Welcome back to Fall semester! KSCR has a new home in the Ronald Tutor Campus center and a new name: KXSC!
While we hadn’t planned on changing our name (we did so as a result of a duplication with a commercial station), we are stoked to be representing USC with new call letters, a new venue (Tommy’s Place) and a brand new home complete with schmancy new equipment.
So what can you expect from us this year? We will continue to provide the quality programming and events that you expect as well as ticket giveaways to yr favorite shows, live on-air interviews + weekly free shows courtesy of The Live Show, the much anticipated KXSC Fest and much more!
Oh look, here’s our Facebook fanpage and Twitter. Are you following us yet? Are you? Arrrrr yoooh?
If yr feeling overwhelmed by all this change right now, let these pictures from our Grand Opening calm yr soul (and peep the full album on our FB here):
“The View From Nowhere” - Spinning an Eclectic Mix of House Music & Electro, Spanning the Most Soulful to the Most Distorted
2nd Anniversary Episode
Featured on KSCR Radio (http://kscr.org,1560AM) Air Date: 07-01-2010 8pm-12:00am Location: Underground Café In Studio Guests: DJ Soca (http://twitter.com/djsoca), Joker Pace (www.jokerpace.com) Number 9 (http://clubsoda.fm), Glitch (http://myspace.com/levonproduction)
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This episode marks two important milestones. First, the View From Nowhere celebrates 2 years of musical bliss with its anniversary edition. Second, after 26 years, KSCR is moving from its original location to its brand new studios. Thank you to everyone that has supported the show. Music Sounds Better With You.
- VFN
Tracklist VFN/WDPK Intro
Willy Wonka – Pure Imagination Intro (WDPK Bootleg)
Annie – Anthonio (Fred Falke remix)
Alexander Pope – Eloisa to Abelard (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Deadmau5 – Strobe
LCD Soundsystem – Get Innocuous (Soulwax Remix) (sample)
Pryda – Balaton
Pryda – Frankfurt
Tyler Durden – You Are Not Your Job
Ray Mang – Look Into My Eyes
Joel Goodson – Time Of Your Life (Risky Business)
Mario Basanov – Do You Remember (Arithmatix Mix)
House of House – Rushing to Paradise
Dennis Ferrer – Hey Hey (DF’s Attention Vocal Mix)
Sébastien Tellier – L’amour et la Violence (Boys Noize Euro Mix)
Bingo Players – Get Up (Diplo Remix) (sample)
Crookers – Gypsy P
Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup – We No Speak Americano
Simian Mobile Disco – It’s the Beat (sample)
Paul Johnson – Summer Heat
Gary’s Gang – Do it at the Disco
Gramophonedzie – Brazilian
Gramophonedzie – Why Don’t You
Roy Davis Jr. – Rock Shock (Thomas Bangalter “Stop Start” Mix)
Bag Raiders – Shooting Star
Grum – Can’t Shake This Feeling
PNAU – Baby (Breakbot remix)
Bag Raiders vs. Sammy Bananas – Fun Punch (feat. Carrie Wilds)
Armand Van Helden – I Want Your Soul
Pointer Sisters – Dare Me (Diizy’s Party Edit)
Crydajam – Playground
Freemasons feat. Amanda Wilson, Axwell – Love On My Mind
Daft Punk – Rollin’ and Scratchin’ (sample)
Pryda – Wakanpi (DJ DLG Re-Edit)
Siriusmo – High Together (sample)
Eric Prydz – Pjanoo
Yazoo – Don’t Go
Yazoo – Don’t Go (Bailey & Rossko Mix)
Chic – I Want Your Love (Holic Aftermash)
Scenario Rock – Skitzo Dancer (Justice Remix) (sample)
Phoenix – Lisztomania (Classixx Version)
DJ Soca LIVE In-Studio Mix Londonbeat – I’ve Been Thinking About You
Metro Area – Miura
Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
Technotronic – Pump the Jam
Presets – This Boys In Love (Lifelike Remix)
Slam - We Doin’ This Again?
Denis Naidanow feat. Tyree Cooper – Wonderland
Dragonette – Competition (Ocelot Remix)
Basement Jaxx – Romeo (Ryback remix)
Tyree – Video Crash
Mylo – Drop the Pressure (Rex the Dog Remix)
Klaxons – Gravity’s Rainbow (Soulwax Remix)
Ali Love - Secret Sunday Lover (Tom Neville Remix)
Dusty Kid – The Cat
Fukkk Off - Rave Is King (Original Mix)
Josh One - Contemplation (Alex Neri Road Trip Remix)
Audion – Mouth to Mouth
The Paradise – In Love With You
Alan Braxe – In Love With You (Axel Le Baron edit)
Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
Chuck Roberts – My House (Let There Be House)
Mylo – In My Arms (Tocadisco Remix)
Fantom – Faithful
Ugod – Ugodzilla (Yuksek Remix)
MSTRKRFT – Easy Love
Russ Chimes – Mulsanne
Together – Together
Daft Punk – Around the World (Kid Dub Remix)
Daft Punk – Around the World (Original)
Da Mongoloids – Spark Da Meth (Bangin Like A Benzi Mix)
KSCR + Make Music Pasadena is giving away a Gibson guitar this Friday, June 18th, on KSCR’s radio show, Stereotype!
To win the Gibson guitar:
1. Winner will be the 7th caller after you hear Matt&Kim’s “YEA YEAH”
Call 213 740 KSCR. AIM = KSCRLive.
2. Must be able to attend Make Music Pasadena on June 19 to pick up guitar, valued at $500.
Also, if that wasn’t enough free stuff, KSCR will soon have shirts + stickers from Fox Searchlight’s new movie, Cyrus, starring John Reilly and Jonah Hill. Stay tuned, folks! Trailer for the movie: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/cyrus/#/Videos.
Track List
Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe 4 (Pre-Show Track)
VFN/WDPK Intro
Ellis D - My Loleatta (Dish Apella)
Bottin - No Static (www.myspace.com/bottinski)
The Chemical Brothers - All Rights Reversed
Demon vs. Heartbreaker - You Are My High (Vitalic remix)
Bucketheads - The Bomb
Prodigy - Breathe
Crookers featuring Yelle - Cooler Couleur (Junkie XL remix)
Daft Punk - Rollin’ and Scratchin’ (Gonzales Rework)
Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat Heavely House remix)
Gramophonedzie - Why Don’t You
Roy Davis Jr. - Rock Shock (Thomas Bangalter “Stop Start” Mix / Joel Lava edit)
Thieves Like Us - Forget Me Not (Minitel Rose remix)
Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire (Aeroplane Pop Remix)
Breakbot - Stereo Provolone
Bag Raiders - Shooting Star
Klaxons - As Above, So Below (Justice Remix)
Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work
Taz - Can’t Contain Me
Busta Rhymes - Dangerous (VFN’s Aeroplane Edit)
Congorock - Babylon
Deadmau5 - Slip
Chuckie - Let The Bass Kick in Miami Bitch (LMFAO Radio Edit)
The Bloody Beetroots - Rombo (feat. Congorock)
Pitbull ft. Lil’ Jon - The Anthem
Ting Tings - Great DJ (Calvin Harris Remix)
MSTRKRFT - Easy Love
Russ Chimes - Mulsanne
Röyksopp - What Else Is There? (Thin White Duke Mix)
One week of the year, music lovers from all over the world descend upon Miami for the largest music industry gathering of its kind, the Winter Music Conference. Frequented by those in the dance & electronic community, the WMC is host to a myriad of artists, DJs, record label representatives (A&R), producers, promoters, radio and media professionals.
Beyond the conference, surrounding Miami is home to an array of events across the city, including the Ultra Music Festival. Whether you’re sitting down for some authentic Cuban food, or enjoying a nice cohiba poolside, it’s nearly impossible this week to avoid the infectious sound that is the house beat.
KSCR’s own DJ Ahmar aka VFN recently returned from “The Magic City” with a grab bag of promos and new music.
Click Hereto view the photos through our friends at Club Soda. Photos taken the weekend of March 26th at the Winter Music Conference, as well as Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida.
For my next post I had planned on doing a write-up on the beautiful new Morning Benders album, the problem is that the album doesn’t come out until next week, March 9th. My ethical dilemma came when trying to figure out when the appropriate time was to post a review of an album that I “stole” off the Internet. I use the quotes because stealing in terms of digital music is used loosely in the fact that I use digital music as a test-drive for what I want to buy. It used to be that you only got to hear the singles on the radio and you had to base your decision of whether or not you wanted to purchase an entire $20 album, of usually 10+ songs, on just that one song. Looking back on that, it’s ridiculous; the new digital means of buying music is much more consumer friendly, but heavily exploited. Anyway, I will buy the Morning Benders album, Big Echo, when it comes out, but this brings me to the original question that kept me up late into the night. What is an album anymore?
And by that I mean, what makes it worth purchase? What does it mean to the consumer? For me, the album is a necessary experience to my favorite albums, sitting down with liner notes observing what the band wants to put in the booklet and what they don’t can give you a sense of what that certain band is about. Radiohead’s liner notes are filled with spacey drawings, usually symbolic of current political events. And since the release of Kid A, their liner notes have not included lyrics (A decision I don’t particularly like because Yorke can be hard to make out some/most of the time). Yorke has said that putting lyrics in liner notes emphasizes the voice when Radiohead wants the voice to be seen as another instrument, equal in importance to the bass, guitar, drums, etc. Another artist, Black Bear, put into the liner notes for his one album, personal photos of his current self or his childhood that pertains to each song, the lyrics were included and accompanied by his thoughts and inspirations to write the songs. This experience is highly more personal than the Radiohead lyrics, but what does it tell you about the artist? Black Bear is willing to fully open himself up to his fans, his listeners and wants that to be seen.
However, if you look at the latest Miley Cyrus liner notes, I’d be willing to bet her label typed the lyrics in with some cutesy font sprawled against some bright colors and pictures of her (maybe jumping! Or something else fun!). I can only laugh at the music industries inability to even try and deter the funds they are hemorrhaging. Album sales are at an all time low and the record industry isn’t even trying to make the album a valuable commodity to the listening experience. Seriously, how do generic pictures of Miley enhance the quality of the album? I want to believe that more people would be willing to purchase an album if it gave them more than what they are able to obtain online for free (the music), give us a reason, MIley, to go and buy your album, make it a quintessential part of the listening experience (Party in the U.S.A has so many deep meanings just waiting to be explored). The album should be personable, a glimpse into the inner psyche of a band that helps you learn about them as an artist and where the music you’re obsessing over comes from.
Often times, the expression “When In Rome” is misused by powerful celebrities like Ron Burgundy.
Well, we here at KSCR are not in the business of misinforming. Instead, we have Red Carpet Tickets for the Disney movie, “When in Rome” starring Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Veronica Mars) and Josh Duhamel (Transformers) that we’re looking to give away!
Trailer:
The Premiere is on Wednesday, January 27th at 7:00pm. If anyone is interested, please respond via the blog or the KSCR Twitter with your name and e-mail address no later than Monday morning (1/25). 2pairs of tickets to the red carpet premiere (actors will be there) await for the first listeners to respond. But it doesn’t end there, there are also another 5 pairs of tickets for runner-ups for an advanced screening so hit us up!
Drew Carey Benefit Show at The Hollywood Improv (1/24)
Movies not your thing? Well then, how about a comedy show at the legendary Hollywood Improv this Sunday (1/24) with Drew Carey (Whose Line Is It Anyway?, The Price Is Right) and 6 other really funny comedians! All proceeds will be donated to Relief International in aid of Haiti. Enjoy an evening of laughs while raising funds for a great cause!
Again, reply either to this message with your name and e-mail address or via the KSCR Twitter.
And finally, since KSCR loves music, why not end this post with an appropriate song?
When In Rome – The Promise
Get Ready for Another Great Season of Programming here at KSCR.
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