I grew up on the radio and devoured everything rock-and-pop I could get my hands on. Scraped together my allowance to buy my own first album - it was either Rush's Moving Pictures or Pat Benatar's Crimes of Passion (or, um, maybe the Bee Gees' Sgt. Pepper). Before that, I had to tape Casey Kasem's Top 40 countdown off the Sunday radio and bribe my older sister to tape her Van Halen records for me. Fave genres are protopunk/garage, punk, post-punk, power pop, and I have a big soft spot for '70s AM yacht/cornball pop-rock. At UNC-Chapel Hill, I interned for the now-defunct Moist/Baited Breath indie label, wrote music reviews and conducted band interviews for The Daily Tar Heel and other local rags. Best interview of my life, though, was not really music related: Mister Rogers. But, yep, he played the ukelele.
Check out DJ K-TEL's two most recent shows below.
5/16 - 7pm hour
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7:54pm
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Parliament
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Chocolate City
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Chocolate City (Casablanca)
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Track Notes: 1975
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Buy Parliament Chocolate City at Reckless Records
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7:49pm
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BODEGA
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Dedicated to the Dedicated
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Our Brand Could Be Yr Life (Chrysalis)
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Buy BODEGA Our Brand Could Be Yr Life at Reckless Records
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7:46pm
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Ren
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Troubles
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single (Freckled Angels)
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Track Notes: 2024. For Jeanine.
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7:41pm
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Les Savy Fav
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Limo Scene
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OUI, LSF (Frenchkiss)
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7:36pm
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The Stranglers
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No More Heroes
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No More Heroes (United Artists)
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Track Notes: 1977
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Buy The Stranglers No More Heroes at Reckless Records
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7:33pm
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Archers Of Loaf
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Harnessed in Slums
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Vee Vee (Alias)
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Track Notes: 1995
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7:29pm
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Sonic Youth
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Self Obsessed and Sexxee
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Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star (DGC)
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Track Notes: 1994
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Buy Sonic Youth Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star at Reckless Records
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7:22pm
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The Lemon Twigs
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My Golden Years
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A Dream Is All We Know (Captured Tracks)
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7:20pm
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Kim Carnes
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Betty Davis Eyes
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Mistaken Identity (EMI America)
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Track Notes: 1981
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Buy Kim Carnes Mistaken Identity at Reckless Records
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7:17pm
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Impulsive Hearts Local
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Last Word
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Fit 4 The Apocalypse (Cavity Search)
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7:14pm
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Shannon And The Clams
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Big Wheel
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The Moon Is In The Wrong Place (Easy Eye/Concord)
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7:07pm
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Allah-Las
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Tell Me (What's on Your Mind)
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Allah-Las (Innovative Leisure)
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Track Notes: 2012
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Buy Allah-Las Allah-Las at Reckless Records
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7:04pm
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Modern Lovers
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Someone I Care About
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The Modern Lovers (Berserkley)
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Track Notes: HBD, Jonathan Richman, b. 1951
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Buy Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers at Reckless Records
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7:01pm
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Greg Kihn Band
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The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
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Rockihnroll (Beserkley)
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Track Notes: 1981
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5/16 - 6pm hour
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6:57pm
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Weezer
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The World Has Turned and Left Me Here
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Weezer (Blue Album) (Geffen)
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Track Notes: 1994
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Buy Weezer Weezer (Blue Album) at Reckless Records
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6:53pm
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Cafe Racer Local
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Wrong Way
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Words In Error (self-released)
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Track Notes: 2023. For Matthew.
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6:49pm
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The Broken West
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Down in the Valley
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I Can't Go On, I'll Go On (Merge)
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Track Notes: 2007
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Buy The Broken West I Can't Go On, I'll Go On at Reckless Records
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6:44pm
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Unrest
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I Do Believe You Are Blushing
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Imperial f.f.r.r. (No.6/TeenBeat)
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Track Notes: 1992
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Buy Unrest Imperial f.f.r.r. at Reckless Records
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6:40pm
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Unwed Sailor
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Dusty
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Underwater Over There (Current Taste)
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Buy Unwed Sailor Underwater Over There at Reckless Records
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6:36pm
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MINISKIRT Local
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Pot Of Gold
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Paint It Rad (self-released)
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6:34pm
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Waxahatchee
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3 Sisters
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Tigers Blood (Anti-)
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Track Notes: For Mark.
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Buy Waxahatchee Tigers Blood at Reckless Records
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6:29pm
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DEHD Local
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Alien
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Poetry (Fat Possum)
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6:23pm
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Dead Ghosts
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Nice One
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single (Dead Ghosts )
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Track Notes: 2024
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Buy Dead Ghosts single at Reckless Records
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6:20pm
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The Nazz
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Open My Eyes
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Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era - 1965-1968 (Elektra/Rhino)
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Buy The Nazz Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era - 1965-1968 at Reckless Records
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6:18pm
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The Standells
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Riot on Sunset Strip
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Try It (Tower)
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Track Notes: 1967
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Buy The Standells Try It at Reckless Records
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6:14pm
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Panther Style Local
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Love Removal Machine
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Dynasty (Triple Helix)
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6:09pm
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English Teacher
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R&B
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This Could Be Texas (Island)
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Buy English Teacher This Could Be Texas at Reckless Records
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6:06pm
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Jawbox
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68
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My Scrapbook of Fatal Accidents (DeSoto)
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6:03pm
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Bad Religion
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Infected
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Stranger Than Fiction (Atlantic)
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Track Notes: 1994
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Buy Bad Religion Stranger Than Fiction at Reckless Records
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5/9 - 8pm hour
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8:00pm
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Shellac Local
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Crow
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At Action Park (Touch and Go)
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Track Notes: 1994. RIP, Albini.
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Buy Shellac At Action Park at Reckless Records
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