The nerd goes on the fritz as all the things that make the nerd break, and we re left with ancient plastic disc technologies. No worries we as ussual perservere.
Raul as ussual was late, but at least he finally showed up.
So bassically the ussual extra letters in words kind of show.
Next week more of the same or perhaps even less, depends on if you're drunk or not, I personally tend to think we sound better jacked up on sobriety, even if our jokes fall flat footed.
Goodbye for now.
Sincirellly,
Fidel and that Piece of Shit Raul McDinggleberry (J/K ;)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Oops.....
A caller made a request for a Tim Russ song. I was a forgetful Franklin and forgot to play the request. Tim Russ is one of our G.A.P.E.S. and is probably better known as Tuvok the Vulcan on Star Trek: Voyager. There are many actors and actresses from the Star Trek franchises that delve into music careers, Russ being one of them.
Please accept his music video as an apology!
Please accept his music video as an apology!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Unofficial tribute to Peter Steele.
We won't go into why we felt the need to tribute Peter, but you can read all about it by scrolling down. I hope we did him some justice.
We appologize for not playing Be My Druidess for the listener that requested it, we felt that "I'll do anything to make you come" could have been misconstrued as some vague veiled reference to female ejaculations and considering the FCC has no sense of humor and we are a very small radio station we tend to be submissive in this area, so we can keep doing something worthwhile with radio.
Raul & Fidel Sadcastros
Monday, April 19, 2010
Everything Dies
I run the risk of spouting off without an OK from Raul but I suspect that I can safely say I am speaking for both of us in regards to this matter.
While I would not argue that the group was nerdy in the typical ways, Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele passed away last week. Both Raul and myself were more affected by this than by the passing of other artists. Neither of us could be described as “goth” or “dark” but TON's music rose above labels and genres, having a deep impact on the evolution of our musical tastes. Both of us approach music in a manner that is much more weighty than those into music for casual enjoyment. To both of us, music is Serious Business! We wouldn't be working at WIDR, providing you with this show every week without the impact TON and other bands had on us throughout our lives.
I distinctly remember hearing the song “Love you to death” off their October Rust album and being completely floored. I was somewhere around the age of 13 or 14, which means I made my dad drive me to the store so I could buy the album that very day because I HAD TO HAVE IT. There was no question to the matter.The song still gives me goosebumps, the same goes for much of the rest of their catalog.
I can't speak for Raul when I say this next bit, but there are very few other bands that have made such a deep impact on the formation of my musical tastes. I suppose my age had something to do with that, being my formative years and such, but the fact still remains that they are one band within a handful of others that I still hold in very high regard and still listen to regularly in my adult life.
Another thing that impresses me is that their tone has remained very tasty throughout their discography. I'm sure Raul knows all the instrument info (as does the intarwebs if you really need to find out RIGHT NOW) but their guitar and bass distortion coupled with their drum sound is the perfect setup to compliment Steele's deep, subwoofer-rattling vocals. If I was a girl, I'd be wet with anticipation. For realsies. Rounding out the deal is the dark-humor themes found in their lyrics. I have LOL'd at many of their song's messages coupled with Steele's delightful Brooklyn accent.
You don't have to listen to the band or share our enthusiasm for their music just because I happened to have some sort of mental ejaculation when I heard them. What I do hope is that those of you who listen to music as fiercely as we do take a moment to listen to a song, album, or band that had a profound effect on you and consider what kind of far-reaching impact that music has had on your life.
As I said, without Raul and I sharing a deep appreciation for music its likely that we wouldn't be on the radio providing you with a show that (I hope) reflects our enthusiasm and exposes our listeners to new, interesting and independent music. Thanks for listening (and reading).
While I would not argue that the group was nerdy in the typical ways, Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele passed away last week. Both Raul and myself were more affected by this than by the passing of other artists. Neither of us could be described as “goth” or “dark” but TON's music rose above labels and genres, having a deep impact on the evolution of our musical tastes. Both of us approach music in a manner that is much more weighty than those into music for casual enjoyment. To both of us, music is Serious Business! We wouldn't be working at WIDR, providing you with this show every week without the impact TON and other bands had on us throughout our lives.
I distinctly remember hearing the song “Love you to death” off their October Rust album and being completely floored. I was somewhere around the age of 13 or 14, which means I made my dad drive me to the store so I could buy the album that very day because I HAD TO HAVE IT. There was no question to the matter.The song still gives me goosebumps, the same goes for much of the rest of their catalog.
I can't speak for Raul when I say this next bit, but there are very few other bands that have made such a deep impact on the formation of my musical tastes. I suppose my age had something to do with that, being my formative years and such, but the fact still remains that they are one band within a handful of others that I still hold in very high regard and still listen to regularly in my adult life.
Another thing that impresses me is that their tone has remained very tasty throughout their discography. I'm sure Raul knows all the instrument info (as does the intarwebs if you really need to find out RIGHT NOW) but their guitar and bass distortion coupled with their drum sound is the perfect setup to compliment Steele's deep, subwoofer-rattling vocals. If I was a girl, I'd be wet with anticipation. For realsies. Rounding out the deal is the dark-humor themes found in their lyrics. I have LOL'd at many of their song's messages coupled with Steele's delightful Brooklyn accent.
You don't have to listen to the band or share our enthusiasm for their music just because I happened to have some sort of mental ejaculation when I heard them. What I do hope is that those of you who listen to music as fiercely as we do take a moment to listen to a song, album, or band that had a profound effect on you and consider what kind of far-reaching impact that music has had on your life.
As I said, without Raul and I sharing a deep appreciation for music its likely that we wouldn't be on the radio providing you with a show that (I hope) reflects our enthusiasm and exposes our listeners to new, interesting and independent music. Thanks for listening (and reading).
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Yet another podcast for your enjoyment
Here it is, folks; another podcast for yo' ass!
Fidel is again alone as Raul continues to work on his graphic design homework and neglects the show. This keyboard in the studio is still quite the hunk of crap.
Download!
Have a good week,
Fidel Podcastro
Fidel is again alone as Raul continues to work on his graphic design homework and neglects the show. This keyboard in the studio is still quite the hunk of crap.
Download!
Have a good week,
Fidel Podcastro
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Sometimes I feel profane. NWS!!!!
This video, while old, never fails to give me a laugh. Very much NWS, but thats part of the reason I'm linking it. We can't say naughty words on the radio, gotta have an avenue to get it out of our system somehow. Enjoy. - Fidel Podcastro
p.s. - To the awesome dude, Joseph, who donated to WIDR during our show: your personalized LAN Party gift is closer to realization. Please allow us some more time, as the item will have to be shipped to us, then shipped to you.
p.s. - To the awesome dude, Joseph, who donated to WIDR during our show: your personalized LAN Party gift is closer to realization. Please allow us some more time, as the item will have to be shipped to us, then shipped to you.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
YAY!!! Its a new podcast!
Heres the podcast for 4-7-10:
Download
Fidel was lonesome tonight, what with Raul working on his homework. Having all the requests helped combat the thumb-twiddling. Enjoy!
p.s. - The keyboard I'm currently using to type this is a fucking piece of shit. Arghhhh! No wonder Raul gets mad when he uses this computer to make the podcast.
Download
Fidel was lonesome tonight, what with Raul working on his homework. Having all the requests helped combat the thumb-twiddling. Enjoy!
p.s. - The keyboard I'm currently using to type this is a fucking piece of shit. Arghhhh! No wonder Raul gets mad when he uses this computer to make the podcast.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
A Sagan Heavy Show!!! Well we think it's awesome.
http://www.archive.org/details/TheLanParty03-31-1089.1FmWidrKalamazoo
Interesting show, very varied, but then it is WIDR evolution not WIDR podunk conformity. Hope you enjoyed it, we promise to add some new excitment come this summer, so if you move back to wherever catch us on the webstream and or podcasts, and as always feel free throw requests at us.
Sincerely,
Fidel & Raul Prodcastro
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
The LAN Party your one stop solution for picking your own songs to listen to.
http://www.archive.org/details/TheLanParty03-24-1089.1FmWidrKalamazoo
Yes it's another show and another 2 hours you could of spent picking your own playlist, but you didn't and we appreciate it. Keep it up girls and guys.
By the way we may or may not be attending http://www.that1guy.com/events/kalamazoo-mi-the-strutt
We may or may not highly recomend it :)
Fidel and Raul
Friday, March 19, 2010
WIDR week Online Donational Spiel
I know using a phone is hard and I know coming out to cheap shows or cheap awesome movies can be hard so for all of you who don't enjoy leaving your domicile but still enjoy the soothing mellow/jarring sounds of WIDR you can give moneys online https://shopwmu.wmich.edu/ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=463&SINGLESTORE=true from the comfort of your own toilet if need be.
Few things I might of forgotten to mention on the air last week, WIDR DJ's are volunteers, which as far as I know is the only Radio Station in the area. This means that people show up every week and find new things and sometimes as I do, order CD's from across oceans just to have something new for the show, this happens because we really do love music. Some DJ's put on shows, some are sound techs at local venues, many are musicians themselves. Think of it this way, you can listen to a commercial radio station that every three songs or as they call it a BLOCK plays 5 commercials for things your don't give a shit about and wouldn't give your time of day if these same products were offered to you by a door to door salesman. Several radio stations in Kalamazoo are owned by Cumulus which as they boast them selves is the second largest radio conglomerate, notice how not once do they mention music in their opening extrusion.
WKFR-FM 103.3
WRKR-FM 107.7
WKMI-AM 1360
In their own words:
"Cumulus provides high-impact local marketing solutions in 68 metropolitan areas. We introduce businesses of all sizes to our communities of 14 million listeners via radio, digital media, targeted e-mail, and on-site promotions. These solutions help our customers build strong brands and tap into over $400 Billion of spending power."
I mean it's just a commercial telling other businesses how good they are at making commercials and spreading them. This is important, because now we know what the priority is, it's not the music, the music is the incentive for you to listen but it has nothing to do with creativity or finding new music or supporting local or independent artists, they play what is most popular to get the biggest audience of people who don't really care what they listen to but will get slowly brainwashed into buying furniture on presidents day. It's one long infomercial, and because they all have the same format, and formulaic approach, this means the DJ has very little choice as to the music that is played, if it's not on the playlist he cannot play it. If for example (Insert commercial DJ name here) heard an awesome song somewhere they can't bring it in and play it on the air, if it's not on the computer playlist which is prearranged he can't play it. He has limited ability to move things around far as order goes, but if someone calls in a request, he does a search and if you request the wrong Pink Floyd song from let's say Meddle instead of one of the albums that everyone knows, you are shit out of luck. I remember back in the day listening to commercial radio and requesting Black Sabbath songs from the first album, if it wasn't N.I.B. they wouldn't play it. At this time I would like to remind you that all these people are paid, but they serve no purpose except for telling you about events where they plan to try to sell you more things, If you wouldn't let someone in to your house to tell you about a great deal on furniture why would you turn on the radio that tells you the same thing?
Let's contrast this with WIDR, where the DJ's are volunteers and the only thing we want to sell you is new diverse music, and were quite passionate about it, we go out of our way to find your requests. We're also a community radio station, which basically means were your resource, if you don't like the music we play you can call in and if you really don't like it you can come apply and be a DJ, you don't have to be a student of any college. We bring shows to the area, we bring movies, all with the goal of showing you the other 99% of what's out there, because you get a very limited scope if you only listen to commercial radio. Like I mentioned on the air, when I listen to a commercial radio station I can guess the upcoming songs, because that's how predictable their playlists are, and I no longer discover any new music worth supporting there.
Even if you can't donate I just wanted to let you know how lucky we all are that WIDR exists as an alternative to the rabid monotony of these radio monopolies that are just machines for selling you shit that will break and you will throw away sooner than you may think.
Raul "The Scowl"
Few things I might of forgotten to mention on the air last week, WIDR DJ's are volunteers, which as far as I know is the only Radio Station in the area. This means that people show up every week and find new things and sometimes as I do, order CD's from across oceans just to have something new for the show, this happens because we really do love music. Some DJ's put on shows, some are sound techs at local venues, many are musicians themselves. Think of it this way, you can listen to a commercial radio station that every three songs or as they call it a BLOCK plays 5 commercials for things your don't give a shit about and wouldn't give your time of day if these same products were offered to you by a door to door salesman. Several radio stations in Kalamazoo are owned by Cumulus which as they boast them selves is the second largest radio conglomerate, notice how not once do they mention music in their opening extrusion.
WKFR-FM 103.3
WRKR-FM 107.7
WKMI-AM 1360
In their own words:
"Cumulus provides high-impact local marketing solutions in 68 metropolitan areas. We introduce businesses of all sizes to our communities of 14 million listeners via radio, digital media, targeted e-mail, and on-site promotions. These solutions help our customers build strong brands and tap into over $400 Billion of spending power."
I mean it's just a commercial telling other businesses how good they are at making commercials and spreading them. This is important, because now we know what the priority is, it's not the music, the music is the incentive for you to listen but it has nothing to do with creativity or finding new music or supporting local or independent artists, they play what is most popular to get the biggest audience of people who don't really care what they listen to but will get slowly brainwashed into buying furniture on presidents day. It's one long infomercial, and because they all have the same format, and formulaic approach, this means the DJ has very little choice as to the music that is played, if it's not on the playlist he cannot play it. If for example (Insert commercial DJ name here) heard an awesome song somewhere they can't bring it in and play it on the air, if it's not on the computer playlist which is prearranged he can't play it. He has limited ability to move things around far as order goes, but if someone calls in a request, he does a search and if you request the wrong Pink Floyd song from let's say Meddle instead of one of the albums that everyone knows, you are shit out of luck. I remember back in the day listening to commercial radio and requesting Black Sabbath songs from the first album, if it wasn't N.I.B. they wouldn't play it. At this time I would like to remind you that all these people are paid, but they serve no purpose except for telling you about events where they plan to try to sell you more things, If you wouldn't let someone in to your house to tell you about a great deal on furniture why would you turn on the radio that tells you the same thing?
Let's contrast this with WIDR, where the DJ's are volunteers and the only thing we want to sell you is new diverse music, and were quite passionate about it, we go out of our way to find your requests. We're also a community radio station, which basically means were your resource, if you don't like the music we play you can call in and if you really don't like it you can come apply and be a DJ, you don't have to be a student of any college. We bring shows to the area, we bring movies, all with the goal of showing you the other 99% of what's out there, because you get a very limited scope if you only listen to commercial radio. Like I mentioned on the air, when I listen to a commercial radio station I can guess the upcoming songs, because that's how predictable their playlists are, and I no longer discover any new music worth supporting there.
Even if you can't donate I just wanted to let you know how lucky we all are that WIDR exists as an alternative to the rabid monotony of these radio monopolies that are just machines for selling you shit that will break and you will throw away sooner than you may think.
Raul "The Scowl"
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