Creative Writing at WCDB

This segment is going to give our DJs a chance to post their creative writing on the blog. The only qualifiers for submissions were that the work had to be under 250 words and could be done in any format. Submissions were assumed anonymous unless they attached their name to the work. The first installment of this features four works by our DJs, read them after the jump!

Helping You Get Your CD Played at College Stations

At WCDB we get a lot of of CDs every week begging to played, whether it’s a major label pushing for one of their premiere bands or a collection of guys from Schenectady who are hoping for a break. In either case it’s nice to help, but the simple fact of it is that we can’t review every CD that comes in because we don’t have the ability to tell our DJs what every single one of those CDs sounds similar to while being decent students. This means that some get skipped over, and for a lot of artists this happens based solely off of the impression that the packaging gives(it’s unfortunate, but true). So how can an artist try and make their CD stand out at college radio stations?

The Question of a Lifetime…

I literally don’t know the answer. You may have the same struggle as I am having but at least I’m enjoying it with every part of my body. Click the picture to be directed to the tumblr for so many more cute pictures! Ahhhhhhh!!!!

Finally Friday

It’s finally Friday and time for my first post on the blog!

Because an Arcade Fire caused the Funeral of two men from The Suburbs, where all attendants would agree that Neon Bible wasn’t anything special

I’m going to do my best to make this a weekly segment with a comic and the albums I reviewed for WCDB that week.

Charlie Sheen Soundboard…..#WINNING

I found a while back…figured I’d share.

Degenerate Radio April 6th 2011 In Case You Missed It!

Wednesday aka The Best Day Ever on Radio!

Shameless Promotion…, posted with vodpod

Looking forward to Parkfest!!!!

J. Cole interview

Yo! Can I get a interview!?

Stephen Marley Interview on WCDB.

WCDB’s own Sir Walford recently interviewed Stephen Marley live on air. Check it out.

Record Grooves

Kingston University graduate Tim Sanders’ Microscopic Vinyl Record Groovesproject is a winner. Firstly, becuase it eases one of the mysteries in my own brain: how does a piece of plastic actually play music. And secondly, because the combination of dedicated documentation and visual know-how make the final piece absolutely worthy. In the artist’s own words, the piece shows “two full rotations of the grooves within three different genres of vinyl records. This allows the viewer to see and understand how audio is translated when pressed into a vinyl record. The patterns of grooves are explained and compared between genres of music.” Groovy.

timsanders.co.uk via it’s nice that

UA Criminologist Blames Jay-Z For Criminals Wearing Yankees Caps?

One criminologist said the trend might be a result of what could be called the Jay-Z effect. The rapper Jay-Z has worn a Yankees cap for years — on his album covers and in his videos — and has helped turn the cap into a ubiquitous fashion accessory for urban youths (“I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can,” he boasts in one song).

Criminals might be wearing Yankees merchandise not because they are fans of the team, but because they are fans of the cocked-hat look popularized by Jay-Z and other rappers, said the criminologist, Frankie Y. Bailey, an associate professor at the University at Albany, who is writing a book about the role of clothing and style in criminal cases.
Full Story : New York Times

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