Monday, April 30, 2007

Every Day I Write The Book

I know I haven't made any posts on here in a long time. Being a busy college student with a computer that barely works will make a person go MIA for a while.

I am posting to announce a new blog of sorts. It's for my Women Studies class oddly enough. I am suppose to post my creative writing and all this stuff from my creative project for the class. Here is the link for this blog:
www.weirdliving.blogspot.com so please check it out whenever you can. Right now, I have my essay on Madonna. Probably Wednesday night or maybe sooner, I'll post a few poems. (I'm sure that will make Mr. Bro quite happy, since he hasn't read any of my work in a long time) I plan on just posting a little bit at a time. I'm excited to show this sort of stuff to others. Hopefully, everyone will like it.

While on the creative writing topic, I was just recently accepted into The Jiménez-Porter Writers' House, which is a rather prestigious creative writing learning-living community. I can't wait to start the program, but it's still up in the air if I'll be able to live in the dorm with all the other writers. For those who don't know University of Maryland is having a major on-campus housing issue. I was in the Baltimore Sun a few weeks ago, because of it. I am one of the lucky 700 upperclass students who now have to find housing alternatives. Here's the link to the program I've been accepted into: http://www.writershouse.umd.edu/highres_aboutus.php and here is the article that was in the Baltimore Sun: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-md.housing13apr13,0,6105424.story?coll=bal-local-headlines and yes there is a picture of your's truly in the article.

One more thing, I'm seeing Elvis Costello in Baltimore in 11 days! (I'm going with my mom. How awesome is that?)

I hope everyone is doing alright and I swear, I'll soon stop being such a stranger.

Take care,
Megan

Friday, April 27, 2007

Link to the iMix for NEXT WEEK 53

Remember you can hear the rebroadcast of NEXT at 107.1 The Peak on Sunday at 8pm Eastern Time.

Here is the link to the iMix. Enjoy.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

NEXT WEEK 53

Hello everyone. Good week this week I feel. Listen to NEXT at our website for The Peak 107.1. You can hear NEXT on Wednesday and Sunday nights. Thanks for listening.

Blonde Redhead – Spring and By Summer Fall (23)

Nine Inch Nails – the Warning (Year Zero)


Laura Veirs and Saltbreakers – Pink Light (Saltbreakers)


Arctic Monkeys – Temptation Greets you Like Your Naughty Friend (Brainstorm Single)


The Polyphonic Spree – Lithium (Wait EP)


or in a live setting


Rodrigo y Gabriela – Diablo Rojo (Self Titled)


or on Letterman


Limbeck – Bird Problems (Self Titled)

Amy Winehouse – Tears Dry On Their Own (Back to Black)


or a homemade vid



Warren Zevon – hasten Down the Wind (Stand in the Fire Remastered)
couldn't find this so how about Warren on Letterman


Chris Whitley and Jeff Lang – Stagger Lee (Dislocation Blues)
someone upload a homemade vid of this please. Thanks.

More later
Bro

Thursday, April 19, 2007

One Year for NEXT

This is week number 52. One year. So happy birthday to NEXT and I'd like to give you a NEXT Birthday Mix. Just email me and I'll ship one out. A way of saying thanks for listening. Listen Wednesday nights at 11 and Sundays at 8 at 107.1 The Peak.

Jarvis Cocker – Black Magic (Jarvis)


Guster – I’m Through (Satellite EP)

Fujiya & Miyagi – Collarbone (Transparent Things)


Mute Math – Typical (Self Titled)

Or acoustic


MiG – Angie (Cover of the Rolling Stones)

Winterpills – Broken Arm (The Light divides)

Todd Snider – Combover Blues (Peace, Love and Anarchy – rarities, B Sides and Demos Vol 1)

Grant-Lee Phillips – Raise the Spirit (Strangelet)


Grinderman – Go Tell the Women (Self Titled)

Aqualung – Something to Believe In (Memory man)


Bright Eyes – I Must Belong Somewhere (Cassadaga)


More later
Bro

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Next week 50

Man almost one year at this new music thing. Hope you are having as much fun as I am. So if you missed NEXT last night catch the rebroadcast on Sunday night at 8pm at 107.1 The Peak. Listen online too. Yay techology.

The playlist:
Menomena – Muscle’n Flo (Friend and Foe)


Graham Parker – Love or Delusion (Don’t Tell Columbus)

I’m From Barcelona – Oversleeping (Let Me Introduce My Friends)
homemade skating vid but you can hear the tune.


Wolf & Cub – This Mess (Vessels)


Brazilian Girls – Crosseyed and Painless (Cover Talking Heads) (Red Hot and Latin Redux)

The Ponys – 1209 Seminary (Turn the Lights Out)

Placebo – Post Blue (Meds)


Or if you'd rather acoustic


Albert Hammond Jr – Everyone Gets a Star (Yours to Keep)


Maria Taylor – Replay (Lynn Teeter Flower)


Willard Grant Conspiracy – Dance with Me (Let It Roll)

Joss Stone – Tell Me What We’re Gonna Do Now (Introducing Joss Stone)


More later
Bro

Monday, April 02, 2007

A Waste of time

A great waste of time. So I haven't browsed a bookstore in quite some time. I stumbled upon "The Real Animal House". It lists its self a Mostly Lucid Memior. I love that and relate. I just started reading it and you may be saying..."really...do I need to re-live this? I've seen the movie about 20 times." Well yes you do. It is a quick easy read plus if your wife or girlfriend reads a few passages she might just gain a bit of understanding of you. Oh plus my hometown of Palatine IL gets named in the book too. Always cool when that happens.



The British are coming and this time America is listening.

If you are a band don't send Sony/BMG a hard copy of your latest CD. They want you to sign up at their blog/website. This may be the smartest thing I've heard that the record companies are doing.

Great article about the XM and Sirius merger.

More later
Bro