sylvan esso - radio

sia sings chandelier on howard stern

she also gives really good interview. thx for the tip kennedy

radio jamz - "#SELFIE"

i was in a car this weekend so i wanted to share with you the newest thing on the radio.

daily ri ri

this video of charlemagne tha god is floating around right now. in it, he describes what it was like to hang out with rihanna for one night. basically she is the coolest, like we all know. charlemagne is a nyc hip hop radio personality who i heard of when i was listening to this episode of the read. enjoy it all.

memphis radio jams

like kylie, i too spent some time driving around and listening to the radio of the people of memphis. here are the highlights that i loved.

blas was on the radio this morn.

For three and a half years, Bill de Blasio has been the city’s official gadfly. As Public Advocate, his job has been to point out where the city’s fallen short. And that’s been the primary message of his campaign, up until the last few weeks, when he catapulted to frontrunner status in polls. Now, he’s trying to show voters he also knows how to run things. (via)

in other news, yesterday i was listening to radiolab and they were talking about this time that a guy took some closeup pictures of a leopard seal

better

i was listening to a gross story on radiolab and i googled "botfly" and now i will never be happy again

don't google it

crossroads - radiolab's robert johnson story

 For years and years, Jad's been fascinated by the myth of what happened to Robert Johnson at the crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The story goes like this: back in the 1920s, Robert Johnson wanted to play the blues. But he really sucked. He sucked so much, that everyone who heard him told him to get lost. So he did. He disappeared for a little while, and when he came back, he was different. His music was startling--and musicians who'd laughed at him before now wanted to know how he did it. And according to the now-famous legend, Johnson had a simple answer: he went out to the crossroads just before midnight, and when the devil offered to tune his guitar in exchange for his soul, he took the deal. 

 Producer Pat Walters bravely escorts Jad to the scene of the supposed crime, in the middle of the night in the Mississippi Delta, to try to track down some shred of truth to all this. Not because they really thought something spooky would actually happen, but because deep down, there's a part of this story that--as much as the facts fall apart--still feels kind of true

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have you heard of the pitch drop?

i was just listening to this radiolab about how we understand speed, and they mentioned one of the longest running science experiments called the pitch drop.

The first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland, Professor Thomas Parnell, began an experiment in 1927 to illustrate that everyday materials can exhibit quite surprising properties. The experiment demonstrates the fluidity and high viscosity of pitch, a derivative of tar once used for waterproofing boats. At room temperature pitch feels solid - even brittle - and can easily be shattered with a blow from a hammer. It's quite amazing then, to see that pitch at room temperature is actually fluid!

In 1927 Professor Parnell heated a sample of pitch and poured it into a glass funnel with a sealed stem. Three years were allowed for the pitch to settle, and in 1930 the sealed stem was cut. From that date on the pitch has slowly dripped out of the funnel - so slowly that now, 80 years later, the ninth drop is only just forming.

you can follow along at home by clicking here.

finding nashville in new york city

gothamist is hip the hot new city every is buzzing about and wants to let you know that there are places in new york where you can listen to live country or blugrass music. read all about it.

also, did you know brooklyn has a country music radio channel (Nash 94.7) and that NYC is second only to Nashville in terms of country music purchases? the more you know.

someone needs to tell me where i can get a bushwacker.

spotifriday!

spawned from an analytical discussion with DJV of songs you didn't know gerry rafferty sang, i present to you...

dentist office BANGERS!!

playlist inspiration and title credit goes to deeeejj!!

chelsea handler vs joan rivers

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maybe its a generational thing, but i dont think joan comes off very well at all in this exchange. neither of these women are very classy, but joan should be a little more dignified. legend and all.

look who was on my radio this morning.

Hiring slowed in October as employers faced more uncertainty over future economic growth, according to the unemployment report released Friday. But even in this weak economic recovery, some companies are growing — especially in the tech sector.

One example is New York-based Gilt Groupe, a web retailer which has been hiring approximately one new worker every day of this year. Gilt was founded by Kevin Ryan, who previously was CEO of the online advertising firm DoubleClick. (via)

i'm in the south...

...so i've been driving around a lot. without ipod capabilities, i've had to make do with xm radio. for all the channels xm has to offer, i only like 2 of them. the first one is channel 43, which plays the music i have on my ipod. the other is channel 9, the 90's.



the other day, i hopped over to find this gem, which i had all but forgotten existed. i find it hard to believe this is the official music video (though i'm sure it is). just wouldn't have taken a song of this nature in that direction. oh well. i hope you enjoy n-e-wayz.