Correction & News

This just in: it appears that the course I was scheduled for during Winter Term has been canceled. So it goes. After some departmental re-arranging, I've been reassigned. There's some info below.

Here's the bad news: it looks like the course is full. There's not much I can do about getting folks into the course at this point. I have also heard that Professor Bohnaker will dismiss the class on the first day, to let enrollment settle down before the course gets started.

HOWEVER, if you are interested in the course, and you are not currently enrolled, I suggest showing up and trying to get us to register you. Often there are a lot of people who drop and don't show up early on, and we may be able to fit you in anyway.

Thanks.

43875: UNST 254E: "Popular Culture" w/ William Bohnaker. TR, 14:30 - 15:15
(Main Session Course. So far, it looks like we're already full.)

43878: UNST 254F: "PC Mentor Session" w/ Cody Rich. T, 16:00 - 16:50
43877: UNST 254F: "PC Mentor Session" w/ Cody Rich. R, 16:00 - 16:50
43876: UNST 254F: "PC Mentor Session" w/ Cody Rich. R, 17:00 - 17:50
(The Accompanying Course that I'll be teaching. So far, it looks like we're already full.)

Teaching Assignment For Winter Term '11

I just found out what my Teaching Assignment will be for Winter Term 2011 at PSU. As there was much confusion at the beginning of the year as to what I would be doing in the classroom, now it seems that I will be stuck doing that same thing for the rest of the year. (Make me worry up front, then do nothing different for a full year.) So it goes. Here's the lowdown:

45861: UNST 212G: "American Studies: The 1930's" w/ Scott W. Parker. MW, 17:30 - 18:45
(Main Session Course. So far, it looks like we have 8 Students Registered.)

45862: UNST 212H: "AS: 1930's Mentor Session" w/ Cody Rich. M, 19:00 - 19:50
45864: UNST 212H: "AS: 1930's Mentor Session" w/ Cody Rich. M, 20:00 - 20:50
45863: UNST 212H: "AS: 1930's Mentor Session" w/ Cody Rich. W, 19:00 - 19:50
(The Accompanying Course that I'll be teaching. So far, it looks like I have 8 Students Registered in the first section.)

Scott and I have worked out a pretty sweet course for next term, after having spent this term fine-tuning the material we wanted to get through this term. Since it is an overview course, you won't be doing any in-depth historical research, nor will it be much like a typical history class. And Scott is usually an acting instructor, which means that we tend to focus on creative assignments, which involve some amount of theater sports. But you do writing weekly papers that engage with course material, and there are other larger assignments that do involve research. It's sort of a hodge podge of 1930's American History and Culture. Expect something about Hard Boiled Detective Fiction, Music and Film from the era, and other assorted bits and pieces. It's the way I roll.

If you are a PSU student, and need another Sophomore Inquiry Course, I recommend this one. Scott and I are a pretty good team.

This Week's Radio Update

Much like last week, this week's show was not recorded into the archive. So Episode 096: Thanksgiving Leftovers w/ Special Guest Co-Host, Will! is not available for download. I did manage to get a really poor digital recording, with heavy distortion. It was also not recording off of the proper output from the board. (It was from the cue channel.) So it is only for the desperate, and not for the squeamish. If you e-mail me I will forward you a link. But really, it is hard to listen to.

While we're on the subject: the KPSU.org archive is offline right now, which means that Blasphuphmus Radio is not available as a podcast for the time being. I will continue to do live shows on the webstream (http://kpsu.org/node/4855/High.m3u) for the time being, but unless you catch it live, there isn't a show. Back episodes are also not available until the archive is up and running again. Aside from the last two, I have recordings of all previous shows, and again will offer personal download links if you e-mail me.

A big shout-out goes to Daniel Menche, who I recorded Saturday morning for What's This Called? While the broadcast was not saved, his live performance was. I'll be re-airing it at some point soon, as it was quite good, and it was a shame that not many heard it. If you are going to be in the area, he will be performing at All Tomorrow's Parties, which should prove to be a really great show as it is curated by Animal Collective this year.

Another big shout-out goes to my special co-host, Will, who helped me provide two hours of non-stop rock Saturday afternoon. It had been far too long since he was on the air with me, and my New Year's resolution is to make sure we do this again, soon.

Hope all is well. I'll keep you posted when I have any news. Stay out of trouble.

No Episode 095 Download

Due to an unfortunate technical problem at KPSU this weekend, Episode 095 of Blasphuphmus Radio was not recorded, and was only available to those who listened live at 98.1 FM on the PSU campus, and at kpsu.org.

Hopefully, some of you caught it. And, if you by chance caught a recording of it too, I would love to hear it. But chances are, this one is lost to the ether. This was a two-for-one episode is some ways: it was the fifth installment of The Grumpy Punk, AND the fourth installment of Vinyl Solution. I may try to do a recreation of it someday, as it was a really fun show to DJ. But for the time being, I'll just have to let this one go.

Next week, tune in for a very special appearance by my good buddy Will. It's been almost a year since we teamed up for a radio show, and I think this one will be a doozy. It may even be another Grumpy Punk show. It just depends on how it all plays out.

See ya then.

Detective Dexter Roland, Private Investigator on KPSU.

This week, Blasphuphmus Radio has been taken over by Detective Dexter Roland, Private Investigator. Join him with Humphrey Bogart, The Pink Panther, Mr. Lucky, Mary Astor, Peter Gunn, Richard Diamond, Sidney Greenstreet, Pete - The King of Detectives, Frankie Machine, Richie Dagger and some genuine femme fatales for a two-hour presentation of The Maltese Falcon. Listen as Dexter rambles about skirts and twists, intermixed with edited selections of a 1946 radio adaptation of the popular film The Maltese Falcon.

http://archive.kpsu.org/node/35830: Hour 1
http://archive.kpsu.org/node/35831: Hour 2

Enjoy.

Noir

Tomorrow, November 12th, on Blasphuphmus Radio (from 1 - 3 PM), join replacement DJ Detective Dexter Roland, Private Investigator for a special retrocast of a 1946 episode of Academy Award Theater, presenting a fantastic radio adaptation of The Maltese Falcon, acted by Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sidney Greenstreet, all of whom acted in the well-known film version.

As if that weren't enough, Dex dug deep to locate a veritable montage of noir-themed music, from the fantastic Crime Jazz compilation, as well as essential tracks by Unwound, Henry Mancini, Elvis Costello, The Velvet Underground, and a host of others. Audience participation is happening at 503-725-5945.

Detective Dexter Roland Presents: The Maltese Falcon. Only on Blasphuphmus Radio.

The Black Cat & Other Frightening Tales

Join me from 1 - 5 PM tomorrow for a special extended edition of Blasphuphmus Radio, just in time for the Holidays!

That's right, tune in for a special re-telling of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Black Cat" (read by Diamanda Galás), mixed with Ed Wood samples, Vampires, Bob & Ray, Werewolfs, Lux & Ivy's Favorite Hits, Ghosts, a Mad Monster Party, a handful of Zombies, a trip to the Graveyard, and four hours of Halloween madness. It's everything you need to set your mood for the Halloween soiree in your future!

That's a Halloween Spook-tacular, only on Blasphuphmus Radio.

Moth Hunter & Knuckle Children! Live!

I've been packing in the guests lately, and this week is no exception. As promised, I bring you a rare appearance by a local Circuit Bender, and a reunion gig by an experimental duo that hasn't played together in years. All in the same, nearly two-hour performance, no less. It's just part of the magic we like to provide every week, in easy-to-swallow audio format. Ob-soive:

Episode 086: Moth Hunter & Knuckle Children, LIVE! (Hour 1)
Episode 086: Moth Hunter & Knuckle Children, LIVE! (Hour 2)
(Featuring a live performances by local audio experimentalists, Moth Hunter & Knuckle Children.)

Playlist & Footnotes.

Flickr Photoset.

It's cool when you can get different sounds out of radio that you don't normally get to hear. One of the things that makes me jealous about the kinds of shows that What's This Called? and Is This Music? have become is that this kind of thing is a little more par for the course. I'm glad to be able to feature something a lot more left of center when I can, this these guys both did the job justice.

At this moment I don't have any plans for next week, but on Monday I'll be running sound for a band on Anti-Apathy, and then again on Friday for Crank Sturgeon's Live Friday Appearance. Man, the radio really ramped up this week.

See ya in seven.

Wizard Rifle!

Man, this show was fan-fucking-tastic. Join me and Hogwash from Is This Music? as we host a live performance by an amazing local metal duo who love to magically blow us away. Ob-soive:

Episode 085: Wizard Rifle, LIVE! w/ Hogwash (Hour 1)
Episode 085: Wizard Rifle, LIVE! w/ Hogwash (Hour 2)
(Featuring a live performance by an amazing local band, Wizard Rifle!)

Playlist & Footnotes

Flickr Photoset

I love shows like this, and these guys were really fun to host on the air. I'm hoping to get them on the air again soon, as they are one of my fave local metal bands.

Next week: Moth Hunter and Knuckle Children, live in the studio! Hell yeah!

See ya in seven.

Media Team Update

News Just In:

We finally got the photos processed from the great on-air appearance on What's This Called? by Paco Jones from 11 September 2010. Paco was a lot of fun to work with, and these pictures give you a little insight into how he makes the strange and weird sounds that come out of his guitar.

Entire Photoset

Don't forget: Wizard Rifle tomorrow! I'm pretty stoked.