OUR SERIES profiling WRUU show hosts continues with our talk with DJ Spooky. Her eclectic show “Rigor Mortis” airs Thursday nights at 9 p.m. ‘I love just really dark folky music’ Story by Jim Morekis of Connect Savannah. 09/09/2020.
What in your background or interests led you to wanting to curate a radio show? Have you worked in radio before?
Music has always played a major role in my life in one capacity or another. WRUU has been my first official on-air experience, but DJ Spooky really began in New Jersey in the early ’90s. My 6-year old-self, dressed in a variety of Halloween costumes, toy microphone and Beetlejuice doll in hand frequently took to the living room to announce music videos that appeared on MTV.
I used to get really excited and jump around on the furniture when my favorite song “I Love Rock N’ Roll” by Joan Jett came on MTV. I remember begging for a leather jacket like Joan’s, which I never got. Not much changed all in all, except I now have that leather jacket, and I don’t feed my guests.
At 10, I got my first guitar, a Fender Stratocaster (90’s, I know). This eventually lead to me forming and performing in several bands over the years, and in the process I picked up bass and drums as well. When I was around 12, I had this Sony boombox that I used to plug a mic into and record curated cassette tapes, and give them to friends. I’d add in random facts, tidbits or just weird sound bits into those recordings. Read the complete interview at:
