basement shows.

what was supposed to be tonight's show can be downloaded here!

it's in .m4a format.
enjoy.

i love basement shows.
i have the best roommates.
i also have a STOCKING with MY NAME STITCHED ON IT and PRESENTS.
cool.

over the edge.

my show monday will probably not be happening since i will be at this:



to make up for my bail out i attempted to create a podcast last night on my computer. but then garageband made my harddrive go nutty and it crashed. therefore i'm just going to post the playlist and you can piece it together if you feel so compelled.


2007 has been a monumental year for me. i don't think i will ever fully absorb all that i have experienced and accomplished. i am so grateful for the adventures i took, the people i met, and the bands that took me under their wings and showed me the most sincere hospitality, and it only makes sense that i end the year where it all started...california.

it should also be down that all songs on this show were released in 2007, and 14 of the 18 bands i saw live.

to the bands:
1. classless reunion- broadway calls
2. you're the canyons- first to leave
3. camel bucks- comadre
4. the golden ghost- slingshot dakota

to december snows, letting go, and top shows of 2007:
5. christmas lights- paul baribeau
6. the lord of the ring & his fascist time keepers- des ark
7. the dream left behind- graf orlock
8. keep the car running- the arcade fire

to tour, inevitable heartbreak, and reunions related to such topics:
9. ring me to sleep- woods
10. jackson underground- sundowner
11. leave me (like you found me)- wilco
12. see him again- the ergs!

to some of the best bands i finally started appreciating in 2007:
13. breadwinner- smoke or fire
14. relative surplus value- the weakerthans
15. hurry up- meneguar
16. back in your head- tegan & sara

and, of course, to the music, because that's what brought us all together in the first place:
17. the uttica stare- the riot before
18. the boat- chuck ragan


and that's that.
after exams end on friday i'll be in new york.
the following week, dc.
the following week through the end of january, all over california.

see you in 8 weeks.
probably the same time.
definitely the same place.

yours truly,
kitchen sink radio.

12/03/2007 recap

on friday night chuck ragan said that music is the one thing that keeps our heads above water. and it's true; it is the one thing that will never stray from us. we will stray from it, someday. someday we'll go deaf, whether it's from too many shows or just old age. music will never leave you stranded. never.

1. Catastrophe- Rainer Maria
2. Enfilade- At The Drive-In
3. Amen & Boys- Stop It!!
4. 35, 45, Whatever- Eagle Bravo
5. Unfair- Pavement
6. Auburn- Friction
7. N.Y. State of Mind- Nas
8. Living Again- Cee-Lo
9. Be Gentle With Me- The Boy Least Likely To
10. Key To The City- The Lawrence Arms
11. Crawl- Alkaline Trio
12. Last Night In Town- Lucero
13. My Life Is At Home- The Promise Ring

i'm getting through my last week of classes relatively unscathed. next week will be a different story, but we'll be on air, of course.

last show of the semester.
monday, december 10, 2007
9-10pm EST.

good night. good luck.

episode 11 november 26, 2007

1. One Hundred Years- The Cure
2. She's Lost Control- Joy Division
3. Teenage Heart- Cocksparrer
4. Strange Things Happen- Billy Bragg
5. Confusion- New Order
6. Modern Kicks- The Exploding Hearts
7. Count Me Our- Carbonas
8. Handsome Devil- The Smiths
9. No Promises Have I Made- Hüsker Dü
10. Lorelei- The Pogues
11. Take- Lush
12. Number One- The Queers
13. Stay Precious- Pleasure Forever
14. I Don't Want to Get Over You- The Magnetic Fields
15. Don't Say A Word (Hot Chicken #2)- Yo La Tengo

super 2 hour extended episode 11/19/2007

i can't wait to get home and away from D-R-A-M-A.
two hour show tonight. chris and emily stopped in for some sittin' down and chillin'.
only a couple more shows left for the semester. ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

1. rather be dead- refused
2. taming the l word- silent majority
3. kids of the black hole- adolescents
4. sick-o- infest
5. (we are)- american nightmare
6. heretic- pulling teeth
7. control- 1905
8. the thrashin' of the christ- municipal waste
9. i pledge...- crispus attucks
10. show you no mercy- cro-mags
11. to our friends in the great white north- botch
12. zombie prescription- snapcase
13. like weeds- his hero is gone
14. the right to choose- oi polloi
15. limp wrist- limp wrist
16. bedre tider- gorilla angreb
17. thresher's flail- be your own pet
18. in love with an apparition- pg.99
19. sunset on 32nd street- strike anywhere
20. identity- x-ray spex
21. wake me when it thunders- achilles
22. baiting the public- fucked up
23. sirius- pelican
24. god's little acre- the swarm
25. soldiers 3 - the final chaper- assholeparade
26. jane doe- converge
27. beggars and bones- van johnson
28. an insomniac's complexion- breather resist
29. what do i get?- the buzzcocks
30. the humans- ultra dolphins

yesterday was not 11/11/2007 recap

my roommate gwen co-hosted with me for the first time this semester. we're pretty great roommates.

1. Fix My Brain- The Marked Men
2. The Heavy Burden- Yaphet Kotto
3. Don't Take Me For Granted- Social Distortion
4. Pachuca Sunrise- Minus the Bear
5. Weekend- Ladytron
6. Star- Jesu
7. Press Gang- Murder City Devils
8. This Could Be Love- Alkaline Trio
9. Take Me Anywhere- Tegan & Sara
10. Direction- Midtown
11. The Midnight Society- Fireworks
12. Paid Vacation- Circle Jerks
13. Dancing On Your Knees- Fifth Hour Hero
14. Fall for Me- Teenage Bottlerocket
15. Postcards Across the Atlantic- Digger
16. The Radiator Hums- Cursive
17. Get It On- Turbonegro

it is truly amazing what has evolved in my life over the past 10 months.

11/05/2007 recap.

first time this semester flyin' solo. just as awkward as i remember it being, but it was nice. lots of folks listened. good chillin.

1. the eiger- oneida
2. junior kickstart- the go! team
3. postcard from kentucky- rocky votolato
4. bury a flower- meneguar
5. penicillin (it doesn't mean much)- the velvet teen
6. stolen honda- the casket lottery
7. impossible germany- wilco
8. skinny fists- christians & lions
9. everybody knows- denali
10. round- sunny day real estate
11. powder burns- the twilight singers
12. haiti- the arcade fire
13. little mouthfuls- patience please
14. drain cosmetics- serena maneesh

kcoolbye.

10/29/2007 recap

the past two weeks have been really hectic (what week isn't it seems...), but it's been pretty rad, too.

saw some of my favorite bands from the summer (the lawrence arms/the falcon/sundowner/the weakerthans/avail/smoke or fire) plus bands that make me feel awesome when they play CCAS (slingshot dakota/endless mike and the beagle club).

radioshow-wise i don't really know what was up with this week. originally it started as halloween themed but then kind of turned into weird thrash/crust/heavy influenced because it's dark and creepy...

1) Vampire Fast Code Ver.15- Ink & Dagger
2) On Our Losses & Our Tears- Trainwreck
3) BTK Blues- Pink Nasty
4) Secession- Requiem
5) The Inner Beast- From Ashes Rise
6) The Trials!- Comadre
7) Farewell to Words- ENVY
8) Burial Suit- Majority Rule
9) Psychological Warfare- Integrity
10) Border Crossing- Graf Orlock
11) The Lazyboy 500- The Falcon
12) The Boogie Monster- Gnarls Barkley
13) S.S. Exploder- The Nation of Ulysses
14) Cowardly Feeding Silence- Takaru
15) Sugar Industry- Kill the Man Who Questions
16) Aleska- June Paik
17) They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!- Sufjan Stevens
18) Big Top Halloween- The Afghan Whigs

cool.
uh, it's november.
ridiculous.

-h.

10.15.2007.

this past saturday was the one year anniversery of my friend jamie's death. she was one of the first people i met when i came to goucher, we lived on the same hall, and only a handful of us knew she had cancer. it was as if one day she was here and the next, gone.

everyone copes with traumatic events differently. i chose to reflect at my own life and make positive changes. the catalyst at my core for the way i live my life, it was my relationship with jamie and is my relationship with her after her death. i admire her for her decisions to live her life. if we fear death, we don't live. she lived. the impact this experience had on me was truly tremendous, and continues to play a major role in my life.

i have done so many things in the past year with my life. i think i found the proper balance between living in the now and working on the foundation for my future. just gotta keep pushing forward even when the seas get rough.

so this show was about voice. support. living. changing.

to anyone who has ever found something positive rise from the ashes of a tragedy.

1. Fever Sleeves- Q and Not U
2. The Yellow Walkie Talkie- Endless Mike and the Beagle Club
3. Drop the Pop- None More Black
4. Broken Bones and Death Trips- The Gc5
5. Start Today- Gorilla Biscuits
6. Manana- Desaparecidos
7. Disarm- Smashing Pumpkins
8. Tim Krupnik is a Bee Keeper- South Carey
9. Doom! Doom! Doom!- Latterman
10. Ten Things- Paul Baribeau
11. Pattern Against User- At The Drive-In
12. Gotta Decide- The Soviettes
13. Stay Golden- Au Revoir Simone
14. Dry- William Elliott Whitmore
15. Scenic World- Beirut
16. Naked As We Came- Iron & Wine
17. Depth Perception- Engine Down
18. Save Our Ship- Broadway Calls
19. Walking to Do- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

we will not be live next week because i'm seeing the lawrence arms. i've been waiting so long to see them. and every other superband related to them. american steel...okay. there are tons of things going on this weekend in baltimore, i.e. "punkin' carving" @ the frisby house on thursday night. plus on saturday and sunday there is the radical book fair...lemuria/fake problems/endless mike and the beagle club @ ccas on saturday, the menzingers/slingshot dakota show @ ccas on sunday. so good.

so tune in one the 29th. we'll be back live then. cool.

i'm in yr studioz, bein a dude. recap 10/08/2007

nick and joe came to hang out in the studio once again and brought some jams to play, plus a new friend! his name is josh. he's the new drummer for Surroundings. it's a completely different feeling this semester when i have 3+ people in the studio for every show compared to last semester, when it was just me. and sometimes amanda. being awkward. a couple of other djs stopped by the show as well; julian, who hosts Verrückt Radio 12-1am EST wednesday night/thursday mornings stopped in and attempted to play a nuclear assault song on cassette. and then royce, my old hallmate and host of Conservative Talk Radio, which is on right before my show on monday nights 8-9pm EST, decided to grace us with his presence. we had some good laughs for sure.

playlist:
1. Fraud in the 80s- Mates of State
2. Bad Penny- Big Black
3. Black Sheep- The Nerve Agents
4. Where Does the Good Go?- Tegan and Sara
5. Big Gun- Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins
6. Policy of Truth- Depeche Mode
7. Ears Ring- Rainer Maria
8. Seein' Red- Minor Threat
9. Shiny Things is Good- Dillinger Four
10. New Song- Nuclear Assault
11. Values Here- Dag Nasty
12. Jukebox Breakdown- Saves the Day
13. Fire- Torche
14. Valentine- The Get Up Kids
15. ditto rush limbo- Hose. Got. Cable.
16. Rodeo Clown- Lifetime
17. Subdued & Arrested- Avail
18. I Found a Reason- Cat Power
19. Never Recover- The Cardigans

had to break my "only play one song once and one band once" this week because of cd switchings. oh well. outside of the dj world this week and next week equal midterms and lots of letter writing. i'm currently listening to the misfits for maybe the third time ever.

have a good week, everyone.

rabbit rabbit recap 10/01/2007

30 listeners? i don't believe it. the computer crashed right less than a minute before i went on air, hence the late beginning. we rolled right on through the technical difficulty and had a grand ol' time. we had quite the handful of guests in the studio. Joe and Mitch of Surroundings and our mutual friend Nick came up to Goucher and kicked it in the studio with me last night. Surroundings has a biiiiig show this thursday, OCTOBER 4, at the Ottobar in Baltimore with Baroness and Pulling Teeth. Check it out.

God really does enjoy sending me text messages these days. It's a party.

playlist:
1. Your Ex-Lover is Dead- Stars
2. Saint Jacques- Lightning Bolt
3. Fishing the Sky- The Appleseed Cast
4. Hugs From Boys- Braid
5. Cannonball- Damien Rice
6. Pink Slip- Paint It Black
7. Sleeping Weather- Small Brown Bike
8. Lurker II: Dark Son Of Night- Jawbreaker
9. The Blaming Game- The Honor System
10. Shock Body- Talib Kweli
11. Favorite Thing- The Replacements
12. Sweet Dudes + Sweet Ladies- Defiance, Ohio
13. Boy Wonder- Nakatomi Plaza
14. Silly Girl- Descendents
15. Get the Bullet Out- New Mexican Disaster Squad

Hey, it's october. When did that happen? I've been having a rather difficult time wrapping my head around everything that's going on. Bummer, because 2007 has been an absolutely incredible year. Turning 20? For the first time, not sure I'm ready for that yet. Distance between friends once again slashed my heart; i forget how surreal it is to see people in my town who live 3,000 miles away or talk to someone everyday and it's still another three months until i settle down out west with them for a few weeks (or tour...). But january is still far, far, far away.

Until next week, stay rad.

yours truly,
KSR.

recap 09/24

there was constant wave of guests in the studio last night. chris, amanda, and my friend Ian, who shamelessly promoted his band The Skanarchists on air last night, spent a great deal of time talking about animal testing and the g-o-d. i've been receiving bible texts on my cell phone a few times a week for the past couple weeks, and yes, i plan on reading them out on the air.

anyway, playlist:
1. King of the Road- Piebald
2. Action & Action- The Get Up Kids
3. Hard to Find- American Analog Set
4. That Much Further West- Lucero
5. Fifteen Minute Revolution- The Riot Before
6. Save Your Scissors- City and Colour
7. Tearing Up The Oxygen- Maritime
8. Ceremony- New Order
9. I Wish I Was The Moon- Neko Case
10. Shoulder to the Wheel- Saves the Day
11. Sleeping Dogs- Madeline Adams
12. Never Get to Know- Paul Baribeau
13. Rebellion vs. the Alarm Clock- Latterman

i have a show coming up this sunday! if you're in the baltimore area definitely check it out. support touring bands. wordlife.

recap 09/17/2007

ah, what a refreshing show! sweet hip hop jams PLUS amazing guitar shredding, the latter being a total coincidence. i guess tonight's show was predominately to get my hip-hop points back up to par, considering i advertise i play hiphop + it played a big role in my daily life in high school. anyway, good mix this evening, here's the playlist:

1. Clear Blue Skies- Juggaknots
2. Hip Hop- Mos Def
3. Drive Slow (ft. Paul Wall & GLC)- Kanye West
4. Sludgefeast- Dinosaur, Jr
5. Repeater- Fugazi
6. Ghost Overseas- Spoonboy
7. The Seed (2.0)- The Roots
8. The Corner- Common
9. The Prescience of Dawn- The Weakerthans
10. Annie- The Methadones
11. Si Esas Paredes Hablaran, Maria ojos Negros No Mas!- Boom Boom Kid
12. A Very Pretty Song For A Very Special Lady- The Ergs!
13. Matchmaker, Matchmaker- Marathon
14. No Woman, No Cry- The Fugees
15. Pacifier- Kid Dynamite
16. Siddhartha- Shambhala

see you next week!

09/10/2007 recap!

first show of the semester!! pretty good kick-off if i do say so myself. amanda and mitch came in to help me out. here's the playlist:

1. Poison- Hot Water Music
2. Jesus Loves You (But You're Still Coming Home With Me)- Des Ark
3. Thursday- Asobi Seksu
4. 100 Resolutions- The Lawrence Arms
5. Under My Feet- None More Black
6. Our Preparation for the Race Legare- Vostok
7. His Devotee- Polar Bear Club
8. Model Nothing- Pikadori
9. 5000 Pieces- Failure's Union
10. Ohio- Slingshot Dakota
11. Face to Face- Daft Punk
12. The Patty Hearst Syndrome- Smoke or Fire
13. If Work Permits- The Format

tune in next week for more ill jamz! same time, same place. have a good week.

SEMESTER PREMIERE SEPTEMBER 10TH!

awwwwwwww yeah!

the prime time of your life.

stay tuned for biiiiig updates on goucher student radio and my show this semester!!!

cool things that happened this summer (in photo form):


+I LOVE WHAT YOU DO FOR ME!! northwest jumpathon.


+Reinacting Mammal Exhibit at DC's Natural History Museum


+East Coast Fun Fest in Baltimore


+Photoshoot at CCAS for Baltimore's City Paper


+WEST COAST'S EAST COAST TAKEOVER IN NYC!!!


the last few weeks of summer ruled! comadre/graf orlock rolled into town at the end of july and put on one of the most amazing punk shows in recent years in dc. ***AWARD FOR BEST SUMMER PUNK SHOW 2007*** it took me two days to recuperate and it was awesome, minus the 2 days of recuperation. also went up to nyc for west coast east coast takeover. came up to baltimore a few times for ccas jamz (photo shoot!!), cliff diving and nature walks in thunderstorms with cute bands, house shows, y'know, good times. dc gave me good vegan baked goods and ethnic food and good friends who let you pass out on their bed and use their deep fryer for home-made donuts...all things not essential to the KSR blog but kept me busy while off air. but i'm wayyyy excited to begin the new semester; i have tons of new music in store and can't wait to share it with you! in the meantime, here are some lists of albums/artists that got me through the past 4 months + 2007 so far!!

top 5 records played this summer (in no particular order):
1. The Format- "Dog Problems"
2. Smoke or Fire- "This Sinking Ship"
3. Polar Bear Club- "The Redder, The Better"
4. The Lawrence Arms- "The Greatest Story Ever Told"
5. Des Ark- "Loose Lips Sink Ships"

top 5 releases in 2007 so far (in alphabetical order):
1. Arcade Fire- "Neon Bible"
2. Explosions in the Sky- "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone"
3. Graf Orlock- "Destination Time: Tomorrow"
4. Smoke or Fire- "This Sinking Ship"
5. Sundowner- "Four One Five Two"

top 5 shows of 2007 (in chronological order):
1. Explosions in the Sky @ 930 Club (Washington, DC)
2. The Dismemberment Plan @ Black Cat (Washington, DC)
3. The Arcade Fire @ Tower Theater (Upper Darby, PA)
4. Comadre/Graf Orlcok @ Bervin Haus (Washington, DC)
5. The Format/Piebald @ 930 Club (Washington, DC)

honorary mention goes to the show i was supposed to attend but didn't end up being able to go: DAFT PUNK in BROOKLYN, NY. bummertown population: still me.

soooo within the next few days look forward to a post for info on the fall 2008 KSR premiere!!!!

yours truly,
hillary!

a much delayed end-of-semester recap + summer news

i never posted the last two playlists of the semester. i'm sorry. here they are:

04/30/2007 - songs that i often forget about but really love when i spontaneously put the record on:
1. Hit 'Em High - B Real, Busta Rhymes, Coolio, LL Cool J & Method Man (Space Jam OST)
2. Giant - Matthew Good Band
3. The City - Dismemberment Plan
4. Army of Me - Björk
5. Kids Get Cut - Meneguar
6. My Slumbering Heart - Rilo Kiley
7. Why Is My Sleeping Bag A Ghetto Muppet? - Chin Up Chin Up
8. Killing a Camera - Braid
9. Give Me a Fuckin' Break - Limp Wrist
10. Detonation - Strike Anywhere
11. A Gentleman Caller - Cursive
12. Getting Over the Others - Ruiner
13. Comedy of Christ - Pg.99
14. Someone Else's Song - Wilco
15. Place to Be - Nick Drake
16. Loretta's Scars - Pavement

The Dismemberment Plan Reunion Show inspired this playlist a great deal. The Dismemberment Plan was one of the first local bands i was exposed to, and they played a huge role in my initial involvement in the dc scene, prior to all this hardcore/scene political nonsense. I hadn't been to the Black Cat in a very long time and found myself having a sincerely good time at a show in DC, something that stopped occuring for a while.


05/07/2007 - LAST SHOW OF THE SEMESTER! Summer songs + summary of freshman year.
1. Rather Be Dead - Refused
2. Like a Future With No Friends - Small Brown Bike
3. Things We Say - Gorilla Biscuits
4. The Purple Bottle - The Animal Collective
5. Let's Go Get Some Cokes - The Faction
6. Amoeba - Adolescents
7. Circle Pits and Karate Kicks - The Spark
8. Binaire et Lisible - Amanda Woodward
9. Look Back and Laugh - Minor Threat
10. The World At Large - Modest Mouse
11. No More Fighting Cats, OK? - Des Ark
12. Bruno Is Orange - Hop Along, Queen Ansleis
13. One Hundred Resolutions - Sundowner
14. No Cars Go - The Arcade Fire

That weekend I went up to Philly and visited one of my best friends from high school, plus saw The Arcade Fire at the Tower Theatre. One of the best shows of the year, and within the top 10 i've ever attended. i danced harder than I have at a show in a couple of years; drenched in sweat and gasping for air. Refused was an ode to my co-djs first semester on "Pump The Brakes!", Gorilla Biscuits because that was the first show I went to in Baltimore, The Spark because it's a critical Baltimore band + Mike Riley is one of my favorite people of all time. Hop Along, Queen Ansleis for Charm City Art Space, and Sundowner's cover of One Hundred Resolutions, because, well, it was our year for sure.

Freshman Year, especially spring semester, made me continually stoked on life. The summer has had it's ups and downs, a never-ending turbulent plan-making period, but it's turning out well. highlights so far:

the same weekend classes ended/i moved home, i traveled across the united states to the northwest to hang out with Broadway Calls, and incidentally The Riot Before (of Richmond, VA/good friends of CCAS!!) . Spent a couple days on the road, seeing the majority of the northwestern landscape. As south as Bend, OR and as north as Seattle, WA. The trip was an incredible opportunity for me to see more of the country, as well as create tighter bonds with friends I make through being a member of the punk community; it's such a vast community, yet very intimate at the same time. I made some great friends while i was out there, and everyday, I'm reminded about how awesome my life is. i came back to the dc area for a day and then took a roadtrip to chicago, saw propagandhi, now have sites set on that region of the united states (will most likely be my 2008 exploration). had a few shows in may and june, worked a lot. now i'm finally getting my driver's license and making the best of my time in my hometown. there are 5 weeks left in summer, and it's action packed. summer is going to end with a bang, that's for sure, although i can't wait to be back full-time in towson/baltimore!

04/23/2007 recap.

I was solo in the studio this past Monday. The weather was beautiful, so my playlist reflected that...not necessarily "beautiful" songs, but songs that reminded me of warm weather and smiling and being on top of my game, or "making it." 2006 was an incredibly difficult year for me, and quite a few of the songs I played were those that were inspirational and kept me pushing through. Others were people in musical form and memories and whatnot...

1. Teenage Wristband - The Twilight Singers
2. La Rupture - Yann Tiersen
3. The Reasons - The Weakerthans
4. Can't Wait One Minute More- CIV
5. Keep Moving - First to Leave
6. Between You and Me - The Ataris
7. Parked in the Parking Lot of Your Heart - Polar Bear Club
8. Feeling What I'm Thinking Now - Digger
9. Celebrated Summer - Hüsker Dü
10. Absinthe Party At The Fly Honey Warehouse - Minus The Bear
11. Penelope - Pinback
12. Sleep Tonight - Stars
13. Coney Island - Death Cab for Cutie
14. Unlisted Track - Jawbreaker
15. Album of the Year - The Good Life

04/09/2007 recap et al.

okay. so last week we were bumped off the air again because Bob Woodward was speaking at Goucher. Whatever. But! We're back on the air tonight! The weather is sooooo nice, so, tonight's playlist will be in spirit of that, i suppose!

Anyway, our last broadcasted show was 04/09. Quinn co-hosted with me, and for good purpose! The show was supposed to be "thrash attack" oriented. I believe these songs were played:

1. Siren's Song- Fighting Dogs
2. Polar Bear Club- Silent Majority
3. Burned- Caustic Christ
4. Silence- From Ashes Rise
5. Pass the Torch- Flickerflame
6. Secession- Requiem
7. Duck Butter, Then- Ultra Dolphins
8. Some Natures Catch No Plagues- Saetia
9. Rotten Kid- Graf Orlock

Everything was fine until Quinn found a stack of LPs in the corner of the studio. Will Smith's "Freakin It" LP single being one of them. so we played the house mix, then went into Blondie's "Heart of Glass (Disco Version)" plus some other messes from terrible albums. There were a lot of technical difficulties in-studio because I had never used the dj system before, nor put caller's on air. but everything worked out fine. My friend Matt from the band Broadway Calls called in from Canada, where they were on tour for the past two and a half weeks. We closed out the show with "Sonny" by New Found Glory, in memory of Dana Flax, who was hit by a car and died the previous week. She was a close friend to many of my fellow classmates/friends, and it's difficult going through another unexpected loss in our freshman class. It's another kind of heartache.

Death and my own mortality have been on my mind a lot lately, and, ironically (i guess?), it's made me more stoked on life everyday. Carpe diem. Love it while you got it, because we'll never have time like this again.

TONIGHT 8-9 PM EST.
BACK ON THE AIR.
KITCHEN SINK RADIO.
GOUCHER-RADIO.NET.
KEEPIN' IT REAL.

04/02/2007

1. Blue Monday- New Order
2. San Francisco- Alkaline Trio
3. Here With Me- Descendents
4. Don't Go Breakin' My Heart- The Mr. T Experience
5. Atticus Finch- Paint It Black
6. Prepare For The Worst- Pulling Teeth
7. Kind of Like Smitten- The Ergs!
8. When Will I See You Again?- Billy Bragg
9. Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours- The Smiths
10. Punk Rock Girls- The Queers
11. Youth of Today- Youth of Today
12. One, Two, Three...Die!- Crispus Attucks
13. Seven- Sunny Day Real Estate
14. Farewell to Words- ENVY
15. Burn- Against Me!

Amanda has officially become the "comic relief" of KSR, although she definitely tried use reverse psychology to discuss my summer plans on air. My roommate Gwen joined us as well! Twas a little tea party, it was! or should i say, milkshake party? after-parties will now be held in the gopher hole.

Our most significant discussion was on punk rock hygeine, and how i was disqualified from being punk because i regularly brush my teeth and take showers, and apparently smell nice enough at 8:30 in the morning for Amanda to sit next to me in English class. alas...

we've also determined that a significant portion of our fan base is made up of our parents. awesome.

Ian had to do Passover business so he could not be with us this evening, but hopefully he'll be able to come soon!

see you next week!

03/26/2007

tonight we had a full house! lots of talking and a lot less rocking, but hey, it has to happen sometimes. amanda and jen were of course my partners in crime for this evening; it's always wonderful to have them in the studio. AND! special guest! Ari Engelberg! i think i actually made one of my listeners shit his pants when Ari got on the air. anyway, here's the playlist:

1. Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)- Kanye West ft. Jay-Z
2. Uptown Again- Afghan Whigs
3. Home Is Where The Van Is- Marathon
4. Bike Tuff- Guadalupe
5. City Bleach- Discount
6. Call It Off- Broadway Calls
7. High Life- Daft Punk
8. The Coming of Spring- The Rapture
9. Maps- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10. Nothing Better- The Postal Service
11. Sorry I'm Leaving- Saves the Day
12. Right As Rain Pt. 2- The Lawrence Arms
13. Is This Thing On?- The Promise Ring
14. Everything a Teenybopper Movie Should Be- Spoont. (PLUS IN-STUDIO COMMENTARY!!!)

NEXT WEEK: back to the mothafuckin' PUNX. it's been a while. Ian from The Skanarchists is supposed to be joining me for the next sesh, so make sure to tune in!

keepin' it real, mondays 8-9 EST.
KSR

recap of the past month and BACK ON AIR TONIGHT.

so after a show of being bumped for sports and then server complications the following week, i decided not to post playlists from those respective shows. i still kept it scream-free, playing new songs by explosions in the sky, the arcade fire, dinosaur, jr., and sufjan stevens. plus some rilo kiley, beirut, ted leo, william elliott whitmore, japanther, and ride.

two weeks ago patrick and greg came over to the station from towson and hung out and co-deejayed. i think the bananas, propagandhi, circle jerks, gorilla biscuits, 7 seconds, weston were all involved. they didn't give me a playlist. whatever. it was a good show, our dads listened, and, for all the bike punx out there, i ended with "bicycle race" by queen.

i've been on spring break for the past week, seeing explosions in the sky last saturday (front and center, probably one of the best shows of the year + best albums of the year).
spent the week in new york, spending too much money on records, and then came back to baltimore and did two shows this weekend at charm city art space, which, by the way, were hella successful.

SO TONIGHT. spring break recap show. i'll probably end up talking about the west coast (again), why i love baltimore, and songs that remind me of all my friends in new york. playlist and a real recap will be uploaded after the show.

SPRING IS HERE. UP THE MOTHAFUCKIN' PUNX.

playlist recap:

02/19/2007
1. Hit Me Up On My Celly-Cell- Comadre
2. Pack of Dudes- Bail Out!
3. Yo, Get Into It- Latterman
4. Sleeping On Your Floor- Soophie Nun Squat
5. Soft Pyramids- Q and Not U
6. Purist- Attrition
7. Hands- Slingshot Dakota
8. Margin Walker- Fugazi
9. S.S. Betrayal- Stop It!!
10. Deformative- Black Eyes
11. Haunting This Body- Van Johnson
12. Trials- The Sibling Project
13. Cardellini- Fireworks
14. Fuck You I'm Not PC- The Max Levine Ensemble
15. Ous We Are- Mass Movement of the Moth
16. Divorce Court- The AKs

after a disappointing weekend back home i needed to make a playlist that reminded me of why i went to shows, why i loved the punk community, and what got me into this big mess of a scene in the first place. so, lots of nostalgia. lots of rock. i sounded like an 11-year old boy because i lost my voice, and joey sklover guest hosted with me! yeah!


02/12/2007
1. Tinfoil- Rainer Maria
2. S.O.S.- Kid Dynamite
3. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter- The Anniversary
4. Bikes + Bridges- Defiance, Ohio
5. Metal Heart- Cat Power
6. Fall- 1905
7. Last Light- Converge
8. Nights Like These- Lucero
9. Dear Hearts- Murder City Devils
10. What's Mine Is Yours- Sleater-Kinney
11. Valentine- The Replacements
12. A Heart Filled Reaction to Dissatisfaction- City of Caterpillar
13. Endings- Majority Rule
14. My Generation- Spoonboy
15. Hearts- American Nightmare

In spirit of Valentine's Day, this show was all about HEARTS. Heart was either in the title, or the main subject of the song. Amanda and Jen held it down while I fought the Goucher plague for most of the show in the bathroom across the hall. Talk about romantic!


02/05/2007
1. Psycho Killer- The Talking Heads
2. Midas in Reverse- Breather Resist
3. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)- The Decemberists
4. Sender- Pinback
5. Half the Time- Discount
6. Lemon Snaps- Baby Calendar
7. The Truth About Cats and Dogs (Is That They Die)- Pony Up!
8. Close To Home- The Get Up Kids
9. Blacklisted- Neko Case
10. Tonight, Tonight- The Smashing Pumpkins
11. Sugar Industry- Kill The Man Who Questions
12. Fuck The Border- Propagandhi
13. Circumstantial Evidence- Yaphet Kotto
14. Home To Me- Madeline Adams
15. Suicide Medicine- Rocky Votolato

First KSR show of the Spring Semester! And this time I'm doing it all by myself. Playlist is pretty much what my show is about. I play a lot of different music and really enjoy it. Maggie co-hosted and talked about her squished penny collection, and I was more awkward than usual. I look forward to a great semester!