Normal Bias » WMWC http://www.normalbias.org Archiving old cassettes before they snap Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:10:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Copyright © 2010 Normal Bias normalbias-org@laze.net () normalbias-org@laze.net () posts 1440 Archiving old cassettes before they snap normalbias-org@laze.net No no http://www.normalbias.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Normal Bias http://www.normalbias.org 144 144 Trancelike State 029701 – Stardate 79.31.20 http://www.normalbias.org/2010/01/21/trancelike-state-029701-%e2%80%93-stardate-79-31-20/ http://www.normalbias.org/2010/01/21/trancelike-state-029701-%e2%80%93-stardate-79-31-20/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:19:07 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/?p=212 Here’s the third in the Trancelike State series (the first and second), my electronica mix show from college.

This episode kicks off with some ultra-downtempo breaks then works its way towards illbent, jungle, and dub.

  1. Eclipsed by Sadness… Prince Charming
  2. Make It Go Away… kHz
  3. A Tongue of Flame (Unidentified Flying Dubplate Mix)
  4. Sound Check… Sub Dub
  5. Eating Sweetheart Valentine Candygram Vertebrae… Prince Charming
  6. Here I Come (Jungle)… Barrington Levy (Remixed by Ridley Don)
  7. Armoured D… Dillinja
  8. Glactic Funk (Tau Ceti mix)… DJ Spooky
  9. Mr. Dubfire… Mad Professor & Lee Perry
  10. Stoned Again… Culture

(As a reminder to explain my goofy show titling/dating convension: the episode number of 029701 can be translated pretty simply: February 1997, first mix of the month. The “star date” was just my stupid way of designating specifically when the mix was done by writing the date backwards (so 79.31.10 is February 13, 1997).

]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2010/01/21/trancelike-state-029701-%e2%80%93-stardate-79-31-20/feed/ 0 45:55 Here's the third in the Trancelike State series (the first and second), my electronica mix show from college. This episode kicks off with some ultra-downtempo breaks ... Here's the third in the Trancelike State series (the first and second), my electronica mix show from college. This episode kicks off with some ultra-downtempo breaks then works its way towards illbent, jungle, and dub. Eclipsed by Sadness... Prince Charming Make It Go Away... kHz A Tongue of Flame (Unidentified Flying Dubplate Mix) Sound Check... Sub Dub Eating Sweetheart Valentine Candygram Vertebrae... Prince Charming Here I Come (Jungle)... Barrington Levy (Remixed by Ridley Don) Armoured D... Dillinja Glactic Funk (Tau Ceti mix)... DJ Spooky Mr. Dubfire... Mad Professor Lee Perry Stoned Again... Culture (As a reminder to explain my goofy show titling/dating convension: the episode number of 029701 can be translated pretty simply: February 1997, first mix of the month. The ldquo;star daterdquo; was just my stupid way of designating specifically when the mix was done by writing the date backwards (so 79.31.10 is February 13, 1997). 1990s,,1997,,Electronica,,Radio,,WMWC normalbias-org@laze.net no No Trancelike State 019702 – Stardate 79.03.10 http://www.normalbias.org/2010/01/20/trancelike-state-019702-%e2%80%93-stardate-79-03-10/ http://www.normalbias.org/2010/01/20/trancelike-state-019702-%e2%80%93-stardate-79-03-10/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:56:40 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/?p=210 Here’s the second in the Trancelike State series (the first), my electronica mix show from college.

This episode mixes the some glitch with some world dance music and illbient with old school ragga jungle.

  1. Peek 824545201.. Aphex Twin
  2. Soulus (Submarine Variation #2)… Loop Guru
  3. International Times (Haunted Dancehall Mix)… Transglobal Underground
  4. Skank… Higher Intelligence Agency
  5. Thoughts Like Rain… DJ Spooky
  6. Jungle & Western Cowboy Style… Josie Wales, Beenie Man, & Ini Kamoze (Remixed by New Blood Crew)
  7. Intro… DJ Spooky
  8. Copper Shot Dub (Music Is My Occupation)… King Tubby/Scientist
  9. Miss Know It… Scientist/Roots Radics
  10. Why Hip Hop Sucks In ’96… DJ Shadow

(As a reminder to explain my goofy show titling/dating convension: the episode number of 019702 can be translated pretty simply: January 1997, second mix of the month. The “star date” was just my stupid way of designating specifically when the mix was done by writing the date backwards (so 79.30.10 is January 30, 1997).

]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2010/01/20/trancelike-state-019702-%e2%80%93-stardate-79-03-10/feed/ 6 44:31 Here's the second in the Trancelike State series (the first), my electronica mix show from college. This episode mixes the some glitch with some world dance ... Here's the second in the Trancelike State series (the first), my electronica mix show from college. This episode mixes the some glitch with some world dance music and illbient with old school ragga jungle. Peek 824545201.. Aphex Twin Soulus (Submarine Variation #2)... Loop Guru International Times (Haunted Dancehall Mix)... Transglobal Underground Skank... Higher Intelligence Agency Thoughts Like Rain... DJ Spooky Jungle Western Cowboy Style... Josie Wales, Beenie Man, Ini Kamoze (Remixed by New Blood Crew) Intro... DJ Spooky Copper Shot Dub (Music Is My Occupation)... King Tubby/Scientist Miss Know It... Scientist/Roots Radics Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96... DJ Shadow (As a reminder to explain my goofy show titling/dating convension: the episode number of 019702 can be translated pretty simply: January 1997, second mix of the month. The ldquo;star daterdquo; was just my stupid way of designating specifically when the mix was done by writing the date backwards (so 79.30.10 is January 30, 1997). 1990s,,1997,,Electronica,,Radio,,WMWC normalbias-org@laze.net no No WMWC Carts, Station IDs, etc., part 2 http://www.normalbias.org/2008/04/25/wmwc-carts-station-ids-etc-part-2/ http://www.normalbias.org/2008/04/25/wmwc-carts-station-ids-etc-part-2/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:11:09 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/2008/04/25/wmwc-carts-station-ids-etc-part-2/ I came across another partial-tape of station IDs and carts from WMWC earlier this week. Most of the content is the same as the stuff that was on this tape, but there are few other items from the Instant Replay that I couldn’t fit on the other tape. I’ve cut the file down to just the new content.

Here’s a rundown. Again, parts featuring me are marked with a *:

  1. * Sometimes We Actually Play Hip-Hop station ID (1997)
  2. * April Fools’ Day News (1998)
  3. * April Fools’ Day show segment (1998)
    I’d totally forgotten about this goofy segment from one of my last shows. The caller is Liza Eagles.
]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2008/04/25/wmwc-carts-station-ids-etc-part-2/feed/ 0 3:40 I came across another partial-tape of station IDs and carts from WMWC earlier this week. Most of the content is the same as the ... I came across another partial-tape of station IDs and carts from WMWC earlier this week. Most of the content is the same as the stuff that was on this tape, but there are few other items from the Instant Replay that I couldn't fit on the other tape. I've cut the file down to just the new content. Here's a rundown. Again, parts featuring me are marked with a *: * Sometimes We Actually Play Hip-Hop station ID (1997) * April Fools' Day News (1998) * April Fools' Day show segment (1998) I'd totally forgotten about this goofy segment from one of my last shows. The caller is Liza Eagles. 1990s,,1997,,1998,,Carts,,News,,Radio,,WMWC normalbias-org@laze.net no No WMWC Carts, Station IDs, etc. http://www.normalbias.org/2008/03/17/wmwc-carts-station-ids-etc/ http://www.normalbias.org/2008/03/17/wmwc-carts-station-ids-etc/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:06:51 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/2008/03/17/wmwc-carts-station-ids-etc/ A lot of the stuff I post here is of limited interest to a limited number of people, perhaps no more so than this tape.

This is a 90-minute tape of station IDs, PSAs, carts, and random other nonsense from the Instant Replay system at WMWC, the college station of Mary Washington College the University of Mary Washington. I DJed at the station every semester I was in school there, from 1994 through 1998. I was station manager for a year and probably more involved with the station than anyone else during those four years. Even though our listenership was about three (not three hundred or three thousand… just three), it was still one of the best experiences I had during college.

The content from this tape comes from 1995(-ish) to 2000. This is definitely not a complete collection of carts from those years, but it’s a start. At some point, I intend to break these into separate files, dig up older stuff, and then post it all to wmwc.org. Someday.

Voices on here include me (way too much me), Chandra DasGupta, Matt Wright, Sally Bean, Danielle Richardson, Natalie Illum, Brady Wassom, Olivia Synnott, Matt Montgomery, Dave Wrubel, Pastor Daphne Burt, Matt Dawson, Brian Petrack (sp?), and a few others I couldn’t identify.

The track listing for this tape is very long, so I’ve put it after the jump, with some commentary.


Tracks with an * feature me.

Side A

  1. * Sniff
    A 1-second clip of me sniffing. Just because.
  2. Ecology Club
  3. * Diggin’ in the Crates promo (2000)
  4. WMWC “Underground” station ID (2000)
  5. * Pietasters station ID
  6. * Algerian Dwarf station ID (1996)
    This clip came from one of the most bizarre news items I’ve ever heard about. Definitely a classic. Read by Dave Wrubel.
  7. Shudder to Think station ID
  8. * Sting “No Sun” station ID
  9. * Hip-Hop station ID
  10. * Overnight programming #1 (jazz) (1997)
    This series came from shortly after we got the Instant Replay system. We programmed it to air specialty shows and other music when we didn’t have DJs in the station. This series of carts aired intermittently throughout the night.
  11. * Overnight programming #2 (blues) (1997)
  12. * Overnight programming #3 (hip-hop) (1997)
  13. * Overnight programming #4 (reggae) (1997)
  14. * Overnight programming #5 (international) (1997)
  15. * Overnight programming #6 (classical) (1997)
  16. * Summer programming – NO DJs! (1997)
  17. * Rebroadcast notice: A Closer Look ’97 (ebonics) (1997)
  18. * Rebroadcast notice: Trancelike State (orig. Feb 20/27, 1997) (1997)
  19. * Rebroadcast notice: Live at the Station (#1, orig. fall 1996, Rob Thormeyer and Pat Broom) (1997)
  20. * Rebroadcast notice: Live at the Station (#2, orig. fall 1996, Keith Apgar) (1997)
  21. * Rebroadcast notice: Live at the Station (#3, orig. Nov. 17, 1996, Tim McDonald) (1997)
  22. * Rebroadcast notice: Live at the Station (#4, orig. Nov. 24, 1996, Now Defunct Dead Squirrels) (1997)
  23. Rusted Root @ MWC ad (1998)
  24. * Disclaimer – Before
  25. * Disclaimer – After
  26. * Rebroadcast notice: general
  27. Steve Watkins award ad
  28. * Jammin Dance and DJ Exhibition (1997)
    Interesting enough: I didn’t even meet DJ Ragz until three years later, but now we’re friends and work together on music.
  29. * Philadelphia FIRST convention ad (1997)
  30. Indigo Girls station ID (1997)
  31. James Taylor station ID
  32. Barron’s Best Buy – MWC ad (1998) (lots of laughing)
  33. Fredericksburg AIDS Walk PSA (1997)
  34. LE Smoot book sale ad (1997) (ends with laughing)
  35. Breast cancer PSA (pre-recorded ad council)
  36. Black History Month schedule (1998)
  37. Black History Month schedule pt. 2 (1998)
  38. News – “just messing around here” (3/3/1999)
  39. Jazz Til Midnight promo (1997)
  40. Danielle station ID
  41. RIGHT NOW station ID (1995 or 1996)
    Features former station manager (1996-1997) Brady Wassom.
  42. * Monty Carlo Night ad
  43. Mortar Board Senior of the Semester ad
  44. * Fredericksburg Singers ad (1997)
  45. Leon Golub symposium ad #1, take 1 (1998)
  46. Leon Golub symposium ad #1, take 2 (1998)
  47. * Indigo Girls show ad #1 (entirely too upbeat) (1997)
  48. * Indigo Girls show ad #2 (more mellow) (1997)
  49. Leon Golub symposium ad #2, take 1 (1998)
  50. Leon Golub symposium ad #2, take 2 (1998)
  51. * MWC Jazz Ensemble ad (1997)
  52. * Run-DMC show ad (1997)
  53. Birth control clinic ad
  54. Emmet Swimming station ID
  55. Hazel Virtue station ID
  56. Quick station ID
  57. * Playing with echo station ID
    This was originally an 8-track cart and had a sticker on it that warned, “Says ‘hell’ if you care.”
  58. Archers of Loaf station ID
  59. * Remember Alice station ID (edited from 540 AM)
    Originally recorded when we were 540 AM, I modified this one in a very obvious way. I still have the t-shirt that Remember Alice sent along with the station ID tape.
  60. * 2nd Annual Holiday On the Edge ad (1997)
    I got the name of my own show wrong.
  61. CCC Lent service ad (1998)
  62. Not By Chance CCC release party ad (1997)
  63. CCC ad
  64. October/November 1998 events ad (1998)
  65. Run-DMC station ID (1997)
    I love this station ID because I think DMC got the name of our station wrong (sounds like “WNWC,” doesn’t it?)
  66. CCC meal ad

Side B

  1. * Alcohol peer-educators PSA (1997)
    Shoot some hoop!
  2. Join the Crowd PSA
  3. * Roofies PSA (1997)
    I’m told this became somewhat of a classic in the years following my graduation. I’m so proud to have played the female in this ad so convincingly (the male being played by Sally Bean). There’s nothing like taking a serious subject and mocking it.
  4. * Hip-hop station ID (1997)
  5. Girlfriend station ID
    Girlfriend was a band we interviewed at the station. The woman in the band was Jon Cryer’s sister.
  6. Blue Yard Garden station ID
  7. February/March 1998 events (1998) (blooper reel material)
  8. Ball in the House show ad (1999)
  9. Iodine station ID
  10. Whirling Dervishes station ID
  11. Unknown (mic level was way too low)
  12. February/March 1998 events (1998)
  13. Kristin Page on Jeopardy ad
  14. Aubade ad (blooper)
  15. Faculty art exhibition ad
  16. Luminaria @ Maryes Heights ad
  17. Aubade ad
  18. February/March 1998 events (different reader) (1998)
  19. Fredericksburg Girl Scouts Child Abuse Preventation Blue Ribbon Campaign PSA (1998)
  20. CCC dance party ad (1998)
  21. News (October 25, 1999)
  22. Jepson Science Center ribbon-cutting ceremony ad (1998)
  23. CCC Holy Week ad (1998)
  24. Spring Heeled Jack station ID
  25. “Conflicting Perspectives on the Perfect Baby” lecture ad
  26. News (October 26, 1999)
  27. James Farmer Multicultural Center call for art
  28. * Hip-Hop Wednesday ad (1998)
    An ad for my final show before graduation.
  29. Outstanding Senior of the Week: Kristin M…?, April 20-25 (1998)
  30. Girls Against Boys show ad (1999)
  31. Screwy blooper
  32. What happened to my heroin?
  33. Class Council Fall Formal 1999 ad (1999)
  34. News: April 12, 2000 (2000)
  35. Jimmy Fallon show ad (2000)
  36. Circle K October 1999 events (1999)
  37. Circle K ad (great misprounced name here)
  38. News (December 1999)
  39. Birth control clinic ad
  40. Lots of great music, all the time station ID
  41. Annual employment fair (1999)
  42. Events (German club, Wyclef, etc.) (1999)
  43. * It’s a mess in here! profane station ID (2000)
    I recorded this one when showing Matt Wright how to use the Instant Replay.
  44. * Hey… (2000)
    No clue why I kept this one on there, but it cracks me up every time.
  45. Canned food drive ad
  46. * Returning for the fall semester station ID (2000)
  47. * Fell asleep station ID (2000)
  48. * WMWC web archive ad (2000)
  49. * Hey Bucky station ID
  50. * Sting/Brady “Brady has no gaps” (1995)
  51. * “Let’s get ready to rumble” Ned Flanders station ID (1995)
    Features Rob Thormeyer and Chevvone Bray.
  52. Montgomery Burns and Smithers station ID (1995)
    Rob and Chevvone again.
  53. * John Tesh is underrated station ID (1995)
  54. Jazz Til Midnight promo
  55. * Riot on Spaghetti Drive station ID (1995)
  56. * Off-the-air (1996)
  57. * WMWC web site promo (1996)
    The COOLEST site on the innanet…
  58. * Giveaway station ID
  59. * Hula for me, baby giveaway station ID
  60. * Voice mail station ID (1995)
    I think Scott Wise had something to do with this.
  61. Mother Earth’s Righteous Groove Ensemble station ID
  62. Ska Fest show ad
  63. * German Club ad
    Offending Germans everywhere with my attempts.
  64. News: April 29, 1997 (1997)
]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2008/03/17/wmwc-carts-station-ids-etc/feed/ 2 45:46 A lot of the stuff I post here is of limited interest to a limited number of people, perhaps no more so than this tape. This ... A lot of the stuff I post here is of limited interest to a limited number of people, perhaps no more so than this tape. This is a 90-minute tape of station IDs, PSAs, carts, and random other nonsense from the Instant Replay system at WMWC, the college station of Mary Washington College the University of Mary Washington. I DJed at the station every semester I was in school there, from 1994 through 1998. I was station manager for a year and probably more involved with the station than anyone else during those four years. Even though our listenership was about three (not three hundred or three thousand... just three), it was still one of the best experiences I had during college. The content from this tape comes from 1995(-ish) to 2000. This is definitely not a complete collection of carts from those years, but it's a start. At some point, I intend to break these into separate files, dig up older stuff, and then post it all to wmwc.org. Someday. Voices on here include me (way too much me), Chandra DasGupta, Matt Wright, Sally Bean, Danielle Richardson, Natalie Illum, Brady Wassom, Olivia Synnott, Matt Montgomery, Dave Wrubel, Pastor Daphne Burt, Matt Dawson, Brian Petrack (sp?), and a few others I couldn't identify. The track listing for this tape is very long, so I've put it after the jump, with some commentary. Tracks with an * feature me. Side A * Sniff A 1-second clip of me sniffing. Just because. Ecology Club * Diggin' in the Crates promo (2000) WMWC "Underground" station ID (2000) * Pietasters station ID * Algerian Dwarf station ID (1996) This clip came from one of the most bizarre news items I've ever heard about. Definitely a classic. Read by Dave Wrubel. Shudder to Think station ID * Sting "No Sun" station ID * Hip-Hop station ID * Overnight programming #1 (jazz) (1997) This series came from shortly after we got the Instant Replay system. We programmed it to air specialty shows and other music when we didn't have DJs in the station. This series of carts aired intermittently throughout the night. * Overnight programming #2 (blues) (1997) * Overnight programming #3 (hip-hop) (1997) * Overnight programming #4 (reggae) (1997) * Overnight programming #5 (international) (1997) * Overnight programming #6 (classical) (1997) * Summer programming - NO DJs! (1997) * Rebroadcast notice: A Closer Look '97 (ebonics) (1997) * Rebroadcast notice: Trancelike State (orig. Feb 20/27, 1997) (1997) * Rebroadcast notice: Live at the Station (#1, orig. fall 1996, Rob Thormeyer and Pat Broom) (1997) * Rebroadcast notice: Live at the Station (#2, orig. fall 1996, Keith Apgar) (1997) * Rebroadcast notice: Live at the Station (#3, orig. Nov. 17, 1996, Tim McDonald) (1997) * Rebroadcast notice: Live at the Station (#4, orig. Nov. 24, 1996, Now Defunct Dead Squirrels) (1997) Rusted Root @ MWC ad (1998) * Disclaimer - Before * Disclaimer - After * Rebroadcast notice: general Steve Watkins award ad * Jammin Dance and DJ Exhibition (1997) Interesting enough: I didn't even meet DJ Ragz until three years later, but now we're friends and work together on music. * Philadelphia FIRST convention ad (1997) Indigo Girls station ID (1997) James Taylor station ID Barron's Best Buy - MWC ad (1998) (lots of laughing) Fredericksburg AIDS Walk PSA (1997) LE Smoot book sale ad (1997) (ends with laughing) Breast cancer PSA (pre-recorded ad council) Black History Month schedule (1998) Black History Month schedule pt. 2 (1998) News - "just messing around here" (3/3/1999) Jazz Til Midnight promo (1997) Danielle station ID RIGHT NOW station ID (1995 or 1996) Features former station manager (1996-1997) Brady Wassom. * Monty Carlo Night 1990s,,2000s,,Carts,,News,,Radio,,WMWC normalbias-org@laze.net no No Trancelike State 019701 – Stardate 79.61.10 http://www.normalbias.org/2007/10/29/trancelike-state-019701-stardate-796110/ http://www.normalbias.org/2007/10/29/trancelike-state-019701-stardate-796110/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:22:40 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/2007/10/29/trancelike-state-019701-stardate-796110/ Here’s the first Normal Bias entry featuring one of my own radio shows. I was pretty obsessive about recording my shows during college but, sadly, I didn’t record every show. Nevertheless, I do have the entire series of a 45-minute show I did weekly during the Spring 1997 semester at WMWC titled Trancelike State. It was part of a three-hour show that also featured jazz and reggae (if I remember correctly). I’ve always held a spot in my heart for the Trancelike State mixes because they carried a particular mood throughout each set, had decent blends, and captures that mid-to-late 90′s electronica vibe.

While I played a fair amount of jungle and drum-n-bass, I also snuck in experimental stuff from DJ Spooky, turntablism, downtempo beats, and left-field Jamaican dub selections.

This is the first episode, a special 90-minute set. The episode number of 019701 can be translated pretty simply: January 1997, first mix of the month. The “star date” was just my stupid way of designating specifically when the mix was done by writing the date backwards (so 79.61.10 is January 16, 1997).

I’ve included track listings. If you’d like to see what future episodes of Trancelike State hold, visit this cached Internet Archive page.

Side A [ download ]:

  1. Girl Boy (18 pound Snore Rush Mix)… Aphex Twin
  2. The Nocturnal (Back On the Firm)… Peshay
  3. Trouble Again (Nervous World Dub Plate)… King Kong (Remixed by Simon Templa)
  4. Abducted (UFO Mix)… DJ Soul Slinger
  5. Invasion of the Octopus People… The Incredible Scratch Pickles
  6. The Terran Invasion of Alpha Centuri Year 2794… DJ Spooky
  7. No Man’s Land… Mad Professor
  8. Burial Dub… Sly & Robbie

Side B [ download ]:

  1. Ganga Dub (African Beat)… Scientist
  2. Solar System… Mad Professor
  3. Guntalk (Jungle Dark Lick)… Redrose & Rebel (Remixed by Brotherhood)
  4. Ethiopia… DJ Soul Slinger
  5. This Is Los Angeles… Lemon D
  6. Quark Soup… We
  7. Inspection (Check One)… Leftfield
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