Life has gotten in the way of me doing this race over the weekend, so I will have to settle for this race, which is still quite fun, but just not in Vermont. Oh, how the life of a bike racer with enough time and disposable income to race nearly every week elicits great sympathy with his tales of woe and sorrow.
Really, life isn't that bad.
What is bad is the fact that Mission of Burma is playing the last slot of this year's Studio-A-Rama on Saturday, which is very incompatible with a pre-6 a.m. alarm clock on Sunday.
I hate it when being a bike racing nerd conflicts with being a college radio music nerd.
Speaking of college radio, I almost want to get back into college radio broadcasting so I can have a show that begins with this song every week:
The End of Radio, by Shellac (album version)
is this thing on?
can you hear me now?
are we going?
is this thing on?
test, test, test, test, test, test...
can you hear me now?
as we come to the close of our broadcast day
this is my farewell transmission
signing of
mr. and mrs. america, and all the ships at sea
anyone within the sound of my voice
i've got 50000 watts of power
i want to ionize the air
this microphone turns sound into electricity
can you hear me now?
out on route 128, the dark and lonely
i got my radio on
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?
it's the end of radio
and that snare drum
that drum roll
means we've got a winner
if you're the fifth caller
or any caller at all...
welcome to my top ten
i'd like to thank our sponsor
but... we haven't got a sponsor
not if you were the last man on earth
she was prepared to prove it
this one goes up to a special girl
but... there is no special girl
it's the end of radio
the last announcer plays the last record
the last watt leaves the transmitter
circles the globe in search of a listener
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?
is this really broadcasting if there is no one ever recieve?
it's the end of radio
as we come to the close of our broadcast day
i got my radio on
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?
this is the test
if this had been a real emergency...
hey, hey, this is real god damn emergency
3 comments:
I think I'm going to the tamarack race as well. see ya there!
You answered my question about when tamarack is.
i saw shellac maybe 12 years ago? the "fucking kill him" album rules.
Steve albini fan? Pegboy are still a band and are playing pittsburgh sept 14th? so good 90's indie rock.
Yep, Albini fan here. If it came out of Chicago in the 1990's, I'm into it, as well as anything on Touch and Go (both past and present).
So I guess I can expect Tamarack to be a throw down this year. Can't wait.
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