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Volume CXXXII, Number 17 |
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Ryan Walsh-Martel and J.P. Box: DJs of the Week
O: Song, artist, or album that changed your life?
RWM: Pearl Jam: All of Ten, but especially the song "Black." I knew the first time I heard it that it would be my favorite album for the rest of my life. The opening of that song, with the barely amplified guitar, sends chills up my spine every time I hear it. The thing that makes it so great is its simplicity.
JPB: Not Pearl Jam. I mean, who loves a Nirvana rip-off? No, I'm just kidding. I would have to go with Dave Matthews' Under the Table and Dreaming. Before that album came along, I didn't really like rock. I was (and still am) a Young MC and MC Hammer fan. I am the most musically diverse WBOR DJ because I am not a big fan of indie-rock.
O: Currently, who gives the best live performance?
RWM and JPB: J.P. and Ryan give the best live performance every Sunday night on our wicked awesome sports show. We swear a lot and piss people off. We are the hardest working men in show business. And maybe Kobe Bryant is the best live performer right now, if you're talking basketball.
O: What's in your stereo now?
RWM:The new Coldplay album A Rush of Blood to the Head, A Pearl Jam EP entitled Merkinball (only two songs but excellent), Deltron 3030, and excellent hip hop CD produced and put together by Dan the Automator, the man partially responsible for Gorillaz.
JPB: Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Live at the Wetlands. He plays the pedal steel guitar, mixing blues and rock seamlessly. He's nasty.
O: Who is the most underrated artist in your opinion?
RWM: I don't know, but the most overrated band of all time is U2. They
write the same song, using the same effects and fill every album with
it. The Edge is not a very good guitarist and Bono definitely is not the
greatest singer, but I love almost everything they have ever done and
I never get tired of them. They write great music but they just aren't
very talented.
JPB: I would have to go with Dave Matthews. It takes a lot of guts to
have your favorite band be the favorite band of 13-15 year-old-girls across
the U.S. Unfortunately, WBOR doesn't keep his albums in stock. The station
lacks the necessary spunk.
O: What song are you embarrassed to admit you love?
RWM: I am not embarrassed about any of the music I like, except the occasional Dave Matthews songs. I think Brittany Spears' "I'm A Slave For You" is a legitimately good song, as well as Spice Girls' "Wannabe." And by the way, anyone who has never seen Spice World should go rent it right now because it's excellent. I also like Eve, she is very cool, talented and sexy. Madonna is a goddess.
JPB: Probably anything by Peter Gabriel. "In Your Eyes" and "Sledgehammer" are bonafide hits, and I love them and am proud of it.
J.P. and Ryan's show is called "Sports and Music Extravaganza"
and airs Sundays 8:00 p.m. - 9:30p.m.
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