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- THANX to all the L!STENers who did not forget to tune in to our show again this semester!!! WE WILL BE BACK AGAIN NEXT SEMESTER!!!

It’s been a rough year – this summer should be one to relax, unwind…to chill. What better to accompany your restful time off than the relaxing yet groovy, loungey yet toe tapping, shoegaze yet dance-craze music of growing genre Chillwave.

Pioneered in the mid 2000’s, Chillwave or “Glo-Fi” music can be distinguished by artful use of effects processing, synthesizers, samples and loops giving it a vintage feel, similar to the Nu-Rave jams of the 1980’s. Don’t be surprised to see a laptop laying down foundations or hear dry vocals almost as if singing from a telephone. The Results: small groups pumping out big tunes. Jon Pareles of the NYTimes puts it best, “It’s recession-era music: low-budget and danceable.”

I’ve assembled the top tracks to play in the background of those beach parties, nature walks, lazy Tuesdays, campfires, and subway rides back from an internship…

• Mornin’ – Star Slinger

Some people wake up to cell phone alarms, others news radio. Wake up to this jam and the day will start off right. Crank it up while you make that cup of coffee and lounge on a balcony wearing just the bathrobe. If a smile does not come to your face, your money back.

LISTEN HERE: Star Slinger – Mornin

• Polish Girl – Neon Indian

Bump this beat in the car. You’re going out to pick up your friends for some shenanigans. The driving beat of this song captures and elicits excitement for all the tomfoolery you will perform today.

LISTEN HERE: polish girl

• To the lighthouse (Millionyoung Remix) – Memoryhouse

This track is misleading; while it implies beach games it should accompany day trips in the city. If you’re stuck interning during the day, play hookey once. Make sure it’s on the sunniest of sunny days. Use this track to assist in city must-dos: eating from street carts, running through the zoo, people watching in a park, or longboarding through SoHo.

LISTEN HERE:  to the lighthouse millionyoung remix memoryhouse

• It Is Not Meant To Be – Tame Impala

Lunch Break: meet up at the beach or backyard with the gang. Someone is grilling the summer lunch essentials while others are casually sipping Corona’s or PBR. Not a Keystone Day. Grab a Frisbee and join in on Kan Jam, lie back on a towel, or re-enact scenes from The O.C.

LISTEN HERE:  tame impala it is not meant to be

• Summer Holiday  – Wild nothing

I like this one as it’s got that early 90’s distant guitar sound, similar to Sonic Youth on a good day. Cue this track up when you’ve got time to kill. Make sure this time is spent either on the hill of a grassy knoll under the trees or in the back of an old-pickup truck. Either way you should be lying down and analyzing passing cloud formations.

LISTEN HERE: summer holiday wild nothing

• Marriage (Star Slinger Remix) – Gold Panda

Dusk is settling in on your busy day. This song plays underneath the setting sun, marking the transition from day to night. It’s warm out still and you’re on a blanket somewhere with a view. You start to think about where the night will take you and whose coming along for the ride.

LISTEN HERE: http://soundcloud.com/starslingeruk/gold-panda-marriage-star

• New Beat – Toro Y Moi

You’ve called your friends to meet at your place before the night begins. Throw this tasty jam as you doll yourself up, throw back a couple drinks, and try out your best pair o’ dancing shoes.

LISTEN HERE: http://soundcloud.com/carparkrecords/toro-y-moi-new-beat

• Lets Groove – Teen Daze

Summer party: getting slizard. Get this one on your iPhone for during the party when you sneak into the DJ booth when no one’s looking. Suddenly change that overplayed Avicii tune into a classic funk anthem with a modern chill twist to it. Double points if you play this song while wearing an Earth, Wind & Fire T-shirt.

LISTEN HERE: TeenDaze-LetsGroove

• Don’t Move – Phantogram

This summer is wrapping up and you’re realizing you are running out of time. Time for what? Time to finally make a move on Guy Cutie ___ or Girl Cutie ____.  This song cues instantly after it’s proved successful and you finally got the kiss from the biddie you’ve been digging on all summer. This will most likely happen on a pier under stars.

LISTEN HERE: http://soundcloud.com/asylanvalko/phantogram-dont-move

• Feel It All Around – Washed Out

A great summer chillwave anthem. Captures all the months best times in one track. You know those moments when you look around you and swear you’re in a movie? Yup, this jam is playing over top…always.

LISTEN HERE: Feel It All Around

Keep slurpin’ suckas!

Playlist:

1. Animal, Neon Trees
2. Love Sex Magic, Ciara ft. Justin Timberlake
3. Semi-charmed Life, Third Eye Blind
4. Over my Head (Cable Car), The Fray
5. Don’t Trust Me, 3OH3!
6. Black Horse & the Cherry Tree, KT Tunstall
7. 1983, Neon Trees
8. All the Small Things, Blink 182
9. Backstabber, K$sha
10. Suddenly I See, KT Tunstall
11. Kiwi, Maroon 5
12. Fairytale, Sara Barielles
13. Someone Like You, Adele

Keep Slurpin’ Suckas!

Playlist:

1. Dog Days are Over, Florence & the Machine
2. Ordinary Day, Vanessa Carlton
3. If Today was a Fairytale, Taylor Swift
4. Absolutely (Story of a Girl), Nine Days
5. The Worst Day Ever, Simple Plan
6. Clear as Day, Scotty McCreery
7. Tuesday, Five for Fighting
8. Super Bass, Nicki Minaj
9. Seven Days Without You, Teddy Geiger
10. One Day, Simple Plan
11. The Best Day, Taylor Swift
12. Better Days, Goo Goo Dolls

THEESatisfaction

Sounds Like: Shabazz Palaces, Erykah Badu, The Internet (I promise it’s someone from Odd Future)

It took a lot for me to finally listen to this duo compromised of Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White. Let that be a lesson to all of you, this band is a must listen if you like to straddle the line between rap, hip hop and indie music.

Their debut album, “AwE NaturalE” has already garnered a lot of positive attention, hinting towards how big they are going to become in the next year. Their single “QueenS” is by far one of my favorite new tracks right now, they manage to create a song that has rap, amazing vocals, and a little bit of an old time jazzy feel to it. At times this song even sounds like a disco that is being whispered in my ear. No, I do not know what that means, I just love it.

Unlike other songs of this genre, Irons and Harris-White make both the rapping and the singing stand out, neither one is background to the other. Because of this, the songs sound effortless and every instrument blends in perfectly. This music sounds a little like an homage to past R&B while at the same time looking towards a future. A sure must listen for anyone who claims to like any R&B at all!

- Began weak but finished strong!!! So many people tuned in tonight and showed us love & support…THANK YOU!!!

Video by Emma Shalaway

Its been awhile since I’ve done one of these, because I’m very busy (lazy), but I have been forced to do this podcast.  Only a couple weeks left of the semester and the show….so stay tuned…MUCH MORE TO COME

Lady Gaga – Poker Face

George Acosta featuring Men Without Hats – The Safety Dance (Original)
The Black Eyed Peas – Don’t Phunk With My Heart
DJ Khaled – Out Here Grindin’ feat. Akon, Lil Boosie, Plies, Ace Hood, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross
Spice Girls – Wannabe
Toto – Africa
Akon – Beautiful
Bubba Sparxxx – Ms. New Booty (feat. Ying Yang Twins and Mr. ColliPark)
Asher Roth – I Love College
Ludacris – What’s Your Fantasy
Peter Luts – What a feeling – Radio Edit
Train – Drops Of Jupiter
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
Wham – Wake Me Up Before You Gogo

Over the course of the semester, a lot of the inmates that were in my class have been released. Instead of my 20 person class, I’m now left will only 10 men. I should be sad, but now, I find myself engaging with the inmates on a personal level, we sometimes talk about music and movies. Randomly, we have arguments on the merits of a college education or on the spelling of library (though one inmate is persuaded it is spelled libary).

I am just as happy now as I was with a full class. New men keep on attending the classes, each new man further proves how nice these guys are. I have never felt threatened, or intimated by any of them, but rather am continually surprised at how badly they want to succeed. Sometimes when I’m writing about my volunteering, it sounds like I’m writing a love letter. I simply think it’s amazing that the people I teach with are willing to give these guys a second chance and that these inmates are looking for one.

Once again, anyone contact Jim Schechter and join the Cornell Prison Education Program. I promise it will give you a new perspective on life, teaching, and most of all, prison.

Keep Slurpin’ Suckas!

Playlist:

1. Ain’t No Other Man, Christina Aguilera
2. Cowboy Casanova, Carrie Underwood
3. Do it Well, J. Lo
4. Obsessed, Mariah Carey
5. Catch a Wave, The Beach Boys
6. No Surprise, Daughtry
7. Tonight, Tonight, Hot Chelle Rae
8. Touch My Body, Mariah Carey
9. Little Deuce Coupe, The Beach Boys
10. Funhouse, Pink
11. Rude Boy, Rihanna
12. U & Ur Hand, Pink

Keep Slurpin’ Suckas!

Playlist:

1. Blue Skies Again, Jessica Lea Mayfield
2. Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes
3. Jimmy Olsen’s Blues, Spin Doctors
4. White Houses, Vanessa Carlton
5. Blue Skies, Diana Degarmo
6. Singing the Blues, Randy Travis
7. White Bird, KT Tunstall
8. Blue Jeans, Jesse James
9. Shades of Blue, Nick Lachey
10. Blue Eyes, MIKA
11. Liquor Store Blues, Bruno Mars
12. Bluebird, Sara Barielles

- It has been TOO LONG since both of the DJ’s went on LIVE TOGETHER, so THANX TO ALL THE L!STENers who tuned into L!STEN tonight!!

Beach House

Sounds Like: Mazzy Star, Stevie Nicks

Okay, let’s just admit that I cheat a lot, and apply the term “Artist on the Rise” pretty loosely. Beach House have been pretty well known for the past couple of years, and even played Coachella the first time I went two years ago. This duo, compromised of French native, Victoria Legrand and Baltimore’s Alex Scally creates ethereal pop effortlessly.

When I first heard Legrand’s voice, I thought it was a man,though she has an amazing voice, Beach Houses’ music is not about the voice but about the all around dream like atmosphere they create. The album that really broke through into the music world, was their third album, “Teen Dream”. It is on this album that their particular brand of music is quite clear, or really “fuzzy”.

Their fourth album, “Bloom” hits stores May 15th, though I probably shouldn’t directly state this, I might have already listened to it. Their singles Myth and Lazuli sound exactly like the rest of the album, what Beach House does, they do best. There is not a song on the album that does not remind me of running in some random field with flowers in my head. I strongly urge anyone who loves music to give this duo a go, I promise there will be no regrets.

Keep Slurpin’ Suckas.

Playlist

1. Say, Ryan Cabrera

2. Tell Me You Love Me, Leela James

3. Don’t Tell Me, Michelle Branch

4. Kiss N Tell, K$sha

5. Tell Me ‘Bout it, Joss Stone

6. Say You’re Sorry, Sara Bareilles

7. Tell Her, Jesse McCartney

8. Talking to the Moon, Bruno Mars

9. Time to Say Goodbye, Simple Plan

10. Don’t Speak Liar, We the Kings

11. Say Goodbye, Katharine McPhee

On Tuesday, a handful of student groups gathered on Ho Plaza to promote the many ways in which they care for the Cornell community. Nate Treffeisen’12, Vice President of Outreach for the Student Assembly, spoke about the event’s growth from when it began 3 years ago. Then, it was a response to student suicides on campus, and a way to address the need for more visible student mental-health programs. Now, said Treffeisen, the event has expanded to include diversity and sustainability groups, such as Haven, the Women’s Resource Center, La Asociación Latina (LAL), the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI), the Asian & Asian American Forum (AAAF), and Big Red Bikes. Cornell Minds Matter, the Slope Day Planning Board, and Cornell EMS also took part in the event.

Treffeisen said the main point of the event was to lift students’ spirits, and different stress relieving activities were set up at a few of the tables. The SA representatives handed out sheets of bubble wrap while the Cornell Minds Matter table had bubble wands, stress balls, and a “Gratitude Mailbox” so students stopping by could write a thank you letter to anyone in the world. Other tables made food, such as the AAAF who handed out pieces of candy sushi.

The event occurred days before Cornell’s Spring Fest, a day which filled Ho Plaza with similar fun and silly activities, including a parachute that groups of students could play with, and entertainment from student performance groups on campus. The week’s festivities made it clear that the university and Cornell student groups are focused on student health, and as we head into finals season, it’s nice to know the many resources available.

To view a full gallery of the event and see more participating groups, check out our album in our photo section!

Arad’s design for Ground Zero took shape immediately after the attacks. A relatively new New Yorker in 2001, that breezy late-summer September day left Arad feeling of the city for the first time, and the communal mourning in Washington Square Park he experienced in the days following the attacks inspired his vision for a future Ground Zero where New Yorkers could interact and feel a sense of togetherness. His architectural musings were initially nothing more than a cathartic form of self-reflection, but by 2004 he had become serious about designing an open, public space that would be “in the city but not of the city.” The design itself was impressive and the plan ambitious, but the numerous delays and cost overruns—that so incensed New Yorkers and Americans alike—became the focus of the building process, and much criticism was aimed at Arad himself. He explained that the hiccups were simply unavoidable due to the massive amounts of outside influence wrought upon him and his team through every stage of the process. He repeatedly met with Mayor Bloomberg and victims’ relatives to field their suggestions and complaints, which were to thwart many of Arad’s more specific design instincts. Arad’s initial concept was criticized as being too stark and empty, and he was urged to update it with more foliage and green space; he also fought a losing battle to keep the victims’ names randomly distributed in an underground museum, rather than grouped around the memorial pools. But at the end of the lecture Arad gazed at current pictures of the site and attested that the memorial was much improved by the various constraints.

Most importantly to Arad, however, is the fact that throughout the many design iterations the site remained at street level—so as to reflect cohesiveness with the rest of the city—and the centerpiece of the memorial remained the towers’ empty footprints, solemnly framed by waterfalls. Ground Zero is now an innovative public space that remains true to Arad’s original concept while accommodating the wishes of those directly affected by the attacks. It is a nearly ideal blend of design ingenuity and moving memorial—a place where the public can, according to Arad, “stand on a green roof and think that they are on terra firma.”

Check out all the other fantastic speakers, exhibits and workshops that the Johnson Museum has to offer at http://museum.cornell.edu/

So, it’s been a while. I would be ashamed or regretful, but that would imply that I thought I had readers. Since this is not the case, I am really not all that worried about it.  Again while I have been gone the American voters have started to resemble an old Monty Python sketch. In the sketch the Pythons run their own political coverage between the silly candidates and the sensible party. However in some districts there are some slightly silly candidates as well as some very silly candidates. The Republicans have been silly enough in their own right though it seems like recently the votes have been split between the very silly candidate and the regular candidate though any candidate willing to go out on a limb and move to the less silly end of the spectrum may as well pack his bags (see Jon Huntsman.) Thankfully the very silly  candidates in the early going did little more than split the vote a la (Bachmann, Cain, Perry.) Now though, the vote has been all too close split between the silly and the “completely gaga.” To attract the Republican voter, Mitt Romney has been forced to the silly and whenever he tries to go the slightly silly or even the sensible side he is shot down in the polls. Rick Santoroum who started silly with his hawkish rhetoric against well everyone who is not evangelical, his goal to invade Iran, and his fabrications against whoever is convenient. Then went sillier by doing all of the above ever more vigorously. So basically long story short, the pythons were right, we are doomed to silly candidates.