STILL HERE

Hey y'all! If you were wondering - yes, the show is still happening... just haven't had the time to update this here blog.

Last week's playlist:
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Wire - One Of Us
Minutemen - Corona (request)
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours!
Boomtown Rats - She's So Modern
Agent Orange - Bloodstains
Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles (request)
The Damned - New Rose
Generation X - Ready Steady Go
The Members - Sound of the Suburbs
X - Johnny Hit and Run Paulene
The Cramps - Human Fly
Joy Division - Warsaw
Devo - Uncontrollable Urge
Husker Du - Celebrated Summer (request)
Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer
Black Flag - Rise Above
The Damned - Neat Neat Neat (request)
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis

Request for next week: Jane's Addiction

5.30 Playlist

Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy
Wire - Ex Lion Tamer
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
X - Johnny Hit and Run Paulene
The Cramps - Human Fly
Elvis Costello - Mystery Dance
Blondie - Hangin on the Telephone
Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer (request)
David Bowie - Suffragette City
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
JFA - Beach Blanket Bongout
The Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? (request)
The Germs - Lexicon Devil
Jeff the Brotherhood - Continental Breakfast (request)
Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout
The Fall - Totally Wired
Radio Birdman - Murder City Nights
Gang of Four - Natural's Not In It
Television - See No Evil
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
The Stranglers - Into the Valley
Devo - Uncontrollable Urge
The Damned - New Rose
Joy Division - Warsaw

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Willie G and Mike, where were you this week?
Alex and Emily, good luck with those jumbo burritos.

You too can be part of the fun! Call in and request some songs. I'll even dedicate them to you on the air.

Do it:
322.ROCK
322.7625

Radio Kickball Showdown!

Watch WMTS and WRVU tear it up, kickball style.
Sunday, April 26, 12 noon
Vanderbilt University
Rob Roy Purdy field in front of the Recreation Center
25th Ave. S near the Blakemore intersection.
Park on 24th, the metered spots (across from the VA hospital) are free on Sundays.
MAP

And here's what you really came for:

The Runaways - Cherry Bomb
The Saints - I'm Stranded
The Dils - Mr. Big
The Mekons - Where Were You?
The Clash - Complete Control
The Boomtown Rats - Lookin' After No. 1
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown
The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks
Eddie & The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do
MOTORS - Dancing the Night Away
Ramones - I'm Against It
X - Sugarlight
The Buzzcocks - Oh Shit!
Sex Pistols - EMI
Fugazi - Reprovisional
Gogol Bordello - Through the Roof and Underground
Bad Brains - I Against I
Penetration - Don't Dictate
Joy Division - Whip It
The Fall - Totally Wired

Temporary Hiatus

My whole company got laid off by The Man this week.
This means I will be sending out resumes and applying for jobs instead of doing my show this week. Don't worry, I'll be back soon!

Bands That Start With "The"

I think it's about time for another guest DJ. The one and only Brandon Jazz of the infamous Armed Forces (now known as Armed Forces My Friends) will be guest DJing tonight. Brandon's going to spin some awesomeness for your listening pleasure.

Here's a preview of tonight's set list, minus the B-Jazz picks. I'll update those post-show.
Also, Check out all of those "THE" bands on the playlist! I think we've got a theme here.

[playlist has been updated]
MC5 - Ramblin Rose
The Stooges - No Fun
The Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind
The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
The Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
The Adverts - One Chord Wonder
Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia [request]
X - Adult Books [request]
The Jam - The Modern World
The Replacements - Alex Chilton

Armed Forces Takeover!
George Harrison - I've Got My Mind Set On You
Devo - Praying Hands
The Armed Forces - I Am Number Two [Copywright: Willie G]
The Armed Forces - Republican Girlz

Back to the show:
Dead Boys - High Tension Wire
Nick Lowe - Heart of the City
The Members - Solitary Confinement

Playlist Preview - 4.04

Sorry kids, I had a crazy week at work.
No time for tomfoolery, so here it is -
served straight up. No soda no ice.

Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
Wire - Mannequin
X - Johnny Hit and Run Pauline
Generation X - Ready Steady Go
The Undertones - Get Over You
MC5 - Motor City Is burning
Dead Boys - All This And More
The 3 Johns - Fruit Flies
The Damned - Neat Neat Neat
Alternative TV - How Much Longer
Anti-Pasti - No Government
Chron Gen - Chronic Generation
Gang of Four - Love Like Anthrax
JFA - I Don't Like You
The Weirdos - We Got the Neutron Bomb
Bad Brains - Banned in D.C.
Ultravox - Saturday Night in the City of the Dead
The Buzzcocks - Whatever Happened To?
Black Flag - Wasted
The Jam - In The City
Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
The Members - The Sound of the Suburbs [request]

Playlist - 3.28

Fair warning: this playlist starts off a little strange, but go with it. You won't be disappointed (I hope).

















Cheap Time - Glitter & Gold
Monotonix - Body Language [YSI] [Zshare]
Protomen - Hope Rides Alone
Mattoid - Hey Dude [YSI] [Zshare]
The Cure - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Divison Cover) [Request]

X - Sex and Dying in High Society
Husker Du - Broken Home, Broken Heart
The Stooges - TV Eye
New York Dolls - We're All In Love
Buzzcocks - Love You More
Suicide - Rocket USA

Pixies - Bone Machine [Request]
The Slits - Typical Girls
The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes
Sham 69 - If THe Kids Are United
Black Flag - I Don't Care

Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Blondie - Picture This

Before I sign out for the week, I need to inform you that Monotonix is probably the most ridiculous and awesome garage rock act to come out of Tel Aviv. Note that I say "act" (as in theatrical act) and not "group" or "band." A Monotonix performance can only be described as a fire-wielding, sweaty, beer drenched explosion of pure chaos (as seen in youtube video below).

I had the great privilege of witnessing said chaos at Springwater about a year ago, which included getting an entire pitcher of beer poured down my shirt by a drunken, hairy Ami Shalev. Speaking of theatrical acts, I thought I would throw The Protomen and The Mattoid in for good measure. Certainly worth checking out if you haven't already. Click away at those links, dear friends.

Playlist Preview - 3.21

I'm feeling a bit new wave-ey and self indulgent today. Deal with it!

Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone
The Stranglers - Peaches
Devo - Uncontrollable Urge
New Order - Age of Consent
Joy Division - Transmission
Elvis Costello - Mystery Dance [YSI] [Zshare]
The Cure - Close to Me
The Non-Commissioned Officers - Sweet Eleanor [YSI] [Zshare]
The Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict

Ramones - Judy is a Punk
Gang of Four - Not Great Men
Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
999 - Homicide
The Pretenders - The Wait
New York Dolls - Trash
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
Alternative TV - Action Time Vision
The 4 Skins - Clockwork Skinhead
Generation X - Your Generation
Sex Pistols - Submission

This has nothing to do with punk music, but I wanted to share this song with you simply because it's SO much fun to sing along to.

Casey Jones & The Governors - Don't Ha Ha [YSI] [Zshare]

Technical Difficulties

In case you can't already tell, I am by no means any sort of professional disc jockey. In fact, in the spirit of punk music I can guarantee you there will be multiple fuck-ups every show due to the following issues:

1. Something (?) happened to the transmitter last year. WRVU doesn't receive enough of a budget from Vanderbilt Student Communications to fix the problem so unless you would like to donate lump sums of money to the station, it will always sound a bit fuzzy. Please direct all of your donation inquiries to wrvugm@gmail.com or jim.hayes@vanderbilt.edu.

2. To make matters worse, my less than classy laptop which I play all my tunes from likes to click twice every couple of minutes, as if I'm playing from a skipping record. I think it's some sort of fatal hard drive problem. If you would like to join the Save Melissa's Laptop Foundation, please direct your donation inquiries to wrvuradioclash@gmail.com.

Besides that, if there is an actual issue, for example - if the mic is too low or you hate the song I'm playing, please call the DJ line. 322.ROCK. (322.7625)

Also, you should know that WILLIE G and MIKE rock my socks off. Thanks for being dedicated listeners and request-ers. Again, if you want to post a request here ahead of time I can be sure to play them for you next week. Otherwise, you're going to have to take a gamble with my minimal iTunes library.

Playlist - 3.14

Did you miss last night's Let Fury Have the Hour at Foobar? That's just too bad, because you missed all my incredibly awful dance moves. Lucky for you, you've got one more chance this week to get your punk on. Go Go Go!

Let Fury Have The Hour
with DJ LEGS and DJ Terminal Andy
Foobar, 11PM FREE
Saturday, 3.14

Joy Division - Warsaw
The Weirdos - Life Of Crime
X-Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
The Boomtown Rats - She's So Modern
Minor Threat - I Don't Wanna Hear It
Wire - I 2 X U
The Clash - London Calling
Public Image Ltd. - Radio 4
Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy
Cheap Time - People Talk
Black Flag - Rise Above
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours!
The Fall - Chemical Warfare
Buzzcocks - Harmony In My Head
The Adicts - Chinese Takeaway
The Germs - My Tunnel
The Boys - First Time
The Vibrators - Baby Baby
Gang of Four - Return The Gift
X - We're Desperate

Playlist Preview - 3.7

Here we go again!














Gang of Four - Ether
Wire - Strange
Sex Pistols - EMI
Dead Kennedys - I Kill Children
Stooges - 1969
Ramones - Rockaway Beach
Circle Jerks - Back Against The Wall
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
The Germs - Circle One
Black Flag - White Minority
The Damned - I Just Can't Be Happy Today
Buzzcocks - Something's Gone Wrong Again
Television - Friction
Mission of Burma - Fever Moon
Minutemen - Corona
Blitz - Warriors
Chron Gen - Jet Boy, Jet Girl
The 4-Skins - One Law for Them
The Fall - Rowche Rumble
Fugazi - Break

RIP Sid Vicious

**NOTE: Decline of the Western Civilization I showing is at 6:00 PM at Rocketown on Thursday 3/12. Please ignore previous 8 PM posting, that was incorrect.

Apologies if you showed up for last week's Oi! Oi! Oi! meeting expecting to watch Decline. We tried to make it up to you with the almost equally awesome punkumentary The Filth and The Fury.

More apologies, considering that I have been a slack-a-saurus lately. I forgot to post this before the last show... check out the playlist from Feb. 28 below:

Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy
Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor
The Fall - Totally Wired
X - Back 2 the Base
Gang of Four - I Love A Man In A Uniform
The Adverts - On The Roof (request)
Johnny Thunders - Chinese Rocks
The Cure - Plainsong (request)
Joolz - Jackanory (spoken word)
Patti Smith - Land
Wire - Three Girl Rhumba
Radio Birdman - Murder City Nihgts
The Avengers - We Are The One
Minor Threat - Straight Edge
The Dead Boys - Hey Little Girl
Pixies - Bone Machine
Husker Du - Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog (request)
Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout
Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says

GET YOUR PUNK ON ALL WEEK LONG!
1. Of course, you should start by tuning in to WRVU on Saturday, 3/7 from 8 to 9 PM to hear yours truly.
2. Head to Foobar at 11 PM that night for "Let Fury Have the Hour" with DJ LEGS and DJ Terminal Andy (it's FREE!)
3. Tune in to WRVU on Monday morning (Sunday night) from 12 to 1 AM for Loud Love with DJ Drew! Check out his seriously awesome jams.
4. Come to Rocketown on Thursday 3/12 at 6:00 PM for a showing of the documentary Decline of the Western Civilization (for real this time!). Swap music with fellow punk-aholics.
5. Wash, rinse, and repeat weekly.

RIP Darby Crash

Come watch the rare documentary about key bands of the LA punk movement from '79 to '81. Legendary film Decline of the Western Civilization features Black Flag, X, The Germs, The Bags, Catholic Discipline, and Fear.

Film Viewing is at Rocketown
6 to 9 PM on Thursday, 2/21

Feel free to bring a mix CD of your favorite punk hits for the music swap. I'll be bringing several copies of the Valentine's playlist below. This event is part of a punk appreciation group created by my awesome friend Nico. Join the Oi! Oi! Oi! Facebook group for updates and future events like this one!

Check out the film clip below:

RIP Joe Strummer

So, I didn't actually make it to last week's show due to unexpected Valentine's plans :)

BUT I promise I'll make it up to you tomorrow! Special guest, Foobar's own DJ LEGS will be coming in to spin a few jams and chat about his Saturday gigs. Here's a little about him:

"Hello hello
I am Legs with the DJ duo known as "Let Fury Have The Hour!" What we do for Nashville is one-of-a-kind. We are Punk DJs at the fooBar. We play the stuff nobody else does and we are bustin our heads to get people to understand its okay to cut loose to some good old glam and classic punk and all things related.
...
hugs and kisses
LEGS"

Tune in at 8 and then head to Foobar afterwards for a night of your favorite music!

Let Fury Have The Hour
with DJ LEGS and DJ Terminal Andy
FREE 11PM @ Foobar
2511 Gallatin Ave

Happy Valentine's Day!

Most un-romantic playlist ever:

The Germs - Lexicon Devil
The Bags - Survive
Circle Jerks - Coup D'Etat
X - Your Phone's Off The Hook, But You're Not
Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor
The Weirdos - Life of Crime
Fear - I Love Livin In The City
Gogol Bordello - American Wedding
Bad Brains - Stay Close To Me
Plugz - Mindless Contentment
Wasted Youth - Problem Child
JFA - Beach Blanket Bongout
The Damned - Machine Gun Ettiquite
Joy Division - Transmission
Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
Violent Femmes - Kiss Off
The Raincoats - Lola
Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp
Gang of Four - To Hell With Poverty
Television - See No Evil

Is anybody out there?

I know there are at least eight human beings who are tuning in, by measure of request calls.

I was only able to play half of the requests called in, but if you leave them here via blog comment I guarantee I will come prepared next week to fulfill your every musical desire.

Thanks to Mike who loves X
Chris who tunes in at work and is a fan of The Damned
Those two dudes from Franklin and Spring Hill, they're down with Bad Brains and Dead Boys.
Steven from England who appreciates the Buzzcocks.

And OF COURSE East Side Eric! Who is East Side Eric, you ask? That, my friend, is a good question that I don't entirely know the answer to. For one, we know that he lives in East Nashville. We also know his name is Eric. He loves Lambchop, Boston, The Cure, and he obviously loves WRVU DJs. Are you out there, Eric?

Playlist Preview - 2.7

I'm actually typing this in the studio, waiting for the last of Jesse's show to finish. So... this is not really much of a preview! Here it is, quick and to the point.

[UPDATED]
Black Flag - Rise Above
Mission of Burma - This Is Not A Photograph
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers - Born To Lose
Minor Threat - In My Eyes
X - Soul Kitchen
The Damned - New Rose
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
The Misfits - I Turned Into A Martian
The Damned - Neat Neat Neat (Request)
Electrelane - On Parade
The Adverts - On The Roof
David Bowie - Suffragette City
The Stooges - Search & Destroy
Pixies - Broken Face
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
The Members - Sound of the Suburbs
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? (Request)
The Pogues - Streams of Whiskey
The Cramps - Human Fly
Bad Brains - Pay to Cum (Request)
Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia (Request)
The Cure - A Forest (Request)

See y'all in five!

Playlist Preview - 1.31

We warned you... It's Siouxsie week!
Here's this week's playlist preview. See you on the airwaves!

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kiss Them For Me [YSI]
Joy Divison - Love Will Tear Us Apart
X - Nausea
Talking Heads - Cities
Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me
Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Killing Jar [YSI]
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
The Cure - Plainsong
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Fireworks [YSI]
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Dear Prudence [YSI]
The Stranglers - Into The Valley
The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man

Siouxsie Week!

Thanks for all the requests / call-ins last week. Unfortunately, we didn't get to play a request for Siouxsie and the Banshees. But fear not! It's Siouxsie week.

Playlist preview coming soon! And remember, if you don't like the preview you can always make a request via blog comment, or -even better- CALL IN A REQUEST: 615.322.7625, that's 322-ROCK or if you're feeling a little sassy, 421-SOCK either will get you through to the request line.