WMCN 91.7 FM

 

SPRING 2009 PROGRAM GUIDE

 

ROCK NEWS/TALK ELECTRONIC/DANCE HIP-HOP/SOUL/FUNK

AMERICANA/FOLK/JAZZ WORLD CLASSICAL METAL VARIETY/OTHER

STAFF SHOW

 

MONDAY

 

[11 am – 12 pm]

Daniel Rocklin : Word!

Each day, a word is chosen.  The definition and roots are read to the audience.  For the remainder of the show songs are played that relate to the word.

 

[12 pm – 2 pm]

Rose Holdorf, Ainsley Judge & Tressa Versteeg : The Revolution Will Not Be Motorized

A pedal powered, soul infused, bicyclized revolution that’s taking back the streets and jamming the airways to inspire while you perspire.

 

[2 pm – 4 pm]

David Espinoza : Keiko’s Mixtape II

Sounds from the underground scenes of Japan.

 

[4 pm – 6 pm]

Akshay Sood & William Hughes : From Delhi to Decatur

East meets West as a Bollywood B-boi from Delhi and a Hip-Hop head from Atlanta share their musical perspectives.

 

[6 pm – 8 pm]

Peter Vader : He Said Shut Up

What are words for, when no one listens anymore?  Couldn’t agree more, Terri or Dale or whoever.  Tune in to He Said Shut Up for instrumental pop music of productivity-promoting tempo with no forced rhyme/clumsy meter lyrical distractions.

 

[8 pm – 10 pm]

Arella Vargas & Emily Cox : TC or DT

Arella teaches Emily the ins and outs of the TC local scene.  We will be exploring dark alleys, dingy basements and sneaking into 21+ shows.  We will also be featuring many live local acts and giving you updates on what shows to get your ass over to.

 

[10 pm – 12 am]

Seth Kreielsheimer & Lee Noble : The Monday Night Cypher

Join DJ Noble and the Jew for some real talk, real good hip-hop, and real interesting freestyle rap battles on the Monday Night Cypher.  That’s right, we keep it real.

 

[12 am – 2 am]

Emily Paulson : Punk Rock and Friends

Hard, fast and tight.

 

TUESDAY

 

[9 am – 10 am]

Morgen Chang : Feel Good Island Music

From slack key guitar to Hapa Haole Hula to contemporary reggae-pop: Take a journey across the country and over the Pacific to a small group of islands with a laid-back style.

 

[10 am – 12 pm]

Alex Rosselli : No Depression

Bringing the sounds of the Heartland to the Macalester community.  Tune in to hear country and alternative country tunes from Georgia, Kentucky, Texas and many other locales.

 

[12 pm – 2 pm]

Jack Poole : Oscillate Wildly

There is no folk music in space.

 

[2 pm – 4 pm]

Kerry Alexander : For Funzies

Why should you listen to this radio show?  For funzies!  It’s the elixir of life.  Made audible.

 

[4 pm – 6 pm]

Peter Truax & Carl Skarbek : Futuristic Chivalry

A unique fusion (also spelled "fjuxøn") of various musical genres (also spelled "zhåraç") such as post-rock, rock, jazz, classical and a cappella.  Though Carl and I are both Pulitzer-winning journalists, we've decided to indulge in our left-hemisphere tendencies to bring the world this beautiful music (also spelled "muzak").

 

[6 pm – 8 pm]

Jonathan Bernstein : Grand Avenue Freeze-Out

Fifty years of rock and roll.

 

[8 pm – 9 pm]

Nick Kahn & Gautam Mani : The Musical DeLorean

Who needs a flux capacitor when you can listen to a power hour of music by the decade?

 

[9 pm – 10 pm]

Franz Meyer & Jake Levy-Pollans : I’m George W. Bush and I Approve This Radio Show

New president, new hope, same old show.  In these troubling and contentious times, the world looks to the youth for inspiration and guidance.  Jake Levy-Pollans and Franz Meyer have long offered witty political banter to each other and to their closest (and often annoyed) friends.  Now they bring their voice to WMCN’s airwaves.  That’s why I, George W. Bush, approve this radio show.  God bless you, your family, and the United States of America.

 

[10 pm – 12 am]

Molly Sullivan & Nate Hart-Andersen : Your Dad’s Radio Show

We all need validation from our fathers and this is our attempt to receive it.

 

[12 am – 2 am]

Hannah Longley & Debbie Cohen : Jamlet

Brevity is the soul of shit.

 

[2 am – 4 am]

David Ellison : 50 Cats and Peaches

Soul and its influence.

 

WEDNESDAY

 

[8 am – 10 am]

Geoffrey Gorham : Compendium Musicae

Philosophical college pop of all times and places, but with special emphasis on the 80s and Canada.

 

[10 am – 12 pm]

Chip : Gotta Take It

Gotta take it.

 

[12 pm – 2 pm]

Deb Chaulk & Andi Wulff : It’s My Life

An eclectic mix of music and talk from ska to 80s pop, acid jazz to Coltrane, 70s cheese and more.

 

[2 pm – 4 pm]

Joe Rasmussen & Neil Hilborn: Punk Show

We play punk.

 

[4 pm – 5 pm]

Noah Tofte : Those Were The Days

Good times with the Toftes...

 

[5 pm – 6 pm]

Abby Tofte & Louise Sharrow : Cincisota

...and Louise.

 

[6 pm – 7 pm]

Michael Ferrera & Maximilian Sirianni : BroManDude, NSFW

A lively, satirical discussion of world events featuring music we like.

 

[7 pm – 8 pm]

Ola Switala : Gay Classics Vol. IV – Hangin’ Out

I guess it’s self-explanatory.

 

[8 pm – 10 pm]

Zach Dotray: No Tray Wednesday

Utter pukefest.

 

[10 pm – 12 am]

Sam Wershow : Whiskey, Weed and Women

Have you ever been cuckolded by a no-good dirty woman?  Has your substance abuse led to reckless behavior and legal trouble?  Are you swilling a refreshing Hamm’s beer as you read this?  Celebrate your inner scumbag while enjoying real American roots music.

 

[12 am – 2 am]

Ian Noble & Charlie McClung : Ebony and Ivory

A showcase of Western Classical Music since the invention of the piano.

 

[2 am – 3 am]

Andrew Rich & Luke Marcott : Harmonic Discharge

Weekly themes related to nouns, verbs, adjectives, or genres.  We like the Wu-Tang and the Wagner, and we want to show you how they are related in our two hour time slot.  J Dilla 4 lyfe.

 

THURSDAY

 

[8 am – 10 am]

Daniel Kerwin : Sports Nuts

Daniel goes nuts on any and every sports topic out there.

 

[12 pm – 2 pm]

Molly Brookfield & Marlene Delgado : A Touch of Funk,

A Pinch of Soul

An unholy stew of raw soul and funky blues from the M-Sistas!

 

[2 pm – 4 pm]

Megan Wang : lo-fi, nice, hi

I’m afraid of dentists, large dogs, and the dark.

 

[4 pm – 5 pm]

Lily Gordon-Koven & Charlotte Fagan : Maps and Music

You’ll never be so sick of geography after becoming our friend.

 

[5 pm – 6 pm]

James Mayer & Nathan Fredrickson : America vs. the World

Canada lies defeated.  Now the United States must face the rest of the world for musical hegemony.

 

[6 pm – 8 pm]

Caightlyn Cohen & Tim Campbell : The Trans-Atlantic

Clashic Rock Hour

When babies and puppies have clubhouse meetings and eat chocolate chip cookies, they listen to the Transatlantic Clashic Rock Hour.

 

[8 pm – 10 pm]

Nolan Levenson & Lloyd Vogel : The Hip Hop Providers

Playing all sorts of hip hop, primarily featuring local hip hop with lots of live guests.

 

[10 pm – 12 am]

Clawhammer Mike : Stringband Mayhem

Hard driving stringband music from the mountains of Appalachia.  Other tangents will be how early African American country blues affected this music and solo banjo and fiddle work.

 

[12 am – 2 am]

Alex Vega-Byrnes : Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing

Slow and thick as molasses, but not so sweet, unless you mean “sweet” as it could be used in the sentence, “Oh man, that bass riff is totally sweet.”  Because it is indeed sweet in that particular sense of the word.

 

FRIDAY

 

[10 am – 12 pm]

Wes Holden : Let It Blurt!

Break out the flannel shirts and long underwear for 90s revival and bands that influenced them.

 

[12 pm – 1 pm]

Wade Ekstrom & Nick Mangigian : Take My Radio Show...Please!

Nick and Wade bring the goods with a variety of humorous segments.

 

[1 pm – 2 pm]

Reed Boskey : Boskey

Reed.

 

[2 pm – 3 pm]

Katie Trostel & Adam Troldahl : Babble Radio

In their desperate attempt to have an A-for-Awesome senior year, Adam and Katie made a last ditch attempt at popularity by deciding to host a radio show. Tune in between two and three on Fridays, or come visit us at our "alone table" at Cafe Mac. You'll know it's us...we're the only seniors with the full meal plan.

 

[3 pm – 4 pm]

Laura Eash : Footloose

Kick off your Sunday shoes to intriguing selections from past and present soundtracks and stage musicals.

 

[4 pm – 6 pm]

Ben Glickstein, Josh Porte & Elliott Niblock : The Salami Monologues

Have you ever bought a nice, juicy ballpark frank and found yourself wishing that, right there next to the ketchup and mustard, there was a testosterone dispenser?  Well, we’ve got the show for you!  Two hours of unabashedly phallo-and-food-centric fun!  Double entendres abound!

 

[6 pm – 8 pm]

Geoffrey Stueven : Senior Service

Senior dissatisfaction.

 

[8 pm – 10 pm]

Kevin Williams : Straight Hotnezz...

Throwing down the best music of the day from across the world, including soca, reggae, R&B, hip-hop, pop, latin, salsa, while talking about the sports world…analyzing the results of the past week as well as making predictions about the upcoming games of the week.

 

[10 pm – 12 am]

Lewis Wilcox & Marcus Fleming : Spoon Feed Me Chocolate & Fork Me From Behind

Get on the good foot, do the bad thing.

 

[12 am – 2 am]

Owen Daniels : The House of Jah

All the Reggae, Ska, Rocksteady, Mento, Dub and Dancehall to Light Your Light and Satisfy Your Soul.

 

SATURDAY

 

[8 am – 10 am]

Margaret Scott & Monica Keaney : Self Help Radio

We all know that music makes life better.  This show combines quality music with quality tips for making the life you lead a more enjoyable one.

 

[10 am – 12 pm]

Margaret Nigro, Hector Ramos & Matt Seidholz : Lap It Up, Losers!

We talk about whatever we feel like, however we feel like, at our designated broadcast time.  You’re welcome!

 

[12 pm – 1 pm]

Jeremy Meckler & Peter Valelly : Radio Dracula – Radio Theatre on the Air

Take a trip to another dimension.  One not of sight and sound but of mind.  Well I suppose also of sound.

 

[1 pm – 2 pm]

Andrew Lund & Reid Usedom : Oh...word. With DJ Runtang and DJ C.P.T.

We’ll see you on the dark side of the moon.

 

[2 pm – 4 pm]

Adam Jones & Jesse Fox : Your Mother Should Know

A delicious sample from the greatest era in the history of rock ‘n’ roll.  Hooray!!

 

[4 pm – 6 pm]

Anthony Albanese & Evan Oelschlaeger : Megamantis

A delicious and endlessly delectable combination of punk and futuristic experimental music, all tied together with a colorful bow of excellent discussion and thought provoking insight.

 

[6 pm – 8 pm]

Andrew Berger & Sam Robertson : Bergertson

Samdrew.

 

[8 pm – 10 pm]

Todd Copenhaver & Alex Park : Hella Cool Jazz Hour

The burial of Kenny G.

 

[10 pm – 12 am]

Luke Franklin : Creaks

Whether it’s 78s that your grandma gave you in her will or the wind in the door of Belong’s new album, we’ll have twilight, with or without vampires, probably without.

 

[12 am – 2 am]

Yilikal Zeleke Ayino : Global Change

Global change.

 

SUNDAY

 

[10 am – 12 pm]

Eddie Oliver & Owen Truesdell : Barackin in the Free World

Yes we can, rock our faces off.

 

[12 pm – 2 pm]

Dillon Teske & Andrew Meeker : One of these things is

not like the other

An awesome mind warp that plays avant garde, groundbreaking, boundary-pushing music of times new and old.

 

[2 pm – 4 pm]

Ryan Taylor & Omkar Kalaskar : Coup de Grass

Best hip hop show this side the Mississippi.

 

[4 pm – 5 pm]

Harley Brown & Alison Liss : The Sexy Sesquipedalian

Hearken to our show as we revel in the dulcet tones of sesquipedalian songs. Each week we will feature words you would normally find in an SAT vocab book.

 

[5 pm – 6 pm]

Jay Tegeder : Bike Radio

A call-in talk show featuring Jay Tegeder, race announcer for the Capitol Classic and former bike shop manager.  Jay will interview the movers and shakers of the bicycle industry both locally and nationally.  The show will discuss the latest trends in bicycling, commuting, touring and racing.  Also, the world’s greatest bicycle mechanic, Ambrose Riegel, will take questions from listeners regarding bike repair.

 

[6 pm – 8 pm]

Aaron Mendelson : Exile On Grand Avenue

Irrevocable exile.

 

[8 pm – 10 pm]

Corbin Cavallero & Ben Holt : Corben

Bencore.

 

[10 pm – 12 am]

William Cohen & Stephen Miller : Folkaroni & Blues

All your favorite blues and folk music from Robert Johnson to Jimi Hendrix, Pete Seeger to Bob Dylan.

 

[12 am – 2 am]

Palmer Fliss & Morgan Sleeper : Radio Celtica

Prepare to be serenaded HARDCORE straight outta the Isles.