HOT DAMN VP DEBATES

Hey folks,

Tune in for KWUR's homemade debate coverage. We've got a panel of Washington University Political Review folks and special guests, and KWUR madmen broadcasting live from the madhouse of Spin Alley. Pre-debate stuff starts around 7, post-debate stuff starts when, you know, the debate ends (Flyer says 10, but think more 9:30).

Fact: Unlike Fox News, KWUR's debate team has no convicted felons.

VP MADNESS!

Oh, it is catching. Please tune in to us (90.3 FM, www.kwur.com, channel 21 on your campus cable) or to WUTV (channel 22 on your campus cable) at 8 tomorrow to hear our contribution to the rabid election mania that is setting this campus ablaze. Our very own, David Rheinstrom, will be hosting the Warm Bucket Special, chatting it up about "what is VP?", "Palin: O RLY?" and "Biden can has cheezburger?" with Professor Steven S. Smith, Kate M. Gregg Professor of Social Sciences, Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy and Greg Allen, the editor-in-chief of the Washington University Political Review.

Fun fact: unlike MSNBC, no one on KWUR/WUTV's election team is a half-crazed syphilitic.

CHECKITOUUUUUT!

Raucous Rock 'n' Roll Fights, Volume 1

Sub Pop Singles Club: August

Recently, everyone's favorite Seattle institution, Sub Pop records, re-established their well known singles club to celebrate their 20 anniversary. For $75, 1500 lucky subscribers will receive a special 7inch 45rpm record every month for one year. I'll review them all right here on the KWUR Blog.

The now sold out series started in August with our favorite California psychedelic doom band, OM.

"Gebel Barkal" b/w "(Version)"

OM formed from the ashes of the rhythm section of stoner rock band, Sleep. Featuring just bass and drums, OM delivers the right mix of heavy slow rhythms and soothing psychedelic chants. This release is the first with new drummer, Emil Amos.

"Gebel Barkal" doesn't deviate too much from that formula, which is a good thing - it's perfect for throwing on the turntable for a quick (four minute) light-up.

But, the real jem here is the B-side, "(Version)". "(Version)", quite simply, is a "dub remix" of the A-side. The reverb has been turned up slightly, some delay added, and a few fancier drum fills thrown in, for an even smoother psychdelic dub jam.

I have no clue what Sub Pop has in store for September (that's part of the fun), but it should be arriving in my mailbox soon. However, we have been promised that within the next 11 releases, we should at least see material from: Unnatural Helpers, Tyvek, Black Mountain, Black Lips, Arthur & Yu, Mika Miko, Blues Control, and Notwist. Of course, some surprises should be in store as well.

-Klax

Community Programming

We've got a few special programs on the schedule, done by folks from the greater Wash U community, that I'd like to draw your attention to.

Tuesdays 6:30-7:00 - Kemper Art Waves

Every other Tuesday, join curators and friends from the Kemper as they discuss art and kulcha. This Tuesday, Dr. Meredith Malone discussed the exhibit "The Birth Of The Cool", opening this Friday at the Kemper. In two weeks, Kemper Art Waves will return with an interview of a musicologist specializing in Miles Davis.

CHEKITOUUUUUT!

Fridays 6:30 - 7:00 - Cadenza Radio

Tune in on Fridays to hear the editors of Cadenza, Student Life's arts and entertainment section, hold forth on movies of all sizes and shapes. Last Friday, they reviewed "Burn After Reading" and commented on Moolah's midnight showing of "Shawn Of The Dead". This week, WHO KNOWS? You can get the fancy shmancy podcast on Stud Life's website.

CHEKITOUUUUUT!

Also coming to the community airwaves: The Writing Program (soon to wednesdays from 2 to 3, featuring readings of Writing Program and guest writers, as well as interviews), and who knows, maybe SU?

If you are a community group (whether Wash U or the greater St. Louis area), and you are interested in getting on the air, please shoot me an email at gm[at]kwur.com. There are still a few open slots, and I'd be happy to show you the ropes and make it happen.

Fall '08 Schedule

Tune in over the air on 90.3 FM or stream it.

Time Block	Show Name	Genre	Tagline	Description
0]00:00-0]00:00	~~Anonymous Broadcast~~
0]00:00-0]00:00	Nothing On But The Radio	Wave & Hip Hop		a show that'll put the meanness in your swaggger, the swagger in your step, the scowl in your grimace, and the meanness in your step
0]00:00-0]01:00	AVAILABLE
0]01:00-0]03:00	I can help you.	Experimental, Oddity, Spoken Work	Therre is still hope out there for you freaks.	Come and tune in on the night ride. We are friends. Unheard of sounds and beats, mindfuck, music, interviews, stories, and more. When we share our problems...
0]03:00-0]10:00	AVAILABLE
0]10:00-0]12:00	Origami Llama	Lo-fi, noise, and indie rock with a smattering of everything else.	We'll pretty much play anything--as long as it's loud enough!	Eclectic early morning music to soothe one into the day.
0]12:00-0]13:00	AVAILABLE
0]13:00-0]14:00	Badonkafunk	Jazz/Funk	We've got some funk in the trunk.	DJ Rose and DJ Sauce bring you a funky start to your night.
0]14:00-0]15:00	The Mixed Tape	life, the universe and everything	like High Fidelity without all the whiney bitchassery	I dig awesome tunes. I like to put them in playlists. I make a lot of them. Each one usually has a theme. I want to share some.
0]15:00-0]16:00	The St. Louis Brunch Dispatch	Electro-Rock Nonsense, Techno, IDM, Downtempo.	I'm invisible - an eraser of lunch.	Sunday afternoons are the perfect time for recovering your strength and preparing for the week ahead by absolutely rocking out over eggs and a mimosa.
0]16:00-0]17:00	The People's Key	Folk/Blues/World (roots)	Music with Roots, From Around the World	From American Blues to Zimbabwean Mbira Music; from the acoustic guitar to the kora...this music has roots!
0]17:00-0]18:00	Illegal Immigration	Soul/Fun(k)/Blues?	no holds barred	If you enjoy adventure, great music, and hopping barbed wire fences, then Illegal Immigration is for you! Tune in for a smooth blend of soul, funk, blues, and coyotes!
0]18:00-0]19:00	A Jew Named Sue	Country	Alt-Country Mayhem	None of that Garth Brooks crap.
0]19:00-0]20:00	Hippocleides Doesn't Care	Memphis Soul Stew	"I got testicles given to me by the US Government"	Successor to The Roux and Greetings From The Oversoul, HDC is an hour of mostly sixties soul from the south, but with tendrils growing into funk, afro-funk and hip-hop, basically, anything that makes the booty move
0]20:00-0]22:00	Peanut Butter & Jellyroll!	Country and Blues	I got to have it right now!	Got that good thing to make a Monkeyman leave his home!
0]22:00-1]00:00	Fat Soul Heroes	hip hop/soul/folk/blues/jazz/world	Eating pop crap for breakfast.	Servin' up a plethora of the cool, funky, and old time. We are fat heroes of soul.
1]00:00-1]01:00	Restless Leg Syndrome	Wave	Do you EVER stop tapping your feet?	Jangle n Fuzz
1]01:00-1]02:00	Return of the Boom Bap	Hip-Hop	You better ask somebody.	Golden age hip-hop to fuck y'all up. The classics and forgotten gems from circa '87-96.
1]02:00-1]12:00	AVAILABLE
1]12:00-1]13:00	Liberation	Hip Hop/Electronic/Ambience
1]13:00-1]14:00	They Fight Crime!	Wave		He's a suave Amish astronaut on a mission from God. She's a wealthy mute socialite descended from a line of powerful witches. They fight crime!
1]14:00-1]15:00	AVAILABLE
1]15:00-1]16:00	Grendel's Basement	Metal, Punk, stuff your mom hates.	Real music for real men (or really cool women).	What else would a legendary monster listen to? Emo? Grendel with a fringe? C'mon! He listens to Slayer, Queens of the Stone Age, The Melvins, Bad Religion, and Baroness. Be like Grendel, feel the burn.
1]16:00-1]17:00	Refractory Period	Experimental, Wave	Letting your neurons rest...for a moment	After listening to some soothing wave, the only way to make the neurons fire in the brain is to increase the simtuli. Brain, meet experimental. Experimental, Brain.
1]17:00-1]18:00	Satellite of Love	wave, dub, post-punk
1]18:00-1]18:30	Free Speech Radio News	News
1]18:30-1]19:00	AVAILABLE
1]19:00-1]20:00	The Road Home	Smooth as Salmon	Come and ride with us.	Let us linger in the hinderlands.
1]20:00-1]22:00	Circadian Rhythms	Wave	The fruit of the musical loom
1]22:00-2]00:00	Out of Phase	Experimental
2]00:00-2]02:00	Umbrella on Thunder Mountain	free jazz or outside the city	Raise 'em up high, Toothless Kinch the �bermensch!	First Mate Felix y Captain Stefco return for another episode of cosmic adventures. Expect turtle blues or raging soul hangers.
2]02:00-2]09:00	AVAILABLE
2]09:00-2]10:00	Steal Steal Ground	Wave	Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start
2]10:00-2]12:00	AVAILABLE
2]12:00-2]13:00	unhappy birthday party	wave		a mish mash of wave, electronica, hip hop, etc
2]13:00-2]14:00	Breakin' Out the Katana	soundtrack of the ivory tower	...because ninjas definitely listen to better music than you do.	Wave-y, indie-rock with occasional forays into the pop area for irony and into the local area for the awesomeness. Featuring the weekly segment of things that make the Captain want to break out the katana. She may be wearing a yurobi the whole time. Or not. We'll see...
2]14:00-2]15:00	Arm Your Joy!	Wave	Bring the pain to your happiness	We bring you songs from all over the genre and talk about it.
2]15:00-2]16:00	DJ in Search of a Show Title	Jazz, Blues	None needed	You'll hear Jazz (and a bit of Blues) from past,present, and who knows?-maybe the future too.
2]16:00-2]17:00	Triple Word Score	Wave	Did I stutter?	Triple Word Score brings you the smooth sounds of the 70s, 80s, and 90s, hosted by a recovering Scrabble addict. Look out for brand new features, such as "Guess the processed food."
2]17:00-2]18:00	nite sweats	indie/pop/noise	wave begins here	this show is dope
2]18:00-2]18:30	Free Speech Radio News	News
2]18:30-2]19:00	Kemper Art Waves	art panel/discussion		Kemper Art Waves, a biweekly talk show produced by the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, will seek to inspire students to discuss and connect to art, artists, and contemporary life.
2]19:00-2]20:00	KWUR Theater of the Air	Radio Theater	Broadcast in RetroScope!	Presenting the very best in original and classic radio theater.
2]20:00-2]22:00	Jew y Gentile	eclectic
2]22:00-3]00:00	Dive Into Venus	Wave, Funk/Soul, Jazz	It's hot in there	Think you're hot shit? Email diveintovenus@gmail.com to get on the show.
3]00:00-3]01:00	Real Horrorshow	metal & darkwave	Slooshy thou well, droogie.	metal, deathrock, aggrotech, ebm, goth, satan blood death blood blood
3]01:00-3]02:00	Cohabitation	Genre-riffic	Playing nice together since 2007	New and improved and expanded! All the wave, hiphop, dance, punk, ska, and metal you love, now with a new focus on blues and soul.
3]02:00-3]09:00	AVAILABLE
3]09:00-3]10:00	Jams Econo	Wave	Very enjoyable
3]10:00-3]13:00	AVAILABLE
3]13:00-3]14:00	What a Strange Coincidence!	Wave, etc.	Live Every Week Like It's Shark Week	They keep talking about study breaks...
3]14:00-3]15:00	AVAILABLE
3]15:00-3]16:00	Attacked by Squirrels	Wave	New Music, Local Shows, and Indie Favs	Attacked by Squirrels showcases some of the best new music in wave, previews shows coming to St. Louis, and plays some great indie in between.
3]16:00-3]18:00	The Judgment Hour	New Releases		And what is good, Phaedrus, And what is not good -- Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?
3]18:00-3]18:30	Free Speech Radio News	News
3]18:30-3]19:00	AVAILABLE
3]19:00-3]20:00	The Sports Dudes	sports talk show	sports talk show	Three of the sports world's brightest and opinionated minds go at it and discuss a wide arrange of contemporary sports topics. We'll talk about issues like steroids to cheating in the NFL. Each show will feature the week's headlines and our expert's "games of the week."
3]20:00-3]22:00	THUNDERGARMENTS	wave/local/alternativeprogramming	Saint Louis is Alive!	Thundergarments spotlights the bright lights that burn in River City. This show features live performances and interviews with local and regional artists in our fair Saint Louis.
3]22:00-4]00:00	Metallic Eclectica	Metal	Your Dad Loves Metal	Think Metal is simply a bunch of Pre-Neanderthals banging idiotically on their instruments? Let me prove you wrong. From Black to Death, Emocore to Grindcore and everything in between. Only the very best that metal has to offer.
4]00:00-4]02:00	Introducing the Leopard	Peanut Butter	We Will Crush You	You risked your life for us........thanks.
4]02:00-4]13:00	AVAILABLE
4]13:00-4]14:00	The Floor is Lava	wave, synth	The floor really is lava, don't touch it
4]14:00-4]15:00	The Harum Scarum Hour	alternative programming
4]15:00-4]17:00	Belly of a Whale	Folk, Traditional, Theatrical	Fiddles, Mandolins, and Synthesizers
4]17:00-4]18:00	Radio Arboreal	Wave/Spoken	Music. Et Cetera.	Music radio meets theatre and journalism. Guest speakers, readers and musicians meet the everyman atop a canopy of independent music releases.
4]18:00-4]18:30	Free Speech Radio News	News
4]18:30-4]19:00	AVAILABLE
4]19:00-4]20:00	Punctual Crusaders of the World and Beyond	Phat Beatz	cuz you can't be late savin' the world.	songs to satiate your most intimate desires.
4]20:00-4]22:00	Deep in the Crates of Soul	Soul Funk Hip Hop Jazz	It's called Deep for a reason...	Deep funk, deep soul, beats, samples, hip-hop, library, jazz, instrumentals. Budding producers could probably stream this show and just start chopping with their 303's...
4]22:00-5]00:00	Rude Italian Hand Gestures	WAVE	I'm going to put my foot in your ass and make it this big	And we also like to Google image search cute baby animals. Have a nice day!
5]00:00-5]01:00	Broken Nails	Wave, Punk	Angry Girl, Angry Music	Hardcore, punk, and even a little new-wave selected by one very melancholy girl. Now with special local band nights!
5]01:00-5]02:00	New Car Smell	Wave +	what's not to like?	The best in wave and other wave-like genres, with a focus on the new and the sorta-new.
5]02:00-5]09:00	AVAILABLE
5]09:00-5]10:00	The Scientific Method	Jazz
5]10:00-5]11:00	AVAILABLE
5]11:00-5]12:00	Show Not Found	Trance and Chillout	The show requested was not found.	A mix of the Trance and Chillout genres. Turn up the base -- screw the treble!
5]12:00-5]13:00	Postmodern Radio	Wave/Electronica	We Will Control All That You See & Hear	Sit back for an hour and lose yourself in beats of the present and future. A blend of wave and electronica guaranteed to make you feel just right.
5]13:00-5]14:00	AVAILABLE
5]14:00-5]15:00	Skaquake	Punk/Ska	San Diego Rude. In St. Louis.	Keeping St. Louis rude since 2007.
5]15:00-5]16:00	Down at the Crossroads	Blues	Muddy, Buddy, Robert, Hubert and Friends	Blues from as far back as I can find em, to the most recent. Come get a taste of the greatness
5]16:00-5]17:00	The Swing Set	Jazz, Funk, Blues, etc...	Fly by the seat of your pants
5]17:00-5]18:00	Jazz in the Park	Jazz/ Blues
5]18:00-5]18:30	Free Speech Radio News	News
5]18:30-5]19:00	Cadenza	talk/movies/art/culture		Half hour talk show about movies, music and art, hosted by Student Life's arts and entertainment editors
5]19:00-5]21:00	The Big O	Wave/Electronica/Folk	O, what a show!	Omaha to Orlando, these are the songs we get funky tow.
5]21:00-5]22:00	AVAILABLE
5]22:00-5]23:00	The Armory	Metal	Cthulhu's alarm clock	Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Thrash, Grindcore, etc. None o' that Def Leppard crap. + More Lovecraft references.
5]23:00-6]11:00	AVAILABLE
6]11:00-6]14:00	Musica Esoterica	Classical	(mostly) unfamiliar classical music	Classical music of all genres and eras, with emphasis on neglected and unfamiliar works.
6]14:00-6]15:00	Tu-O-Tu	World, Wave	Fun	I will try to play a good mixture of wave and world, with the world genre including some Turkish tunes.
6]15:00-6]16:00	Jazz Lounge	Jazz	Lounging with Jazz	Exploring the world of jazz. Everything from the earliest improvisations of Louis Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins up until the modern sounds of Bill Frisell, John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Paul Motian, Keith Jarrett...etc
6]16:00-6]18:00	the party barge	avant-garde, funk, avante-garde funk	nothing stops the party barge	in sickness and in health, in fear and in love, in pain and in pleasure the party barge rolleth along
6]18:00-6]20:00	Ear Worm Radio	Wave
6]20:00-6]22:00	Things About Stuff	Experimental / Talk / Etc / Exploratory/ Everything/ Nothing	Let's share an experience.	I'm going to do whatever, and you're going to listen. Hooray. There will be guests. Lots of guests. And the show will be awesome.
6]22:00-7]00:00	Hiphoprockstar Radio	Hip-Hop	Music You've Never Heard	Hip-Hop/Rap records that you have never heard in your life, because they just came out this week.

Listen!

FALL PROGRAMMING LIVE NOW

Listen 24/7 via 90.3 FM in UCity and streaming worldwide at KWUR.COM

special bigups to soul/funk/blues/country Sundays and of course, my own, the one and only reunited Peanut Butter & Jellyroll! show, now Sundays 8pm-10pm Central.
peace

My slapdash review of the new Kings on Leon, after one listen

RATM Goes A Capella at the RNC

"Rage Against the Machine showed up to perform a show outside of the Minnesota State Capitol for the Ripple Effect music festival on Tuesday, but the concert was shut down. The band was set to perform at 6:30P, however police denied the band access to the stage."

Album Review: The Watson Twins, "Fire Songs"

You probably know 'em from Jenny Lewis and ___, pop-py alt-country that sounds like, well, Rilo Kiley. This album is hit-or-miss. It misses due to limp, meandering songwriting. But when it hits...damn. These girls have incredible voices, they wring songs like sponges. Great production values, too.

Play: 1++ (funnest on album), 2 [4](Cure cover, not so hot), 9++, 10+++ (oh, wow), 11++