Amanda's Recs: Day in the Life

By: Amanda Norris, Chief Engineer

Hey Rock Lobsters. This week I thought I’d walk you through what has been my life soundtrack lately. What do you listen to when you’re taking six classes too many, spend a significant portion of your week selling drunk food at Wings Over until 3 a.m., and still need to make time for your friends, the occassional hopelessly collegiate moment, and the HBO show you’re currently addicted to? Apparently this:

Best Song to Study to: "Lulla" - Tinariwen

Best Song to Watch on the Idiot Box: Game of Thrones

Best Song to Cook Dinner to: "Sex Machine" - James Brown

Best Song to Have a Late Winter Porch Beer and Cigarette to: "Letters and Packages" - American Football

Best Song to Scream at the Top of Your Lungs While Driving on Backroads with Your Best Friend: "I'll Believe in Anything" - Wolf Parade

Best Song to Sling Chicken to: "Just a Friend" - Biz Markie

Best Song to Fall Asleep with Someone to: "Little Motel" - Modest Mouse

Best Song to Try to Find Funding for Study Abroad to: "Jerusalem" - Matisyahu

Best Song to Have an Existential Crisis to: "Saving Since September" - The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers

Best Song to Drive to a Camping Trip to: "Down in the Valley" - The Head and the Heart

Amanda's Recs: A New Chairwoman

By: Amanda Norris, Chief Engineer 

Comrades, Rock Lobsters and intrepid Googlers, welcome to my first ever Exec Rec posting. As Matt Wesley’s former protégé, I now make it possible for you to hear ACRN.com in all of its glory. Now, here’s some cool nonsense:

1. The Blues Begins. Mondays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. General Manager Ben Haager and myself kick off the ACRN DJ week with a radio show dedicated to the blues. Here’s some shameless plugs for it: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr.

2. I was lucky enough to come across this gem back in high school. This girl looks like she’s about 15, but I assure you she has killer pipes and guitar-picking prowess. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you a blues-infused Michael Jackson cover. Thank me later. 

3. The Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse. If you’ve been listening to the ACRN airwaves over the past few weeks you’ve probably heard this album (possibly in its entirety) a few times. That’s because it’s my go-to whenever I’m fixing technical difficulties. Sorry, Belle and Sebastian (our old “we’re fixing the station” hold music), but it was time for a change.

4. I’m Not There. This innovative film from back in 2009 portrayed my main man (Bob Dylan) as six different characters that all embody a different aspect of his legendary personality. This clip is really cool in particular because it gives you a good glimpse of the film as a whole. As a side note, the actor portraying Bob as the poetic and wry narrator incarnation in this scene is named Ben Whishaw and he has also portrayed the poet John Keats, whom I recommend as well.