PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

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Show starts with songs that you've heard before but they haven't gotten scooped up by the "oldies" or "hits" title so they're not over-played by ra...

  • Added: May 13, 2019
  • Length: 02:56:14
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In trying to edit and post four of these shows at the same time, I've already forgotten what this show was supposed to be about. Let's just call ...

  • Added: May 13, 2019
  • Length: 02:49:19
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Super powers that cause others to shrug and think, "who cares." The super power to move clouds with your eyes, to turn oxygen into carbon dioxide...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:32:49
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Starting off with answer songs done by New Orleans musicians then the roots songs covered by Commander Cody and Barrence Whitfield. The rest is my...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 03:11:08
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Lyrics made of lists, New Orleans music and mostly music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2018
  • Length: 03:04:01
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Contemporary Mardi Gras music and what it means to me.

  • Added: Feb 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:21:51
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Tonight featuring some of my all time favorite songs.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 02:52:42
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Other than marinating in water, there's not much similarity between Louisiana Swamp Pop music and California Surf music. Oh yeah, both were featur...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:49:42
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Topical themes tonight ranging from the "Henry" of Etta James' "Dance With Me Henry" to Cleopatra songs and another absurdist radio musical. My fa...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2018
  • Length: 03:33:08
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You're not alone. Even the music identifying application, Shazam, gets stumped on this show. Songs including knock offs of, "The Battle of New ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:06:27
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  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:56:51
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Late Saturday in the French Quarter music. Songs about "Sittin,"" an autoharp player inspired by Jimi Hendrix, a string harp in a blues song and ...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:50:25
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Dave's Picks Volume 24 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded at the Berkeley Commu...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 17, 2017
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 4
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A broader range of music to explore the idea that music can be the abstract unspoken common bond in societies when the spoken bonds are fractured b...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:24:29

  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:31:41
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A couple songs about rocket ships from two women's groups and variations on the standard, Maybelline. Plus a handful of songs by Billy Lee Riley a...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:02:11
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Heartfelt feelings about radio surrounded by instrumental songs (on top of lyrics). A nice little set of that other regional music of the Pacific ...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:49:30
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A bunch of mini sets of music including girl groups (without that irritating Phil Spector sound) and girl groups from Detroit (without that pretent...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2017
  • Length: 02:51:01
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Why instrumental songs with any American Indian tribe other than "Cherokee" seem more authentic than songs with "Cherokee" in the song title. Plus...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:50:25
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Substituting for Peggy Lou after I cancelled Hurricane Nate. Trying to mimic her light touch and California sensibilities ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:31:37
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Broadening the Saturday night sound but keeping the connections to the theme of foundational music. Tonight including Sun Ra's doo wop phase, musi...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:45:58
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Trying to find the roots of "Roots Music" by avoiding the overwhelming commercial aspects of music. It's an interesting exploration. Come along f...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2017
  • Length: 04:47:38
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. The roots of rock and roll from before "rock and roll" decayed into another commercia...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 03:50:15
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Louisiana musicians and songs you've never heard plus songs about monkeys! What else could anyone want? How about sound-a-like songs and a radio...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:41:39