{"id":36270,"date":"2015-09-04T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=36270"},"modified":"2015-10-27T14:05:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T19:05:37","slug":"off-the-mic-becca-heurter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/09\/04\/off-the-mic-becca-heurter\/","title":{"rendered":"Off The Mic: Becca Huerter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to know what KJHK DJs are like when they are off air? Off the Mic is a weekly interview that occurs<\/strong>
\nbetween Ethan Graham and a random DJ at the station.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Off the Mic\"Off<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Becca Huerter KJHK<\/strong>
\nDJ Shift:<\/strong> Monday Local Block from 6pm -7pm
\nMajor:<\/strong> Film & Media Studies
\nMinor:<\/strong> Theater
\nNotable KJHK Contributions:<\/strong> Multimedia Producer, DJ for Fall 2015 and Breakfast For Beatlovers,
\nSummer 2015, Arts & Culture Staff, Music Staff
\nFavorite Color:<\/strong> Turquoise & Purple
\nFavorite Actor:<\/strong> Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson, and Tina Fey
\nFavorite Band:<\/strong> Father John Misty, Tina Turner, Michael Buble, Death Cab and Nora Jones.
\nHobbies:<\/strong> writing scripts, quoting Ilana Glazer, stand-up comedy, amateur yogist, and all activities
\ninvolving rollerblades<\/p>\n

\n

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Ethan Graham:<\/strong> I guess the first question should be, “What is your favorite color and why?”<\/p>\n

Becca Huerter:<\/strong> Purple\/ Lavender, when I came home from the hospital, my mom wrapped me in a
\nlavender blanket with a purple buggy on it. It was my favorite thing besides my wiener dog until middle
\nschool; then I discovered Gene Simmons and my interest took a dramatic shift.<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> Respectable, as I just recently decided that I also like the color purple hence my purple shoes.<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> Ah, I love your purple vans. I\u2019m wearing vans too, nice. We\u2019re in the cool kids club.<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> Yes, the cool kids club. What is your quest?<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> What is my quest? Like my journey, my ten year plan?<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> Yeah, I mean it\u2019s technically a quote from Monty Python, but do with it what you will.<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> My quest is probably one day to eat my weight in Hawaiian pizza. Nah…kidding.<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> Well, that\u2019s cool too.<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> I guess to live a life I\u2019m proud of, not really acquire capital, or that 401k that everybody\u2019s after, but I
\nwould like to make an impact on people and I want to help people. I want to impact other people\u2019s lives
\nand change their quest for the better.<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> Well, I was kind of hoping for \u201cto seek the Holy Grail,\u201d but okay.<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> That\u2019s second on the list.<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> When did you first figure out that you liked music? Or the first time when you tried to find what youliked in music?<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> So when I was a kid I was super nosy and always looking through my parents\"Becca<\/a>
\nstuff. One day I was looking underneath my dad\u2019s chifforobe, and I found this box full of cassettes. And I
\npicked up Tina Turner\u2019s, “What\u2019s Love Got To Do With It?” She was wearing a little black dress with a lot
\nof exposed leg. I carried it around in my little tape deck everywhere. There was a Nirvana tape in there,
\nthe one where the baby is reaching for the dollar, and I was like, “Oh, what is this? Cover art?” The
\nwhole idea of an artist putting their music and art together to create something you can physically hold
\nand hear made me really excited and happy as if I got to hold on to a piece of them. That was when I
\nfirst fell in love with music and art as a combined entity.<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> That\u2019s good, that goes nicely with the next question, “What album has an emotional connection to
\nyou or to a memory?”<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> Oh gosh, a whole album?<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> It doesn\u2019t have to be a whole album, it could just be a song. It could be a soundtrack as you\u2019re a film
\nmajor.<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> Can I talk about two?<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> Uh, yeah. It\u2019s your interview. I\u2019m only in charge in regards to asking questions and directing the
\nconversation. Besides those responsibilities, it\u2019s all you.<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> An album that I have an emotional connection to would be “It\u2019s Time” by Michael Buble because
\nbefore I entered into middle school I reconnected with a relative, a second cousin, more of a grandma
\nfigure really, and she introduced me to Michael Buble. The song, “Home,” just brings tears to my eyes.
\nHis voice is so good, he\u2019s like a modern day Frank Sinatra. My first big concert was Michael Buble at the
\nSprint Center. I was in high school and went with friends. Everyone was like 30 or 40 and we\u2019re 15-16
\nand it was just the greatest night ever. Another album I\u2019d like to talk about that has a pretty big impact
\non me is a movie soundtrack, it\u2019s “Nick and Nora\u2019s Infinite Playlist” and if you haven\u2019t heard it than you
\ndefinitely need to check it out. The Bishop Allen track is probably my favorite on there. And it\u2019s a great
\nfilm, Andy Samberg makes a cameo and the part about the dog is top notch.<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> Okay, so first album you bought with your own money? Or even the first album your parents bought
\nyou. It\u2019s all up to you.<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> I think it might have been the Jack Johnson one, the yellow one. Was that “Banana Pancakes?” Ithad Banana Pancakes on it.<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> Yeah, I remember that one. I borrowed it from a friend in high school, but I can\u2019t remember what it
\nwas, something about dreams.<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> “In Between Dreams.”<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> See, I told it had dreams in it.<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> So yeah, the first album I bought with my own money was Jack Johnson\u2019s “In between Dreams.”<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> Very nice, and what was the reason? Did you like it? Did you love it?<\/p>\n

\"Becca<\/a>BH:<\/strong> Oh, I loved it. Now back to the first album my parents bought me…it was weird. I got two in my
\nstocking at Christmas, it was “Elvis\u2019 Greatest Hits” and “The Nutcracker” soundtrack. If i\u2019m being honest
\nwith myself, I like “The Nutcracker” soundtrack more. I really wanted to be a ballerina.<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> Since you\u2019re a local DJ, you host a Local Block. What would be one of the best local shows you\u2019ve
\nseen recently?<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> I\u2019m real big fan of Rev Gusto, Real Adults and Arc Flash. I recently saw Rev Gusto and Real Adults at a
\nhouse show at the Shawnee Manor, it had sweet basement setup and it was really casual, people could
\nbring their own beverages and other goodies. I also really like Toughies and they also played at the
\nManor show. So definitely those four bands because of how personable they are and how much they
\nappreciate their fans.<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> My next few questions move away from music and into more of who you are. What is your favorite
\nchildhood cartoon?<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> Probably “Hey Arnold.” I really like the Helga\u2014Arnold dynamic and how she pines for his affection<\/p>\n

even though she puts on a hard-ass front. And how Arnold was just the chillest dude ever. He lived in
\nthat boarding house. When his grandma and him broke into that aquarium to save the sea turtle…that
\nmade me care about sea turtles. I still care about sea turtles. We shouldn\u2019t litter and we should donate
\nto the Sea Turtle Rescue Fund. But yeah, “Hey Arnold” is my favorite childhood cartoon and because of
\n“Hey Arnold,” I care about the environment more.<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> Great, now one of my favorite questions, “Favorite superhero and why?”<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> Definitely Wonder Woman, probably because she was always getting tied up, and I remember as I
\nkid I had a weird thing about being tied up and kidnapped. I thought it would be a bigger threat in my
\neveryday life. I was always trying to escape through cat doors. I\u2019d have my sisters tie me up and I would
\nsay, \u201cOkay, I need you to leave me here in the woods so I can escape on my own. If I don\u2019t get back in an
\nhour I need you to come get me.\u201d Wonder Women was super stealthy; always getting tied up, escaping
\nand she’s just really kickass. Her costume was great and there\u2019s not too many female superheroes.
\nWe\u2019re strong and resilient and that side of women isn\u2019t showcased very often.<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> So yeah, why were you so obsessed with being kidnapped?<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> I think because in a lot of movies and kids shows there are always people getting kidnapped. There\""Music<\/a>
\nwere lot of bad people who want to snatch kids. My mom was always like, “Never get in the car with a
\nstranger.” I was always thinking of how I would get away if I was kidnapped. Like when I heard about
\nMike Tyson biting off an ear, I was like, “I can use that as a defense mechanism.” I guess I just wanted to
\nbe savvy enough to get away, if it ever happened.<\/p>\n

EG:<\/strong> And do you think you\u2019re savvy enough now?<\/p>\n

BH:<\/strong> Oh definitely. I\u2019ll be ready for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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