One more hotdog down the hallway

What a great week! In addition to the 3rd installment of Dracula, there was some awesome music! You know the deal by now. If you don't, then how did you get here? I applaud you and compliment your good taste. Now sit back and stream a show. Stream the show: Download the MP3: HERE Check the Archive.org page: HERE Until next week, Jackie and The Imp wish you mixed blessings.

Tardy submissions.

It took no less than four different attempts to get last weeks podcast uploaded and posted. Whewww, finally did it. Many much apologies to those of you awaiting this weekly update with baited breath. This week marks Chapter 2 of Bram Stoker's Dracula in audiobook format. You also may notice that The Imp and I are beginning to form that cohesive unit of partnership that allows for the witty repartee (a veritable staple of the LAN Party). Stream the show: Download the MP3: HERE Reference the Archive.org page: HERE Enjoy. Respectfully yours, Jackie & The Imp

We've got a pathway to the stars

This week has been hectic. Several papers due, a research proposal to submit, and large reading assignments. Who knew your last semester of your senior year would be so damn crazy?

Never fear, constant listener. I found the time to throw together a decent playlist for the show. I featured a local band of interest, Osaka Love Hotel. This is a former project of the dapper dude currently involved with the music of [Sparrow]. Click the links for free music!

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Download the MP3: HERE

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Keep it geeky,
Jackie Treehorn

Winter Blunderland

The snow season is upon us. Ice flakes rain down from the sky to wreak havoc with commuters and vertigo-stricken citizens. The only way to stay safe is to carry your portable hair dryer and blast the ice out of the sky! (this will probably end up being a fruitless battle).


This was a good show. I apologize to those of you who listen frequently. Several of the opening songs were...good. I was exacting some revenge for a terrible request last week. Lots of G.A.P.E.S. and some technical/prog metal thrown in for good measure.

Avoid them pesky ice lakes and keep your feet on the ground this week. Stay warm and cozy when you can. The LAN Party folks will be donning our gay apparel in recognition of the holiday season. Oh Joy!


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Stay geeky, Kalamazoo,
Jackie Treehorn

Prepare for evacuation!

Turkey Day is quickly approaching. Do you have the willpower to avoid a second helping of granny's yams? If you need a break from the football-and-meat festival, you can always force your family to suffer through another edition of The LAN Party! Impress your disdainful hipster cousin with your vast knowledge of indie radio!

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Clear the cache.

School has been in session for one week. My classes are promising so far. I've not yet received any parking tickets. The weather has presented more opportunity for hoodies than anticipated. As you can note, things are pretty swell.

I've been able to take the bike to class all week. This is bittersweet; the time to put it away for the winter will be sooner than later.


In addition to DJ Gun Rack's emailed contributions, this was a bit of a clearing-the-cache show. I've accumulated a bunch of unplayed songs leftover from shows in the recent past. I took the opportunity to ERADICATE THEM!

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Stay tuned next week for more wacky LAN Party 3.0 action!

Studio time

The studio appears to have healed itself after last week's lightning strike. I think the webstream is back up as well. For now.

This weeks show marks the 24th episode of the Hitchhiker's guide series. It also featured lots of new music; some of the music were hits, some of it misses. There may even have been an accidental "c-word" I edited out of the recording. Ahem.

Enjoy. I'm off to go act like a hooligan around campus for a bit.


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The times, they are a'changin...

We are nearing the end of Gun Rack's Kalamazoo occupation. This is bittersweet and the future of The Lan Party is a tiny bit uncertain. Harvey's direction with which to take the show is -as of yet- undecided. Don't fret too much, Harvey has a few tricks up his sleeve. The show will most defintely go on.
There will be one or two more Gun Rack-centric shows so he can build a cache of material to shove upon potential radio employers in the south. LAN Party 3.0 will follow.

Archive.org is being a bit temperamental and uploading the shows is a frustrating endeavor. Should we upload them at all? I don't believe we ever ascertained whether or not people were utilizing the shows via this blog. Please let us know!

- Harvey

Solo show!

Happy June firsteenth!
Maybe now that June is here, it won't rain so fucking much. Dobutful.

This podcast marks the 16th episode of Hitchhiker's Guide and in addition it was a solo show with only Harvey manning the mics. The studio gets a bit creepy this late at night with no one around. DJ Gun Rack is off exploring housing possibilities in a certain southern state called Georgia. I'll let him elaborate upon whence he returns.

View the Archive.org page HERE

Download the .m4a HERE

A surly yankee who hates musicals attends a musical.

As promised; my eagerly anticipated review of Monty Python's Spamalot.

The Monty Python group are renown amongst British-humor aficionados world over. Thick-spectacle-bedecked youths everywhere dedicate themselves to rote line-memorization and awkward referential snark. There are even fossils and stars named after the original cast members, fer chrissake. In addition to the TV series, movies, and books, the group has crossed over into the world of the Broadway theater and do their best to push the theater into their surreal, absurdist world. The musical comedy Spamalot is a rendition of the 1975 classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

I don't want to spoil too much for the uninitiated, so suffice it to say that both the movie and stage production are essentially about the Knights of the Round Table on a quest to find the Holy Grail. King Arthur, Sir Robin, Galahad, and Lancelot all make appearances in addition to the movie staples such as the Knights Who Say Ni, the Black Knight, Taunting Frenchmen and the Swamp Castle crew. Genuinely funny things happen, dick-and-fart jokes are made, and everyone has an uproarious time. For what its worth, your humble author thinks that most classic British comedy is far and beyond superior to the current schlock of comedy movies.

This is a musical, so I expected some gay-old-time song-and-dance. I sorely underestimated their dedication to the craft. There are a lot of song and dance numbers. You may not understand me here; there are A. LOT. OF. SONGS. The original movie classics are all included in addition to a plethora new numbers. This may or may not sound enticing.

The stage version is obviously designed to appeal to a current audience; pop-culture references are numerous. Jokes are made at the expense of drug-addled divas, homosexuals, Jews, and Finland. Fear not however; irony is heavy and tongue is firmly planted in cheek. In addition, over the course of act I and throughout act II, the production and cast become aware of themselves and the audience, creating a metafictional theater situation. Many of the song numbers include musical allusions and subsequent mocking of other successful theater productions. Knees were slapped and chortles were uttered. A note for you daring types: sit in an aisle seat on the first floor and you may be subjected to a moment of audience participation.

Now comes the time to get down to the critical brass tacks: choreography and acting quality surpassed my (rather nonexistent) expectations. A standout was Caroline Bowman, the actress portraying The Lady Of The Lake. Her singing abilities were amazing. No hyperbole. Sound quality was excellent but perhaps I am a bit naive to theater sound expectations; my ears have been repeatedly raped by various metal acts. All lyrics were understandable and crystal clear. The stage-sets were faithful to the designs of the movie, all the way down to their intentional flaws. In fact, the only critical grenade I can lob is at Miller Auditorium for their seating. The seats are pretty awful, even for my slender buttocked frame.

Confession time; I am not the world's largest Monty Python fan and I am most definitely NOT a musical theater kind of gentleman. Despite involvement with the high school drama team and my family's well-meaning patronage of the playhouse on several occasions throughout my childhood, the theater just isn't for me. Musicals in particular. Did Spamalot's wily charm convert me into a season ticket holder? Well, no. But thanks to a generous friend with an extra ticket I was able to give it a try. I left Miller after having a genuinely good time due to the quality of the cast and humor. I highly doubt I would have been able to say the same had the show been one of the many interminable musicals that have graced the stage at Miller in the past.

The Kalamazoo dates have all concluded, but Monty Python's Spamalot is playing several nearby dates if you're interested in attending.

We're new wave. And old school.

This podcast marks the 5th installment of the Hitchhiker's guide. We keep stating this as a reminder to our listeners of course, but its mostly for us so we have a way of making sure we don't repeat any episodes.

Spring break is upon us. Enjoy your breaking.

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Computers are slowing us down.

The studio computers are terrible. Sooooo terrible. I haven't seen keyboards this sticky since 10th grade.

This podcast marks the 4th episode of the Hitchhiker's Guide series.

Thanks to Jon in Ann Arbor for the excellent requests; the Eddie Murphy request satisfied our G.A.P.E.S. requirement for the night. And our creepy requirement.

Harvey has midterms, so this will be the end of the typing.

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Final exam time: Who has the best show on WIDR named The LAN Party2.0?

If you answered the above question correctly, give yourself a pat on the back. You're in the right place.

Exam week can be hellish. DJ Gun Rack is living a technicolor nightmare. Harvey Mushman is enduring yet another barrage of criminal justice essays.
Given the circumstances this week, the show went amazingly well. No one was shot outside the studio, no DJs were outed as having false credentials, and the show didn't have a narrow focus on any one music style. Damn fine broadcasting.

Stay tuned for next week's show, the annual LAN Party Xmassacre!

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- Harvey Mushman.

G.A.P.E.S. around town

Some hoodlum has been placing these about campus. See if you can find the rest!

Great Calls of Fire

Thanks to all the callers! We had so many requests, we didn't have time to even
google some of them let alone find screen/play them all. We did get
several calls excited beyond our wildest dreams about the impromptu
excerpt from Bertrand Russell. If you would like to hear more you can
find the entire book on Archive.org or if their search is down,
beemp3.com. Thanks again for listening and here is the podcast.



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Sincerely,
Harvey Mushman and DJ Gun Rack

Where Da Students Be At?

No one called us, and we can only assume that is because we played exactly what everyone wanted to hear, and or everyone changed stations like the moment we hit the air, one of the two.

Here is the show in case you tuned out uh on accident.



http://www.archive.org/details/TheLanParty2.009-08-1089.1FmWidrKalamazoo

Tanks for listing.

Yours truly,
DJ Stingy Crotch and Dr. Listless Dickels

The Sandy Vagina Show

http://www.archive.org/details/TheLanParty2.008-18-1089.1FmWidrKalamazoo




A caller today threw vinegar at us, unfortunately this solidified our resolve that the update we recently installed was the right move. The show was getting slow, our cache was filling up with vats of dirty sponges. We decided to take the plunge, we inserted the dick sorry I mean disc into the slot and away we went. We are now faster and less Derivative and if you can't handle it then perhaps you should just throw out those Roger Waters Pink Floyd albums, or Perhaps Division Bell should be thrown out, because you're a purist and only Syd Barret will do. Well we enjoy all three periods of Pink Floyd so I feel like if you accept that this is Radio Evolution, not Radio Status Quo, then perhaps the current phase isn't for you, but it's better than staying the same for us.

Sincerelly,

DR.OXEN & DJ Passive Progressive

Rushin' around

Hey all you Kalamazoo residents! Wanna check out an awesome band that has no resemblance to the current shite on top 40 radio?

Russian Circles will be at The Strutt on thursday, Aug. 12th. Doors at 8pm, show at 9pm. The band was scheduled to play at The Strutt over the winter but were forced to cancel due to a pathetic excuse for a blizzard that made people scared of driving for no good reason. I may or may not still be upset about this.
Tickets are only 12 dollars if you buy them in person, 15 if you buy them online. Why the tickets cost more online is a mystery I will likely never solve without first getting really pissed off about the gall of most companies but I will admit that it's better than the nearly doubling of the ticket price that ticketmaster gouges out of it's customers (this doesnt make it acceptable, just better than ticketmaster).

Anyhoo, I shall be there with my ladyfriend and most likely a few other comrades. Yes, I do have a ladyfriend despite the myriad factors suggesting otherwise. My co-DJ may also attend if he has the time. I will try to convince him.

As always, the radio show will air on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. This week will be installment #2 of our new format. I've finally been putting my new fancy computer to good use and made a few liners and promos for the show. Keep an ear out for these little gems interspersed with the music.

- DJ Water Buffalo (formerly Fidel michaelangelo starscream podcastro)

Kalamazoo disc jockeys dead after apparent suicide-by-cop

[Flagstaff, Az] Kalamazoo Disc Jockeys Fidel and Raul Podcastro (no relation) were killed in an apparent suicide-by-cop scheme on Highway US40 in the early hours of Thursday morning. The two Michigan residents embarked on a non-stop trip heading west to California following the broadcast of their radio show, The LAN Party, on Western Michigan University's independent station, 89.1fm WIDR. The men departed Kalamazoo at approximately 3:00a.m. Wednesday morning after posting the podcast of that night's show to their website. Heading westbound on US40 between Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona State Police stopped the vehicle at a citizenship checkpoint. The men failed to produce any legal documents whatsoever. Background checks were duly made. Homeland Security confirmed that the two men were illegal aliens that operated under the ruse of upstanding citizenry while evading immigration officers. Once realizing their gambit was lost, the men fled the scene at a high rate of speed. Police engaged the suspects and employed the PIT Maneuver in an attempt to stop the fleeing vehicle. The maneuver was unsuccessful but apparently enraged the two fleeing DJs so much that they stopped their car and engaged police in a gunfight. Officer Harold "Harry" Sweatback was killed in the interaction. Following the exchange, the men again fled the scene and continued heading west on US40. Roadblocks were set up outside of Flagstaff in anticipation of the speeding car reaching the city. Tire spikes laid across the road were able to deflate the tires on both the suspect's car as well as the police cruisers behind them. The resulting loss of control of all vehicles involved led to a collision that caused the vehicles to roll. While upside down in a ditch, Fidel and Raul again engaged police with firearms until both suspects were shot and killed. Toxicology reports made on-scene suggest nothing out of the ordinary. An autopsy is to follow later in the week.
Initial time-line construction suggests that the two men stole a 1969 Dodge Charger on Tuesday evening after tricking the owner into letting them take the collector vehicle on a test drive. Owner of the vehicle, Paul Boognish, responded to our reporter: "Yep, theys [sic] drove off with my baby. Mite sad, it is. Oh well, I was too depressed to drive it these days anyway, what with the economy and the oil spill and all ." After departing Kalamazoo, the two carjackers headed west in an apparent attempt to beat all known distance-time records set between Michigan and California. The stolen Charger was selected for it's capacious gas tank as well as it's timeless style and accelerative properties. Credit card receipts from gas stations suggest that the car stopped less than 6 times before reaching Arizona and their subsequent death. The men placed several calls to friends and family members while eluding the police. All witnesses contacted by our reporter suggest that the two felt no remorse for their actions. Friend Nate Ditka adds: "Doesn't surprise me. Those two were in this country on expired student visas and were looking for a way out. Oh, and they were into gay shit, too."
More news to follow on this development as more information is released by the police and the medical examiner.

Kalamazoo River Sextape tribute episode

The LAN Party continues in it's established tradition of being the best show on WIDR titled The LAN Party. The Kalamazoo river thanks you. Also included is the second installment of the Reggae Revolution. Fear not, for Selector Jonathan will be back next week to resume the mantle.




http://www.archive.org/details/ReggaeRevolution7-27-10




http://www.archive.org/details/TheLanParty07-28-1089.1FmWidrKalamazookalamazooRiverDeathTribute

Two Dicks Slathered in OIL!
Fildee & Rugula