SOUNDTRACK: WRSU 89.7 FM.
Coming straight out of Rutgers University in New Brunswick (my grad school alma mater), this was the first station that I happened upon while I was scanning the lower numbers on the radio station.
The brief set that I heard was amazing.
I heard the end of a song that I didn’t know, but which I found very intriguing. It was followed by Les Claypool’s new track “Mushroom Men” (which was wonderful) and then the 180-Gs doing an a capella rendition of Negativland’s “Christianity is Stupid.” I had heard about this band but never heard one of their recordings. First, if you’ve never heard Negativland, then you’re missing out. They are a surreal band of audio collagists, playing with sounds and samples and all kinds of weird things. To have an a capella rendition of a five minute song, the bulk of which is a spoken loudspeakered voice saying “Christianity is Stupid” goes beyond bizarre into the sublime. I have tuned to this station from time to time and each DJ plays his or her own weird and often wonderful thing. What a great experience.
[READ: May 14, 2009] Alphabet Juice
My mother-in-law gave me this book for Christmas because she heard about it on NPR and thought I’d like it. And boy was she right.
I hadn’t heard of this book, although actually I’m sure I had–but I ignored it. Roy Blount Jr is on Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me, NPR’s news quiz, almost every week. We love the show because it is funny and it tests your awareness of what’s going on in the world (both serious and ridiculous). And we try our best to get our kids to let us listen to it each week. (more…)
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