Category: Blog

  • Hear ’em While They’re Hot: The Ultimate Rock Brothers

    Good afternoon, listeners!   Here at WVKR, we truly dig and are eternally grateful for our incredible DJs that show the world what it means to be independent radio. Unfortunately, as the years have passed, it has only been natural that great DJs from both the community and the student body have come and gone…

  • Aaron Bendich: A great WVKR DJ and a pretty solid guy

    I met Aaron when I was a freshman at Vassar College. Soon We became well acquainted friends and we decided to have an Outsider Music radio show on WVKR together. We played all the best outsider music and he was a great DJ with me assisting. The next year Aaron became the Treasurer of WVKR,…

  • New Student Shows this Fall on WVKR!

    Good evening, listeners! It is my esteemed pleasure to announce the addition of more than a baker’s dozen of sweet new shows on WVKR this Fall:   Intergalactic Vomit  w. DJs Birthday and Pay2Play: “Intergalactic Love Tunes” (ambient sound collages) [Sun 12-1 am] Sludge Judy w. DJ Judy: Sludge/Stoner/Doom Metal [Sun 3-4 am] Regurgitated Giblets…

  • Patrick Cowley

    This week’s “pick” is School Daze: a collection of songs produced by Patrick Cowley for gay pornographic films between 1973 and 1981. Cowley is perhaps best known for his proto-house remix of Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love,” as well as his work with Sylvester, writing and producing “Stars” and “I Need Somebody To Love Tonight.” On this release,…