Happy Halloween! (and R.I.P. Robert Goulet)

Today at 3pm, several student DJs will be getting together to do a series of dramatic readings of one of the most profound and well-known gothic poets of our age - Glenn Danzig. Join us TODAY on "The Electric Blue Watermelon" for a poetry reading that will with out a doubt be sinister in nature and questionable in content.

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Robert Gerard Goulet, 1933 - 2007.

This isn't some winking irony bit. This is legitimate. I really liked Robert Goulet. He always seemed really nice, funny, and most importantly, self-deprecating. He was a man who could make retired grandma's forget about menopause and scream like prepubescent girls. He was also a man who could, with one well-hit note, make panthers purr. Seriously, the guys voice was like melted sex. White sex, sure, but sex just the same.

In his later years, he played engagements in Vegas, private parties for wealthy retirees, spoke out about prostate cancer, casted himself in some now classic commercials ("The two sweetest words in the English language after chorus girl — college hoops,") , played himself on "The Simpsons," and was immortalized by a now overly quoted Will Farrell impression.

Anyway, without getting too ridiculous here (because I know no one is going to take the seriously, which is fine), the thing that I always really liked about Robert Goulet is that he didn't care what you thought about him. And that, I guess, makes him pretty cool in my book.

Radio 200

1 BLACK DICE Load Blown Paw Tracks
2 FILM SCHOOL Hideout Beggars Banquet
3 OLD TIME RELIJUN Catharsis In Crisis K
4 GANG GANG DANCE Rawwar Social Registry
5 CARIBOU Andorra Merge
6 M83 Digital Shades, Vol. 1 Mute
7 CHARALAMBIDES Likeness Kranky
8 MUM Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy Fat Cat
9 MAGIK MARKERS Boss Ecstatic Peace
10 PREFUSE 73 Preparations Warp
11 MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS you in honey friendly noise
12 STUDIO Yearbook 1 Information
13 THE MAYBELLES leavin' town little red hen
14 BIRD NAMES wooden lake/sexual diner unsound records
15 BLACK LIPS Good Bad Not Evil Vice
16 AKRON/FAMILY Love Is Simple Young God
17 OM Pilgrimage Southern Lord
18 WOODEN SHJIPS Wooden Shjips Holy Mountain
19 LES SAVY FAV Let's Stay Friends Frenchkiss
20 GRAVENHURST Western Lands Warp
21 JAPANTHER Skuffed Up My Huffy Tapes
22 SIC ALPS Description Of The Harbour awesome vistas
23 MV AND EE WITH THE GOLDEN ROAD Gettin Gone Ecstatic Peace
24 AFROMOTIVE Scare Tactics Harmonized
25 DEVENDRA BANHART Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon XL-Beggars
26 YASUSHI MIURA STEPS Karidome
27 VAGIANT public display of infection self-released
28 HAUNTED GEORGE Pile O'Meat Hook Or Crook
29 SCOUT NIBLETT This Fool Can Die Now Beggars
30 COPAL eso terra copal

Radio 200 Adds

1 BLACK DICE Load Blown Paw Tracks
2 GANG GANG DANCE Rawwar Social Registry
3 THESE ARE POWERS Terrific Seasons Hoss
4 WHITE RABBITS Fort Nightly Say Hey
5 LONEY, DEAR Sologne Rebel Group
6 MUSCLES Guns Babes Lemonade Modular

ZBC Charts 10/22

Radio 200

1 WOODEN SHJIPS Wooden Shjips Holy Mountain
2 FILM SCHOOL Hideout Beggars Banquet
3 CIRCLE Katapult No Quarter
4 MODESELEKTOR Happy Birthday! Bpitch Control
5 MUM Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy Fat Cat
6 APPARAT Walls Shitkatapult
7 PSYCHIC TV Hell Is Invisible... Heaven Is Here
8 SIGNAL TO TRUST Golden Armour Modern Radio
9 HEALTH Health Lovepump United
10 ATHLETIC AUTOMATON A JOURNEY THROUGH ROMAN'S EMPIRE Skin Graft
11 PRINTS Prints Temporary Residence Limited
12 CLIPD BEAKS Horse Lords lovepump
13 JAPANTHER Skuffed Up My Huffy Tapes
14 GRAVENHURST Western Lands Warp
15 YASUSHI MIURA Eternal Clash Karidome
16 ANGELS OF LIGHT We Are Him Young God
17 KINSKI Down Below It's Chaos SUB POP
18 BLACK LIPS Good Bad Not Evil Vice
19 FEU THERESE Constellation
20 VAMPIRE HANDS Virgin Dust/American Lips
21 PREFUSE 73 Preparations Warp
22 YIKES Whoa Comas/Blood Bomb Kill Shaman
23 STRINGS OF CONSCIOUSNESS Our Moon Is Full Central Control
24 M83 Digital Shades, Vol. 1 Mute
25 DIRTY PROJECTORS Rise Above Dead Oceans
26 GULF Chinatown self released
27 BRING BACK THE GUNS Dry Futures Feow
28 HEAVY That Kind Of Man Counter
29 PEOPLE Misbegotten Man I And Ear
30 M.I.A. Kala Interscope

No Adds this week -hey man it happpens, get over it
but the new prints, black dice, and gang gang dance CDs are pretty delicious

WZBC is Singularity Stupid

Recently, WZBC has received several phone calls from "Dr." Gene Ray, master electrician, marbles enthusiast, and founder of the Time Cube theory of life. During our conversations, Dr. Gene Ray has contended that we, WZBC, have hacked his website and have redirected all the traffic to YouTube. He has also threatened legal action.

He states on his website:

"Now, Boston College WZBC
has a link on my Time Cube
Site - highjacking it to the
YouTube Site - doing great
harm to a site I have nutured
over 10 years on the web, and
at a personal cost of several
hundred thousands of dollars."

Given that the last time WZBC had any contact with Dr. Gene Ray was when one of our DJs conducted an interview with him in the fall of 2005, this claim is highly dubious, and in reality, flat out false. But should there be any further doubt as to our hand in the matter, let me help kill those doubts.

WZBC DID NOT HIJACK GENE RAY'S SITE. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO DID IT. OK GENE RAY? JUST LEAVE US ALONE YOU BIG JERK.

Concert Report

Until the link at wzbc.org is fixed, the WZBC concert report can be accessed directly by clicking here.

Charts 10/8

Radio 200

1 MUM Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy Fat Cat
2 VARIOUS ARTISTS Boston Underground 1979-1982 Moulty
3 IRON AND WINE The Shepherd's Dog SUB POP
4 FENNESZ/SAKAMOTO CENDRE Touh
5 AKRON/FAMILY Love Is Simple Young God
6 SIR RICHARD BISHOP Polytheistic Fragments Drag City
7 LETTERS LETTERS* Letters Letters Type
8 WOODEN SHJIPS Wooden Shjips Holy Mountain
9 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Strawberry Jam Domino
10 CARIBOU Andorra Merge
11 GHOST In Stormy Nights Drag City
12 POLYETHYLENE What Goes On Inside Houses Optimistic
13 MAGIK MARKERS Boss Ecstatic Peace
14 UZ JSME DOMA Cod Liver Oil SKODA
15 KINSKI Down Below It's Chaos SUB POP
16 SIC ALPS Description Of The Harbour awesome vistas
17 YASUSHI MIURA Eternal Clash Karidome
18 GNAC The Arrival Of The Fog LTM
19 YO-YO MA/KATHRYN STOTT La Belle Epoque
20 FRIDGE The Sun Temporary Residence
21 TRISTAN DA CUNHA Instanter
22 VARIOUS The Portable Supersound Smalltown Supersound
23 MICKEY HART AND ZAKIR HUSSAIN Global Drum Project Shout! Factory
24 ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI Places Like This Polyvinyl
25 DEVENDRA BANHART Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon XL-Beggars
26 FIRE ENGINES Hungry Beat Acute
27 GRAND OLE PARTY Humanimals DH
28 BLACK LIPS Good Bad Not Evil Vice
29 HEALTH Health Lovepump United
30 HRSTA Ghosts Will Come And Kiss Our Eyes Constellation

Radio 200 Adds

1 LETTERS LETTERS* Letters Letters Type
2 SIR RICHARD BISHOP Polytheistic Fragments Drag City
3 HEALTH Health Lovepump United
4 YASUSHI MIURA Eternal Clash Karidome
5 IRON AND WINE The Shepherd's Dog SUB POP

WZBC Presents: Countdown + 2 Featured DJs at River Gods

This Thursday, October 10 - and the 2nd Thursday of every month
WZBC Presents a monthly countdown + 2 featured DJs at River Gods
Countdown from 10-11 p.m. - WZBC's favorite tracks from our favorite discs of the previous month
Featured DJs this Thursday:
8:30 - 10: DJ Phader Playing chopped up bits that provoke whiskey soaked lips to
mutter, " I remember when..."

Jess: Close your eyes and imagine an "80s Night"...if you're thinking
"gag me with a spoon!" then get stoked. She will be spinning her
favorite punk rock, post-punk, and only-slightly-cliche nostaglia from
1979-1990. Hot pants are discouraged.

21+, no cover
kitchen closes at 10, bar closes at 1
125 River Street near Central Square

Upcoming Live In-Studio

On Sunday, October 21, three members of local music collective Euphony Groove will be stopping by ...it came from the east from 4-5 p.m. The band will be playing a live set featuring the ney, guitar, percussion, and bouzouki, talking about their modern use of ancient instruments, and upcoming shows in the region. Tune in for original and improvised sounds of the near & far east. For more info, contact itcamefromtheeast [at] gmail.com.

Welcome to the WZBC Blog!

Hey folks,

This is our new blog. We're pretty excited about it. Hopefully there will be some sick content up here soon. In the meantime, allow me to show you the cover of our Fall 2007 program guides, which was lovingly crafted by our Publicity Director David Dekeyser, with special help from SaxHorse.

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- Nick