Having moved to the Hyde Park area, I decided to get involved with the University of Chicago’s student radio station, WHPK. I was informed via email that I would have to submit a sample playlist that would be judged to determine if I would fit into WHPK’s “aesthetic.” I bit wary (my roommate’s playlist her freshman year had been deemed “too mainstream”), I constructed a list of 30 songs and was rewarded a few hours later with access to DJ training. Hurrah!

The oh-so-eclectic list is as follows:

1. Melt Banana - “If it is the deep sea, I can see you there” from Cell-Scape [A-Zap]
2. Amon Tobin - “Melody Infringement” from Permutation (vinyl) [Ninja Tune]
3. Isan - “Prooger” from Salamander [Morr Music]
4. Tim Hecker - “Azure, Azure” from Radio Amor [Mille Plateaux]
5. Kid 606 - “Secrets 4 Sale” from Down With the Scene [Ipecac]
6. Can - “Vitamin C” from Ege Bamyasi [Spoon]
7. Capitol K - “Pillow” from Island Row [XL]
8. Clinic - “Return of Evil Bill” from Internal Wrangler [Domino]
9. The Rapture - “House of Jealous Lovers” from House of Jealous Lovers 12″ [DFA]
10. Hrvatski - “Vatstep DSP” from Swarm and Dither [Planet Mu]
11. Boredoms - “Super You” from Super AE [Birdman]
12. Guitar Wolf - “Summertime Blues” from Jet Generation [Matador]
13. Gold Chains - “I Come From San Francisco” from Gold Chains EP [Orthlorng Musork]
14. Mutamassik - “Gulf Rock Mix” from Colapsus Compilation [Sound Ink]
15. DJ /rupture - “Descarriada” from Rude Descending A Staircase 7″ [Br0klyn Beats]
16. Dizzee Rascal - “Vexed” from I Luv U 12″ [XL]
17. :zoviet*france: - “Sprey” from Collusion [Soleil Moon]
18. Nurse With Wound - “she and me fall together like free death” from she and me fall together like free death [Beta-lactam]
19. Aarktica - “Nostalgia = Distortion” from Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life and Be Happy Anyway [Darla]
20. Stereolab - “Super Falling Star” from Peng! [Too Pure]
21. Meat Beat Manifesto - “Now (Remix)” from Now EP [Play It Again Sam]
22. Lali Puna - “Together In Electric Dreams” from Left-Handed single [Morr Music]
23. Autechre - “Arch Carrier” from LP5 [Warp]
24. Iran - “Radio Galaxies” from Iran [Tumult]
25. Mum - “Smell Memory” from Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today Was OK [Thule]
26. Soundmurderer - “Bad Sound” from Rewind #2 12″ [Rewind]
27. Dalek - “Swollen Tongue Bums” from Negro Necro Nekros [Gern Blandsten]
28. DJ Scud - “Short Sharp Shock” from Mortal Clash [Ambush]
29. King Geedorah - “Fazers” from Take Me To Your Leader [Big Dada]
30. El-P - “TOJ” from Fantastic Damage [Definitive Jux]