By
Aaron Cowman
Arizona Daily Wildcat
KAMP-produced 'TFL' shows 'stuff you don't always get to see'
MTV might have Carson Daly, but UA has Alex Shub and John Rosenberger.
The two KAMP radio mainstays are the hosts of a new TV3 show titled "Totally Fucking Loud," or TFL, the station's cynical answer to popular shows like "Total Request Live" that play on the big music television stations.
"It's better than crappy MTV or VH1," said Mike Skvarla, a media arts sophomore and chief editor for TFL. "We show you stuff you don't always get to see."
Because the majority of the cast and crew come from KAMP radio, they said they are more accustomed to doing radio shows rather than television production. Business sophomore Shub and political science sophomore Rosenberger currently do a show together on KAMP, so for them, TFL offered a new experience.
"The TV show is weird," Shub said. "It's the same but different. On the radio you can do more because people can't see you. (On TV), you have to be careful what you say because people will recognize you."
For the new show, Shub and Rosenberger said they play a pastiche of different songs ranging from techno to hard metal. Shub said they try to find videos that are often unknown to the general public.
"We go for things that are either really weird or stuff people have never seen," Shub said.
Unfortunately, Shub said the audience is not always as enthusiastic about the type of music he chooses to air.
"I wanted to do all metal," Shub said. "But to get an audience you have to show different stuff."
The two hosts have a clear affinity for each other that translates well onto the show, said Scott Davenport, a business management sophomore and one of the show's producers.
"Alex and John just do their thing," Davenport said. "They're really awesome. All I really do is sit back and watch it go."
Shub said he feels the same about working with Rosenberger.
"I think we play off each other well," Shub said.
The first episode of TFL began airing March 27 and will continue off and on until Sunday, but the second episode is already in the works. Davenport said that the next show may have a '90s grunge-rock theme including music from Nirvana and Soundgarden.
"We're keeping the mix up," Shub said. "We're looking at some of the post-glam-rock stuff."
Skvarlasaid he hopes to continue doing the show through next semester.
"Hopefully it will run until we get sick of it," he said.
