BeatNonStop A Weblog by Chris Macias Bee pop music critic Music geek (n. myü-zik 'gEk) 1: A person who proudly wore KISS commemorative pajamas in third grade. 2: A person who owns multiple copies of the same album, still buys vinyl and has a room dedicated to 2,000 or so CDs and records. 3. A person who wrote a five-part series about traveling with a local band in their stinky van - and loved every minute of it. 4: Chris Macias, the Bee's pop music critic, serving Sacramento's music scene since 1999.

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June 7, 2007

Chillin' at KSSU

Popped into KSSU last night, the radio station at California State University, Sacramento (a.k.a. the home of the Hornets). DJ Rob Fatal is set to be program director at the station soon, but the real reason I swung by was to check out a the station’s set of CD turntables. Now, I’m the kind of guy who still swears by vinyl when it comes to turntable matters, but Rob insisted that I try scratching on some CDs. So I gave them a spin, and you know what, the CDs felt pretty cool – and no needle hops to worry about as well. Have I seen the digital DJing light?

Danny Secretion of local punkers the Secretions was just wrapping up his radio show, and came out to the lobby while Rob was busting out some wicked scratches. .And then Rob slipped a Secretions CD into the turntable and scratched on a sample of “1 – 2 – 3 –4!” The funny part is that Rob was scratching on Danny Secretion’s voice, and Danny just cracked up in amazement. Looks like Rob may add a little scratching to an upcoming Secretions show, so stay tuned for that.

I also got a copy of The Local Slice, a ‘zine published by KSSU radio. And look at this: the cover story was on Antoinette “Butterscotch” Clinton, a world champion beat-boxer who I profiled in 2005. All of that music making with her mouth has evidently led to an increasingly rising career. Lately she’s been part of Mike Patton’s Peeping Tom project, which on record features Norah Jones, Bebel Gilberto and members of Massive Attack. She even joined Peeping Tom on stage at the recent Coachella festival. Butterscotch has also been collaborating with indie hip-hop favorite Pigeon John and was booked on the Tom Green Live. You go, Butterscotch!

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