1. WIUX Alumni Newsletter April 2015
Keeping up with your favorite college radio station
WIUX Culture Shock 2015: An Unmitaged Success
On April 11th in Dunn
Meadow, nearly a full years’
worth of hard work, dilligent plan-
ning, long nights, and more than
a little good fortune finally came
togther to create Culture Shock
2015.
For many of WIUX’s lon-
gest serving members, this year’s
festival was the greatest one
they’d ever seen. From the quality
of the bands to the smooth sailing
of the day’s logistics, from the
bevy of local and regional vendors
to the bright blue skies and smil-
ing sun, this year’s Culture Shock
was an unmitigated success.
The biggest draw, of
course, were the bands, and they
delivered in a huge way. Local acts
like Dietrich Jon and Thee Tsu-
namis played spirited sets, while
hip-hop duo Oreo Jones & Sirius
Blvck kept the crowd moving well
past the halfway mark of the day.
Montreal’s TOPS hit the
stage to a wave of applause, and
proceeded to win the crowd
over with their smooth, chimey
indie rock sound. Twin Peaks,
the rockers from Chicago, roared
through their set with the kind
of ragged enthusiasm that makes
their music so appealing. They left
the stage to rapturous applause,
garnering the biggest response of
the festival thus far.
But when the sun went
down and Foxygen hit the stage,
all bets were off. Nobody knew
what to expect from the San
Fran psych rockers; their wild live
reputation proceeded them. But
whether it was Jonathan Rado’s
soaring organ lines or frontman
Sam France’s wild and wacky
antics, Foxygen positivlely pul-
verized the 2000-strong crowd,
driving the audience into hys-
terics. The band, which included
touring musicians “& Star Power”,
sang and danced and freaked
out, providing the Culture Shock
crowd with a headlining set they
won’t soon forget.
There are plenty of other
things that can be said about that
day in early April. The weather,
the most sinister threat to any
festival, cooperated beautifully.
A whole host of local businesses
held tables that tied the Bloom-
ington comunity to the event.
Children painted gleefully on the
art wall. Dogs romped around
the meadow. And the power of
the music brought a huge crowd
together.
It’s truly a testament to
the efforts of the student volun-
teers at WIUX that Culture Shock
2015 was such a success. It’s set a
high precedent. And it’s one that
we’re looking forward to surpass-
ing.
The crowd rocks out at Culture Shock
2015
(Photo courtesy of Abigail Kaeser)
Foxygen frontman Sam France
(Photo courtesy of Abigail Kaeser)
by Sam Velazquez

2. WIUX Alumni Newsletter April 2015
Culture Shock 2015 In Focus
Mike Adams at His Honest Weight
Foxygen
TOPS guitarist David Carriere
Dietrich
Jon
Twin
Peaks
All Culture Shock 2015 photos courtesy of
Abigail Kaeser

3. WIUX Alumni Newsletter April 2015
Thee
Tsunamis
Oreo Jones &
Sirius Blvck
Vista Kid
Cruiser
Foxygen frontman
Sam France
TOPS
Twin Peaks

4. WIUX Alumni Newsletter April 2015
WIUX Alumni Spotlight: Galen ClavioDJ of the Week
Name: Grace
Costello
Year: Senior
Hometown: South
Bend, IN
Show: Unnamed,
Mondays, 10 p.m.
-12 a.m., 99.1FM
Name: Mia Torres &
Sabrina Dorow
Year: Freshman,
Sophomore
Hometown: Mun-
ster, IN
Show: Monday
Medicine, 5-6 p.m.,
B-Side
Name: Ashley
Chambers & Haley
Scott
Year: Sophomores
Hometown:
Bloomington, IN, &
Carmel, IN
Show: Making
Breakfast, Fridays,
8-10 a.m. 99.1FM
Name: Blake Biesen
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Val-
paraiso, IN
Show: Between Two
Bros on B-Side with
Brendan & Blake,
Saturdays, 6-7 p.m.,
B-Side
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When did you start working with WIUX?
I started as a timid freshman in the fall
of 1997. I found out about the station by
accident - I lived in Teter and was walking
with some friends to Kirkwood, and
happened to walk by a WIUS information
table next to Showalter Fountain. I went
over, looked at the information, found out
that it was a student radio station AND it
had a sports department, and signed up
for the email list. A few weeks later, I went
to my first mass meeting, and I ended up
staying for four years.
What positions did you hold?
I was on the sports committee all four
years, and served as the co-Sports Direc-
tor from 1999-2001. I also served as Pub-
lic Relations Director (and did a terrible
job!) in 1998-99. Beyond that, I hosted
a regular sports talk show on Thursday
nights for three years, and did a bunch
of play-by-play broadcasts of every sport
from basketball to hockey to soccer.
What's your favorite memory from your
time at WIUX?
I know this sounds corny, but my favorite
memory really was of the people I met
while I was there. I made a lot of lifelong
friends - people I still stay regularly in
touch with and who I consider to be
among my closest friends today. We
formed our own little social group, hung
out all the time, and had a lot of fun.
My favorite individual memory
is probably the coverage we pulled off on
the day Bob Knight got fired. We hadn't
even had our mass meeting yet, but we
somehow managed to get a staff of over
20 people working at the station that day,
where we reported on and anchored 13
hours of non-stop coverage of the after-
math of Knight being fired. It's hard for
students today to understand what a huge
cultural event that was here - there were
literally a few thousand protesters march-
ing around campus, burning the president
of the university in effigy in front of his
house, knocking down lamp posts and
tearing the dolphins out of Showalter
Fountain. I thought our sports and news
staffs did a remarkable job of covering
that whole event, and I was proud to be a
part of the coverage.
How did working at WIUX prepare you for
life after college?
It helped me learn a lot about radio broad-
casting, which is what my first career was
before I became a faculty member. If I
hadn't had the experiences I had at WIUX,
I wouldn't have been nearly as competitive
for jobs and opportunities in the industry.
And unbeknownst to me, it also expanded
my music palate a tremendous amount,
although I didn't realize that until several
years later.
What are you most looking forward to as
WIUX's new Faculty Advisor?
I'm looking forward to being able to give
back to a place that has given me so much.
The station is on so much better footing
now than it was when I was in school, and I
can remember our board of directors con-
stantly having to move mountains just to
get basic things done. We didn't have much
faculty or school assistance or help, and yet
the folks involved poured their hearts and
souls into making things better. The growth
of the station over the last 15 years in terms
of the opportunities it provides students
and the effectiveness of the students to get
things done is incredible to me. So if I can
help to continue moving that forward in
any way, I want to do it - whether it's being
an advocate for the station to the university,
giving advice to students who want to work
in music, sports, or broadcasting, or just
cooking hot dogs at the station cook-out.
WIUX’s new faculty advisor and alumnus
Interview by Taylor Haggerty