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Record Bin Roulette - The Elements
From: John Kessler
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Weekly 4 minute binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time we find chemical elements are the building blocks of many a pop tune. W...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jul 03, 2012
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 176 NEWSHOLE VERSION Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Acclaimed Author Patrick deWitt, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Acclaimed author and screen writer, PATRICK DEWITT. Songwriter and musician, MICHAEL HURLEY. Portland Essayist, MARTHA GROVER.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 1
Record Bin Roulette - Cold and Hot Blooded Songs
From: John Kessler
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Weekly 4 minute spin through musical rarities, oddities and classics, this time with Nervous Norvous, The Coasters and Alice Cooper.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
Record Bin Roulette - School's Out
From: John Kessler
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Weekly 4 minute binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics, this time "School's Out" with Connie Francis, Chick Berry, and yes, Alice Cooper....

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
Record Bin Roulette - Fathers Day
From: John Kessler
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Weekly 4 minute binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time we celebrate Fathers Day with Johnny Cash, Victor Lundberg, Wayne Newto...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 2
Record Bin Roulette - Shotgun Wedding
From: John Kessler
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Weekly 4 minute thrill-ride of musical oddities, rarities and classics. For you June brides it's "Shotgun Wedding" with the Seven Brides for Seven ...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:39
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 167 Encore NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Singer/Writer Christine McKinley, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Science Author, Michael Nielsen. Writer and Musician, Christine McKinley. Musical Guests, Crooked Fingers.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 1
Record Bin Roulette - Assignment Outer Space
From: John Kessler
Caption: Cosmic Gold Record, Credit: NASA
Weekly 4 minute thrill ride through music history. This time we head into outer space with David Bowie, Elton John, Chuck Berry and Ludwig Von Beet...

  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 03:51
Record Bin Roulette - Memorial Day
From: John Kessler
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Weekly 4 minute binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics, this time we salute songs for Memorial Day with Gomer Pyle, Enrico Caruso and Bet...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: May 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 185 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Indie Pop band Lost Lander, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
AJ JACOBS - New York Times bestselling author. DAVID WOLMAN - Author and Journalist. LOST LANDER - Portland indie pop band.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1
Record Bin Roulette - Mommie Dearest
From: John Kessler
Caption: Madonna (not the singer) and child
Weekly 4 minute binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics, this time we salute our Mothers with Al Jolson, Robertino, The Shirelles and Walt...

  • Added: May 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
Record Bin Roulette - Secrets and Lies
From: John Kessler
Caption: Pinocchio, Credit: Express Monorail
Weekly 4 minute jaunt through pop music rarities, oddities and classics. Johnny Rivers, Doris Day and The Beatles guide us through an episode rife ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 28, 2012
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Record Bin Roulette - Choirs
From: John Kessler
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Weekly 4 minute romp through musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time we look for choirs in popular music, with The Rolling Stones, Pink ...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1
Dingmantics #10: A Dream of Conquest
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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Good morning! Mercenaries are lurking all around you, threatening to swarm your shores! Get up! Get up! Go, go, GO!

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 06:45
Record Bin Roulette - Age
From: John Kessler
Caption: Time Marches On
Weekly 4 minute binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time we take on age with Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, and Peter Pan.

Bought by PRX Remix and WTIP


  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 2
Record Bin Roulette - What's Up, Doc?
From: John Kessler
Caption: Calling Dr. Howard!
Weekly 4 minute binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics, this time we examine Doctors. With Aretha Franklin, The Beatles and The Chipmunks.

Bought by Indie3 Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Jack Beck and Wendy Welch decided to move to the small mountain town of Big Stone Gap, they hadn’t planned on opening a used bookstore.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Record Bin Roulette - Hot Hits From The Bible
From: John Kessler
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4 minute weekly binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time pop hits from the Good Book, with Sister Janet Mead, The Byrds and Wink...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 31, 2012
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 2
Record Bin Roulette - Songs Abour Real People
From: John Kessler
Caption: The Actual Girl From Ipanema!
Weekly jaunt through musical rarities, oddities and classics, this week Songs About Real People with "Hey Jude", "My Sharona", "King Tut" and more!

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Mar 26, 2012
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Record Bin Roulette - The Whistler
From: John Kessler
Caption: Beware The Whistler!
4 minutes of musical rarities, oddities and classics, tied together with a weekly theme. This time...The Whistler. He shows up on a lot of hit reco...

Bought by WTIP and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
Dingmantics: A Rage Letter To Utah
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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A tale of holiday cheer in which I administer a thoroughly-justified dressing-down to an unscrupulous Internet racketeer.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 14:41
Record Bin Roulette - The Sun
From: John Kessler
Caption: Solar Flare!, Credit: NASA Goddard Photo & Video
4 minutes of musical rarities, oddities and classics, this week, songs about and inspired by the Sun. With The Beatles, John Denver and the Fifth D...

Bought by PRX Remix and WTIP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2012
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 2
Record Bin Roulette - Around The World
From: John Kessler
Caption: somewhere, not here
4 minutes of musical rarities, oddities and classics, this week songs from Around The World with Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte and Lawrence Welk.

Bought by WTIP and WTIP


  • Added: Mar 05, 2012
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 175 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis & Illustrator Mike Oeming, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Comic book writer and former artist for Marvel comics, BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS. International Cheesemonger winner, STEVE JONES. Portland based alter...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Record Bin Roulette - Dreams
From: John Kessler
Caption: Morpheus, God of Dreams
Weekly 4 minute dash through musical oddities, rarities and classics, this week it's Dreams with Enrico Caruso, Ella Fitzgerald and (yikes) Katy Pe...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 2