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The History of Alternative Episode 6: The beginning of Alternative
Today's episode focused on many of the groups that started the Alternative music genre in the late 1970s: Gang of Four, Wire, Television, Talking Heads, Buzzcocks, and Elvis Costello & The Attractions. These groups would be major influences on the next 30 years of...
Fictional Attachments S2E5: Sam Shakusky
This week on Fictional Attachments was focused on the character Sam from Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom! Sam, a very serious, sophisticated, and a bit quirky, young man runs away from his strict camp to be with the cynical and also quirky love of his life. The music...
Fictional Attachments S2E4: Winter Anderson
This week's Fictional Attachment episode is on Winter Anderson from American Horror Story: Cult (the latest edition of AHS). This is not only the best season yet, in my opinion, but also has the most interesting characters with their own unpredictable agendas. No one...
My take on today’s music
As a general rule, the music scene today is one big cash-driven system with no respect for true ability or meaningful music. Turn on any major radio station or look at the billboard top 100 and you will hear the pop garbage I am referring to. Today’s music trades...
The History of Alternative Episode 5: Early Punk Rockers
This week's episode focuses on the mid to late 70s punk rock movement in the US and the UK. The albums played were Ramones, the debut punk album by the Ramones, Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, the debut punk album by the Sex Pistols, and The Clash, the...
The Compilation 11/1/17 – Back to the Basics
This episode gets back to the traditional format of The Compilation and features discussion on the setup of the radio booth.
Stray Fixation Halloween Episode
This week's Stay Fixation podcast was the Halloween Special. There was Music from Phantom of the Opera, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and so much more. We discussed some Halloween family traditions, the success rate of artists after they leave competitions like the...
Stray Fixation Girl Power Podcast
10/22/17 This was our girl power radio show! 2 hours of some of the best known female artists, like P!nk, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Halsey, Carrie Underwood, and Kelly Clarkson. You can also listen to how these artists have influenced our DJ's lives and how our tastes...
The Compilation 10/25/17: Technical Difficulties, Actual Listeners, and Great Music
This installment of The Compilation featured brief, unexpected guest appearances from station manager Jacob Turner and technical director Sarah Buford! Apparently the KHDX advisor Dr. McClung was actually tuned in and heard that the broadcast didn't sound like it...
14 Years of Wicked
When most people think of Halloween they think of trick or treating or massive amounts of sugary snacks, but when I think of Halloween, the only thing that comes to my mind is Wicked. On October 30, 2003, Broadway got its first glimpse of the musical that would become...