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EARTH DAY 2013

Thursday, April 18th, 2013
WHOA

WHOA

Sup clowns. What are you doing this Saturday? If you answered anything other than “going to Earth Day,” then you’re a bigger clown than I thought.

Every year, WSPN and EAC put together a concert with a whole bunch of bands. It has rained every year since Earth Day 2010. Hopefully it won’t this weekend.

Here’s the list of AWESOME bands:

There’s also going to be A 75-FOOT SLIP AND SLIDE! A ROCK CLIMBING WALL! A BEER GARDEN (“Biergarten” if you must)! A PETTING ZOO!

PLUS, free food from CHIPOTLE, COMFORT KITCHEN, ESPERANTO! And ICE CREAM and ROOT BEER!

AND IT’S ON 4/20.

You high jackasses are going to fucking love this shit. I mean, A FUCKING PETTING ZOO. ON 4/20. WHAT A BAD IDEA.

Saturday April 20, 12pm @ South Green*

*Falstaff’s in case of rain.
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“Fifty” Years of WSPN @ Case Gallery

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
VERY LO-FI

VERY LO-FI

Tomorrow, come marvel at the historical relics of our humble college radio station, WSPN. Every year, the kids cool enough to get elected to the Board haul out some old junk from the office and hang it all up on the walls of Case Gallery, and tomorrow, they’ll be celebrating fifty years of broadcasting.*

According to the email I received from the lovely, effervescent, ambitious, beautiful GM, Annie Auchincloss, this year’s exhibit will include “letters from Prez Palamountain, telegrams from the FCC, and citation letters from Campo,” as well as:

  • The time WSPN was offered $25,000 for their call letters
  • The time WSPN almost died
  • The time WSPN got into a really big fight with SkidNews
  • A short history of really bad WSPN logos
  • An even shorter history of really good ones

The charming, boyish, dignified, persnickety programmer Mac Parsons will be providing tunes at tomorrow night’s opening, and apparently, there will be FOOD and BOOZE.

*The station was actually founded in 1973. Who could have guessed that a bunch of tight-jeans-wearing humanities majors would be so hopeless at math? 

Thursday April 11, 7pm @ Case Gallery

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New Los Elk Single to Premier on WSPN

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Today, WSPN will be doing a cool little promotion. From 5 to 6pm, Los Elk will be in the station answering listeners’ questions  on the air and premiering their new single “Peter Pan” before it hits Band Camp.

Should be fun, but you could probably just go up to them in Case or wherever and ask them whatever questions you want. They don’t really seem that intimidating, and if you treat them like celebrities, the attention will just go to their heads. Take ‘em down a few pegs, you know?

Give the station a call at (518) 580-5783.

Monday February 25, 5-6pm @ WSPN 91.1FM

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Get Ready for a Weekend of Cool Music (and Stephen Yell)

Thursday, February 21st, 2013
Los Elk at a recent performance

A recent Los Elk performance

There’s so much live music happening this weekend, it’s basically a joke. Let’s go through this list one by one:

Friday, February 22

  • HAP & Los Elk: You may remember HAP from last semester’s semi-secret boner show in the basement of Clinton Street. Half of the people in the band don’t even go here, so you won’t want to miss this. They’re also playing with Los Elk, and everyone knows them because they’re great live and they’re all cute Jewish boys (I think? May need to get Skidmore Unofficial’s fact checker/unpaid intern on that). 8pm @ Falstaff’s 
  • Late City Nights: Branchez & Tony Quattro: Bleepy-bloop music from New York, along with a collection of Capital Region DJs spinning all night. Maybe you’ll do the Harlem Shake or something (DON’T).  9:30pm @ Putnam Den

Saturday, February 23

Let it be known that this weekend, Stephen Yell will be playing drums three times in 1/4 of the bands listed. What CAN’T that young man do?

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WSPN Bakesale

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Today, the well-dressed people of WSPN will be hosting a bakesale in Case, presumably to raise money for A NEW FUCKING COUCH IN THE STATION (please).

I have no idea if these guys can bake or anything, but here’s a list of shit they’ll be selling:

  • doughnuts
  • coconut chocolate chip scones
  • molasses cookies
  • pumpkin-chocolate whoopie pies
  • chocolate chip cookies
  • AND MORE

They’ll have a Skidcard reader and maybe some new stickers too.

Thursday December 6, 9am-3pm @ Case

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WSPN & Lively Lucy’s Presents: The Glimmer Twins

Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

Like the DA’s bathroom, minus “KILL WHITEY”

In keeping with the newfound tradition of tribute bands coming to Skidmore over Halloweekend, Rolling Stones tribute band, The Glimmer Twins, will be playing a show at Falstaff’s tomorrow night.

Anybody who remembers how fucking incredible Start Making Sense was last year won’t want to miss this. They sound great, and the main guy actually looks a lot like Mick Jagger. They just need the guy playing Keith Richards to collapse in a pile of his own vomit and/or shit to complete the illusion. SUCH ENERGY!

Hopefully they won’t play the boring old stuff and stick to the disco hits, like “Miss You” and “Undercover of the Night.”

Thursday October 25, 8pm @ Falstaff’s

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WSPN Big Meeting Tonight

Sunday, September 16th, 2012

Barack Obama tunes in

The WSPN big meeting will be held tonight in Gannett. All interested DJs must attend the meeting, or email the lovely GM Annie Auchincloss for an application if you have fallen into a punji stick-lined pit and are thus unable to make it. You will learn important things like the on-air swearing policy (don’t do it EVER) and how to fix a busted transmitter (tearfully call Brendan Gaffney at grad school).

WSPN is the club with by far the highest levels of coolness per capita, so when you fill out your app, make sure you write all about how important Chief Keef and Riff Raff are to the future of hip hop so that the programmer Mac Parsons gives you a good time slot. Otherwise, good luck at 4am!

Sunday, September 16 in Gannett @ 8pm

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New Graphic Designer Needed for WSPN, Elections Are Nigh

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

You know those sick posters you see around campus whenever WSPN hosts an event? The charming and prolific Evan Cohen designs those, and he’s graduating this year, leaving WSPN without art for the time being. If you have graphic design experience and want to “get involved” on campus, shoot Evan an email. This is a great way for artists to get their stuff out, and an even better way to receive awkward compliments from strangers.

Related, all DJs should come to the WSPN elections on Monday night at 7pm in Bolton 100, because they’re fun and people are sarcastic and we don’t want the radio station to go down the shitter next year, right?

 

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WSPN Big Meeting Tonight

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

The WSPN Big Meeting for the semester is tonight in Emerson* at 8pm. This meeting is mandatory for anybody interested in having a radio show, even if you’ve had one before. Paige and Katie will say some shit and Brendan will act pissed off and you’ll be given applications to fill out. Do your best to make it.

*I know the poster says it’s in Gannett, but that’s a mistake and you shouldn’t believe everything you read

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Crush 105.7 – The Poor Man’s WSPN

Saturday, November 12th, 2011

Now I rarely turn my radio dial (yes I have a radio) from our beloved WSPN 91.1 FM…. Our homegrown DJs put together a fantastic bunch of programming, and I still get giddy when I recognize my friends through their ultra-clever DJ names. In fact, this past weekend, I had an amazing evening with three fingers of scotch, unshelled peanuts and gorgeous fiddle music  – thanks, Leland!

But when that WSPN DJ spins one too many Drake songs in a row and you need a change of pace, you gotta try Crush 105.7 FM, the greatest radio station since your favorite top 40 station from 1994 stopped playing 3LW, Will Smith and Smash Mouth. Honestly, the last time I heard Vertical Horizon on the radio, my friend’s mom was driving us home from seeing ‘Shrek’ at the theater. But that’s not all: these pop gems are interspersed with obscure but killin R&B hits that can make you feel sexy in sweatpants.

I will say this, and it counts as a warning: nostalgia is one of those things that you can overdo, so indulge sparingly.

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