My first call I was super nervous because I was the first caller for the New Regime. I had some ideas in my head of stuff I was going to say, but when Mike picked up my mind blanked. I couldn't think of anything to say so I told him I wanted to request a song thinking I wouldn't get through. I got put through anyway, but Mike told Tom I had a song request, so I was committed.
Here's a quote from the
recidivism recap which describes the actual call way better than I can.
"Associate Producer Mike intrigues Tom with the promise of a caller who wants to make an unspecified song request. Tom takes the call because he sometimes likes to make young men happy by playing a song on the radio.
- Alvaro from Westchester, PA, requests Wellwater Conspiracy's "Born With A Tail." Tom is pretty sure that somebody loaded the Wellwater catalog into the WFMU .n3p library. Alvaro is a big fan of the band, and his request comes from Brotherhood of Electric: Operational Directives, which is one of his favorite albums of all-time. Tom agrees that it's good stuff. He asks Alvaro if he wants to hear the track now. Alvaro says it's up to Tom because it's his show. Tom appreciates the leeway and says he's got it cued up at #12 in Computer B. Alvaro wants to say one last thing, but Tom doesn't let him because he's the ruler of a New Regime."
The thing I was going to say was how much I love the show. I make sure to get that stuff out early and not call pretopic unless I have something very specific to say(which I usually write down now).
