Sarah M Vasquez
Such a bittersweet story. This was my last On the Other Hand segment at KTSW and what better way to end my run there than with my friends. It’s like ending in full circle.
Now friends aside, this is a great Texas State story. This band started in a Texas State dorm, and the two other bands on the final show lineup, Equals and The Couch, were both from Texas State as well. Before I went back to Texas State, before I met any of these guys, I heard these three band names a lot from that community. That’s why I wanted to do this story.
But I’ll admit, I had a moment of panic when I was overthinking the story and thought I would come off as a fangirl (I guess that’s why they tell us not to cover our friends). Luckily, my directors kept me in check.
So I focused on the band’s end and the relationships with the two other bands. It was nice to sit down with the three bands once again for my last KTSW story. I was already feeling emotional about my upcoming graduation, and after my Hurricane Sandy story, all the giggles and trips down memory lane was something I needed.
BTW, I have a lot of material and interviews I did that didn’t make the story. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that I have a deleted scenes reel coming soon.
This was one of those stories where KTSW needed someone to interview him, and I was the chosen one.
It should be noted that most news stories are at most 45 seconds long, but with my segment, I was allowed to do more in-depth features that ranged from five to seven minutes. So it made sense for me to do this story.
Oh, The Midgetmen. I always get great stories from this band.
This story needs no explanation, really. I needed a story about an interesting talent and I remembered stumbling on this music video:
The story was born. This was one of my earlier stories for On the Other Hand, so I don’t think I had a theme song yet.
Another interview I did in the past that never got published. I did this interview for my music blog thinking I would have time to work on it during the Poynter fellowship. Yeah, nope, didn’t happen. So I bought it out for my segment.
Sad news is that the band is ending their run on Dec. 29 at Red Eyed Fly. Guess I better catch that, eh?
This story was supposed to air in the summer the week For Hours and Ours played their last show. But I got sick. Bumsville. Then I bought the story back out when I had to postpone my Hurricane Sandy story.
So I scheduled a follow-up interview with two of the members from FHAO on Wednesday, worked on the script on Thursday, put together the story Friday morning and it played that Friday afternoon. Not my best work, but sometimes time is just not on my side.
And as a result, I said Ricky’s last name wrong. I’m really sorry about that, Ricky.
I always get nervous interviewing journalists. They know the process, so I have to be on my a-game.
I knew I wanted to interview Gustavo the moment I read in the Mass Comm Week schedule that he got into journalism with “an angry letter to the editor.” Then I got an email asking if any of us from KTSW wanted to interview him.
Long story short, I had a late start the morning of my interview. I got a call he was there early, so I went ahead and did the interview with no research, no coffee. Yiiiiiiikes. So I winged it and I think it came out well. Especially when he told me afterwards I had great questions. Yay.
It’s the last weekend of East Austin Studio Tour (EAST). Have you checked out any studios yet? I haven’t. I have two papers due Tuesday. :(
But here’s one artist that I featured on my On the Other Hand segment for KTSW. She was recommended by one of the directors when I was asking everyone to help me with “oh-my-god-I-need-to-produce-a-weekly-segment” ideas. The only thing I was told about Monsterlove was that she produces monster heads. Ok, that was enough to spark some interest.
So I schedule an interview, and lo and behold, there was more to this story. Go ahead. Listen. And she’s participating in EAST so go check out some monster heads. I’ve been told you can try some on!
This wasn’t planned, but my first segment for “On the Other Hand” featured the band Afterburn. As I was going through the line up for Texas Rock Fest this past March, I learned that this band consists of four New York firefighters. Of course, I got an interview.
And I didn’t even realized that it aired the Friday before the anniversary of 9/11. Even though we never discussed it in the interview, it’s still good timing all around.
