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Jenni, Your Leopard Print Lounge Hostess

Late Night Radio - It's What Caffeine Is For!

About Me

Costume designer, rock radio hostess, rabid horror fan. Born in Alabama, raised in Adelaide, Australia on Aussie garage rock. Emily Post crossed with Lizzie Borden. Or something like that.
I used to do professional costume design for Chicago and New Jersey theatre, and was wardrobe supervisor for this wonderful touring group for awhile. Now I work by day as an admin assistant and am a costume assistant for the fabulous Madison Opera. I have two cats who are my adored and pampered children.
My first love is music, and that's mainly why I'm here. I host my radio show, the Leopard Print Lounge on WORT 89.9 FM in Madison, WI, airing every Tuesday night from 11 pm - 2 am CST. I play primarily garage rock, but also rockabilly classics, punk, surf, alt-country, mod, psych, Northern Soul, psychobilly, horrorbilly, power pop and whatever oddities I can come up with. If you're in a band and want me to play ya on the air, please take a look at the playlists on my blog and if you think it's company you'd like to keep, drop me a line here on MySpace.
If you are a touring rawk band, come to Madison and play a show or ten, okay? We need you here!
I'm very happy to play and promote the artists and individuals I love. Similar love and promotion is also a wonderful thing, and greatly appreciated. We late night DJs have a bit of a struggle to win listeners, so if you like whatcha hear please talk it up! Thanks!
ALSO....WE NOW ARCHIVE SHOWS ON WORT!!! So please go to our website, www.wort-fm.org , and click on the "ARCHIVES/PODCAST" link to hear the LPL when YOU want to!
Finally, PLEASE DO NOT POST ADVERTISING, YOUTUBE VIDEOS OR MASS-COMMENTING IN MY COMMENTS SECTION . It will be denied/deleted.
I edited my profile with Thomas’ Myspace Editor V3.6 !

My Interests

Primitive Rock-N-Roll, men in gold lame' suits, costumery, and opera. Among other things.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone and everyone who enjoys the rawk-n-roll. I'm not a hipster and I do not subscribe to any "cooler than thou" music-snob attitudes. I'm just a girl who really, really likes music, theatre, film and the arts, and the people involved, especially if they have a good sense of humor and a general lack of pretension.

I'm the sort of person who thinks that nobody is "too cool" or too unattainable to talk to - so if you have some measure of celebrity, I'll probably talk to you like you're my friendly next door neighbor, and if you are a struggling artist with little hype or publicity, I'll probably treat you like a god.

Music:

Too many to list. Obviously, I love garage rock, R&B, rockabilly, northern soul, freakbeat, FUZZ, psych....you get the idea. But I'm also a big fan of 80s new wave and pop. Yeah, I own a Wham! Greatest Hits CD. So sue me.

Movies:

I am a "horror gourmand," which in my case means that I have very little in the way of discerning taste when it comes to horror movies. Artsy, trashy, high-brow, exploitation - they are all fair game.

Television:

Project Runway, of course. Top Chef. Ace of Cakes or any Food Network cake-decorating challenge show. Black Books. Venture Bros. Garth Marenghi's Dark Places. And definitely Blackadder.

Books:

Alexandre Dumas, Emile Zola, Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, Natsuo Kirino, Thomas Ligotti, and of course anything by Poe or H.P. Lovecraft. Actually, most horror/crime/dark fantasy. But not vampire novels. I'm really picky about vampire novels.

Heroes:

Lizzie Borden, Edith Head, Eiko Ishioka, David Byrne, Martin Fry, Emily Post, Wendy Case, Richard Lloyd, Boy George

My Blog

LPL Playlist 4/15/08!!

LPL Playlist 4/15/08Glen & Glenda - Voodoo DollMerseybeats - Fortune TellerThe Cramps - Green FuzThe Plimsouls - HypnotizedThem! - Call My NameDMZ - BarracudaDirty Lovers - LoudmouthLeather Uppers...
Posted by Jenni, Your Leopard Print Lounge Hostess on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:00:00 PST

LPL Playlist 4/8/08!!

LPL Playlist 4/8/08MC5 - Baby Won't YaThe Runaways - Born To Be BadSupersuckers - Hot Rod RallyThe Nomads - In A House Of CardsThe Twenty Second Sect - HellThe Only Ones - Why Don't You Kill YourselfT...
Posted by Jenni, Your Leopard Print Lounge Hostess on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:59:00 PST

LPL Playlist 4/1/08!!

LPL Playlist 4/1/08The Mortals - Atomic CocktailJellyfuzz - .44 SpecialThe Vertebrats - How ComeGraham Day & The Gaolers - On The PullThe Vipers - Tears (Only Dry)Radio Birdman - Hand Of LawCeliba...
Posted by Jenni, Your Leopard Print Lounge Hostess on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:32:00 PST

A rare non-radio post!

Why yes, it’s a mini-post about the other side of my life....the non-radio side! Mostly for the edification of my beloved Bordellos, who wondered what "sewing like a madwoman" was....well, here&...
Posted by Jenni, Your Leopard Print Lounge Hostess on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:48:00 PST

For Madison garage rock lovers - a call to arms!

My good friend and LPL Muse, Marko of the Garage Gig, posted this bulletin about his local music scene and I believe his sentiments could easily apply to Madison!! Italics within the post are mine. Th...
Posted by Jenni, Your Leopard Print Lounge Hostess on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:50:00 PST

RAWK at the Klinic Sat. 3/29 with UNDERCULTURE!

...and others......All hail,Jenni, Your LPL HostessTuesdays 11 pm - 2 am CST WORT 89.9 FM, Madison WI...
Posted by Jenni, Your Leopard Print Lounge Hostess on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:53:00 PST

LPL Playlist 3/25/08!!

LPL Playlist 3/25/08The Nomads - BangkokThe Mourning After - Can You Feel My PainThe Urges - You’re Gonna Find OutMono Men - ScotchThe Hekawis - Give It Soul13th Floor Elevators - Don’t Fa...
Posted by Jenni, Your Leopard Print Lounge Hostess on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:08:00 PST

LPL Playlist 3/18/08!!

LPL Playlist 3/18/08Cash Money - Bad Case Of Bitter PillsHormonas - Black VelvetThe Monsters - I’m Always WrongSupercharger - I Broke My MindThe White Stripes - Why Can’t You Be Nicer To M...
Posted by Jenni, Your Leopard Print Lounge Hostess on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:54:00 PST

LPL Playlist 3/11/08!!

LPL Playlist 3/11/08The Mortals - Coming DownMickey & The Milkshakes - It’s YouElectric Frankenstein - Electrify MeMono Men - Little Miss 3-BMystery Girls - Circles In The SandThe Undertones...
Posted by Jenni, Your Leopard Print Lounge Hostess on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:57:00 PST

LPL Playlist 3/4/08!!

LPL Playlist 3/4/08The Makers - I Just Might CrackFrigg A Go Go - I Don't Wanna Be Your ManThe Cramps - The Mad DaddyThe Konks - Beat Your Heart OutThe Fleshtones - First DateLazy Cowgirls - Never Got...
Posted by Jenni, Your Leopard Print Lounge Hostess on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:21:00 PST