Teachable Moments

a breeze is... carefree. fleeting. open(ing). sweetness. temporary. allowance. welcome. cool.

inspired by a reaction to music that just came out that sounds exactly like everything they've been doing for the past 10 yrs

cool is a fake thing.. you don't have to be beholden to it. didn't you know?

a dork's thoughts on Shoichi Aoki quote “decline in coolness via simplicity, functionality, and comfortability” (via Mina Lee Harajuku video)

black innovation is @ the center of all popular music genres (house, punk, metal, rock, pop, etc.) ~ reflections on episode 3 of 1619, "the birth of american music" ft wesley morris & hosted by nikole hannah-jones, listen here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/podcasts/1619-black-american-music-appropriation.html ~ DONATE TO/SHARE LOCAL BLACK INITIATIVES ~ Vancouver Black Library @vanblacklibrary https://www.vancouverblacklibrary.org/ Black Void UBC @blackvoidubc Vancouver Black Therapy Fund @vancouverblacktherapyfund https://vancouverblacktherapyfoundation.com/

happy love day !!!! what's ~your metaphor for how you love someone? just something to think about xox

this definition is quoted in a Mina Lee video but not in the one that i thought it was in so oops but it's an interesting association & i feel like we were still able to get into it ~ this ep talks abt art, obscurity, deviance, the gays, & "success" alsooooo i mis-called the last 2 songs oops again ~ plush management played after lil_babeee_4eva & rainbow island closed the show (see correct songlist @ citr.ca)

do trends exist bc they're finite? idk but let's talk about it. rest in power vivienne westwood, lola "gangsta boo" mitchell, & fred white who all passed away in this past week

buckle up for the annual Top10ArtistsPlayedOnteachablemomentsIn2022 episode (+ honorable mentions) **HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!** 10 ~ Sophia Stel 9 ~ Otto & Pudding Club 8 ~ TJ Felix 7 ~ Blue Hawaii 6 ~ Big City 5 ~ umru 4 ~ MA$$ANK 3 ~ Megamall 2 ~ Cherry Blu 1 ~ DUMB

soooo when genres that explicitly challenge existing sonic norms are innovated & then they become popular, does that saturation mean that they aren't transgressive & so they aren't "cool" anymore???? idk.

an ep for the sweet angels who are so precious to me

this definition is off of urban dictionary circa 2018 & there's a lot to unpack...

language is so weird hey?? this ep is an impassioned case for opinions. go forth & reflect! also s/o to the backyardigans ~

it's not cool to be attached to a too rigid version of yourself. it's much cooler to know your boundaries and also be open to changing and growing. take it from a dork.

damp is heavy is stuck is enduring. happy tuesday :)

"is relevance necessary to be 'cool'? are relevance and obscurity antithetical? does obscurity only have 'value' in early resurgence? is the relevant too accessible? is resurgence necessary for relevance?" ...i hope my notes for this episode were illuminating & clarifying rather than convoluted & confusing. enjoy!

what got you hooked?? a dork ~needs to know

it's sad boy seasonal transition and dork talks abt melancholy, angels, & the permeated sadness that haunts their life these days. so basically a feel good autumnal ep for sure.

idk what cool is but i know it's not ~that

no definition of the word cool bc we don't have time! school's back in session & we're all equally incredibly busy bees so... sucks

change. fluidity. agency. flexibility. discovery. what do all these things have in common? who cares. cool.

wanna be cool???? stop trying so hard you dorks! be aloof, defiant, and/or uninvested & you're good to go

butttttttttttttt can they hang?

fake? boundaries? twinge? distanced? communication? judgement? who knows but what we do know is that it's definitely not the vibe. a theme inspired by mild misogyny & the word "twinge"

inspired by mandy moore's 2001 not-so-hit single "crush" dork answers FAQs abt crushes posed by healthlinehttps://www.healthline.com/health/relationships/having-a-crush

big changes here in the studio today big butterfly vibes etc.

MUSIC WASTE 2022 is June 2-5!! Listen to some of the artists performing in MW2022 & some xxxclusive convos with fest organizers Lisa, Nicole, & BabyGO TO musicwaste.ca TO SEE THE FULL LINE UP!

being popular isn't popular anymore. take it from me, a dork.

everyone's dying to know... is playing it cool (2014) starring chris evans and michelle monaghan a good movie? what is playing it cool (2014) starring chris evans and michelle monaghan about? do they end up together in playing it cool starring chris evans and michelle monaghan (2014)?either way, dork doesn't appreciate games unless it's baseball bc all dorks love baseball

cycles & trends & fads & copies & the familiar & repeat...

hiwd etc

we discuss love ♥ admiration ♥ coolness ♥ & butteflies

citr.ca/donate baybeeeeeeeee i've learned so much ty & goodnight

have you been missing that ~spark?... that sucks.

sleek is oily but it's also clean and it's mostly just kind of futile and sad. sleek is tryhard and cringe. but it's pure.

& without further ado and in a very particular order, here are the top 10 artists played on teachable moments in 2021...10. ??? Park Hye Jin9. Nimkish 8. Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz7. redress6. Isabella Lovestory5. Yu Su4. Fake Fruit3. Prado2. Pardoner1. Devours

the cool girl trope is a figment of male fantasy. end of episode. ft. the famous & incomparable host of This Is Not Fine on CiTR 101.9FM, Hina Imam.

the right or opportunity to use or benefit from something ~ coolness x interaction; coolness x exclusion; coolness x exchange

dork thought this episode was going to be abt "feeling" but it's actually abt "experience" and life's all abt the things you learn along the way

https://www.reddit.com/r/cool/ honestly i'd 4/10 recommend there's not a ~lot of super cool stuff on there but it's cool that ppl have the impulse to share things and then do so that's cool

is smooth... easy? natural? obvious? unthinking? find out that and more on this week's episode of teachable moments ;*;*

we're feeling claustrophobic & agitated td besties

it's an approximate world & we're just living in it. if you have a problem w how often someone says "like"/literally any other speaking pattern just stfu. no one asked you.

the most chaotic thing ever?? ~honestly~& "what's up" to the dude who called in & told me the amt of times i say ~like~ is "amazing"... i agree i am absolutely exceptional :) unfortch your sexism isn't :(