I don’t have rabies! Now it has just occurred to me that maybe I didn’t post here about how I accidentally attacked a bat that somehow ended up in my apartment. Well this was two Thursdays ago, and he was really sick, so the animal control lady said they were going to get him tested. […]

I’ve probably blabbed about it here before, but working at KRNU as a music director can make you kind of burnt out on music. Dozens of CDs come in every week, and most of them are just horrible. And when you’re doing a weekly show, you have to seek out new music to keep the […]

Turbotito, a.k.a. the bass player from Junior Senior, has posted two new Public Enemy remixes on his myspace page. Frequent visitors to this page may recall previous Turbotito pimping. His song “Losing Their Heads” was one of my favorites of last year. Go download those remixes quickly – he promises they’ll be gone soon.

Three times in my life, various producers of unnatural food products have hooked me with their goods and then yanked them away once my love was firmly established. The refreshments of choice at my grandparents’ house were Hi-C Ecto Cooler and peanut butter Twix. I have heard tales that Ecto-Cooler still exists, and I am […]

Today was Leflerpalooza 4, essentially the official end to the school year for Lefler after school clubs. This year has been so amazing for me. I can’t believe how quickly it’s gone by. I’ve spent nearly every weekday for the last 9 months, at Lefler with various after school clubs. I’ve gotten to know so […]

2000sRank Song title Artist1 Do You Realize? Flaming Lips2 Gravity Rides Everything Modest Mouse3 Gone for Good Shins4 The Rat Walkmen5 Such Great Heights Postal Service6 Electric Pink Promise Ring7 Second Story Man Heaven is a Hotel8 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand9 Mrs. Whiskerson Troubled Hubble10 Strange Built to Spill11 You Look Like a Lady […]

I was presented with this question several times tonight: Q: Where did these top 100s come from? A; The answer is different for all three. The 1980s and before:In the 80s, KRNU was a top 40 station, operating off vinyl 7″ singles. General Manager Rick Alloway saw the writing on the wall, and Christmas 1989’s […]

1 Made Up Dreams Built to Spill2 Paranoid Android Radiohead3 Waitin’ for Superman Flaming Lips4 Sometimes Millions5 Natural One Folk Implosion6 Diamond Sea Sonic Youth7 When You Sleep My Bloody Valentine8 Velouria Pixies9 Voodoo Lady Ween10 Arpeggiator Fugazi11 Cut Your Hair Pavement12 Hit Sugarcubes13 Low Cracker14 Infected Bad Religion15 MST3K Love Theme Man…Or Astro-Man?16 Summer […]

1 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division2 Teenage Riot Sonic Youth3 How Soon is Now? Smiths4 Psycho Killer Talking Heads5 London Calling Clash6 Where Is My Mind Pixies7 Fight the Power Public Enemy8 Bastards of Young Replacements9 Blue Monday New Order10 This is the Day The The11 Just Like Heaven The Cure12 Ziggy Stardust […]

This weekend on KRNU: Saturday, it’s the 90.3 KRNU Top 100 of the 1980s and before, starting at 10am and concluding at 8pm (replayed from 10pm to 8am). Sunday, it’s the Top 100 of the 1990s, again from 10am to 8pm, replaying from 10pm to 8am. And then on Monday, it’s the Top 100 of […]