What are you doing from 9-10 p.m. on a Tuesday night? I’ll tell you what you could be doing, listening to the Junior and Plundhy Show on 88.9 WMXM.
Mariano Garcia Jr. ’18 and Tyler Armentrout ’18 are Junior and Plundhy, respectively, and they air one hour of the best soul, jazz, and funk rock they can find just for you. Their show starts with its own theme song that consists of random snippets from pop culture over the song “I” by Kendrick Lamar.
While a lot of the show is the music, they also take the time to call various establishments using a soundboard with celebrities voices cued in. Also, they have characters that often call in during their show.
One such character is Big Willy, a security guard who used to protect the one and only Cher. Big Willy even dated Cher and on one of the shows, Cher called in.
To prove this, the guys turned me to their Sound Cloud (The Junior and Plundhy Show) where they have all of their shows recorded, so if you ever want to listen to something again or catch up, you can. On the Sound Cloud, they include the prank calls and character conversations along with some made-up commercials they did for some of the characters.
When asked why they do the shows, DJ Plundhy says, “It is a release from my schedule and everyone wants to be a rock star. It is about getting that out and I am an avid Howard Stern fan.” DJ Junior agreed, saying, “Yea, it is a release of stress and a chance to relax and play good music that makes people happy. I am a fan of Jimmy Fallon, too.”
Intrigued by their DJ names, I had to ask where they came from. “I am named after my dad and my family calls me Junior. I want to bring that with me to remind myself where I came from,” said Junior. “Ethical, moral reasons,” Plundhy commented before telling his name’s backstory. “The word assplundhy. It was the name of a business I saw on the side of a truck when I was with some friends. It was an inside joke I had with them, but I thought it would make a good DJ name, not including the ass part for obvious reasons.”
The DJs did mention that they have a heavier schedule this year, but they plan to bring the same passion from last year into this year. Don’t have a radio? The DJs recommend the app TuneIn, which allows anyone to listen from anywhere.
