Guys, girls, radio.
One of the things that I miss the most about males is their voice.
Part of the reason that I’ve been watching “Tales of Mere Existence” videos for the past hour, definitely.
Of course, that’s not the only thing.
I miss being able to tell dead baby jokes and not feel guilty.
I miss being able to hug the awkward ones.
I miss being “one of the guys” and chilling, playing rock band.
I still laugh loudly (the girls in my dorm LOVE it), but I’ve become more annoyed with how some girls laugh. Emma, my roommate, is one of the few people who I don’t judge on this. Her laughter is practically silent, but it’s ok, even adorable in it’s delicate nature. But some girls, OMG. Giggling politely is so annoying. There’s one girl in my math class in particular…I want to strangle her.
I’ve noticed that there are more “classical prep” girls around than I’ve known in the past. I don’t really mind them, in some ways I kind of admire having a professional attitude. And I haven’t seen any open hostility, which is nice. But I feel very separate from them…I’m the kind of girl who will wear a men’s large flannel shirt and worn down jeans. I wear leather jackets. I am practically unaffected by the violence in movies like Fight Club, and greatly prefer those movies to romantic comedies. I own a tutu. I love awkward conversations most of the time. I laugh like an explosion, I have no sense of tact, I’m legally still a child.
But, all these things that make me atypical…kind of make me a bad ass. Actually, I’m not sure about that one, but that’s what Anna said, so I’ll go with it.
Ok, the most important part of this blog:
RADIO SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: My show is now officially Thursdays 11pm – midnight. One hour, yes, and I’m perfectly fine with it (I asked for it, actually). I think I’m starting this Thursday, so woot. West Coasters should tune in at 8pm at wzly.net.
Dang it!
I can’t upload my show because the file is too big…effff.
Aw well. I’ve been dealing with technical difficulties all day, and at this point I’m not quite sure what else I can do. It’s ok though, since my first show was good, but some of the transitions were off.
Actually, funny story. So, I did my first show at 11, and it broadcast well. I was finishing up the recording, but after I stopped it and tried out the CD in my computer, it showed as blank. Which was terrible. So then, I brainstormed what I did wrong, and did another hour show at 1. I used the same CD to record the second show, and about 20 minutes in, the CD said that it was full. I was confused by then, but then I just decided to go on with it. At the end, I finalized the recording and popped the CD in my computer…to find my first show! And those 20 minutes of my second show. Ahhh.
My first show had better music (well, debatable), but the second one definitely had better transitions. In both, I had to play HR (heavy rotation) songs, so that’s why these playlists don’t add up to one hour:
11:00 show:
(One HR song worth remembering) “All is Love” by Karen O for the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack
“Hey Jude” – The Beatles (a shout out to my friend Maria, who texted me after I started my show.)
“Skin Is, My” – Andrew Bird
“Air War” – Crystal Castles
“Something Is Not Right With Me (INST Version)” – Cold War Kids
“The Shape Is In A Trace” – Thurston Moore
“Doubt/Hope” – Wildbirds and Peacedrums
“Cape Canaveral” – Conor Oberst
“Heart Swells/Pacific Daylight Time” – Los Campesinos!
“The Bears Are Coming” – Late of the Pier
“Leeds United” – Amanda Palmer
1:00 show:
“Formed a Band” – Art Brut
“Let’s Dance to Joy Division” – The Wombats
“Happens to Us Otherwise” – Bound Stems
“Profanity Prayers” – Beck
HR worth remembering: The Ravonettes
“Something” – The Beatles
“Fireworks” – Animal Collective
“I’m Good, I’m Gone (Lykke Li cover) – Friendly Fires
“Young Friend” – Brooke Waggoner
“Mon vieux Lucien” – Jil Aigrot
“Step Into My Office, Baby” – Belle and Sebastian
“Don’t You Want Me” – The Human League
“Through the Hosiery” – Crystal Castles
If you guys want, when I actually get a scheduled show, I’ll try to record it in smaller chucks. Maybe I would have to email it to ya’ll, because I think the max for blogging is 1.2 MB, which is barely anything. Or maybe I’ll get a slot that makes it easy to listen to in California and you guys can stream it. Anyway…I’ll work this out later.
Success!
WZLY (Wellesley’s radio station) finally has a live stream over the interwebs!
Click “listen”, yo.
I’m still interning, so I don’t have a show yet. The schedule is also on that page, so make sure you’re streaming while someone is playing something. =P
Actually, I intern on the Saturday, 10am – noon slot. And, I think I’m doing my hour show this weekend…(it’s part of finishing up the interning process). But, you know, if you don’t want to wake up to listen to me at 8am (Pacific Coast Time) on a Saturday, that’s totally understandable. Also, I’m recording it, so maybe I’ll post a mp3 of it to this blog? We’ll see.
Just some trivial updates.
Two things.
First: today I ended up going to the library. This was unexpected. Also, I checked out four books. This was also completely unexpected, because it seems like the last two years I’ve read less due to being in school, having a social life, and so on.
But being at the library, it really reminded me how much I used to read. I was a serious bookworm. Simply the act of going through the shelves brought back so much nostalgia, I couldn’t say no. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to read the four books before the due date, but I’ll try. The only reason it may be possible is because they are due on the 17th of June, which is after Senior checkout. And then after I read those, I’ll read the book Maddie lent me so long ago…hey, it’s a start.
Secondly, and I realize this is really random, but Warped Tour really does get worse every year. I’ve technically only been to one, in 2007. It was ok; I saw Paramore, Cute Is What We Aim For, Anberlin, PlayRadioPlay!, As Cities Burn, Meg and Dia. In other words, bands that are pretty cool, but….definitely not my favorite bands, or incredibly amazing. Last year I only vaguely wanted to go because Relient K was playing, and I love them, but I obviously didn’t love them enough to go out of my way to see them (especially since I was broke at the time).
This year’s line up looks….meh. I recognize some band names, but am only kind of interested with less than a handful: Jeffree Star, Meg and Dia, Streetlight Manifesto, Underoath. Jeffree Star would probably be fun to watch, since he’s one of those off the wall characters, Meg and Dia are pretty safe, but not bad. Streetlight Manifesto is apparently one of the best ska bands ever, and what I’ve heard, I’ve liked. And I’ve guiltily enjoyed my share of Underoath songs.
But the real question is: do I really want to spend $31 to stand outside all day in crowds of Hot Topic scene kids? Also, it’s on a Sunday, so I probably wouldn’t show up until 1 at the earliest. Also, I’m pretty sure most of my friends realized that Warped Tour is lame…two years ago.
Yeah, the chances of me going are rather slim. Sorry, Jeffree Star.
For once in my life
I have things to blog about, but no time to actually do it.
This is usually the exact opposite of my predicament: having nothing to blog about, but having way too much time to waste.
Three things that I want to blog about:
1. The fire in Santa Barbara and my oh so exciting stay at Westmont. I’m not sure if I should make this a narrative, or write it like I would to colleges (I’ve seriously thought about doing so. It’s an interesting experience, and really made me think about mortality and the large contrast between how we lived in that gym for twelve hours and how we would normally have lived. Or something like that).
2. A concert review of Claire Marie, who I was able to see at Mai’s Cafe on Saturday. Also, since I saw the act after her, I guess I can review her too. Except that I definitely liked Claire more, and not just because I know her.
3. Some sort of introspective looking at how I’m getting older (17 on Wednesday) and how I’m trying to improve my habits and way of living. But seriously, this is something that I’ve tried to fix since I realized it was a problem. (“This” being: my exercise habits, my eating habits, my sleeping habits, my study habits. Or, actually, the lack of all of them.) I don’t know, saying to myself “you’re seventeen now, act responsible” seems like it would be more effective than the usual, impersonal “It’s the New Year, act responsible”. And for all my friends, who are all older than me, please don’t burst my idealistic bubble by saying that being seventeen will not suddenly make me responsible. I do realize this, but it doesn’t need to be stated by anyone else but me, aha. (Well, I pretty much got that topic out of the way. I guess now I don’t have to blog about it again, heh.)
And although I never expected to write a blog about this, since it is a rather normal theme in my life, I think I should probably state that my current relationship with academia is: GAH, I HATE YOU.
Anyway. This blog is finished. Good day.
Michael Cera fandom strikes again.
So, I definitely never gave that new Nick and Norah Infinite Playlist movie a second glace because:
1. It’s based off of a youth fiction book, which mostly suck.
2. This is mind, most movies are far worse than the books.
I was almost tempted to read the book, due to heavy music interest, but the story line didn’t grab me, and I decided I had better things to do with my time.
But: I just found out that Michael Cera is in the movie. And now I’m tempted to see it? I’ll probably decide not to, but the mere temptation makes me realize how pathetic I am. However, apparently the movie is going to have a reasonably good soundtrack. Opinions on this? Personally, track seven is the only one I know off hand, and I love it mucho.
Also, on a completely unrelated note, Fleet Foxes actually has a myspace?! GRR. Despite having serached them earlier, I could never find them because of they listed themselves as Fleet Foxxxxxes, which is obviously not what I searched. Whatever, at least I know now. This, of course, also brings up the issue that I should to go on, say, lastfm for music. As if I don’t already spend enough time on this subject!
Break ups are never fun.
Especially when they involve awesome bands. D=
I am experiencing major “bummer time”, especially since I never saw them live. But I will forever rock out to the two albums that they graced the world with.
Be Your Own Pet, you will be missed.
I hate “Top Album of All Time” lists.
Yes, yes. This is coming from someone who has written many a music list. (Cough, Song of the Week, Year 1? Cough. Seriously, that blog is just one HUGE list of lists.) But “Top Album of All Time” lists…just make me sad. (Especially the ones by Rolling Stone. But I kind of hate that magazine anyway, even though I’ll read it every time I see one at Shaunacy’s.) Maybe this is because I’m more into modern music, and most of the top spots belong to classic rock. Yet, this list from Yahoo is actually quite interesting. For once, it’s not based on bias, but on mathematical equations! I like it already.
Of course, reading the comments makes me realize just how stupid so many people are…I swear, it’s almost as bad as a Youtube video. Almost. I took the time to read way too many of them, and actually posted one myself (I’m on page 10…).
Speaking of music, Song of the Week is starting to get close to the completion of Year 2. Exciting. O_O
I officially love Benji Hughes.
Not only does he remind everyone of a early Beck, but he writes catchy songs like “Tight Tee Shirt”.
His Myspace.
Also: hilarious song about how bad Christian music is. (It’s so true.)
The only thing I don’t understand: why is it that every male singer/songwriter now has a beard?
