Episode VI: The Empire Strikes Black... or Indie Rock Fest: a hipsters wet dream

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This was our Intonation Wrap Up show showcasing many of the bands we enjoyed at the Intonation Music Fest in Chicago curated by Pitchfork Media (.com).
On the right you can see one of the many pictures we took at the festival, this one featuring Drew with one of the young black boys that he lured back to his hotel later that night.


Our show usually features many of the artists that performed anyway, but we wanted to do a whole show dedicated to it (except the intro track, of course)... it didnt quite go as well as I planned.
Most of the show was spent making fun of Pitchfork's comments about certain bands... here are some examples of what we were making fun of:
About Pelican:

a respectable throng had gathered down front, leaning heavy on the barricade with obligatory devil horns dutifully raised. With cosmic force, Chicago's finest instru-metal infantry drove each measure in mechanic repetition: a hulking, forward motion gaining exponential force before crashing down like an ocean tide punishing the earthen shore. Dusty manes thrashing in the heat and detonating crushing sound blasts without reproach or remorse, Pelican drew fresh attendees, jaws agape, like carnivores to the kill.

About Four Tet:

The Theremin-flavored electro-vocalese on the latter, when heard in the direct sun on this scorching day, resonated like a hymn to Ra, with Hebden's constant tweaks and on-beat dropouts shoving the music forward. One labored dissection of a trebly gurgle went on a little long, but the broken beats eventually healed and took over completely to end the set.

... WHAT????!?!
Do they know what they sound like? they sound like a bunch of vaginal products, like a bunch of bitches. Like college students trying to hard to sound cool and uber intelligent in a stupid college music journal that got too popular for no reason.

As our show is only 2 hours and we don't plan ahead, we ran out of time without finishing what we wanted, as we always do. We neglected MANY of the Intonation bands, and many of the ones we actually wanted to play.
But Drew stole The Decemberists' tambourine and we had an impromptu jam session with it on the air. it was either a complete success or a complete disaster, but i did it mostly to annoy the DJ for the following program on after us who insists on coming into the studio 45 minutes early every fucking week so he can hang around and bother us while we're trying to talk to our fans. GOD its SO FUCKING ANNOYING! i hope we freaked him out.

Anyway.. here is our disjointed PLAYLIST, which crashed down like an ocean tide, punishing the earthern shore that is our radio listeners.

Buddy Miles - Them Changes
Four Tet - Smile To The Face
Diplo - Big Lost
AC Newman - On The Table
Prefuse 73 - It's Crowded
Head Of Femur - Skirts Are Takin Over
Andrew Bird - Skin Is, My
Death From Above 1979 - Black History Month (Remix)
Death From Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands

A few dedication and shout out/requet songs to change it up :

Junior Senior - Itch U Can't Scratch
Ladytron - Sugar
When In Rome - The Promise

Out Hud - JGNDG - cut short
Tortoise - Blackjack
Death Cab For Cutie - The Sound Of Settling (better known as Baah Bahhh! Baah Baaah!!")
The Decemberists - July! July!

As you can see it was a very short play list considering what we wanted to get through, and considering we only played 9-10 out of the 22 bands that performed at the festival on the show. oh well.
we'd follow it up with a second festival showcase radio show, but next weeks show is being canceled because of the fucking gay ass BLUEFISH game. I HATE THE BLUEFISH!!! and i hate college radio that is funded by a baseball team which we therefor get our shows canceled for and have to promote sports games on a rock show. URGH

thanks for listening and calling if you did...

please comment if you are reading this, i dont think anyone besides Drew is.

-Jordan