Haha this is going to be tough. I guess the lead up to my 21st Birthday eclipsed something just as cool: My First radio show on Pulse! Radio!!!
Maybe I should give background: I did radio for Georgetown for 2 years and was a DJ and station Tech Director. Huzzah! So I've been doing shows for a while and when I got to LSE I decided that I wanted to do the radio here too. I applied for a limited slot, the specialist DJs who can play whatever they want. It would be really tough and I didn't think that me hawking the genre of my show would be good enough to get picked up. The genre? The Musicology of US Classic Rock (or at least this is what they morphed it into for "World Wednesdays")
I guess I gave away above what happened (or even in the opening lines) They picked me up for a slot. Hot!
So at the start of my show I was a bit nervous, because well, I didn't know if people would like it because since I was doing the whole story of US rock, I was starting out with some early stuff in 1965 and I thought people would snicker at the fact I was playing oldies. Also I only had a one hour slot instead of two hours like I did at Georgetown so I felt pressed for time. After I slight anxious start, it went off well and surprisingly it seemed like some of the powers that be liked it! Hell I found a hidden Buffalo Springfield fan in our Production Manager and he's trying to convince me to--NO! not giving away the next show!
I would recommend listening to it live because it is a lot of fun. But if you miss it, I can podcast it afterwards using yousendit.com. There are two more shows so listen in! Wednesday the 14th and 21st. It's on at 6-7PM GMT (1-2PM EST for you in the States!)
The podcast link to the first show on the 7th in case you missed it: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=4C89DBA958E056F8
SPOILER ALERT: don't read ahead if you want to watch the show and be surprised. It is the show song playlist.
November 7th
1. The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
2. The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
3. The Kinks - You Really Got Me
4. The Who - My Generation
^^^Excerpted to show what the Americans were up against
5. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
6. Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
7. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Steppin' Out
8. Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction
9. Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law
10. Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair-Canticle
11. The Turtles - Outside Chance
12. The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City
13. The Association - Looking Glass (Single Version)
14. The Byrds - Eight Miles High
15. The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
16. The Doors - Light My Fire
17. The Buckinghams - Don't You Care
18. Mason Williams - Classical Gas
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