The Vibe 005/Transcript

[Intro music]

Announcer: This is Loudspeaker.

Cheyenne: It’s Tuesday and you know what that means, D.C. It’s time for the Vibe, your musical metamorphosis from the boring 9-to-5 to - (whispers) Ri - Rian! Stop it! - (aloud) Excuse me, y’all. My producer Rian is making angry gestures at me.

[A mic is bumped.]

Cheyenne (whispering): Rian, that is not the segue to me playing Dolly again, I promise! Good lord.

(aloud) Anyway… The Vibe, your journey from the dreary 9-to-5 to the afterhours where anything might be possible. And as always I’m your tour guide, Cheyenne Midej, “The Jersey Devil.” And speaking of possibilities, have y’all felt that kind of, well, “vibe” in the air the past couple of days? Like something is building? Something big?

Could be that new Shake Shack they’re finishing up across the street, but I think it’s more than that. You ponder on that for a while. Let’s see what Men Without Hats have to say.

[Song: "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats]

[Song: "Don't Go to My House" by First of October]

[Song: "She's a Big Boy" by mcbaise]

Cheyenne: That was the classic "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, "Don't Go to My House" by First of October, and "She's a Big Boy" by Mcbaise.

We had a call from Oscar who told me they’ve been noticing a lot of panic-buying recently, like how people get sometimes before a big storm or when Cheez Doodles are half-off. I... I, I think Cheez Doodles might be half-off right now.

[A mic is bumped.]

Cheyenne (distant): Hey. Hey, Rian? Yeah, are Cheez Doodles half-

[Another mic bump.]

Cheyenne: I’ll be back in just one sec, but I’m leaving you in some very capable hands.

[Song: "Shit's Fucked" by SPT]

[Song: "Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1" by Run the Jewels]

[Song: "Games" by Tessa Violet, lovelytheband]

[Song: "Oh Girl You're the Devil" by MIKA]

Cheyenne: So it’s definitely not Cheez Doodles. But while I might not have gotten my half-off cheesy goodness, you all enjoyed Steven Paul Taylor with "Everybody Knows Shit's Fucked," Run the Jewels with "Blockbuster Night, Part One," Tessa Violet and Lovelytheband with "Games," and MIKA with "Oh Girl You're the Devil."

You can feel it too, can’t you, listeners? Like something that’s vibrating at a frequency that only dogs can hear? I don’t know. Maybe it’s all that jackhammering coming from the construction of the Shake Shack. Let’s listen to some more tunes and take some more calls.

[Song: "Lavender Boombox" by Miniature Tigers]

[Song: "New Sensation" by INXS]

[Song: "Monster" by dodie]

[Song: "Charger" by Gorillaz feat. Grace Jones]

Cheyenne: That was… huh. Well, I mean, that was "Lavender Boombox" by Miniature Tigers, "New Sensation" by INXS, "Monster" by Dodie, and "Charger" by Gorillaz featuring Grace Jones. But it was also - I mean - Did anybody else hear that? Rian?

(distantly) Rian, I swear to God, if you left your drink on the fucking soundboard again, I… uh…

(aloud) While I have a chat with my producer, let’s wind things down a bit, shall we?

[Song: "Not Dead Yet" by Lord Huron]

[Song: "Say So (Japanese Version)" by Rainych]

[Song: "Buddy" by Willie Nelson]

Cheyenne: Hey y’all, miss me? That was "Not Dead Yet" by Lord Huron, "Say So" by Rainych, and "Buddy" by Willie Nelson, because who’s more grounding than old Willie? So for anyone who was worried, I have been informed that we were just experiencing a bit of technical Weirdness caused by - yeah, that’s right, you guessed it, construction from the Shack Shack across the street messing up the electricity.

Well, let’s end this week’s show on a good one. Construction team that almost gave me a heart attack, this one’s for you. It’s Peter Gabriel with "Sledgehammer." This has been Cheyenne “The Jersey Devil” Midej with the Vibe.

[Screeching of radio interference]

Cheyenne: ‘Night, D.C. And remember, sometimes a -

[Voice fades into pulsing static.]

[Song: "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel]

[Outro music]

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