OTR: Bad Religion - The New America

The New America is Bad Religion's eleventh studio album and one of the first things I can remember putting on WAIH's playlist as the station's newest music director. The station had spent the previous school year under the direction of a musically ignorant ingrate who worshipped both Led Zeppelin and Limp Bizkit - two of the most testosterone-infused groups of dipshits to ever mar recorded media with their cacophony. When I took over as the music director, I had to rebuild the station's promotional contact list because there was literally nobody calling anymore! Upon calling one promoter, I can still remember what he said about my predecessor upon hearing the news that I was the new MD: "good - I fucking hated that kid!" Another one asked me if the format of the station was still modern rock. "What," I replied incredulously, "this is supposed to be a mixed format alternative station!"

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