Wednesday, Sep 8


And the DJs are scummy as usual.

Monday, Jul 5
Hello readers,

Tuesday, Jun 1
The last playlist of the quarter. As mentioned on the show, it's tentative that I'll be hosting AC over the summer - calling it "Absolute Catastrophe in the Big Apple." Depends on communication with programming and available access. I'll keep you updated. One more year then I'm ready to go a-go. 

Wednesday, May 26
Wow, two more weeks. That's all I have to say. Looks like the ACRN webcam took a snapshot of my back and immortalized it for a day - sorry you had to witness such horrid view. 

Tuesday, May 18


1. "Holy Diver" Dio

Sunday, May 16

Thursday, May 13

625 Thrash,

Wednesday, May 12
Minions, I learned my lesson last night: I need to settle my technology woes once and for all. I apologize for the abomination that was my overheated computer - but alas, our web director a.k.a. DJ BB Branks (gave her that name out of boredom and somehow it stuck) saved the day and capped the night with CRUDE. Well speaking of crude, how about that Gulf Oil spill? Talk about a sticky situation.

Wednesday, May 5
Oh hai guys. I hope your week is going well. Mine has been a rollercoaster, but I've managed to do Absolute Catastrophe AND serve ACRN's editorial content with a brand spankin' new live show review, featuring Fun., Relient K, and Paramore. Click here to check it out!

Wednesday, Mar 10
Absolute Catastrophe will resume Tuesday, April 6 at our usual time of 9-10 p.m. For last night's playlist, please check the radio show's Myspace blog entry.

Tuesday, Mar 2
I mentioned this on the show since we immediately received the hard copy, but you can purchased this on the Man of a Thousand Masks blog. It's 5.50ppd - and remember, I'm giving ONE COPY away next Tuesday!

To see the set list from today, even though it was six songs long, the Myspace will be updated tomorrow.

Saturday, Feb 27

Not THAT personal, but if you really want to follow my world, then click here to go to De Riguer.

Tuesday, Feb 23
Hey everyone, sorry for the halt in updates. I guess you can say that I have not mustered the motivation to fill this pocket of the site with my insightful updates (ha). The good new is that because of that, I now have a lot to tell the world! And for the convienience of the tl;dr crowd (translation = too long; didn't read), I'm putting everything in bullet points. Have a wonderful Wednesday!

• I'm team captain of 'Team Rock Lobster' for the BBBS Bowl for Kids' Sake fundraiser. PLEASE consider helping both ACRN and Big Brothers Big Sisters raise money for this amazing cause. We'll be collecting money online from now until the 27th, and you can donate any amount here. All donations are 100% tax deductible.


• Absolute Catastrophe went on a brief haitus due to a snow day and a Black-Eyed Peas concert. (Don't judge, it's one of the best shows I've seen!) AC resumed a few hours ago, and will resume for the rest of the quarter.


• I am no longer the Traffic Director. I had a blast being in this position, even if it was only for a quarter. However, I am currently assistant to ACRN's General Manager, Jason Robinaugh, and plan to spring come April.


• I still update the radio show's Myspace. Check it: myspace.com/jetlagradioshow.  It includes playlist archieves.

Friday, Oct 30


There was always this slight probability that the ACRN website could makeshift itself into an internet meme.

Tuesday, Oct 20


Sorry guys, I will be at the Dethklok, Mastadon, High on Fire and Converge show in Columbus instead. It will return next Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

I hope you will forgive my puppy eyes.

Friday, Oct 9


This guy on the left is the drummer of Buffalo, NY-based pop band called Lemuria. Those familiar with the band would recognize his signature "fatigue hums" right off the bat. Looking chipper and carefree, Alex Kerns has nothing to be mad about because he recently released his solo demo for the public to check out. Oh great, I thought, even more songs to dub over my fall season-induced reveries - but dwelling on the past is my "past" time!

Ifyoumakeit.com has made the demo free for the public to download. If you want to be true to your love for music, you can purchase the demo that includes album artwork and lyrics on Alex's label Art of the Underground. HIGHLY recommend giving this a spin if you need a lo-fi, poppy soundtrack to your love life.

Yes, I stole the photo from his Facebook profile. I hope you don't mind, Alex.

Monday, Oct 5


Another good show. Playlist is on the 'space.

Thursday, Sep 17
Okay, so instead of being a diligent scholar by working on my French homework I will let you guys know where I post playlists of previous shows.

If you go to the show's Myspace there is a string of blog entries that date back to early 2008. Those, my friend, are playlists from previous shows. There are hiccups in the consistency and that's because I was probably lazy, tired, unmotivated, whathaveyou, etc. - but other than that, you won't have to pull hair over what song I played around 9:25 p.m. because it's all conviniently charted for you guys.

Today, however, I'm feeling benevolent, so I will post this past Tuesday's playlist. If you didn't tune in, kick yourself because it was a damn good show.

1. Magrudergrind "The Protocols of Anti-Sound" Magrudergrind
2. Baroness "A Horse Called Golgotha" Blue Record
3. Mammoth Grinder "You're Wrong" No Results & Rage+Ruin
4. AFI "Sacrifice Theory" The Art of Drowning
5. Saetia "An Open Letter" A Retrospective
6. Set Your Goals "This song is DEFINITELY Not About A Girl"
7. About to Snap "Nationwide" Already Dead
8. Ruiner "Once Loved" What Could Possibly Go Right?
9. Obituary "Slowly We Rot" Slowly We Rot
10. Iron Age "Return to the Void"
11. Katharsis "Kosmik Sacrifice" World Without End
12. Slayer "Angel of Death" Reign in Blood
13. Wretches "Feak Beast Shitstorm" Fastowl/Wretches
14. Unbroken "Blanket" Death of True Spirit
15. H2O "Sunday" Nothing to Prove
16. Song of Zarathustra "Mess of Zero" The Birth of Tragedy
17. City of Caterpillar "A Heart Filled Reaction to Dissatisfaction" City of Caterpillar

And finally, here's a picture of my beloved pet rabbit Panda:

Thursday, Sep 10

You better be ready for this season of Absolute Catastrophe. I'll be keeping the same time slot I had for the past two years this quarter, every Tuesday from 9-10 p.m. Guess when you're Traffic Director you have the last say, right? Well it helps in keeping things consistent.

There may or may not be an on-air snippet of an interview I'm doing this weekend with an awesome band - that you should definitely check out. If you're in Athens Saturday night, they're playing at the Union around 9:30 p.m. for $5 I assume. If you see me, buy me a Long Island ice tea.

Sunday, Sep 13
I find it hard to convince myself that we're halfway through the year 2009. Two years ago, this point of my life seemed lightyears away, but look at what I have accomplished since then:

• Jet Lag/Absolute Catastrophe Radio Show completed its second year. We'll resume fall quarter of the 09-10 (WHA?) year

• Interviewed bands on-air and will be working on editing them with Production for web content.




• Became Traffic Director for ACRN last month! Now I'm the hallway patrol of our on-air activity 8)




• Have gotten even closer to my fellow Lobsters, who are even closer to my heart

As repeatedly said in my past entries, thanks to EVERYONE who tuned in throughout the past two years and listened to some of the most ass-kicking music around. I hope to provide more than just music next year, including more band interviews (Skeletonwitch was awesome!), music news, and giveaways.

I also want to give a huge shout-out to graduating Lobsters this year: the lovely and oh-so-sweet Danielle Sills, one of the sweetest girls I know and an awesome Traffic mentor, and Nick Hrkman, a very quirky fella who surprised me with one of the biggest ACRN boneheads of the year. We'll miss you guys, but you surely won't be forgotten :)

Have a good summer everyone. Make this summer YOUR summer!

Sunday, May 17
Hello all! As many of you might have read, I was recently appointed Traffic Director for ACRN, which was recently held by a good friend and one of the sweetest girls I know, Danielle Sills.

This means I'm in charge of on-air efficiency: tracking DJ activity, jotting down warning points if something goes wrong, coordinate on-air content and so forth. Perhaps it might not be relevant to non-DJs, but at least it's sweet to know that the content on air was set by yours truly.

I should have a nice mug shot up on the site sometime soon in the "Who's in Charge?" section of the site.

Wednesday, May 13

Thanks to everyone who tuned in last night for a Skeletonwitch-ified edition of Absolute Catastrophe. Not one, but three members of the band -- Scotty, Chance and Derrick -- dropped by the station and chatted extensively, revealing details of their tour with Amon Amarth, Derrick's drunken autograph session as a "sixth member" of Amon Amarth and spending time at home preparing for the band's next session in the studio for their sophomore album on Prosthetic Records -- due to drop this fall.

If you didn't tune in, you lucked out of one of the best show's I've ever hosted. I'm hoping to transfer some of the greatest moments of this show onto the website with the help of our production director, so keep checking the website for updates.

The guys will be hitting the road around June to do a few shows before settling in Seattle, where recording is set to take place. Check out the dates on the band's myspace.

Sunday, May 10
Hey gremlins,

Scotty, a.k.a. 'Scunty D' and guitarist of Skeletonwitch, will be joining me this Tuesday on Absolute Catastrophe. We'll be discussing wild moments on the band's last tour with Amon Amarth, future endaevors, and how the band is/is not down with the wizard (obligatory ACRN question).

So you MUST tune in 9-10 p.m. on ACRN.com -- or you will weep for all eternity.

Wednesday, Apr 8
Thank you guys and gals for tuning in to the spring quarter premiere of Absolute Catastrophe. I've fortunately kept the same time slot I had the past two quarters and did it to the convienience of my loyal listeners.

Unfortunately, there will be no show next week because DJ Shredder/Programming Director of ACRN and I will be making a voyage to Columbus that day to see Jack's Mannequin rock out with his piano at the Lifestyle Pavillion. But there will be a show the week after, I promose.

Speaking of that week, that's also the same week For Real Fest festivities will commence. There will be a pre-fest show on that Friday (24th) where bands like Mad Minds and Endless Mike and the Beagle Club will perform; the 25th is the real event. Go to myspace.com/forrealfest for more information. Unfortunately, this will be the last one ever.

Once again, I'll be back on T-minus two weeks minus one day from now.

Friday, Mar 6
... next week. Stay tune for your last chance to listen to Absolute Catastrophe before the month of April hits us like a cinder block. I'll probably hit the ground running for this one as I have no idea what to spin for you listeners. Suggest something tasteful and relevant for my show.

I'll get around to releasing the fourth issue of the music zine. For now the third issue is still current, though you'll have to talk to me to get a special copy made. (They're sold out.) Who's in it? Thou, Skeletonwitch, and Bridge and Tunnel.

Last thing: if you try to avoid what you presumably hate, you'll like it more - in most cases.

Tuesday, Feb 10
           
Yeah baby! Thanks to everyone who has listened tonight and/or dedicated a song to his or her loved one. I enjoyed the hell out of it and hope that, in the near future, I can find another holiday or event to create a show similar to this one.

Next week, Matt, my partner-in-crime, will be taking over the playlist for Absolute Catastrophe. If you like whatever is scrobbled onto his last.fm profile, then you'll like next week's show. If you'd like, add me to my last.fm and tell me you listen to my show - sometimes I think no one listens at all, so I need some reassurance!

Wednesday, Feb 4
You Rough Lobsters (see what I did there?),

The next AC show, which would be this coming Tuesday, is going to be a Valentine's day edition. It is also going to be a one hour show that's all about YOU and YOUR VALENTINE!

That's right, I'm turning things around and basing this show as an hour long mixtape. In honor of Valentine's Day, you listeners have the chance to dedicate a song out to the one you love. Please request a song (hardcore, punk, and metal genres please), say who it's for, and then give me a one or two sentence blurb that you'd like to say to your Valentine. I will play as much as I can fit into one hour as well as say the shout-outs.

Please send all entries to my e-mail address: rn337307@ohio.edu. Make sure to give me your name and information listed in the last paragraph. Finally, be sure to tune in next Tuesday to hear your Valentine request!

I know you have a Valentine and I know you want to do this! So do it!

Best, DJ Suave

Monday, Jan 26


I would just like to say thanks to whoever considered me as best Radio Personality/DJ in Athens, especially enough to write my name on the Athens News ballot sheet (or via online). I did some research on whether or not there were other DJ Suaves in the small town of Athens, but it looks like I'm the only one!

I will continue being awkward and appealing to my listeners, while making up from what I lack by playing you some sweet music!

Thursday, Jan 15


Hey lobsters! Absolute Catstrophe will back and in full force after a 7+ week hiatus due to winter break and the station's broken outgoing signal.

Make sure to be near a computer with wireless connection and a media player on January 20, 2009 for the premiere, which will air around 9 p.m.. A couple of new releases from bands on labels like Kiss of Death and No Idea will be playing as well as my usual favorites.

I'm working on getting a hold of a couple of local to international bands/labels to have them send over some new content so that each Tuesday I can offer my listeners a more updated show.

Also, the fourth issue of Absolute Catastrophe is set to release sometime mid-Feburary, which will include interviews from a few West Virginian bands, as well as some contributed pieces. This will look slightly more attractive in appearance compared to the last issue - a trend that seems to have established itself since issue one.

Finally, you can follow me on Twitter! I'll most likely add you if you verify yourself. My user name is costarika.

Have a great day and invest in a thermal suit to keep you warm during the frigid days ahead of us!

DJ Suave

Monday, Sep 22

Hey guys,

Thanks to the few who tuned in last week. To those that didn't, you missed out on a great mix of songs - at least, I thought so.


Make sure to tune in tomorrow at 9 pm to catch a batch of old and new, and there's a good possibility that I'm giving away something cool for you to love tenderly.


Outside the topic of my specialty show, New York's Bridge and Tunnel will be in the studio with me tomorrow during my rotation hours from 3-5. They will introduce themselves to the listeners and play some of their favorite songs from stacks. This will be a good time, so make sure to not miss this as well!


Also, they will be playing at the Union the following night with Front Royal and Sister Shuffle.

Sunday, May 18

As I'm hoping to really get this show on the road! I'm contacting a few record labels to see if they'd like to send in some of their latest relases for this summer and fall to the station so that they can get some airplay and exposure.


I am also trying to collect a few things here and there to giveaway.


As many of you lobsters know, Jet Lag is not longer international-oriented, it also consists the United States. This means much more content from me to choose from and more time for me to research and discover other awesome talents!


Three more shows to go, then enjoy your summer and I'll be back on either the second or third week of September!


Sincerely, DJ SUAVE

Tuesday, Mar 11

Hello to all! So be sure to tune in tonight for the last show of the quarter. I'll be playing what I believe were the best songs we've played all throughout this grim and sorrowful winter quarter and then perhaps give you a hint as to what will be going on spring quarter.

I think we'll have the same 8-10pm block once spring quarter rolls by, and we'll be back on on April 8th bringing you guys even more of the rock from all over the world. It'll probably be a bit happier due to the fact that the weather will be great, hence why not play music to match up to it?

Thanks to everyone that has tuned in at least once throughout this quarter. Be on the lookout for a DIY zine a few friends of mine and I will be releasing, hopefully a week before For Real Fest, woo!


Rika xoxo

Tuesday, Mar 4

Thanks to everyone that has tuned in throughout the quarter. Whether it was 3 listeners to numbers in the double digets, I had a lot of fun. Next quarter will be absolutely amazing with For Real Fest coming up as well as some awesome shows coming through. Perhaps I'll get some touring band to come in the studio, chill out and play their music.


Make sure to tune in tonight, as well as every Tuesday night, from 8-10pm for the show. This time it's strictly American hour(s) where I play a ton of US bands. This will include Bones Brigade, Baroness, Infest, Pig Destroyer, Ampere, Descendents, Ringers, and much much more!


Rika
xoxoxo
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