The plethora of Zakk Wylde music during the Metal show was my public service gesture for the week... BLS has not gotten enough attention, and after finally getting my hot little hands on all the CDs that are currently available and giving them all a good listen, I knew what my mission would have to be for a few weeks.  So, listen for more Zakk Wylde stuff, with BLS or just his solo stuff.    

In other news, be on the look out for a new segment to the show... "Rhayna's Rant" or something like that... I haven't quite decided on a name.  Regardless, it will be a lot of fun... heh, heh, heh.... 

~Rhayna :-)

WHAT A FREAKING DISASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  This is the essence of my luck: The next show I do after my great publicity in the Daily Evergreen, what happens?  I have quite possibly the WORST show ever--technically speaking.  It seemed like everything that could have gone haywire did.  CD player #2 was acting up because not one, but TWO CDs skipped while in that machine.  These were CDs that I have played before, so thus my reasoning for thinking it was the CD player.  Don't know if this is possible, but I'd like to think my CDs aren't scratched up nearly enough to cause that sort of malfunction.  Besides, when I played "Creeping Death," I used the station's "Ride The Lightning" CD and that thing looks like CRAP!!!  But, alas, it played FINE in CD player 1.  Go freakin' figure.  UGH!!!!!  I also had a few problems with buttons... like hitting the wrong ones or hitting the right ones at the wrong time.  TRIPLE UGH!!!!!!!  The sad part about all of this is that the music I was playing was super so all the glitches kept robbing me of the awesome vibe I had going when the mic was on.  I recorded most of the show, so I'll have to listen to it to see how bad it actually sounded.  *whimper... cry*  

In other, equally disturbing news, after such a great plug in the Evergreen, I still got absolutely no callers during my show.  I'm praying that there is a small band of listeners out there, enjoying my between song banter and bits of musical trivia, but I'm starting to get worried.  Even if people were to call in and say my show sucked, I would know that I had some listeners.  I know, I sounded way more positive in the article, but I know at least one other DJ got a whole crapload of calls the day the article came out, so I do know the station benefited from the exposure.  

I guess I just wish I would have gotten a very small sliver of that benefit as well.  :-(  Oh well... C'est la vie.  Until next week.....

~Rhayna :-)

The theme of the Buttrock show ended up being related to Karaoke because of an incident that occurred on one of the last nights I was home on Spring Break.  I won't go into all the details here, but basically, my cousin and I ended up at this bar in SeaTac, wowing the karaoke crowd to a ridiculous level; it was almost absurd.  The best way to describe our experience (quickly) to mention a few key images that might give you a peek into our amazing adventure: "Oh no - we're under attack!  Where are the reinforcements?", the dude that was too drunk to remember getting rejected the first time, the endless stream of songs that should be banned from karaoke books nationwide, Kate taking on the persona of Alanis to deafening roars of approval, the two guys that pulled the MOM card (TACKY!!!!), "Thank goodness for normal people", how Rhayna turned into Rhiannon for a few minutes to become a brunette Stevie Nicks, and "No, I really can't accept that....uh, okay, maybe I can since you just left it here..."  We were both dying of laughter as we were leaving the place, let me tell ya... Anyhoo, the song that I performed was "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks, and apparently there are either a ton of Stevie Nicks fans in that place, or I just rocked it like only a Brunette Stevie could have... HA HA.  I'd like to think it was the latter.  Due to the fact that a week later I was still laughing over the whole thing, I thought I'd play a few of my favorite songs to sing, in front of a crowd or just in the privacy of my own car/shower.  I'll let you figure out which ones are which... :-) 

~ Rhayna

Today's hot topic of the day was the Gravity Check show that is happening on Friday, April 13th in Spokane.  I'm really excited to get to see my former high school buddies play again.  I've seen Gravity Check a few times (not enough) and they always deliver live.  Of course, promoting a show that I have no venue information for did prove to be a tad difficult, but I think I made my point: GO SEE THE SHOW!!!!  I've got a few fellow station mates that want more info on the Gravity Check show, so I'm hoping to bring them along for the ride.  :-)  We'll see...  To further explain the missing track names for their CD, here's the deal: I have a VERY advance copy of their latest CD that is to be released sometime in early Summer.  Needless to say, I have no LP title, let alone track names.  I've got an email into Mike (the bassist), so hopefully the next time you visit this part of the playlist page, I'll have actual titles on there.  Once again, we'll see.... 

Until then... 

~ Rhayna