Gurl, Please!

Choi Hung

2011-11-28T09:29:00.000-08:00

Days bloop blah blah
I have considerably more respect for the household in Choi Hung where my Po Po lives because of the simple foundations that are established there. First, values are a priority. Courtesy is done without thinking among the majority of the household and it feels second-nature. When you do a good thing or something out of politeness and feel nothing from it because it’s always around you? It’s a great feeling. Family is also a priority. Although my cousins have their own lives and have to continue to work/go to school/juggle girlfriends, they have made time out of their schedules to eat with me. Chapman has gone as far as to invite me to drink with his friends and has called/answered all my phone calls when I wanted some insight into the places I was visiting. That’s pretty good already. The best part is when selfless acts for family were done without a second thought. Before I delayed my trip another 10 days, I was ready to board a taxi to the airport but not without the suggestion that my Kau Fu take me instead. He lives approximately an hour or so away, but without a second thought he volunteered. My Sam Kau Fu (third in the family) has given time away from work and his own resting time, including his room for my sleeping, to help me look and shop for clothes. He has also taken time out of his commute before work to guide me to see a priest in a place I had little familiarity.
I just like the small details of this family and its house. Sam Kau Mo (the wife of Sam Kau Fu) said that she never gave a thought about moving away from Po Po and the same house she’s been in since I’ve been alive. They keep one trophy in sight – a THIRD place award for a football tournament in ’77. There are graduation pictures, kid photos and family pictures around the living room and that is decoration for the house. The same plates and tables are used to eat for the past 20+ years. Sam Kau Mo keeps books under her pillow to read at night and she and Sam Kau Fu always hold hands when they walk outside. Po Po goes out of her usual dim sum routine at 8 a.m. because she wants to buy food for me when I’m up and about.
I don’t know where fundamentals and family values can be driven from 100 percent, but I have a greater understanding to where my own immediate family gets its consideration and morals.

Catch-up

2011-11-28T07:24:00.001-08:00

Days bloop blah blah
I’m going to skip ahead a few days after Macau because I simply do not remember the moments at the..moment. Disneyland post!
HK Disneyland is basically America’s Disneyland for fetuses. It’s as pretty but it’s basically the Legoland equivalent in HK to Oceanpark (another theme park). Also, it’s basically the Legoland equivalent in terms of the size of the park. It’s got four lands: Frontierland (with three rides, all not named Indiana Jones), Fantasyland with your teacups and Dumbo ride, Tomorrowland with pretty much two things in Space Mountain and Astro Blasters and lastly, the new Toy Story land which I got to see. Main Street doesn’t count as a land, does it? Anyway, that brings me to why I got to go to HK Disney in the first place – I got to be a VIP because of the opening of the new Toy Story land. It’s really well-done and is designed to look like Andy’s backyard. Exaggerated grass sizes and basically some of the toy statues around the land. There’s also this really giant Woody with a soundboard muttering the same kind of phrases super loud and seriously at the worst times imaginable. Taking a picture with Woody was just strange with all phrases being muttered at the same time as any kind of picture countdown. That being said, the land has three rides. It has a toy soldier parachute drop where it just lifts you up slowly and lowers you down as slowly, a merry-go-round like Slinky the dog ride for kids and the “thrill ride” in the RC Racer ramp ride where it swings like a pendulum. There are little Toy Story goodies scattered throughout like the Monkeys in a Barrow picture-taking area or the domino chairs after the RC ride.
The best part, I thought, about going to the new land premiere was seeing both my cousin, Michelle and my uncle, Fred ride the RC Racer. For anyone who’s been to Six Flags and rode the damn swinging boat ride, this was basically it with RC sounds and a little more speed up. The funniest moments includes just watching my uncle man up and ride the back seat and my oldest cousin, Michelle, cover her eyes and yell in the front row (two different riding times, of course). Either way, I had a good time.
Oh, I forgot to mention that while this was going on, I was in the middle of my second HK-trip disease: diarrhea and stomach bug/flu.
Disneyland in HK has a mini Cinderella castle in the middle like its older brother and sisters as well as the signature dumbo elephant ride and teacups. Oddly enough, it only has one mountain, which was disappointing to say the least. It was of the space variety and it was basically Space Mountain circa early 2000s with all black and speed and none of that California big room universe swag version. I can’t really imagine people going to Disneyland for more than six hours because there are not that many rides to entertain the day. The fireworks at night may be the reason to go in the afternoon until the night, though. The highlight of the park was clearly the 3D show that has Donald Duck steal the Fantasia magician hat and traveled through most of the Disneyverse. It was delightful to see all my favorite and recognizable characters (minus Mulan’s world) and all the best songs for each film. It covered, to my memory, Lion King, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and other movies that I forgot. It was pretty creative and definitely enjoyable just to travel to all those songs and worlds again.
I didn’t get a chance to take a picture of the entrance statue of Mickey on top of the Whale that swallowed him. It was pretty epic, to be short.

Things I’m going to not miss:
The constant opening and closing of my door when I’m sleeping (I wake up and catch it happening a lot)
The constant bashing of the contracted servant and “disciplining”
The nagging.. oh the nagging.
The over preparing of food – I’m not trying to gain 30 lbs.
The constant reminders of mundane things when I’m moving anywhere, and I do mean anywhere (includes the house, a step, the room, the bathroom, the kitchen, the couch).
The first-world problems I’m being so prissy about

Macau. Part 1 of catch-up

2011-11-15T02:40:00.001-08:00

Days blah blah
Macau destroyed me. First, it was pretty (tons of big buildings with over-the-top architecture) and the food was good. Of course, I didn’t do much sight-seeing as casinos do not count for the natural landscape (I didn’t mind too much until later). It wasn’t Vegas-like unless you count the names of the hotels and such, but it was definitely gambling-heavy. I wouldn’t go as far as to say it was a gambler’s heaven because the games that were offered appeal to the East side of the World. Baccarat dominated every casino and there were even Asian-sounding games that I didn’t touch. No hold’em, stud, Omaha or player vs. player games available – only house against the players. I played Craps the entire time while my uncles and aunts tried their luck at three-card poker (there wasn’t much). My second uncle arrived later in the evening and played Caribbean Poker (basically three-card on crack). We all lost, including my grandma who played lower stakes Baccarat, but it wasn’t a melancholy time. I think I met my second oldest uncle’s mistress of 25+ odd years. And I had to find out in probably my most awkward confrontation ever, and after having such a good impression of her when I didn’t know better. Awkward as in – walking in the suite to see both of them in bathrobes awkward or like holding hands while walking faster than me and Ma Ma awkward or like taking care and talking to my grandma like she was her mother-in-law awkward or like talking to me like we besties awkward. Anyway, shit got worse when the casino cheated me and went super sketch about it. The last hour of the trip, I was finally winning in Craps (finally winning meaning that shooters of dice didn’t go three rolls and then a seven) when I got hit with the most shady biz in casino experience.
*I had placed $600 HK on both the 6 and 8 (read Craps rules to understand or skip the next part) and was basically 45 percent committed to the best shooter’s roll on the table. I had around 2.5K on the table and when dude hit an 8, the dealer handed the guy next to me my winnings. I say my winnings because when I receive $700 after seeing my 6 hundie bet hit, I assume it’s mine and especially since dude next to me admitted to just committing 400 to numbers 5, 6 and 8 (uh.. ok, casino). So, I halted the game, and the roller (he wasn’t happy), to basically call to attention the fact that the dealer was sleeping on the job. Unfortunately for me, Macau’s workers are basically young students or graduates and probably possessed the same sass and ego that I do when it comes to dealing with people calling them out. Although, many of the dealers and such have gold hair and are not of the overweight variety (as far as the physical appearance goes, that’s up to personal opinion). So, I was being jipped by a bunch of Dragon Ball Z characters with too much sass. Of course, in casinos, there are cameras so I basically just said to call the supervisor to decipher how the $600 bet was not on my spot indicator for the table (it was on the guy next to me and his bet was on someone else – do your job, brah). We had to wait for 20 minutes before the dealer supervisor told everyone to just continue and to hold off and turn off both mine and the person next to me’s bet (for those counting, that’s 2.5K OFFLINE). So, I had little money to commit to the four 6s and three 8s that hit in consecutive rolls. For a game of chance, I couldn’t commit 100 percent of my bankroll to a shooter who has been halted for 20 minutes and could have since gone cold. Not only is my opportunity to take bets off but so was my ability to profit from the ridiculous 6s and 8s that were hitting. I tried to salvage things by committing smaller bets of $150 HK to 6 and 8 while playing the hard numbers. At the same time, I kept asking and watching the phone move from dealer to dealer and small looks exchange between co-workers. Finally, he rolled a 7 and the dealer went to collect bets. Mine was still off and when he went to collect 6s and 8s, he collected four bets (there were only three people on my side besides me). Of course, after waiting and losing out on my only opportunity to break even for 25 minutes, I called out to the guys again to ask them what the hell was going on. Why the silence treatment and why are you collecting my off bets when I didn’t even profit from it? Basically, the same sentence was repeated to me: “Sorry, I can’t do anything about it unless the supervisor says so.” This, for another 20 minutes until shift changes and I took my money and followed the off-shifters to ask what the fuck was the deal? Of course, I got the same repetitive bullshit and I was tired of making my family and the mistress wait for my ordeal. What turned out to be a hot roll and an on-time last-minute break for even money turned out to be $6.5K lost in Macau and tons of angry feelings. *
To add insult to injury to my losses in Macau (6.5K), we forgot my Ma Ma’s bag of stuff (pajamas and purses). I was doubly angry because at the last second before we left, my grandma had taken my clothes (except my “PJs”) and put it in her bag because she deemed herself responsibility for both the judging of whether my clothes are dirty and also as the holder of all dirty clothes. I had a backpack and was adamant to keep my shit to myself (her reason: I didn’t want to make you carry so much). Bro, it was a shirt, my boxers and socks. So, if you’re reading this Vivian, sorry that the “Noah and the Whale” shirt is now Macau’s property. I lost my pink Giordano’s that I always thought I was swag for wearing. Oh well.. Moving on:

I bought pants!

2011-11-03T23:50:00.001-07:00

Days blah blah
The last few days have been recovery from being sick. Whether it was a cold or fever or whatever didn’t matter because the effect of feeling like crap was the same. Another annoying thing, besides being sick on vacation, is the fact that Hong Kong weather and humidity makes it impossible to cool down after a shower; EVEN a cold one. I mean, my glasses are on 24/7 fog control and I have to use a tissue to wipe down my forehead. I’ve made it a point to just let the sweat drop as it collects on my head. It also makes putting on lotion to prevent the breaking out (from my lack of exposure to humidity) useless because it’s water in a matter of moments. As I’m typing, five beads of sweat are about to drop on my keyboard. And now, I wipe that off.
I’m glad to say I’m really close to ridding myself of this horrible sickness. The second worst day of the sickness, I had to board the MTR (subway) for three 45-minute trips. Of course, it was my fault I had that many trips to begin with. I woke up super late (12 p.m.) for my vacation standard and missed morning mass. Ma ma told me that there was a 6 p.m. service and I was adamant on being there. The problem was that I was supposed to be at my Po Po’s before 7 p.m. where a barbeque was to be had. Two more drops of sweat. This isn’t your typical barbeque. It’s your open grill, everyone gather around with prongs and raw meat and cook like cavemen barbeque. Needless to say, I was excited for both the dinner and my potential to double my picture-taking for the trip. Anyway, the first MTR trip was to have hi-tea with my cousin, Phyllis. She didn’t know I was A. sick and B. on call for 6 p.m. mass in Mei Foo, so this wasn’t her fault at all. That being said, she wanted to hang out and eat near her house. This, as noted by the 45-minute trip, was at the opposite side of Ma ma’s place in Mei Foo. It takes three changes of subway cars to reach the place. Normally, I give my seat right away to any elderly or disabled persons, but I was so tired from just the first station, I took any available seat and just passed out. I can faintly hear the voice for each station and that kept me in the game to reach my change of cars. That ride was hell. I felt weak as crap and had to just let my body rest on anything—a pole, seat, my arm, anything.
Second ride – This was back to Mei Foo. Not eventful, it was as horrible as the first one except I had food in me and I had the self-control to make it to mass on time. A mass, I must say, I enjoyed because I slept through half of it. I’m on my third tissue for wiping sweat now; gross. The third ride to Po Po’s and the bus ride to the place was the worst because I had to pack and had another bag of stuff from the U.S. to deliver. Again, my fault because I had not given it to them the first time I visited. Anyway, here’s moral of the story: don’t get sick, stop messing up and oh well.
Ok. I found old men playing chess. Three tables full. And I found them on my elderly visiting day. It was Ma ma’s day, basically. This, being Thursday 11/2/2011. The days before today were pretty standard exploration days for me. I did buy pants though (38! American dollars), a pair in fact: one work-related and the other because I liked the color. Anyway, chess playing is super intense. There is usually three or four old men watching as an audience and each moved leads right into critique or conversation. There is seriously such deliberation and diligence. So, Ma ma’s friend is around 92 and they have been friends since she was 16 (she’s 83 now, or was it 84?). That’s more than people are alive, their friendship. She has no real teeth on her bottom row and she’s a little plump. Needless to say, she was my new favorite person in HK. She walks real slow, kind of swaying from side to side and always has a happy look on her. She still plays and gambles in MahJong despite her advanced age and has no maid or helper to assist her daily duties. She and Ma ma have a nice chemistry about them, chattering and laughing in their Star Wars’ language (Shanghai-wai). Anyway, she hands me a red packet (lai si) and then we have McDonald’s for lunch. Strange that today would turn out unexpectedly good and that I would meet the greatest person in HK.

I gots new glasses

2011-10-31T01:41:00.000-07:00

Four days of being offline and yet I haven’t missed it for a day. I do miss being healthy as I am currently coughing up and sniffling up all the HK air. I am inspired to write a little of the four days that I have missed in the blogosphere. Is it sad that MS Word didn’t correct me for writing blogosphere? Is that even a real word? Currently, I’m at Po Po’s house again where I collect bug bites by the pairs. It seems that no matter what preemptive action is taken to prevent bugs in the rooms I sleep in (I’ve switched rooms from the last time already), I still get bites. I have now a collection of seven different bites. Bugs are having a buffet with my meat, man. Or is it my blood? Either way, it’s making me scratch more body parts than I want to. TMI. As I am writing this, I found another bite. Well, enough of that, let’s go into last Thursday:
First off, I have a goal in HK. This is one that I will not deter from, and that is to find the old folks who play Chinese Chess in parks in the mornings or afternoons. I hear that they also play for money which makes the stakes even higher. My goal is to find said elderly and play them at their own game. That, or learn how to play the game better. So, Thursday was a special day because I went to Kowloon Park to find these elusive chess players. Kowloon Park is one of the bigger parks in HK, so I figured that finding these guys should be cake. Nah, dude. No one was really there and I ended up just walking around taking photos of flamingos (which, by the way, is hardly a consolation). I’m going to schedule myself a park day and seriously get some freaking chess in.
Later that night, I went triad hunting since my elderly watch went fruitless. By triad hunting, I mean persuading Alex to come hang with me until 1 a.m. at Sham Shui Po and wait for the triads to show up. I think we had more fun just making everyone into triad figures than actually looking for knives and guns. Also, I learned that HK has a facebook-like website for finding prostitutes (and we were in a pretty ‘tute-full area). First off, I’m checking this site out for research purposes and secondly, whoa..awesome? Anyway, we basically just walked around after I beat some dude’s 9-game winning streak at the Sham Shui Po arcade (NBD) and looked for them triads. Or boba for me, I forget. Anyway, there was some 12-year old baller who whipped out an iPad in the middle of the shadiest stretch of street I’ve ever seen. Closed down open-markets on two sides, tattooed up Chinese and Indian men hanging around the other corner just talking and smoking and the other corner which was formerly occupied with cops (as if they just expected some shit to go down). An iPad in hell central? Yeah, that’s a dead man walking if I ever saw one. Almost on cue, he disappeared 20-minutes later. I like to think he just went back to the MTR, but real talk suggests he’s now in the sewers. I took a picture there on his last destination as a free man as a memorial.

Friday was nerdgasm day and I’m not ashamed of it. It was the day that HKFighter chose to all meet and play. And it was super close-by in Lai Chi Kok. Needless to say, I had to go with my new SRK buuds. We saw HK’s finest play in the dinky arcade that has, surprisingly, three set-ups. The names (for my FGC fwends) included: ScrubbyDan and Game_Outtt among other HK locals that were pretty good. I found out only later, after eating and discussing what we needed to do to earn ourselves a win streak, that the gathering was one of welcoming for one of the best Yang players in HumanBomb. I had known that he was moving to HK permanently, but I guess I didn’t know it would be when we all went to arcade night on Friday. Anyway, we didn’t do too well collectively (there was four of us), but I did get to meet and become friendly with ScrubbyDan, HumanBomb and other HK players. I also got a nice two-cup serving of salt for all the losses I accumulated that night. This is actually turning out to be pretty decent practice for SCR. Real. Talk.
Saturday, let’s goo. So, I’ll skip to the nighttime (or 11:30 p.m.) of this day because earlier I don’t remember anything. I just know today was the day I felt like asssss. First off, I was to go drinking with my cousin, Chapman, and his online buddies. His online buddies, it turned out, were mostly girls of varying ages (18? – 28). So, that was a surprise, for sure. We ended up going to Central at some happenin’ youth hang-out called Lan Kwai Fong or something. It was basically Santa Barbara in smaller doses and smaller areas. First off, it took an hour or so to LINE UP and get in the damn place. I was basically in an English-speaking, slut central with foreigners that obviously do not fit your HK-model of person running around. We talkin’ white folks, people .. and sluts. Halloween on the 29th meant that the place to drink was obviously where we were at (which didn’t bode well with my then-unknown sickness). There really wasn’t any room for my own body as I was being pushed and moved toward the bar-areas in one of the worst body-waves I had to be in. The best part wasn’t even the involuntary crowd surfing, but the expression and body language of the organizer for our group’s activities. Apparently, one of Chapman’s friends wanted to be at the place we were in but did not actually plan past getting there. So, finding an open bar that wasn’t full of groping Europeans or half-naked girls (I wasn’t too against the half-naked part) was their goal. I just followed with, sniffling nose and all. When we finally arrived at this shady-ass Indian hookah bar get-up, I was like, seriously? We went and waited an hour to go to the outskirts of the party for Indian dress-up time? Also, what’s worse is that everyone only got one drink. Good thing, I had some foresight and just ordered their strongest drink (with lots of tequila) and just watched as the organizer of the night sat and played on her phone; she would later say that she was bored (too fucking good). Whatever, man, next time plan to be at the party instead of drinking your whatever fuck drink, bro.
Sunday was a wash. I was too sick to really enjoy anything I was doing. I slept until the afternoon and basically went to church at 6 p.m. Meh kinda of day, you know?
Oh, I got new glasses. It’s got biggish frames and thicker foundations. So, now, I can pick up some grandmas instead of age-appropriate girls because these glasses will not be a hit. I guarantee it.

Trends and stufff

2011-10-27T03:08:00.001-07:00

Today was a day of trends. Things kept repeating themselves as if the entire day ended where it began. Not saying it’s a bad thing, but it was just something to note. Of course, most days when I’m by myself, I am either in a shopping area with the young adults or in an arcade getting beat by random HKs while mashing crouch tech. So, to begin the day (6 a.m.), I walked to the public gym area to get some internets done before the grandma suspected me of abandoning the house. I left after two hours to a phone call from the Ma Ma asking me where I was and if I wanted to eat breakfast. My plan was to get HK converters to charge all my stuff, but it turned out that Ma Ma had the equipment at her place. My plan was really to just get out of the house to go to Mong Kok and get some converters.
Next, I called up my oldest uncle to get some lunch with Ma Ma and we ended up going to Mei Foo for Shanghai food. It was pretty much the spread I enjoy the most with Shanghai food (hot and sour soup, can’t figure out the pingyin for it). It was an affordable 170 HK dollars for enough food to feed at least five patrons. This will be one of the reoccurring themes. After lunch, I went arcade hunting again and hung out in both Lai Chi Kok and Mong Kok for some window shopping and scrub bashing. I had an appointment for new glasses at 4 p.m. I ended up going to Central at around 3:30 p.m. and saw the financial district with my politician uncs. The glasses ended up being thicker foundations and frames and cost a whopping 1880 HK dollars. Talk about not breaking my bank. I just threw money at the cashier and didn’t think too much afterward about it. Ridiculous purchases will not be a reoccurring theme. So, I walked the area of Central and saw all of the HK Wall Street. Big buildings, old political buildings and business suit everywhere; not exactly the greatest tourist attraction ever. There were also only high-end businesses and shops around with the occasion newspaper stand and ice cream place around. We’re talking Prada and up; window shopping material only. I ended up looking for the arcade in Central. My theme for figuring out the HK map is going to arcades. I seriously think the idea if poetic and clever with a touch of nerdy. What better way to associate myself with a place as massive as HK as focusing on a small thing as an arcade. There are also conveniently arcades in every touristy and people-filled city around HK. Let’s see, there are two in Mong Kok (the city that never sleeps), La Chi Kok (next door), Central (Financial central), Prince Edward, Causeway Bay among other places. I thought it was convenient at least.
I met up with Alex shortly after playing in Central for a couple hours in Mong Kok. We promptly got destroyed in the first arcade (surprised me at least) and decided to cut our losses and move to the next one. Here’s theme two: getting bodied by regulars at Mong Kok. The arcade prices there are also super expensive (four and five dollars a pop HK). Losing isn’t exactly a very cheap option and winning only makes you feel better that you’re making the other person lose a buttload. I think we ended up playing some of HKFighters.net finest. We break and ate Shanghai food again (theme one) and discussed HK philosophies. By philosophies, I mean comparing HK boys to HK girls and how I seriously am thinking my theory on the men being 100x uglier than the girls is totally a fact. Alex taught me how movie theaters are treated as make-out studios and that girls in HK are pretending to be Taiwanese to be prettier. The Chinese guys need something to look up to because it’s just sad. The theme of getting bodied continued until 11:00 p.m. when we tucked our tails behind and went to our local haunt (Lai Chi Kok). Since this day, I have forgotten what other themes were evident and I doubt I’ll remember. Sorry for such a disappointing post.
Today (seventh day) was pretty busy as well. We honored the ancestors (my grandfather and my grandma’s Kai Mo) with both my Ma Ma and Walter, my oldest uncle. More on this later.

Day 2-3 "kids wear that?"

2011-10-24T01:41:00.000-07:00

The now: At my Po-Po’s house (relatives on my mother’s side) and currently enjoying a no-cap, some limits, internet. Might be heading to the mountains for photo ops, but I’m not sure.
Let’s update everything else, now. First, I had hairy crabs at the end of day 2. They are smallish crabs that take a mountain of effort to open and enjoy. Its claim to culinary fame is the fact that it’s heavy on goo to eat and are fat at this time of year; with the word, fat being a very loose word. After many moments of my family taking hits on my inability to eat the damn things, I took to just drinking the warm Chinese wine and settling for my “American” deficiencies. The wine tasted like warm ginseng juice. Later that evening, my next bit of culture shock hit as my two cousins (Michelle and Phyllis) went to Phyllis’ room to sing Karaoke. I mean, I guess it’s not the craziest thing to see, but I never really think my form of entertainment in my room was singing karaoke. And this isn’t some generic karaoke machine you find, it’s a touch screen categorized by artist’s faces. So, yeah, not how I usually plan on entertaining guests at my place, but when do I do that (womp womp).

Let’s move on: Po-Po’s house and adventures. I will begin by saying that, ever since I was a kid, my grandma on my mother’s side was always my favorite place to go. Something about having the only boy cousins I know and the lovely country side (with its smells and sights) always around you. The two boys (Chapman and Dominic) were my favorite cousins when I was younger for the mere reason of the same gender and smaller age gap. We had more in common and enjoyed playing many of the same things. In fact, it was here at their house and with my older cousin, Chapman that I really played Street Fighter (which can be considered both a good and bad thing). Now, I’m here 11 years later and had little to no expectation on how our return meeting will go. When I came in, I talked to the rest of the family (only the adults and Po-Po) and caught up a little bit while they waited for the boys to come in. I caught my cousins in a busy time as they were graduating (Chapman from Chinese’s equivalent of a university and Dominic from the equivalent of something… like… college) and time was a luxury for them. I did get the relief I wanted when my older cousin came in at around 11:30 p.m. and immediately looked for me. I knew that at least I got a positive (a bit more than I initially imagined) reaction and a hug. The night ended with some soccer and then sleep. I woke up and found my younger cousin, Dominic, in bed at the living room. I already know this phase – the “I’m cool with my kicks and threads and would rather hang out with my friends and 23-year old girlfriend (while I’m 20) than my family. Also, I like coming in late and not really give a fuuuuuuuck”. I know the phase. Needless to say, I was amused the most from my 20-year old cousin.
I ended up going out with my mother’s younger brother and his wife (shit ping-yin goes like this: Sam Kai Fu and Sam Kai Mo) to Mong Kok and Sam Sui Po. This is where my research begins. Let me backtrack and explain one of my goals in Hong Kong. It’s really simple: I want to know what young’ins like I do for fun in Hong Kong. I know California kids do, kind of, so I was curious to know what this side of the World does. I have my two cousins at the appropriate age to research for. Instead, I got my dose from my uncle and his wife. Sam Sui Po is known as the place for computer and other technology equipment. It is the place to pick up and build phones, cameras and computers as well as buy games and play games. That was actually the first place I went to when I finally got to walk by myself, so I was more familiar to this place. As for the actual description of the place – it’s actually a street with two plazas at both ends. One is the Golden Dragon Computer Center and Arcade and the other is something. The dragon place is a long strip of shops, two-stories tall, and is full of basically computer game and electronic goods to buy. The arcade is next-door and is full of your typical Gundam and fighting games. I did visit a particularly interesting arcade with a horse-racing game, complete with horse track and horse figures to help illustrate who is winning in addition to the big LED screen showing the “action”. Mini-gambling at its best. Next stop was Mong Kok and this area is separated by different streets for different selling goods. We went to places called “woman’s street”, “shoe street” and “phone street”. If you can’t guess what these places sell, well, I doubt you made it this far in your reading journey. Every street was ridiculously packed with people; elbow room was considered too much space. I basically was pushed and pushed enough people to audition for a football team (my creativity for jokes are definitely lacking). The fashion area was the real highlight of Mong Kok. I got the description of what the youth wear and actually got to see two multi-story plazas for clothes and jewelry. Here’s the trends I learned about (and I will look for pictures in addition to taking some of my own): pants with EXTRA clothing around the crotch area that look a little like MC Hammer pants, tons of rings and bracelets for both men and women and different disgusting printed pants and shoes (think zebra skins). This is fashion, guys – always cutting edge. I got to say, the parachute pants, are really laugh-inducing. It bags in the most unflattering areas and pinpoints attention to guy’s crotch regions, which I do not appreciate. I also started noticing that the young guys are seriously 100x uglier than the girls they’re with. I mean, it wasn’t even like a 10-20 occurrence, it was like every single couple I saw was the same formula. Made-up hair to look like a hurricane hit, parachute pants with highlights to the crotch and colorful clothes and shoes for the guys and just typical slut-couture for the girls. But, the same formula in the looks department followed as well: ugly dude with a girl who’s a little prettier on the surface. Of course, this is strictly a vain observation, but I will make it a goal to snap as many pictures as possible of this coupling.
Speaking of photos – I suck at taking them, I suck at having the mindset for it and I suck at figuring out when and where to snap any. I also have had too much food to eat. Every single meal except (Thank God) today’s lunch, I have had to finish and eat pretty much everyone’s food. I’m like the vacuum and their only real claim for why I should eat it is because they would throw it away otherwise. Also, I’ve had beer/wine/alcohol for every single meal and day that I have been here (three). So, I may very well just become an alcoholic when I come back state-side.
Let’s move on. Church was basically trying to see an old family friend (and the priest that baptized me), Father Yan. The actual mass was a circus as half the entire area set for church was full of kids. It was especially funny when Father Yan thanked the boy running up and down the aisle for praying with him. Later, I got my one on one time with the man and now am using this blog as a reminder that I have to call him on a day in November. Dude needs to talk to me. Dinner with the rest of the family was something of an event. Because I was here, coupled with the two graduations, we went out to a restaurant that did not require a reservation (although we still made one). It was a pretty typical Chinese restaurant, but I knew that going out to eat was still a pretty big deal. So, we had to wait until the fancy 20-year old could join us and that ended up being a nice 25-minute awkward time for his parents. As for me, I made idle conversation with my older cousin and his dad. Oh, did I not mention that Chapman has a girlfriend who’s 18-years old? He’s 23. Whatever, Asia.
Dinner was dinner and I promised the two guys I’d buy them alcohol for their graduation as a celebration. They wanted Carlsberg and I gravitated toward both Guinness and Hite. Because they never had either, they chose one of each. Cans in HK are super small, but thankfully so are the prices. Mr. too cool for school? Nah, half a beer and he’s done drinking.

Day 2 No one knows what the fuck a Starbucks is?

2011-10-21T23:38:00.000-07:00

First off, I’m a genius. I figured out a way to attack and conquer the 15-hour gap between Hong Kong and L.A. and beat jetlag. My ingenious scheme went like this: 11:50 p.m. departure time in California means around 2:50 p.m. HK time. I figured since I’m nocturnal and horrible at sleeping at appropriate times anyway, that I might go ahead and just lie awake for the entire Hong Kong day until their evening hours. My goal: their time, 11 p.m. It would be the first time I slept at 11 p.m. willingly since probably Bush’s presidential campaign. So, I stayed up until 11 p.m. HK time and finally slept until 5 a.m. In the mean time, I watched three movies while flying (Kung Fu Panda 2, Pirates 4? and Thor). Well, that plan worked out as I woke up, after sleeping at 10:30 ! p.m., at 7 a.m.
Last night dinner was pretty exciting. I finally got to see most of my relatives that I flew in to see. I also had around three beers and finally felt like I belonged at the table (got to talk like an “adult” instead of just day-dreaming all day). I went to my first arcade as well in Tsuen Wan and got my first bit of exploration outside of the home neighborhood. I also got to take a few photographs along the way. Internet has been an adventure in itself as I have no other places besides my uncle’s swank penthouse apartment place (called the Bellagio appropriately) and this public library where I wrote my last entry. The competition at the arcade in Tsuen Wan was like Alex’ Arcade regulars minus the Viets.
Speaking of which, the exploration to find another Wi-Fi place proved fruitless as I pretty much walked a 5-mile circle for an hour and a half looking for an elusive coffee shop that was supposed to be like a Starbucks. Of course, I misheard my aunt’s directions and thought it really was a Starbucks, so that was the place I asked for. You would think the most popular chain of coffee shops would be known by at least one person in the entire Mei Foo area but I was proven wrong. I didn’t really ask the youngest people walking down the streets because those kids just walk on by with their non-stop Chinese talking and slang. Anyway, door men, McDonald’s employees and restaurant servers could not tell me where the Starbucks that had that elusive Wi-Fi was. Mostly because they DID NOT know what the hell a “Starbucks” was. That was my only real clue except it was near a Pizza Hut (it wasn’t). So, I went on a wild goose hunt for something that did not exist and obviously was foreign to even the same people who should know that a Starbucks is in the fucking Forbidden City. Whatever. The reason I was looking for another place for internet is because the library is just ridiculous. I know I might sound spoiled, but it’s pretty hard to do any work when most of the websites are forbidden and impossible to access, jus’ sayin’. Now, I got this 5-year old kid (with a facebook, constantly sings to himself and checks his iPhone. Word?) peering over and reading my English. Good luck, son.
Tonight is the night where the same people from dinner last night (relatives from my dad’s side) are all going to my politician uncle’s house and eating something called “Hairy crab” with a side of warm Chinese wine. Excited? Not really. What I am excited about is the fact that I get to visit my relatives from my mother side and the boy cousins I have, who I haven’t seen in 11 years (it’s been that long).
So far, Hong Kong has been a place of excess. From excitement of walking by myself and exploring, eating way too much (not all my fault, of course) to walking too much and being lost. I hope there is internet in the countryside of Hong Kong where I’ll be heading to. If not, sorry Anam Syed for my lack of work done and to all my “fans”.

The legend of Ma Ma and Mei Foo

2011-10-20T19:20:00.000-07:00

Let’s disregard all my grammatical mistakes in the next few blog posts and just enjoy the content within. If you also don’t enjoy the content, then there is no pleasing you and I hope you and I can reconstruct our relationship.
Here’s my preparation for a month+ trip to Hong Kong and Macau – Pack the day before my departure date (look up when the departure date is because I had forgotten), sleep in before my flight (it was a night time departure, anyway) and finish packing the rest of my crap on the same day. I’m hoping I have everything I need/want to bring to my first ever independent trip to a foreign country. Even to trips up to North California or Las Vegas, I’ve had the company of friends to make the drive, so this trip is especially special and unique. To say I was excited and nervous is a bit of an understatement. I was beaming from the security check-in to the actual boarding. I even rode the walking escalator three times before boarding (does anyone else do this? I love it) and made small talk with an elderly white man sitting by himself. 14 hours really seems as bad as it looks on paper. It’s even worse when you’re in the middle of a small row in economy class. Not to say I deserve “first class” or “business”, but the middle seat is so horrible. No room to sleep, no room to move and definitely no room to fart (It didn’t matter later in the flight when I just said fuck it).
The plane ride was made pleasant with the company around me: two sisters and a work partner, a Chinese international student from UCSD and a hilarious mother/daughter combo. These were the people who occupied my front, back and immediate rows. The sisters kept picking on each other (the older one just throwing things at the younger one behind her) and the mother kept making innocent and ignorant mistakes with her daughter correcting her with that “oh mother, don’t embarrass me” attitude. I made small talk for some of the plane ride until we figured out the entertainment system. It was enough to get me a number of the Chinese international student (girl, just saying) and gain confidence that I won’t be like the new “Karate Kid” and his lack of fitting in.
So, now, I am in the car of the dad’s oldest brother and just scanning the horizons and sights like a little kid while answering general questions about my trip. I knew in about 20 minutes, I would see the grandma. The same infamous grandma that made up the inspiration for my sister’s angry rant pieces about how she bends the limits for how annoying a human being can be. So, I wasn’t exactly super excited to live and meet the subject for Vivian’s workshops.
We arrive in Mei Foo and let me tell you, walking in the streets and seeing mostly the same sights that I saw 11 years ago is surreal. It really makes you want to babble and recall everything you saw as a kid when you thought everything was the World. I got to say, Mei Foo looks super small from what I remembered as a boy, but I like both memories. We had dim sum (won’t be the first time) and this is where Ma Ma shined. Little old ladies (most of them sat BY THEMSELVES in six-people tables) begin approaching the pseudo-celebrity and paying respects. It was like watching scenes from the Godfather where everyone was just kissing her ring and I was the boy who returned. It didn’t stop outside the restaurant as she constantly stopped to say “hello” to another old person in passing and the same enthusiasm was met (sometimes exceeded). To say she was popular won’t do it justice. As my uncle said, “Ma Ma’s really proud of the respect she gets. She’s a legend in Mei Foo.” This was sad half-jokingly, but one can really make an argument for it. A legend with old people. Then, I got invited to Tai-Chi with her in the park she’s been going to for 1000 years. I was wary of the morning times she got up, so I asked if the time to go was still 4 a.m. Yup. Not going at 4 a.m. Who even wants to wake up at that time?
Now, I’m in the library after getting lost (already..) trying to find the place. It’s got wonky free internet that expires in two-hour intervals and is full of old Chinese men reading the same newspaper. Nothing else but old men and sometimes women reading freaking newspapers for the entire time they’re here. I’m sure I grazed over other cultural shock moments, but I’m enjoying the ability to just walk ANYWHERE I went by myself. I’ve been nagged a couple times by the grandma but it’s been subtle. The scary part, I keep asking myself, is how long will I continue to enjoy her presence? I hope for the duration of the trip.

Converting

2011-09-21T02:56:00.001-07:00

This is going to just be a blog. A regular ol' blog for my reading pleasure (perhaps yours, too).
I'll have to keep myself motivated to write in this and I bet I'll forget to. So, here's to never reminding myself to write again.

The End for now

2011-05-18T01:22:00.001-07:00

Well, Gurl, Pleasers

2011-05-12T03:25:00.000-07:00

This may be the end:
Because of what Heather recounts as multiple tardies and absences from my show, we have been taken off the air for the remainder of the quarter effective immediately. To be fair, I missed this week's. I was late for an hour once when Tedde was before me two quarters ago. After those two incidents? None. None that I can recount to be perfectly honest. Will I fight this decision? Yes.

Will I win? Well, readers and listeners, we'll find out.
If not, it's been a great ride and I hope you guys enjoyed the show while it lasted. I always hate sour endings.

we got Lama'd

2011-05-05T02:08:00.000-07:00

- Say what you want to -
Akron/Family - Silly Bears - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT

Explosions in the sky - Let me back in - Take care, take care, take care
Mogwai - How to Be a Werewolf - Hardcore will never die, but you will
Ponytail - Tush - Do Whatever You Want All The Time

Antony & The Johnsons - Salt Silver Oxygen - Swanlights
Fleet Foxes - the shrine/an argument - Helplessness Blues
Frank Ocean - Strawberry Swing - Nostalgia, Ultra

Apex Manor - Coming to - The year of magical drinking
Cold Cave - Pacing around the church - Cherish the light years
Crystal Stilts - Silver Sun - In Love with Oblivion

The death set - We Are Going Anywhere Man - Michel Poiccard

Welcome back

2011-04-28T18:53:00.001-07:00

* new release

1. Akron/Family - So it Goes - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT *
2. The Mountain Goats - Never Quite Free - All Eternals Deck *
3. Dengue Fever - Family Business - Cannibal Courtship *

4. I'm From Barcelona - Dr. Landy - Forever Today *
5. Destroyer - Blue Eyes - Kaputt
6. Apex Manor - The party line - The Year of Magical Drinking
7. Merzbow - Silent Night (Request)

8. The Weeknd - High for This - House of Balloons *
8. Childish Gambino - Sunshine - I Do Not Talk
10. Frank Ocean - Swim Good - Nostalgia, Ultra *

11. Cut Copy - Blind and You'll miss a revolution - Zonoscope
12. Crystal Stilts - Shake the Shackles - In Love with Oblivion *
13. Beach Fossils - Out in the Way - What a Pleasure *

14. Jeff the Brotherhood - Health and Strength - We are the champions *
15. Ponytail - Music Tunes - Do Whatever you want all the time *
16. the Death Set - 7 PM Woke up an hour ago - Michael Poiccard *

17. Fucked Up - He's So Frisky - Couple Tracks
18. Fugazi - Foreman's Dog - End Hits
19. JFA - Baja - We Know You Suck
20. Lucero - Better than this - Lucero

21. The Pains of being pure at heart - Heart in your Heartbreak - Belong *
22. tUnE-yArDs - Powa - whokill *
23. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues - Helplessness Blues *

24.Explosions in the Sky - Trembling Hands - Take Care, Take Care, take care *

4/20 jah.

2011-04-21T17:50:00.001-07:00

Gurl, please 12-2 p.m. Wednesdays
Background - Blockhead - Insomnia Olympics - The Music Scene
* - new release

1. Jeff the Brotherhood - Ripper - We Are the Champions *
2. Yuck - Get Away - Yuck *
3. Jeff the Brotherhood - Mellow Out - We Are the Champions *
4. Ponytail - Flabbermouse - Do whatever you want all the time *

5. The Death Set - Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap - Michel Poiccard *
6. Crystal Stilts - Silver Sun - In Love with Oblivion *
7. Papercuts - Chills - Fading Parade *
8. Beach Fossils - Adversity - what a pleasure *

Propagandhi - Name And Address Withheld - Potemkin City Limits
Fugazi - Epic Problem - The Argument
Paint it Black - Past Tense, Future Perfect - New Lexicon
None more Black - Mr. Artistic - Icons

Benjamin Dunn and Friends

2011-04-18T03:25:00.000-07:00

Pictures for next post:
Here's the list for what I didn't play regarding their live set.
1. Apex Manor - I Know These Waters Well - The Year Of Magical Drinking
2. Beach Fossils - Fall Right In - What A Pleasure
3. Noah And The Whale - Life is Life - Last Night On Earth

4. Papercuts - I'll See You Later I Guess (Album) - Fading Parade
5. Benjamin Dunn and Friends - Smile on Me - Circus of Love
6. Benjamin Dunn and Friends - Melody of Salvation - Circus of Love

7. Jeff The Brotherhood - Hey Friend - We Are The Champions
8. Ponytail - Music Tunes - Do Whatever You Want All The Time
9. Silk Flowers - Frozen Moments - Ltd. Form
10. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Heaven's Gonna Happen Now - Belong

11. The Weeknd - High for This - The Weeknd
12. Frank Ocean - Swim Good - Nostalgia, Ultra

Next post will be related to the actual set. It was a great experience that I hope was shared by all.

New Playlist

2011-04-06T18:43:00.001-07:00

1. Fucked Up - Generation - Couple Tracks
2. Jay Reatard - Wounded - Watch me Fall
3. Japanther - The Dirge - Tut Tut, Now Shake Ya Butt

4. Cut Copy - Corner of the Sky - Zonoscope
5. The Pains of being Pure at Heart - Anne with an E - Belong
6. Vivian Girls - The other girls - Share the Joy
7. Apex manor - My My mind - The Year of magical drinking

8. Beach Fossils - face it - what a pleasure
9. Papercuts - I'll see you later I guess - Fading Parade
10. Junk Culture - Weird Teenage Vibes - Summer friends
11. Jeff the Brotherhood - Shredder - We Are the Champions

12. Akron/Family - Light Emerges - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and journey of Shinju TNT
13. Noah and the Whale - Life is Life - Last Night of earth
14. The Mountain Goats - age of kings - all eternals deck

15. Guided by Voices - Sons of Apollo - Half Smiles of the Decomposed
16. Superchunk - Like a fool - Foolish
17. Dillinger Four - A Jingle for the Product - C I V I L W A R
18. Gang of Four - You'll never pay for the farm - Content

19. Air France - No Excuses (request)
20. Crystal Stilts - Alien Rivers - In love with oblivion
21. Yuck - Operation - Yuck

22. Ponytail - Easy Peasy - Do whatever you want all the time

New List

2011-03-31T04:48:00.000-07:00

Gurl, Please! 3-30-11, 12-2 p.m.
* denotes new release
Background songs:
Blockhead - Insominiac Olympics - The Music Scene

1. Minor Threat - Cashing In - Complete Discography (track 23)
2. Dead Kennedys - Chicken Farm - Frankenchrist (5)
3. Fucked Up - Teenage Problems - Couple Tracks

4. Starfucker - Julius - Julius ''7 (request)
5. Beach Fossils - Fall Right In - What a Pleasure *
6. Junk Culture - Golden Girl - Summer Friends EP *

7. The Pains of being Pure at Heart - Heaven's gonna happen now - Belong
8. Akron/Family - Fuji 1 (global dub) - S/T II: The Cosmic birth and journey of shinju TNT
9. Million Young - Hammock - Sunndreamm EP

10. Acid House Kings - I Write Summer Songs For No Reason - Sing Along with Acid House Kings
11. The Bird & the Bee - Birthday - Ray Guns are not the future
12. God Help the Girl - I'm in Love with the City - Stills EP

13. Jens Lekman - Black Cab - Oh You're So silent Jens
14. Ra Ra Riot - oh, la - The Rhumb Line
15. The Drums - We Tried - The Drums
16. The Dodos - Jodi - Visiter
17. Tune-Yards - bizness - w h o k i l l * (request)

18. Noah and the Whale - Wild Thing - Last Night on Earth *
19. The Mountain Goats - birth of serpents - all equals deck *
20. Vivian Girls - Death - Share the Joy *
21. Deerhoof - No one asked to dance - Deerhoof vs. Evil

22. Beat Happening - Indian Summer - Jamboree
23. Guided by Voices - If We wait - Sunfish Holy Breakfats

N ew oneee

2011-03-24T22:47:00.001-07:00

1. Born Ruffians - Blood, Sun and water - Say it
2. Akron/Family - They Will Appear - Set em wild, set em free
3. The Blow - True Affection - Paper Television

4. Prints of China - Power Heavy - False Fronts
5. Tennis - Seafarer - Cape Dory
6. Is/Is - So Long - This Happening EP

7. Fugazi - Burning - 13 Songs
8. The Stooges - Search and Destroy - Raw Power
9. Superchunk - Misfits and Mistakes - Leaves in the Gutter EP
10. None more black - Sinatra After Dark - Icons
11. Superchunk - Screw it Up - Leaves in the Gutter EP

12. The Weakerthans - Plea from a Cat named Virtue - Reconstruction Site
13. Dillinger Four - clown cars on cinder blocks - C I V I L W A R
14. The Loved Ones - 100k - Keep your heart

15. Plastic Wings - Oblivion Dust
16. Ellegarden - BBQ Riot Song - Riot on the Grill
17. The Thermals - How we Know - Fuckin' A

18. Yo La Tengo - Here to Fall - Popular Songs
19. Audacity - Twilight Zone - Power Drowning
20. Toro y Moi - Still Sound - underneath the Pine

21. Yeasayer - track 1 - All Hour Cymbals

Local bands - Ice Cream Man
Family Shocks - Happy Pills

Yea, one more show also one more update

2011-03-19T01:40:00.000-07:00

I got one (two?!) shows left for the quarter and then the schedule for Spring, and most likely my last, quarter will be out.

Also, here's the big news:
I am interviewing Danny McBride (star of Eastbound and Down, movies like Land of the Lost, Tropic Thunder and Hot Rod) for his upcoming role in Your Highness.
Any questions to send his way?

I doubt I was right on this being my last show:

2011-03-17T22:59:00.001-07:00

1. Dum Dum Girls - He gets me high - He gets me high EP *
2. Beach House - Apple Orchard - Used to Be
3. Acid House Kings - 7 Days - Sing Along with Acid House Kings

4. Architecture in Helsinki - Heart it Races - Heart it Races single (request)
5. Best Coast - Our Deal - Crazy For You
6. Busdriver - Sun Shower - Roadkillovercoat
7. Dillinger Four - File under 'Adult Urban Contemporary' - Situationist Comedy

8. Crocodiles - I Wanna Kill - Summer of Hate
9. Fugazi - No Surprise - End Hits
10. American Steel - Hurtlin' - Destroy Their Future

11. Final Fight - Rage - Half Head Full Shred
12. Jawbreaker - Shield your Eyes [Demo] - ETC.
13. Coconut Records - Slowly - Nighttiming

14. Belle and Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane - Push Barman to Open Old wounds
15. Camera Obscura - Other Towns and Cities - My Mauldlin Career
16. Buzzcocks - Lipstick - I Don't Mind the Buzzcocks
17. Black Tambourine - Heartbeat - Black Tambourine

18. Hot Chip - Playboy - Coming on Strong (request)
19. Antony and the Johnsons - Salt Silver Oxygen - Swanlights
20. The Bird and the Bee - My Love - Ray Guns are not the future

21.Gang of Four - You don't have to be mad - Content *
22. Akron/Family - Silly Bears - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT *
23. The Dead Milkmen - Do the Brown Nose - Metaphysical Graffiti (request)
24. F.Y.P. - Powerlines - my man grumpy (request)

Hey Guys

2011-03-10T17:09:00.001-08:00

I accidentally forgot to save the playlist for last week.

Buuuut, I do remember most of the artists.
Comment for those you want again if you tuned in.

Feb. 17 playlist as well

2011-03-05T00:41:00.001-08:00

1. Smith Westerns - All Die Young - Dye it Blonde *
2. Born Ruffians - Higher and Higher - Say It
3. Belle and Sebastian - Jonathan David - Push Barman to Open Old wounds

4. vivian Girls - When I'm Gone - Everything Goes Wrong
5. Jens Lekman - A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill
6. Camera Obscura - French Navy - My Maudlin Career

7. British Sea Power - Observe the Skies - Valhalla Dancehall *
8. Destroyer - Downtown - Kaputt *
9. Antony and the Johnsons - The Great White Ocean - Swanlights *
10. Little Joy - No one better's Sake - Little Joy (request)

10. Young the Giant - St. Walker - Young the Giant *
11. Mogwai - You're Lionel Richie - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will *

2-weeks worth of updates.

2011-03-05T00:35:00.000-08:00

Half shows each, decided to make them one post. End of intern season, unfortunately. It was fun while it lasted. Shout-outs for all the Gurl Pleasers.

1. Cut Copy - Pharoahs and Pyramids - Zonoscope *
2. Mogwai - You're Lionel Richie - Hardcore will never die, but you will *
3. Young the Giant - 12 Fingers - Young the Giant

4. The Weakerthans - The Precience of Dawn - Reconstruction Plan
5. Propaghandi - Without Love - Supporting Caste
6. Sundowner - Jewel of the Midwest - We Chase the Waves

7. The Bird and the Bee - She's Gone - Intepretating the Masters volume 1: A tribute to Hall and Oates
8. Destroyer - Savage Night at the Opera - Kaputt *
9. Yo La Tengo - Nothing to Hide - Popular Songs
Gurl, Please! 3-2-11, 12-2 p.m.
* denotes new release
Background songs:
Blockhead - Insominiac Olympics - The Music Scene

1. Dum Dum Girls - There is a light that never goes out - He gets me high EP *
2. Fugazi - Arpeggiator - End Hits
3. Dead to Me - A Day without a war - African Elephants
4. Black Flag - Louie Louie - Wasted...Again

5. Bomb the Music Industry - Pike st. - Park Slope (by Harvey Danger) - Album Minus Band
6. American Steel - More like a Dream - Destroy their future
7. The Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations - The '59 Sound

8. Jawbreaker - Split - Etc.
9. Chuck Ragan - Between the Lines - feast or Famine
10. The stooges - Shake Appeal - Raw Power

11. Iron and Wine - Half Moon - Kiss each other clean *
12. Iron and wine - Rabbit will run - Kiss each other clean*

hot off them presses

2011-02-09T16:48:00.001-08:00

Gurl, Please! 2-2-11, 12-2 p.m.
* denotes new release
Background songs:
Blockhead - Insominiac Olympics - The Music Scene

1. Jay Reatard - I'm Watching You - Matador singles '08
2. British Sea Power - Cleaning out the Rooms - Valhalla Dancehall *
3. Smith Westerns - Still New - Dye it Blonde *

4. Antony and the Johnsons - Thank You For Your Love - Swanlights *
5. Destroyer - Kaputt - Kaputt *
6. Fujiya and Miyagi - Ventrilloquizzing - Ventrioloquizzing *
7. Young the Giant - Cough Syrup - Young the Giant *

9. Tapes and Tapes - The Saddest of all Keys - Outside *
10. Mogwai - White Noise - Hardcore will never die, but you will *
11. Mogwai - Death Rays - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will *
12. Dearhoof - Super Duper Rescue Heads ! - Deerhoof vs. Evil *

13. Andrew Jackson Jihad (And the Gunshy) - Thanks Buddy - Andrew Jackson Jihad and the Gunshy EP
14. Andrew Jackson Jihad - There's no war in this Love - Andrew Jackson Jihad and the Gunshy EP
15. Dillinger Four - SHUT YOUR LITTLE TRAP, inc - midwestern songs of the americas

16. Sundowner - Mouth of a Tiger - We Chase the Waves
17. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Bottled in Cork - The Brutalist Bricks
18. Superchunk - Learned to Surf (acoustic demo) - Leaves in the Gutter EP

19. Cut Copy - Take me Over - Zonoscope *
20. Devotcka - 100 Lovers - 100 Lovers *
21. Iron and Wine - Me and Lazarus - Kiss Each Other Clean *
22. Soft Circle - Nerve of People - Shore Obsessed

Welcome back Tim

2011-02-03T01:57:00.000-08:00

First off, hit a peak of 16 (?) online streamers which is always flattering. I'm always humbled that people would tune in to listen to me play music.

Gurl, Please! 2-2-11, 12-2 p.m.
* denotes new release
Background songs:
Blockhead - Insominiac Olympics - The Music Scene

1. British Sea Power - Baby - Valhalla Dancehall *
2. Smith Westerns - Imagine Pt. 3 - Dye it Blonde *
3. Antony and the Johnsons - Flétta - Swanlights (feat. Bjork) - Swanlights *

4. Destroyer - Song for America - Kaputt *
5. Fujiya and Miyagi - Minestrone - Ventrioloquizzing *
6. Deerhoof - Secret Mobilization - Deerhoof vs. Evil *

7. Acid House Kings - London School of Economics - Sing Along with the Acid House Kings
8. Alela Diane - White as Diamonds - To Be Still
9. Beach House - Take Care - Teen Dream
10. Apache - Boys Life - Boys Life single

11. Beat Happening - Me Untamed - Dreamy
12. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Nashville Parthenon - Etiquette
13. Belle and Sebastian - The State I Am In - Push Barman to Open Old Wounds

14. Black tambourine - We Can't be Friends - Black Tambourine
15. Crocodiles - Here Comes the Sky - Summer of Hate
16. D.O.A. - Woke Up Screaming - Disco Sucks 7" EP (Punk Rock Singles 1978-1999)
17. Fugazi - Oh - The Argument

18. Jawbreaker - Do You Still hate Me? - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
19. Jay Reatard - No Time - Matador Singles '08
20. Superchunk - The Question is how fast - On the Mouth

21. Marnie Stern - Her Confidence - On a Tightrope
22. Young the Giant - My Body - Young the Giant
23. Tapes and Tapes - Hidee Ho - Outside *
24. The Hours - These Days - It's not how you start, it's how you finish

Yoooooo 1-19-10.

2011-01-20T03:06:00.000-08:00

So, I finally saw the new host before me (someone I knew already), Brenna Jordan. Welcome to Wednesday's sleepy afternoons.

1. Antony and the Johnsons - Fietta - Swanlights *
2. The Dodos - Paint the Rust - Visiter
3. Tan Dollar - alive today - Your body as a temple

4. Best Coast - Summer Mood - Crazy For You
5. Belle and Sebastian - This is Just a Modern Rock Song - Push Barman to Open old wounds
6. The Weakerthans - One Great City! - Reconstruction Site

7. Black Flag - Annihilate This Week - Wasted...Again
8. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Counting Down the Hours - Shake the Sheets
9. British Sea Power - We are Sound - Valhalla Dancehall *

10. The Drums - It Will All End in Tears - The Drums
11. Girls - Ghost Mouth - Album
12. Camera Obscura - Razzle Dazzle Rose - My Mauldlin Career
13. Twin Door Cinema Club - Something Good can Work - Tourist History (request)

14. Death from Above 1979 - Sexy Results - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
15. Fake Problems - Tabernacle Song - It's Great to be Alive
16. Dead to Me - California Sun - African Elephants

17. Black Tambourine - Drown - Black Tambourine
18. Crocodiles - Flash of Light - Summer of Hate
19. Final Fantasy - Many Lives -->49 MP - He Poos Clouds
20. Fugazi - Glue man - 13 Songs

21. Tapes and Tapes - Mighty Long - Outside *
22. Destroyer - Chinatown - Kaputt *

1-12-10 Guysssss

2011-01-12T23:23:00.001-08:00

Sufjan Stevens - Vesuvius - The Age of Adz
Buzzcocks - Nothing Left - I Don't Mind the Buzzcocks
Tender Forever - Nothing At All - No Snare
U.S. Bombs - In & Out - Covert Action

Tokyo Police Club - Nature of the Experiment - A Lesson of Crime
The Weakerthans - Plea from a cat named Virtute - Reconstruction Site
Dillinger Four - clown cars on cinder blocks - C I V I L W A R

Cold Case - Love Comes Close - Love Comes Close
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets - Shake the Sheets
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas - Etiquette

Dead to Me - Little Brother - Little Brother EP
Deerhunter - These Hands - Microcastle
Camera Obscura - Careless Love - The Mauldlin Career

Fucked Up - Last Man Standing (Year of the Dog version) - Couple Tracks
Death from Above 1979 - Romantic Rights - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
The Death Set - Superzero - Worldwide
Fugazi - Suggestion - 13 Songs

The Lawrence Arms - The Old Timer's 2x4 - Cocktails and Dreams
Tapes 'N Tapes - Freak Out - Outside *
Antony and Johnsons - Christina's Farm - Swanlights

Soft Circle - Not Another Follower - Shore Obsessed
Marnie Stern - Cinco De Mayo - On a Tightrope

Last show for Fall.

2011-01-05T17:21:00.001-08:00

Anthony and the Johnsons - Swanlights - Swanlights *
Japandroids - I Quit Girls - Post-Nothing
Sufjan Stevens - I walked - The Age of Adz

Beulah - A Man like Me - Yoko
Guided by Voices - My Kind of Solder - Earthquake Glue
Surfer Blood - Take it Easy - Astro Coast
Black Tambourines - Dream Baby Dream - Black Tambourine

Soft Circle - Light Bright - Shore Obsessed *
Marnie Stern - Female Guitar Players are the New Black - On a Tightrope *
Dirty Projectors - Stillness is the Move - Bitte Orca

Les Savy Fav - Dear Crutches - Root for Ruin *
Crocodiles - Billy Speed - Sleep Forever *
Blonde Redhead - Oslo - Penny Sparkle *

Dead to Me - Little Brother - Little Brother EP

Bring on the "Winter"

Last show for the Winter

2010-12-30T01:26:00.000-08:00

Gurl Please! 12-2 p.m. Dec. 29

*indicates new release
Background music : Blockhead - Insomniac Olympics - Music by Cavelight

1. No Age - Dusted - Everything in Between
2. Sufjan Stevens - I Walked - The Age of Adz *
3. Ratatat - Neckbrace - LP4

4. Sundowner - As the Crow Flies - We Chase the Waves *
5. Dillinger Four - Gainsville - C I V I L W A R
6. Superchunk - Rope Light - Majesty Shredding

7. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Little Dawn - Shake the Sheets
8. Minutemen - Theatre Is The Life Of You - Double Nickels on the Dime
9. Fucked Up - Crusades - Hidden Worlds (request)
10. Murder City Devils - Murder City Riot - R.I.P. (request)

11. Kings of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You - Riot on an Empty Street
12. Joanna Newsom - '81 - Have one on me
13. Zola Jesus - Sea Talk - Valusia *

14. Tender Trap - 2 to the N - Dansette Dansette
15. Soft Circle - Don't Know - Shore Obsessed *
16. Marnie Stern - Gimme - Marnie Stern *

17. Nobunny - I Was On (The Bozo Show) - First Blood *
18. The Lawrence Arms - There's No Place Like A Stranger's Floor - Cocktails & Dreams
19. Tender Forever - Got to Let Go - No Snare

20. High Places - From Stardust to Sentience
21. Japandroids - Rockers East Vancouver - Post-Nothing
22. Operation Ivy - Take Warning - Energy

23. Anthony and the Johnsons - I'm in love - Swanlights *
24. Crocodiles - Hearts of Love - Sleep Forever *

Thanks for the listens and let's hope for a successful run next quarter.

Last show before maybe the 29th..

2010-12-15T14:13:00.001-08:00

Gurl Please! 12-2 p.m. Dec. 15

*indicates new release
Background music : Blockhead - Insomniac Olympics - Music by Cavelight

1. Sundowner - Araby - We Chase the Waves *
2. Mount Eerie - O My Heart - Lost Wisdom
3. The Microphones - Map - The Glow pt. 2

4. Los Campesinos! - Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown # 1 - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
5. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos - Sun Giant EP
6. The Lucksmiths - Mars - Where were we?

7. Kings of Convenience - Boat Behind - Declaration of Dependence
8. Joanna Newsom - Have one on me - Have one on me
9. Les Savy Fav - High and Unhinged - Root for Ruin *
10. Beach House - Better Times - Teen Dream (Request)

11. Zola Jesus - Poor Animal - Valusia * (Request)
12. Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened - Microcastle
13. Jawbreaker - Better Half - Etc.
14. The Lawrence Arms - Overheated - Cocktails and Dreams

15. Kill Your Idols - I'll Call you back - From Companionship To Competition
16. Paint it Black - Missionary Position - New Lexicon
17. Final Fight - Detox - Half Head Full Shred
18. Fucked Up - David Christmas - Couple Tracks

19. Belle and Sebastian - The Ghost Of Rockschool - Write About Love *
20. Allo Darlin' - If Loneliness was Art - Allo Darlin' *
21. Sufjan Stevens - Vesuvius - The Age of Adz *

22. Nobunny - Motorhead with Me - First Blood *

Dec. 7, 2010 Hi Everyone

2010-12-08T14:03:00.001-08:00

Gurl, Please!
Dec. 7, 2010
12-2 p.m.
*denotes new release
background - Blockhead - Insomnia Olympics - Music by Cavelight

1. Les Savy Fav - Calm Down - Root for Ruin *

2. Camera Obscura - Country Mile - Let's Get Out Of This Country
3. D.O.A. - Whatcha Gonna Do? (7" Single 1979) - Punk Rock Singles 1978-1999
4. Jay Reatard - Hang Them All - Watch me Fall

5. Allo Darlin' - Heartbeat Chilli - Allo Darlin' *
6. Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar - Good Things
7. Belle & Sebastian - I Can See Your Future - Write About Love *

8. Abe Vigoda - Bear Face - Skeleton
9. Acid House Kings - Sleeping - Sing Along With Acid House Kings
10. Boards of Canada - Slow this Bird Down - The Campfire Headphase

11. Crocodiles - Hearts of Love - Sleep Forever *
12. Fucked Up - Looking for God - The Chemistry of Modern Life
13. Dillinger Four - All Rise for the Rational Anthem - Situationist Comedy

14. Born Ruffians - The Ballad of Moose Bruce - Say It *
15. Land of Talk - Better and Closer - Cloak and Cipher
16. Jawbreaker - Pack it up - Bivouac

17. Minutemen - Maybe Partying Will Help - Double Nickels on the Dime
18. Ratatat - Party with Children - LP4 *
19. Heavenly - Hearts and Crosses - P.U.N.K. Girl (request)
20. Tamaryn - Mild Confusion - The Waves (request)

21. French Quarter - I Really Want To be your friend - It's Not just Kissing
22. The Morning Benders - Promises - Big Echo
23. Mika Miko - I Don't Like your Widow's Peak - C.Y.S.L.A.B.F.

So regarding my KUCI status for next quarter/season

2010-12-01T22:58:00.001-08:00

It looks better after I talked to the big guy, GM Kevin Stockdale. I'll be his personal slave boy and harbor some much needed volunteer hours to stay on the bloody air. Fun fact of the night: 27 views or so from South Korea is ranked No. 2 all-time. I bet you it's from within a month too. Ridic.

Shit, update: Nov. 24 and Dec. 1

2010-12-01T22:55:00.000-08:00

1. Foals - Miami - Total Life Forever
2. NoBunny - Breathe - First Blood *
3. Boards of Canada - '84 Pontiac Dream - The Campfire Headphase

4. Marnie Stern - For Ash - Kill Rock Stars *
5. Sufjan Stevens - Too Much - Age of Adz
6. Belle and Sebastian - I'm not living in the Real World - Write About Love
7. Buzzcocks - Real World - I Don't Mind the Buzzcocks

8. Islands - The Arm - Arm's Way
9. !!! - The Most Certain Sure - Strange Weather, Isn't It? *
10. Black Tambourine - Dream Baby Dream - Black Tambourine (request)

11. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life - Hidden Worlds
12. Paint it Black - Election Day - Paradise
13. Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles - Live at the Deaf Club

14. Fugazi - Waiting Room - 13 Songs
15. The Lawrence Arms - The Devil's Takin Names - Oh! Calcutta!
16. The Briefs - Ephedrine Blue - Sex Objects
17. American Steel - More Like a Dream - Destroy Their Future

18. Crocodiles - I wanna kill - Summer of Hate

And then for the 14-song track list for today.

1. Boards of Canada - Satellite Anthem Icarus - The Campfire Headphase
2. Abe Vigoda - The Garden - Skeleton
3. Alela Diane - Age Old Blue - To Be Still

4. Belle and Sebastian - This is just a Modern Rock Song - Push Barman to Open Old Wounds
5. The Bird and the Bee - How Deep Is Your Love (The Bee Gees cover) - Please Clap Your Hands
6. Yeasayer - Ambling Alp - Odd Blood

7. Acid House Kings - Wipe Away Those Tears - Sing along with Acid House Kings
8. Beach House - Lover of Mine - Teen Dream
9. Born Ruffians - Retard Canard - Say It *
10. Joyce Manor - Stupid Origami

11. Black Flag - Drinking and Driving - Wasted...Again
12. Black Kids - Hit the Heartbreaks - Wizard of Ahhhs
13. Black Tambourine - Throw Aggi Off the Bridge - Black Tambourine

14. Death From Above 1979 - Black History Month - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine

Does anyone even post on this thing? Damn..

DO ET

2010-11-17T16:14:00.001-08:00

Gurl, Please!
Nov. 17, 2010
12-2 p.m.
*denotes new release
background - Blockhead - Insomnia Olympics - Music by Cavelight

1. No Age- Positive Amputation - Everything in Between *
2. Jawbreaker - Donatello - Bivuoac
3. Ratatat - Grape Juice City - LP4 *

4. Superchunk - Rosemarie - Majesty Shredding *
5. Ra Ra Riot - Boy - The Orchard *
6. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Everlyn - Let it Sway *

7. Ra Ra Riot - Massachusetts - The Orchard *
8. Sufjan Stevens - Too Much - The Age of Adz *
9. Tender Forever - Only the Sounds you Make - No Snare *

10. Les Savy Fav - Wake Up - Cat and the Cobra (request)
11. Tender Trap - Counting the Hours - Dansette Dansette *
12. Tokyo Police Club - Hands Reversed - Champ *

13. Allo Darlin' - Let's Go Swimming - Allo Darlin' *
14. The Drums - Let's Go Surfing- The Drums
15. Born Ruffians - Sole Brother - Say It *
16. Belle and Sebastian - Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John - Write About Love *

17. Fugazi - Ex-Spectator - The Argument
18. Fucked Up - Triumph of Life - Hidden World
19. Paint it Black - New Brutality - Paradise

20. The Briefs - So Stupid - Sex Objects
21. American Steel - Razorblades - Destroy Their Future
22. Attack! Attack! - Honesty - Attack! Attack!

23. Liars - Scissors - Sisterworld

Damn.. 13 songs? I'm not even Fugazi.

2010-11-17T00:25:00.001-08:00

1. Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz - Age of Adz *
2. Dirty Projectors - Temecula Sunrise - Bitte Orca
3. No Age - Depletion - Everything in Between *

4. Fugazi - Closed Captioned - End Hits
5. The Misfits - Hatebreeders - Walk Among Us
6. Jawbreaker - Ache - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy

7. Born Ruffians - Nova Leigh - Say It *
8. The Drums - Forever and Ever Amen - The Drums *
9. Rusko - Sub Focus Remix - Hold On (Request)

10. Land of Talk- The Hate I Won't Commit - Cloak and Cipher *
11. Les Savy Fav - High and Unhinged - Root for Ruin
12. Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Made to Last - Let it Sway

13. Belle and Sebastian - I Want the World to Stop - Write About Love *

Last week's list

2010-11-09T21:03:00.001-08:00

Gurl, Please!
Nov. 3, 2010
12-2 p.m.
*denotes new release
background - Blockhead - Insomnia Olympics - Music by Cavelight

1. Belle and Sebastian - I Didn't See it Coming - Write About Love *
2. Sufjan Stevens - Get Real Get Right - The Age of Adz *
3. Superchunk - Fractures in Plaster - Majesty Shredding *

4. Tokyo Police Club - End of a Spark - Champ *
5. Tender Trap - Counting the Hours - Dansette Dansette *
6. Allo Darlin' - The Polaroid Song - Allo Darlin' *

7. Born Ruffians - What To Say - Say It *
8. Crocodiles - Girl in Black - Sleep Forever *
9. The Drums - The Future - The Drums *

10. Foals - Black Gold - Total Life Forever *
11. Jawbreaker - Parabola - Bivouac
12. Les Savy Fav - Sleepless in Silverlake - Root for Ruin *

13. Minutemen - The World According to Nouns - Double Nickels on the Dime
14. Paint it Black - The Ledge - New Lexicon
15. Fugazi - Cashout - The Argument

16. Daniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You in the End - Welcome to my World
17. Avi Buffalo - What's In It For? - Avi Buffalo

Stay tuned for this week's show.

Hey Guys.

2010-10-28T00:08:00.000-07:00

New List for the boys and gurls

Gurl, Please!
Oct. 27, 2010
12-2 p.m.
*denotes new release
background - Blockhead - Insomnia Olympics - Music by Cavelight
Isao Abe, Syun Nishigaki - Guile's Theme - Super Street Fighter II X - Grand Master Challenge

1. Les Savy Fav - Calm Down - Root For Ruin *
2. Foals - What Remains - Total Life Forever *
3. Land of Talk - Color me Badd - Cloak and Cipher *

4. Dillinger Four - Like Eye Contact in an Elevator - C I V I L W A R
5. Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic - Double Nickels on the Dime
6. Jawbreaker - Big - Bivouac

7. Jay Reatard - Man of Steel - Watch Me Fall
8. Superchunk- Digging for Something - Majesty Shredding *
9. Fake Problems - Dream Team - It's Great to be Alive

10. Best Coast - When I'm With You - Crazy for You *
11. Bat for Lashes - Daniel - Two Suns
12. Beach House - Take Care - Teen Dream

13. Fugazi - Recap Modotti - End Hits
14. Fucked Up - Crooked Head - The Chemistry of Common Life
15. D.O.A. - World Falls Apart - 7'' Split EP

16. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - If You're Feeling Sinister
17.Buzzcocks - Harmony in my Head - I Don't Mind the Buzzcocks
18. No Age - Shed and Transcend - Everything in Between *
19. Gregory and the Hawk - Oats We Sow - Moenis and Kitchi (Request)

20. Dead to Me - Special Professional - Cuban Ballerina
21. The Briefs - Sally I Can't Go to the Beach - Sex Objects
22. Crocodiles - Sleep Forever - Sleep Forever *
23. Black Flag - Loose Nut - Wasted...Again

24. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Everlyn - Let It Sway *

Today

2010-10-20T15:20:00.002-07:00

Had an influx of callers. Some of them repeats but it was both flattering and busy today. 5 calls? 3 requests? Sorry I couldn't make many of them stick. One had OPI, the other didn't load consistently and the last one wasn't really an artist I had access to.

Newww

2010-10-20T15:20:00.001-07:00

Gurl, Please!
Oct. 20, 2010
12-2 p.m.
*denotes new release
background - Blockhead - Insomnia Olympics - Music by Cavelight
Isao Abe, Syun Nishigaki - Guile's Theme - Super Street Fighter II X - Grand Master Challenge

1. Jets to Brazil - Frequency -
2. Jawbreaker - Face Down - Bivouac
3. Minutemen - #1 Hit Song - Double Nickels on the Dime

4. The Microphones - The Moon - The Glow pt. 2
5. Buzzcocks - I Believe - I Don't Mind the Buzzcocks
6. Boards of Canada - Farewell Fire - The Campfire Headphase

7. No Age - Fever Dreaming - Everything in Between *
8. Superchunk - Crossed Wires - Majesty Shredding *
9. Foals - What Remains - Total Life Forever *
10. Japandroids - Racer X - 7'' (request)

10. Operation Ivy - Artificial Life - Energy
11. Black Flag - T.V. Party - Wasted...Again
12. Final Fight - T. S. - Half Head Full Shred

13. Bomb the Music Industry - Pike St. - Park Slope ft. Harvey Danger - Album Minus Band
14. Fake Problems - HeartBPM - It's Great to be Alive
15. The Lawrence Arms - Like a Record Player - Oh! Calcutta!

16. Jens Lekman - Julie - Oh You're so Silent Jens
17. The Lucksmiths - T-shirt Weather - Where were We?
18. Blockhead - Hell Camp - The Music Scene

20. Fugazi - Pink Frosty - End Hits
21. D.O.A. - I Live in a Car - Talk-Action=0
22. Les Savy Fav - Poltergeist - Root for Ruin *

23. Fucked Up - Vivian Girls - Hidden World

Oct. 13.

2010-10-13T21:27:00.001-07:00

Gurl, Please! 10/13/10
*denotes new release
Background Songs:

1. No Age - Life Prowler - Everything in Between *
2. Ra Ra Riot - Kansai - The Orchard *
3. Ratatat - Drugs - LP4 *

4. American Steel - Hurtlin' - Destroy Their Future
5. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Forest Fire - Andrew Jackson Jihad/Ghost Mice split
6. Fake Problems - There are Times - It's Great to be Alive

7. Black Flag - Loose Nut - Wasted...Again
8. Final Fight - Rage - Half Head Full Shred
9. Paint it Black - Shell Game Redux - New Lexicon

10. Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Banned (By the Man) - Let It Sway *
11. Superchunk - Winter Games - Majesty Shredding *
12. Tokyo Police Club - Bambi - Champ *

13. The Lawrence Arms - Are You There Margaret? It's Me, God - Oh! Calcutta!
14. Propaghandi - Supporting Caste - Supporting Caste
15. Dillinger Four - Ode to the North American Snake Oil Distributor - C I V I L W A R

16. Tender Trap - Fireworks - Dansette Dansette *
17. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive - Stay Positive
18. Minutemen - History Lesson - Part II - Double Nickels on the Dime

19. Trash Talk - Destroy - Plagues...Walking Disease
20. Fucked Up - Crusades - Hidden World
21. Jay Reatard - You Mean Nothing To Me - Matador Singles '08

22. Operation Ivy - Freeze Up - Energy

Hey, New show list.

2010-10-07T03:54:00.001-07:00

1. Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Stuart Gets Lost Dans La Metro - Let It Sway *

2. Born Ruffians - Retard Canard - Say It *
3. Ra Ra Riot - Too Dramatic - The Orchard *
4. Tokyo Police Club - Breakneck Speed - Champ *

5. Superchunk - Learned to Surf - Majesty Shredding * (Request)
6. Fugazi - Epic Problem - The Argument
7. Paint it Black - New Folk Song - New Lexicon

8. The Misfits - Skulls - Walk Among Us
9. Minutemen - The Glory of Man - Double Nickels on the Dime
10. Jawbreaker - West Bay Invitational - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy

11. Foals - Blue Blood - Total Life Forever *
12. Fugazi - Place Position - End Hits
13. !!! - AM/FM - Strange Weather, Isn't It?

14. The Mountain Goats - Color in Your Cheeks - All Hail West Texas
15. Japanther - Bumpin Red Tapes - Tut Tut Shake Ya Butt
16. No Age - Teen Creeps - Nouns

17. Pavement - Cut Your Hair - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
18. Pavement - Shady Lane/ J vs S - Brighten The Corners
19. Pavement - Here -
20. Pavement - Gold Soundz - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

21. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life - The Chemistry of Common Life
22. Jay Reatard - An Ugly Death - Matador Singles '08
23. Jets to Brazil - Air Traffic Control - Four Cornered Night

24. Japandroids - Wet Hair - Post-Nothing
25. Castle Talk - Laura+Marty - Screaming Females

For that troll caller nicknamed "The Boogieman": Yeah. Go to Hell.

First show. Half of it anyway. Does anyone CHECK THIS?!

2010-09-29T16:32:00.000-07:00

Background - Blockhead - Insomnia Olympics - Music by Cavelight
* - new release

1. Trash Talk - Scatter - Plagues.. Walking Disease
2. Foals - Spanish Sahara - Total Life Forever *
3. Ra Ra Riot - You and I Know - The Orchard *

4. Best Coast - Boyfriend - Crazy for You *
5. Tokyo Police Club - Wait Up (Boots of Danger) - Champ *
6. The Drums - Best Friend - The Drums

7. Paint it Black - So Much for Honour among Thieves - New Lexicon
8. Trash Talk - Kill the Snakes - Plagues.. Walking Disease
9. Minutemen - It's Expected I'm Gone - Double Nickels on the Dime

10. Superchunk - Everything at Once - Majesty Shredding
11. Jawbreaker - P.S. New York is Burning - Bivouac

Dawg. I added that Trash Talk

Welcome back.

2010-09-29T00:16:00.000-07:00

Me.
Thanks.
12-2 p.m.?

...Sure.

The Shaka Revival

2010-04-20T19:22:00.001-07:00

I'm the sub tonight folks.

Sub for Dope Sick Radio

2010-04-15T23:59:00.001-07:00

Background songs:
Nujabes - Aruarian Dance - Departure
Nujabes - Mystline - Departure
xx - Intro - xx
Battles - Tonto - Mirrored

xx - new releases

1. The Gaslight Anthem - Casanova, Baby! - The '59 Sound

2. Against Me! - Those Anarcho Punks are Mysterious... - Reinventing Axl Rose
3. Bomb the Music Industry - I'm a Panic Bomb, Baby! - Album Minus Band
4. The Briefs - Sally I Can't go to the Beach - Sex Objects

5. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Let Us Get Murdered - Andrew Jackson Jihad/Ghost Mice
6. Fucked Up - Black Albino Bones - The Chemistry of Modern Life
7. Paint it Black - Bravo Another "Fuck You" Song - CVA

8. Propaghandi - Dear Coaches Corner - Supporting Caste
9. Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary - Four Cornered Night
10. The Weakerthans - The Precience of Dawn - Reconstruction Site

11. The Descendents - Get the Time - Somery
12. Operation Ivy - Unity - Energy
13. The Buzzcocks - You Say You Don't Love Me - I Don't Mind the Buzzcocks

14. Final Fight - Exhausted - Half Head Full Shred
15. Jawbreaker - Fantastic Planet - Etc
16. The Hold Steady - Sequestered in Memphis - Stay Positive

17. The Stooges - Death Trip - Raw Power
18. Black Flag - No More - Everything Went Black
19. D.O.A. - 13 - 7'' Single 1978

20. Titus Andronicus - No Future Part Three: No Escape from Part Three - The Monitor xx

4/8

2010-04-07T20:22:00.000-07:00

Return of the Champ

Gurl, Please! will be disguised as Dope Sick Radio for this week. 10 pm to 12 am. Be there and listen to a sneak peak of what can be for September. Get your act together and listen in.

Ok, that was mean. Just listen in.

End of the Road

2010-03-24T02:48:00.000-07:00

Well, all those following. All 0 of you. This is the end of Gurl, Please! until September and perhaps even further. Hope to keep updating this thing with thoughts and events, so keep tuning in. And when this damn show gets a return and stop getting the short end of the KUCI stick, then playlists will return.

Until then, it's been a good run playing music that is never recognized in the station. Punk continues to get the bullshit from "music" stations and I will continue to fight this crap situation. For playlists, see you in September or later. For news and events/thoughts? Now.

Last show of the quarter, March 22

2010-03-22T05:55:00.001-07:00

Gurl, Please! 4-6 a.m. 3/22 Monday

background songs:
xx - intro - xx
Battles - Tonto - Mirrored
Dan Deacon - Surprise Stefani - Broomst
Nujabes - Aruarian Dance, Mystline, Song of Seasons, Peaceland
xx-new release

1. The Stooges - Death Trip - Raw Power
2. Black Flag - Annihilate This Week - Wasted...Again
3. Crass - Punk is Dead - Stations of the Cross

4. Dead to Me - Goodbye Regret - Cuban Ballerina
5. Cobra Skulls - Cobra Skulls at the Top of your Lungs - Draw Muhammad EP
6. Defiance, Ohio - Condition 11:11 - The Great Depression

7. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Survival - People Who Can Eat People are the Luckiest People in the World
8. This Bike is a Pipe Bomb - Murdermurdermurdermurdermurder - Three Way Tie for a Fifth
9. Bomb the Music Industry - Big Plans of Sleeping In - Album Minus Band

10. Fucked Up - Blaze of Glory - Hidden World
11. Final Fight - Exhausted - Half Head Full Shred
12. D.O.A. - Beat 'Em, Bust 'Em - Punk Rock Singles 1978-1999

13. Fake Problems - Too Cold to Hold - It's Great to be Alive
14. The Gaslight Anthem - I Coul'da Been a Contender - Sink or Swim
15. The Gunshy - Thanks Buddy (feat. Andrew Jackson Jihad) - Andrew Jackson Jihad & The Gunshy EP xx

16. The Weakerthans - Everything Must Go - Live at the Burton Cummings Theater xx
17. The Weakerthans - Left & Leaving - Live at the Burton Cummings Theater xx
18. The Weakerthans - Night Windows - Live at the Burton Cummings Theater xx

19. Ghost Mice - The Moon will Rise - Andrew Jackson Jihad & Ghost Mice
20. Fugazi - Lockdown - 13 Songs
21. The Lawrence Arms - Great Lakes/Great Escapes - Oh! Calcutta!

22. JFA - Standing on the Verge (live) - We Know You Suck
23. Operation Ivy - Sleep Long - Energy
24. Paint it Black - The Fine Art of Falling Apart - CVA
25. Jay Reatard - No Time - Matador Singles '08
26. Jawbreaker - Friendly Fire - Etc

3/16

2010-03-16T19:29:00.000-07:00

I feel like playing a huge set of the Weakerthans because I've dugged them for a while and I had not been able to get back an their albums. The new release of their live set at Burton Cummings Theater gives me that luxury now. I feel like it's a nice way to end the quarter. Slow and steady and relaxing.

3/15/10

2010-03-15T05:39:00.000-07:00

Gurl, Please! 4-6 a.m. Monday 3/15/10

Background Music:
xx - Intro - xx
Battles - Tonto - Mirrored
Dan Deacon - Surprise Stefani - Broomst

xx- new release

1. Minor Threat - Look Back and Laugh - Complete Discography

2. Black Flag - Gimme Gimme Gimme - Everything went Black
3. D.O.A. - World Falls Apart - 7'' Split EP
4. Buzzcocks - Real World - I Don't Mind the Buzzcocks

5. Minutemen - Corona - Double Nickels on the Dime
6. Dead Kennedys - The Man with the Dogs - Give me Convenience or Give me Death
7. Dead Boys - Not Anymore - Younger, Louder and Snottier

8. Fake Problems - HeartBPM - It's Great to be Alive
9. Andrew Jackson Jihad - FFFIRESTTARTTERRR (feat. the Gunshy) - Andrew Jackson Jihad & the Gunshy Ep xx
10. Dead to Me - Cruel World - African Elephants xx

11. The Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations - The '59 Sound
12. Jets to Brazil - Sweet Avenue - Orange Rhyming Dictionary
13. Against Me! - Searching for a Former Clarity - Searching for a Former Clarity
14. American Steel - Or Don't you Remember? - Destroy their Future

15. Final Fight - T.S. - Half Head Full Shred
16. Fucked Up - Son The Father - The Chemistry of Modern Life
17. Paint it Black - Less Decide, More Minor Threat... - CVA

18. Bomb the Music Industry - Syke! Life is Awesome! - To Leave or Die In Long Island
19. Dillinger Four - clown cars on ciner blocks - C I V I L W A R
20. Propaghandi - Human (e) Meat (The Flensing of Sandor Katz - Supporting Caste
21. The Weakerthans - Wellington's Wednesdays - Live at the Burton Cummings Theater xx

22. Operation Ivy - Take Warning - Energy
23. Jello Biafra and the Melvins - Caped Crusader - Sieg Howdy

Happy Finals week everyone!

welcome, willkommen, bienvenido, etc

2010-03-13T02:46:00.001-08:00

New URL, same blog.

Finals week.

Let's hope I survive and pass my classes with flying colors.

Haha

2010-03-08T05:51:00.002-08:00

10 peak listeners and of those 10, I'm pretty sure, 4-5 are my friends who I was talking to listening in.

3/8

2010-03-08T05:51:00.001-08:00

Gurl, Please! 4-6 a.m. Monday 3/8/10

Background Music:
Blockhead - Insomniac Olympics - Music by Cavelight
xx - Intro - xx
Battles - Tonto - Mirrored
Dan Deacon - Surprise Stefani - Broomst

xx- new release

1. Final Fight - Into - Half Head Full Shred
2. Final Fight - Rage - Half Head Full Shred

3. Paint it Black - Past Tense, Future Perfect - New Lexicon
4. Life Long Tragedy - Explaining a Feeling - Destined for Anything

5. Bomb the Music Industry - Dude, Get with the Program - To Leave or Die in Long Island
6. Andrew Jackson Jihad - There's No War In this Love, feat. The Gunshy - Andrew Jackson Jihad & The Gunshy EP xx
7. Against Me! - Cavalier Eternal - As the Eternal Cowboy

8. Lucero - Sixteen - Dreaming in America
9. The Gunshy - Only Sean Can Judge Me, feat. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Andrew Jackson Jihad & The Gunshy EP xx
10. The Gaslight Anthem - We Came to Dance - Sink or Swim

11. Latterman - Yo, Get into It - No Matter Where We Go (pop-punk)
12. Dillinger Four - A Jingle for the Product - C I V I L W A R
13. Rufio - Road To Recovery - Perhaps, I Suppose
14. The Lawrence Arms - The Revisionist - The Greatest Story Ever Told

15. Jawbreaker - Save Your Generation - Dear You
16. Shorebirds - People I Live With - Shorebirds 7''
17. Banner Pilot - Farewell to Iron Bastards - Collapser xx

19. Polar Bear Club - The Old Fisher Burial Ground - Chasing Hamburg xx
20. Jay Reatard - Fluorescent Grey - Matador Singles '08
21. Strung Up - Heart Attack - Agents of the Underground xx

22. Fugazi - Margin Walker - 13 Songs
23. Dead to Me - Modern Muse - African Elephants xx

3/8

2010-03-08T03:28:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the lack of posts besides the usual playlist post. That should hopefully change. As I'll probably say a few times, we are drawing to a close to this quarter and my inaugural first "season" of the show. Next time I'm on the waves, maybe it won't be the grave shift.

3/1

2010-03-01T07:45:00.000-08:00

So tired..

1. Chuck Ragan - Symmetry - Los Feliz
2. Against Me! - Sink, Florida, Sink - As the Eternal Cowboy
3. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Power Plant - Andrew Jackson Jihad & Ghost Mice

4. Ghost Mice - Please Quit Smoking Mom - Andrew Jackson & Ghost Mice
5. Defiance, Ohio - Hey Kathleen, Are you Hungry? - Share What Ya Got
6. The Gaslight Anthem - The Navesink Blues - Sink or Swim

7. American Steel - More like a Dream - Destroy their Future
8. Dead to Me - Bad Friends - African Elephants xx
9. Polar Bear Club - Take Me To The Town - Chasing Hamburg

10. Banner Pilot - Hold Me Up - Collapser
11. Bomb the Music Industry - Sweet Home Cannada - Album Minus Band

12. Fake Problems - Dream Team - It's Great to be Alive
13. The Lawrence Arms - Jumping the Shark - Oh! Calcutta!
14. Propaghandi - Tertium Non Datur - Supporting Caste
15. Zastruga - Torpor - Deadhead Roses

16. Fucked Up - Triumph of Life - Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2009 xx
17. Final Fight - Dinosaurs - Half Head Full Shred
18. Paint it Black - Atticus Finch - CVA
19. Paint it Black - CVA - CVA
20. Kill Your Idols - Looking Back - From Companionship to Competition

21. Dead Kennedys - Gaslight - Live at the Deaf Club
22. Strung Out - Nation of Thieves - Agents of the Underground

2/22/10

2010-02-22T05:58:00.001-08:00

So, Roland is a no-show again. Seriously?

Gurl, Please! 4-6 a.m. Monday 2/22/10 show
xx- new release

Background:
xx- Intro - xx
Battles - Tonto - Mirrored
Dan Deacon - Surprise Stefani - Bromst

1. American Steel - Rogue's March - Rogue's March

2. Mika Miko - Too Cute to Puke - 666 EP
3. U.S. Bombs - In & Out - Covert Action
4. Dead to Me - California Sun - African Elephants xx

5. The Misfits - Return of the Fly - Static Age
6. D.O.A. - General Strike - We Won't Take No More
7. Jay Reatard - I'm Watching You - Matador Singles '08

8. The Briefs - 22nd Century Man - Off The Charts
9. Kill Your Idols - Make Up Your Minds - From Companionship to Competition
10. JFA - Walk Don't Run - We Know You Suck

11. Final Fight - Detox - Half Head Full Shred
12. Dillinger Four - New Punk Fashions for the Spring Formal - Situationist Comedy
13. Bomb the Music Industry - Stand there Until You're Sober - To Leave or Die in Long Island

14. Dead Boys - Caught with the Meat in your Mouth - Young, Loud and Snotty
15. Descendents - Get the Time - Somery
16. The Stooges - Search and Destroy - Raw Power

17. Bad Brains - Pay to Cum - Bad Brains
18. Against Me! - Turn those Clapping Hands into Angry Balled Fists - As the Eternal Cowboy
19. Agent Orange - A Cry for Help in a World Gone Mad - Living in Darkness

20. None More Black - I'll Buy you the Fucking Single - Loud about Loathing [EP]
21. The Lawrence Arms - Cut it Up - Oh! Calcutta!
22. Paint it Black - The New Brutality - Paradise
23. Strike Anywhere - To The World - Exit English

24. Crime In Stereo - Choker - Is Dead
25. Fucked Up - He's So Frisky - Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2009 xx

2/15

2010-02-15T17:30:00.000-08:00

18 songs last night and Roland was on time?
Can there be a stranger show? No. There can not. Don't expect this to be the trend. 18 is too few and Roland will never be on time for the rest of my life. Why? Because Jazz doesn't run on that kind of schedule.
Anyway, highlights last night included the new material of Final Fight and Fake Problems. That's about it, I think. It was somewhat smooth the whole way with some stagnant talking bits, but that's what you have come to expect.

Look for the Stooges next week since it came on shortly this week, Propaghandi, Descendents and whatever else I figure out sounds good together. Also, Rufio's one odd group.

2/15

2010-02-15T05:46:00.001-08:00

Gurl, Please! 4-6 a.m. Monday 2/15 DJ Tim

Background music:
1. Final Fight - Into - Half Head Full Shred
2. The xx - Intro - xx
3. Battles - Tonto - Mirrored
4. Surprise Stefani - Dan Deacon - Bromst

1. The Buzzcocks - Something's Gone Wrong Again - I Don't Mind the Buzzcocks

2. Rufio - Why Wait? - Rufio, EP
3. None More Black - iScrapbook - Loud About Loathing
4. Propaghandi - Fedallah's Hearse - Potemkin City Limits

5. Fake Problems - Level With the Devil - It's Great to be Alive
6. Defiance, Ohio - The New World Order - The Great Depression
7. Jawbreaker - Million - Dear You

8. Jets to Brazil - Your X-Rays have just come back from the Lab and we think we know what your problem is - Four Cornered Night
9. The Falcon - Building the Perfect Asshole Parade of Scratching off the Fleas - God Don't Make No Trash
10. Andrew Jackson Jihad - All the Dead Kids - Andrew Jackson Jihad/Ghost Mice

11. Final Fight - Dinosaurs - Half Head Full Shred
12. Paint it Black - Memorial Day - Paradise
13. Fucked Up - Vivian Girls - Hidden World

14. Bomb the Music Industry - Future 86 - Album Minus Band
15. The Gaslight Anthem - Angry Johnny and the Radio - Sink or Swim
16. The Stooges - Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell - Raw Power

Jerj block
17. Angry Samoans - My Old Man's a Fatso - Inside my Brain
18. Flash Coonly and the Deans of Discipline - Brady Bunch - Horror-Glitter-Trasvesto-Billy

This is during the show. There's probably going to be like 2-3 more tracks played afterward since Roland takes his sweet time.

2/14

2010-02-14T20:03:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day everyone. And for those who are single and had no one to share it with, Happy Chinese New Year, year of the Tiger. And if you're not into China and its calenders, happy Sunday? You're still alive, at least.

No themed show tonight, sorry folks. You'll have to get your love metaphorically, as in my love for you guys for putting together another quality show. Well, enough ego rubbing, tonight will feature a few of the same staples of the show (Paint it Black, Fucked Up, D4, etc.) but should, as always, feature a new band or two.

2/8/10

2010-02-08T05:55:00.000-08:00

Midterms. Suck.

New playlist. Pretty good stuff. Love the ending.

Gurl, Please! 4-6 a.m Monday, 2/8/10. DJ Timothy

1. The Briefs - Criminal Youth - steal yer heart

2. The Misfits - Skull - Walk Among Us
3. D.O.A. - Whatcha Gonna Do? - ''7 Single
4. Kill Your Idols - Make Up Your Mind - From Companionship to Competition

5. This Bike is a Pipe Bomb - Jack Johnson - Three Way Tie For a Fifth
6. Minutemen - One Reporter's Opinion - Double Nickels on the Dime
7. Reatards- Down In Flames - Teenage Hate

8. Jets to Brazil - Chinatown - Orange Rhyming Dictionary
9. Off With Their Heads - S.O.S. - Hospitals
10. Cobra Skulls - Use Your Cobra Skulls - Sitting Army

11. Fucked Up - Twice Born - The Chemistry of Common Life
12. American Steel - To The Sea - Destroy Their Future
13. Dead To Me - Little Brother - Little Brother EP

14. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Let Us Get Murdered - Andrew Jackson Jihad/Ghost Mice
15. Ghost Mice - Survival - Andrew Jackson Jihad/Ghost Mice
16. Chuck Ragan - California Burritos - Feast or Famine

17. Hot Water Music - I Was On a Mountain - Caution
18. The Lawrence Arms - Recovering the Opposable Thumb - Oh! Calcutta!
19. The Gaslight Anthem - We're Getting a Divorce, You Keep the Diner - Sink or Swim

The Jerj block
20. The Dicks - Purple Haze - Kill From the Heart
21. The Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer - Younger, Louder and Snottier
22. The Dickies - There's a Place - Dogs From the Hare That Bit Us
23. The Dead Kennedys - Back in the USSR - Live from the Deaf Club

2/2

2010-02-02T01:58:00.001-08:00

New Feeds.

For some reason, the sports one just shows baseball. I guess.. Sports=Baseball.
Anyway, I'm an avid fan of baseball anyway.

If you check my last.fm, it's pretty damn monotonous. Not on purpose, I just listen to particular bands when I want to 1. ignore people in my house/life, 2. walk around school acting too cool for it, 3. Mood.

2/1 Playlist

2010-02-02T01:38:00.000-08:00

1. Propaghandi - A Speculative Fiction - Potemkin City Limits
2. Dillinger Four - Like Eye Contact in an Elevator - C I V I L W A R
3. The Briefs - We Americans - Off the Charts
4. D.O.A. - The Prisoner - Something Better Change
5. Minor Threat - Guilty of Being White - Complete Discography
6. Black Flag (Henry Rollins) - Black Coffee - Rise Above compilation
7. Defiance, Ohio - Calling Old Friends - The Great Depression
8. This Bike is a Pipe Bomb - This is What I Want - Front Seat Solidarity
9. Look Mexico - You Come into my House, While I Sleep? - This is Animal Music
10. Fake Problems - Life's a Drink, Get Thirsty - How Far Our Bodies Go
11. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Little Prince - Andrew Jackson Jihad and Ghost Mice
12. The Gaslight Anthem - Red at Night - Sink or Swim
13. Ghost Mice - Cementville - Andrew Jackson Jihad and Ghost Mice
14. Chuck Ragan - Do you Pray - Feast or Famine
15. American Steel - Hurtlin' - Destroy their Future
16. The Lawrence Arms - Nebraska - Cocktails and Dreams
17. None More Black - Dinner's for Suckers - File under Black
18. U.S. Bombs - The Gow - Covert Action
19. Dead to Me - Visiting Day - Cuban Ballerina
20. Bad Brains - Jah Love - Build a Nation
21. Fugazi - Waiting Room - 13 Songs
22. Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia - Live at the Deaf Club
23. Paint it Black - Pink Slip - Paradise
24. Fucked Up - Crooked Head - The Chemistry of Common Life
25. Trash Talk - The Hand That Feeds - Trash Talk
26. Death by Stereo - Wasted Words - Into the Valley of Death

Seriously digging Gaslight's song, We're getting a Divorce, You keep the Diner off Sink or Swim.
But anyway, midterms coming up. Much to study (learn) for upcoming "tests" of my knowledge. Hope everyone's having as much fun, if not more fun.

1/27

2010-01-27T16:29:00.001-08:00

Oh, hey Punk section. Add some new shit...

I would love to use the CD section that is provided if not for the fact that I own everything worthwhile already. Bahh..

1/25

2010-01-25T05:55:00.000-08:00

Gurl....Please

1. Bicycles for Afghanistan - Crime in Stereo - The Troubled Stateside
2. Trusty Chords - Hot Water Music - Caution
3. Roll Around - U.S. Bombs - Covert Action
4. Pretty Good Year - The Loved Ones - Build and Burn
5. Cause of my Anger - Dead to Me - Cuban Ballerina
6. There's No Place like a Stranger's Floor - The Lawrence Arms - Cocktails and Dreams
7. Charlie Hustle (Free Pete Rose) - Japanther - Love and Circuits: A Cardboard Records Compilation
8. Romantic Rights - Dead from Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
9. The Boys are Leaving Town - Japandroids - Post-Nothing
10. Hillyh - The Mae Shi - Hillyh
11. Justin - Against Me! - Searching for a Former Clarity
12. The Father, The Son, And the Homosexual/Single Parent - Dillinger Four - Situationist Comedy
13. To the Sea - American Steel - Destroy their Future
14. Memorial Day - Paint it Black - Paradise
15. Lowrider - JFA - We Know You Suck
16. The Chemistry of Common Life - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
17. Come Back - The Misfits - Static Age
18. You Mean Nothing to Me - Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08
19. Beat Me Senseless - Circle Jerks - IV
22. My Baby is a Communist - The Briefs - The Greatest Story Ever Told
20. Wooderson - The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim
21. Accident Prone - Jawbreaker - Dear You

I'm exhausted. German test today. Casuals I'm hosting tomorrow. This week is shaping up to be a big and busy one. Updates when I regain consciousness.

1/18

2010-01-18T16:28:00.000-08:00

New play list up.
I had some fun putting this one together with my limited music selection (at the moment, of course) and I was pleasantly surprised at the 8 listeners I got at 4-6 a.m. There does exist people who stay up as late as I do. I'm pretty happy to know my sister and her friend (s) stayed up to listen as well. It feels pretty good to know you got your sister listening and staying up to support you.
For now, Happy MLK day. For later, more posts. Keep it tuned in.

1. Blue Jeans and White T-Shirts - The Gaslight Anthem - Senor and the Queen EP
2. People - Andrew Jackson Jihad - People who can Eat People are the Luckiest People in the World
3. The Argument - This Bike is a Pipe Bomb - Front Seat Solidarity
4. To Repel Ghost - Fake Problems - How Far our Bodies Go
5. Folk Song - Dillinger Four - Situationist Comedy
6. Rise Above - Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
7. Black Coffee - Black Flag - Slip it In
8. Dead City/Waste Wilderness - Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
9. Late for the Train - Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind the Buzzcocks
10. Buttmunch - Merry Christmas - Buttmunch single
11. The Two Snakes - Fucked Up - Hidden Worlds
12. Only Dicks don't like Black Flag - Kill your Idols - From Companionship to Competition
13. Cokes and Snickers - JFA - We Know you Suck
14. Circle One - Germs - What we Do is Secret
15. Let There be Angels (Just Like You) - Bad Brains - Build a Nation
16. California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys - Give me Convenience or Give me Death
17. Last Caress - The Misfits - Static Age
18. I Just Can't be Happy Today - The Damned - The Best of the Damned
19. Suggestion - Fugazi - 13 Songs
20. Promises- " "
21. Glue Man - " "
22. I'm So Gone - Reatards - Teenage Hate
23. Miss You - Retards - Grown Up, Fucked Up

1/17

2010-01-17T01:59:00.000-08:00

Fugazi, Misfits and Jay Reatard on the dock for the second show. Sorry if it's been "played" before, but ya gotta do the respects.

Anyway, here's a nice story about my UCI dorm life:
So, people in my house are "pissed" at me for being "annoying". My roommate, clever as he is, cited one example: I talked too much during Mulan. Oh dear God, NO! Not Mulan!!!! 2 people are apparently verrrrry angry at me because I called them to help me open the door for me. One, I called was at 7 a.m. when he had a 10:30 class and I apologized and said my thanks to him but that is warranted, right? Right?! The other was because I texted her, while she was awake, if anyone will be awake at 2 a.m. when I came back. She said, a lot of people were alreaady asleep, so I should get back as soon as possible (within the hour). Although I didn't, I also did not wake her up to open the door, I instead opted to sleep in my car. Oh, and my lovely HA, Grant, is angry at me for "taking so long" on deciding what to do with my lost key situation. So sorry I don't have a spare 200 dollars lying around, man. I believe the quote was that I wasn't doing anything. Despite the fact that he didn't know about my situation at all. But that's cool. Brb, being hated for ridiculous people.
So.. public enemy No. 1. Warranted, right?

1/15

2010-01-15T08:15:00.000-08:00

Just slept in my car because I don't have my house key. Woe is me. Anyway, I'm running on literally 45 minutes of sleep to tell everyone that you gotta tune in for DJ Rye Bread's first show at 11 a.m. and stay tuned in because the block after him is quite fantastic (Briana and Paul right after). That's it for KUCI news.
I also want to point out that I'm going to be co-hosting some Street Fighter Four casuals at UCI in the near future if any of my "listeners" want to join up. I'm writing this for the future in case there does exist some readers on this blog. That's all for now.

1/11/10

2010-01-13T16:47:00.000-08:00

First historic show of the quarter for Gurl, Please! hosted by yours truly. This should be more than an update on my show but that also depends on whether I'm lazy or motivated. Tune in for more. And listen to KUCI.org or 88.9 for my show or if I do end up popping in on other people's shows. Days/hours I'm at the studio usually- Tuesday 10-12 (Shapan's How goes), Wednesday's 8-10 (Emily's Sweater Weather) and throughout Friday for DJ Rye Bread's first quarter and the continuing support for Briana and Paul's respected shows.

RIP Jay Reatard. I'm going to be playing maybe 1-2 blocks of pure Reatard musikk.

Gurl, Please! 4-6 a.m. Monday Morning

1. Crusades - Fucked Up - Hidden World
2. Athiests in Foxholes - Paint it Black - Paradise
3. Out of School - JFA - We Know you Suck
4. Ain't it the Truth - The Briefs - Off the Charts

5. Twenty-one said three times quickly - Dillinger Four - Midwestern songs of the Americas
6. One Slowdance - Rufio - Perhaps, I suppose...
7. Special Professional - Dead to Me - Cuban Ballerina

8. Betray - Minor Threat - Complete Discography
9. Your Wish is my Command - Kill your Idols -From Companionship to Competition
10. Croatia Breaks - US Bombs - Covert Action

11. Blew my Mind - the Reatards - Grown up, Fucked up
12. For Broken Ears - Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine
13. Sons of Avarice - American Steel - Destroy their Future

14. Attitude - Mika Miko - 666 EP
15. M.T.V. - Get off the Air - Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist
16. Born and Raise - Fake Problems - How Far our Bodies go

17. 52 Boredom (Club Mix) - Boredoms - Soul Discharge
18. Ever Fallen in Love - Buzzcocks - I don't mind the Buzzcocks
19. My Black Ass - Shellac - At Action Park

20. To the World - Strike Anywhere - Exit English
21. Small Skeletal - Crime in Stereo - Is Dead
22. One Step to Slip - Hot Water Music - Caution

23. Are you there Margaret? It's Me, God - The Lawrence Arms - OH! Calcutta!
24. Who Crosses State Lines Without a Shirt - None more Black - This is Satire
25. One and Two - Final Fight - Under Attack

26. Soup is Good Food - Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist
27. When you Sleep - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless