well, it's been a while

I haven't posted in this thing in forever. Sorry. I am going to make a habit of it again.

In interesting punk news this week, a prehistoric species of bird was named after the band Lucero, and These Arms Are Snakes, who are easily in my top five favorite bands of all time, broke up. :( I am very bummed, but thankful that I was able to see them live twice and meet all of the band members except for vocalist Steve Snere. I think I will air the interview that I did with them again next week. RIP.

Good shows that you should go to this weekend:

January 15: Dinosaur Jr & Kurt Vile at Daniel Street in Milford. The show is 21+ and is $20 in advance or $22 at the door. Doors are at 8pm, I think.

January 16: Algernon Cadwallader (from Philadelphia) at the Vernon Teen Center in Vernon. 6pm, $5. Also playing with Chalk Talk (CT), Black Churches (MA), Ape Up (MA), Zona Mexicana (NY), Acres (NJ), Mad Men (MA)

This Week's Playlist:

In Circles - Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

Chesterfield King - Jawbreaker - Bivouac

About Two Days - Christie Front Drive

Breathe In - Braid - Frame & Canvas

Cover the Roots/Lower the Stems - Moving Mountains - Pneuma

Greater Omaha - Desaparecidos - Read Music/Speak Spanish

Little Bird Courage - Old Canes - Feral Harmonic

Four Night Rider - Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns

Sit Tight - Person L - The Positives

After Hours - Jemina Pearl - Break it Up

Look Down - Algernon Cadwallader - demo

The Wagon - Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind

Man of Steel - Jay Reatard - Watch me Fall

Last One to Die - Rancid - Let the Dominoes Fall

What are you Willing to Lose? - Lucero - 1372 Overton Park

[CT bands set:]

Old Blood - Subverso - Anxiety's Fragile Thoughts

Autumn in New Jersey - Easy Chowder - Summer '09 Demos

Virgin Sails - My Heart to Joy - Virgin Sails

Grayscale - Hostage Calm - Lens

Meat - Ruiner - Hell is Empty

Idiosyncrasies - Pianos Become the Teeth - demo

Failed State - Strike Anywhere - Iron Front

Light of Local Eyes - Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg

Seein' Diamonds - Hot Water Music - Till the Wheels Fall off

Horse Girl - These Arms Are Snakes - Easter

Ethric Double - These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower & Dove

the all-emo installment of the big takeover

This week I tried to cram the entire history of emo into two hours. I didn't get to play all the bands that I wanted, obviously, but a lot of great tunes were played!

Also, our schedule switches next week so make sure to check www.whus.org Monday night when our new website launches at midnight to find out when your favorite shows are on! And when The Big Takeover will be on!

For Want Of - Rites of Spring - End on End

Golden Brown - Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime

Orchard - Indian Summer - Discography

Guatemala - Moss Icon - Lyburnum

Chesterfield King - Jawbreaker - Bivouac

In Circles - Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

8 - Sunny Day Real Estate - LP2

Oh Messy Life - Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology

Planet Shhh - Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology

I'll See You When We're Both Not So Emotional - American Football - American Football

A Dozen Roses - Braid - Frame & Canvas

Why Did We Ever Meet? - The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good

About Two Days - Christie Front Drive 

The Martyr - Cursive - Domestica

Greater Omaha - Desaparecidos - Read Music/Speak Spanish

Red Letter Day - The Get Up Kids - Something to Write Home About

San Dimas High School Football Rules - The Ataris - Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits

February - The Appleseed Cast - Peregrine

Pattern Against User - At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command

Born Beautiful - Kind of Like Spitting - Bridges Worth Burning

The Sad Waltzes of Pietro Crespi - Owen - At Home With

Chapter 13: The Hero Appears - The Lawrence Arms - The Greatest Story Ever Told

It's Been a Blast - Hey Mercedes - Loses Control

Pastor of Muppets - Street Smart Cyclist - Demo

Some Kind of Cadwallader - Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader

Old Capitals - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse

Young Hearts Spark Fire - Japandroids - Post-Nothing

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't have much to say this week. DJing at the involvement fair as soon as I finish typing this! Yay!

Rotterdam - Chuck Ragan - Gold Country

The Trench - Chuck Ragan - Gold Country

Guilt: the Song - Andrew Jackson Jihad

Ghost - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Sun in an Empty Room - Weakerthans - Reunion Tour

We are Both Writers - Kind of Like Spitting - Bridges Worth Burning

The Supposed Common - Beware of Safety - Dogs

Arches - The Bronzed Chorus - I'm the Spring

Life Sentence/Twisted Ladder - Joan of Arc - Flowers

Teflon - The Mars Volta - Octahedron

Decatur - Sufjan Stevens - Come on, Feel the Illinoise

A Stick, A Carrot & String - MewithoutYou - It's All Crazy....

The Whale Song - Modest Mouse - No One's First and You're Next

Resuscitation of a Dead Man - Thursday - Common Existence

Alastika - Moving Mountains - Pneuma

Spent - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans

Crying Lightning - Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning single

Shark Suit - UUVVWWZ - UUVVWWZ

Man of Steel - Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall

Minimum Wage is a Gateway Drug - Dillinger Four - Civilwar

The Old Fisher Burial Ground - Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg

Like a Fish - Let Me Run - Meet Me at the Bottom

A Broken Tenor - The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good

Little League - Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology

The Boys are Leaving Town - Japadroids - Post-Nothing

A-List Actress - Hey Mercedes - Everynight Fireworks

Our Weekend Starts on Wednesday - Hey Mercedes - Everynight Fireworks

first show of the semester

Today I played lots of summer songs. And ended with an autumn song. Autumn is actually my least favorite holiday, but this song is good so it's okay. ;)

Living Saints - Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg

Light of Local Eyes - Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg

Hateful - The Clash - London Calling

Junkie Man - Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves

I've Got Friends - Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing

Welfare Bread - King Khan and the Shrines - What Is?!

My Time Outside the Womb - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances

Heck Yeah Summer - Fake Problems - How Far Our Bodies Go

Summers & Autumns - Monotonix - Body Language

Standing on the Edge of Summer - Thursday - Full Collapse

In the Summer's When You Really Know - Jets to Brazil - Four Cornered Night

Midsummer Classic - Sundowner - Four One Five Two

All Souls Day - The Ataris - Warped Tour Comp. '09

It's Been a Summer - New Found Glory - Sticks and Stones

Summer Ends - American Football - American Football

Thieves - Subverso - Anxiety's Fragile Thoughts

Time Spent Breathing/Empty Homes - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse

Summer of Hate - Crocodiles - Summer of Hate

Supporting Caste - Propagandhi - Supporting Caste

Basement Royalty - Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News

Shirt - Jawbreaker - Dear You

Overheated - The Lawrence Arms - Cocktails & Dreams

The Trench - Chuck Ragan - Gold Country

Four Night Rider - Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns

Caveman - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen

I Hate People - Jemina Pearl - Break it Up

At the Bottom - Brand New - Daisy

Autumn Beds - Modest Mouse - No One's First and You're Next

last show of summer vacation =(

I'm exhausted from being on a leadership retreat for the last two days. Good times were had (kinda) but the last two days have seriously lacked some good music. So luckily my show happened right after the retreat ended. Awesome? Well, I think so. 

Next week I'm playing lots of songs about summer or with summer in the title to celebrate the end of summer and, uh... [insert word here that would be the opposite of celebrate] the beginning of the school year. Woo!

(Did you know that woo stands for "winning others over"? Never knew that til today on the retreat. I think that is the one useful thing I learned. Cool.)

Today's playlist:

At the Bottom - Brand New - Daisy

Porno & Snuff Films - The Lawrence Arms - Apathy and Exhaustion

Rockers East Vancouver - Japandroids - Post-Nothing

Life Sentence/Twisted Ladder - Joan of Arc - Flowers

Hugs From Boys - Braid - Frankie Welfare Boy Age 5

For Science Fiction - Maritime - Heresy & the Hotel Choir

Torches - Rise Against - Revolutions per Minute

Friends in the Armed Forces - Thursday - Common Existence

Cotopaxi - The Mars Volta - Octahedron

Shark Suit - UUVVWWZ - UUVVWWZ

The Patient Ferris Wheel - The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

Tonight is Alive - Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News

Don't Call it a Comeback - Motion City Soundtrack - I Am the Movie

Blasphemy - NOFX - Coaster

Toomerhead - Coathangers - Scramble

Well-Paid Scientist - Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters

Kylie - Bear vs Shark - Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands

Catamaran - Bear vs Shark - Terrorhawk

False Jesii Part 2 - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans

Low Fidelity - Left Alone - Left Alone

Last One to Die - Rancid - Let the Dominoes Fall

King Rat - Modest Mouse - No One's First & You're Next

Over It - Dinosaur Jr. - Farm

The Only One - Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing

Sleepyhead - Passion Pit - Manners

So Begins Our Alabee - Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins

Caveman - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen

When I Was Afraid - The Thermals - Now We Can See

Rice & Bread - Against Me! - As the Eternal Cowboy

Chicago - Sufjan Stevens - Come On, Feel the Illinoise

... Also, is it just me, or is "Chicago" basically the most perfect song ever? Or at least it pretty much sums up my whole summer in six minutes, which I really like. :)

<3

first of two shows in 12 hours!

Hey everyone! If you missed today's show, don't fret! I'll be filling in for steve tonight from midnight-2am. You should all listen. You should all listen to Steve's show when he's there too. Lots of good music and talk about conspiracies! :)

Young Hearts Spark Fire - Japandroids - Post-Nothing

Hollow Place - Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear

Spent - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans

Deer Lodge - These Arms Are Snakes - Easter

Subway Funeral - Thursday - Full Collapse

The Shape of Punk to Come - Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come

The Truth Hurts So This Should be Painless - Her Space Holiday - Xoxo, Panda, and new kid revival

Orchard - Indian Summer - Discography

I Wanna Kill - Crocodiles - Summer of Hate

House - Abe Vigoda - Reviver

Light of Day - Beware of Safety - Dogs

Shambles - Make Do and Mend - Bodies of Water

Grayscale - Hostage Calm - Lens

Worn Out Weather - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse

Old Blood - SubVerso - Anxiety's Fragile Thoughts

Be All That You Can't Be - Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News

Down Around Here - Big D and the Kids Table - Fluent in Stroll

In My Teeth - Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing

Buzz - Lemuria - Get Better

Frank, AB - The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns

That Look You Gave That Guy - Eels - Hombre Lobo

Share - Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains

Do You - Portugal. the Man - The Satanic Satanist

I Do Not Believe in Love and Hate - Tiny Hawks - Fingers Become Bridges

Some Kind of Cadwallader - Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader

Rotterdam - Chuck Ragan - Gold Country

the morning dove gets caught in the telephone wires.

Fun show today. It's also my brother's birthday. Happy birthday Sean!!

Leveless - Planes Mistaken for Stars - Fuck with Fire

Pink Chimneys - The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good

New Bones - So Many Dynamos - The Loud Wars

Trapezeus - UUVVWWZ - UUVVWWZ

Sleepyhead - Passion Pit - Manners

Baboon - This Town Needs Guns - Animals

Dr. L'Ling - Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice

The Funeral Procession - Propagandhi - Supporting Caste

Enfilade - At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command

Cross Out the Eyes - Thursday - Full Collapse

Idiosyncrasies - Pianos Become the Teeth - Demo EP

R-Rated Movie - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans

The Time You Lost Was Mine - Songs for Snakes - Songs for Snakes

Disconnected - Rancid - Let the Dominoes Fall

The Boys are Leaving Town - Japandroids - Post-Nothing

Oh Messy Life - Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology

Seventy Times Seven - Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon

Daylight - Matt & Kim - Grand

Winter Wasteland - Make Do and Mend - Bodies of Water

This Will be the Death of Us - Set Your Goals - This Will Be the Death of Us

Wherefore art Thou, Elvis? - The Gaslight Anthem - Senor & the Queen

If You Don't, Don't - Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American

The Something Special - Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Ace - Descendents - I Don't Want to Grow Up

Ball and Chain - Social Distortion - Social Distortion

The Fox, The Crow, and the Cookie - MewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright

Rolling Clouds - Paul Baribeau - Your Heart Breaks

Orange Rhyming Dictionary - Jets to Brazil - Four-Cornered Night