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i hate the ‘title’–

  By Sarah | April 10, 2010 - 6:27 am | Events, Findings
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I am thrown off by this ‘cold weather’. Thursday was gorgeous and almost 80 degrees. Yesterday, we awoke to a 40 on our dashboard. What the hell happened here?

First off, turn on your radios this weekend. It’s the 50 hour marathon where two DJs stay up for fifty hours to raise money for a local charity. I did this as a sophomore. Granted you can donate money, participate in the midnight scavenger hunt (tonight, Saturday, at midnight- the midnight into Sunday) or you can just listen to some really funny radio. Either on the dial at 91.7FM, wicb.org, vicradio.org, annnnnd you can watch it and hear it on ICTV, channel 16.

Now, here’s some stuff. If you already don’t like Oprah like I don’t like her, read this. It will make you ‘hate’ her even more. It’s Deborah Soloman’s ‘Questions For…’ with the author of the new UNauthorized biography of Oprah (hell yes!) Kitty Kelley. A name you want to hate, and you will, but check out what she’s saying here. It’s a reminder that Oprah made the right move to ‘retire’ her talk show.

Here is a story about a house built in a hill. Which, yes, does sound like a lyric- but that picture is enticing and makes me want my home in a hill. But I’m not moving to Switzerland anytime soon.

Next weekend: the Flaming Lips are playing at Cornell….SOLD OUT…at Barton Hall. Get amped!!

Last, but not least, I read about this on notdrugs, and immediately crapped my pants. Wilco is ‘curating’ a three day festival in North Adams, MA- which is in Western Massachusetts (technically in the middle of nowhere within Western Mass.) this August. Tickets went on sale yesterday and are 85 bucks. Once June first hits, its a hundo. You already know I’m there. (Riley, I think you ought to make up for last time with this…) Here’s your info.

its time for MUSIC

  By Sarah | August 20, 2009 - 8:25 pm | Events
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There is some for serious decent music happening in the city of ITHACA this fall. You can pretty much find anything you like. The MEAT PUPPETS will be here on November 19th at Castaways. SUFJAN STEVENS is at Castways too!– September 23rd! On October 1st THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS will be at the State Theater! And the same weekend as Brew Fest– is the POSITIVE JAM with THE HOLD STEADY, the FELICE BROS. and DEER TICK– happening September 6th at Stewart Park. And don’t forget about MUSE FEST this weekend.

Live music, fun times, good vibes. get INTO IT.
Hopefully a lot more to come here for live music updates around town.
Also I heard that these guys know what they’re talking about.

If you haven’t bought tickets for the Built to Spill show at the State Theater, do so IMMEDIATELY. $15 for one of the best, albeit, most unappreciated bands of our generation. Coming to town October 8th.

And as we’ve just been made aware of, are The Mountain Goats. They’ll be playing ON CAMPUS at the Emerson Suites in September. Get on it.

I need a co-pilot

  By Riley | August 5, 2009 - 8:12 am | Rants
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I listen to a fair amount of music. When I’m on my computer, it’s coming from my computer; iTunes, Pandora, whatever. When I’m at a party, I’m listening to music only made tolerable by Natty Light. But when I’m in my car, that’s when I pay some respect to radio and tune in to WICB.

I generally like the music on WICB, plenty of Jane’s Addiction. Jazz Impressions is great, too. The station is very accessible if you want to make a request, you can IM the station (wicbrocks) or call the DJ. Since I solely listen to the radio in my car, I have come across two (maybe three) problems.

1- I don’t have a computer in my car. Ergo, I cannot IM in a request.

2 – In New York, a driver cannot use a cell phone behind the wheel. Ergo I cannot call the station.

(3) – I’m a big Jane’s Addiction fan, my only request would be more of it.

In the great state of Massachusetts, you’re allowed to talk on your phone while driving. Massachusetts has more requests per radio station than any other state in the country. I just made that up, but you get the point – no cell phone use in cars means less interaction between radio and audience. So if you’re a proponent of radio and you think iTunes and mp3 players are to blame, think again. It’s the police that are oppressing your medium.

I wouldn’t be caught dead using a bluetooth headpiece and I think that doing the maneuver where you put the phone on speaker and hold it away from your face is lame as hell.

lame manuever

lame maneuver

Until then, I guess I’ll just keep up with Jane’s Addiction and Regina Spektor.