Podcasts about hi fi

This weeks show starts off with music from Bob Marley & The Wailers, Barrington Levy, Linval Thompson & Ranking Trevor, Don Carlos, Sugar Minott, Vivian Jackson & King Tubby, The Congos, Burning Spear, Israel Vibration, William Johnson, Al Campbell, Kingston All Stars feat. RZee Jackson, Johnny Osbourne, Clint Eastwood & General Saint, Eric Monty Morris, Big Joe, Bunny Wailer, Ricky Grant, and The Mighty Diamonds. New music this week comes from Queen Ifrica, Lone Ark & The 18th Parallel, JonnyGO Figure with the 18th Parallel, Tasha T, Aza Lineage, Prince Malachi, Josh Harris & Marty Dread, Honorebel, Elijah Prophet, Cali P, DJ GQ with Paul Anthony & Julian Marley, Inna Vision with Yaadcore & Pana, Carleton, Nyle Banks, Gentleman's Dub Club with Mungo's Hifi and Solo Banton, Blvk H3ro & Yungg Trip, Vanzo & Greatest Friends, Kabaka Pyramid, Sean Paul, and Buju Banton. Also this week you will hear dubs from John Forbes, King Tubby, Scientist with Sly & Robbie, Mafia & Fluxy, Strictly Yard Sound with Brizion, Vibronics, and Ansel Collins.  Enjoy! Bob Marley & The Wailers - Ride Natty Ride - Survival - Tuff Gong Barrington Levy - Jah Gives Us Strength - Midnight Rock Linval Thompson - Trip To Holy Mount Zion - Train To Zion Dub - Tuff Gong Ranking Trevor - Savalamar Rock - Train To Zion Dub - Tuff Gong Don Carlos - Natty Dread Have Credentials - The Channel One Story - VP Records Sugar Minott - Ghetto-Ology/Ghetto-Ology Dub - Ghetto-Ology & Dub - Easy Star Records Aston Family Man Barrett & The Rebel Arms - Family Man Skank - Soul Constitution: Instrumentals & Dubs 1971-1982 - Dub Store Records Vivian Jackson & The Prophets - Judgement On The Land - Yabby You: Jesus Dread 1972-1977 -  Blood & Fire  King Tubby - Repatriation Rock - Yabby You: Jesus Dread 1972-1977 -  Blood & Fire  The Congos - Ark Of The Covenant - Heart Of The Congos - Blood & Fire Burning Spear - This Experience - People Of The World - Slash Israel Vibration - Mr. Consular Man - On The Rock - Ras Records William Johnson - Live Up - Channel One Showcase 12” Al Campbell - Gone Down The Drain - Soferno B Records Kingston All Stars feat. RZee Jackson - Bossman Say - Presenting Kingston All Stars - Roots & Wire Records Johnny Osbourne - Love Is Universal - Junjo Presents Wins The World Cup - Greensleeves Clint Eastwood & General Saint - Can't Take Another World War - Two Bad DJ - Greensleeves Scientist - Dangerous Match Two - Junjo Presents Wins The World Cup - Greensleeves Eric Monty Morris - Eyere Feeling/Eyere Feeling Version - Sure Shot 7” Big Joe - Weed Specialist/Zion Train Dub - Stop Point Records 7” Bunny Wailer - Rastaman - Blackheart Man - Island Records Ricky Grant - Time Is The Master - Poverty People - Island In The Sun Mighty Diamonds - Have Mercy - Virgin Frontline Presents: Reggae Discomixes 24 Killer Extended Mixes - Virgin Queen Ifrica - Excellent Jah - Breath Of Life - Nu Rush Records Lone Ark Meets The 18th Parallel - Morning Blessing - Fruits Records JonnyGO Figure & The 18th Parallel - Love Life - Fruits Records Nightshade & The 18th Parallel - Don't Tell Me To Smile - Fruits Records Horns Of Guiding Star Orchestra & The 18th Parallel - Bonanza Dub - Fruits Records Tasha T - I Live - One World - Chapter 1 - Island Yard Productions/Ras Vibes Records Aza Lineage w/ Jesse Royal & Brandon Rootz - No Vagabopnd - Rebel Daawta - VP Records/Jammys Pressure Busspipe & Zion I Kings - Rasta Children/Rasta Children Dub - All For A Time - Zion High Productions Chronixx - Family First - Exile - Forever Living Originals LP Prince Malachi - Greater Things In Life - Caution Riddim - Stingray Records Everton Blender - Bingi Man A Come - Rootsman Credential - Heartbeat Records VC - By His Deeds - VP Records 7” Cas Haley & SunDub - Jolene - Boots Rock Reggae Vol. 1 - Ineffable Records Josh Harris & Marty Dread - Mystery Lady -  Wonderful Life - Big Feet Records Honorebel - Police And Thief - Winner Circle - Phantom Music Group Elijah Prophet & Caly Boss - Grow - Lift Up - Silver Diamond Productions Cali P & Little Lion Sound - Zion Road - Evidence Music DJ GQ & Paul Anthony - Rise With The Sun - Skank Rock Reggae - DJGQ Worldwide DJ GQ & Julian Marley - Keep The Fire Burning - Skank Rock Reggae - DJGQ Worldwide Inna Vision feat. Yaadcore & Pana - Gut Feeling/Gut Feeling Instrumental - Made 4 Troddin - Reggae Lives Queen Ifrica - My Highgrade - Breath Of Life - Nu Rush Records Perfect Giddimani - High Grade Mi Love - Sibusiso - Giddimani Records Perfect Giddimani - High Grade Dub - Sibusiso In Dub - Giddimani Records John Forbes - War Zone - When Jah Shall Come - Pressure Sounds King Tubby - Satta Dread Dub - Dub Gone Crazy: The Evolution Of Dub At King Tubby's 1975-1979 - Blood & Fire Scientist Meets Sly & Robbie feat. Mykal Rose - Dub Morning (Scientist Dub) - The Dub Battle - DubShot Records Mafia & Fluxy feat. The Pharmacist - Dub De Rights - Introducing The Pharmacist - Mafia & Fluxy Strictly Yard Sound feat. Brizion - Skaracha/Hot Chili Dub - Strictly Yard Music Vibronics - Fistful Of Dub - UK Dub Story - Scoops  Principal - Strange Land Dub - Treacherous Dub - Stereo Royal The Gladiators & Lone Ranger - Roots Natty/Natty Chalawa - Studio One Presenting: The Gladiators - Studio One Wayne Jarrett - You & I/You & I Dubwise Version - Horace Andy Meets Naggo Morris & Wayne Jarrett: Mini Showcase - Wackies Dennis Brown - Westbound Train - Rock On: Greatest Hits From The Observer Label - Heartbeat Records Big Youth & Dennis Brown - Ride On, Ride On,  - Niney The Observer Presents: Dreadlocks Coming To Dinner - Doctor Bird Ansel Collins & The Observer - Inbound Train - Niney The Observer Presents: Dreadlocks Coming To Dinner - Doctor Bird Ansel Collins - Stalag 17 - Adventures In Dub: Essential Bassline Business - Metro Doubles Horace Andy - Mister Bassie - Midnight Rocker - On U Sound Joe Yorke & The Co—Operators All  Night Skanking - Waggle Dance Records Naoki HiFi - All Night Skanking Dub - Naoki HiFi Autarchii - Overworked and Underpay - Red A Red Music Group Capleton feat. Eesah & Derrick Sound - Deh Pon Mi Mind - Heights Of Fire - Evidence Music Nyle Banks - Flow Like This - Born 4 Greatness - Nyle Banks Music Group Gentlemans Dub Club & Mungo's Hifi feat. Solo Banton - Good, Good - Easy Star Records Blvk H3ro & Yungg Trip - Phenomenal - Boomyard/Diaspora Sound Vanzo & Greatest Friends - Inna Di Dance - Evidence Music Kabaka Pyramid - We Dem Wah - Bebble Rockers/Ghetto Youths International Sean Paul - Stand On Business - VP Records Buju Banton - Butterflies - Too Too Bad - Gargamel Music/VP Records Aza Lineage feat. King Jammy - Love Me Tonight - One King Music Little John - Dancehall Style - Greensleeves 12”

This week on Mel & Floyd: Basking in the afterglow of a “celebrity” appearance at the Children's Museum; ‘Pants to attend launch of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope; The truth behind the breakdown of trade negotiations with Canada; Florida diverts $10M to charity connected to DeSantis' wife – nothing to see here!; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Abhishek Hajare on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Onions Actually ARE Good For You! appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Pet portrait night; Ironically named “Department of Justice” planning to send out 1,000 election monitors; GOP presidential hopefuls; USS Abraham Lincoln fallout; Meta's days in court; Data confirms BMW drivers are the worst; ABC sues FCC; Darth Vader supports Flock cameras; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Nanang Adi on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Jackhammers Are Great! appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: “Melon Floyd?”; Some ICE agents are racist??; AI claims gravity will disappear???; White House endorses supposed anti-autism drug; Portland goats use mass transit; What's with the Waymos?; King Tut's spare underwear supply; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Bill Nino on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Darwin's Favorite Plant appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Playlist: Alabama Shakes - GardenMeshell Ndegeocello, Cat Power - Don't you want meMorcheeba - Escape the Chaos - Merther Hum DubKing Garbage - Busy on a Saturday NightAmmoye, The Senior Allstars - Slipping into darknessJOHNNY OSBOURNE - Put on your dancing shoesJackie Mitoo - Gold dustSoul Revivers, Susan Cadogen - No placeHorace Andy - InstrumentalJoshua Idehen - Mum does the washingWolf Castle, Cadence Weapon, Jessa Sky - One in a billionBobby Bazini - Leonard Cohen revisitedKhruangbin, Quantic - PelotaObongjayer - Just CoolDanielle Ponder - Sun and MoonThe Bamboos - Rockets and FlowersGuess What - Children in SpaceNoga Erez, Reo Cragun, Rousso - ViewsThe Brooks - Pain & BlissGhost Funk Orchestra - AgainNoori & His Dorpa Band - Al AmalElvis Costello & The Roots - WAKE Me upPsyche - Cumbia MahareDeRon, Cerrone - Je Suis MusicMarxist Love Disco Ensemble - MaterialSunner Soul - Sunshine Blues

This interview is with Davis Dixon of HiFi Wine Bar. In this interview, Davis discusses his transition from restaurants to fully focusing on wine.Davis talks about working in restaurants at a young age and hospitality becoming a part of who he was. Until he worked in Seattle, he didn't realize people could make a career out of hospitality. Although Davis had been intimidated by wine, he was fascinated by it as it always surrounded him in restaurants. In 2019, Davis decided to put his full focus on wine and asked for the Wine Bible to start his wine education. From there, Davis worked as a bartender who was determined to learn about his facilities' wine programs.Davis discusses his transition to HiFi and becoming a sommelier. After working a harvest in New Zealand, Davis wanted to work a harvest in Oregon, moving to the Willamette Valley. Through his connections, he started working at the International Pinot Noir Celebration where he connected with Ben and Evan of HiFi and was offered a position. After working part-time at HiFi during harvest, Davis accepted a full-time position in the wine bar. Working at HiFi, Davis has been learning leadership skills and how to put the right bottles in front of people. While working at HiFi, Davis was also working on his advanced sommelier certificate from CMS, becoming even more educated in wine.Later in the interview, Davis talks about his goals for the future. Eventually, Davis wants to be a wine buyer. He wants to make the decisions on what wines are available to his customers. At this time, Davis is only able to create success for himself, but in the future, he wants to use his knowledge and skills to do things for others within the industry, especially aspiring black sommeliers. Davis believes people within the industry are generous with their time and information, and he wants to be able to give back in the same way.This interview was conducted by Rich Schmidt at Linfield University in McMinnville on August 4, 2026.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel returns & SmartyPants unplugs; The emperor's new hairpiece; Marine One comes close to delivering free beer day; Springfield's landscape of desolation; New Jersey sues Amazon; Heroin dealers are capitalists too!; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Zoe Richardson on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post The Old Lip Stick & Pig Thing appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Brother Bicker Band interviewPlaylist: KOKOROKO, featuring Bruno Berle Remix - Closer to MeArlo Parks, featuring John Glacier - FloettePockets, Scary Pockets, Lila Forde - Give UpBonobo, Joy Crookes - Always on Your SideBrother Bicker Band - The Good RoadBrother Bicker Band - Night With YouHorace Andy - Down HereLinton Kwesi Johnson - Want fo goh raveSly & Robbie, Gacha Medz, Zoyan - BAD GAL (Bam Bam Riddim)Mykal Rose - Gates of ZionJOHNNY OSBOURNE - Ice Cream LoveMoontricks, The Funk Hunters, Scott Nice - Come TogetherAfrican Head Charge - MicrodosingSay She Say , Piya Malik - Forget Me NotGhost Funk Orchestra - Evil MIndsLeon Bridges - Light the Waylovetempo, Black Loops, Riccardo Paffetti, featuring Black Loops 1 am Mix - Never the SameOlympia Vitalis - Lady LuckKalisway, LAYA - I LIke ItElvis Costello, featuring Pathways Studios Trio Version - Watching the DetectivesKraak & Smaak , Paco Versailles - When the Magic ComesPigeon - 117Sam Pounds, Family Company - One in a MillionDetroit Rising, DJ Sinna - Open Letter

01. Swedish House Mafia, Lykke Li - Happiness Is So Sad 02. ATRIP - Sinai Ray 03. Kettama - Comes and Goes 04. TJR, MAKJ - Concentrate 05. Global Deejays, HI FI, DJ Taylor & Flow - No Good (Start the Dance) 06. Squid Kids - Red Light, Green Light (Festival Remix) 07. Eleganto & Lefris - Lay 08. Akon - Right Now (Sandersville Remix) 09. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne - Rather Be (Tommy Mc Remix) 10. Afrosound - Mar de Emociones (Unholy Remix) 11. Perfect Pitch, Rocco, L'EXAIS - Summertime Sadness 12. Olav Basoski, Sil, Entasia - Windows 13. LOCKED CLUB - Baobab 14. ELI - Booyah (DUB) 15. Benny Benassi - Satisfaction (MORRILL EDIT) 16. h4rdy - nova dub 17. The Trip - Trip Life Xtra (Headhigh Edit) 18. S3PPA - Sound Attack 19. Pegassi - Yoyoyo

Playlist: Girls of the Internet , The Gospel of Thomas - I See GhostsSalin - Being HerePockets, Scary Pockets, Lila Forde - Give UpBegonia - So HighDaniel Caesar - Made to Fall in LoveThee Sacred Souls, featuring Victor Axelrod - One and the SameSly & Robbie, Roots Radics, NINJAH ROCKERZ, Gacha Medz - Rudeboy Shuffle Steppin' RiddimRanking Joe, Jah Warrior - Peace and love Version (Instrumental Version)Veni Sun, Surfer Girl - Country LineLone Ark, The 18th Parallel - Morning VresionJOHNNY OSBOURNE - Rock Me Rock MeCHRONIXX - Keep on RisingGhost Funk Orchestra - OcotilloDevon Gilfillian - Keep on Movin'Lisa LeBlanc - Gossip llLeon Bridges - IllusionThe Rolling Stones - You Know I'm No GoodThe Womack Sisters - If I Let YouKAYTRANADA, featuring Charlotte Day Wilson - What You NeedNouvelle Vague, Flavia Coelho - Never Let Me Down AgainOdeal, featuring Jorja Smith - Coming HomeFlytrap, featuring Sammy Jean - Get itJessie Ware, featuring Horse Meat Disco remix - SaunaDr Rubberfunk, Ben Castle - Canvas CathedralNina Simone, featuring dublon nremix - Tell Me More and MoreSamora, Zoe Mazah - Queens

This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel and Floyd are both on assignment this week, so SmartyPants gets an assist from Luthor and Saga; The latest on WIlly Street; Friendship bracelets at Camp David; In Wisconsin it's illegal to bet on an election IF you vote; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Tolga Ahmetler on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Caught in Cracker Barrel Purgatory appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Host Jorden Guth is joined by Matt Simmonds, Vice President of Product Development at Lenbrook, for a behind-the-scenes look at how modern hi-fi products come to life. Simmonds discusses his family's history in audio, the origins of Bluesound, the importance of industrial design, and how companies weigh innovation, market trends, and emerging technologies like AI when deciding what products to build next. Sources: Bluesound's High-Style Pulse Sub+ Subwoofer—SoundStage! Talks (December 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2-ljBZQ4uE Chapters: 00:00:00 Announcement 00:00:36 Introductions and family traditions 00:06:34 Career-type decisions 00:10:19 Why Bluesound? 00:14:00 Design matters 00:20:53 Avoiding cannibalism 00:27:51 Polishing that crystal ball 00:33:51 AI versus the real world 00:43:04 Outro music: "Brother” by Montessori

Ally Pitts will be introducing Silents Synched's R.E.M. x Sherlock Jr, directed by Buster Keaton at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford on Monday 27th July '26 as part of the Oxford Comedy Festival 2026. Besides this show, Ally co-hosts Gentlemen Don't Get Caught: An R.E.M. track-by-track podcast with Lyn Seren. More links mentioned/alluded to in the episode: https://uppcinema.com/show_type/oxford-comedy-festival-2026/  https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/ourshows  https://www.silentsynced.com/  https://silentmovieday.org/ Contact us/socials: All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast and Ally Pitts you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast linktr.ee/ally_pitts  We changed the name of the show quite a while back, but the social handles/contacts are a bit of a mishmash. Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/ Instagram: instagram.com/russiansovietmoviepodcast/  instagram.com/allypittsmoviesbooksmusicetc/  Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com

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This week on Mel & Floyd: Fallout from Willy Street shooting; Madison behind the curve on body-cams; Where to see local Art(Paul); New nurses' union certified by NLRB; Another new Prime Minister; A surge in student loan defaults; Measles cases are surging too; Air pollution & socioeconomic status correlate with autism rates; NJ protects voter rolls; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Ksenia Yakovleva on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Would You Like Another Pill, Darling? appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Las vacaciones, más tiempo más piel, más tentacion a la vista ."¿Quien me llama?”, pregunta el diablo tentador, pero no sólo la rubia tentación, también el politico tramposo o el periodista que desliza "serpientes de verano" o deja que la IA haga su trabajo. Grandes infieles y canciones que cruzan la línea peligrosa como Lady Marmelade (“Voulez vous Coucher avec mol?”) en esta edicion con mucho “lounge” que nos traslada a un tiempo en que el "HI FI” tendencia icon cierto "savoir faire" . Esquivel, por favor, con aceituna. Más "rasé”, que diría mi amigo Josie, imposible, Puedes hacerte socio del Club Babel y apoyar este podcast: mundobabel.com/club Si te gusta Mundo Babel puedes colaborar a que llegue a más oyentes compartiendo en tus redes sociales y dejar una valoración de 5 estrellas en Apple Podcast o un comentario en Ivoox. Para anunciarte en este podcast, ponte en contacto con: mundobabelpodcast@gmail.com.

Playlist: Allison Russell - RainbowsSon Little - BreatheEgo Ella May - What We DoYazim Lacey - Summer HazeThe Dynamics - Miss You - Extended Disco VersionStinging Ray, Irie Ites, The Ligerians - StepperAzizzi Romeo, Max Romeo, Tippy I-Grade - Dub of the TimeDubmatix - Tubby's DubL'Entourloop, Flavia Coelho - Venha SelectaDJ Vadim, Graziella, echo crew - too goodManu Dibango, Anoraak - MatumbaFunky Destination, featuring Vitolino Vibe & friends remix - Jungle Bird TreeLisa LeBlanc - Whole Lotta Talkin'Lyn Collins - Baby Don't Do ItShakura S'Aida - Stop it BabyAdi Oasis, featuring Kareem Ali Remix - Stuck in My HeadLeon Bridges - IllusionPapa Wemba, Pierre Kwenders - Show Me The WayFlytrap - Can You Dig It?The Headhunters - if You've Got It, You'll Get ItGlam Slam and His Combo - I Talk in Colour - The Brixton Jazz InstrumentalGALLIANO - Boogie for Brains4th Sign, Around 7, Joss Moog - W-A-R-M-U-PAlabama Shakes - I Feel Hope Coming

This week on Mel & Floyd: Breathing advice for Madison's worst air quality EVER;  A review of “his” speech; The internet doesn't know everything?; Rapper “Boosie” fails to obtain presidential pardon despite big payoff; Arnold Palmer's what??; How David Carr lined his pockets; Testosterone and the “warrior ethos”; Funding cuts lead to “butt covid”; A newly discovered monkey species and other primate news; Drug use at a Phish concert???; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Malachi Brooks on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Good Job, Humans appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Jacob Wendt leads from behind the drum kit without treating every song like a personal drum clinic. His forthcoming album, The Gallery, arrives in late summer and was recorded by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Recording, aka “Hackensack West,” using an all-valve signal path from microphone to cutter head.In this episode of the eCoustics Podcast, Eric Pye (@audioloveyyc) and Mitch Anderson (@black_circle_radio) join Wendt and Gray to discuss the new album, Wendt's previous release Silver Street, quintet chemistry, horn arrangements, live versus studio recording, and the difficult art of leading a band without elbowing everyone else out of the spotlight.Thank you to our sponsor of this episode, SVS! www.svsound.com• Original intro music by The Arc of All. https://www.sourceoflightandpower.com• Voice Over Provided by Todd Harrell of SSP Unlimited. https://sspunlimited.com• Production by Mitch Anderson, Black Circle Studios. https://blackcircleradio.comKeep up-to-date with all the latest Hi-Fi, Headphone, Home Theater and Music news by visiting:https://www.ecoustics.com#hifi #kevingray #cohearentrecords #jacobwendt #musiconvinyl #vinylenthusiast #blackcircleradio #vinylcommunity  #ecoustics #audiophile #homelistening

This week, we pick up the ball from where the previous episode left off. Host Jorden Guth once again moderates a chat between podcast producer Dennis Burger and guest L. Paul Hales about the future of hi-fi and the place room correction has in that future. Topics include how one defines a good speaker, why kick drums can lose their oomph, why you wouldn't EQ a piano, and a complete break-down of Paul's five-point problem with room correction. Sources: “Are JL Audio's Primacy Speakers the Future of Stereo?”: https://www.soundstage.life/e/are-jl-audio-s-primacy-speakers-the-future-of-stereo/ “JL Audio's Primacy Active Loudspeaker Systems: Charting a New Course Under Garmin” by Roger Kanno: https://www.soundstageglobal.com/index.php/blogging-on-audio/232-roger-kanno/1266-jl-audios-primacy-active-loudspeaker-systems-charting-a-new-course-under-garmin “Are JL Audio's Primacy Speakers the Future of Stereo?” (S5:E4): https://youtu.be/xdyxqp9kYvE?si=lZwAeCePVYoVOLl6 “Chest-Pounding Bass, Done Smarter

This week, Jay Jay is joined by his Producer Matthew Mallinger, as they discuss the world of HiFi audio & Jay Jay's new upcoming program Twisted Systems. They delve into electroacoustic engineering and how the landscape of audio production has changed, emphasizing that you don't need to break the bank to get great sound. Matthew shares his journey within art as a drummer, painter & producer - & his most meaningful influences along the way; from hearing his uncle Pat Mallinger perform in Chicago as a kid, to his current involvement in Deantoni Parks Technoself School of Philosophy. They get into myths about audio quality and discuss the importance of understanding what elements are most important as a listener. Jay & Matthew end their conversation talking about the excitement surrounding Twisted Sister's tour coming up this year, & their plans to carry on with the anticipated reunion. Don't miss this conversation, only on The Jay Jay French Connection: Beyond the Music!

An interview with Director Of Engineering of Benchmark Media Systems, John Siau. The brains behind much of Benchmark's gear in recent years can be credited to John. Between pro and consumer DACs, analog to digital converters and a wide array of HiFi gear, Benchmark has been on quite a run the past 10 years in terms of product development. In this episode, John offers up some really sound advice and information. We tackle some talk about design elements, feedback error correction and help shed light on questions like - have we been slowly losing fidelity over the years? S14E10 Sponsors: PTdotAUDIO - Great Sounds Meet Good Times AUDIOQUESTdotCOM — High-Performance Cables & Power Products — Made for You

Playlist: The Mbira Renaissance Band - Mauya Mauyasomi, The Cavemen - Sometimes LoveKarate Boogaloo - Booger's bounce of JoyBrooke Combe - Dancing at the edge of the worldTrinity, Irie Ites - Don't throw stoneThee Sacred Souls, Victor Axelrod - Waiting #2Jackie Mitoo - Skank like GrannyJOHNNY OSBOURNE - Here I come againHorns of Guiding Star Orchestra,The 18th Parallel - Bonanza ChargeJordan Rekei, Tom Misch - Midnight MischiefCharlotte Day Wilson - LeanAllison Rusell - Searchlight2Lot, Eric Krasno,b Evan Weiss, Ben Bohorquez - IrisDanielle Ponder, Reenah Golden - PowerFlytrap, Sargeant X Comrade - Funkman (play that funky bass)Roy Ayers - Release YourselfThe Free Label - Prince's bathtubJuju Rogers, Jamila Woods - ElohimEzra Collective, Lila Ike - Well OrganisedBran Van 3000 - LoadedBran Van 3000 - Love ClicheBran Van 3000, Curtis Mayfield - AstoundedCurtis Mayfield - Tripping OutGlam Sam and his Colour Combo, ANGELINA - Mr. Cool's GrooveKongas - Dr. Doo-DahBetty Davis - Dedicated to the Press

This week on Mel & Floyd: Saga fills in for the absent ‘Pants; House On the Rock – a natural mushroom trip?; A cross on the moon?; Uses for tungsten; Tales of cultural exchange; Mel regulating nuclear plants?; New UFO distractions released by Pentagon; Breaking: Cannibalism is bad; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Barnabas Davoti on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Like Shaking Hands with a Golden Retriever appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This interview is with Ben Denton of HiFi Wine Bar. In this interview, Ben explains what it is like to make your way through the wine industry. Ben talks about his “magical moment” with wine. After majoring in history and philosophy, Ben didn't know what he wanted to do as a career. While working at a restaurant with his roommate, Ben tasted and nice bottle of wine. That was the moment he realized he wanted to be drinking wine on the regular, and the best way to drink wines you can't afford is to work in the industry.Ben discusses his path in wine as he started out working in a big factory liquor store. From there, he began working in distribution. He didn't care what job he had at the time, as long as it was in wine. Ben moved to Washington and then Oregon to pursue wine after he had visited on a trip with the liquor store. Here, he met his business partner and they began the makings of HiFi.Later in the interview, Ben talks about the incorporation of music at HiFi. Ben and his partner shared a love of music and collecting vinyl that they decided to make it a major element of the wine bar. Vinyl is constantly spinning for visitors, and Ben believes it creates a holistic experience for the customers. In 2026, HiFi celebrates its 5th-year anniversary.This interview was conducted by Rich Schmidt at HiFi Wine Bar in McMinnville on June 29, 2026.

Llenamos la marmita con unos cuantos lanzamientos favoritos de la primera mitad del año. Play it loud!(Foto del podcast por Marty Perez; The Young Fresh Fellows)Playlist;SHORTY’S SWINGIN’ COCONUTS “The call of Tangaroa” (Mai Tai in Hi-Fi)FAST KIDS “Advise” (Fast kids forever)BRAD MARINO “Lost without you” (Agent of chaos)YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS “Killing time in Union Square” (Loft)THE LONG RYDERS “Four winters again” (High noon hymns)RUBY and THE CLUMSY DOLLIES “Mad” (New and improved)THE BEVIS FROND “That’s your lot” (Horrorful heights)DANIEL ROMANO’S OUTFIT “Autopoiet” (Preservers of the pearl)KING TUFF “Invisible ink” (MOO)MUJERES “Alucinante” (Es un dolor inexplicable)091 “Antes de que salga el Sol” (Espejismo nº9)THE JAMES HUNTER SIX “Gun shy” (Off the fence)CARMY LOVE “You gotta understand”GREY DELISLE and LES GREENE “Mister” (Grey and Greene)HONEYBEAR THE BAND “Fake it till ya make it”NUDE PARTY “Look who’s back” (Look who’s back)Escuchar audio

Playlist: Ben L'Oncle Soul - EVERYTHING BØUT YANectar Woode - Talk to me SummerWillow Avalon - Pink Pocket PistolFoxwarren, Andy Shauf, Darryl Kissick, featuring Helado Negro Remix - YvonneLuna Azul - ButterfliesThe Mighty Rootsman, Toots and the Maytalls - Heart of GoldLup Ino - Tossing & Turning - Extended MixKazamix, Glen Washington - Sound VictorySurfer Girl - EavesdropThe New Pornographers - ChallengersAllah-Las - Pt. ConceptionAllison Russell - Black LavenderDeliverie - SunlightThe Free Label, featuring Pure Colors Remix - Champagne ToastEzra Collective - Colonial MentalityThe Polish Ambassador - Bebe (Dub Edit)Róisín Murphy, featuring Cosmodelica Remix - Murphy's LawThe Mbira Renaissance Band - Toridza MbiraCumbiafrica, Angelique Kidjo, Ale Kuma - BatongaThe Allergies, Aziza Jaye - Leave Me AloneEl Michaels Affair, Florence Adooni - Say GoodbyeGALLIANO - Unreliable Memories of Contested ConversationsJojo Effect, Gardener of Delight & Zouzouelectric - Good Business - Gardener of Delight & Zouzouelectric RemixGrace Jones - Walking in the RainGeraldo Frisina - Lindeza

This week on Mel & Floyd: A visit from Ruby; BIg giant slabs of content and wiener dog videos; Rampart reading disability on the Supreme Court?; Has Mitch McConnell stopped trading stocks?; A collapsing stage in DC; 90 mph on a unicycle??; Jefferson focused on the indictments; Missing giraffe found; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Alex Guillaume on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Descendants of Convict Ducks appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week, host Jorden Guth moderates a conversation between podcast producer Dennis Burger and returning guest L. Paul Hales, founder and chief designer of California-based Pro Audio Technology. Together, they explore the future of hi-fi and the role room correction may play in shaping it. This is the first installment of a two-part discussion. Sources: “Are JL Audio's Primacy Speakers the Future of Stereo?”: https://www.soundstage.life/e/are-jl-audio-s-primacy-speakers-the-future-of-stereo/ “JL Audio's Primacy Active Loudspeaker Systems: Charting a New Course Under Garmin” by Roger Kanno: https://www.soundstageglobal.com/index.php/blogging-on-audio/232-roger-kanno/1266-jl-audios-primacy-active-loudspeaker-systems-charting-a-new-course-under-garmin “Are JL Audio's Primacy Speakers the Future of Stereo?” (S5:E4): https://youtu.be/xdyxqp9kYvE?si=lZwAeCePVYoVOLl6 “Chest-Pounding Bass, Done Smarter

This week on Mel & Floyd: Mad magazine nailed it!; Jetsons vs. Flintstones; Goodie bags for South African immigrants; Too hot for climate change conference; Administration cracks down on [some] illegally retained classified documents; Plato's rules for wealth; Some Old Testament talk; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Andrew Winkler on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Transported to the Waffle House [Again] appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Playlist: Gil Scot Heron - Winter in AmericaWilliam Devaughn - Be Thankful for what you've gotdizahan & Kamien - ThrillJoni Mitchell - Black CrowMykal Rose - InformerLinton Kwesi Johnson - Letter to SonnyDubmatix, featuring Luciano - Seeds of Love & LifeEchoSlim, Bunny Lee, Jackie Mittoo, The Aggrovators, Wex! The Master - Afro Electro DubFree Nationals - Beauty & EssexDevon Gilfinian - Let's Stop Fucking AroundSecondhand Dreamcar - It's All the SamePastel Blank - VenetiansSimple Souls, Joli Soul - Trials & TribulationsGeneral Elektriks - With YouGerardo Frisina - DualaKOKOROKO, featuring MUSCLECARS Remix - Just Can't Waitundecided - Drip Drip DripGlam Slam and His Combo, Angelina - Don't Miss the BlissSam Pounds, Family Company - I Got a FeelingJames Brown, featuring Itamar Remix - Ants in my PantsFreak Motif - The HeistBar-Kays - Memphis Sunrise

Tune in for Part II of one the favorite hi fi conversations that has taken place on the podcast: Analog Wars, with Ken Kessler & Michael Fremer! Don't miss the second half of these audio gurus conversation with Jay Jay.Ken is a Hi-Fi expert journalist, who joined Hi-Fi News & Record Review in 1983, to which he still contributes. He also writes a column for the website Soundstage UK, is the author of "Quad: The Closest Approach", "McIntosh … For The Love Of Music", and co-author of "Sound Bites" and "KEF: Innovators In Sound." Michael Fremer is the editor of analogPlanet.com, and senior contributing editor at Stereophile magazine. He's also contributed to The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Consumer Digest, and The Bergen Record (New Jersey) among other publications and periodicals.Produced & edited by Matthew Mallinger

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A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Tonight on Apex Express, Host Miko Lee talk story with singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen.  Hear about her new album Fossil,  her short documentary, and about her artistic inspirations. Thao's tour starts this week in North Carolina, so listen in to hear from the brilliant Thao, and then check out her website to catch a live show.   SHOW TRANSCRIPT [00:00:00] Opening: Apex Express Asian Pacific expression. Community and cultural coverage, music and calendar, new visions and voices, coming to you with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view. It's time to get on board the Apex Express.   [00:00:35] Miko Lee: Tonight on Apex Express, we talk story with singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen. Join me, your host, Miko Lee, as I talk with this multi-hyphenated artist. We get to hear about her new album, chat about her short documentary, and hear about her artistic inspirations. Thao's tour starts this week in North Carolina, so listen in to hear from the brilliant Thao, and then check out her website to catch a live show.   [00:01:05] Ayame Keane-Lee: In today's show, you'll be listening to some songs from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down's 2020 album, Temple. First off, let's listen to “Pure Cinema.”   MUSIC     [00:05:44] That was “Pure Cinema” by today's guest, Thao Nguyen. Let's get to the interview.   [00:05:50] Miko Lee: Welcome  Thao Nguyen to Apex Express.    [00:05:54] Thao Nguyen: Thank you. I'm so happy to be here.    [00:05:57] Miko Lee: I love talking with creative people and you're such an amazingly talented singer and songwriter and imagination creator. I'm wanna start with the first question I ask all of my guests, which is, who are your people and what legacy do you carry with you?   [00:06:16] Thao Nguyen: Who are my people? Some of them include the family I was born into. I'm from Virginia. I was born and raised in Virginia. but I'm the daughter of Vietnamese refugees of war. And, I moved out to the Bay in 2006 after my first US tour. And, I'm so fortunate to have such a robust community here in the bay and all of my chosen family here.   [00:06:40] Miko Lee: And what legacy do you carry with you?    [00:06:43] Thao Nguyen: What legacy? I think the legacy I prioritize. I think, you know, [laughs] we inherit a lot and as time goes on and we get older, we realize everything is finite and you have to choose which legacies you choose to continue, and perpetuate and honor and what you have to leave by the wayside. And so the things I choose to continue and celebrate are that of a real ability to be very present and in the moment and available to joy and I think the people I come from are really good at metabolizing joy because they know the flip side of it so well.    [00:07:23] Miko Lee: Ooh, that's so interesting. Can you speak more about what it means to metabolize joy?    [00:07:30] Thao Nguyen: [Laughs] uh, an ongoing practice? I think it is to be truly present and I believe, of course gratitude goes a long way, but I to fully metabolize it is to allow yourself to feel embodied in it. And, you know, there's more somatic practice I think that to actually feel it course through your body, you are allowing it, you're honoring it as completely as possible. And, do you have to acknowledge that it's happening as it's happening? You know, I think that's having true presence with it.   [00:08:08] Miko Lee: Can you roll back with me in time and talk about your earliest childhood memories of being a singer or songwriting? What came first?    [00:08:18] Thao Nguyen: I loved music from a very early age, but I didn't have a lot of access to it, to making it, it was more as a listener. The soundscape that I grew up with, there was a series called Paris by Night, which probably you've heard of within Vietnamese diaspora, uh, community and Culture. And it was this variety show that was, created by, people who had to flee Vietnam. And originally it was in Paris and it showcased A lot of singers and performers, who had fled, either before, during, or right after the fall of Saigon. And, it was this one gathering wherein. entertainers from the different generations, from my grandmother's generation, from my parents were able to coalesce and exist together. And there was just this sampler platter of a lot of different sonic influences. And then you had the younger generation, which was reinterpreting what American pop music was at the time. So you'd have my grandmother who [sang] cải lương which was this incredibly, it's like, almost like folk operatic, very dramatic, theatrical singing with a lot of pitch bending and, which I didn't understand that I was absorbing it in such a way that I would recreate it later on in my playing, but I would go on to credit it to being from Virginia and saying it was more of like an Appalachian influence, which it was as well. But the origins, the true origins were within my soundscape before I understood what that was. You know, so you have that and then you have, an artist named Lynette who's. basically in reinterpreting, like the latest Madonna song and has a cone bra on, so everyone's existing act after act in the same, um, sorry for that ramble. Did I answer that question?    [00:10:13] Miko Lee: Yeah. Uh, I, so what was, do you remember the age or you just grew up hearing all these different kinds of sounds?    [00:10:20] Thao Nguyen: I mean, that was from before I knew what age I was, you know, that was just like, and that was such, um. For the community and within my family it was such an event every time one of these, you know, double VHS things were issued that people would be making copies, someone would drop it off at the house. You know, there, there was always one or two in circulation, but it was this. Event that you'd,    [00:10:43] Miko Lee: are these like bootleg copies?    [00:10:45] Thao Nguyen: Yeah, there's like, wow, there's bootleg. There's also, there was one book in music store in Eden Shopping Center, which was like the hub of, of the Vietnamese community in, in, uh, Northern Virginia. And so someone would buy the original and then go and bootleg it. You don't know how you ended up with what, but just like they would drop off some citrus and and Hennessy or whatever, and then the Paris By Night thing. And um,    [00:11:11] Miko Lee: I love that the combo citrus, Hennessy and some music.   [00:11:16] Thao Nguyen: Everything is a digestif, you know? And, um, so I would have that. But then of course, I, you know, I, I listened to the radio. That was what, that was my main resource and I listened to the oldie station the most, and I loved Motown. And I remember, in this I was like five or six, we had these large speakers that's sat on the floor either side of, of this cassette deck, radio unit. And I would lay down and, every time Smokey Robinson came on, “You really got a hold of me” that was like my favorite song and I would tape it and then so either I would listen to it live or I would play the cassette and I would just lay down and get as close to the speakers as I could. But at that point, I hadn't seen who Smokey Robinson was, and I imagined, because I also am a child of eighties and nineties. I imagined it was Crystal who was Roseanne's best friend from the Roseanne show. You know, I didn't know anything, but I felt all of it.    [00:12:20] Miko Lee: Wow. Yeah. I love that. So, I love that. And I was really wondering, I heard this story about you, that you actually did a rap for on Charlotte's Web when you were in elementary school.   [00:12:33] Thao Nguyen: Okay. Okay. This is a deep cut. You've done some research.    [00:12:39] Miko Lee: Tell me about how that came to be. So you must have been introduced to rap pretty young to be doing that.    [00:12:44] Thao Nguyen: Oh, absolutely. This, so this was another, and this, I'm so glad you brought that up, because all of this is, every genre, every kind of music I, at this point is so vital to me, and it actually goes on to reflect the kind of music I make. And so I have an older brother who's almost eight years older, and around this same time, he's a huge hip hop fan, or that's one of the things he loves, he loves like Duran Duran and like the Fat Boys, you know? And , when I saved money, the first cassette I ever bought was Salt-n-Pepa. And I, yeah, so I was listento the Fat Boys and Queen Latifah. And I loved, I loved every, I loved to hear the flow, the different cadences and in third grade I was voted best rapper. This, and, you know, not coincidentally. This is the year I, I do the book report, the Charlotte's Web, you know, and they gave me the option. You can either write it or you can write a song or whatever. And so I wrote a rap about Charlotte's Web, but I was too shy. I had recorded it and just played it in my presentation. I didn't perform it live.    [00:13:51] Miko Lee: And how was it received?    [00:13:54] Thao Nguyen: I mean, I can still hear the roar. yeah, everyone, [laughs] I think the teachers    [00:14:01] Miko Lee: The crowd roared. The third graders roared.    [00:14:03] Thao Nguyen: Yeah. I mean, everyone's standing on their desks. It's rickety, you know, teachers are worried about child safety, it doesn't matter. They're like, Encore. I'm like, I don't have anything else. Uh, you know, uh,   [00:14:15] Miko Lee: Wait for real?   [00:14:17] Thao Nguyen: No, no. [laughs] the teachers thought it was cute. Probably the kids thought it was funny. I actually don't know because I was so nervous I even pressing play. I was so nervous. I don't know if I registered what, how it was received.    [00:14:34] Miko Lee: That's so sweet. Given your eclectic music knowledge and the music that was around you at the time as a musician, now you've been described with so many different categories, country tinge, indie folk, pop, blues. How would you describe your music?  [00:14:54] Thao Nguyen: I would describe it as. What's embarrassing is I've been doing this a long time now and I've never figured out a way to describe it. I would, I, I generally just say it's, you know, it's under the umbrella of indie rock, but influenced by jazz and hip hop. And because I learned to play guitar by picking out country blues songs. And because I grew up in Virginia, there, there are these, like old time, Country blues picking patterns that I've used. I, you know, it's, yeah. So that, I've never figured out a way to say it succinctly and I continue    [00:15:29] Miko Lee: and you don't need to. That's okay.    [00:15:31] Thao Nguyen: Thank you.    [00:15:31] Miko Lee: Is there a big Vietnamese population in Virginia?    [00:15:35] Thao Nguyen: Yeah, I, I think there is a very healthy population there. And it was one of the first places that people were settling when they were being resettled. And my parents met, in a refugee camp in Guam. And then they were sent to Arkansas. And then from there sponsored out to North Carolina. And then from there of a few friends that they had made, had found work with Metro, which is the public transportation train system in DC and found my dad work there. So that's why people resettle, that's why we ended up in Virginia.    [00:16:16] Miko Lee: So Thao & The Get Down Stay Down you released five studio albums and now you're working primarily as a solo artist. Right?    [00:16:25] Thao Nguyen: Yes. Yeah. I will say I still work record and perform with a band. And a lot of the people who worked and performed with me in that iteration are still with me. it was more I wanted to, just use my name and move beyond what the get down stay down was, which I was never really sure. With things that you choose when you're 22. As time goes, you know, it starts to, and you're lucky if you can kind of shed things and not, not stay beholden too much.   [00:16:57] Miko Lee: Ah, what have you learned to shed?   [00:17:02] Thao Nguyen: Oh my gosh. Thankfully a great deal and it's an ongoing exercise, but. I used to be so much heavier with the weight of what I thought a serious artist was what I thought a serious songwriter should be, who I thought, where I thought my, you know, different benchmarks of what success were. What I should be making versus what people wanted to hear versus what I wanted to hear. I actually never I wasn't always all the way sure about what I wanted. You know, I, I think a lot of people encounter that, but I've thankfully been able to shed as much as I can. It's an ongoing practice, but I, you know, one thing it. Is that I used to think, I can't believe I've been doing this this long. And it's, not necessarily, I didn't understand what I was working towards, but only that I had not gotten there yet. And then, you know, I think pandemic and on, I've been just so and as I get older, the transition into being so sincerely grateful that I'm still here and I get to do this. this is what my job is, and however I can, and whatever I can do to sustain, being able to, to do this for my livelihood and maintain my integrity within it is the greatest gift. So as when I made that switch a a lot of things, a lot of the darkness left me.    [00:18:39] Miko Lee: Oh, that's beautiful. Thank you for sharing.   [00:18:42] Ayame Keane-Lee: Next, let's listen to Temple, the first track off of Thao's album of the same name.   MUSIC   [00:22:56] That was Temple by Thao and the Get Down Stay Down. Back to her interview with Miko.   [00:23:01] Miko Lee: I'm wondering if you could talk a little bit about the 2017 documentary Nobody Dies, a film about a musician, her mom in Vietnam. How did that, and that's a documentary that follows you and your mom as you go to Vietnam. I'm wondering how that project came about.  [00:23:17] Thao Nguyen: Yes, I'm happy to tell you about it. in 2015 I was invited by concert promoters in conjunction with the US Embassy based in Hanoi, to come perform for the, I guess at that point it was the 25th anniversary of the normalization of relations between the US and Vietnam, and I was able to bring my band and I was able to bring my mom, and she hadn't been back in 43 years, and she used to work for the South Vietnamese embassy and was stationed in Lao, when Saigon fell. So she actually left Vietnam in 73, assuming she would go back after her time abroad and then was never able to return. So I was able to bring her, the struggle was would she actually come, you know, and we had, I had, a bear of the time initially convincing her it would be okay. And, it was like, just begging her to come. She's like freaking out. She hangs up on me. I call back. She hangs up. You know, it was a back and forth that I'm trying to convince her of things that I'm not sure of where she's like, I'm still on a list. I'm like, no, you're not. But I don't know that, you know who, how would I know that? But I told her she wasn't on the list. Anyway, my, a friend of mine who's a filmmaker, as this all was happening, he asked if he could come along and document all of it. And he and, his DP traveled with us and it was an incredibly intense trip, and it was beautiful and I am so glad it was documented. And then somewhere along the way I had a performance and, this was all in editing. And then I ran into Don Young at CAAM Center for Asian American Media. Oh, I know what it was. It was something for Sundance and Don Young and I were just in the same shuttle going to the airport and we were talking and I told him a little bit about this and then I sent him some footage and you know, and then CAAM and PBS were gracious enough to co-produce and, Make it so it could be, you know, a a half hour documentary that aired on PBS. Um,    [00:25:21] Miko Lee: so that that was on a bus ride.    [00:25:23] Thao Nguyen: That was on an airport shuttle.    [00:25:25] Miko Lee: Airport shuttle. I love it.    [00:25:26] Thao Nguyen: Yeah [laughs].    [00:25:28] Miko Lee: So was it hard to convince your mom, I know it was hard to convince her to go to Vietnam. Was it hard to convince her also then to be on film? What was her response to that?    [00:25:37] Thao Nguyen: Well, luckily for all of us, my mom loves to be on film and is, um, a total flirt and ham and. Oh,    [00:25:48] Miko Lee: so that was a bonus. That was like a,    [00:25:49] Thao Nguyen: that was a bonus. The camera loves her. As did the film director, my friend Todd, she loved it. And she just, she comes alive and she's a true performer. And, it was really beautiful to see her in this element that I, I didn't know if I'd ever, I actually. Never thought I'd get to see her this way. You know, I grew up, both my brother and I grew up translating for her, it is sort of at every, at every level. And, we'd go out to restaurants and it's not that she, you know, it's like she would get shy and then it would just easier, it always just became easier if we just did it for her. But, so we'd order for restaurants and, and to see her. not to say that she doesn't I mean, she was a small business owner. She owned a laundromat, dry cleaners in Virginia and totally is the reason why everybody is alive, you know? But, to see her move so seamlessly and easily, I'm sorry, it's emotional in the world was this, such a gift I didn't know I'd get. And, You see her haggling with people, you know, and, and she's directing as she's pointing out. Yeah. It was just a really, no matter how long someone has been away from the place they were born, you know, to see them back there is, um, it was, yeah, it was just such a beautiful gift and I'm glad we have it on film.   [00:27:17] Miko Lee: Did you discuss that with your mom? How different that was for you to see her in a different way?    [00:27:22] Thao Nguyen: You know, not, not, um, not directly. I've written about it, but I've not, we don't have the kind of, Yeah. That, that's never come up in those ways. You know, we talk a lot. I basically, I try to call her at least, uh, almost every day, just 'cause she lives across the country. So I wanna just be sure that, you know, I'm just doing these like, casual wellness checks, but we don't often get into those more philosophical conversations. Um, but she did, you know, the, the song Temple, Which would become the lead single of the album Temple was, inspired by this moment of candor that I had never experienced before and I would never experience again. It happened one night when we were in Vietnam and she just said outta nowhere. You have to understand what freedom is and you have to understand why a million people would risk their lives at sea, and I can't. I can't teach you that. I can't help you with it. You have to know for yourself. And that's what became, the song Temple where wherein she's speaking to me about her life before, during, and after war.   [00:28:35] Miko Lee: That's so powerful. Thank you for sharing. I, I appreciate that about your music, the personal, visions and dreams and pain that you experience putting that in. Is there another song of yours that really stands out to you?    [00:28:51] Thao Nguyen: Another one. Aside from that?    [00:28:53] Miko Lee: Aside from that.    [00:28:54] Thao Nguyen: There's. You know, yes, there's a, there's definitely a few from this new album that is, that I just finished and it's releasing in September. From that same album Temple there's, the song Marrow. there's a few. That album is as much, it was, it was this, I just had this, I knew that I had to make it both about, what my Vietnamese identity is and what it is to be queer in Vietnamese and stay in the culture, which is not something that I thought I could do. So yeah, I would say both Temple and Marrow encapsulate, this effort to fully align myself in ways that I hadn't been able to.    [00:29:40] Miko Lee: And what is Marrow about?    [00:29:42] Thao Nguyen: Marrow is about what it means to fully accept yourself so that you could offer yourself to the rest of your life. You know, it's, it's like.   [00:29:54] Miko Lee: That's all.   [00:29:56] Thao Nguyen: That's all. And it's, and it was against the backdrop of getting married. but it was more about me coming to terms with not even coming to terms, like even that language is so, disparaging. It's, it was just about claiming myself and saying to my family, I need to be, you know, I, I need to be my full self and I believe I can be with you still. But you know, the lines are, It's so funny. I sing it all the time and I can't do that. The line I'm thinking of in particular is, at that point I'm apologizing to my partner at the time and saying, you know, I am basically, I couldn't claim us because of this barrier, but I'm sorry to you and I'm sorry to me, and the, you know. I have grief in my marrow. Will you marry me still? So is it, that's a roundabout way of explaining what that, what that song is.   [00:30:54] MUSIC    [00:34:24] Ayame Keane-Lee: You just listened to “Marrow” by tonight's guest, Thao Nguyen.    [00:34:28] Miko Lee: You talk about Temple and how that was based on this trip you took in 2015, right? 2016. How long does it generally take you for a song to germinate?    [00:34:41] Thao Nguyen: You know, that one, um, that's, that is an example of a, a longer, uh, gestation period because it was such an intense, because Vietnam was such an intense time. Uh, it was months, maybe it was two years before I could even think about it, honestly. And there are other things that happen. I wish things happened more instantaneously. It's very rare that a whole song will just present itself. You know, temple, that song in particular, when I started writing it, it took maybe two hours, but it took me two years to get to the point where I could    [00:35:20] Miko Lee: And it just came to you in two hours?   [00:35:22] Thao Nguyen: Yeah. It just came, just the vision. All those, the imagery, everything that I'd wanted to say. It just, I understood how. To present it. And I think I had tried in other forms over that time, but it just wasn't ready. Other songs, um, yeah, anywhere from it's, it's like the chorus or a hook or a verse will come very quickly, and then the time, the more arduous stuff is building around it to make sure that it, it, you know, it's properly bolstered. Like I, if I believe in a hook, then I'll, I'll try to build the house around it.    [00:36:02] Miko Lee: And how, what do you do? Do you just record it straight up right when you get the hook, like on a small device or what's your process?    [00:36:09] Thao Nguyen: It um, typically I'm playing an instrument, either guitar or piano or I've written, you know, sometimes I get bored, I write on other instruments, but primarily it's guitar, piano, and, um. It'll be the melodic hook only on the instrument, and then I'll put words. But yeah, it's, I, I just use voice memos and then as I'm building it, then I'll move into pro tools and, and, and record a more proper demo.    [00:36:40] Miko Lee: And do you have a set working process or you just vibe it whenever you're feeling it? And I ask because I always ask this of artists. Because I think it's so interesting, what is the discipline it takes for your art form? And I remember I interviewed Isabel Allende years ago and she said, yes, I make myself go in my studio at 8:00 AM every day. And even if I can't write, I sit there from this time to this time. So what, what is your process like? Or do you have a set process?    [00:37:05] Thao Nguyen: Yes. Absolutely. And it's taken me so many years to figure out what my set process is and to have the discipline to really, really, um, I do believe it is a daily practice and it is a daily discipline and I'm so afraid of what happens when I slip out of it because I know what happens. I've tumbled into this very dark, deep well of despair and I don't know. You, you start to question what your whole purpose is. It gets bad very quickly, right? So I'm always trying to stay on the side of not completely sliding down. Not to say it isn't very joyful and I mean this a very lucky position to be in. One of the things that's been going on for the last few years is I have multiple projects going on at once and I do have to figure out, I had an, um, the album is just finished thankfully, but I am developing a musical and I'm also writing a book. And so I have to figure out, I divvy out the days. I would like to say that I can work on all three in one day, not possible. So I have to choose, um. And it's always, the morning time is the best for generating something from nothing. And then I try not to edit or revise or question it until that afternoon or later. Actually, you don't question it within that same day. Like the main, I think the main priority for me is maintaining momentum and optimism. So I need to do whatever it is to thwart whatever part of me is trying to take it down. Um, so I'll work in the morning for a few hours and then leave it, you know, and as writers say, leave it no matter if it's songwriting or whatever, like leave it at a place where you, when you start again, you feel good about it and you know what the next step is.   [00:39:08] Miko Lee: Do you have a set time? It's like just the morning from this time to this time. And then do you say musical today? Book today. Album today. How do you do that?    [00:39:17] Thao Nguyen: Well, it depends on the deadlines.    [00:39:21] Miko Lee: Of course.    [00:39:22] Thao Nguyen: I, yeah, I, I work to the deadline. 'cause there's always, thankfully, there's always at least one happening and yeah, I. I love this by the way, because I actually, when I'm stuck, I just look up different routines for writers and artists. It's like my favorite thing to do. So I love to participate in this conversation. Um, but I wake up, I meditate, I try to do a little stretching, and then I do a walk. It depends on where I'm working. Okay? Here's the thing. If I'm working on music, I have to work at home. If I can write, then I'm gonna go to a coffee shop or the library or my friends just opened up local economy, uh, that, that, so I've been going there and because writing is so lonely and miserable that I cannot be in the house, I, I, there's no way I have to be in public. Um, and just at least feeling the energy of other life    [00:40:18] Miko Lee: With songwriting also?    [00:40:19] Thao Nguyen: With songwriting, I have to be home 'cause I'm making all this noise. So what? Yeah, with songwriting I'll be at home, but that's way less miserable 'cause I can just play guitar or piano or something and then, or I'll be in studio with my friends that I'm making the album with. Um, now that I've finished the album and I'm moving and I'm more squarely in the book writing, um, I try to do two hours. You know, not, not solid. I will try, like, for a while, um, I was doing the timer with the, you know, 25 minutes at a time. And then that wasn't, I wasn't getting enough done and then, yeah, and then more than two hours. I, I just can't, it's not sustainable. Um, for me, I feel like I get a solid hour to two. Or maybe you hit like a two page, two or three page, um, quota or something, and then just don't even look at it and then go, and then I go exercise and I need to be outside and, or go on a hike or something.    [00:41:34] Miko Lee: Okay. Tell us about this book. What is it about, what's the timeline? No pressure.    [00:41:41] Thao Nguyen: I would love to tell you what it was about, if I knew better. Um, what it was. It's, it's a collection of essays and I'm calling it, so it's, it's, uh, it'll be out on Gray Wolf, um, into, in spring of 27. And so it is due relatively soon 'cause they, it's a longer lead time. I'm calling it a community memoir, um, because it's a collection of essays from different, it's all through my lens, but it's to celebrate these characters that I grew up with in Foster Virginia, within my family, within the community that I, they're so vivid to me and. Their stories. The quieter sides, the quieter moments of what it means to live in diaspora or what I wanna capture. And also what, you know, part of it is what shaped my musical life. And, and there are all these influences and elements that I, that I just wanted to celebrate and honor and. These people that I remember, but I, I'm, we're all, you know, I'm, I'm turning 42. I'm like, I, we're close to lo I'm close to losing the Hi-Fi detail of them, you know, and, and I don't know who else, is in a position to capture it. You know, and, and also it's this amazing opportunity to talk to my mom's, brothers and sisters. You know, there are tales. There's, of course, you grow up with, I think it's really different to, I was raised, you know, in Virginia by my, primarily by my mom. My grandmother and my aunt didn't come till I was five, but the stories that I heard. Mostly were from my mom who fled in, who left in 73, and her experience is so different than my grandmother, my aunt, all of my mom's siblings who stayed, who had to stay through the fall and, and live in a different regime, you know?    And so to get to hear those stories of just like the more quotidian indignities of what is life after you've lost your. To them they've lost their country, but they're still in it. You know, like, what is it to, with what were the rice rations like? Yeah. So, 50 years on what stays with people, you know, against the backdrop of the most devastating thing that can happen is that like the rice was so broken and it was so rationed and the quality of it was so infuriating and that they and my uncle talks about just for the 50th anniversary, I went back, I had an event, um, I think at the Smithsonian, and I went and I was staying with my uncle, and so I was able to ask them questions and he remembers buying meat on the black market. But you, you'd go to this market, you'd make eye contact with the person. They, you follow them to a behind the stall. They give you this meat wrapped in newspaper. You don't even know what it is. You don't, you can't unwrap it till you get home, you know? Anyway, those are the things that I, I just am so fascinated by, and I, there's just this kind of humanity and life in them that I wanna help. Um, record and if nothing else, just so that I know that it gives me an opportunity to ask these questions. Um, there's stuff about, you know, I'm estranged from my father and I have a lot there, there are things that I, you know, it just, these essays are helping me, better understand and, and process. these open-ended. storylines that, that, have punctuated and haunted me.    [00:45:38] Miko Lee: And this is your first book, right?    [00:45:40] Thao Nguyen: It is, yes.    [00:45:42] Miko Lee: What made you decide to do a book format and also essays, I heard you say? Mm-hmm. Um, as opposed to another album or a series of songs.    [00:45:52] Thao Nguyen: Um, I've always wanted to be a writer. Bef I wanted to be a writer before I was a songwriter, before I wanted to do anything. And I think it scares me the most in my life. And, and it was time to, you know, the opportunity came up, um, very fortunately to get to write a book for Gray Wolf, which of which I'm a huge fan, you know, and, uh, it's a true honor to be affiliated with them. And. Uh, I wanted to do it because it's a lifelong goal and dream, that actually is way scarier to me than making music and performing music. So I, I kind of just needed to see that I, I needed to try.    [00:46:38] Miko Lee: And why an essay format?    [00:46:40] Thao Nguyen: Um, I think that's what naturally. For this, for the first go, it, it, it is what naturally I'm drawn to and what happens most easily. Uh, and I think they're similar to songs in that way. And I, I am very much as a writer, as a songwriter or any or prose writer, I want to try and just capture the, a moment and a feeling and I. Um, that's my main prerogative and my main compulsion when I write. And so for this first go, I'm hoping that there will be more, but this, yeah. Is, is just the, the easiest way to package it.    [00:47:28] Miko Lee: I'm absolutely looking forward to reading it. Now share about a musical. Tell me more    [00:47:34] Thao Nguyen: Musical. I don't know how much I can say besides, uh, it's not been announced yet, but I do, I have been in, I do spend a lot of time in New York, um, and it's an adaptation. Um, I. I shouldn't have. I, I just wanted to mention that it was happening, but I know now that I sh I can't actually say.    [00:47:56] Miko Lee: Okay. That's okay. It's secret, So how can our audiences find out more about you and your work? We'll put a link to your website absolutely. On their webs, on our, program page. But are there other ways that folks can find out more and keep up to date with what you're doing?   [00:48:11] Thao Nguyen: For sure there's, um, well, all the social media, um, outlets were on there @thaogetstaydown. And um, I have a substack called THAO For The Record, which actually was just me sort of documenting my process of making this next record. Um, but that is my preferred way to be in touch in a more long form, um, less harried way. And the new album is coming out in mid to late September. And so I'm really excited about that. And we're, we are gearing up for more touring, starting the summertime.    [00:48:54] Miko Lee: Excellent. Can't wait to listen to you more and hear the new, piece. And thank you so much for joining us on Apex Express.    [00:49:02] Thao Nguyen: Thank you so much for having me. It was such a joy to speak with you.   [00:49:05] Ayame Keane-Lee: The last song we're playing tonight is also the last on the album Temple. It's called “I've Got Something.”   MUSIC [00:53:51] That was “I've Got Something” by Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. [00:53:55] Miko Lee: Thank you so much for listening tonight. Remember to reconnect to your ancestral technologies and hold in the power of tenderness. Please check out our website, kpfa.org/program/apexexpress to find out more about our show and our guests tonight. We thank all of you listeners out there. Keep resisting, keep organizing, keep creating, and sharing your visions with the world because your voices are important. Apex Express is produced by Ayame Keane-Lee, Anuj Vaidya, Cheryl Truong, Isabel Li, Jalena Keane-Lee, Miko Lee, Miata Tan, Preti Mangala-Shekar and Swati Rayasam. Tonight's show was produced by me Miko Lee, and edited by Ayame Keane-Lee. Have a great night.            The post APEX Express – 6.18.26 Talk Story with Thao Nguyen appeared first on KPFA.

Join us this week as we revisit a previous favorite of Jay Jay's conversations on hi-fi audio; If there are two individuals who know the world of Hi-Fi audio, it's Ken Kessler & Michael Fremer. Ken is a Hi-Fi expert journalist, who joined Hi-Fi News & Record Review in 1983, to which he still contributes. He also writes a column for the website Soundstage UK, is the author of "Quad: The Closest Approach", "McIntosh … For The Love Of Music", and co-author of "Sound Bites" and "KEF: Innovators In Sound." Michael Fremer is the editor of analogPlanet.com, and senior contributing editor at Stereophile magazine. He's also contributed to The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Consumer Digest, and The Bergen Record (New Jersey) among other publications and periodicals. These two audio experts are long-time friends of Jay Jay's, & their conversation was so extensive that we had to split it into two parts. This is "Analog Wars: Part I" with Ken Kessler & Michael Fremer.Produced & Edited by Matthew Mallinger

This week on Mel & Floyd: Pants has a puppy [and some unfortunate dreams];  Mulitple studio visitors and a presentation from “Cosmic Carl”; Hegseth blocks some promotions of women and minorities; An existential threat to wind power;  “A very special baby”; Residual algae in reflecting pool;  And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Anna Kumpan on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post A Beagle With Every Pledge? appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Marc is back from his travels abroad and he returns with all the good news, highlights and best sound from the HIGH END Vienna show. Hosted for the first time at its new location in Austria, HIGH END 2026 found a new home for one of the biggest international audio shows on the planet. Marc and Brian dive deep into the best parts of the Hifi event, with all the audio goodies and tasty sounds from the massive high end convention.  S14E8 Sponsors: VAC-AMPSdotCOM - When Music Matters PTdotAUDIO - Great Sounds Meet Good Times JMF-AUDIOdotCOM - Intstruments For The Music AUDIOQUESTdotCOM — High-Performance Cables & Power Products — Made for You BORDERPATROLdotNET - For Music Lovers, Not Scope Jockeys

236: Vera of Taxi Girls talks to us about: Where do names come from, Punk linguistics, Origin of Taxi Girls, Vera and Jamie writing team, Ego disillusion, Guitar solos that make you cry, Highs and lows, Flow of a record, plus much much static more static STATIC!Taxi Girls on BandcampTaxi Girls at STOMPWild Honey Records on Facebook

Mi történik, amikor valaki seftelésből indul, nagy céget épít, majd a növekedés közben majdnem mindent elveszít? Vendégünk Surányi Feri, az M.I Solution Kft. tulajdonosa volt, akivel a könnyített cégmodellről, a túl nagyra nőtt vállalkozás veszélyeiről és az önműködő cég valódi áráról beszélgettünk.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Pledge drive show on Esty's Birthday; Professional headphone detangler sought; Esty, ‘Pants and Mel's ages revealed!; Return of the screw worm; Studying Mars' atmosphere [or lack thereof]; Andrew Jackson and banks; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Dmitry Dreyer  on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Friday Afternoon Gummies appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

The ability to diagnose rare diseases is at a turning point as greater genomic awareness, technological advances in long-read HiFi sequencing, and improved economics are converging to shorten the diagnostic odyssey for patients and families. PacBio's long-read whole-genome sequencing overcomes the limitations of exomes and short read technologies by capturing structural variants, epigenetic signatures, and regulatory information, which raises diagnostic yields by 10 to 15 percentage points and increasingly justifies its use as a first-line test. PacBio CEO Christian Henry discusses the company's long-read HiFi whole-genome sequencing, how it is reshaping the rare disease diagnostic journey, and the growing acceptance of the technology among payers.

The best combination, Romance and Hi Fi!   Phineas Newborn – Love And Marriage Dave Lowe – No Time To Die Nathan Haines – Lament Ella Fitzgerald – Mood Indigo Teddy Randazzo – The Countess Dan Stein – Elegant Manhattan Marty Paich Trio – Dusk Light Frank Sinatra – It's All Right With Me Denis Farnon – Highballs At Villa Rienza Pepper Greenwald – Rooftops Dave Grusin – The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Chet Baker – Blue Thoughts Baby Grand – Just Drive Sam Rivers – Euterpe (Remastered) Jackie Gleason – Deep Purple Blue Velvet John Neel And His Orchestra – Blue Martini

This week on Mel & Floyd: Memories of school days; The new feudalism; A running list of cat names; Corporations can vote in Delaware??; Cash for moms-to-be improves outcomes; Thanksgiving on steroids in Antarctica; Mosquitos learning to like insect repellant; Pigeon navigation; Bratfest results; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Loan on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Doin' the Cat Thing appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

An interview with Julie Mullins of Stereophile Magazine, Analog Planet and many more endeavors. This week we chat with Julie about her long history in audio (which includes all the major HiFi publications) and her epic history as a freelance writer for the arts. From audiophile roots growing up to her high-paced journalism, Mullins has been both listening and writing for most of her life. We discuss music, the arts, AI and writing in this episode - along with some interesting conversations about listening and some of the unique hurdles HiFi faces as a community.  S14E7 Sponsors: VAC-AMPSdotCOM - When Music Matters PTdotAUDIO - Great Sounds Meet Good Times JMF-AUDIOdotCOM - At Hi-Fi Deluxe Show In Vienna, June 5-7 AUDIOQUESTdotCOM — High-Performance Cables & Power Products — Made for You  

Episode 235: Dan Vapid of Sludgeworth talks to us about one inch equals one inch, toby and red scare, lineup changes and the additions of simon, enthusiasm is an important aspect of being in a band, 35 years later/maximizing strength, science & philosophy, instant gratification and the flow of a record and the bigger picture, plus much worth sludge more!Second Time Around LP at Red Scare Pre-order (available June 19 2026)Digital version at bandcamp

This week on Mel & Floyd: Floyd comes back from assignment to fill in for SmartyPants who's checking out the stars at Harvard; Who doesn't go to their son's wedding?; Looking for “medium-size Walter”; Firing top infectious disease officials in time for Hantavirus; Coming soon: The Bay of Piggy fiasco; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Biblioteca Valenciana Nicolau Primitiu on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Apparently We Have a Lot of Blimps appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Episode 234: CJ Ramone of The Ramones, Bad Chopper, and Spike & The Gimme Gimmes talks to us about Hard Rock & Guitar Pete's Axe Attack - Auditioning and Learning to Downstroke for The Ramones, Living on Long Island & Forming an Identity, Working with Ed Stasium, What it was Like Replacing Dee Dee Ramone and then Becoming his Friend, The Mystery & Privacy of the Ramones, CJ's New Podcast plus one two three more!CJ Ramones' Patreon for his Podcast, CJ Says: A Ramones PodcastJughead's Basement Patreon

This week on Mel & Floyd: Smarty Pants' visit to the British Museum and the “dear leader's” visit to China; Multiple data centers being considered in Alliant Energy territory; 1890's now referred to as the “First Gilded Age”; Absurd hantavirus conspiracy theories; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Rapha Wilde on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Why Mosquitos Prefer SmartyPants appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Episode 233: Isaac Thotz of The Arrivals, Treasure Fleet, and Clown Sounds talks to us about Growing up in Blue Island, Origin of The Arrivals, One of the House Bands at Fireside Bowl,  Thick to Recess Records, Musical Communities and Isaac's move to San Pedro, Treasure Fleet & Clown Sounds, Preparing for the New Record Payload, Writing Political Songs, We've Been Doing This a Long Time, plus much much molotov more more more!Bandcamp for The Arrivals Record, PAYLOAD​Vinyl at Recess Records