Adam (Formerly the General Manager)
Hometown: Long Island, Nassau County (But originally Brooklyn.)
First song played on WCDB: "Handouts" - Black Train Jack - Roadrunner Records.
Favorite type of music (Aside from department): Classical.
Favorite new release: Spawn Soundtrack - Various Artists - Immortal/Epic.
Song that describes my life: "Lost At 22" - Life of Agony.
Where am I when I'm not DJ'ing? WT's, comic shops, Spencer Gifts, or Grad school at CW Post.
Hometown: BROOKLYN!
Department: METAL!
First song played on WCDB: "Last Caress" - Metallica.
Favorite type of music (aside from department): Gangsta rap.
Favorite new release: Sevendust - self titled - TVT Records.
The song that describes my life: "Sell Out" - Reel Big Fish.
Where am I when I'm not DJ'ing: Working at Epic Records, playing guitar @ Bogies, QE2, Parkfest, drinking at WT's, drinking anywhere...
What musicians would I kill? Hanson! Phish, Grateful Dead, Matchbox 20, Paula Cole, Wallflowers, Third Eye Blind, Gwen Stefani.
Bands I should be embarrassed to admit I like: The Hanslick Rebellion, Wu Tang, Bush, Bon Jovi, Hanslick Rebellion, Poison, Club Music, The Crue, Nas, Hanslick Rebellion, Candlebox and Run DMC.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Biggest scam artist on earth, guitar virtuoso, drunk, know every answer on Jeopardy, Promo guy, dress like a prep, did I mention drunk?
Rhetorical Questions: If you had to have sex with either a corpse of the same sex or a live animal, which would it be? I'm kind of partial to sheep.
Hometown: Far Rockaway Queens.
Department: Urban Contemporary - "Hip-Hop Baby!"
Showtime: Tuesday Night Eargasms, 11pm - 1am, w/ Franchise.
First song played on WCDB: "Take Five" - Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Favorite type of music (aside from dept.): Jazz, of course.
Favorite new release: Erykah Badu.
The song that describes my life: "Take Five" - Dave Brubeck.
Where am I when I'm not spinning? I never have free time, But...I can be found at Last Vestige & Music Shack tryin' to enhance my show. Also, I'm tryin' to hit up Max Trax Studios to work on some beats & rhymes.
Which musicians would you like to shoot? I would go "Postal", run up in CDB and mow down my fellow disgruntled DJ's, and maybe those guys who sing "MYBABYDADDY" too.
A song I should be too embarrassed to admit I like: Sir Mix Alot's "Baby Got Back" (cause I really do like fat asses!)
Distinguishing characteristics: I do the fattest blends on WCDB! WHAT!?! I really got a sexy voice, for all the ladies. But I really do hate to toot my own horn.
Question: Where will I be in 7 years? I'm going to have a TV show with my partner Fred Charles, "The Craig & Fred Show". A talk show on HBO. It'll be funny, trust me.
SHOUTS: Big shout out to WCDB, D-Drive, Pappa Smurf, Franchiese, Marv the Martian, Sexchester, The Rock, Mom & Dad, Tim Dog, Chase, G-Rob, Kev, 640 Morris, the whole wide world, Critical, Sparks, Gumbee, Louie V., Hollow Tip, and last but not least, God Almighty.
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY.
Department: Urban Contemporary - Hip Hop.
Showtime: Wednesday, 11pm - 1am.
Favorite type of music (aside from dept.): Jazz, some Alternative Beats, Primitive Club Beats and Jazz Beats.
Favorite new release: Only Built For Cuban Linx - Raekwon - Loud/RCA Records.
Song that describes my life: "Calm Down" - Capone & Noriega aka CNN.
Where I am when I'm not spinning: Battlezone Inc.
Which musicians would you shoot? "No bullets for no artist, it's too hard to make it out there. Besides, if any of my acts go down, I would feel fucked up.
Musicians I should be embarrassed to admit I like: Michael Jackson is still the man, Prince is the Don, Kool Keith might have skills.
Distinguishing characteristics: I love women, video games &
music...and other vices like drinking & smoking.
Hometown: Saratoga Springs, NY.
Department: RPM.
Showtime: Friday, 11am - 1pm.
First song played on WCDB: "Raindrops" - Girls Against Boys - Cruise Yourself - Touch And Go Records.
Favorite new release: "Bible of Dreams" - Juno Reactor - Wax Trax!/TVT Records.
Favorite type of music (aside from dept): Early punk (circa Black Flag), no "new" punk.
Song that describes my life: "Original" - Leftfield.
Where I can be found when not DJ'ing: The Launch Pad, WCDB, Last Vestige.
If I had a gun, these people would die: Hanson, Jamiroquai, Puff Daddy, Aerosmith, Will Smith, Bruce Hornsby, Marilyn Manson, Metallica.
Musicians I should be embarrassed to admit I like: Thomas Dolby, the Talking Heads, Duran Duran, and Nine Inch Nails.
Distinguishing characteristics: I'm a human pretzel.
Hometown: Woodbury, LI.
Department: Alternative Rock.
Showtimes: Hello Oblivion Radio Hour - Thursdays 8 - 11pm.
The Local Show - Mondays 8 -9 pm.
First song played on WCDB: "Swimming In Circles" - Cop Shoot Cop - Release - Interscope Records.
Favorite type of music (aside from dept.): Be-Bop, Contemporary Classical.
Favorite new release: "Earthling" - David Bowie - Virgin Records.
Song that describes my life: "What Do I Get?" - The Buzzcocks.
Where I can be found when not DJ'ing: Drinking - QE2, Gingerman. Shopping - Last Vestige Records, Cornerstone Music, Flipped Out Records (RIP). Eating - Cusato's, Taj Mahal, Chinese Buffet. Fucking - home, her place.
Musicians I would shoot if given the chance: Jewel, Ani Difranco, Both Indigo Girls (no solo projects), Trey Anastasio, Bob Weir, Dickie from the Bosstones, David Gilmour (no more Waters-less Floyd Albums).
Bands I should be embarrassed to admit I like: Iron Maiden, Marilyn Manson, Oasis, Marc Almond, Voivod.
Distinguishing characteristics: I'm a compulsive collector. It really doesn't matter what it is. I have massive collections of records, B-movies, magazines, porn. Even my musical instruments fit into a collectors scheme. Everything I own is rare, obscure, or one of a kind. My parents stopped loving me once I hit puberty, and, Oh yeah...I poop too much.
Two More Questions:
Why are you such a sloppy assed drunk? Let's set the record straight here. I am only cocked between the hours of 10pm - 6am, when the FCC let's me swear the loudest. Gin makes me proud, beer makes me strong, and wine makes me irresistably fuckable.
If a tree falls in the woods and you piss in a bucket, why is Gene Simmons your favorite member of KISS? What a stupid question. Do you think you're being clever? I'm not even going to answer that.
Hometown: Rye Brook, Westchester.
Department: Alternative Rock.
Showtime: The Kids Will Have Their Say - Wednesday, 8pm - 11pm.
First song played on WCDB: "I Got A Man" - Positive K.
Favorite type of music (aside from dept.): Calypso.
Favorite new release: "Homework" - Daft Punk - Virgin Records.
Song that describes my life: "Don't Quit" - Uniform Choice - (album: "Screaming For Change", Wishingwell 1986).
Where I am when I'm not DJ'ing: Crypto Comix, Empire Skates, Audio Underground, G-Spot, various industrial parks & lowkey locales.
Musicians I would like to shoot: Tori Amos, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Manson, Snoop Dogg, Evan Dando, Pearl Jam, Billy Corgan, Trent Reznor...
A band that I should be embarrassed to admit I like: Beastie Boys.
Distinguishing characteristics: Ear splitting, irreverence, equal opportunity personal attacks, focused eclecticism and superior mediocrity. Vice: Miami. Carpentry: optional.
Questions? Vegetarian, Kosher, Chicken or Fish? Vegetarian, aisle seat, business class.
Describe yourself as a condiment. Mango Chutney - spicy, exotic, sweet, and made by foreign men.
Hometown: Manhattan, New York.
Department: RPM, alias Techno, Jungle, House, Acid Jazz etc...
Showtime: Friday, 8pm - 11pm (Club 91).
First song played on WCDB: "Renegade Snares" - Omni Trio - Moving Shadow Records.
Favorite type of Music (aside from Dept.): Rock.
Favorite new release: Roni Size - RePRAZENT - Full Cycle.
Song that describes my life: "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" - INDEEP.
Where can I be found when I'm not spinning? Swinging rocks in Arbor Hill.
Which musicians would you like to shoot? "No reason to shoot and kill anyone when you can torture them.
Someone I should be embarrassed to admit I like: Leonard Cohen, the king of melancholy. Billy Corgan eat your heart out.
Comments: FUCK IGNORANCE! If you don't have a sense of humor
then you lead a sad life!
Hometown: Yorktown, Westchester.
Department: Alternative Rock.
Showtime: Talk Show 91, Sunday 11pm - 1am.
First song played on WCDB: "Jock-O-Rama" - Dead Kennedy - Frankenchrist - Alternative Tentacles Records.
Favorite type of music (aside from dept.): Blues and Reggae.
Favorite new release: "Endtroducing" - DJ Shadow - Mo Wax Records.
Song that describes my life: "Rock & Roll" - Velvet Underground -&- King Crimson - Epitaph Album: An Observation in the Court of the Crimson King.
Where I can be found when I'm not DJ'ing: The Podium, Bogies for shows, Launch Pad for parties, the nearest open mic for poets. Also a frequenter of "high" places.
If I had a gun, these would be the first to go: Spice Girls (I'm not gay, I just think they're fucking annoying), Sugar Ray, The Prodigy, Adam Sandler (stick to comedy), Alanis Morisette, and 3 bullets in Marilyn Manson so he knows what being in pain really feels like.
An artist I should be embarrassed to admit I like: Jewel.
Just a thought: I see a lot of lines drawn in life, but none of them have been drawn on my heart, so I'm going everywhere. By the way, I'm a little crazy.
Hometown: Albany, NY.
Department: Jazz.
Showtime: Weekday mornings, drive time.
First song played on WCDB: "Lift Every Voice" - (The Negro National Anthem) by Ed Wiley, Jr. - In Remembrance - Swing Records, Washington DC.
Favorite type of music (aside from dept.): R&B Oldies, Pop Oldies.
Favorite new release: Bheki Mseleku - Beauty of Sunrise - Verve Records.
Song that describes my life: "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" & "Just A Feeling" Jas Williams & ICU.
When I'm not DJ'ing, I can be found at: HOME!, Bally's, SUNY pool, outdoor hoop courts - w/ friends of Bill W.
If I had a gun with 8 Bullets: Only 8? Geez...Lessee...David Sanborn, Najee, Boney James, Eric Marienthal, Rick Braun, Spyro Gyra, Yellow Jackets, did I say Najee? Is he dead? You sure? OK. The Rippingtons.
Artists and groups I should be embarrassed to admit I like: Paul Hardcastle, Dr. Buzzard's Savannah Band, Ike Turner, the Man and his Music (not really...), "Who Put the Bop in the Bop-sha-Bop-sha-Bop??", Beach Boys' "Wouldn't it be Nice" & "Good Vibrations".
Distinguishing characteristics: Moi? ordinary combo of ham & wry. Thanks be to God for many things - for slavery, cause without it none of us would have any soule, contemporary or whatever; for me becoming me in the 60's for I have seen, known and will always remember the love that went into love music; for Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Malik and Shabazz (Malcolm), Nikki Giovanni, Angela Davis, Aretha, Isaac Hayes, James Brown, Coltraine...oh, and peaceniks, hippies etc...
To my younger contemporaries: Where have all the dynamite young hustlers gone, long time passing - where have all those hustlin niggaz gone, gone to graveyards every one - When will they ever learn, When will they every learn?
(Ref. to "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" by Peter, Paul & Mary, circa 1964).
What will I be groovin to in 20 or so years? REAL JAZZ! Straight ahead, hard bop, swingin - America's Classical Music! (Trust me on this one!)
Hometown: Berne, NY.
Showtime: Club 91 - Fridays, 2000-2300 hrs.
First song played on WCDB: "Sunrise Serenade" - Glenn Miller - Best of the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
Favorite type of music (aside from dept.): Well, even though it's a dance show, I play whatever the hell I want, so there.
Favorite new release: Golly, there have been so many. I'm afraid that I am dreadfully indecisive.
Song that describes my life: "Fuck Off Cuntface" - Nasenbluten - 100% No Soul Guaranteed - Industrial Strength Records.
Where I can be found when not DJ'ing: Work, Mountain Biking (props to George formerly of Plaines). Dames at Audio Underground makes things nice, or playing lacrosse. Oh yeah, occassionally at Fantaco Comics.
If I had a gun, guess who's going down: Atari Teenage Riot, Marilyn Manson (all of 'em), Bush, Courtney Love (shoot her twice just to make sure), U2, Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead or Phish or any of those godawful hippy-shit-bands.
A band I should be embarrassed to admit I like: Miami Sound Machine. Tell anyone and you die!
Distinguishing Characteristics: Short and mean-spirited. Other than that, I do not stand out in a crowd. Oh yeah, guns are your friends, adn I mean that. Rhetorical Question: Is it faster to New York or by train? There is no answer my son, you must open your mind. See the Dew, Be the Dew.
No E-mail for Jabberwok, Kom-pooters bad.
Hometown: Great Neck, Nassau County, LI.
Department: Alternative Rock.
Showtime: Monday, 1 - 3pm.
First song played on WCDB: "Ride" - the Lemonheads - Lovey - Atlantic Records.
Favorite type of music (aside from dept. Ambient (sometimes?)
Favorite new release: "Tellin' Stories" - Charlatans.
Song that describes my life: "My Dark Star" - Suede.
Where I can be found when not DJ'ing: the Writing Center.
Who I would shoot if I had a gun: Meredith Brooks, Mariah Carey, woman with the really bad song about her mother, No Doubt, Dave Matthews, that "How Bizarre" band, Alanis, and maybe Henry Rollins if he got in the way of killing Shonen Knife.
3 Artists I should be embarrassed to admit I like: Chicago, Barry Manilow and Howard Jones.
Distinguishing Characteristics: When planes fly overhead, I want to be on them. I really really love to write and talk.
Question: How many times can one listen to the Abbey Road Album?
Answer: How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop? and vice versa.
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY.
Department: Alternative Rock.
Showtime: Monday, 8 - 11pm.
First song played on WCDB: "Accidents Will Happen" - Elvis Costello - Armed Forces - Columbia Records (1978).
Favorite type of music (aside from dept.): Jazz.
Favorite new realease: "Living In Clip" - Ani Difranco - Righteous Babe Records.
Song that describes my life: I'm a gemini, I fight with myself about things like that all the time.
Where I can be found when not DJ'ing: WT's, Michael's, Colonial Quad, Bogie's or Saratoga Winners (sometimes), The Branch, Town Tavern (so maybe I'm an alcoholic).
If I had a gun, they're getting shot: No Doubt (I would use all the bullets if necessary), the Spice Girls, the Verve Pipe, Meredith Brooks, Mariah Carey, Bush, Hanson and Neil Diamond.
Musicians I should be embarrassed to admit I like: I LOVE Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Counting Crows etc... I love 80's rap too, like Rob Bass, Ton-Loc, Young MC and Biz Marky.
Distinguishing Characteristics: I'm a vegetarian, left-handed,
uh... I'm under 5 feet tall...(having a cold sucks, I can't think.)
Hometown: Shaolin, NY.
Department: Jazz.
First song played on WCDB: "Mad Blunted Jazz" - DJ Cam - Abstrakt Workshop 2 - Shadow Records (1996).
Favorite type of music (aside from dept): Classical, or Hip Hop, or maybe rock...who cares?
Favorite new release: Audio Alchemy (Experiments in Beat Re-construction) - Ubiquity records.
Best album, ever:"Do You Want More?!?" - The Roots - Geffen Records (1994).
Song that describes my life: "Circles" - Sunny Day Real Estate.
Favorite hangouts: Last Vestige, WT's, Hunter Mt., Amsterdam...
Musicians I should be embarrassed to admit I like: Ani Difranco, Queensryche (Operation: Mindcrime), U2 (pre Zooropa).
Distinguishing Characteristics: I slept my way to the top of WCDB.
Top 6 Movies (in no particular order): The Usual Suspects, Shaolin Temple II, Better Off Dead, Last of the Mohicans, Spaceballs, La Blue Girl pt. 4.
Hometown: Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, NY.
Department: Jazz.
Showtime: REVELATIONS - Sunday nights, 8 - 11pm.
First song played on WCDB: "Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat" - Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream For Crow - Epic Records.
Favorite type of music (aside from dept.): Experimental / Avante-garde (like chainsaws running on steel for 20 minutes.)
Favorite new release: Nuyorican Soul - Self Titled - Giant Step/Blue Thumb Records.
Song that describes my life: Part One of DJ Shadow's "What Does Your Soul Look Like?" (It's instrumental, go figure.)
Favorite hangouts: G-Spot, the Launch Pad, Last Vestige, Giant Step, and the privacy of my own room.
If I had a gun, these people would die: Guns 'N Roses (just Axl), Puff Daddy, Mase, Pat Boone, Lil' Kim, Foxy Brown, Elvis Costello (for calling Ray Charles a "blind, ignorant nigger"), and Jay-Z.
Bands I should be embarrassed to admit I like: Pretty Poison - "Catch me(I'm Falling)", The Jets - "Rocket 2 U" and Cutting Crew.
Distinguishing Characteristics: On my left cheek, I cut myself twice while shaving. Keloids developed and now act as my "panic button". It's my best friend in the whole world. Special talents: I can eat a Burger King Dutch apple pie (deep dish) without a fork.
Weak spots (vices): My woman, my wax and my collection of blaxploitation.
Why you gotta be a playa hater?: WHY THE FUCK NOT?!?!?!
Hometown: New York City.
Department: Latin.
Showtime: Sunday, 12 - 3pm.
First song played on WCDB: "Te Quedaras Conmigo" - Tito Rojas - Musical Productions.
Favorite type of music (aside from dept.): All kinds of music.
Favorite new release: Oro Solido - "la morena" - platano Records.
Song that describes my life: "Sensual".
Where I can me found when not DJ'ing: Relaxing, listening to more music, spending time with my girlfriend or frat brothers. I also work at Godiva Chocolatier.
Musicians I should be embarrassed to admit I like: Frank Sinatra, the Bee Gees, the Village People, and that Pure Moods CD.
Hometown: Bellmore.
Department: Sports.
Showtime: Saturday Sports Spotlight, 12 noon - 2pm.
Check listing for covered games!
First song played on WCDB: "One" - Metallica - And Justice for All - Elektra.
Favorite type of music: Jazz & Metal.
Favorite new release: "Be Here Now" - Oasis.
Song that describes my life: "One In A Million" - Guns 'n Roses. Why? Cause I'm 1 in a million.
Where I can be found when not DJ'ing: Working at the Olive Garden, Effective January - interning at Newschannel 13, happy hour at WT's.
If I had a gun, these musicians would die: Well, first to go would be Bjork. I would tie up the Spice Girls and use a bullet on them. Puff Daddy & Mase would each get one in the knee, not dead, just injured. Fiona Apple must die. Wu-Tang while in a plane. Two more. Wilson Phillips and Michael Jackson.
Musicians I should be embarrassed to admit I like: Motley Crue, B-52's, old Warrant, L.A. Guns, the Animals, the Loving Spoonful, the Zombies and the Wallflowers.
Distinguishing characteristics: Host of the longest running sports talk showin the Capital District. Will go out and do what is necessary to get the job done or the desired result: the ends justify the means.
2 more questions: If you could sum up your beliefs in a quote or phrase what would it be? "What's can't. There ain't no can't!" - Mickey from Rocky II.
What has WCDB meant, does it mean, and will it do for you? WCDB has allowed me to find a direction with my life and has springboarded me to getting an internship. It's a great ride.
