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

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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. :)

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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

So just in case you missed this show, here are some things I wanted to share:

1) The new Pissed Jeans album fucking rules. It is definitely one of my favorites of the whole year, and it's the most perfect hardcore record I've heard since I got into Black Flag back in high school.

2) Saw Cursive last night and it was amazing. ^_^

3) Whoever IMs me under a different screen name every week requesting "Houses" by Great Northern: think of a different song to request already!

4) House shows are the best, especially when they involve Andrew Jackson Jihad playing in a muddy backyard, and in order to not attract the attention of the cops, we all snapped our fingers after every song instead of clapping.

The Playlist:

False Jesii Part 2 - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans

Human Upskirt - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans

Son the Father - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life

Tell the World - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls

Body Language - Monotonix - Body Language

Minimum Wage is a Gateway Drug - Dillinger Four - Civil War

Lessons Learned - Matt and Kim - Grand

Heraldic Beak of the Manufacturer's Medallion - The Sound of Animals Fighting - The Ocean and the Sun

Gaia Bleeds (Make Way for Man) - Set Your Goals - This Will Be the Death of Us

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

Seven Stop Hold Restart - Bear vs. Shark - Terrorhawk

Mommy's Little Monster - Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster

Sailin' On - Bad Brains - Greatest Riffs

TV Party - Black Flag - Damaged

Freeze Up - Operation Ivy - Energy

Dorothy at Forty - Cursive - Happy Hollow

I Couldn't Love You Anymore - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen

About Two Days - Christie Front Drive

Young Hearts Spark Fire - Japandroids - Post-Nothing

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

Sowing Season - Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me

A Stick, A Carrot, and String - MewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's all a Dream! It's Alright.

Another Night in the Rock - Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear

Not For Anyone - Hot Water Music - Caution

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

New Orleans - Rancid - Let the Dominoes Fall

Quiet Little Voices - We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls

Houses - Great Northern - Remind Me Where the Light Is

People - Andrew Jackson Jihad - People That Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World 

finally a new post!

the martyr - cursive - domestica

8105 - moving mountains - pneuma

flowers - joan of arc - flowers

atlas - like bells - like bells

26 is dancier than 4 - this town needs guns

cotopaxi - the mars volta - octahedron

guilt: the song - andrew jackson jihad - only god can judge me

cold chillin' cold chillin' - bomb the music industry! - scrambles

i heard that new ashlee simpson record is killer - o pioneers!!! - black mambas

look down - algernon cadwallader - demo

a-list actress - hey mercedes - everynight fireworks

busy - jawbreaker - unfun

glaciers - so many dynamos - the loud wars

shark suit - uuvvwwz - uuvvwwz

work all day - portugal. the man - the satanic satanist

all souls day - the ataris - warped tour comp.

pieces - dinosaur jr. - farm

frank, ab - the rural alberta advantage

same shade as concrete - circle takes the square - as the roots undo

for marcus - the plot to blow up the eiffel tower - dissertation, honey

summer of hate - crocodiles - summer of hate

invalid litter dept. - at the drive in - relationship of command

our ethos: a legacy to pass on - set your goals - this will be the death of us

bombs away - left alone - left alone

supporting caste - propagandhi - supporting caste

a broken tenor - the promise ring

the revisionist - the lawrence arms - the greatest story ever told

So, I'm back from my road trip, which was an absolute blast. The only disappointing thing was that we didn't have enough time to go all the way to the West Coast. And let me tell you, driving down route 40 in Arizona and seeing signs for Los Angeles and not being able to drive all the way there, sucked so much. It was less than 500 miles away! *sigh*  

Anyway though, now that I'm back, my show is on Wednesday afternoons from 3-5. Now you don't have to stay up past your bed time to listen to me!  This is what I played this week:

Golden Brown - Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime

Heart Attack at 30 - Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear

Giving My Hands Away - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse

Nebraska - The Lawrence Arms - Cocktails and Dreams

Everywhere in Denver - The Promise Ring - 30 degrees Everywhere

Oh, Susquehanna - Defiance, Ohio - The Great Depression

New Orleans - Rancid - Let the Dominos Fall

My Orphan Year - NOFX - Coaster

Low Fidelity - Left Alone - Left Alone

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

Supporting Caste - Propagandhi - Supporting Caste

Friends in the Armed Forces - Thursday - Common Existence

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

The Only One - Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing

Caveman - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen

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

Come Saturday - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Katie's Conscious - Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader

Pants - Lemuria - Get Better

Old Blood - Subverso - Anxiety's Fragile Thoughts

Old Devils - William Elliott Whitmore - Animals in the Dark

Flowers - Joan of Arc - Flowers

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

Call it Sane - Faraquet - Anthology '97-'98

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

California Burritos - Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine

The '59 Sound - The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

Don't Let Her Pull You Down - New Found Glory - Not Without a Fight

Elegy for Elsabet - The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving

Train in Vain - The Clash - London Calling

LAST SHOW AT MIDNIGHT!

Hiiiii everyone.

I have important news. Steve and I are going on a road trip next week. So I will not be doing a show. Perhaps in the mean time I will post pictures of our adventures around the country. We'll see.

Even more importantly, tonight was my last nighttime show. I will now be on Wednesdays from 3-5pm. You can now listen as you are driving home from work/the beach or driving to awesome concerts or uh, just hanging out at home being bored listening to the radio! yay!


We Called it America - NOFX - Coaster
Creeping Out Sara - NOFX - Coaster
Spit Shine Your Black Clouds - Blood Brothers - Young Machetes
Catamaran - Bear vs Shark - Terrorhawk
For Marcus - The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower - Dissertation, Honey
Crowquill - Circle Takes the Square - As the Roots Undo
A Line in the Sand - Q and Not U - No Kill No Beep Beep
Old Capitals - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse

--these arms are snakes interview--

Ethric Double - These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower and Dove
Waiting Room - Fugazi - 13 Songs
Grow On, Grow Up, Grow Out - Moving Mountains - Pneuma
Busy - Jawbreaker - Unfun
Red Letter Day - The Get Up Kids - Something to Write Home About
Great Lakes / Great Escape - The Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta!
Hawaiian T-Shirt - Lemuria - Get Better
Mama, I'm Satan - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Classic Arts Showcase - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart
Brianstorm - Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
My Own Worst Enemy - Lit
Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Daedalus - Jettison - Drag
The Shape of Punk to Come - Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
Why Did We Ever Meet? - The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good
Search Party - So Many Dynamos - Flashlights
The Reasons - The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site

first show of the summmmmmmmer

Best of Me - The Starting Line
Roundabout - Tsunami Bomb
Brand New Cadillac - The Clash -London Calling
Warbrain - Alkaline Trio - Rock Against Bush Vol. 1
From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer) - Against Me! - Searching For a Former Clarity
Latch Key Kids - Bad Religion - How Could Hell Be Any Worse?
Jude Law and a Semester Abroad (acoustic) - Brand New - First Four Track Demo
Standing on the Edge of Summer - Thursday - Full Collapse
Seasons in Verse - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse
Horror - Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader
A Dozen Roses - Braid - Frame and Canvas
Atlas - Like Bells - Like Bells
Last One to Die - Rancid - Let the Dominoes Fall
Audible - Hostage Calm - Lens
Circuit - The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower - Dissertation, Honey
All Through a Life - Rites of Spring - End on End
(Shut Up) the Punx!!! - Bomb the Music Industry! - Scrambles
My Time Outside the Womb - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
The Time You Lose Was Mine - Songs for Snakes - Songs for Snakes
The Only One - Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
In Dead Sleep - The Night Marchers - See You in Magic
Welfare Bread - King Khan and the Shrines - What Is?!
Dinner's For Suckers - None More Black
Spritz! Spritz! - Minus the Bear - Bands Like it When You Yell "Yarr" at Them
Stop Stomp Stompin' - The Coathangers - Scramble
Heart Throb - Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Alibis - Civet - Hell Hath No Fury
Bombs Away - Left Alone - Left Alone
Necrotism: Decanting the Insalubrious (Cyborg Midnight) Part 7 - The Lawrence Arms - Cocktails and Dreams
Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis? - The Gaslight Anthem - Senor & the Queen
Lipstick - Lemuria - Get Better
The Martyr - Cursive - Domestica
Little League - Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology
Condition 11:11 - Defiance, Ohio - The Great Depression
Salad Days - Minor Threat - Complete Discography

last week of school!

Sluttering (May 4th) - Jawbreaker - Dear You
Laser Life - The Blood Brothers - Young Machetes
Degausser - Brand New - The Devil & God Are Raging Inside Me
I Couldn't Love You - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Stop Playing Guitar - The Promise Ring - Wood/Water
Night Windows - The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Mass Nerder - The Descendents - Cool to be You
Gainesville - Dillinger Four - Civilwar
A-List Actress - Hey Mercedes - Everynight Fireworks
I've Got Friends - Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Say I Won't (Recognize) - The Gaslight Anthem - Senor & the Queen
Root of the Industry - Hoots & Hellmouth - The Holy Open Secret
DC Comics & Chocolate Milkshake - Art Brut - Art Brut vs. Satan
House - Abe Vigoda - Reviver
No Regrets - King Khan & the Shrines - What Is?!
Do You Compute? - Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
We Were Sad But Now We're Rebuilding - Bear vs. Shark - Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands...
Resuscitation of a Dead Man - Thursday - Common Existence
Funeral Procession - Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
The Sky is Falling - Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vol. III: Air
Crooked Head - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
Burying Luck - Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
Red Line Season - These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower & Dove
Shambles - Make Do and Mend - Bodies of Water
Caution - Operation Ivy - Operation Ivy
Low Fidelity - Left Alone - Left Alone
Charge Into the Sun - The Briggs - Come All You Madmen
I am a Caffeinated Corpse - We versus the Shark - Dirty Versions
Midsummer Classic - Sundowner - Four One Five Two
In this Diary - The Ataris - So Long, Astoria

this week:

Old Blood - Subverso
Old Capitals - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse
Human(e) Meat - Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Time's Arrow - Thursday - Common Existence
Angela's Secret - These Arms Are Snakes - Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When its Antelope Go Home
The Past Two - Planes Mistaken for Stars
Blue Carolina - Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning
Don't Let Her Pull You Down - New Found Glory - Not Without a Fight
Angry Nerd Rock - The Ataris - Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits
Don't Take Me for Granted - Social Distortion - Sex, Love, and Rock n Roll
The Sad Waltzes of Pietro Crespi - Owen - At Home With
Gin and Platonic - Joan of Arc - How Memory Works
Lit Elephants - Madeline - White Flag
You Are Loved - Defiance, Ohio - Songs for the Icarus Project
Chris Ryan Added Me on Facebook - O Pioneers!!! - Neon Creeps
Private Radio - Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Sarah's Game - The Loved Ones - Build & Burn
Call to the Comptroller's Office - Bridge and Tunnel - East/West
John Law - Dropkick Murphys
Chlorine Youth - Songs for Snakes - Songs for Snakes
From the Hips - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Welfare Bread - King Khan and the Shrines - What Is?!
Chelsea Hotel #2 - Lewis and Clarke - Light Time
Turn - Christie Front Drive - Anthology
The Boat - Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine
I Coulda Been a Contender - The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim
Here's My Destroyer - Let Me Run - Meet Me at the Bottom
There Are Times - Fake Problems - It's Great to be Alive
Black Derby Jacket - Rancid - Rancid (2000)
Something for Nothing - Left Alone - Left Alone
Walls - Crass - Stations of the Crass
Absolute Zero Drive - Hey Mercedes - Loses Control

disco before the breakdown.

last night i saw of montreal and they were even more amazing than the first time i saw them. you all definitely need to check them out before you die. or else. i saw appleseed cast on friday as well which was such a great show, they played with moving mountains and this adorable australian duo called an horse. it was well worth the ringing noises in my ears all weekend from forgetting earplugs!

tonight i went super indie on everyone. sorry/you're welcome. there was punk at the end! also steve thinks you should all fear 2012. yup.

Disco Before the Breakdown - Against Me!
Sun in an Empty Room - The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Nonpareil of Favor - Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #2 - Los Campesinos! - We are Beautiful, We are Doomed
No Encontré Nada - Hello Seahorse! - Hoy a las Ocho
Corriander - Pomegranates - Everybody, Come Outside!
Fall-Triumph - A. Armada - Anam Cara
Andrew - Crystal Antlers - Tentacles
Don't Lie - Abe Vigoda - Reviver
No Future, Part 1 - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
The Time You Lost Was Mine - Songs for Snakes - Songs for Snakes
Mama, I'm Satan - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Stay Alive - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Radio Silence - Boy Genius - Anchorage
Old Devils - William Elliott Whitmore - Animals in the Dark
Red F - Dan Deacon - Bromst
Potemkin City Limits - Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Drink Deep - Rites of Spring - End on End
Going Steady - Death from Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
Astro Zombies - The Misfits - Collection I
Nazi Training Camp - DOA - Punk Rock Singles 1978-99
Shane - Let Me Run - Meet Me at the Bottom
The Kelly Affair - Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Pussywillow - The Coathangers - Scramble
Styrofoam - Digital Leather - Sorcerer
Are You There, Margaret? It's Me, God - The Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta!
Perfect Lines - The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good
Last One to Die - Rancid - Let the Dominoes Fall

Good news! Rancid (finally!) has a new song! And it's good!

That is all I have to say for this week. I am the happiest person alive right now. yup.


Last One to Die - Rancid - Let the Dominos Fall
Seein' Diamonds - Hot Water Music - Til the Wheels Fall Off
Our Ballads - Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear
Antwan - Bear vs Shark - Terrorhawk
Holes - Hostage Calm - Lens
Father - Make Do and Mend - Bodies of Water
Ghost - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe - Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Caveman - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Won't Want for Love - The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
Guns of Navarone - Maritime - Heresy and the Hotel Choir
Id Engager - Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Calling All Skeletons - Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony
Anchor Grill - Descendents - Cool to be You
Friends in the Armed Forces - Thursday - Common Existence
Cover the Roots/Lower the Stems - Moving Mountains - Pneuma
Thistly Corner of the Forest - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse
Come Saturday - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Fight Riff - Eula - Language of Threat
Stop Stomp Stompin' - The Coathangers - Scramble
End Result - Jeffrey Lewis - 12 Crass Songs
The Sea of Lights - Sundowner - Four One Five Two
Alligator Assassinator - Fake Problems - It's Great to be Alive
Supporting Caste - Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Lean on Sheena - Bouncing Souls - The Gold Record
Listen to Your Friends - New Found Glory - Not Without a Fight
Body Language - Monotonix - Body Language
Cassius - Foals - Antidotes
Build Voice - Dan Deacon - Bromst
A Dozen Roses - Braid - Frame & Canvas

BASEMENT ROCK FEST.

Hai. So last week I was sick and couldn't do my show (thanks Steve!), but this week I was back and we had a special edition of The Big Takeover and played all local bands/bands from the north east/bands that play in people's houses.

Also. This weekend:

My Heart to Joy is playing a record release show on Friday, April 10 with Jettison, Cassilis, Transit, and Deadlights.

Make Do and Mend is playing a record release show on Saturday, April 11 with Hostage Calm, Phantoms, and Let Me Run.

Both of these shows are at the Wallingford American Legion and they are going to rule. A lot. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Anyway, tonight's show went like this:

New Mexico Song - Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains - Love Songs for the Apocalypse
Harmony Parking Lot Song - Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains - Love Songs for the Apocalypse
The Wagon - Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind
Without Formal Company - Subverso - Existence on the Shelf
I am the Black Hole - Young Freaks
Daniel's Striped Tiger - Tiny Hawks - Fingers Become Bridges
8105 - Moving Mountains - Pneuma
The Great Red Robbery - The Flaming Tsunamis - Fear Everything
Bird Watching & Vice-Versa - The Flaming Tsunamis - Fear Everything
Cherry Red - Tip the Van - Passion, Love, & Pride
Yale Song - Angleworm - Ruin Your Scene
Summer Song - Angleworm - This is Propaganda
Irish Goodbye - Coldsnap
Seasons in Verse - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse
Giving My Hands Away - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse
Daedalus - Jettison - Drag
Teeth - Jettison - Drag
Audible - Hostage Calm - Lens
Like a Fish - Let Me Run - Meet Me at the Bottom
The Line - Make Do and Mend - We're All Just Living
Motivational Song - Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader
I Hate Kevin - Boy Problems
Hoods Up - Street Smart Cyclist
Tryna Decide - Teenage Cool Kids - Queer Salutations
Don't Worry - Rogue Set - Shake Those Hands
Change My World - No One's Hero
Stuff That I Like - Bomb the Music Industry! - Scrambles
The Reason - Defiance, Ohio - Songs for the Icarus Project

This week's playlist:

Milwaukee Sky Rocket - Braid - Frame & Canvas
The Stars - Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader
Relative Surplus Value - The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Search Party - So Many Dynamos - Flashlights
Location, Location, Location - Bridge & Tunnel - Bridge & Tunnel
Hooray - Minus the Bear - Menos el Oso
Going Steady - Death from Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
Human(e) Meat - Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Saved by the Bell was a Super Good Show - O Pioneers!!! - Neon Creeps
The Body and the Slow Burner - Let Me Run - Meet Me at the Bottom
As He Climbed the Dark Mountain - Thursday - Common Existence
I'll Never Love Again - New Found Glory - Not Without a Fight
Red and Blue Jeans - The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good
Never Meant - American Football - American Football
Invalid Litter Dept. - At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
It's Me - Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
Senor & the Queen - The Gaslight Anthem - Senor & the Queen
Yesterday's Lunch - Lemuria - Get Better
Waiting Room - Fugazi - 13 Songs
No Future, Pt. 1 - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
Ohio! - Slingshot Dakota - Their Dreams are Dead, But Ours is the Golden Ghost
Motion in the Ocean - Nana Grizol - Love It Love It
Two-Headed Boy - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Rolling Clouds - Paul Baribeau - Your Heart Breaks
Northern Soul - Darker My Love - 2
Baboon - This Town Needs Guns - Animals
Stay Alive - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Slumberland
Mama, I'm Satan - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen

Radiothon Madnessssssss

Happy St. Patrick's day! We however at WHUS are celebrating Radiothon all week, our pledge-drive fundraiser. If you missed The Big Takeover this week, call up during another show and pledge a few dollars and get some great premiums in return! The phone number is 1-800-599-9487, and you can check out all the sweet prizes you can get for donating at www.whus.org.

Tonight's playlist:

Barroom Hero - Dropkick Murphys
Never Alone - Dropkick Murphys
Caveman - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
The Martyr - Cursive - Domestica
Seein' Diamonds - Hot Water Music - Till the Wheels Fall Off
Like a Fish - Let Me Run - Meet Me at the Bottom
Late Bloomer - Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Do You Still Hate Me? - Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
Cowards Sing at Night - Tom Gabel - Heart Burns
Subway Funeral - Thursday - Common Existence
Reasons - New Found Glory - Not Without a Fight
Vampira - The Misfits - Collection I
If You Don't, Don't - Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
I Have a Major Weight Lifting Problem - O Pioneers!!! - Neon Creeps
(Shut) Up the Punx!!! - Bomb the Music Industry! - Scrambles
Red Line Season - These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower and Dove
In Motion - Angleworm - Post Rock
Gin and Tonic - Civet - Hell Hath No Fury
Highways of Gold - Jaguar Love - Take Me to the Sea
Aside - The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving

So my last few days have been pretty epic: I saw These Arms Are Snakes two nights in a row (pictures coming soon!), the first night I got stranded in New York City after missing the last train back to Connecticut, and the second night I interviewed 3/4 of the band, and they played "Cavity Carousel," just for me. =D

The interview will air next week, probably. I've still got to edit it.

But for this week, we rocked out to lots of sweet tunes:

Crazy Woman Dirty Train - These Arms Are Snakes - Easter
Cavity Carousel - These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower & Dove
Rats & Rats & Rats for Candy - Blood Brothers - Crimes
Riot - Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
Thresher's Flail -Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet
No - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
Friends in the Armed Forces - Thursday - Common Existence
For Science Fiction - Maritime - Heresy & The Hotel Choir
You're the One I Want - Jets to Brazil - Perfecting Loneliness
Come Saturday - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Slumberland
Call it Sane - Faraquet - Anthology '97-'98
You are the Music - Three Second Kiss - Long Distance
Practical Animals - We Versus the Shark - Dirty Versions
Look What Happened - Less Than Jake - Anthem
Stuff That I Like - Bomb the Music Industry! - Scrambles
An Eluardian Instance - Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Corazon de Oro - Rancid - Life Wont Wait
Reach for the Sky - Social Distortion - Sex, Love, and Rock n Roll
Mental Health - Zebrahead - Phoenix
I Couldn't Love You - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Ma Jolie - Bear vs Shark - Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands
The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows - Brand New - Deja Entendu
One Thousand Paper Cranes - Motion City Soundtrack
Another Innocent Girl - Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary
Skeleton in New York City - Coldsnap
Mist & Mast - Jettison - Drag
All of Life is Coming Home - My Heart to Joy - Virgin Sails
Black and White - Subverso
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
Playing Your Song - Hey Mercedes - Loses Control
Mechanical - Lemuria - Get Better

Surprise coming next week!!


As for what happened this week...

Beyond Electric Dreams - Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First
The First Eviction Notice - The Lawrence Arms - Apathy & Exhaustion
New York is Burning - Jawbreaker - Bivouac
Blue Carolina - Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning
Crimes - The Blood Brothers - Crimes
Time's Arrow - Thursday - Common Existence
I Know I Know - Freshkills - Freshkills
Subtle Body - These Arms Are Snakes - Easter
Red Line Season - These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower and Dove
Funeral for a Friend - Planes Mistaken for Stars - Fuck with Fire
Magic Word - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
I, The Swan - The Sound of Animals Fighting - The Ocean & the Sun
8 - sBACH - sBACH
Romantic Rights - Death from Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
From the Hips - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Red Letter Day - The Get Up Kids - Something to Write Home About
Seventy Times Seven - Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon
Planet Shhh - Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology
Dead City Sound - O Pioneers!!! - Neon Creeps
Here's My Destroyer - Let Me Run - Meet Me at the Bottom
Story of My Life - Social Distortion - Social Distortion
Listen to Your Friends - New Found Glory - Not Without a Fight
Goodbye Forever (Yes Really) - Male Nurse - All My Friends Are Assholes
Things I Wish - Paul Baribeau - Grandledge
Consider the Ravens - Dustin Kensrue - Please Come Home
Born Beautiful - Kind of Like Spitting - Bridges Worth Burning
One of These Days - Owen - At Home With
Atlantis to Interzone - Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
Ice Monster - Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
The Deadly Rhythm - Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come

this week's show!

I'm reallyreallyreally digging the new O Pioneers!!! and Thursday albums. In fact, I started and ended my show with those bands today. That is just how great they are. ^_^


Saved by the Bell Was a Super Good Show - O Pioneers!!! - Neon Creeps
Dead City Sound - O Pioneers!!! - Neon Creeps
Can I Pay My Rent in Fun? - Bomb the Music Industry! - Scrambles
Grow On, Grow Up, Grow Out - Moving Mountains - Pneuma
The Moon Shifts the Sea the Sea Shapes the Shore the Shore Shakes the Sand the Sand Sinks the Ship - A. Armada - Anam Cara
Herstory of Glory - Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust
Pink - The Max Levine Ensemble
Live Long - Ampere - Our Tomorrows End Today
Dirge for 95 and 10 - One Reason
Sorry, Irma Thomas - One Reason
The Origamists -Lemuria
Pumble Bears Cloud Maker - James K. Polk and the Family Friends
Mirror Images - Monikers - Eat Your Young
Holiday - Monikers - Eat Your Young
Nothing With You - Descendents - Cool to be You
Red and Blue Jeans - The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good
TV Casualty - The Misfits - Static Age
Parishiltonisametaphor - Dillinger Four - Civil War
Glass - Young Freaks
Magenta - Subverso - Existence on the Shelf
Virgin Sails - My Heart to Joy at the Same Tone - Virgin Sails
Scottish Song - London Classics - London Classics
A Line in the Sand - Q and Not U - No Kill No Beep Beep
The Recluse - Cursive - The Ugly Organ
Turn - Christie Front Drive - Anthology
Pop Lie - Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Still Ill (Live) - The Smiths
Contender - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Young Adult Friction - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Never Ending Math Equation - Modest Mouse
Orange Rhyming Dictionary - Jets to Brazil - Four Cornered Night
Safety Is Of - The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower - Dissertation, Honey
Dinner's For Suckers - None More Black
Manthem - Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Subway Funeral - Thursday - Common Existence

So tonight was my first show in my new time slot. yay. Awesome songs were played.

Here Come the Rome Plows - Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
Orchard - Indian Summer - Discography
Remember When it Meant Something? - O Pioneers!!! - Black Mambas
Like a Fish - Let Me Run - Meet Me at the Bottom
Heart Attack at 30 - Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear
Resuscitation of a Dead Man - Thursday - Common Existence
Teeth - Jettison - Drag
Passionate - Kind of Like Spitting - Bridges Worth Burning
All That's Left Has Gone to Sleep - Envy - Abyssal
Horse Girl - These Arms Are Snakes - Easter
Knights - Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
Alligator Assassinator - Fake Problems - It's Great to be Alive
Empty Lives - Star Fucking Hipsters - Until We're Dead
Look at the Dawn - Subhumans - Death Was Too Kind
Tell the World - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
I Was a Lid - Manchester Orchestra - Let My Pride Be
Reunion Tour - Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Oh, Comely - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
It's Me - Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
Sowing Season - Brand New - The Devil & God Are Raging Inside Me
Puddle Splashers - Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology
Motivational Song - Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader
The New Nathan Detroits - Braid - Frame & Canvas
Luckie St. - Cartel - Chroma
Nutrition - Dead Milkmen - Death Rides a Pale Cow
Die Die My Darling - The Misfits - Collection I
Now I Know - Pennywise - From the Ashes
Jaguar Pirates - Jaguar Love - Take Me to the SEa
Wayfarer - Hot Water Music - Caution

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

I have big news.

Starting next week, The Big Takeover is officially on at a new time! It will now air on Monday night/Tuesday morning from midnight until 2:00am. So, same time but different day! Mark your calendars!

The Shape of Punk to Come - Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
Our Weekend Starts on Wednesday - Hey Mercedes - Everynight Fireworks
Make Out Kids - Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This to Memory
Americaspremierefaithbasedinitiative - Dillinger Four - Civilwar
What Time is Pensacola: Wings of Gold on, Anyway? - The Lawrence Arms - Cocktails & Dreams
Catamaran - Bear vs. Shark - Terrorhawk
Old White Lincoln - The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
The Dream Team - Fake Problems - It's Great to be Alive
The Body & The Slow-Burner - Let Me Run - Meet Me at the Bottom
Brittle Heart - The Loved Ones - Build & Burn
Louisiana - The Loved Ones - Build & Burn
Lost & Rendered - Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony
Third Man In - Dropkick Murphys
Adventure - Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet
Two Cups of Tea - Star Fucking Hipsters - Until We're Dead
Old Devils - William Elliott Whitmore - Animals in the Dark
Lay Me Back Down - Portugal. the Man - Censored Colors
D.I.Y. Orgasm - Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains - Love Songs for the Apocalypse
Without Formal Company - Subverso - Existence on the Shelf
Fenway Park - London Classics - London Classics
All of Life is Coming Home - My Heart to Joy at the Same Tone - Virgin Sails
Seven Curtains - These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower & Dove
Where Do You Run To - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
Gil - Push-Pull - Hello Soldier
Je M'appelle Macho - Red-Eyes Legends - Wake Up, Legend
Mr. Ego Death - We Versus the Shark - Dirty Versions
I'll See You When We're Both Not so Emotional - American Football - American Football
My Time Outside the Womb - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
Aside - The Weakerthans - Left & Leaving
Jinx Removing - Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
Baby, I'm an Anarchist - Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
Friends in the Armed Forces - Thursday - Common Existence

perfect for the catastrophe

Hello.
I'm listening to the Blood Brothers right now. They are very awesome. But you probably already knew that.

WHUS is hosting a concert this Friday! Marissa Nadler + Luke Temple + Brie Sullivan. Student Union Ballroom at the UConn Storrs campus. Doors at 7:30, show at 8:00. The best part? It's FREE! It'll be a good time, come hang out with us!

Anyway, here is tonight's playlist!


The Black Hole - HORSE the Band - The Mechanical Hand
Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn - Hellogoodbye - Hellogoodbye EP
Our Ballads - Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear
Never Give Up - New Found Glory - Sticks & Stones
Dog - Lemuria - Get Better
Blind Date - Bouncing Souls - Anchors Aweigh
The Patient Ferris Wheel - The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
For Our Elegant Caste - Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Golden Skans - Klaxons - Myths of the New Future
L.A.X. - Q and Not U - Power
South - A Cursive Memory - Changes
Baboon - This Town Needs Guns - Animals
Into Days & Nights & Years & Months - A. Armada - Anam Cara
Daniel's Striped Tiger - Tiny Hawks - Fingers Become Bridges
Heck Yeah Summer - Fake Problems - How Far Our Bodies Go
Questioningly - Ramones - Road to Ruin
Don't Lose Touch - Against Me! - Searching for a Former Clarity
Fear & Loathing in Long Island - Latterman
Yo Soy Milk - Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader
Leveless - Planes Mistaken for Stars - Fuck With Fire
Your Pearly Whites - These Arms Are Snakes - Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When its Antelope Go Home
Autobiography of a Nation - Thursday - Full Collapse
Summerholiday vs. Punkroutine - Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
Safety is Of - The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower - Dissertation, Honey
Daedalus - Jettison - Drag
Kiss the Bottle - Lucero
Jackson Underground - Sundowner - Four One Five Two
My Time Outside the Womb - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
Organism - Caw! Caw! - Wait Outside
Unless It's Kicks - Okkervil River - The Stage Names
One Armed Scissor - At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
A-List Actress - Hey Mercedes - Everynight Fireworks

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Tonight's playlist!

Unorchestrated (live) - Hey Mercedes - Unorchestrated
Take on Me - Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology
Dead Womb - Death From Above 1979 - Heads Up
Here Come the Rome Plows - Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
Search Party - So Many Dynamos - Flashlights
Trusty Chords - Hot Water Music - Caution
Million - Jawbreaker - Dear You
The Moon Shifts The Sea The Sea Shapes The Shore The Shore Shakes The Sand The Sand Sinks The Ship - A. Armada - Anam Cara
I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead - Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling
8105 - Moving Mountains - Pneuma
I Do Not Live in Love and Hate - Tiny Hawks - Fingers Become Bridges
Passion, Love, and Pride - Tip the Van - Passion, Love, and Pride
Gin & Tonic - Civet - Hell Hath No Fury
Sleeper Hold - Teenage Cool Kids - Queer Salutations
Rolling Clouds - Paul Baribeau - Your Heart Breaks
Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists - Against Me! - As the Eternal Cowboy
Motley Crue Probably Saved My Life - O Pioneers!!! - Black Mambas
Strange Symmetry - Past Lives - Strange Symmetry
5 - sBach - sBach
Hair Don't Grow - Annuals - Such Fun
Gin & Platonic - Joan of Arc - How Memory Works
Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts - The Gaslight Anthem - Senor & The Queen
Japam - Botch - An Anthology of Dead Ends
Another Leather Lung - The Sound of Animals Fighting - The Ocean and the Sun
The Separation of Church and Skate - NOFX - The War on Errorism
Anti-Manifesto - Propagandhi
Call to the Comptroller's Office - Bridge and Tunnel - East/West

So last night I went on a pretty epic adventure to Brooklyn to see Fucked Up, Vivian Girls, and Pissed Jeans. And this 80s hardcore cover band that was called 80s Hardcorps. I'm not making that up, either. I only got three hours of sleep last night (well, really it was this morning...) so I wont go retelling the whole adventure now, but the best part was by far buying the tickets, because they were math flash cards! Greatest idea ever?

Anyway. Onto the good stuff. Tonight's playlist:

(song - band - album)

Son the Father - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
Tell the World - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
Straight-Edge - Minor Threat - Complete Discography
Six Pack - Black Flag - Damaged
I'm Not a Loser - Descendents - Milo Goes to College
Where Eagles Dare - The Misfits - Collection I
Chemical Warfare - Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Gainesville - Dillinger Four - Civil War
World's on Heroin - ALL
Ma Jolie - Bear vs. Shark - Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands...
Is This Thing On? - The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good
Nothing Feels Good - The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good
Calling Old Friends - Defiance, Ohio - The Great Depression
Casual Discussion in a Dome Between Two Temples - Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader
I Swallowed a Bug - Boy Problems - tour demo
Pastor of Muppets - Street Smart Cyclist - demo
Fear & Loathing in Mahwah, NJ - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
Cover the Roots/Lower the Stems - Moving Mountains - Pneuma
Ethric Double - These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower & Dove
Isolation of a Light Source - Envy - Thursday/Envy Split
8 - sBach - sBach
My Girls - Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Call it Sane - Faraquet - Anthology 1997-98
Jaguar Pirates - Jaguar Love - Take Me to the Sea
Trash Flavored Trash - The Blood Brothers - Crimes
The Line - Make Do and Mend - We're All Just Living
Teeth - Jettison - Drag
Double Vision Quest - Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
I-78 - Slingshot Dakota - Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours is the Golden Ghost!
When I Give the Signal, Run! - The Falcon - Unicornography

the big takeover.

So, for the last couple of weeks, I've been getting phone calls from people while doing my radio show asking if I have some sort of blog or website where I post my playlists, and I always feel bad saying no. And since I have now been asked this by multiple people that I do not even know, I've concluded that people actually listen to my show and therefore I should make blog for it.

Hi, blog.

Unfortunately I do not have my most recent playlist at hand right now to post in here, and in fact I am not even at the radio station as I am writing this. BUT. The good news: I am on the radio tonight. And every Wednesday night/Thursday morning.

12-2am.

www.whus.org.

Listen. It will be a good time. ^_^

And, since this entry kind of feels like a waste since there is not really anything in it, I figured why not tell the story behind the name of my show. 

It actually comes from two places.

1. "The Big Takeover" is one of my favorite Bad Brains songs. 

2. My freshman year of college I went to the University of New Haven (and totally hated it, but that's another story), and joined this "club" called HMS 101. I say club because it was run more like a class. HMS stood for Honing Music Skills, and this upperclassman named Marquis ran the whole thing. Marquis knows more about the music industry than anyone I have ever met before in my life, and the whole point of HMS was basically to learn exactly how the industry works, and, if you wanted to be a performer, perform everywhere you possibly can (including street corners!), and if you wanted to be involved with say, being an A&R or engineer or promoter, or anything else of the sort, you would have to do research on whatever job you chose and call up record labels all over the place trying to get internships (even if they were in California and you had no intention of going to California in the first place because we were stuck in West Haven). Now, being very much into indie and underground music, I was kind of the rebel of this club/class/whatever you want to call it, because the things we were being taught applied more to mainstream music and major record labels. Some of the bands I listen to are on labels that are only run by 1 or 2 people! So why pick only job that you want to do in this class?! When I first met Marquis and signed up for HMS, he asked me what I wanted to do in the music industry, and I, the young not-even-old-enough-to-vote freshman who listens to really obscure punk bands, responded, "Everything!" And he laughed, and said that you can't possibly do everything in the music industry.

Ever since that day, I have made it my goal to do as many awesome things involving music in some way as I possibly can. I also transferred my sophomore year, and was forced to change my major since UConn doesn't have my old major (which was originally music industry, but I changed it two months into the school year to music & sound recording.). So once I was at UConn, having a radio show seemed like a really sweet idea, because a) it would be fulfilling part of my goal to do as many awesome music-related things as possible, and b) I could play with mixing boards since I wouldn't be able to take classes in recording studios at my new school. 

Thus, The Big Takeover was born. 

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P.S. I am quite in love with this layout. Polka dots = <3