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Caption: How Memory Works, Credit: luciana chriatante
Musical rarities, oddities and classics, this week's theme is songs about remembering and forgetting with Jim Nabors, Michael Jackson and Elvis.

Bought by WTIP and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: This printer’s mark shows three putti holding a harp and a compass, combining the measure and tone of music with the precision of mathematics. Title page detail from Francesco Algarotti's Dialoghi sopra la luce, i colori e l'attrazione... , Credit: Image courtesy of the Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library, Othmer Library of Chemical History, Chemical Heritage Foundation.
On this episode of Distillations we investigate if there's science behind the sweet sounds of a Stradivari violin and learn how chemistry influence...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Dec 11, 2011
  • Length: 17:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hannah Williams
Songwriter Hannah Williams talks about her approach to writing songs for the Seattle Rock Orchestra inspired by Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loath...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jim Bartow's "An American Poets Song Book" 1975, Credit: Blues Blood
Jim Bartow a man with a stunning voice, a powerful inflection, a precise execution and almost totally unknown.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 08:49
Caption: Sugar, cubed, Credit: uwe hermann
4 minute weekly plunder of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time a sugar rush of songs including Julie Andrews, Burl Ives, and Def Lep...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:51
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This program is a "newsical" look at how "the holidays" affect our daily lives, our media...even journalism....told thru narration, music and actua...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 58:13
Caption: Carl Perkins' Blue Suede Shoes, Credit: Wonderdawg777
Musical rarities, oddities, and classics in a weekly 4 minute episode. This time, we take a look at fashion through a pop music lens with The Royal...

Bought by WTIP and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Singer/Writer Christine McKinley, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Science Author, Michael Nielsen. Writer & Musician, Christine McKinley Musical Guests, Crooked Fingers.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
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, Rhythm & News Service, and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Musical Turkeys, Credit: techvt
4 minute breeze of musical oddities, rarities and classics...this week, songs of thanks with The Beatles, Maurice Chevalier and Bob Hope.

Bought by Radio Catskill and WTIP


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 2
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Playing it by year (mostly).

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, KEOS, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Have a NIce Day!
Weekly 4 minute musical journey unearthing rarities, oddities and classics. This week, Happiness with Bobby McFerrin, The Turtles and The Partridge...

Bought by KAAD-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 13, 2011
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Galen Green
Songwriter Galen Green discusses his songs inspired by S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, written and performed for The Bushwick Book Club Seattle's mont...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
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On this episode of The Live Feed, KQAL's Teri Tenseth interviews two former St. Mary's University of Minnesota Students who now specialize in music...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 34:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Musical Oddiities, rarities and classics, weekly 4 minutes, this time musical veterans with Tony Bennett, Johnny Cash, Elvis and Jerry Garcia!

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: where babies come from, Credit: janwillemsen
Musical Rarities, Oddities and Classics, tightly packaged in 4 minute weekly episodes. This week with Steppenwolf, Connie Francis, Elvis and Lady G...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 03:48
Caption: umm...it's a black cat, Credit: tdesignr
Musical oddities, rarities and classics, this week, some Halloween mumbo jumbo with Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Warren Zevon and Michael Jackson.

Bought by WLPR , WLPR , and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Bucket of Honey, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriters Annie Jantzer and Nate Bogopolsky of Bucket of Honey discuss their approach to writing songs inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Scary Clowns!, Credit: Yvesanemone
A weekly excavation of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time we listen to music of and about Clowns. With Gary Lewis, Judy Collins and...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:45
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Twelve-year old youth producer Vanessa Sanchez explores Mexico's relatively new artform of "Tribal" music, which merges cumbia with traditional Lat...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 03:28
Caption: Radio with Pictures
A weekly excavation of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This week, a look a the history of the advertising jingle, from Wheaties to Lucky S...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
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The Vinyl Countdown is a journey through a vinyl collection that spans 4,000 albums and would stand over 40 feet tall. It is our goal to listen to...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:02
Caption: money, honey, Credit: Tracy O
Weekly musical oddities, rarities and surprises. Just in time for fund drive, it's songs about money with Liza Minelli, the O'Jays, Elvis and Monty...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
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A musical excavation of rarities, classics and oddities--this week with songs and sounds about the mail, with The Beatles, The Marvelettes and Elvis.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Blind Pilot, Credit: Jennie Baker
Musical guests Blind Pilot, Radio host Adam Klugman, Poetic force of nature Anis Mojgani.

Bought by KUOW and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Sep 15, 2011
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2