Class Note 1992
Issue
November-December 2023
We loved all the musical memories linked to our time at Dartmouth! Here are the last few.
Brian Gordon wrote, “I do remember that hot new ‘Nirvana’ band being played outside at the basketball court in the Choates senior year. But one album that always makes me think of just being at Dartmouth is Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, especially for their contributions to a genre I referred to as ‘dishroom music’—whatever 99 Rock was overplaying to death on the speakers in the dishroom—while working with Roland and Bill from the Dartmouth Dining Association.”
Mike Mahoney had a couple thoughts: “One, I absolutely loved 99 WFRD during my freshman year in the dorm—had that on all the time. No particular songs stand out from those first two years but I always enjoyed the ‘college radio’ element they mixed in. Junior and senior year, living off campus, I can tell you that I probably watched far too much of Yo! MTV Raps but I still love all that stuff and, as a sign that I am now my parents, I thoroughly enjoyed the recent PBS—yes, PBS!—documentary Fight the Power: A History of Hip Hop. It’s highly recommended viewing. The other significant memory I have is that whenever the video for Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ came on in 51 Leb, all activity stopped and everyone came into the living room to watch. Hard to explain to kids today just how groundbreaking that song was to our generation.”
In our Facebook group, Jennifer Frederick Miller upvoted “Cold Hearted Snake” by Paula Abdul and “Friends in Low Places” by Garth Brooks.
Kerry Zimmerman replied, “I second ‘Friends in Low Places’ and add Nanci Griffith’s ‘Late Night Grande Hotel.’ ”
Ashley Roberts-Isé concurred: “Anything Jerry Jeff Walker, of course.”
Libby Graham remembered “Guns N Roses’ ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine.’ I will always think of freshman year!”
Tony Moody chimed in: “Though not my favorite, my strongest music association was Milli Vanilli in the Chi Gam basement. Favorite ‘music bringing happiness’ was hearing ‘Jessica’ (Allman Brothers) blasting from the row despite sitting in class during Sophomore Summer. All-time favorite music moment was when Jud Dean almost broke his ankles jumping off the balcony over the door into South Fayer to mark the sting at the end of ‘Rosalita,’ played by yours truly and the Head In the Stacks gang.”
Turns out both ’92 class secretaries had stints as disk jockeys!
John McWilliams wrote: “I remember DJing a few times at Greek house parties with my friend Ben Shim ’91 during my sophomore and junior years. Every time we played ‘Love Shack’ the dance floor would explode. Sometimes if things died down, we’d play it more than once.”
Kelly Shriver Kolln worked at WDCR senior year and remembers the esteemed Robin Robinson, retired mathematics professor and class of 1924, arriving for his classical music show, which he’d already been doing for decades.
—John L. McWilliams IV, 7429 Marquette St., Dallas, TX 75225; Kelly Shriver Kolln, 3900 Cottage Grove Ave., SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403; (920) 306-2192; dartmouth92news@gmail.com
Brian Gordon wrote, “I do remember that hot new ‘Nirvana’ band being played outside at the basketball court in the Choates senior year. But one album that always makes me think of just being at Dartmouth is Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, especially for their contributions to a genre I referred to as ‘dishroom music’—whatever 99 Rock was overplaying to death on the speakers in the dishroom—while working with Roland and Bill from the Dartmouth Dining Association.”
Mike Mahoney had a couple thoughts: “One, I absolutely loved 99 WFRD during my freshman year in the dorm—had that on all the time. No particular songs stand out from those first two years but I always enjoyed the ‘college radio’ element they mixed in. Junior and senior year, living off campus, I can tell you that I probably watched far too much of Yo! MTV Raps but I still love all that stuff and, as a sign that I am now my parents, I thoroughly enjoyed the recent PBS—yes, PBS!—documentary Fight the Power: A History of Hip Hop. It’s highly recommended viewing. The other significant memory I have is that whenever the video for Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ came on in 51 Leb, all activity stopped and everyone came into the living room to watch. Hard to explain to kids today just how groundbreaking that song was to our generation.”
In our Facebook group, Jennifer Frederick Miller upvoted “Cold Hearted Snake” by Paula Abdul and “Friends in Low Places” by Garth Brooks.
Kerry Zimmerman replied, “I second ‘Friends in Low Places’ and add Nanci Griffith’s ‘Late Night Grande Hotel.’ ”
Ashley Roberts-Isé concurred: “Anything Jerry Jeff Walker, of course.”
Libby Graham remembered “Guns N Roses’ ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine.’ I will always think of freshman year!”
Tony Moody chimed in: “Though not my favorite, my strongest music association was Milli Vanilli in the Chi Gam basement. Favorite ‘music bringing happiness’ was hearing ‘Jessica’ (Allman Brothers) blasting from the row despite sitting in class during Sophomore Summer. All-time favorite music moment was when Jud Dean almost broke his ankles jumping off the balcony over the door into South Fayer to mark the sting at the end of ‘Rosalita,’ played by yours truly and the Head In the Stacks gang.”
Turns out both ’92 class secretaries had stints as disk jockeys!
John McWilliams wrote: “I remember DJing a few times at Greek house parties with my friend Ben Shim ’91 during my sophomore and junior years. Every time we played ‘Love Shack’ the dance floor would explode. Sometimes if things died down, we’d play it more than once.”
Kelly Shriver Kolln worked at WDCR senior year and remembers the esteemed Robin Robinson, retired mathematics professor and class of 1924, arriving for his classical music show, which he’d already been doing for decades.
—John L. McWilliams IV, 7429 Marquette St., Dallas, TX 75225; Kelly Shriver Kolln, 3900 Cottage Grove Ave., SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403; (920) 306-2192; dartmouth92news@gmail.com