Interview with Dan Vickrey of the Counting Crows by arp52

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Tonight Lauren Hodges, host of Public Interview, is headed to the downtown studio of artist Dana Ellyn to tour her collection and talk about her project “31 Days in July”, now in it’s 8th year.

Afterwards, Lauren will broadcast the interview on WGTB at 9 pm, so tune in to catch it. In case you miss it tonight, you can hear the chat tomorrow posted on this website.

You can tweet your questions for Wales and Weckerle @PublicInterview. DJ Lauren Hodges will be hosting. She also has the other interviews posted on her blog, as well as background info and general show information; in case you missed the other in-studios, you can catch up on them here. (Check out the Jim Lehrer interview below, as well).

Tune in at 7:30 pm to www.georgetownradio.com to catch Wales and Weckerle with Hodges on-air. And make sure you’re following @wgtb on Twitter to stay up to date with the latest studio news!

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The June 6 episode of Public Interview will feature Svetlana Legetic, the editor and founder of Brightest Young Things, in the WGTB studio.

Show: Attack of the Fanny Pack
On-Air: Wednesdays 8-9 pm
DJs: Hannah Klusendorf,  COL 2012, aka “Hurricane Hannah Klusendorf”
Lauren Mahon, NHS 2012, aka Lauren “is the” Mahon
With WGTB since: Spring 2010
Attack of the Fanny Pack is a high-energy show from two dedicated DJs, Lauren and Hannah, who will light up your Wednesday night with nostalgic hits from the 90s, classics from artists like Tom Waits, and television show theme songs. Check out what they have to say in their own words, and give their playlist a spin below!

Why should you be WGTB’s Show of the Week?
Let’s face it, fanny packs are making a big comeback. Now, we don’t want to take 100% of the credit for its recent runway success (see Louis Vuitton, Hermès, and DVF), but is it a coincidence that for over a year now we have been blowing up the airwaves with our blend of pop culture idoltry, melodious tuneage, and continuous references to Lauren going to the same circus summer camp as David Blaine? We think not. As designers of radio style, we are committed to providing quality and original programming from Saved by the Bell tribute shows to recreations of everyone’s favorite 70s game show, The Dating Game. And, I guarantee that fun is always in season on Attack of the Fanny Pack. We also have a very dedicated (and volatile) fan base. They are currently holding us captive in the bowels of the Leavey parking lot. If you don’t meet their demands (aka giving us the Show of the Week), they are saying that our life-sized Whitney Houston poster gets it. For the love of all that is Whitney Houston-licious, pick us!!

If you could host anyone on your radio show, who would you pick, and why?
We would pick Bobby Brown. Why? Consult this video. Because, like Lauren, he’s been to jail. And that, my friends, makes for a true American. If you need anymore convincing, throw in his tumultuous marriage to Whitney Houston, the classic “My Prerogative,” and the fact that he named his daughter with Whitney, Bobbi Kristina, after himself, and you’ve got yourselves a winner.

You’re having a theme party. What’s the theme?
As worshippers at the altar of theme party-dom, we have quite the doozy of a shindig in the works: DISNEY CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIES (lovingly referred to by devotees as DCOMs). Think about it. In our expert opinion, there are approximately 90 DCOMs. The possibilities are nearly endless: Johnny Tsunami, Smart House, Luck of the Irish, Halloweentown, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cook-off, the Zenon trilogy, Johnny Tsunami, The Thirteenth Year, Brink!, Quints, High School Musical, The Cheetah Girls, Motocrossed, Alley Cats Strike, Famous Jett Jackson: The Movie, The Color of Friendship, Up, Up, and Away, and on and on (and thanks to countless hours of Sporcle practice we could). You know you have a favorite. You know that you have blades or a Hawaiian shirt or some futuristic neon spandex floating around your closet. How easy (and awesomely fun) would it be to become a Soul Skater, Johnny Tsunami, or Zenon for the night? So, let’s honor our Disney past. Honor DCOMs.

What’s love got to do with it?
Well, it’s a secondhand emotion, so we have to assume that it has to do with the spread of germs. And bacteria. And typhoid fever. And cholera. And the Black Plague. Legend has it that King Henry VIII contracted the “love bug” early on his kingship when he shook hands with the Prime Minister of Malaysia at the League of Nations. He traveled many moons in search of the Fountain of Youth to find a cure for his ailment but died tragically when he was attacked by Big Foot. His kin roamed the United States in search of the fabled fountain, and in time, they formed shanty towns (known as Hoovervilles) throughout the country. And, that’s how the West was won.

Re: Stacks – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by WGTB Blog

Catherine takes a look at the Wilco mega-hit Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in this first installment of ‘Re: Stacks,’ an article where we learn about the intimate relationships between listener and performer.

This past Saturday Peter Wolf Crier crammed their gear into our tiny WGTB studios and delivered a soulful performance of these four songs. The duo has built a strong base in Minnesota, and after recording Inter-Be, they joined Jagjaguar and started this short but intense national tour. The small crowd that gathered to check out their performance was delighted with the intimacy of the show and impressed with the atmospheric sound they were able to so naturally create. Read Fiona’s review of the album and listen to/download the four live tracks below!

Peter Wolf Crier – Crutch and Cane by igorgerman

Peter Wolf Crier – For Now by igorgerman

Peter Wolf Crier – Saturday Night by igorgerman

Peter Wolf Crier – Untitled 101 by igorgerman

Kaitlin Carano tracks the history and development of the Go-go movement in DC by highlighting the impact of Chuck Brown and how, years later, the Beat Ya Feet Kings have revitalized the genre.

The District Dialect: Go-go Music ft. The Beat Ya Feet Kings by igorgerman