2008 round-up

Top 10 Releases of 2008:
1. Saturdays = Youth, M83
2. Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, Sigur Rós
3. Stay Cold, Trapped Under Ice
4. Fate, Dr. Dog
5. Civil War, Dillinger Four
6. Evil Urges, My Morning Jacket)
7. Bring Me Your Love, City And Colour
8. Lucky, Nada Surf
9. Split, Dirty Money/Trapped Under Ice
10. From The Bottom, Off With Their Heads

Top 6 Shows of 2008:
1. Celebrated Summer Second Anniversary Show, 09/27, Ten Car Pile-Up
2. Polar Bear Club, Fireworks, Brick, 12/10, CCAS
3. Dr. Dog, 12/03, 930 Club
4. Tegan & Sara, 10/02, Rams Head Live!
5. Nana Grizol, Witches, 05/27, Frisby House
6. The Chase, xBreatheInBreatheOutx, At Best, Timber, 12/20, Corpse Fortress

Top 6 Things I Did This Year:
1. Went On Tour
2. Published A Zine
3. Read 28 Books
4. Lived Independently In Baltimore
5. Spent A Month In California
6. Organized Goucher's Sexual Violence Education Initiative

Top 6 Spots In The Baltimore Area:
1. Pretty Boy Reservoir
2. The Avenue (The Golden West/Common Ground)
3. Charm City Art Space
4. Frisby Street
5. Celebrated Summer Records
6. Woodberry Kitchen (food rules, end of story.)

Top 6 States I Visited/Explored:
1. California
2. Texas
3. Wisconsin
4. Pennsylvania
5. Ohio
6. Every Other State I Visited

Reading List 2008:
1) The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon
2) Hot Water Music, Charles Bukowski
3) Barrel Fever, David Sedaris
4) The Stranger, Albert Camus
5) The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller
6) Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
7) The Book Of Imaginary Beings, Jorge Luis Borges
8) In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
9) Lord of the Flies, William Golding
10) Wicked, Gregory Maguire
11) A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
12) Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America, Barbara Ehrenreich
13) The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White
14) Tender Is The Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald
15) A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
16) The Kite Runner, Khaled Housseini
17) The Heart That Bleeds: Latin America Now, Alma Guillermoprieto
18) The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
19) Fury, Salman Rushdie
20) Watchmen, Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
21) Double Duce, Aaron Cometbus
22) A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Housseini
23) The Death of Vishnu, Manil Suri
24) Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee
25) Lucky, Alice Sebold
26) The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
27) My Life In The Jugular Vein, Ben Snakepit
28) Snakepit 2007, Ben Snakepit

semester finale 12/15/2008

Sexual violence is never an easy situation to approach. It's still quite taboo in dialogue within our communities, and I wonder if this series of events had happened at any other time, would it be handled in the same manner, under the same circumstances, as it is handled now?

I refer to the recent string of sexual assaults that have occurred in the Goucher community, a small, tight-knit community, the Goucher bubble. Anyone who's spent any time with me over the past year knows full well how invested I am in issues involving sexual violence, and working on initiatives on campus for better response and education about sexual violence. We'd love to think no news is good news, but the silence on our campus from all time prior to now, that was not a good silence. The fact that members of the Goucher community have come forward, not just in these instances, but about others, and that our school takes these allegations seriously and has been open about these events and launching an investigation, it shows a great progress that I don't think most college administrations, let alone society as a whole, could acknowledge or take on as we have, and by some of the questions and statements that the reporter made last night, really hit that idea home for me. people are not prepared to believe that this can happen, that this is real, and want to validate a fault in the survivor, or in the situation, isolating it from their comfort zone, their environment, so it isn't possible it could happen to them, and are willing to disrupt a silent vigil to question validity of allegations, of insinuating victim-blaming. it's a heavy load and i know i am prepared to take it on this final push in education as much as possible.

i just hope the goucher administration and the baltimore county police are prepared to do the same with their investigation.

so this is how the semester ends. i had one exam yesterday, have two today, and one on thursday. pack up everything and move home to dc for a couple weeks. cut and dry.

so for the semester finale, kitchen sink radio had a two hour show. my friend james came up from dc to co-host with me, and we were joined by emily, amanda, herve, ari, joe, chris, and asa. there were quite a few gems in conversation and insult, and overall a good way to head out of the pearlstone studio, probably my last show in there ever, considering the athenaeum will be complete by the time i return from costa rica.

james also told me i write my playlists wrong. so. i'll do it the "proper" way today.

1) Fugazi- Shut the Door
2) Go It Alone- Nothing Gold
3) Flickerflame- This Is Urgent
4) Achilles- Let's Dance
5) Life At These Speeds- Submerge
6) Product of Waste- I'll Shut Up When I'm Dead
7) The Banned- Misadventure
8) Look Back & Laugh- Throne of Blood
9) The Agent- This Is Getting Old
10) Katie Dance- Hey Ambrose, Don't Show This To Anyone
11) Kid Kilowatt- Peeping Tomboy
12) Majority Rule- XOXO
13) Dear Tonight- You Have Too Much Faith In Us
14) Floorpunch- No Exceptions
15) Small Arms Dealer- Tonight...On A Very Special Episode
16) Screaming Females- Starve The Beat
17) Seaweed- Undeniable Hate
18) Q And Not U- Line In The Sand
19) Engine Down- Songbird
20) The Ataris- Not A Worry In The World
21) Shorebirds- Sleepin' In
22) Taking Back Sunday- There's No "I" In Team
23) Cursive- Ceiling Crack
24) Death Cab For Cutie- Your Bruise
25) Braid- Forever Got Shorter
26) The Get Up Kids- Ten Minutes
27) Jets To Brazil- Sweet Avenue
28) Small Brown Bike- Now and Never
29) The Starting Line- Leaving



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that's the blog for my travels. it'll be updated much more often over the next five months than this one, and by more often i mean all the time.



<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 hillary.

everything moves.

It's a good day.

Yesterday my friends Fireworks came to town with Polar Bear Club and played Charm City Art Space with Brick. I love seeing 100+ kids packed in the basement stoked and screaming and sweating and smiling and surfing and it was quite possibly the best DIY show I've been to all year, competing only with the Celebrated Summer Two Year Anniversary at 10 Car.

Standing behind Polar Bear Club with Mitch and Rob and surveying the scene, I could do nothing but smile. I think all of us involved with the Art Space had swollen hearts. It was a night we really needed, in energy and community. Revival. Revitalization. Regain.

Baltimore, you're the best.

Seeing Kyle and Tymm and Chris and all those boys for the first time in almost two years also really made my night exceptional. A good deal of old friends, and new, attended, and it just felt good. It felt strong. I had an extraordinary amount of emotion(s) flowing through me last night and it was the right time and right place for them all.

Today I feel like I'm on my own solid ground and it's about time I felt that way again.


Last day of classes today.
I have this feeling of elation I have no interest in diluting.
Other than that, I give zero fucks.
















(...yessssssssss)

recap 12/08/2008

first and foremost, i now contribute to the icoulddietomorrow music blog. check it out!

the past week was the most turbulent of the semester. aside from my drawing critique tomorrow, the week is free. next week, four exams. then done.

last week i saw Dr. Dog in DC and it's in my top shows of 2008. I will have an exact list come the end of the month, but really, phenomenal.

Yesterday I completed my 26th recreational read of the year. I'm on a roll, this week and last week, and I don't really see it slowing down for the remainder of the year.

I've read a lot of contemporary non-fiction lately, many stories involving college-age girls, "good girls." I'm in college, but the idea I have of "college girls" is still very academic and very ivy, and it doesn't seem to match up with my environment. I want to fulfill that image I have, but I don't think that can happen here at Goucher; I think it's fundamentally impossible. So this idea of "good girl," a prep, a prude, where in my being does that want come from?

When I was home I looked through all the old mixtapes and mix cds I received in high school, listening to the few from people who probably-like myself with theirs- hadn't thought of my existence in years. It seemed more bare bones then, this dating thing.

I remember visiting Vassar College as a senior in high school. I stayed with a student in a really nice dorm, met a hallmate of hers. I think his name was Harris. I remember staying up in the common room with him all night. In the morning I had to go to an activity, but when I returned to the dorm he had brought breakfast for me, crêpes, and left them in the fridge.

In my head, I don't see that sort of thing ever happening to me again, the no-frills, no-alterior motivated efforts. So part of me really does want to go back to the way I was in high school, that academic, untouchable girl.

I was joined in the studio last night by Angie, Scott, Emily, Ari, and Joe. My friend Erik called in and it was quite a nice surprise to top off the evening.

1) Grey Wind- Envy
2) Tongue Like A Battering Ram- The Faction
3) Viejos Pateticos- Los Crudos
4) Razors Edge- BBQ Chickens
5) Malfunction- Cro-Mags
6) Stand Still- Gorilla Biscuits
7) Trying- Dag Nasty
8) Pinned Up- Avail
9) Jailbird- The Exploding Hearts
10) When I Give The Signal, Run!- The Falcon
11) Dance Of Days- Embrace
12) Don't Want It- Scrreching Weasel
13) Trust- 7 Seconds
14) Give Me A Fuckin' Break- Limp Wrist
15) Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely- Hüsker Dü
16) Other Way Around- Rites of Spring
17) Self-Destruct- Adolescents
18) Heartless vs. Hopeless- Van Damage
19) Under The Knife Scars Run Deep- Kaospilot

Next week will be THE LAST SHOW for a very long time. So tune in. And stay great.

turnstyles.

i came home for the quiet.

i woke up just before dawn. tangled in an avalanche of pillows and blankets, i cradled a sock monkey in my elbow. at some point prior my mom tucked the covers above my shoulders and closed the door to my bedroom.

outside there's a forest of trees, colored in cold hues of purple and blue like fingers in the cold. i spent the morning in silence, minus the low hum of the heater in the living room, wrapped in a kimono on the chez lounge, reading novels and dispelling the knot at the bottom of my esophagus.

a lonely rage. the hunger is the meanest cage.

on one hand, i have no idea how i got here, except that at i showed up at 1:30 in the morning with only my cell phone and wallet and without keys after declining a ride back to baltimore because i couldn't bring myself to go back, not last night.

on the other hand, i know exactly how i got here. i ran too far from home, too far out on the ledge of relying on other people for my well-being. what happened to my self-sufficiency, my autonomy? i pulled a trigger and my ears ring and i feel like there should be blood on my hands, maybe my own more than anyone else's. and everyone else will shout and scream at how wrong i am to come to these conclusions, because i usually am wrong, but i still feel responsible, too ready to take the blame once again.

i'd like to think that the telenovela is dead; that the demons are subdued, purged for this final month of two thousand and eight. i will sink back into bookshelves (i'm in my fourth novel of the week), but i have enough people pulling me out to keep me from disappearing completely.

good good friends and good good things.
maybe simplicity will come sooner than i thought.

rabbit recap 12/01/2008

never right write when you're vulnerable.

while i didn't write about it that much in my zine, 2008 was a really significant year for me and relationships with females. i bonded more so with women than with men, and this year more than ever before.

saaj dropped by the studio and ari co-hosted with me. i can't believe it's the end of the semester, let alone december...

1) Dag Nasty- Dag Nasty
2) Anthem, Pt. 2- Blink-182
3) Not Superstitious- Leatherface
4) Let Go- Midtown
5) Nervous Reaction- Digger
6) Last Time I Walked- De La Hoya
7) Institutionalized- Suicidal Tendencies
8) Close Knit- Death Is Not Glamourous
9) A Walk Through Hell- Say Anything
10) Comfortable Dumb- Pink Razors
11) New Day- The Bouncing Souls
12) Healing Factor- Yo Man, Go!
13) Viva La Vie- Yage
14) Keep Falling Down- Off With Their Heads

thanksgiving.

with four loads of laundry in the wash, two vegan pumpkin cheesecakes in the oven, new found glory blasting through the apartment, and a whole campus to myself...

happy thanksgiving weekend.

this thanksgiving really makes me think meat is disgusting.

two days in dc was sufficient for me, although i am pretty bummed i didn't make it to the annual thanksgiving dessert potluck. this might have been the first year in at least three years where my heart's really wanted to go. boooo.

nevertheless, i saw the mandatory few and the family.

"now is the time to finish old tasks."
thank you, mass produced fortunes.



and i'm pretty stoked about these.

so i'm back in baltimore. tonight is my second punxgiving. tomorrow i'm going to my former suitemate's sister's wedding, reuniting with the sophomore year crew. and then it's crunch time.

here's the playlist for last week:

1) Grendel- Sunny Day Real Estate
2) King of Wishful Thinking- New Found Glory
3) am/pm- American Nightmare
4) Lack of All Most Everything- Eyehategod
5) Nothing's Changed- Weekend Nachos
6) Angry Man- Grief
7) Ariel- Braid
8) Talkbomb- The Copyrights
9) Across the Shields- Torche
10) Girls Own Love- Andrew WK
11) (The Gym Is) Neutral Territory- Lifetime
12) One Armed Scissor- At The Drive-In
13) We Know Who Our Enemies Are- mewithoutyou
14) Horizon- Seasick
15) The Shape of Punk to Come- Refused
16) Still Heartbeat- Dead To Me

see you Monday!

recap 11/17/2008

impulses.

much of this semester ran on impulse, but it was an impulse filled with anger, for vengeance and validation.
last night on I-95 I had a moment of clarity and as impulsive as my realization was, it triggered the collapse of my identity for the past two months.
it is a good thing, i think.

i pressed my zine on friday and distributed 15+ in baltimore and up north this weekend. i noticed the handful of grammatical errors I'm going to fix before repressing (also considering making a second edition with an edited section based on said moment of clarity since two thousand and great is not over, or maybe i'll just hold off until the next issue!). so, if you see me during thanksgiving break and want a copy, ask me for one.

things i enjoy about cold weather:
-giant mugs of hot apple cider at one world (WHILE SNOWING A PLUS)
-wearing spandex leggings underneath jeans
-the smell of the air
-all the different hues of color expressed by the goucher campus
-the times my hands and feet are warm

things i don't enjoy about cold weather:
-the wind
-the sun sets by 5 o'clock
-my skin and lips feel dry
-it's pretty, but it's still cold
-the times my hands and feet are cold (which is most of the time and would be solved if i bought a hat or pair of gloves)

last week's playlist:
1) The Day's Refrain- Texas Is The Reason
2) We Are Both Writers- Kind Of Like Spitting
3) The Good Life- Weezer
4) Nosferatu Man- Slint
5) The Kitchen Floor- The Broadways
6) The Coat Is Always On- Cat Power
7) Love Stepping Out- Disco Inferno
8) Uncrushworthy- Courtney Love
9) None Of The Above- The Weakerthans
10) Peach, Plum, Pear- Joanna Newsom
11) Show Me Mary- Catherine Wheel
12) I Left The Light On- Madeline Adams
13) Brown Water- Harvey Milk

11/10/2008 recap

So Monday I finally got a link to all 943 photos taken with the band camera during tour this past summer...






















there are way more on my flickr...


It's difficult to belive that tour ended three months ago. As ready as I was to return home after three weeks, I miss it. A lot. It was a different time and a different place in my life, a really really good one, and I wish I could savor it more now. I'm in a good place now, as well, but it's different. On tour I had a backpack and a sleeping bag, four friends, two being my closest, and a different city to explore almost every night. and the sweetest bit? confidence in my home, my friends, and a boy back in baltimore for whom I was head over heels. summer was basic and simple and absolutely satiated. i had fluidity then; now i have perpetual motion. alas alas, things must come to an end sometime, and i have confidences in other things--not alternatives, just other things. suffered the casualties but the army of support proves i will never need to go to war with myself on my ability to reason. beginning on 5 january i will once again live out of a backpack, in a cloud forest, in costa rica, away from cars and cement and industry. i want simple and satiated, and i believe it will come soon enough.

this semester is a mixture of smiles and sickness (not illness).

the chickens always come home to roost.

i felt a new hollowness after reading the postcard. i guess i don't miss it anymore. i guess i'm finally on the level on which i needed to be months ago. it's just a coincidence, one that made me smirk and shake my head nonetheless, but i swear...

julian, bridgette, and ari hung out in the studio with me on monday. failed with brovember, but i don't really mind not being bro-qualified.

1) Back to Oregon- Broadway Calls
2) Waiting for Departure- Gracer
3) Loud & Clear- Title Fight
4) NOBLE STABBINGS!!- Dillinger Four
5) Don't Walk Away- Shelter
6) Late Bloomer- Fight Amp
7) Native Son With No Nation- Crispus Attucks
8) Face It- Guns Up!
9) Reality Unfolds- Trapper Under Ice
10) Diesel & Gunpowder- Another Breath
11) Not For Anyone- Hot Water Music
12) Audio Geography- Sundowner
13) Breather- Chapterhouse

my thoughts on the election & 11/03/2008 recap

okay my 80 cents on the election:

voting matters. i'm an independent, the two-party alienates and disenfranchises many people in this country and i therefore do not wholely support it. i also consider myself relatively radical (to the left), but i am also pragmatic. certainly the government won't get their hands dirty in the community sustainability actions that matter to me, but there are several significant federal legislations dealing with reproductive rights, gay rights, immigration rights, foreign policy, etc that do effect the rights and abilities we currently have in our country, and creating better policies for many underserved people in this country. while the heads of these acts fall under the eyes of judicial system (which currently leans conservative), having an executive office with a conservative agenda on par or greater than that of the judicial system only jeopardizes the more liberal policies currently in place at an even higher risk of being nullified, as well as making new, improved policies on immigration/foreign/environmental affairs more difficult to obtain. so yes, having barack obama as the next president of the united states is critical in my book when it comes to maintaining many of these rights.

voting is not just about the presidential election. state elections, in many ways, are even more important for people who are focused on their communities' sustainability. state legislature has a stronghold on the civil liberties we have/fight for, as seen in proposition 8 in california. no one said you had to fill out every section on the ballot, but you have the choice, the option, the right, the privilege to have a voice in what matters on a federal as well as local ballot. for a country that is so pressed on it's citizens believing they are owed or entitled to something and if the government doesn't provide it, then it fails. that's just laziness.

i don't think obama will be able to immediately solve many of the issues that plague this country, whether he says he will or not. no one in my lifetime has been able to mobilize, motivate, and engage as many youth as obama has in the past two years--not just youth, or even the underserved, but a mass population. that strikes something in me; to see so many people become involved and aware of politics and community, whether it's askew in liberal policy, whatever, i'd like to think that that would make people more interested and motivated to take more critical views of our societies, our politics, our environments and see what they can do to make it better and themselves. there are enough people in this country who can speak and act within their communities to make them safer and more sustainable that we should be able to create these changes ourselves and not rely on the government. we don't expect hand-outs by the upper-class because it would be condescending, so why use that same "the government doesn't give a shit about us" as a reason to be apathetic?

a great deal of my extended family is republican and supportive of mccain. i don't ever aim to change people's minds and debate on for whom they should vote. however, and this could be said to any person in the united states, whatever view they support, be educated in your decisions. most of this country suffers from ignorance on politics and economics and blindly looks at the superficial, mass media projections. one thing that isn't just in the "i go to a small liberal arts college" but also in the punk/diy/radical community is the wearing of keffiyehs. does it even have a symbol of solidarity or has it lost that symbolism and become purely a fashion trend? this question has bothered me for months, but seems to be more prevalent now simply because there's more capitalist exposure. but let's save that argument for another time.

my cousin believes obama will make the United States a socialist country. WRONG. it already is. surprise! our modern economic (keynesian) endorses government intervention, because pure laissez-faire economics (classical) proved to not work (see the great depression). a market-driven economy is inherently unstable. after the great depression, FDR instituted the New Deal in attempt stabilize our economic system. mccain likes fdr. fdr was criticized as a socialist (and continues to be). however, without him (and without WWII, honestly), our economic system would have failed for a much longer time until the government intervened. public goods, social services, etc. are all redistributive and allocative functions of the government are policies that have until now really kept our country from suffering a massive economic crisis. the government bailed out the banking system. the government now owns part of the banking system. there are socialist elements in our economic structure, and now we actually get to see how many of these elements play critical roles in stabilizing our economy. it wouldn't really make much of a difference who was in charge.




as i sat with my roommates after the announcement was made of obama's victory, one commented that she didn't get why the news harped on "the first black president." i must remind myself that obama will be the first black president, because ethnicity was not a priority for me in this election. i think for most liberal, mid-atlantic/new englanders, even those on the west coast, we forget (or attempt to suppress) that the subject of ethnicity is HUGE for many people in this country, be it in the African American community or elsewhere, a positive or negative factor in voting choice. my friend jen said, "there is so much about having a black role model in the white house that is completely awesome and is really important for our country. tons of my friends (especially teachers who work with low income kids) have been telling me about students and their indescribable reactions/faces when talking about obama. it's not just that he is black but that he is also in touch with reality, at least far more than the GOP dudes." and it's true. in north carolina, more african americans voted on monday morning than cumulatively in the 2004 election. just 50 years ago most african and west indian americans couldn't exercise their rights to vote. is racism over? no, nowhere close. but this election is monumental in our history for too many reasons.

today i am proud to be a citizen of the united states. we certainly have a long way to go, and the regulations bush currently attempts to hustle into our legislature make it an even steeper, uphill battle. still, the people of our country mobilized. change will come by our own hands, as well as the government's.


MONDAY'S RECAP!
amanda and emily stopped by and talked with me a bit about our halloween weekend (which, by the way, RULED! check out photos on my flickr...) and the election. here's the playlist!

1) A Speculative Fiction- Propagandhi
2) What Separates Us All- Smoke Or Fire
3) America Got It Right- Anti-Flag
4) Kanye West Was Right- In First Person
5) Paragraph President- Blackalicious
6) Divine Intervention- Shambhala
7) Sunset on 32nd Street- Strike Anywhere
8) Resent & Resistance- Polar Bear Club
9) Peace, Justice, & Anarchy- Ryan Harvey
10) Fireball or "What I Learned From TV"- Spoonboy
11) The Yellow Walkie Talkie- Endless Mike and the Beagle Club
12) Can't Change Everything- 1905
13) When Nice People Think Dumb Things, Attack, and Vote- Armalite
14) He Lied About Death- Stars


i totally leave for costa rica in two months.

10/27/2008 recap

Yesterday made me really really happy. Right before the show, I was at a presentation by Dr. David Lisak called "Confronting the Realities of Sexual Violence." This was one of the programs from the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Initiative innovation grant last semester. I'm picturing mid-spring, with myself and Steve, Prof. Marguerite Hoyt, Chaplain Cynthia Terry, and Counselor Sharon Spector sitting around a table trying to figure out how we'll pull this together and make everything work and successful. And last night, six months later, having Merrick lecture hall filled with mainly students, and a lot of men, for Dr. Lisak's presentation. Not only coming to the presentation, but interacting, questioning, and staying after the program to join our taskforce. This is the beginning of a legacy and it is absolutely thrilling to see it so postiviely and enthusiastically embraced. We are building something that will shift the paradigm and change our culture.

Ari co-hosted last night's show with me and we certianly had a lot of talk about!

Last night was also the first time i had FISHSTICKS since elementary school. Apparently I did not fulfill the juicebox requirement, but HOLY FRIJOLES, fishsticks are delicious. mmmmmm.

During the juicebox discussion, my dad, cute as can be fact-checker for Kitchen Sink Radio, sent me three text messages:
1) There are 16 flavors of Juicy Juice
2) But only seven come in box size (ADDENDUM BY ME: ONLY SIX ARE 4.23oz FUN SIZE, SEVEN FOR LARGER 6.75oz JUICEBOX)
3) apple, berry, grape, kiwi-strawberry, orange-tangerine, punch, strawberry-banana (only available in larger juicebox)

We also found a copy of Disney's Alice in Wonderland on vinyl with a full color booklet and Ari read a small excerpt. We also determined that Ari may or may not be a good Sarah Palin for Halloween, but maybe that's too popular of a costume.

playlist:
1) Marina Do Bairro- Bonde Do Role
2) World Town- M.I.A.
3) In Step- Girl Talk
4) Call Call- The Faint
5) Clones (We're All)- Mose Giganticus
6) DVNO- Justice
7) The Model- Kraftwerk
8) Romantic Rights- Death From Above 1979
9) Cut and Paste- Food For Animals
10) My Moon My Man- Feist
11) Away Message- Pink Nasty
12) Right Back At You- Mobb Deep
13) New Years- Asobi Seksu

Next week is election special!!!

midterm mile 10/14/2008

MY BEST FRIEND FOREVER was home for his midsemester break, so he came up on Monday to join me for my radioshow! It ruled! Matching tattoos, family portraits, and photobooths still to come.

Ari and Emily also stopped by the studio in the midst of our midterm hell. Ari and Alex fought over the greatness of Moby Dick and what I found out in Accouting today was called the "dead cat" theory. So good.

It's autumn. This means lofi and slowcore all the time. The scarves are out, as are the frye boots and sweaters (I found a super obnoxious pink cardigan when I went home this weekend, AWESOME!). My goal is to be the best dressed this week, and so far I'm on a roll. Just wait until Thursday, I'm telling you.

My weekends over the past month have been absolutely outstanding, minus the fact that I've lost the ability to do any work, leaving me swamped on Mondays and Tuesdays, and usually Wednesdays, too. But it's about balance, yes? This weekend I rounded out my time at Charm City Art Space with a dance band from France, playing tourist in DC Saturday, Season opener of the Caps with my dad on Saturday night, leading into late night trips to College Park and move-in sleepovers with reemerging roots. And Sunday? A trip to Larriland Farms with my mom and two of my roommates, followed by the intramural season's concluding soccer tournament. You can check out photos on my flickr from Sunday.

I only have to put up with two more days of class and then I'm free for a five day weekend. Volunteering at MCASA (maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault Conference) on Friday, followed by a long weekend in PHILADELPHIA! Holler!

Oh, right, playlist:
1) The Radiator- Ida
2) Only Shallow- My Bloody Valentine
3) Everything's Gone Rain- Lorelei
4) Debonair- The Afghan Whigs
5) I Hope- Laura
6) Alpha Centauri- Ecstasy of Saint Theresa
7) Calvary Song- Elliott
8) Treefort- Henry's Dress
9) Mistress- Red House Painters
10) Below & Above- Low
11) Taste- Ride
12) Puzzle Pieces- Tiger Trap

10/06/2008 recap

"don't make someone a priority when they only make you an option."



over it.



BUT MY FRIENDS FUCKING RULE.

1) Sowing Season- Brand New
2) Never Meant- Owen
3) On With The Show- The Lawrence Arms
4) All Things Ordinary- The Anniversary
5) Speakers Push The Air- Pretty Girls Make Graves
6) The Funeral- Band of Horses
7) Boy Destroyers- Hey Mercedes
8) The Awful Truth of Loving- Rainer Maria
9) The Broken Vow- Converge
10) Motivational Song- Algernon Cadwallader
11) Women We Haven't Met Yet- Minus the Bear
12) No Winter, No Autumn- Moscow Olympics
13) My Friends Fucking Rule- Get Rad
14) Secret- The Appleseed Cast

there's been a major surge in new music on my harddrive (my iPod, by the way, maxing out at 80GB this week). this blog is mostly to blame. keeping my fingers crossed that i'll soon be able to contribute, but in the meantime, definitely worth checking it out.

in the meantime, the last show i'm booking for a very very long time at the art space this friday night. i recommend you be there.

swamped edition 09/29/2008

fury |ˈfyoŏrē|
noun ( pl. -ries)
1 wild or violent anger : tears of fury and frustration | Rachel shouted, beside herself with fury.
• ( a fury) a surge of violent anger or other feeling : in a fury, he lashed the horse on.
• [in sing. ] violence or energy displayed in natural phenomena or in someone's actions : the fury of a gathering storm | she was paddling with a new fury.
2 ( Fury) Greek Mythology a spirit of punishment, often represented as one of three goddesses who executed the curses pronounced upon criminals, tortured the guilty with stings of conscience, and inflicted famines and pestilences. The Furies were identified at an early date with the Eumenides.
• dated used to convey a woman's anger or aggression by comparing her to such a spirit : she turned on him like a vengeful fury.
PHRASES
like fury informal with great energy or effort : she fought like fury in his arms.

it's the first big wave of the term. up until 2am doing a powerpoint, up again at 7am to draw in order to make it to work for the first time in almost a week and not be completely behind.

am i ever behind? still ahead.

my room, on the other hand, destroyed.



this past weekend exploded with absolute, joyful phenomena. shows that i still jump up and down about when I talk about them. big beds and sleepovers. 3am descendents sing-a-longs, 4am mario tennis, and 6am hash-outs (it's never too late). the vegan straightedge. reunion brunches and family dinners.



and i don't think i could ask for a better crew of ladies to back me up, ever.


ari, amanda, and bridgette joined me for the show on monday. popular topics included gossip girl, dva and the bed bugs, and postcrossing!

1) Gotteslust- Zann
2) Take The Risk- In My Eyes
3) Polar Bear Club- Silent Majority
4) Power Chord Blues- Dangers
5) Scum- Sick Fix
6) The Price of Medication- The Effort
7) High Society- The Suicide Machines
8) Books About Miles Davis- The Ergs!
9) My Friend Peter- Alkaline Trio
10) Young. Brash. Hopeful.- Fairweather
11) I Like The Nightlife Baby- The Suicide File
12) Writing Letters- Dead To Me
13) From Nothing to Nowhere- Pinback
14) Casey's Song- City And Colour
15) Call It Off- Tegan & Sara
16) Don't Save Us From The Flames- M83

The work will get done. Tonight I'm seeing Pinback in DC. Tomorrow, Tegan & Sara and City And Colour. Saturday, Think Fast, Wild And Crazy Kids (LAST SHOW!), Mindset, Werewolves, Cult Classics at CCAS hollerrrr.

oh, and this is in a week and a half and you should go:

i REALLY like the bruises. KSR #2 for FA/08

This weekend was endurance weekend. On Saturday I went kayaking in Pennsylvania, and on Sunday I had my first cyclocross race at Charm City. Both were SO MUCH FUN, but I'm ready to take a bit of a rest this week. Also, my lower body looks like someone took a sock of quarters to it. Whatever. It rules. Photos not as good as real life are up on my flickr. You can also go to the Proteus Cyclocross blog and read all about our team experiences. I posted a little post-race blurb as well. But in short: I finished. I placed. I wasn't last. I didn't throw up. I had a really bad crash in the first lap that everyone heard about. aaaaand I love cyclocross.

The studio was packed again last night. Saaj, Ari, and Dan all stopped by and Amanda, Emily, Bridgette, Cait and Julian held it down with me in the studio and sang some Rick Springfield. We also got a call from the spectacular RICH SIMON, Goucher Radio's former Director of Programming and who's pretty much responsible for making Goucher Radio what it is today.

1) One Beat- Sleater-Kinney
2) Owned and Operated- Bigwig
3) Dinner's for Suckers- None More Black
4) Pay Phones and Pills- Darkest Hour
5) So Much Trouble- Matt Pond PA
6) Something of an End- My Brightest Diamond
7) Sore Thumb- The Format
8) The Ark- Dr. Dog
9) She Wakes When She Dreams- Lucero
10) Seethruskin- Jawbreaker
11) I'll Be Fine- The Copyrights
12) She Doesn't Love Me- Slapstick
13) Long Way From, Long Way Since- The Impossibles

I really need to manage my activities this semester and make sure I don't overload. Oh wait, I already did. Wompwomp.

Obviously I still do Goucher Radio. I stepped down from President of Gophers for Choice, the Reproductive Rights/Sexual Health organization I started on campus to dedicate my time to the Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Initiative myself and a team of faculty/staff/students head. I'm also VP of the Bike Club, on the board for the Student Health Advisory Committee, and a member of Goucher's Suicide Awareness Project. And work part-time. Taking 16 credits and auditing the Environmental Economics class. Oh, and did I mention I'm supposed to leave for Costa Rica in less than four months? No? Well, I'M MOVING TO COSTA RICA FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2009 to study global-local challenges of social and environmental sustainability.

This weekend and into next week are fantastic for shows. I stopped going to most shows after returning from tour (after three weeks straight of shows? Kind of got burned out.) But this next week includes:

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH - 7PM
AT CHARM CITY ART SPACE
1721 MARYLAND AVE. BALTIMORE, MD
Endless Mike and the Beagle Club
Sedition Coalition
South Carey
Wild and Crazy Kids
Super Demon Forest
Cringe

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH - 7PM
AT 10 CAR PILE UP
511 YORK ROAD TOWSON, MD
CELEBRATED SUMMER TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Ruiner
Pulling Teeth
Government Warning
The Ergs!
Deep Sleep
Sick Fix
Brain Dead


and then next week Pinback and Tegan & Sara/City & Colour. YESSSSSSSSSSS. but we'll talk about those next Monday.

Have a great week, y'allz!

KICKOFF RECAP!!!

We were the first show of this semester's programming, and as overwhelming as it was after four months, it felt good to be back. We had over a dozen guests stop by and say hello, multiple callers, and bad-ass singalongs.

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE: I usually make playlists prior to air-time on CD. if you want to request a song, email me at kitchensinkradio[at]gmail[dot]com.

1) Evil Urges- My Morning Jacket
2) Wrist Rocket- Kid Dynamite
3) Hell Hath No Fury- Glös
4) Stuck between Stations- The Hold Steady
5) Weightless- Nada Surf
6) Hope For Us- The Jealous Sound
7) No Sensitivity- Jimmy Eat World
8) You Vandal- Saves the Day
9) Vengeance- The Protomen
10)This Is My Everest- The Swellers
11) Good Good Things- Descendents
12) The Sing-Along Summer Song- Satanic Surfers
13) Mechanical- Lemuria



OH HAI CHARM CITY CROSS RACE IS THIS SUNDAY!!!

i'm racing. 9:02am. first race ever! come support!

TONIGHT TONIGHT

tune in! yeah!

nothing nice to say flyer!

KSR STARTS ON MONDAY!!!

first friday +s

+ summer ruled.
+ tour ruled.
+ camp goucher rules.
+ T apartment rules.
+ KITCHEN SINK RADIO STARTS ON MONDAYYYYY

same time, same place. flyers will be posted ASAPz.
tune in!

TOURTOURTOUR

07/21 Richmond VA: The Mammal Mansion w/ Delay, Bound to Bolt, Teenage Cool Kids, Trifle Tower, Timber
07/22 Charlotte NC: Lunchbox Records w/ Romans, Monarchist
07/23 Durham NC: Bull City Headquarters w/ Delay, Future Kings of Nowhere
07/24 Atlanta GA: Wonderroot Community Arts Center w/ Omega Love, Nerd Parade
07/25 Gainesville FL: The Kickstand w/ Midnight Suit
07/26 Lafayette LA: Cafe Cottage w/ Hat Talk, Destroyed By Fire, Split by the Sun
07/27 Houston TX: Walter's EARLY SHOW + BBQ!!
07/28 DAY OFF IN TEXAS
07/29 Austin TX: The Hole in the Wall w/ The Bread, Roger Wallace
07/30 Denton TX: 715 Panhandle
07/31 Oklahoma City OK: Sauced w/ The Effort, Hostage Calm, I Blame You, Speak Out!
08/01 Springfield MO: BBQ Show!
08/02 Kansas City MO: Club Moustache at The Highlands
08/03 Appleton WI: BFG House w/ Tenement, Uh-Oh, Pine Hill Haints
08/04 Milwaukee WI: Ground Zero w/ Bear Proof Suit, Pine Hill Haints (Huntsville), Grillout Beach
08/05: DAY OFF IN CHICAGO
08/06 Chicago IL: Phyllis' w/ the Blackbelts, the Chivalries
08/07 Dayton OH: Dayton Dirt Collective w/ Gospel Gossip
08/08 Columbus OH: Monster House w/ The Ergs!, Hunchback, Delay
08/09 Cleveland OH: The Soggy Dog House
08/10 Baltimore MD: Charm City Art Space w/ Pedals on Our Pirate Ships,
The Skanarchists (last show before college!!), South Carey
08/11 Vienna VA: The Second Death Star w/ The Blackpowder, Timber

That's my tour schedule with Friendly Fire for the next three weeks. Summer 2008 in Baltimore continues to be top notch. Couldn't ask for anything better, still.

Tonight is my last night in Baltimore. I have a show at Charm City Art Space. It is surrounded by Artscape/Whartscape, but it would be absolutely fantastic if you stopped by the show to say hello. Good bands, good times.



or

summer update #1

do you realize that you now have a great potential to instigate surprises? your knack for healing the unhealable is at a peak, as is your ability to accomplish the impossible, get insight into the incomprehensible, and feel equanimity amid the uncontrollable. What do you plan to do with all that mojo?I suggest that you act like a character in a fairy tale who has been given three wishes. not two or four, but three.

everything rules.

summer in baltimore.

my apartment is great. lots of room, lots of light, perfect distances from everywhere i want to be.
my internship is better than i could have imagined. i've spent most of the past week and a half installing and rotating exhibitions at the walters museum and the creative alliance. it's been pretty intense, but it's a critical time and i'm more than overjoyed to be a part of it.

my relationship with my bicycle is much better now that i have it with me and ride it everyday.

baltimore is the place to visit this summer. the people, the shows, the brunches, i lovelovelove it.

new jams for summer:
+Abe Froman, Baltimore is Scum
+Young Hearts, The Fight EP
+Nana Grizol, Love It Love It
+The Max Levine Ensemble, OK Smartypants
+H20, F.T.T.W.
+Good Luck, Into Lake Griffy
+Band Of Horses, Everything All The Time and Cease To Begin
+Lemuria, The First Collection and Get Better

classic jams for summer:
+American Football, American Football
+Pinback, Summer In Abbaddon
+The Get Up Kids, Something to Write Home About
+Minus The Bear, Highly Refined Pirates
+Jawbreaker, EVERYTHING
+The Lawrence Arms, EVERYTHING

brainsbrainsbrains.

no taxlo last night. examsexamsexams. home stretch. will update later.

in the meantime, UHHHHHHHHHH

summerlight / summertime 05/05/2008

1. Pinhead- The Ramones
2. Rabbit Habbits- Man Man
3. Confessions- City and Colour
4. There's A Reason- A.A. Bondy
5. Missed The Boat- Modest Mouse
6. Cheated Hearts- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7. Feeling This- Blink-182
8. I'm The Man- The Methadones
9. Everything Falls Apart- Hüsker Dü
10. Not Just Boys Fun- 7 Seconds
11. Young, Loud, and Scotty- Lifetime
12. Dreams- Descendents
13. The Cannons and Tanks- Small Brown Bike
14. Seeing Red- Minor Threat
15. Hurry Up- Meneguar
16. For Tension- Superchunk
17. The Web- Neurosis



Last night Man Man played Goucher College. I have never seen anything like it occur at my school. SO much dancing and sweating and yelling and clapping. the power went out twice, but drum circles an saxophones made interludes bearable and kept the intensity going. PLUS, tons of pretty girls and tight jean'd boys with bandanas and sunglasses infiltrated the goucher bubble, which was really neat. and awkward. i had a good time, i'm pretty sure everyone did. good way to say...


HEY! FUCK! IT'S THE FUCKING LAST WEEK OF CLASSES! I'VE FINISHED ALL MY FUCKING WORK! LET'S FUCKING DANCE!

yeah.

so. last night was the last episode of KSR for the semester. next monday i will probably be off dancing with pretty girls and tight jean'd boys with bandanas and sunglasses. i need at least one go-crazy-and-party-and-dance before the end of a semester that pushed me off the side of a cliff.

but really. i accomplished a lot this semester and am quite proud of my work. however, i'm ready to end this chapter and move out...

...to an apartment a few miles away in the city for the summer. lots of kickball, bike rides, and brunches.



also...

Reports of Tremors in Northern Virginia
Last Edited: Tuesday, 06 May 2008, 2:57 PM EDT
Created: Tuesday, 06 May 2008, 2:48 PM EDT
USGS Earthquake Map

Around 1:30pm, Fairfax County Police report lots of calls about a loud boom and shaking. Arlington County Fire also received calls from people saying their buildings were shaken.

At first, the U.S. Geological Survey said they had not registered any earthquakes in our area. But in a follow up call from Fox 5 the USGS now says they do believe it was an earthquake. They are calling it a 1.8 magnitude on the USGS website. Here are more details and a Google map of the location.

U.S. Geological Survey
Earthquake Center


Magnitude 1.8
Date-Time

* Tuesday, May 06, 2008 at 17:30:23 UTC
* Tuesday, May 06, 2008 at 01:30:23 PM at epicenter

Location 38.828°N, 77.234°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region VIRGINIA
Distances

* 2 km (1 miles) WSW (250°) from Annandale, VA
* 3 km (2 miles) NW (320°) from North Springfield, VA
* 3 km (2 miles) SE (143°) from Mantua, VA
* 6 km (4 miles) NNE (32°) from Burke, VA
* 12 km (8 miles) WSW (242°) from Arlington, VA
* 21 km (13 miles) WSW (244°) from Washington, DC

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 1.7 km (1.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 6, Nph= 13, Dmin=70.2 km, Rmss=0.3 sec, Gp=151°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1
Source

* Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network (LCSN)

Event ID ld1022071

* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

some shows.

friends' band appreciation night 04/28/2008

"The news hit me like a ton. I didn't know what I was waiting for. That day came like a rolling thunder and we were waiting for the sun. "Hey man I haven't seen you in a while." Get the hell out of this circumstance. Can't fight this kind of feeling that we're dealing with. I feel helpless and useless. It's clear now. This day's decided. I feel like I'm defeated. It's clear now this heart's divided. I feel like I'm defeated. Shivers shake the ground we're on. Cold feet dance in nervousness. Speechless with my hands in my pockets. Skin cracks as we march in. Sit down and let the feeling take control. Creepy. Can't hide it with a smile. I'm pretty sure I don't believe in god, but I can pretend for a little while."

i played this song for the one year anniversary of jamie's death last semester. right now, it runs clear through my head for david.

when it came to making my playlist this week, i wanted to pick a song that really signified our relationship. it was friends' band appreciation night, but i figured the one song i would choose would not interfere.

"There's no one in town I know
You gave us some place to go
I never said thank you for that
'thought I might get one more chance

What would you think of me now?
So lucky, so strong, so proud
I never said thank you for that
Now I'll never have a chance

May angels lead you in
Hear you me my friends
On sleepless roads, the sleepless go
May angels lead you in

So what would you think of me now?
So lucky, so strong, so proud
I never said thank you for that
Now I'll never have a chance

May angels lead you in
Hear you me my friends
On sleepless roads the sleepless go
May angels lead you in

(May angels lead you in)
May angels lead you in
(May angels lead you in)
May angels lead you in

And if you were with me tonight
I'd sing to you just one more time
A song for a heart so big
God couldn't let it live

May angels lead you in
Hear you me my friends
On sleepless roads the sleepless go
May angels lead you in

May angels lead you in
Hear you me my friends
On sleepless roads the sleepless go
May angels lead you in"

david elliot golub.
not dave. david.

a few days after i found out about david's death i had a meeting with goucher's chaplain, cynthia terry. my relationship with cynthia has never been a spiritual one; she was my mentor for LEAD and we're currently working together on the innovation grant to bring sexual assault awareness and response training programs to goucher. but for this, for this i really needed guidance. a co-worker told me at work that "this is all part of his big plan. he's testing you."



and for a millisecond, i believed in my coworker. and everything was okay. and that millisecond scared me. i don't believe in god in this almighty, all-knowing, all-doing being. and the fact that everything was okay when i let myself think that for one moment, yes, these feelings can be justified (or can they?). no. there is no such thing as justification, there is no such thing as moral right or wrong in this situation because he is still dead. as much as i was hesitant to tell cynthia about this moment, i knew she was the only person who had the ability to help me through it and understand it. and to my relief, she believes what i believe; trials are random. there is no big plan. shit happens and we deal and doesn't mean we aren't allowed to be confused about it.

the memorial was friday afternoon. after it ended, carolina, lela, and i drove to adams morgan to get falafel and then ventured to the neighborhood swings. talked through the sunset. back to carolina's for coca leaves and more talking. more memories. more imperfections.

our birthdays were 3 days apart.
he took me to my first fort reno.
and he was the first boy to ever hold my hand.

playlist of last night:

1) Hear You Me- Jimmy Eat World
2) Backs To It- Young Hearts
3) Tony Pence None the Richer- South Carey
4) Dry- Turboslut
5) W.A.C.K.- Wild and Crazy Kids
6) 1/3- Sick Fix
7) Hotel Fever- Mass Movement of the Moth / The Catalyst
8) Bridges- Loma Prieta
9) Appropriate Faith- Timber
10) Pigeon Perch- Friendly Fire
11) Tough Guy Older Brother Shit- 1994
12) Pink- The Max Levine Ensemble
13) Kaffa- The AKs
14) Purist- Attrition
15) Power Junkies- Coke Bust
16) Black Skies- Pulling Teeth
17) Suffer The Kids- Broadway Calls
18) Redneckties- The Riot Before

less than greater than or equal to

i've escaped to pennsylvania.

last night was hip-hop appreciation night. julian was sneaky.
1) Distortion To Static- The Roots
2) High Fidelity- Jurassic 5
3) Mind Power- A Tribe Called Quest
4) Yo (Excuse Me Miss)- Chris Brown
5) Laszt Frount Hurtin'- Lazt Frounturr (ask Julian?)
6) Thieves in the Night- Black Star
7) Now You're Mine- Gang Starr
8) Wamp Wamp- Clipse ft. Slim Thug
9) Sex In The Kitchen (Remix)- R. Kelly
10) I Against I- Jedi Mind Tricks ft. Planet
11) Pay Attention- Dilated Peoples
12) A Rapper's Reference- Bubble & Squeak

one really important issue i think i need to bring up is that a friend of mine committed suicide a little over a week ago. death has played some sort of role every semester of my college experience. this death, a suicide, is unlike any i've had to cope with in the past two years.

he was a good friend. it's heartbreaking to know his struggle and his pain overpowered him.



next week is friends' band appreciation night. if you're in a band, and you're my friend, send me an mp3 or two and maybe i'll hook you up with a spot on my show. kitchensinkradio[at]gmail[dot]com. hollerz.

recap 04/14/2007

recap from monday:
1) If By "Gay" You Mean "Totally Freaking Awesome," Then Yeah, I Guess It's Pretty Gay- Des Ark
2) Oh Messy Life- Cap'n Jazz
3) Muffled By Concrete- The Honor System
4) Bloods on Fire- Pinback
5) Don't Ask If This Is About You- Marathon
6) Gyroscope- The Dismemberment Plan
7) Freya- The Sword
8) Parallel or Together?- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

i always delete the recaps when they seem irrelevant to the actual show.

GIG-report

FACT: I was 100% sober on GIG.
ALSO FACT: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists played on Goucher's Residential Quad last night.
ALSO FACT: Ted Leo covered both Chumbawamba and Daft Punk last night.

ALSO FACT: GOUCHER'S HUMANS VERSUS ZOMBIES IS THE MAIN ARTICLE IN THE WASHINGTON POST MAGAZINE.
(it is here online)

AND: The Duke Ellington School of the Arts is the other featured article in The Washington Post Magazine
(also see here)

Thursday night I saw The Weakerthans at the Recher. First top show in 2008.

I am currently doing 4 loads of laundry.

Tonight is Goucher's Relay For Life. I am a Team Captain for Rulers of Da House. We host "THE FEAST" from 6-7:30PM. To serve your post-GIG stomach-grumblings, support the American Cancer Society and get feasted. $5 for a filled plate. You can also continue to DONATE TO OUR TEAM HERE through this evening.

Make sure to tune in Monday night for a full report. The playlist will be pretty good, too.

Stay posi.
<3 KSR

recap 04/07/2008

1) Intransit- The Lawrence Arms
2) For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic- Paramore
3) Shiner- Kid Dynamite
4) Turn Out The Light- The New Amsterdams
5) Frisky Business- Daggermouth
6) Cursing Concrete- Rumbleseat
7) The Fallback- Death Is Not Glamorous
8) A People's History of the World- Propagandhi
9) Drop The Attitude Fucker- The Queers
10) Word Problems- Fever Kids
11) If Batman Was Real, He Would Have Beaten The Crap Out Of My Friends- Latterman
12) Love Is A Lie- Cut The Shit
13) More Complicated Than A Sci-Fi Flick- Pg.99
14) Teeth Versus Teeth / 60 Grit- Comadre

03/31/2008

before i get into "feelings," it is absolutely incredible that goucher radio has seen a 600-700% increase in listenership since we began broadcasting on iTunes. it's absolutely extraordinary.

most days this is what i feel is happening to me:


i've clawed at the sides of the abyss of spring semester and while i KNOW there IS a LIGHT or an EDGE to cling to SOMEWHERE, it is always weeks away.

positives:
+ julian as a co-host.
+ intramural soccer.
+ spring weather.

1) Out Of Control- Rufio
2) Aside- The Weakerthans
3) Fat Waves- Torche
4) Pizza of Death's Theme- BBQ Chickens
5) Missionary Position- Paint It Black
6) I'm About To Crack- The Methadones
7) Turning Blue- Jay Reatard
8) Salt Water Taffy- Bubble & Squeak
9) Bunkhouse- Murder City Devils
10) Nausea- X
11) Timen Er Kommet- Gorilla Angreb
12) Change of Heart- Floorpunch
13) S.O.S.- Off With Their Heads
14) )))- Achilles

return from spring break recap 03/24/2006

after 3 weeks it was great to be back, especially with julian in the studio. best co-host everrrrr. he has a show wednesday into thursday nights 12-1am. he never advertises his shows! only the punk rock performances.

anyway, we're on iTunes now! click on radio, then college radio, then goucher and you can stream us! pretty cool. you can still stream us at goucher-radio.net but this makes us pretty legit.

anyway,

1) TSR- Against Me!
2) Superbus 23- Weston
3) Pecan Pie- Satanic Surfers
4) Non-Photo Blue- Pinback
5) The Turnpike Down- The Lemonheads
6) Hey Jealousy (Gin Blossoms cover)- The Ergs!
7) Give and Go- Girl Talk
8) Gasolina- Bonde Do Role
9) Paper Planes- M.I.A.
10) So Cool- Teenage Bottle Rocket
11) Beer for Breakfast- The Replacements
12) Circles- Dag Nasty
13) Ghost- Neutral Milk Hotel
14) This Will Be Our Year- The Zombies
15) Heart is Home- Leatherface
16) Not Stupid...But Hopeful- Delay
17) Master Wicked- The Marked Men




i got myself enough highway miles to last me 'til summer

Good Morning, Goucher.

good way to start my day.

Dear Goucher Radio staff and Communication department,

I wanted to let you all know some exciting news. George Capalbo of Backbone Networks (our software company) told me earlier this evening that Goucher Radio has been chosen by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System as one of ten college radio stations that will be an official radio station on iTunes. George has told me that when we get back from spring break, our stream will not only be available on Quicktime through our website, but also through a live stream on iTunes. Millions of listeners stream live programs every day on iTunes, and George is expecting this to boost our listernship considerably. There will be more to come as I get more information, but I wanted to let all deejays and the communication department know, as this is a big moment for the station.

Goucher Radio sent 8 representatives this past weekend to New York City for the annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting System conference. We did three live remote broadcasts from New York City with our equipment, and they were a success. We did a lot of good networking, and I have already gotten e-mails from several Program Directors who have tuned into our station.

Oliver Janney, the founder of our station, was nice enough to come in last weekend to take a look at some of the technical issues we have been encountering. A new miniplug jack has been ordered, and we should have that when you get back from spring break. In addition, a new flasher for the phone is in the works. Both phone lines are working, so if you want to do conference calls, you can do that.

Finally, Goucher Radio's Spring Concert will be Thursday, March 27th in Buchner Hall (Alumni House) from 9-11 PM. Jesse Rifkin from Sarah Lawrence (www.myspace.com/jesserifkin) will be headlining the show, and Goucher Radio's own, Quinn Struke (www.myspace.com/quinnsmusic), will be opening up. The event is free and I look forward to seeing many of you there.

Have a great spring break and thanks for showing the same respect to Pete and Dan, as you showed to me during my three years as Program Director. Your dedication is what makes this station flourish.

Best,
Richard

no show this past monday for i had a show at charm city art space (see: dino flyer). Tomorrow I leave for spring break so we will not be broadcasting this coming week, but hopefully, HOPEFULLY upon the gopher's return to goucher on the 23rd, the show on the 24th will be of epic proportions. We will be on iTunes, after all.

03/03/2008

one of the best films i have watched in a while.

i can smell spring. 3 weeks.

1.5 weeks until spring break.

1) Never Meant- American Football
2) Carolina- Ben Gibbard
3) Dirt- Christie Front Drive
4) Why Did We Ever Meet?- The Promise Ring
5) German Engineering- Maritime
6) Oceans- The Format
7) A Dozen Roses- Braid
8) Echodyne Harmonic- Sparta
9) Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo- Minus the Bear

recap 02/25/2007

points of interest:

1) julian and i are starting a saves the day cover band. we need other members, preferably a drummer, bassist, and at least one other guitarist.
2) A LOT OF SHOWS ARE COMING UP AT THE ART SPACE AND EVERYONE SHOULD COME OUT AND SUPPORT DUHHHHHHHHHH
3)Everyone has a good story about how (s)he got into poppunk.

PLAYLIST:
1) Soco Amaretto Lime- Brand New
2) Hollow Place- Polar Bear Club
3) All I'm Losing Is Me- Saves The Day
4) February- Dar Williams
5) Greater Omaha- Desaparecidos
6) Trusty Chords- Hot Water Music
7) Yesterday's News- Four Letter Word
8) Boeing- Majority Rule
9) Pattern Against User- At The Drive-In

punk rock prom was ace last night. tune in next week!

SHOWSHOWSHOW 03/10

SHOWSHOWSHOW FLYER

next week is going to be intense.

coming together 02/18/2008

life rules.

two thousand and GREAT.

last night was rad. Full house in the studio, plans for eating competitions, that sort of thing. it was a ladieeeez night in terms of music, check it out:

1. Huddle Formation- The Go! Team
2. Pants- Lemuria
3. Off Your Throne- Fifth Hour Hero
4. Dirty Soap- Pink Nasty
5. Planetary- Rainer Maria
6. My Broken Heart- Tiger Trap
7. Punchlines- Mates of State
8. The Golden Ghost- Slingshot Dakota
9. Wooden Bullets- This is My Fist
10. Clap and Cough- Discount
11. Sometimes- My Bloody Valentine

REALLY IMPORTANT: I am a co-captain for a team here at Goucher for this year's Relay for Life, an all-night walk to raise awareness about cancer and to raise money to fight cancer. Goucher's Relay for Life will take place in mid-April, but why not start fundraising now? If you're a Goucher student, you should join my/a team or start your own! If you are interested in donating, you can go HERE! and contribute! All donations go to the American Cancer Society. Feel free to spread the word to your friends, family, everyone! Goucher raised over $31,000 last year, and we hope to exceed our goal of $34,500 this year.

yep. two thousand and great.

PUNK PROM SHOWSHOWSHOW

yes, i'll be dressed for the occasion.

SHOWSHOWSHOWSHOWSHOW

GET INTO IT.
SPREAD FAR AND WIDE.

recap 02/11/2008

1. If They Move...Kill Them- Fairweather
2. D.A.N.C.E.- Justice
3. Good Life (Ft. T-Pain)- Kanye West
4. Y Control- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5. Steps and Numbers- The Appleseed Cast
6. Monday Monday Monday- Tegan & Sara
7. Friends Back East- Jawbreaker
8. True Believers- Bouncing Souls
9. Newfound Mass- The Get Up Kids
10. Blister- Jimmy Eat World
11. Holding Pattern- New Bruises
12. 47- Sunny Day Real Estate
13. After The Curtain- Beirut

back tomorrow night.
get into it.

9-10 pm est.
duh.
goucher-radio.net.
duh.
be there.
duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

in betweens.

pollock pines, 2008.

KSR should be broadcasting next week.