SCULLY: I believe they have to do with unexplained phenomena.
Indeed they do! This is basically how it goes: i like music. music is nice. i like to share nice things. sharing music is illegal. but playing music to people isn't. So i've got a radio show...
Every Tuesday from 6-8 i'm on Royal Holloway's student radio station Insanity Radio 1287am. You can either tune in by dialling that frequency or you can go on www.insanityradio.com and listen online.
I play a mixture of different genres but mainly indie, folk, acoustic, electro and pop. So basically everything. The main theme holding them all together is that i play what i have classified as 'x-files'.
What is an x-file? Well i suppose the first words that come to mind are unknown, unclassified, odd, and rare. An x-file can be new music, unknown music, underground music, lost music, odd music, or quite literally, x-files [tv show] related music. Here are some examples of 'x-files':
1) Spice Girls - Lady is a Vamp. X-file because...it's an odd track in comparison to others on their albums. 40s style in contrast to the 90s girl band pop
2) Catatonia - Mulder and Scully. X-file because...it's about the x-files!
3) Marissa Nadler - Stallions. X-file because...she has been around for forever but is a pretty unknown artist.
4) Animal Collective - Did You See The Words. X-file because...they are well known in the underground scene but haven't quite hit the mainstream.
5) Adele - Daydreamer. X-file because...she is a phenomenal new artist.
6) Kelly Blechdom - Torture Chamber. X-file because...she is odd and brilliant. Perhaps even a little crazy, but brilliant.
7) Charles Trenet - La Mer. X-file because...though his music may be lost on our generation, it shouldn't be and i am determined to keep the classics alive.
So that's the kind of music that would typically be played on the show. But the x-files don't end there, oh no, no way, nuh-huh. Nope. May i introduce - blogspot. Every week i will update this blog with the playlist from the show so you can check out the bands you liked. But i will also update it with other x-files: films, books, art, exhibitions, restaurants, parks, countries, nooks and crannies, and other such treasures. Any worldly secret that i encounter, i will share with you here. Typically you can expect gig, film [old and new] and theatre reviews but i will throw in special places and seasonal delights too.
And i'll throw in some x-files quotes too for good measure. And maybe some of my favourite episodes here and there too. Cos, you know, x-files...well...it's amazing. Really. If you haven't sat down and watched it properly yet, i would advise you to do so. Your life changes. Well, not quite. But it sure does tickle yer insides for a bit.
So i think that just about sums up Shadi's X-files. All you have to do now is tune in and let the music take you to other worlds....
ahahahaa how cheesy! Bye folks!
Over and out,
Shadi-Sade Sarreshtehdarzadeh, Shadi's X-files
