Even in the middle of a pandemic, music is still happening and being recorded.  Sven zooms with former guests Sarah and Taylor from EP32 about their new Maps of the Midwest single: "Streetlights."  Released today 6/4/2021!

Streetlights [Video]

Girl in the War  [Video]

Proceeds from sales will go to the National Runaway Safeline 

Photo by: Maddie Skelley

Sven zooms with Taran to talk about his song "ATTENTION," his favorite CU venue, and his favorite non-musical things.

SONG: ATTENTION

ALBUM: Single

BANDS: Clinically ILL

Favorite Treat:  Monster, Pringles

REFS

The Purge

Austin (EP30)

Not for the Faint of Heart

The Contract [Song]

Metalhead

Heavy Metal

Murder Murder [Video]

Horror Rap [Genre]

Serial Killer

Satanic Panic (SRA) *Content Warning*

Wes Craven

Venereal

Independent Media Center (IMC) [Venue]

Diss Tracks

Rock Rage Interview (Radio Interview)

Leather Face [Song]

Leather Face [Character]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 

Jason Voorhees [Character]

Friday the 13th [Movie Franchise]

Freddy Kruegar [Character]

Nightmare on Elm St. [Movie Franchise]

Charles Lee "Chucky" Ray [Character]

Child's Play [Movie Franchise]

Pennywise [Character]

IT [Miniseries 1990]

The Deadlights

IT [Movie 2017]

IT Chapter Two

Bill Skarsgård

Children of the Corn

8 Ball

9 Ball

The Pool Hall - Mahomet, IL

Sven zooms with Justin Michael Hendrix about his song "Cream," his organization HITNHOMEBOY, and his favorite non-musical things.  

SONG: CREAM

ALBUM: Collection of Songs on Soundcloud

Favorite Treat: Body Armor Pineapple Coconut SuperDrink/ anything with Nutella

Photo Credit:  Photographer is Boots Howard; Hair is #HairByNaysha; Make Up is Kay Hunter

REFS:

Jahlil Beats

Meek Mill

Jay-Z

Wutang Clan

C.R.E.A.M. [Song]

Ballroom Community (Ball Culture)

Toxic Masculinity

Rapper's Delight

Crack Epidemic

(Further reading, re:  Drugs and Racial Disparities)

Reganomics

East Coast vs. West Coast

N. W. A.

Fuck Tha Police [SONG]

Sylvester

Cakes da Killa

Leikeli47

House Music [Genre]

Late Stage Capitalism

Wall Street [Movie] (1987)

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps [Movie] (2010)

Watergate Scandal

Selling Senate Seats

Beyoncé Homecoming

ODB - Ol' Dirty Bastard

#HITNHOMEBOY x Manhood for Sale [Movie]

St. Louis

Michael Brown

Ferguson, MO

Jim Crow Laws

George Floyd

Breonna Taylor

Ahmaud Arbery

Kiwane Albert Carrington

Intersectionality

Wash-U

Dr. William Patterson

Krush Groove [Movie]

Def Jam

Nutella

Tina Turner

Tina Turner Doc

Ike Turner

Pigeon Holed

"What's Love Got to Do With It?" [Song]

"Private Dancer" [Song]

"Proud Mary" [Song]

"I don't want to Fight" [Song]

"The Best" [Song]

Woody Alan/Mia Farrow Documentary (Allan v. Farrow)

The 13th [Link to Full Movie]

Paris is Burning

Pose

Tongues Untied

All Boy's Aren't Blue - George M. Johnson

No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America - Darnell L. Moore

Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays - James Baldwin

Black Boy Out of Time - Hari Ziyad

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? -Beverly Daniel Tatum

Fight the Power [Song]

Public Enemy

JustinMichaelHendrix.com

Instagram: @justinmichaelhendrix

Twitter: @hitnhomeboy

Sven zooms with Justin Walden of Scarecrow Adams to talk about his song "Old Man In a Red Hat," reflect on his philosophy of writing music, his early days of playing in local CU venues, and his favorite non-Musical thing.  Stay tuned to the end of the episode for the origins of the name "Scarecrow Adams"

SONG: Old Man in a Red Hat

ALBUM: Old Man in a Red Hat

BANDS: Scarecrow Adams, Lionzz, Super Space Fighters, Hurkles, and Whitty Whitesell & the Life Parade

Favorite Treat: Berry Bubly / Blueberry Eggo Waffles

Photo Credit:  Eric Frahm @Cowboy Monkey

REFS

Laurel Canyon

Pro-Tools

Joni Mitchell

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Self Realization Fellowship

Paramahansa Yogananda

A&R (Artists and Repertoire)

Piggy [Song]

Downward Spiral [Album]

Trent Reznor

"Playing in the pocket"

Sevendust [Band]

Too Much $, Not Enough Love [Song]

"How 'Bout Us" [Song]

Champaign [Band]

Justin's Version of "How 'Bout Us" [Song]

Jeff Hanneman

Ableton

"Vulgar Electricity" from Song: "Come In From The Cold"

Night Ride Home [Album]

Mabel's [Venue]

The Elvis Bothers

Combo Audio

Guido Sinclair

Nature's Table [Venue]

Bontuku

Trito's Uptown [Venue]

Farm Aid

The Police

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Crimson & Clover [song]

Stewart Copland

Sting

Roxanne

The City Center

Elsinore [Band]

Scarecrow Adams Elsinore Remix

Ryan Groff (EP35)

Planned Parenthood

The Accord [Venue]

The Charming Beggars [Band]

The Martyrs [Band]

Crestone, CO

Burning Man

Kuaui, HI

CW: mental health and dying

Even in the middle of a pandemic, music is still happening and being recorded.  Sven zooms with former guest Kenna Mae from EP13 about their new Sweetmelk EP: "Living Room"

Check out now and buy yourself a copy and check out the Sweetmelk SWEATSHIRTS!

Or as I like to call them SWEETSHIRTS!

Sven zooms with Kyle Lang of Special Death about his song "Remember" off of his self-titled EP: "Special Death" We talk about the reissue on vinyl of Easter's "Demonstration" EP on Beloved Records, favorite house venues in CU, and Kyle's favorite non-muisical thing(s).

SONG: Remember

ALBUM: Special Death

BANDS: Pontow, Well Read Devils, Nunpuncher, Easter, Adult Books, The Tyrants, Need, Special Death

Favorite Treat: Chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips

Photo Credit:  Josh Karlson

REFS:

NNAMDÏ

ThrashKitten

Ratboys

Sean Neumann (EP5)

Jupiter Styles

Terror House [Venue]

Error House [Venue]

Dan Aykroyd's House [Venue]

Dumb Records

Weekend Nachos [Band]

Wabeano Rock Farm [Band]

Sweettooth [Band]

Belleville, IL

Easter [Band]

Beloved Records

"Demonstration EP"

Oak Forest, IL

Garfield's Garden [Venue]

Rat King Records

Dude Ranch [Venue]

Sven zooms with Cara Maurizi of Linea Crux to talk about her song "Twist & Turn" off of the album "Stronghold." We talk about working in the studio to bring new life to her songs, where the name "Linea Crux came from, and maybe even what her favorite color is...

SONG: Twist & Turn

ALBUM: Stronghold

BANDS: Linea Crux, Backup singer with Slick Lisp, and Modern Drugs

Favorite Treat: All baked goods, Espresso, Coffee Tea, whiskey, wine, and really good beer

Photo Credit:  Della Perrone

REFS:

Ryan Groff (EP35)

Perennial Sound Studio

Audio Compression

EQ (Equalization) [Video]

Brian Wilson

Wall of Sound

Linnea (Flower)

Moons of Neptune

Opera

Highdive [RIP]

Seven Saints

Mike n' Molly's

Pour Bros. Craft Taproom Champaign

Elsinore

Brandon T. Washington

Mike Ingram

Ci La Cole (EP46)

New Souls

Tera Terra [Band] (EP41)

Milford Men [Band] (EP35)

Modern Drugs [Band] (EP35)

Galesburg, IL

Prairie Players

The Station Theatre

Parkland Theater

CUTC

Pens to Lens

The Double Machine [video]

Taste of Champaign

West Side Park

Greycoats [Band]

Common Loon [Band]

Color Theory

"Use What You Have Decorating" [Book]

In this episode Sven zooms with Jarrel Young to talk about his song "Doin To Me," off the album "I'd Be Mad Too..." the CU music scene, and his two favorite non-musical things.

SONG: Doin To Me

ALBUM: I’d Be Mad Too…

BANDS: Live band: Misfit Music

Favorite Treat: Spring Water, Assorted Herbal Tea and chips, preferably plain ruffles.

Photo Credit:  Boots Howard

REFS:

Doin To Me [Video]

H.Kal-El.

THEGR8THINKAZ

Hook

Cowboy Monkey [Venue] RIP

The Canopy Club [Venue]

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Eclipse Studios

Charlie Wilson

Boyz II Men

Montana of 300

Luyando Boxing & Fitness

SONG TEMPORARILY REMOVED (SAMPLES)

Sven zooms with Blair aka lovenloops to talk about her song "Black Girl Levitation (ft. Nikky Finney)" off the album Don't Ever Forget It. We talk about SOLHOT "We Levitate," the first Black Girl Genius Week in 2014, how it's grown and hopes for the future.

SONG: Black Girl Levitation

ALBUM: Don’t Ever Forget It

BANDS: SOLHOT We Levitate (Saving Our Lives Hear our Truths)

Favorite Treat: bourbon whiskey/sugar cookies 

Photo by: Kamari Smalls

REFS:

SOLHOT

Nikky Finney

Black Girl Genius Week

Hip Hop [Genre]

Funk [Genre]

Jazz [Genre]

Lo-Fi [Genre]

Dr. Ruth Nichole Brown

The World Is Round [Book]

Syracuse University

College of William & Mary

Hassaan Mackey

J Dilla

Madlib

Roland SP-404 Beat Machine

Black Feminism

Mother Nature

Klevah

TRUTH

Hear Our Truths: The Creative Potential of Black Girlhood [Book]

Dissertation

Dr. Porshé Garner

Jessica L. Robinson

Imposter Syndrome

Pygmalion

June Jordan [Author]

Gwendolyn Brooks

"Spin a Soft Black Song"

Nikki Giovanni [Author]

Recipe for 7-UP Lemon Pound Cake (not Blair's recipe)

Sven zooms with Sandman Slimm (Formally "Truth aka Trouble") about his favorite song the one (prod. by BMTJ)

SONG: the one (prod. by BMTJ)

ALBUM: Beautiful Chaos EP

BANDS: Trouble Chasin’, Dizzy Ape, 10 Flow.

Favorite Treat: Gin & Tonics & Red Vines

Photo Credit: Boots Howard

Refs

BMTJ

Zack Fox

"Jesus Is the One (I Got Depression)" [Article]

"Six Feet" [Song]

GOAT - Greatest Of All Time

Wolf of Wall Street

"I AM NOT OK" [Song]

Stickup [Song]

Vent [Song]

Systemic Racism In Education: [Articles]

1. Fighting Systemic Racism in K-12 Education: Helping Allies Move From the Keyboard to the School Board

2. Systemic racism has led to education disparities

3. Resources for Exploring Systemic Racism

Toto Riina

Bravado

The Canopy Club

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

10 Flow

SIUC

Freestyle

Dre Bill

Kodak Black

H.a.t.e. Tape Mixtape (High Above The Enemy)

Chase Scott aka Chase Baby (EP 38)

Trouble Chasin'

Illini Union

Go Crazy (Feat.Truth aka Trouble, Prod. by TheGr8Thinkaz [Song]

Champaign & A Movie [Mixtape]

Trouble Chasin' [Spotify]

Richard Kadrey (Sandman Slim Series)

Stov Da CEO

Kickapoo State Park