Browsing archives for September, 2009

The VMAs: A Celebration Of Douchebaggery

Music 14 September 2009 | View Comments

I hate MTV. I hate everything they stand for, and I hate everything they have become. I hate that once a year, some of the biggest douchebags on the planet all gather in one place to jerk themselves off and receive awards that don’t matter. I hate that 364 days of the year, MTV plays [...]

Mayer Hawthorne: A DJ’s Best Friend

Music 9 September 2009 | View Comments

The art of DJing is a craft unlike any other. There are many people that call themselves DJs, but very few of them actually are. Once a highly-respected, challenging venture has now been handed over to the likes of request-taking mainstream radio DJs who don’t know when to shut their mouth, and the iPod jockeys [...]

Radio Interview with @RoboRobb on http://WXOU.ORG

Music,Social Media 5 September 2009 | View Comments

Excuse the poor blog title. I wanted to make it twitter friendly. That’s how lazy I’m becoming. A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of getting my first radio interview at a college radio station by a good friend of mine. I helped Robo Robb setup his blog, and I also booked him at [...]

Auto-tune The News #8

Music 3 September 2009 | View Comments

I love Auto-tune the news for two great reasons. First, they are using comedy to expose the music industry for what it has become. This particular episode starts out with a guy making strange noises into a microphone, and then adding the auto-tune to make it sound like he’s singing. That’s EXACTLY how auto-tune works. [...]