When I started working at the college radio station in my freshman year, the first regular shift I held was Monday night’s edition of “Soundstreams.” This was the all request program that 90FM aired (and still airs!) every weeknight from 10:00 p.m. until it was time to conclude our broadcast day at 2:00 a.m. While “all request” was a misnomer (as it is for just about any radio program that uses it, frankly), there were nights when the phone was especially active and huge chunks of my playlist were given over to listener suggestions. It made me dig into music … Continue reading Two for Friday: “Sex With You”

So I’ve been having some technical difficulties today, necessitating a little bit of a cheat for this week’s One for Friday. I’m working on something that will hopefully allow me to make up for it next week. The other day I realized that I have a remarkable number of different versions of Billy Bragg’s “A New England” on my iPod. Unfortunately, that epiphany was quickly followed by the sad realization that I don’t have this version of it. There may be no better way to ensure I have a touch of a crush on Kate Nash than for Billy Bragg … Continue reading One for Friday: Cheating Off of Someone Else’s Paper