The Haitian Hammer, doling out justice on some Carnival Cruiseline property.

Tonight on the show, we’ll discuss the beautiful union between “convenience” and “charity” with how you can assist the American Red Cross and the Haitian earthquake relief without ever leaving campus!

Also on the agenda, one of the most faithful/best constructed covers I’ve ever had the pleasure of hearing, a band that’s gonna make big things happen in 2010,  an updated band list for this year’s Coachella festival, and of course, your requests! 

Tune in tonight 8-10pm, and I’ll be waiting behind the mic.   Check out our facebook page!

-Tyler

tyler@ksuradio.com

Too much "awesome" for one photo? Possibly

The show of all things alternatively harmonic is back!  Tune in Thursday, Jan 14th from 8-10pm for all your alternative needs: from the bedrock classics to the acts of today, “Why Ask Y” has the  iconic to the obscure covered!

Requests? Throw them over to tyler@ksuradio.com or check out the show on Facebook.

And now, while I don’t condone performance enhancing drugs in sports, I do believe it can provide an edge of entertainment sobriety can’t touch. Cocaine, for instance……

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Tune in this Thursday at 9pm for the year 2 kickoff of “Why Ask Y”!  I’ll be shelling out the  90’s alternative greats and spotlight shy many, along with music news updates, concert announcements, and a delightful dash of randomness. Send me your requests via email: tyler@ksuradio.com or call during the show at 678-797-2665, and I’ll catch you tomorrow night.

- Tyler

We’re on Facebook! Look up “Why Ask Y?”, join our group and become a fan for updates and whatever else I deem entertaining.

Make sure to tune in this week for your chance to win free passes to Athfest. The 13th annual AthFest, Athens’ premiere music and arts festival, will take place in historic downtown Athens on June 25th through June 28th. Every year this award-winning festival presents the best in locally and nationally recognized Athens-based musical talent. This year’s headlining artists include Black Lips, Dead Confederate, Patterson Hood (of Drive-By Truckers) & Screwtopians, Bloodkin, Randall Bramblett Band and a special reunion of Dreams So Real. Over 175 bands will perform over the course of the weekend on 3 outdoor stages and in close to 20 of Athens’ best music venues for the evening club crawl! What sets AthFest apart is that all the music is FREE on the outdoor stages.

Information on AthFest, wristbands, packaged travel deals and full schedule of bands may be found at here

Yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of the world discovering that rock pioneer, Kurt Cobain, had taken his own life at his Seattle home. The ripples from Cobain’s life, in and outside of Nirvana, are still rocking boats and influencing the music business today,

Today on “Why Ask Y?”, we’re paying tribute to Cobain and the legacy that’s still garnering new fans, and still inspiring the older ones. Along with interviews clips and music, the phone lines will be open for a discussion forum on your thoughts of the singer or related topics. Tune in @ 8-10pm, and call the on-air phone at 678-797-2665.

-Tyler

Vedder mistaking Cornell for his cocker spaniel.

Spring Break’s gone and “Why Ask Y” returns to deliver you a 90’s alt. soccer cleat to the ear! Tomorrow’s show will run at it’s usual time, 8-10pm, and cover such topics as:

*Reznor vs. Cornell : Playground antics, Twitter style!

*Indie Hipsters and their burning chicken houses of wonder.

*Helen, GA. Triple distilled Bavaria in 3 city blocks.

*Great year shaping up for bedrock alternative concerts: Group annoucments and predictions.

*The usual randomness, and what’s exactly up with that picture of Seattle’s legendary sons?

Tune in, guys! This is your show, so email me your requests, questions, or comments at tyler@ksuradio.com. Peace.

- Tyler

You'd scream too if you had a wad of hot tar in your ear.

Hibernation seems to be the next career move for “Nine Inch Nails”, but not until putting together an alternative wetdream project of nostalgic poetry. News leaked days earlier that “Jane’s Addiction”, original line up and all, were back together and have a new album in the works…..produced by Trent Reznor. Oh yes, read twice and nod true my friends.

Around 20 years ago, “Jane’s” was at the forefront of the alternative movement that was beginning to storm through into mainstream success from the underground. With their touring, they chose a small up and coming group from Cleveland that was taking the industrial rock world by storm as their opening act: “Nine Inch Nails”. On nin.com, Reznor reflects positively on that experience, noting the historical place they were making in American music.

As such, NIN will go on tour again this year, with noneother than “Jane’s Addiction” filling the opening set. For fans of alternative rock, this tour is huge. NIN is slated to perform at the Bonnaroo festival this year, but no dates have been set for the tour.

Alas, this news comes a like Belgian chocolateer’s best; a beautiful, shiny wrapping that within lies a bittersweet concoction. Reznor has also announced this tour will be the “bon voyage” for NIN, stating that the group,”….needs to disappear for awhile”. Many have interepted this as an official two weeks notice and that Reznor will be shelving his mascara forever. I, however, don’t believe this to be so. NIN is way too ingrained into Reznor’s being for him to forever put the project behind him, and not in some way release material, though infrequent, here and there through the years. Fans will remember the 6 year hiatus he took between the release of “The Downward Spiral” and “The Fragile”. Even being one of my most cheerished and enjoyable groups of all times, I’m supportive if NIN needs to come off the tracks for awhile, be for creative reasons or just so the human beings that have pulsed musical genius into my ears for year can just live and not be musicians for awhile.  Til then, I know I speak for all the fans when I say we fondly await your return, Trent, and wish you the best.

Beard isn't doing much for Joaquin's music career either...

I’m taking up arms with my fellow dj, Andrew: Fred Durst must die. Rollingstone.com reported yesterday that Limp Bizkit is in talks to launch another attack on the senses of music fans, reminding them the hatred attached to red caps and white guys with “fresh from the hood” diction. Of all people to announce this, the one true glimmer of talent to arise from Limp Bizkit, was guitarist Wes Borland. Now, here’s where I have a problem…..

Borland quickly established himself as a soldier of fortune in the music world, with a guest appearance list whose length began to rival Bill O’Reily’s “Preschoolers I’ve run over with my Patriot Chariot a.k.a My black hummer” list. Anyways, realizing he was indeed the only thing that could fairly label itself “salvagable” from Limp Bizkit, left to pursue his own artistic endeavors, stating he could never work with Durst again and all the flame chatter that comes with a disgruntled exit. In a nutshell, Borland, with his newfound free time, continues to hone his painting skills *badass stuff, btw”, and formed his own industrial-lite rock group “Black Light Burns”. Durst spreads rumors of how he’s banging Britney Spears and tries to write a children’s book. Yep……

All fighting to smell his finger

Pearl Jam will be reissuing their landmark debut album “Ten” for a March 24th release this year, with 4 different special edition sets. Ranging from a double disc Legendary Edition to the grandaddy Super Deluxe Version, consisting of  2 CDs, a dvd of the MTV Unplugged performance, a number of LPs and ,my personal favorite, a replica cassette of the band’s “Momma Son” demo tape. Brendan O’Brien, who produced 4 Pearl Jam albums including “Ten”, will also oversee a remix album. Rolling Stone has reported this is just one of many reissues the band has lined up as they approach their 20th anniversary in 2011.

Great show tonight, with thanks going out Jo *the Roda to my Mary Tyler Moore* and all the awesome listeners who tuned. Chat room’s getting more crowded with each week. Can only guess that means network television is indeed on its deathbed & the webcam antics are more entertaining than anything on TruTv’s “When Things Go Wrong” programing or my show’s striking the perfect chord for sending small children into a deep slumber. As a segway into next week show, You’ll be able to catch me broadcasting my other show, “Andy & Tyler’s Aptly Titled Mostly Rock Show”, live from the Student Center cafeteria this Tuesday, 3:30-5pm.

You people need to take this college radio thing as a serious, empowerment tool: If the stuff you hear sucks, then it’s up to you to make it right! Always feel free to send us your requests and/or band or programing suggestions, either through our studio phone 678-797-2665 (Office-678-797-2005) or shoot me an email at tyler@ksuradio.com.

Links of the Week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZuH2BU0FE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uc-p8fbyEM

http://www.cracked.com/blog/magic-negro-gate-how-liberals-confused-obama-with-kazaam/