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Trouble for the Billy Mitchell King of Kong Hour of Song...

There's a new DK champ in town, kiddos.

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Might be time for a rename? ;)


Lovingly,
Natalie

Last Week's Unnamed Playlist

Last week Alex was in Vegas with Nick and Dr. Barnett for the BEA conference, so the show was left with Eric and I. We invited some friends up to help us out, and we had a pretty good time.
We were visited by Nick Welsh of the Billy Mitchell King of Kong Hour of Song, and he helped us pick some songs.
Eric left early to get some homework done (finals week, ya know) so Rachel Keyser came and helped me finsh up the show.

In case ya missed it, here's the playlist. Enjoy!

Regina Spektor - "Us"
Spoon - "I Turn My Camera On"
Ted Leo and the Pharmasicts - "Timerous Me"
The Bird and the Bee - "Polite Dance Song"
The Veronicas - "Untouched"

The White Stripes - "Doorbell"
William Shatner - "Common People"
Voxtrot - "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters and Wives"
The National - "Fake Empire"

Lykke Li - "I'm Good, I'm Gone"
M.I.A. - "Paper Planes"
Mark Ronson - "Oh My God (feat. Lily Allen)"
Mates of State - "For the Actor"
The Go! Team - "Junior Kickstart"

Rachael Yamagata - "Sidedish Friend"
Peter, Bjorn & John - "Let's Call it Off"
The Cardigans - "Your New Cuckoo"
Johnny Cash - "There You Go"
The Proclaimers - "500 Miles"

Kate Nash - "Foundations"
Scissor Sisters - "Laura"
Siouxsie and The Banshees - "Hong Kong Garden"

K.T. Tunstall - "Other Side of the World"
Ben Lee - "Catch My Disease"
Okkervil River - "Lost Coastlines"
Flight of the Conchords - "Foux de fa fa"

Thanks everyone!
Only one more show left, tonight at 8pm on Bellarmine Radio!

-Natalie

BEA Vegas Day 4-1/2, 5, Going on 6

We attended a session about integrated media, the web, and internet radio on the last day of the conference. We also met a professor from Western Kentucky University involved with their student radio station. The conference was a great networking opportunity and it allowed us to see what other schools are doing.

All in all this trip has been a great experience. We learned valuable information about new media, we are inspired and full of new ideas, and using this conference as a benchmark, we feel really good about where we are and how far we have come.

Here's the sad part of the story. Due to mechanical issues, our flight was cancelled after numerous delays. As a result, Alex and I will be missing finals on Monday and will have to reschedule them for later in the week. But we get a bonus night in Vegas if that's any consolation.

Sad part number two. We are exhausted. We are now bunked in a Super 8 motel, and we lost more money in Vegas. However, the Super 8 that we are staying in is "The Largest Super 8 in the World" so that's kinda cool.

Can't wait to wake up at 4:00 AM so we can catch our flight in the morning. Be sure to catch us sometime next week and we'll tell you all about the BEA and LV Nevada.

Peace.

-Nick

A Word of Caution for the Vegas Guys

Stumbled onto this (not with the application Stumble, but by hitting 'random' on Explosm. Hopefully it's not too little too late. ;)

Update on Billy Mitchell King of Kong Hour of Song: Summer Show, Dance Show during Finals.

Greetings! Nick here, from the Billy Mitchell King of Kong Hour of Song! I wanted to let you guys know that The BMKoKHoS WILL continue during the summer, same day, same time! I believe the Sparky Bunny Honey Party Power Hour will air after my show, so tune in to check it out!

Unfortunately, Jess won't be able to host with me most of the time, as she will be in her hometown of Evansville most of the summer, with the exception of London for a study abroad program for a month.

I'm gonna try to have a guest host every week, some from the radio, some of my friends from high school or college, etc.

Have a good finals week and don't forget to tune in this week, as we will be having a super fun dance show, with such hits as Sandstorm playing! Check it out!

BEA Vegas Day 3

As we near the end of our trip I have come to the conclusion that time and space do not exist in Las Vegas. The architecture is very strange. Nothing seems real, everything is a replica of something else, you see the same 10-12 mega resorts on the horizon no matter where you go, there are no clocks in the casinos, and the signage is oddly placed literally blocks away from the actual location of the places that they represent. I never know where I am or what time it is, but I guess none of that matters in Vegas.

Oh well...let's get to the nuts and bolts.

Today we slept in until 10:00am. That's 1:00pm back in Louisville, KY. We also had muffins for breakfast, which is ironic because I have this weird dilemma where I can't stand the sound of the word muffin. I'm not sure why, I think I just needed to have a word to hate and that happened to be the one I settled on.

But I was able to conquer my fear in the process of ordering. Soon afterward we split up and played the field by attending two sessions within the same time frame. I went to a session about crowd sourcing:cheap content for a media-manic age while Alex and KB wend to a session about media promotion and social networking. Then we ate lunch at Chipotle and spent the rest of the day at the BEA. At the conference we also learned what other schools are doing in terms of opening the door to the integrated media lab. Meanwhile, Dr. Barnett went to a panel about integrity versus 'good' radio. We had some good conversations afterward about the things that we learned.

Tomorrow is the last day of the Conference. Check back for more on Saturday's events. Tonight we roam the city. I'll let you know if we get into any trouble.

BEA Vegas Day 2

I'm already a day behind but we are already a day in and the conference has been great. We found out that our hotel is only two blocks from the convention center so we were able to walk and we had an awesome yogurt and granola breakfast. We attended several sessions throughout the day including a panel discussion on the benefits and potential of internet radio. We also attended a panel about creating partnerships with other media companies called "Running with the Big Dogs" and we sit in on a panel about the evolution of social media and ethical concerns regarding its use.

We also got to see the main strip in Vegas tonight. Oddly enough, we came to find out that we would have been able to see it last night if we had walked out the other side of the building that we ate last night. We saw the water show at the Belagio and we also visited Hard Rock Cafe and The Mirage. Vegas is a happening town in certain places.

Luckily I haven't lost any money yet to the slot machines, but that's probably because I haven't played. Oh well, there's always tomorrow. Nonetheless, It's been a long day but a good one and I can't wait for tomorrow.

BEA Vegas Day 1

We arrived in the city of Vegas at approx. 10:40pm EST. As soon as we stepped off the plane we were blasted with a swell of warm air. The airport was dimly lit and neon lights accented every sign at every corner. But I didn't waste much time looking around because I'd spent the past four hours wedged against the window seat of an aircraft hoping my bladder wouldn't explode.

After hiking across the labyrinth that was the airport, we made our way outside and flagged down a cab. Our driver was from Russia. Nice guy. Expensive ride, but still a nice guy.

Nonetheless, we finally made it to 3500 Paradise Road, home of the Best Western Mardi Gras, which will be our home for the next four days. We then proceeded to check in and crammed into a dingy elevator that made Petrik's elevator look like a something out of a fairy tale.

The weight of our bags made the walk seem more daunting than it really was, but we eventually made it to our suite. However, we were unable to stay for very long because we were all had a dire need to feed.

And so, we flipped through the local directory only to find nothing of importance and hit the streets in search of somewhere to nom. After passing by six scantly built newsstands filled with "pleasure" magazines and following the monorail for a good 15 minutes we decided to stop. I don't even remeber the name of the hotel we went into, but we followed the pretty sign to nowhere and went inside. It was here that we settled on an Italian restraunt.

After a good meal and a good talk we hoofed our way back to Paradise Road following the spectacle of sad side walks. It was almost like we were walking through an abandoned theme park filled with strippers, minus the strippers.

Anyhow; we made it back to our cove safe and sound and here I am writing to you...slipping in an out of what may turn into a comma while I watch the world throw their money away and I prep for an early wake up call.

Check back soon. I'll keep you posted on all of tomorrow's events here at the BEA in Las Vegas. Until next time, this is Nick signing off.

-Nick Mattingly

New Directors

It is my pleasure to announce the Bellarmine Radio 2009-2010 team of directors.

• Station Manager-Nick Mattingly
• Production Director-Bob Lowrey
• Program Director-Alex Koch
• Director of Public Relations-Whitney Cecil
• Director of Digital Media-Natalie Fisher
• News/Sports Director-Austin Silver

We have had a great year and a great semester. I would like to send a special thanks to everyone that helped take Bellarmine Radio to new heights in 2008-2009.

I would like to extend my thanks to Donnie, who has been our station manager for the past 2 years and Justin who served as News/Sports Director this past year. Both will be graduating this may and we wish them the best of luck!

I'd also like to give a shout-out to Justin, Dave, Chuck Lightnin', Jill and all of those involved on the news crew. Reed especially for making athletics an important part of our programming as well as all of the DJs including: Austin, Dan, Sharayah, Nick Welsh, Jess, Justin, Donnie, Nate, Whitney, Alex, Natalie, Eric, Bob and of course...Sparky.

We had more live programming this year than ever before with 10 shows that aired weekly, and we set a new record for listernship during the NCAA Division II Mens Basketball Playoffs with over 644 unique IP addresses logged, which caused our server to crash (not a problem you want to have, but a feat in and of itself).

We brought over 18 artists to campus this past year as part of our concert series, we had an interview with The Dropkick Murphys and the makers of Red vs. Blue. We hosted our first 24 hour broadcast marathon and we greatly increased our visibility on campus.

I'm sure there's more that I have left out, but I cannot begin to say enough about how good this year has been and how much we have accomplished. Thanks again to everyone that participated in Bellarmine Radio: Directors, Staff, DJs, Friends, and anyone that tuned in wherever you may be.

I look forward to next year and I hope to build upon this past years success.

Best,

Nick Mattingly
Bellarmine Radio
Station Manager
nmattingly01@bellarmine.edu
(270)945-0106

I'm on a roll with The Unnamed Show

I figured with my first Post to the Bellarmine Radio Blog under my belt, nothing was stopping me from giving you our playlist from last night's episode. Both Natalie and Eric were back, with the show firing on all cylinders. Our regular trio was accompanied by my 10-year-old brother CJ, who had a heavy influence on this week's show. Who knows, he might follow in his brother's footsteps... Here's the playlist.


Phoenix - “1901”
Foo Fighters - “Monkeywrench”
The Kooks - “Always Where I Need to Be”
Death Cab for Cutie - “No Sunlight”

Camera Obscura - “Lloyd, I’m Ready to be Heartbroken”
Bloc Party - “Like Eating Glass”
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - “Colleen”
Cheap Trick - “Surrender”

Jamie T - “If You Got the Money”
Curtis Mayfield - “Superfly”
My Morning Jacket - “Evil Urges”
Ben Folds - “Such Great Heights (Live Cover)"
Coconut Records - “Minding my Own Business”
Hot Hot Heat - “Talk With Me, Dance With Me”

MGMT - “Time to Pretend”
Sheryl Crow - “My Favorite Mistake”
Mott the Hoople - “All The Young Dudes”
Ra Ra Riot - “Can You Tell”
The Shins - “New Slang”

Los Campesinos! - “You! Me! Dancing!”
The B-52’s - “Rock Lobster”
Talking Heads - “Psycho Killer”

OK Zombie - “Brush Strokes”
Blitzen Trapper - “Wild Mountain Nation”
Calexico - “Ocean of Noise”
The Zutons - “Don’t Get Caught”

As always, thanks for listening.

The Unnamed Show Has Friends!

With last Wednesday being the first day of Easter Break, we were short two co-hosts at The Unnamed Show. Thankfully, the Bellarmine Radio faithful pulled through and helped Alex host a special, guest-filled, show in Natalie and Eric's absence. Here's the playlist.

VHS or Beta - Burn it Down
Harry Belafonte - Man Smart
Bloc Party - Signs
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

Death Cab for Cutie - Marching Bands of Manhattan
Matt and Kim - Daylight
Fountains of Wayne - Barbara H.
Hem and Eis - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? (Originally performed by She & Him)

Radiohead - 15 Steps
My Morning Jacket - Aluminum Park
Royal Trux - Esso Dame
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe in Anything
Flogging Molly - What's Left of the Flag

Miranda Cosgrove - About U Now

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Cardigans - My Favourite Game
Coconut Records - Minding My Own Business
The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba

Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
Garbage - Stupid Girl
Erin McKeown - Melody
Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer
Jack White & Alicia Keys - Another Way to Die
The National - Mistaken for Strangers

Elastica - Stutter
Cockpit - Mission to Rock

Thanks again to everyone who helped out! It was a blast.

Awesome Concert! You Know You Want To Go...

Anathallo with Chemic

Thursday, April 16 @ 7:30p.m. / 6:30 p.m. doors / $10 at door

http://www.the930.org/2009/04/09/anathallo-with-chemic/

The Unnamed Show

This week's show had some awesome music, and we hope you enjoyed it! Without anymore chatter here is the playlist:


Talking Heads-“Love is a Building on Fire”

David Bowie - “Young Americans”
Belle and Sebastian - “Judy and the Dream of Horses”
Sia - “The Girl You Lost To Cocaine”
Andrew Bird - “Fitz and Dizzyspells”

The Bad Plus -“Flim”
Kenna - “New Sacred Cow”
Stevie Wonder - “You Haven't Done Nothin’”
The Flaming Lips - “The W.A.N.D”

The Derek Trucks Band - “Get What You Deserve”
Death Cab for Cutie - “Crooked Teeth”
Bright Eyes - “Four Winds”
Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Bad Moon Rising”

Miniature Tigers - “The Wolf”
1990s - “See You At The Lights”
My Morning Jacket - “Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 1”
Travis - “Sing”

Meiko - “Boys with Girlfriends”
Of Montreal - “Suffer for Fashion”
Friendly Fires - “I'm Good I'm Gone”
LCD Soundsystem - “All My Friends”
Vampire Weekend - “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”

Matt and Kim - “Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare”
The Hollies - “Bus Stop”
Stereolab - “Cybele's Reverie”
Sondre Lerche - “No One's Gonna Come”