Hey Gang!

Post Halloween Blues…
Hope everyone had a great Halloween and I hope you had the chance to see local band Headlights at Iron Post on the 31st. Unfortunately, I missed the show because I was out of town at a costume party. But I’m looking forward to seeing them when they’re back in town for the Laughing Prairie Dog Festival on December 4!!!!

More Great Bands in C-U…
There are some great bands coming to town this week!
Generationals are playing at the Courtyard Cafe in the Illini Union this Thursday at 8pm! Check them out at http://www.myspace.com/generationals

Neko Case will be playing at Canopy Club on Friday at 10:30pm! I haven’t seen her live but I know she is great! She’s a member of the Canadian indie band The New Pornographers and right now she is on a solo tour. She played at Lollapalooza this summer along with 130+ of the greatest bands of 2009 including Depeche Mode, The Killers, Kings of Leon and many more. While I was walking around Lollapalooza this August I talked to several people who said they were “there is see Neko Case” over all the other bands.

Laughing Prairie Dog Festival is just around the corner! The concert extravaganza is only one month and one day away!!!!! Mark your calender and prepare to see Headlights, Common Loon, Santahh, The Hood Internet, Smoking Popes and more! See ya there!

KISSES!

Looking for something to do this Halloween week/weekend in C-U? Look no further! I can tell you where to find great music, a costume party, free food and even FREE BOOZE!

Great Music!
Come by Canopy Club tonight at 7 for Trivia Diner and Piano Man
Headlights are playing on Halloween night at Iron Post (8PM)

Costume Party!
Freaktini, a freakishly fun Halloween Party is taking place in downtown Champaign on Thursday, October 29th from 5:30-midnight. Tickets include:

· Hors d’oeuvres at Boltini
· Cupcake at Cakes on Walnut
· Half-price appetizers at Bacaro
· Improv Comedy at Esquire by Zoo Improv
· Live music at Cowboy Monkey
· Tarot Card Readings by Terra
· Raffle prizes awarded throughout the evening
· Costume contest with cash prizes

Purchase your ticket in advance at Boltini, Cakes on Walnut and A Woman’s Place.

Free Food and FREE BOOZE!
County Market and Captain Morgan will be giving away free Captain Morgan samples on October 30th from 5-7PM at County Market on 4th and Springfield. WPGU will bring the tunes. Start off your Halloween weekend the right way by stopping by to sample Captain Morgan products (for the first time, I’m sure.)

Come by the WPGU tailgate (located just east of the Assembly Hall) on Halloween at noon. We’ll have FREE MILLER BEER and FREE FAMOUS DAVE’S BBQ!

For more info:
www.freaktini.com
www.canopyclub.com

As the 232nd birthday of this great nation approaches, WPGU is out to start a ruckus with our oldest rivals, the British. We’re waging a war on the air waves this week as we pit American bands against their British counterparts in a series of battles for total musical domination. In this contest, there are no winners and there is no prize. That is, unless you count patriotism and and excellent sense of what’s awesome as prizes, in which case everybody wins!

Want to join in on the good fight? Tune in every day through Friday, July 4th at 12:30 and 5:30 as we spin the songs from the opposing artists, then log on to the217.com/wpgu to vote on which song was better. Polls will only be open for 3 hours, so log on quick! As they say in Chicago, vote early, vote often!

Also this week at WPGU:

• We’re playing Glow-in-the-dark Ultimate Frisbee on the South Quad as part of our ongoing Summer Twilight Games! Come out to the South Quad on Wednesday at 8pm to join in the fun.
• WPGU is cleaning out it’s prize closet and giving you a chance to pick up some cool free stuff at an undisclosed location. Tune in on Thursday to find out where the WPGU van will be as part of our Mobile Garage Giveaway, then come find us to get cool free stuff, including CD’s, t-shirts, and the random crap that makes us cool to know!
• Artist Carl Hauck is being featured as our Band of the Week. Tune every day at 4:30 to hear a new track by this awesome musician!

That’s where we’re at for this patriotic week. Be sure to tune in as you celebrate the birth of something awesome.

AMERICA!

What a week for rockin music and fun in the sun! WPGU is rolling into another summer week with a lot of exciting events and some cool programming, too!

We’ve got a long week ahead of us with a lot to do, but it looks to be a good time for all who attend!

Peace.

This week marks a U-turn at WPGU. No longer will we simply play the best and brightest on the local music scene. We will also get to know them. We’re going out to dinner and ordering the proverbial lobster! And we’re doing it to make sure that you know them, too! These are to bands that are hot, and we want you to know what’s making them sizzle.

In the case of Snowsera, our inaugural Band of the Week, it was their impressive showing at the Local Music Awards. With two trophies and a live performance, they had one helluva night even after the rest of us blacked out. They’re down to Earth and pretty good to see perform, and definitely deserve all the credit we can give them.

To honor them, this week we will feature a new Snowsera song in the 4 o’clock hour every day, along with interesting tidbits about the band all day long and a live studio interview on WPGU 107.1FM at the end of the week. So tune in to hear it or log on to the217.com to read our full questionnaire with the band today!

Also this week:

• WPGU will be at the new Presby Hall on Thursday to give away sweet prizes and show off some of Campustown’s nicest new housing
• Ticket Tuesday will be a double feature with tickets to both Islands and John Vandrslice live at Canopy Club