{"id":943,"date":"2017-11-02T10:13:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T14:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=943"},"modified":"2017-10-31T10:17:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T14:17:53","slug":"dj-spotlight-dan-portnof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2017\/11\/02\/dj-spotlight-dan-portnof\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Spotlight: Dan Portnof"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wtbu\/files\/2017\/10\/IMG_2142-544x636.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2142\" width=\"544\" height=\"636\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2017\/10\/IMG_2142-544x636.jpg 544w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2017\/10\/IMG_2142.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/p>\n<div><em>Interview by Nina Miller\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span><\/span><strong>DAN PORTNOF\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Marblehead, MA<\/p>\n<p>CAS- Philosophy (class of 2020)<\/p>\n<p>Left of the Dial (Mondays 4-6pm)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>How did you hear about WTBU radio?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span>I just knew that BU had a radio station and I looked at splash and got involved last year interning on Casual Vibes<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>What\u2019s your favorite part of WTBU?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span>The fact that I can impose my musical opinions and choices on the unassuming listeners<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>What on your thoughts in the new studio?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span>It\u2019s so amazing!I love the surround sound and weird panels that I don\u2019t know what they do and the ergonomic table that\u2019s just enormous!<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Who\u2019s your favorite Co-DJ?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span>I don\u2019t have a favorite I can\u2019t say, I love everyone!<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Has your music taste broadened from WTBU?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span>Yes but in a narrow direction- I listen to more alternative rock here and because we do rotation for LOTD which is cool because it\u2019s stuff we never played<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Overall I\u2019m still pretty rock oriented. I do really like Kendrick Lamar now though<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span><strong>What are your plans for WTBU radio next semester?<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Hoping to be on another show ideally to be on two shows just cause I like being here.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>What are you listening to right now? \u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span>Right now I\u2019m listening to the Talking Heads<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Who is your biggest inspiration with music? Who was the first artist that made you realize music was something you love?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span>I think the first band I really connected with was probably either the Who or the Clash<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>I listened to both of them like endlessly when I was young and they really got me into music I think.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Then probably Led Zeppelin and the Beatles were after and it all kind of evolved from there<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>This is completely off topic, but when is the infamous Dan-Man-Bun coming back!!??<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span>The man bun hopefully can come back in the next week or so. Depends on if my hair is still long enough to tie it back before I get it cut again lolol.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interview by Nina Miller\u00a0 DAN PORTNOF\u00a0 Marblehead, MA CAS- Philosophy (class of 2020) Left of the Dial (Mondays 4-6pm) &nbsp; How did you hear about WTBU radio? I just knew that BU had a radio station and I looked at splash and got involved last year interning on Casual Vibes &nbsp; What\u2019s your favorite part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13220,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13220"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":946,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions\/946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}