Requesting your own music on a radio show is the musical equivalent of autoerotic asphyxiation: You’re the only one who gets off, and you’re gambling with your future prospects. Especially when the DJ knows it’s your band and you’re acting like it’s a regular request. “Well, I was thinking of […]
The Vampire’s Ball
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I should be focussing on my own show and on today’s release but of course I got to CiTR a little too early. Which means I’m in the lounge having to listen to the gawdawful hip hop show before me. Now, I can’t stand the genre at the best of […]
Well, after a month off the air, I return to CiTR Radio tonight for the Vampire’s Ball, midnight to 4am Pacific. Why was I off for so long? Well, I got my pal Abraham to fill in for me on December 14th so I could play hooky and go see […]
Putting on my DJ hat for a second here, if there’s one thing that pisses me off to no end, it’s constantly getting pestered by my father to “play a song for your mother on your show.” She died about a year ago, and while I sorta understand the [usually […]
By listener request, I finally got around to something I’ve been meaning to do for a while: make a Facebook fan page for my radio show the Vampire’s Ball. Give it a like here: facebook.com/thevampiresballoncitr
This week’s Vampire’s Ball was to be all about vintage industrial vinyl, and that worked out for a while, starting with Smersh and Keith Leblanc before playing some Coil and then, by request, Psychic TV and Noise Unit. I had Portion Control spinning and was just sitting down to write […]
Another week, another Friday night in the DJ booth at CiTR. This week DJ Rubber Ducky has acquired a forehead tattoo. I’m starting to think he might be hanging out with a bad crowd. Including me. Anyway. It’s SOCAN monitoring week here at CiTR, and my policy on that is […]
So, in case you haven’t seen my propaganda, I DJ on Friday nights at CiTR Radio in Vancouver [101.9 FM]on a show called the Vampire’s Ball [Friday nights midnight to 4am PST]. It focuses on industrial, goth and synth rock. Anyway, look who was filling in the vacant timeslot before […]