Dear WOBC:

Could you please explain to me why you would give someone who specifically states on the application that they go to work at 6 AM every weekday morning a 2 to 3 AM radio spot on a Wednesday that he couldn't attend under any circumstances? If you had at least taken a look at Jamie and my potential schedule, you would have seen that we were ( Read more... )

I want to start a B-52s cover band. But not a band that plays B-52s covers. I want to cover other bands in the style of the B-52s.

Imagine...

Double kick surf style drumming (Boom boom Bap Bap, Boom boom Bap Bap, Boom boom Bap Bap, Boom boom Bap Bap)
Then surf-style guitar solo comes in and sets up the song for the Fred Schneider vocals...

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It's been a while since I've checked this thing out, so I've got a lot of ground to cover ( Read more... )

Stolen from 
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Sometimes Oberlin Confessional can be awesome. Someone started writing these stories, all ending in 'Feed the Dog.' I decided to try my hand at it.

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Midterms continue, but here's a welcome diversion for you and me.

This may be the greatest single page in comics history:

(from The Incredible Hercules #114)

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Man, there is really just something about trad ska that makes me so happy.  Or maybe it's just this song.

As I'm working on some songs for the Inevitables, I've been browsing through my journal and came across this tidbit from when Sarah and I went to Berea Fest:

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Jul. 16th, 2007

I left that show $45 poorer with an empty kettle of corn and bean salad, a armful of swag and a solid understanding that I am going to become a pop-punk musician ( Read more... )

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I think it's impossible to listen to Morphine and not feel like a badass. It's like the aural equivalent of that sex that you know you shouldn't be having, because she's married or crazy or treacherous, but you're having anyway because it's too intense to escape. Something about the combination of drums, bari sax and two-string slide bass just ( Read more... )

My return to Oberlin for Winter Term has unfortunately been punctuated by upsetting dental agony. Apparently, I have a problem with clenching my teeth which has my teeth, particularly the right side of my mouth, in incredible stabbing pain. As a somewhat orally fixated person, this is obnoxious as hell. I can't do a lot of my favorite things; it ( Read more... )