The High Fidelity

"Student Hip Hop Organization is at it again with its 3rd Annual Concert sponsored by IPAX, The Center for Student Diversity and AMP Late Night Funding. This is a concert you definitely do not want to miss and its FREEEEEEEEEE!!!!" The second half of my show this week will be interviewing artists who will be playing at this awesome show that you will all go to. For the first half of my show I'll just play random 80's hip-hop to sort of meld the show's theme with the interviews. Please tune in, please come to the show.

I Ain't No God Damn Son Of A Bitch: How The Misfits Could Create A Whole Genre Of Music

On the next radio show, DJ Saucy and Stephanie Monohan are going to be discussing how the Misfits not only created a genre of music but also were a cultural phenomenon that continues to have effects on music and fashion. I can't think of a better person to discuss this with (except maybe Michael Willems PLEASE COME ON MY SHOW)because of her love of in-depth sociological analysis of pop culture. Can we refer to the Misfits as being a pop cultural phenomenon, or are the effects of the emergence only felt in the subcultures of Goth, Punk, and the genre they created Horror Rock? I'm going to argue the later due to the popularity of their image (I mean there are fucking Misfits t-shirts with gold teeth) and the popularity of music that they influenced (AFI started out as a Misfits cover band, and bands such as Alkaline Trio, The Ataris, Guns N' Roses, Hatebreed, Jawbreaker, Metallica, My Chemical Romance, and Sum 41 all claim to have been influenced by the Misfits). We will talk about where the Misfits name came from, where the logo came from, and how Danzig is a tool for not doing a Misfits reunion. The Misfits never write very long songs, so this show is gonna be a whole lotta talking. Setlist:
1.Bullet
2. Horror Business
3. Teenagers From Mars
4. Night of the Living Dead
5. Where Eagles Dare
6. Vampira
7. I Turned Into A Martian
8. Skulls
9. Ghouls Night Out
10. Astro Zombies
11. Die, Die My Darling
12. Earth A.D.
13. Devilock
14. We Are 138
15. Attitude
16. Last Caress
17. Horror Hotel
18. Halloween
19. Halloween II
20. Demonomania
21. Hellhound
22. Bloodfeast

Nihilism and Narcissism: Observations on the Dead Kennedys

Hey Jason and the blogonauts,
The upcoming show for this Saturday will have me talking with guest host John Klepadlo about one of the OGs of 80's hardcore, the Dead Kennedys. Though there are plenty of things to rant about in terms of this revolutionary band, such as "Nazi Punks Fuck Off," "California Uber Alles" and Jello's own mayoral candidacy, I am guessing what we will spend a considerable amount of time talking about is the controversy over Jello Biafra, front man of the Dead Kennedys, funneling money from the band into his label Alternative Tentacles. Though I have heard many valid justifications of this action, I'm going to make the argument that not only was this wrong to do, but that the action arose from Jello's narcissism which can also be observed in his music. It'll surely be an interesting show, and this issue is the equivalent of the OJ Simpson trial for punks. Here's the set list:
1. Kill the Poor
2. Forward to Death
3. When Ya Get Drafted
4. Let's Lynch the Landlord
5. Your Emotions
6. Chemical Warfare
7. Your Emotions
8. I Kill Children
9. Holiday in Cambodia
10. Religious Vomit
11. Moral Majority
12. Nazi Punks Fuck Off
13. Terminal Preppie
14. I Am the Owl
15. A Growing Boy Needs His Lunch
16. Chicken Farm
17. Goons of Hazard
18. MTV Get Off The Air
19. Stars and Stripes of Corruption
20. Rambozo the Clown
21. Macho Insecurity
22. Anarchy for Sale
23. Chickenshit Conformist
24. Where Do You Draw The Line?