On Sunday, March 2nd, one of my favorite bands in the world, Yo La Tengo, will once again be doing their fundraising requestathon (their thirteenth, and responsible for the wonderful Yo La Tengo Is Murdering The Classics), where Yo La Tengo plays (or, more important, attempts to play) donors' song requests, for the Jersey City-based radio station WFMU, and, even though I'll be away from the radio, and if I remember, I will, God help me, do the following three things:
1. I will call 1-800-989-9368 between the hours of 5 and 7 Eastern Standard Time.
2. If I get through, I will make my donor pledge.
3. And then I will make a request for my fellow Filipino Renaldo Lapuz's smash hit of 2008, "We're Brothers Forever."
If Yo La Tengo actually plays the song in its entirety -- and it's really only a couple of stanzas -- I think my year will be made. If they somehow make it segue into "Speeding Motorcycle" my head will probably explode from the sheer awesomeness.
If not, maybe some good reader out there can do it for me.
Posted by the wily filipino at February 25, 2008 06:58 PM