Caroline RyderIndie 103.1FM is officially on my shitlist. I've had enough of retarded Toyota of Huntington Beach ads and Suicide Girls talking about making out with their girlfriends. And most disturbingly, I discovered that morning host Joe Escalante/Dr. LegalDouche is, apparently, an amateur toreador. Ole!
Joe 'I Harm Bulls For Fun' Escalante
So I have tuned my radio dial south, to KXLU 88.9FM, the college radio station which likes to play songs I haven't already heard 4 trillion times. This morning I listened to a show called The Voice of Reason where thanks to some wierd mic effects, the DJ sounded like an alien. It was a nice touch, but what really impressed me was the alien's inspired choice of music, from Be Your Own Pet to the Sesame Street 'Milk' song by Robert Dennis, some 8-bit music and other weird shit I had never heard before. They are also big into their Lavender Diamond, although the DJs seem to have trouble pronouncing the name of the album – it is CAVALRY of Light, not CALVERY of light.
My other new favorite radio station is V100 – not only do they play Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey and Lionel Richie, their DJs also look like this:
(V100 is staffed entirely by androids – these are bio pictures taken directly from their website.)
The other reason I listen to V100 is because they are giving away a 2007 Range Rover sport vehicle which comes complete with $20,000 in $100 bills stuffed inthe passenger seat, a 550 watt/14 speaker stereo system, a 50″ plasma screen TV and $15,000 worth of diamonds and pearls.
My Acura Integra was stolen two weeks ago, so if scoring a new jewel-encrusted, dollar-stuffed pimp ride requires me to listen to Mariah Carey's Fly Like a Bird eight times a day, so be it. (Although I must say, I am bummed not to be able to enter V100's 'Black Faces in High Places' contest, sponsored by Smart and Final.)
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