False Alarm

So tonight was odd. When I got to the station, the fire alarm light was blinking in the hall. Erika, the DJ before me, said that the alarm went off during her show and she had to leave. But after the firefighters got there, they never said it was OK to go back inside. Eventually the campus police gave the all clear, but when she got back, the light was still blinking. I thought about calling the campus police about the fire strobe, but it seemed like a hassle. Aside from the distraction of the strobe light, it was a good show. Not much new this week, which is always a good excuse to trot out some old favorites. I also didn't get much music pulled before the show, so I had a lot of running back and forth to the library to grab CDs. My favorite new CD the past couple of weeks has been the Department of Energy EP. Hopefully they'll put out a full length soon. I saw them at the 4th Ave Tav few weeks ago, along with Half Acre Day and the Visible Men, and I was really impressed. They also did an awesome cover of the Doors' "Light My Fire". And I'm not even much of a Doors fan. I've also been enjoying the new Belle and Sebastian album. I'm looking forward to seeing them in March with the New Pornographers, despite Ticketmaster shafting us with service charges. A $30 dollar ticket and $15 additional charges is just ridiculous. The last time I saw Belle and Sebastian was downtown at the Capitol Theatre, with Jonathan Richman. Coincidentally, during their final number, "Legal Man", the fire alarm went off.