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Alumni Weekend WBNY: Time to stay up late! RADIO RADIO RADIO 4/25/09

2009-04-24T16:58:16Z

Alumni week is fast approaching, sooo damn fast that I have now forgotten and
been reminded of it about 15 million times now.

Anyhow, this means I will return to my old haunt and spin a radio show this
coming Saturday morning, 4/25 from 4 in the morning til 6am, 91.3fm WBNY. I
know this will be more convenient for friends in foreign lands where it will
not be an ungodly time of the morning but still...If I can make it, so can
you. Sleep is overrated, so if you are awake and by a computer please tune in
at http://www.buffalostate.edu/wbny/webradio/

Again, http://www.buffalostate.edu/wbny/webradio/

What will I play? Stuff and or things. Probably, new-ish material from The
Bats, stuff from the Triffids, Go-Betweens, The Fall, etc (i.e. check out my
Last.fm profile http://www.last.fm/user/squidexplosion to get an idea)...Plus
Hunter S. Thompson will return from the dead and answer the most important
question of our times. Seriously. Spread the word, or not, it's okay.

-Rock, rock on.
Robin

Post an Entry (!)

2009-03-13T05:57:08Z

"Last updated 63 weeks ago." Ah hahaha. Wait, good great god I haven't posted here in a long time. Some things may or may not be happening. If they do or don't I will post about them soon.

Personally I think there is nothing wrong...

2007-12-24T08:24:27Z

...with running Duluth as a cruel and heartless dictator. Happy holidays!

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What Do You Have To Say? - Music: My First Favorite Band

2007-09-16T04:02:28Z

What was the first band you became a fan of?

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New Order. Oddly, I have been fairly unaffected by the (semi) recent decision to continue w/o Peter Hook.

I know, and I'm sorry.

2007-07-21T03:55:54Z

Curses to you Beth, and your internet memes and your internet quizzes about internet memes. Okay, they aren't really yours but still...

I can't believe I took this:

Your Score: Sad Cookie Cat

68% Affectionate, 36% Excitable, 55% Hungry

You are the classic Shakespearian tragedy of the lolcat universe. The sad story of a baking a cookie, succumbing to gluttony, and in turn consuming the very cookie that was to be offered. Bad grammar ensues.

To see all possible results, checka dis.

Link: The Which Lolcat Are You? Test written by GumOtaku on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test

A quick one...

2007-07-10T06:12:31Z

Hello all fine folks,

So my diploma actually showed up a few weeks ago, so now it's really, really official. I've graduated college. Up to this point I kept expecting something to go wrong somewhere. I expected to find my name not listed in the graduation program, or that the diploma wouldn't show up (and that I'd call them and then I'd get the fun news, that no, I didn't qualify). Or something.

So it's just real surreal, nice, but surreal. Next stop, job, graduate school, both or all three!

"I've stayed in school this long but still no one will tell me why..."

2007-05-15T04:40:26Z

"..They figure who'd know better than I." -Sloan

Hello all,

    Well it just dawned on me that the last time I actually posted something on here was about a year ago. Good lord, I just cannot keep up with the lightning speed of, well...life sometimes. But a lot has happened since my last post, notably I have graduated from college. So hot hot damn, whew. Now the question is, what do I do next? Go to graduate school (in New Zealand if possible, remember Australia and NZ is where the music comes from)?! Do I start my own lucrative home based business?! Do I fall in love and have sex?! Start a band and become famous?! Sit around and be blissfully bored?! (Right now I am really leaning towards that last one.)

     All I can say is that I will figure this all out eventually. Or not. You know me. Though I have been told that the one word for the future will be plastics. Or maybe I haven't been told that. Again...

     On another note, I can say that in the reasonable future I will be (re)learning* how to play guitar. To see the beautiful graduation gift that is on it's way clicky here: Ibanez AF86 Artcore Semi-Hollowbody Guitar (Violin Sunburst)

*I did teach myself a little bit of guitar playing, but it's all gone right out of my head. So, yeah, starting over on that one.

     I will post graduation pictures later, holy crow I did not know how damn boring commencement ceremonies could be. Hard on the feets too, as they had us standing, a lot.

-Rock, rock on.

Robin.

RIP: Grant McLennan 1958-2006

2006-05-06T23:27:46Z

I haven't really had the need (or time) to update this blog as of late, but for this I had to post.

Man, the Go-Betweens are really one of my absolute favorite bands, who, over their immense career have created some seriously sublime music. I have never, ever, heard a band and decided that I had to have every single piece of their discography, immediately, lest I go insane. The Go-Betweens were that band for me, a perfect band, one whom I've developed an enormous passion for. Barely a single day goes by where I don't listen to at some Go-Betweens. I am hard pressed to find a song that I don't at least like, and the majority of them I love.

It's really wonderful to hear the band evolve over time, especially so with Grant. The leap from his nearly absent voice on Send Me a Lullaby to his greater confidence as a singer on Before Hollywood are a treat, and considering that he sings the quintessential Go-B's track "Cattle and Cane" it's a damn good thing that he found his voice. Some of my favorite songs of the Go-B's are Grant driven, of course the above mentioned classic, "Unkind & Unwise," "In the Core of a Flame," "Palm Sunday (On Board the SS Within)," plus "Love Goes On!" and "Was There Anything I Could Do?"

Grant McLennan's death really is shocking to me. I'm not totally oblivious to mortality, but damn it, people shouldn't die when they are 48. An amazing musician who will be greatly missed. My thoughts go out to his family and friends.

Thanks for the music Grant.

This is taken from the Go-Betweens website:

http://www.go-betweens.net/

6th May 2006

Grant McLennan

On Saturday 6th May, legendary Australian singer songwriter Grant W McLennan died in his sleep at his home in Brisbane.

McLennan was one of Australias greatest songwriters who created an outstanding musical legacy as a founder member of The Go-Betweens and as a solo artist. He was enjoying enormous acclaim for the bands most recent album Oceans Apart, which has received five star reviews around the world and won had a prestigious ARIA award.

McLennan was born in Rockhampton, Queensland on 12th February 1958. While attending university in Brisbane he met fellow student Robert Forster and together they formed The Go-Betweens. After releasing a string of singles the band recorded their debut album, Send Me A Lullaby, in 1981. The Go-Betweens recorded a series of exceptional albums that achieved widespread critical acclaim and were fundamental in bringing Australian music to a global audience. He was an unparalleled lyricist and a prolific and meticulous composer. His auto-biographical masterpiece Cattle and Cane was recently voted by the Australian Performing Rights Association as one of the ten greatest Australian songs of all time.

In 1989 The Go-Betweens took a ten year sabbatical and McLennan recorded four powerful solo albums including the vivacious debut Watershed and the epic Horsebreaker Star as well as forming satellite groups like Jack Frost with Steve Kilbey of The Church and The Far Out Corporation with Iain Haug of Powderfinger.

When Robert Forster and Grant McLennan reformed The Go-Betweens in 2000, the band was greeted with adulation by a new generation of musicians like Belle and Sebastian for whom, their songs had been an inspirational teenage soundtrack. The three albums the band subsequently released were universally acknowledged as containing some of McLennans greatest compositions.

McLennan was a passionate supporter of the arts, extremely well-read and maintained a keen interest in all contemporary music, cinema and visual art. He was an exceptionally charming and polite man who endeared himself to everyone who met him and was one of the rare individuals worthy of the epithet larger than life.

His singular contribution to music and his commitment to his craft simply cannot be understated. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his mother, sister, girlfriend Emma and lifetime musical colleague Robert Forster.

Bernard MacMahon, Lo-Max Records, 6th May 2006

Okay.

2005-08-27T03:23:17Z

Outcast Genius
73 % Nerd, 73% Geek, 56% Dork

For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.

You scored better than half in all three, earning you the title of: Outcast Genius.

Outcast geniuses usually are bright enough to understand what society
wants of them, and they just don't care! They are highly intelligent
and passionate about the things they know are *truly* important in the
world. Typically, this does not include sports, cars or make-up, but it
can on occassion (and if it does then they know more than all of their
friends combined in that subject).

Outcast geniuses can be very lonely, due to their being
outcast from most normal groups and too smart for the room among many
other types of dorks and geeks, but they can also be the types to
eventually rule the world, ala Bill Gates, the prototypical Outcast
Genius.

Congratulations!

Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you're interested in either of the following:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Professional Wrestling

Love & Sexuality

Thanks Again!

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 80% on nerdiness
You scored higher than 95% on geekosity
You scored higher than 94% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on OkCupid Free Online Dating

No playlist this week...

2005-04-16T03:54:46Z

I didn't even make a copy of it for myself as the show was such shit. Really, I spent most of the time elbow deep in swabs, alcohol and labels. But the board/console is clean(er) and properly labeled now. I mean you can actually read it, so that is good.

So yes, nothing of interest to note about this week's show. Except that the instant classic was The Decemberists, and it was good.

Rock over.

The Wedding Present!

2005-04-08T05:39:38Z

So, anyone want to go see the Wedding Present in Toronto on April 26th at Lee's Palace at 9pm?

Message me if interested. Or if you have free tickets, or a car. Or some combination of both.

Glee.

Darn.

2005-04-05T06:49:22Z

Go-Betweens US Tour Dates & Current Disc Info

Friday 10th June Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
Saturday 11th June Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY
Sunday 12th June Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
Tuesday 14th June Abbey Pub, Chicago, IL
Thursday 16th June Triple Door, Seattle, WA
Friday 17th June Slims, San Francisco, CA
Saturday 18th June Troubador, Los Angeles, CA

Hmmm two dates in the NYC area I understand, Chicago I understand, Seattle, San Fran and LA I understand. Carrboro? (okay it's near Chappel Hill...but still.) I was really hoping for a Toronto date, but it looks like I'm going to have to see if I can make it Chicago, NYC or Carrboro. Whoooo wants to road trip?? I'm also a bit surprised that they didn't ditch the second NYC area date in favor of doing something in Boston.

On a good note the US release of "Oceans Apart" will feature the bonus disc (I'm assuming in limited quantities) and a sticker. Already the album has gotten a five star review by Mojo and a four star review by Q magazine. Here's to waiting for May 3rd!

*I just got done looking the Carrboro city website, and they are advertising a record show on their top page, I respect that.

I guess I'm not dead.

2005-03-30T04:16:10Z

So yeah, I'm not dead. Wellll, I can't totally authenticate that based on a philosophy standard...but still. Actually I've been using the blog over at my myspace profile, but it's a bit funky and clunky so I'm probably gonna go back to uploading the weekly playlists both here and over at myspace. Hot damn, but for now I'm gonna go do something else.

Woo.

No Empire...

2004-08-27T20:23:39Z

There will be no show today, I've gotten very little sleep and my sinuses are acting all angry. Just generally pissed off. Anyhow hopefully there should be someone filling in for me, Dan is taking care of that as I type.

I owe him a thing.

If you aren't busy tonight you should go check out:

BROADCAST SCHEDULE w/
L'Dorado & Vision Serpents
at
Friday August 27th
Mohawk Place
11pm $5

Since I will have to work tomorrow I will be shaking it at their show on September 3rd.

September 3rd
10pm $5
Saphire Room (somewhere on Main street... the part they don't allow you to drive on)

Broadcast Schedule w/
Unwanted Superheros
GreenHouse

Jump back and huzzah myself one million times.

2004-08-15T10:02:19Z

For anyone in the general NY area, apparently the Sterling Renaissance Faire is up for grabs…on Ebay of all places. Of course this could be a prank so everyone will just have to wait and see.

Still if you are interested in investing in a "turn key business" here is the link to take your chance:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15825&item=4317282038

It's not going cheap though.

Devoted? Sure, but not to the point of death...

2004-02-27T19:31:00Z

Well, damn I've gone and done it.

The Devo special: DEVOTED will be postponed to next week, March 5th due to me having a bad sinus infection.

I will be spending the day eating soup and periodically placing my head over large bowls of boiling water.

Sorry about that.

Yeah!

2004-02-13T20:20:34Z

Here is a simple "flyer" for the Devo show in two weeks. I won't be putting this up around town so I use the term "flyer" loosely.

All about being special.

2004-02-13T19:57:49Z

So, this weeks show was supposed to be special. "Next weeks show will be special," I said. Well, I lied. It will be run of the mill (for me anyway). There will be a special show of Decades coming in the next few weeks, and I'm not even talking about the Devo special: DEVOTED, February 27th from 5-8pm. No there will be something other than that, something to make you sing. Or get very annoyed at. But it's a secret, and I don't want to spoil the surprise, so I won't.

Horrible, I know.

Still there is the Devo show to look forward to. That will be fun, don't forget to tune in (if you can) to 91.3FM WBNY on February 27th from 5-8pm for nothing but Devo, Devo, Devo.

Rock.

Or not.

Squeaky fromme.

2004-01-22T01:01:47Z

Hello,

So I've haven't been on here in awhile. Well, I've been busy you see with stuff and... stuff. The problem with me and the internet, or me and computers for that matter, is that I go through periods where I just lose interest in them. Sure, as a general rule I love them but that leads to me spending too much time on them and then that leads to burnout. Then I spend time away from said internet/computer and when the burnout has subsided I end up spending too much time on the computer again. So, yes. Vicious cycle that is.

I've actually been spending a lot of time playing "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" which is really fantastic. It can be a bit buggy at times, but worth it none the less. Plus playing the dark side is a hell of a lot of fun. Sure it feels good to be all nice and goody two-shoes light side about things, but the real fun is being evil, evil, evil.

Right now I am battling a fun case of laryngitis/cold which means I can't work (not that I had to work between last Thursday and today). The drawback to a job where your main function is to talk to people is that when you lose your voice you are essentially fucked; especially when you have to talk to people over the phone.

Man, if only I could actually talk about my job here, oooh the stories I'd have to tell. Well, once I find something else I'll just have to tell a few of the classic stories, though I shall change the names to protect the semi-innocent.

Eh, I think I may go get some more rest, or eat soup... or both.

Him Him Him Him Him Him Devo: Decades Playlist 12/5/03 5-8pm

2003-12-13T01:40:15Z

5pm
Devo - Murray the K Intro
Devo - Clockout
Devo - Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA (Live, 1977)
Devo - Sloppy/I Saw My Baby… (Booji Boy Version)
Devo - Jocko Homo (Live, 1975)
Robert Mitchum - Jean & Dinah
The Birthday Party - King Ink (Live)
Skinny Puppy - Film
Premature Ejaculation - Did the Doctor Give You a Pill?
Bowie - Warszawa

6pm
Bowie - Red Money
Suicide - Cheree
Delerium - Grave Mentor
Laurie Anderson - Walk the Dog
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Requiem
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
House of Love - Marble
House of Love- Love IV
The Cure - Three

7pm
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Subject
Echo and the Bunnymen - Way Out and Up We Go
Philip Glass - Island
Ocean Blue - Vanity Fair
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - He's Read
The Northern Pikes - Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up)
R.E.M - Perfect Circle
Aztec Camera - Lost Outside the Tunnel
Hoodoo Gurus - Lelani
The Soft Boys - Leppo & the Jooves
Instant Classic - Broadcast Schedule - Hopeless

Owie owie owie.

2003-12-02T18:37:15Z

I just had a molar extracted (i.e. pulled out) and all I can say is wow.

First off, the nitrous oxide (laughing gas) just made me feel weird, and I ended up asking them to turn it off. It probably didn't help that the nose-piece had an odd fruity smell to it. Then I got about two to three shots of novocaine and off we go! Honestly it didn't hurt a bit, except for the pinching of the novocaine needle. The pressure was a bit disconcerting though. It really felt like the dentist was pulling my skull out through my nose. So now I have a hole in mouth somewhere in the back that should get an implant in it at some point. Woo hoo, and I get to go back to the dentist next week. In the mean time it's soft foods, biting down on gauze (due to the inevitable bleeding) and being numb from the novocaine.

Oh yes, and novocaine tastes like bile. How do I know what bile tastes like? I've had my gallbladder out, once you've had that done you'll know exactly what bile tastes like.

Okay, really quickly...

2003-11-29T02:07:45Z

The Joy Division box set from Alchemy Records is dead, dead, dead. It's being "withdrawn" due to licensing problems. What those exact problems were, I have no idea. There is a quick snippet here. There isn't much information, but I haven't been able to find anything else so far.

I'll post more info if I can find it.

Well, well, well.

2003-11-29T01:45:04Z

Looks like the Cure is set to release a big box set of rarities and B-sides. It's titled "Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities" will have about 71 tracks, and 80 page booklet and should be out sometime next year.

For more info check out this link.

I'll post the playlist later as I want badly to go take a bubble bath.

Sigh...

2003-11-22T14:53:48Z

Well, and there you go. I can't belive I remembered the lyrics to some of these.

Attention Spuds!

2003-11-22T03:01:18Z

I mentioned tonight on the show that there are some new things happening in Spudland. Indeed there are, first Jade Dellinger and David Giffels have put out a biography of Devo. The book is entitled "Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!" This has been out for a few months now, and you can find more information on it here:

http://www.devobook.com/

The other major, very exciting happening has been the release of "The Complete Truth About De-Evolution" on DVD. This is pretty much a repackaging of some of the old laserdisc material. It is missing the video for "R U Experienced" and "Doctor Detroit." Unfortunately they couldn't get the rights from the Hendrix estate to release the "R U" video, as to why "Doctor Detroit" isn't on there I have no idea. There are some very fancy things on this DVD, including the full version of the short movie "In the Beginning Was the End: The Truth About De-evolution" and a video for "Mongoloid" by Bruce Connor (previously unreleased). I just wish this would hurry up and show up in my mailbox already.

The DVD had been origianly slated for an Oct. 28th release, but didn't end up getting released in the states until November 11th or 18th if you go by the press release on the Rhino site.

You can see the Rhino press release here: Rhino Press Release

There are a lot of places where you can buy the DVD, but in the interest of helping you out here is a link to Amazon's page for the DVD:Buy the DVD here

For some reason the Amazon.com lists the DVD as a 2000 release, it's not. So enjoy, or not.