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Here I am in the WRVU control room during the October 3, 2008 New Wave Smackdown. I'm even awake.

WRVU history pt. 2 A-side

WRVU changed its logo in 1988 to reflect a more modern, urbane look. Kelly (sorry, can't remember his full name), a student at Vanderbilt, designed it. Comparisons were immediately made to the similar black & white vertical motif of downtown 2nd Ave. night spot, The Urban Lounge (the alternative dance club that operated from late 1987 until early 1990, and where I DJ'ed as a VU student from 1988-1989).

I still like this logo. I managed to find one remaining window sticker in a storage box a couple of years ago, and it's been on the back of my SUV ever since.

WRVU history pt. 2

Here's the back of the 1989 benefit shirt. Of course, The Cannery is now called the Mercy Lounge. This a strong lineup of local bands. The Grinning Plowman was a particularly good Goth/doom-and-gloom rock band.
If my memory serves me correctly, we also broadcasted live from the Cannery during the show.

WRVU History Pt. 1 (the B-side)

Here's the back of the shirt described in the previous post. I'd have to say that Jet Black Factory was far and away my favorite from this lineup of local bands, though Bill Lloyd's "Feeling The Elephant" is a true WRVU classic and still makes me sing along.

I had forgotten about Bad Influence, which, if memory serves correctly, was a very cool t-shirt shop in Nashville (was it on Elliston Place?) and is where I bought the "See Dick Flunk" shirt that I loved to wear in high school.

Another note about this old logo. The WRVU business office in Saratt used to have a giant replica of this logo painted on the concrete wall. Since Saratt and the WRVU space was renovated and reconfirgured a number of years ago, it is long gone. Perhaps next century's archaelogists will discover it as they peel away countless coats of paint.