Just In Time For Downfall

FIRST OF ALL: Tune in to my show tonight at 8pm.

1. kur.kutztown.edu
2. service electric Ch. 24
3. Hometown Utilicom Ch. 28
4. 88.3fm 1670am
   

Yeah, I'm not 100% sure on how I want this all set up yet. I want to talk about the playlist, but I don't want to reveal the whole thing before the show tonight. Guess I'm gonna play it by ear! Ah ha? Get it? Cuz I'm on the... radi... o.

Shut up


Just In Time For Downfall consists of several songs directly pertaining to what was going on in my life at this time last year. It was a strange journey, and in a way I'm trying to recreate those months in my life now because they were so spectacular. Think of the list as a narrative starting from Sept. 08- Dec 08:

• "I Need You", Relient K: Regular listeners of my show know about how often I play this band even though they are labeled as christian. Still, Matt Thiessen, RK's lead singer/ songwriter, is clever enough, or just plain intuitive in changing any words like "Jesus" and "God" with "you" and "me" (a reversal of the Cartman Plan). He remains ambiguous enough in his lyrics that you don't get distracted from the fun, fast music. Also, he's quite a clever lyricist. I kick off the playlist with all the energy bundled up from the summer past which, of course, is just full of angst! ANGST! yay
• "Kids", MGMT: My cat had a bunch of kittens... again. And my roommate and I decided to keep them until they were old enough to give away. They lived under our couch, so coming home was fun cause you'd be ankle deep in kittens. A friend of mine had just gotten married, so I thought it was kinda cool that the next step in life after marriage is a baby in the baby carriage, and here I was wading in that.
• "Unforgettable Season", Cut Copy: Filled with all the anticipation of being in the fall, my love life takes a strange turn as I struggle to figure out what it's all about. It's a stupid human mindset thing, but the song stretches the innate feelings of confusion during that time.
• "??", ??: I don't wanna give it away, but it's pretty close to my heart, and the friends this song brings up stay with me for far longer than a high school memory should. Sometimes on My Show, we just like to have some fun.
  
• "Don't Tell Me To Do The Maths", Los Campesinos: I really got into Zombies over the summer, and around this time in the fall I was playing Humans vs. Zombies. The song is kind of a cop-out, so... effin... whateverrrrrr.
• "Crying", TV On The Radio: This song's pretty deep or something, I dunno. I just remember it in the context of this mini-road trip I took. Cop-out numbuh 2!
  
• "Now I'm a Fool", Eagles of Death Metal: This song is the last in a series of four describing my trip with a friend of mine. I went to Ohio to visit another friend and ended up finding a lot more there than I'm willing to get into. If you listen to the lyrics, you might decipher the story... excluding "Crying".
• "Blue Hawaiian", Pavement: With the semester coming to an end, I picked up Pavement on a hunch, and this particular song emphasized the cyclical nature of life. It just kinda felt like an foreign comfort, I'd never heard the band before, but they felt so right. Clever thoughts serpentine through the song, and it felt like the start of a new phase.
  

Alright, that was long and boring. If you guys wanna chat about this at all, leave the comments below, or come find me cause anyone reading this either lives with me, or goes to school with me.

HINT HINT: I love talking about music, mofos.

Otherwise, tune in and enjoy the show tonight!

-late