KCRW Guest DJ Bingo: Margaret Cho

NERD ALERT: This episode made me very nostalgic for Survival Kit on WNYC.

One of the songs is by Led Zeppelin: +1
Guest complains that 5 songs too few:+ 1
Guest says the song makes/made them cry: +1 per song
Includes a reference to one of their projects (a specific one): +.5 per song
Guest describes their taste as very eclectic: +1
Guest references their small town/suburban youth: +1

Guest says they can listen to a song over and over +1 

Describes a song as "cinematic" +1

Debbie Downer moment +1 

Celebrity Buddy +1 

3/5 songs entered their lives during high school or earlier +1

Some variation on "Music has a huge influence on my work" +1

Reference to live performance +.5 per song (.5)

Heartbreak +1 

LA Shoutout +.5 per song

Driving song +.5 per song

Song is by one of the guest's friends +.5

Learned about the band from an older sibling +.5

Gushing about KCRW +.5 (.5)

Wild card: Aspirations to be something else +.5 per song (1.5)

Total: 2.5

KCRW Guest DJ Project: Margaret Cho

KCRW Guest DJ Bingo: Elon Musk

You could power that rocket on all the sincerity.  At least I assume so from reading the transcript, joke's on me if all that stuff he said about Santa Claus was delivered in a sardonic and contemptuous voice.

One of the songs is by Led Zeppelin: +1
Guest complains that 5 songs too few:+ 1
Guest says the song makes/made them cry: +1 per song
Includes a reference to one of their projects (a specific one): +.5 per song (1)
Guest describes their taste as very eclectic: +1
Guest references their small town/suburban youth: +1

Guest says they can listen to a song over and over +1 

Describes a song as "cinematic" +1

Debbie Downer moment +1 

Celebrity Buddy +1 

3/5 songs entered their lives during high school or earlier +1

Some variation on "Music has a huge influence on my work" +1

Reference to live performance +.5 per song

Heartbreak +1 

LA Shoutout +.5 per song

Driving song +.5 per song

Song is by one of the guest's friends +.5

Learned about the band from an older sibling +.5

Gushing about KCRW +.5

Wild card: America!!!!!! +.5 (1)

Total: 2

KCRW Guest DJ Project: Elon Musk

KCRW Guest DJ Bingo: Tim Heidecker

Last year one of my resolutions was to get this up by Thursday night every week.  Obviously that didn't happen. Starting fresh in 2012!

One of the songs is by Led Zeppelin: +1
Guest complains that 5 songs too few:+ 1
Guest says the song makes/made them cry: +1 per song
Includes a reference to one of their projects (a specific one): +.5 per song (.5)
Guest describes their taste as very eclectic: +1
Guest references their small town/suburban youth: +1 (1)

Guest says they can listen to a song over and over +1 

Describes a song as "cinematic" +1

Debbie Downer moment +1 

Celebrity Buddy +1 

3/5 songs entered their lives during high school or earlier +1

Some variation on "Music has a huge influence on my work" +1

Reference to live performance +.5 per song (1)

Heartbreak +1 

LA Shoutout +.5 per song

Driving song +.5 per song

Song is by one of the guest's friends +.5 (.5)

Learned about the band from an older sibling +.5

Gushing about KCRW +.5

Wild card: Song with intentionally or unintentionally weird delivery +.5 (1)

Total: 4
 

KCRW Guest DJ Project:  Tim Heidecker

KCRW Guest DJ Project: Mae Whitman

Oh honey, you just play your ukulele and sing your heart out!

One of the songs is by Led Zeppelin: +1
Guest complains that 5 songs too few:+ 1
Guest says the song makes/made them cry: +1 per song
Includes a reference to one of their projects (a specific one): +.5 per song (.5)
Guest describes their taste as very eclectic: +1
Guest references their small town/suburban youth: +1

Guest says they can listen to a song over and over +1 

Describes a song as "cinematic" +1

Debbie Downer moment +1 

Celebrity Buddy +1 

3/5 songs entered their lives during high school or earlier +1

Some variation on "Music has a huge influence on my work" +1

Reference to live performance +.5 per song

Heartbreak +1 

LA Shoutout +.5 per song (.5)

Driving song +.5 per song

Song is by one of the guest's friends +.5 (.5)

Learned about the band from an older sibling +.5

Gushing about KCRW +.5 (.5)

Wild card: References to guest's youth +.5 (1)

Total: 3

KCRW Guest DJ Project: Mae Whitman

KCRW Guest DJ Project: Bret McKenzie

Are these produced out of sequence or did Dan Wilcox clean up drastically between the Mike White episode and this one?

One of the songs is by Led Zeppelin: +1
Guest complains that 5 songs too few:+ 1
Guest says the song makes/made them cry: +1 per song
Includes a reference to one of their projects (a specific one): +.5 per song (1.5, including high school play)
Guest describes their taste as very eclectic: +1
Guest references their small town/suburban youth: +1 (1, New Zealand basically being a small town of a nation)

Guest says they can listen to a song over and over +1 

Describes a song as "cinematic" +1

Debbie Downer moment +1 

Celebrity Buddy +1 

3/5 songs entered their lives during high school or earlier +1

Some variation on "Music has a huge influence on my work" +1

Reference to live performance +.5 per song (.5, high school play)

Heartbreak +1 

LA Shoutout +.5 per song

Driving song +.5 per song

Song is by one of the guest's friends +.5

Learned about the band from an older sibling +.5

Gushing about KCRW +.5

Wild card: Mentions of "Muppets" in reference to a single song +.5 (2)

Total: 5

KCRW Guest DJ Bingo Project: Bret McKenzie
 

KCRW Guest DJ Project: Mike White

Maybe it's fitting that someone with a name that is ordinary to the point of parody should be a little twisted.

One of the songs is by Led Zeppelin: +1
Guest complains that 5 songs too few:+ 1
Guest says the song makes/made them cry: +1 per song
Includes a reference to one of their projects (a specific one): +.5 per song
Guest describes their taste as very eclectic: +1
Guest references their small town/suburban youth: +1

Guest says they can listen to a song over and over +1 

Describes a song as "cinematic" +1

Debbie Downer moment +1 (1, blanket point for overall tone of darkness)

Celebrity Buddy +1 

3/5 songs entered their lives during high school or earlier +1 (1)

Some variation on "Music has a huge influence on my work" +1

Reference to live performance +.5 per song

Heartbreak +1 

LA Shoutout +.5 per song

Driving song +.5 per song

Song is by one of the guest's friends +.5

Learned about the band from an older sibling +.5 (.5, not counting the sister's book about rock music being the devil)

Gushing about KCRW +.5

Wild card: Reference to the devil +.5 per song (1.5)

Total: 4
 

KCRW Guest DJ Project: Mike White

KCRW Guest DJ Project: Michael Govan

KCRWGDJPB will probably just as late next week.  Happy Thanksgiving!

One of the songs is by Led Zeppelin: +1
Guest complains that 5 songs too few:+ 1
Guest says the song makes/made them cry: +1 per song
Includes a reference to one of their projects (a specific one): +.5 per song
Guest describes their taste as very eclectic: +1
Guest references their small town/suburban youth: +1

Guest says they can listen to a song over and over +1 

Describes a song as "cinematic" +1

Debbie Downer moment +1 

Celebrity Buddy +1 

3/5 songs entered their lives during high school or earlier +1

Some variation on "Music has a huge influence on my work" +1

Reference to live performance +.5 per song

Heartbreak +1 

LA Shoutout +.5 per song (1.5)

Driving song +.5 per song

Song is by one of the guest's friends +.5

Learned about the band from an older sibling +.5

Gushing about KCRW +.5 (.5)

Wild card: Cultural learnings +.5 (1.5)

Total: 3.5

KCRW Guest DJ Project: Michael Govan