Louis Gospelettes: There Is No Seniority With God - Movin' On Up
6. The Budos Band: Raja Haje - III
7. Heartbeat of Africa: various
8. Chica Libre: Danza Del Millonario - Canibalismo
9. Johnny Cash: Lost On The Desert - The Sound of Johnny Cash
10. The Shamen: Deep Psi - Make It Mine
11. Anand Badamikar: Tintal - Anand Badamikar (tabla)
12. Les Innocents: Les Fantomes de Lorraine - Cent Metres Au Paradis
13. My Dear Disco: Clubbin' - My Dear Disco EP
14. Mirah: Don't! - Don't!
15. Ella Fitzgerald: How High The Moon - Mack the Knife Ella in Berlin
16. Ukrainska Selka Orchestra: Polka Mazurka - Aimer Et Perdre
17. Mato Grosso: Thunder (I) - Thunder
18. Ruth Wallis: Cape Canaveral Blues - Boobs
19. Shigeto: Sky of the Revolution - Full Circle
20. Randy Grief: A Pool Of Tears - Alice In Wonderland pt. 1
21. Celestial Navigations: It Was Our Great Romance - Chapter V
22. Inkhav: El Inca Atahualpa - Soul of the Andes
23. Tim Sparks: La Rosa Enflorece - Tanz

Movin' Up:

1. Mickey Disco: I win radio with this. You're welcome. 
2. Ruth Wallis: I love this CD so much. And now I own it. More to come on that in another post.
3. Celestial Navigations: This never gets old. 

Movin' Down:

1. Starting with long track: Tell me if I'm wrong, but that makes the set a little slow...right? 
2. Premature Song Playing: As I was at the station, my friend and I were also having dinner, and she went to my apartment to grab some Nutella for our bread, and I accidentally, and in a state of panic, played the song that she had picked out to hear. I'm still sorry about that.
3. Thunder: Not as epic as I thought. Hm. 

Until next time!

Freestailo #33 - 5/11/12

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Horowitz: HEY GUYS! What's up?!

This is the first post of the summer term guys! As such, I decided to start off with a remix of my show's namesake. I'm really happy with this show, and I think it pretty much speaks for itself, and is a solid example of freeform as far as using various music selections.

I don't know if you know this, but there's a lot of thought that goes into what time slot a DJ wants. I happened to get my first choice, which is great, but just choosing what my first choice should be is a hard thing for me. Not only is there the dilema of sleep vs. availability, but the bigger issue for me is censorship. I might have mentioned this in another post, but the difference of how a show feels during "safe harbor" (when we can't play curse words), and non-safe harbor (between 10pm-6am), is pretty big for me. That also has to balance with the difference between having a show late at night, which will have less listeners, and a show in the morning, which will have more.

That all said, I'm ultimately really pleased with my spot, and it's really amazing what a new time slot can do for the morale and energy of a show. Each time my time slot has changed, it has taught me a little bit more about what kind of DJ I am.

All right, onto the list!

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Ebeb: Freestailo Ebeb Jumpstyle Remix - EbebPL
2. Bootsy's Rubber Band: Bootsy Get Live - This Boot Is Made For Fonk-N
3. Mike Shannon: Blind Love - State of the Union 2 EP
4. Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A: Diablo Rojo - Area 52
5. Slavic Soul Party: Baltika - Taketron
6. Odetta: Black Woman - To Ella
7. Ella Fitzgerald: Stompin' At The Savoy - Ella in Rome The Birthday Concert
8. Foxdye: Girl - Nothing To Lose But My Stomach
9. Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra: Moderato - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
10. Huun Huur Tu and Carmen Rizzo: Mother Taiga - Eternal
11. Evgeny & Anastasia Masloboeva: Arros - Russian Folksongs in the Key of Rhythm
12. Andrew Bird: Anonanimal - Noble Beast
13. Alioune Kassé: Exsina - Exsina
14. Pinetop Perkins: For You My Love - Pinetop Perkins with the Blue Ice Band
15. Juichi Masuda: Team Rocket Hideout - Pokemon Red/Blue
16. Judy Garland: How Long Has This Been Going On? - That's Entertainment!
17. Livaneli: Mektup - Zor Yillar
18. Vladimir Horowitz: J.S. Bach: Toccata BWV 564/565, Adagio - Carnegie Hall May 9, 1965
19. Sarah Vaughn: The Blues - Sassy
20. knife city: just trash - knife city
21. Diana Ross & The Supremes: Ask Any Girl - Greatest Hits
22. Narwhals Collide: Song of the Grizzly - Attack of the Facts
23. Amon Düül II: C.I.D. In Uruk - Carnival In Babylon
24. Tom Waits: On A Foggy Night - Nighthawks At The Diner
25. Akitaka Tohyama: You Are Smart - Katamari Damacy Soundtrack
26. Ruth White & Jim Mandell: In The Summertime (Vacation) - Action Songs For Holidays and Special Days
27. Noir Desir: Aux Sombres Héros De L'Amer - Veuillez Rendre L'Ame (A Qui Elle Appartient)
28. Doctor Striker: Burn Out - Doctor Striker
29. Mickey Hart Band: Starlight Starbright - Mysternum Tremendum
30. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears: Gunpowder - Black Joe Lewis
31. Astor Piazzola: Leonora's Love Theme - The Rough Dancer And The Cyclical Night
32. Touch: To Take Away - D'Soca Zone
33. Mazinga: Blonde Zombies - Open The Blast Doors
34. Gemma Ray with The Sparks: How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall? - Gemma Ray Sings Sparks
35. Errors: Pleasure Palaces - Have Some Faith In Magic
36. Lucky Tubb & The Modern Day Troubadours: Never Shoulda Fell in Love - Lucky Tubb & The Modern Day Troubadours
37. Clear Plastic Masks: Pegasus In Glue - Working Girl/Pegasus In Glue
38. Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestr: Vivaldi: Gloria - Gloria/Kyrie/Lauda Jerusalem

You are smart:

1. Horowitz: Dear Lord, that man could play the piano. 
2. First chunk: The beginning of the show just felt absolutely amazing. I've never had a 9-noon show before, and the energy after eating breakfast and coming straight to the station is amazing. I'm more of a morning person, so that helps, but even so, I think that the first 30 minutes solid felt awesome.
3. Pokemon: Always a good decision.

You are dumb:

1. Talking over Tom: I'm sorry KMFR. I didn't mean to talk over Tom Waits. I really don't know what possessed me. Please forgive me.
2. Less layering: I think it's fine when I layer less, but sometimes I think, "Someday when you can't do freeform radio anymore, you're going to kick yourself for not layering everything all the time.
3. Shostokovich/Huun Huur Tu Layer: Usually I'm pretty satisfied with my layers, but...this time I'm not so sure. It was a bit...off.

See you soon for another back-update! 

Freestailo #31 - 4/18/12

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I feel like a horrible, horrible friend for having waited so long to post this for you. I really do. But I have a few good excuses:

1. My senior recital
2. Graduation
3. 40-hour a week job
4. Catching up on a year's worth of sleep

Maybe only a couple of those are valid, but either way, I'm finally able to update this bad-boy.

By Ray Young Chu

Dinosaurs were a big part of the set today, and I want to explain something to all of you in regards to this request: I want more. I want more requests like this. I love specific song requests, that's great, artist requests too, but my favorite game to play in the WCBN library is, "Find the Theme." Even if you don't hear the theme viscerally in the music, it helps me to link my entire set together, and give it an extra punch. You know how you can request themes, my friends? In order of certainty:

1. Call the station: (734) 763-3500
2. Post on my Facebook page
3. E-mail me

And if I don't get it, then you've given me a new theme for next week! 

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Xiu Xiu: Boy Soprano - The Air Force
2. Pyramaze: A Beautiful Death - Immortal
3. Secret Twins: Dead Heart - Ill Fit
4. Xeno & Oaklander: Ransack - Vigils
5. TypeQueen: Charlie the Unicorn - Newgrounds
6. Birdsongs of the Mesozoic: The Beat of the Mesozoic - The iridium Controversy
7. King Crimson: Dinosaur - Thrak
8. Blue Oyster Cult: Godzilla - Extraterrestrial Live
9. Alexander Zonjic: Romance With You - Romance With You
10. Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers: Liquidation Sale - Teenage Torture
11. Aretha Franklin: Gimme Your Love - Through The Storm
12. Busdriver: Swandive into a Drinking Glass - Beaus $ Eros
13. Count Basie & Sarah Vaughn: You Go To My Head - Count Basie & Sarah Vaughn
14. Gary Graffman: Schumann: Romance in F-Sharp, Op. 28, No. 2 - Graffman Plays Schumann
15. Yppah: Golden Braid - Eighty One
16. Johnny Cash: Dinosaur Song - The Johnny Cash Children's Album
17. DJ Me DJ You: Zodiac Ape - Can You See The Music
18. Rancid: Lulu - Let The Dominoes Fall
19. Was Not Was: Walk The Dinosaur - What Up Dog
20. Lost Cat: Lip Lover - Lost Cat
21. Xiu Xiu: No friend oh! - Women As Lovers
22. Bar-Kays: Woman Of The Night - Flying High On Your Love
23. Nintendo: Dinosaur Fossil Display Room - Animal Crossing
24. Machetazo: Muerte Helada - Mundo Cripta
25. Antony And The Johnsons: Daylight And The Sun - The Crying Light

Oh friend oh!:

1. Xiu Xiu: I need to listen to more Xiu Xiu for xiure, but "Boy Soprano" in particular will always be stuck in my head. The kinds of instrumental layering that Xiu Xiu does is just insane, and I feel like I'm listening to a Salvador Dali painting.
2. Dinosaurs!: Thank you, listener, for requesting songs about dinosaurs. I had a lot of fun finding songs, and I got a couple of good requests from other DJs and listeners for songs to play. It's like a game for me, so thanks for playing along. Charlie the Unicorn in particular was a lot of fun to listen back to.
3. Schumann: That Romance in F-Sharp was definitely one of my favorite moments on the entire set, and it truthfully made me stop what I was doing and listen.

No friend no!:

1. Romance With You: Perhaps this was so bad it was good, but I really feel it was just baaaad.
2. Johnny Cash: I can only say I liked it because it was Johnny Cash. Nothing else. 
3. Too Two Xiu Xiu: I hadn't forgotten that I had played Xiu Xiu at the beginning of the set, but for some reason I felt compelled to play another Xiu Xiu song.

See you next time!

Freestailo #30 - 4/11/12

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"I didn't know radio could sound like that!"

I had a couple of awesome guests on my show today: DJ Non-James, and my new friend Emily, who were lazing around the station around the time that I got locked out of my apartment and decided to come to the station early. Good thing I did, too, because they gave me a lot of inspiration for my show. It all started when James basically told me he was sabotaging my show. I didn't really know what that meant, but apparently it meant playing multiple vinyls of the same song at slightly different beats, and sometimes playing them backwards by propping them up with shot-glasses and ingenuity.

"Why now?" you might ask. When I was talking with Emily and James, he quoted Manager Ben (who was quoting me), and said, "We should start slapping our listeners in the face with WCBN!" So, we decided do try some crazy things. That's what freeform's about: experimenting. We can do anything at WCBN, and we should take advantage of it way more often. I could theoretically be using 3 vinyl, 3 CDs, 2 computers, 1 VHS, 1 DVD, 1 cassette, and 4 microphones worth of audio. And possible more that I don't know about. To me, that is absolute freedom. The only major rule is that you can't say curse words on air.

This is where I want to hear what you think, listeners. What kind of experimentation would you like to hear? What have been your favorite moments of my show?

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Matthew Dear: Reae - EP 1
2. Selwyn Henry: Maturity - Mondo Soca
3. Bio Ritmo: La Verdad - La Verdad
4. Rossy: Mbola Tsara - Island of Ghosts
5. Rainer Maria: Broken Radio - Look Now, Look Again
6. Fats Waller: Go Down Moses/Ain't Misbehavin' - The Rarest of Fats Waller
7. Quentin Tarantino: Interview/"Stuck In The Middle With You" - Truth and Fiction
8. Sarah Vaughn: Someone To Watch Over Me - The George Gershwin Songbook
9. Dabrye: Prefuse 73 - Payback
10. Tony Martin: Autumn Leaves (incorrect) - A Night At The Copacabana
11. The Red Chord: Nihilist - Fused Together in Revolving Doors
12. Radiohead: Life In A Glasshouse - Knives Out [Single #2]
13. Holly Prado: How To Be Nervous/15 Morning Love Stories - Word Rituals
14. Anonymous 4: Sequence: Stond wel, modder, under roode - The Lily & The Lamb
15. Featuring Supercat, Jr. Cat, NIcodemus, Jr. Demus: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The Crazy - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The Crazy
16. Ruth Wallis: Boobs - Boobs
17. Yeti: La Java Blanche - Accordion Babes
18. Meg Christian: Ode To A Gym Teacher - Lesbian Concentrate
19. The Ukranians: Europa - Kultura
20. Bayette: Thabo - Mmalo-We
21. Andreas Vollendender: Caverna Magica - Caverna Magica
22. Bobby Darin: Dream Lover - Darin at the Copa
23. Radiohead: Lull - Lost Treasures
24. Marvin Gaye: Got To Give It Up - Live At The London Palladium
25. Phillip Glass: Freezing (x2) - Songs From Liquid Days
26. Brook Benton: The Nearness of You - It's Just A Matter Of Time
27. The Nighthawks: Sugar Mama - The Nighthawks
28. The Free Design: An Elegy - Kid Koala & Dynomite D.
29. Simone Dinnerstein: Aria - Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

The Good/Crazy:

1. Radiohead "Lost Treasures": I like to think I'm a Radiohead fan, and I couldn't believe there was an album I hadn't heard of, or that it was so good. 
2. Boobs: Ruth Wallis is a genius. I'm going to play this entire album on the show someday, because every track was pure WCBN gold. Thanks for the tip, Rev. Andrew! 
3. Phillip Glass x2: At this point in the show, James propped a record on a shot class, turned the needle upside down, and played the record backwards, and did the same to another record, but just an 8th-note or so off. It reminded me of when I played 3 different recordings of "Tuba miram" from Mozart's Requiem back to back. 

The Bad/Ugly:

1. Dead air: I know there was a moment of dead air. I don't know what happened, but the Macbook I was playing off of just kind of stopped in its tracks in the middle of the first Radiohead song. I pretended like I was playing 4'33" by John Cage. That was a lie. 
2. Quentin Tarantino Interview: That was a bit of a let-down. I was expecting some layering of the song with the interview, and what I got was 20-seconds of Tarantino, and then the song. Disappointing. 
3. Lackluster ending: I left the rest of it to James before the next DJ came, but my ending was a bit...eh...boring I guess. Not that classical music is boring, but I like to end with a bang. 

Finally done with back-updates! Tune in next week!