DJ BIOS 2013/2014 from A-Z
SILAS BABILONIA
Hometown: Aurora, CO
Major: Undeclared
Show: 1-2pm/Fridays/Power Hour/Weekly themes
Top Ten Favorite Artists:
1.The Beatles
2.Queen
3.Radiohead
4.Pink Floyd
5.Vampire Weekend
6.Frank Ocean
7.Queens of the Stone Age
8.Misfits
9.Tears for Fears
10.The Beach Boys
COLE EMHOFF
Hometown: LA, CA
Major: Undeclared
Show: Jazz’n Shit: 11pm-12am Wednesday. Jazz
Favorite Artists:
1.Radiohead
2.Bill Evans
3.Chet Baker
4.John Coltrane
5.Joao Gilberto
6.Roy Orbison
7.Elliott Smith
8.Kanye West
9.Miles Davis
10.Charles Mingus
Activities: Biking
Random Fact: My dog’s names are OTIS & AMOS
NATHAN FINK
Hometown: Park City, UT
Major: English
Show: Bananas Flambé, Wednesdays at 8pm
Top 10 Favorite Artists:
1. John Coltrane
(A Love Supreme is the best thing that exists.)
2.Four Tet
3.Todd Terje
4.Cashmere Cat
5.Siriusmo
6.Earl Sweatshirt
7.King Krule
8.Herbie Hancock
9.James Blake
10.Danny Brown
Music Blog: I write for/co-run a lil blog, Off The Deep End Live, dedicated to any and all flavors of electronica,
check it out here: Off The Deep End Live
ANNA FORSER-SMITH
Hometown: St.Paul, MN
Major: Studio Art
Show: Tuesdays 9-10 pm: Audio Porn (co dj with Erin O’Neill aka the luscious DJ E$) mix of whatever we’re listening to, throwbacks, 90s throwbacks, indie and electro pop
Top 10 Favorite Artists:
1. The Strokes
2. Lana Del Rey (yes, sadly she speaks to something in my soul)
3. Blood Orange
4. Solange
5. Lucius
6. Beach House
7. Funkadelic
8. Typhoon
9. Sam Cooke
10. Simon and G funkel
Fun Fact: I can’t roll my Rs, therefore I never took Spanish, which I now deeply regret.
TESS GATTUSO
Hometown: Wilmette, IL
Major: Poli Sci & FGS doub major
Show: 7pm/Thursday/Thursday Night and the Feeling’s Right/Jams that make you (or just me, probably) feel
Activities: You can find me prowling Western Ridge every Wednesday night and working in Cutler second weekend.
TESS GRUENBER (DJ: MADAME PSYCHOSIS)
Hometown: New York City, NY
Major: Computer Science
Show: 10pm/Wednesday/Infinite Waves
Favorite Artists:
1.Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
2.Justin Vernon (Volcano Choir/Bon Iver/Gayngs)
3.Phish
4.Helado Negro
5.Nas
6.Chopin
7.Helado Negra
8.Patrick Watson
9.Francis and The Lights
10.Nicolas Jaar
11..Charlie Parker
Activity: I currently have an unhealthy obsession with david foster wallace, which is essentially a full time job.
JENNA HANSON
Hometown: Honeoye Falls, NY
Major: Undeclared
Show: Jams with Jen
Top 10 Favorite Artists:
1.Avett Brothers
2.Head and the heart
3.Angus and Julia stone
4.Gregory Alan isakov
5.John mayer
6.Jack Johnson
7.Benjamin Francis leftwhich
8.Ben Howard
9.The strokes
10.Gavin James
ALEC LOCKETT
Hometown: Belmont, MA
Major: Undeclared
Show: ‘More jazz’, Saturday at 1. Mostly jazz, but other random stuff
Top 10 Albums:
1.Animals – This Town Needs Guns
2.Hail to the Thief – Radiohead
3.Deadwing – Porcupine Tree
4.Spiderland – Slint
5.The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady- Charles Mingus
good kid
6.M.A.A.D city – Kendrick Lamar
7.Romantic Warrior – Return to Forever
8.Strawberry Jam- Animal Collective
9.Earl – Earl Sweatshirt
10.F#A# Infinity – Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Activities: rugby, skiing, hiking, attending concerts, drinking tea, breaking bad, longboarding
BO MALCOLM (DJ SportsFan)
Hometown: Elmore, VT
Major: English/Undeclared
Show: Bonus Deluxe / Thurs. 4-6
Top 5 Albums:
1.Johnny Flynn – Been Listening
2.Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’
3.Pink Moon – Nick Drake
4.The Band (Self-Titled)
5.Trouble – Ray LaMontagne
I Enjoy: writing, reading, songwriting, playing guitar, walks
ABE MAMET
Hometown: Denver, CO
Major: Considering a poli sci/history major w/ a music minor, but undeclared
Show: AA Jazz with Andy Post on Sundays at noon
Top five non-jazz artists:
1.Tera Melos
2.Protest the Hero
3.Cake
4.Streetlight Manifesto
5.Dangerdoom
Top five jazz artists:
1.Charles Mingus
2.Julius Watkins
3.Rahsaan Roland Kirk
4.John Coltrane
5.Clifford Brown
Activities: Outside of DJing I play the French Horn and ultimate frisbee
NATE MANKOVICH
Hometown: Boulder, CO
Major: Undeclared
Show: 12-1PM/Saturday/Lunchtime Special/undeclared
Favorite Album: The Wall by Pink Floyd
Activities: Climbing and Ultimate Frisbee
SERGIO PORTESAN
Hometown: Saint Paul, MN
Major: American History- Political Science
Show: 11-midnight, Thursday, Throwback Thursdays, Classic Rock, Punk, Pop, Alternative
Favorite Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Random Fact: I learned to ride a bike when I was 5 miles from home and my training wheels fell off.
CATHERINE S
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Major: undecided, especially since I got waitlisted for that microeconomics class
Show: Drugs and Jesus, Wednesday at 4. Heavy bias toward semi-obscure vinyl-era music. Name inspired by song “Jesus Shooting Heroin” by the Flaming Lips.
10 albums from heaven:
1.The Durutti Column – LC
2.The Zombies – Oddesey and Oracle
3.Laurie Anderson – Big Science
4.Sandy Bull – Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo
5.Klaus Schulze – [anything before 1979 that has Harald Grosskopf on drums]
6.Buffy Sainte-Marie – Illuminations
7.The Chameleons – the Script of the Bridge
8.The Spacemen 3 – the Perfect Prescription
9.The Pointed Sticks – Perfect Youth
10.The Flaming Lips – the Terror
Activities: Write (short stories, poetry, ambitious unfinished novel projects, etc), engage in photography, sort my record collection
EBONI STATHAM
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Major: Undeclared
Show: Macchiato Music/ Mondays @ 11pm/electro pop, indie, and whatever else crosses my mind
Top Ten Favorite Artists:
1.Cherub
2.Chvrches
3.BANKS
4.Chromeo
5.JMSN
6.Haim
7.K.Flay
8.St. Lucia
9.Trevor Hall
10.Rebelution
Activities: song writing, running, event planning, cooking delicious food, showing off my dance skills at parties
Random Fact: I can peel an orange in one peel
MERCEDES WHITMAN
Hometown: Ridgewod, NJ
Major: Philosophy
Show: Humpday Helpings, Wednesdays 7-8pm and mondayitis, Sundays 4-5pm
8 Albums hat have profoundly enhanced my existence:
1.Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
2.Portishead – Dummy
3.Aphex Twin – Richard D. James Album
4.Talking Heads – Fear of Music
5.Flying Lotus – Los Angeles
6.Modeselektor – Hello Mom!
7.Wax Tailor – Tales of The Forgotten Melodies
8.Telefon Tel Aviv – Fahrenheit Fair Enough
Random Fact: My first concert was Ricky Martin when I was in kindergarten
MATT ZELIN (DJ ZELDAR)
Hometown: Lafayette, CA
Major: Mathematical Economics
Show: Thursdays @ 6pm. “Show and Tell Convention on Mars”
Top 10 Albums:
1.Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not-Arctic Monkeys
2.Time Out-Dave Brubeck Quartet
3.American Beauty-Grateful Dead
4.Madvillainy-Madvillain
5.Friend and Foe-Menomena
6.The Lonesome Crowded West-Modest Mouse
7.Culture Industry-Philadelphia Slick
8.OK Computer-Radiohead
9.Shakti-Shakti with John McLaughlin
10.The Harder They Come (Soundtrack)-Various Artists
Random Fact: My milkshakes bring all of my roommates back to the apartment.
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