i was born a dancer in your disco of fire

new journal! this one was SO high school
be my friend, again: youthquake

and sorry, one more technical question:
is there any way to change your lj-name without starting a new journal? my name is SO high school

and if not, does anyone have a spare code?

it is a good dance party when one gets to hear "take me home tonight," "sledgehammer," "jumping jack flash," "you can't hurry love," and "heart of glass" all in a row.
it is a bad dance party when there is a row of terrifying hipsters along the wall who do nothing but stare out boredly all night.
so i guess that means the party broke even.

p.s. i hurt my knees during "jumping jack flash." long story.

p.s.s. the last half hour of my radio show this morning was "suffragette city," "friday night," "killer queen," "billion dollar babies," and "dirty deeds done dirt cheap." that's what happens when rachel needs to rock and roll.

i hate bureaucracy.
i am O-U-T of this place in 6 weeks and there is nothing anyone can do about it.

see? i jinxed it.

i get kind of nervous when it looks like things might work out...keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.

anyway: looks like chicago next week? i am scared to take that question mark away and jinx it. but i will have lots of daytime free since my loverboy is a working man, so hopefully i can lunch/meet up with all you kids i never get to see when i'm just in town for a few days.

also-- maybe a jaunt to northwestern to visit the office folk? let me know if you'll be around.

p.s. if anyone has good ideas for how i can earn money while in chicago-- if you have odd jobs, baby-sitting, dog-walking, etc.-- just let me know!

chuck klosterman is my friendster!

i'll be devastating the field of music journalism in no time, now...

i am feeling better. my mom is here. she is helping me take care of the things i need to take care of.

here's this morning's playlist...it was a strange show, much much less '60s pop/garage rock than usual, although those elements are in place. "for you" makes me understand how people are fanatical about bruce springsteen.

The Velvet Underground, Sunday Morning
The Kinks, Dead End Street
The Joggers, The Devil Wears Earplugs
Love, The Daily Planet
The Hang Ups, Deep Pool
Tintern Abbey, Vacuum Cleaner
The Who, Early Morning, Cold Taxi
Bob Dylan, Queen Jane Approximately
Firewater, The Beat Goes On
The Flash Express, The Message
The Pixies, Wave Of Mutilation
Franz Ferdinand, Take Me Out
Blondie, X Offender
The Shirelles, Give Him A Great Big Kiss
Ike & Tina Turner, I Want To Take You Higher
The Talking Heads, Once In A Lifetime
Big Star, Thank You Friends
Ad Frank & The Fast Easy Women, A Little Devotion
Roxy Music, Ladytron
The White Stripes, Now Mary
Bruce Springsteen, For You
Ryan Adams, Shakedown On 9th Street
The Rolling Stones, Live With Me
The High Strung, Wretched Boy
The Seeds, Can't Seem To Make You Mine
Nick Cave & Lydia Lunch, Some Velvet Morning
Jefferson Airplane, White Rabbit
The Darkness, Growing On Me
Queen, Keep Yourself Alive
Mink De Ville, Let Me Dream If I Want To
The Von Bondies, No Regrets
The Dresden Dolls, Girl Anachronism
The Shirelles, Baby It's You

please please please if ANYONE or ANYONE you know is driving to chicago around next weekend, please refer them to me...

i really can't handle being here for spring break.

also: RADIO SHOW TOMORROW, 10-noon eastern standard time, a very early 9-11 am for those of you in our great midwest.

apparently the webcasting problems have been sorted out and there won't be scary men in the studio hastling me, so it will hopefully be my usual professional show.

www.mtholyoke.edu/org/wmhc/webcasting.html

you can make requests at (413) 538-2044 or IM me requests to the screen name WMHC915.




p.s. my mom is coming to school tomorrow to ostensibly help me figure things out. hopefully it will be comforting and not stressful. moms know how to push buttons.