Podcasts about p2b

Oh, dip! Look who's back!  Chris and Jared have returned to discuss just what is political music.

We bring "The Ladies of the 80's" to a close with an unmitigated banger.  Not talking about sausage but this British(?) crew led by The Dread Pirate Hynde, purely plundered our hearts and minds.  No more rhyming.  I mean it!  Beware the rope-a-dope of Side B...

How SMBs buy services:  Despite what we may think, neither word of mouth nor social are how small and very small businesses buy payment solutions. Search was where it was at. This survey likely can be extrapolated to any SAAS product or service. While it takes longer and is harder to gain search traffic, search and SEO ultimately pays off if you are trying to reach the SMB audience. DSA is kicking in and we are seeing its impact globally:  DSA and the related P2B regulations become effective at the end of this month. Both sets of regulations require more transparency and accountability for business to business services like GBP. We have seen a number of support form upgrades and processes that enhance the flow of Google support. In Europe businesses are additionally offered the benefit of mediation services. Whether support will actually improve or is this just transparency theater is yet to be determined.  AI generated artwork is NOT covered by copyright:  We are at the beginning ogg generative AI for creative uses AND at the beginning of the process of establishing copyright around the creations generated. The Copyright Office first granted a copyright to a comic books whose images were created by Midjourney and then later reversed itself with respect to the images. They said that since these were created by AI, they're not copyrightable and that you cannot copyright something if there isn't sufficient human involvement. Ultimately these questions will be resolved in the Supreme Court. The Near Memo is a weekly conversation about Search, Social, and Commerce: What happened, why it matters, and the implications for local businesses and national brands.near memo ep 125Subscribe to our 3x per week newsletter at https://www.nearmedia.co/subscribe/

Ladies of the 80"s can't stop and won't stop.  Let's cast our ears back to the "Reagan Era" for this delightful second album by The Bangles.  We'll see what a young "up and comer", Prince had to contribute and how the gals had everyone walking like Egyptians.

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.06.30.547226v1?rss=1 Authors: Steinmetzger, K., Rupp, A. Abstract: The P2 component of the auditory evoked potential is commonly thought to reflect acoustic stimulus properties as well as prior exposure to the materials, rather than change-related cortical activity. Here, we challenge this view by showing that the P2 is strongly increased in response to voice pitch changes with a stepwise pattern compared to changes in dynamic pitch contours typical for natural speech, and also reflects the magnitude of these pitch changes. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that neither the P2 nor any other component are affected by the harmonicity of the materials. Despite no prior exposure, artificially created inharmonic versions of the speech materials elicited similar activity throughout auditory cortex. This suggests that so-called harmonic template neurons observed in animal studies are either absent or do not exist in sufficient number in human auditory cortex to detect their activity extracranially. Crucially, both morphology and source re-constructions of the EEG data showed that the P2 appears to consist of two separate subcomponents. Whereas source activity for the P2a was strongest in right auditory cortex, the subsequent P2b included generators spread across auditory cortex and association areas, bilaterally. The two subcomponents thus likely reflect processing at different stages of the auditory pathway. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC

We're still about the "Ladies of the 80s" in this episode.  Out of the early 80s L.A. punk scene came a force of nature known as the Go-Gos.  With a little bit of help from an "old school" record man behind the board, they delivered a classic that won't quit.  Just like Jared's love for Belinda Carlisle.  

Ondřej Kobza je tvůrce městských projektů a pražský kavárník, který žije na hradě. Ondra má za sebou řadu zajímavých projektů, od Café V lese, po piána na ulici, hostinu na Karlově mostě a nebo poesiomaty. Tenhle rozhovor se těžko škatulkuje. Jasně ohraničená témata se točí kolem tvoření, hravosti, lokálnosti a drzosti být kreativní. V rozhovoru uslyšíte: jak se dá půjčit Karlův most proč se pouštět do na první pohled nesmyslných věcí jak prostředí formuje nápady proč podporovat lokální akce jak poznat úspěšný projekt Partnerem podcastu jsou konference Webexpo – Potkejte se a učte se od nejlepších z web-dev, design, UX, research, marketingu a dalších technologických témat na legendární konferenci v Lucerně. S promokódem protiproudu máte 20% slevu na lístek a na Instagramu můžete dokonce jeden vyhrát. Fingood - Investujte online a jednoduše do zajištěných firemních úvěrů prostřednictvím P2B (peer-to-business) crowdfundingu a nadstandardně zhodnoťte své peníze.

Martin Konečný je psycholog, táta, sportovec a expert na vyjednávání. Martin se v tomto podcastu zaměřuje na témata situačního leadershipu, rodičovství, vyjednávání a energie v životě, práci a koučování. Hovoří o tom, jak propojovat situační leadership s rodičovstvím a jaký význam má zplnomocňování dítěte k vlastním rozhodnutím. Také se dotýkáme témat jako optimalizace rozhodování, poznání & posouvání vlastních hranic, naslouchání vlastnímu tělu, a pravidlům pro úspěšné vyjednávání (nejen vyššího platu). Probereme testy, které vám mohou pomoci najít své silné a slabé stránky – a jak poznat testy, které nestojí za vás čas. Nakonec mluvíme o víře v sebe samého, jak si často sami děláme překážky ve vlastní hlavě a o Martinově zkušenostech z terciální prevence v Africe. Partnery podcastu jsou Green Fox Academy – Zajisti si budoucnost v nejintenzivnějším IT bootcampu v ČR! S kódem ProtiProudu získej 5 000 Kč na školné. Fingood - Investujte do zajištěných firemních úvěrů prostřednictvím P2B (peer-to-business) crowdfundingu a nadstandardně zhodnoťte své peníze.

We're going to kick off our "Ladies of the 80's" run with the queen herself, Pat Benatar.  "Crimes of Passion" is her second album.  Released in 1980, no one could match her tough-guy femininity or her singing chops.  Throw in the guitar man Neil Giraldo and stand back and turn it up.  There's a reason these two have been making beautiful music together for over 40 years.  

Abhejali je dálková plavkyně, běžkyně, motivační řečnice a překladatelka. Jako desátý člověk na světě, čtvrtá žena a první člověk ze země bez moře přeplavala sedm světových mořských úžin, výzvu zvanou Oceans Seven. Nedávno dokončila La Manche triatlon Dover-Praha, extrémní ultratriatlon, při kterém urazila celkem 1111 km (34km plavání, 895km na kole a 182km běhu). Trvalo jí to 7 a půl dne. Svými přeplavbami se snaží ostatní inspirovat k překonání vlastních hranic a ukázat, že si je často tvoříme sami v sobě. V podcastu uslyšíte o hranicích výkonu, jak dosáhnout víc, než si dokážeme představit nebo jak se odrazit od pomyslného dna. Mluvíme o mentálnímu tréninku při přípravě na extrémní výkonu, ale i o meditaci a čerpání síly z nitra pro každodenní „výkony”. Abhejali má unikátní příběh a věřím, že na vás z podcastu dýchne energie a motivace. Ať už mluvíme o tom, jak přistupovat sám k sobě, limitům svých výkonů nebo jaké to je plavat a nevědět, jestli je pod vámi žralok. Motto plaveckého klubu Abhejali bylo sebepřekonání a myslím, že motto této epizody je laskavé nebo klidné sebepřekonání. Partnerem podcastu je Fingood – Jednoduše investujte do zajištěných firemních úvěrů prostřednictvím P2B (peer-to-business) crowdfundingu a nadstandardně zhodnoťte své peníze. Investováním na Fingoodu můžete výborně diverzifikovat - na jednom místě investujete do projektů z různých segmentů Investovat lze již od 1000 Kč, a to s pevně stanoveným výnosem po celou dobu investice 8-12 %. Na Fingoodu už přes 8000 investorů podpořilo přes 200 českých společností - za zmínku stojí například Remoska, Jarošovský pivovar nebo Kolovna.

This week we have our good "friend of the show", Troy Carter back in with us to take a listen to the second album from Wilco.  Join us as we geek out and sing along with these "Icons of Americans".  And... maybe some bad Celine Dion impressions. Dig it!

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Replacement for PONR concept, published by Daniel Kokotajlo on September 2, 2022 on The AI Alignment Forum. Writing this in my personal capacity, as a follow up to my previous post on this topic. I am now contemplating replacing the "Point of No Return" concept with the following three concepts to use instead: Overpower Ability: The first moment where there exists a group of APS-AIs which, if they collectively decided to eliminate 50%+ of the human population within a month, could do so. APS-AI stands for Advanced, Planning, Strategically Aware AI. Maybe there is some "cheap" way to eliminate 50% of humanity, e.g. by hacking a nuclear silo and launching a missile, that the AIs would never actually do because it wouldn't benefit them. For now I'm happy to say "whatever, still counts" but I'm open to being convinced the definition should be revised. Powerbase Ability: The first moment where there exists a group of APS-AIs which could, if they collectively decided, end up effectively in control of a cutting-edge APS-AI lab within a month. I'm imagining two main ways this could happen: 1. They use persuasion, charisma, deceptive alignment, etc. to convince the AI project that built them that they are aligned & trustworthy. 2. They fail at this, but escape (via hacking?) to a more gullible human institution which then becomes a cutting-edge APS-AI project thanks to their help. Yes, "effectively in control" is not a sharp line & may be somewhat controversial, but maybe this is good enough for now. Crunch time: The period where it's relatively more important to optimize for direct effects rather than P2B. (P2B stands for Plan to P2B Better and basically means “learning and growing.”) My favorite way to understand what crunch time means is via this meme from the CLR common room: Transcript for those who can't read my handwriting: [Small brain]: Pull a lever in a direction that seems good [Glowing brain]: Pull the biggest lever hard in a direction that seems good [Shining brain]: Do research to find bigger levers & better decide which direction to pull, then do the above [Sparkle brain]: Do movement building to get more researchers + influence + more movement building, then do the above [Kant brain]: Do all three but shift portfolio towards lever-pulling as crunch time draws near. [Dr. Manhattan brain]: Do research to figure out when crunch time is. Build models with Tristan and Hjalmar. [von Neumann brain]: Crunch time was in 2015 In other words, Crunch Time is when you should be spending down your capital and playing your cards instead of learning and growing. Obviously you still shouldn't pass up great opportunities to learn and grow, it's a matter of relative emphasis. Note that most projects have both direct and meta/P2B/learning-and-growing effects; crunch time is when you should primarily be choosing what to do on the basis of direct effects. How these concepts relate: Ultimately what we are interested in is Crunch Time. The goal of AI timelines forecasting is to inform decision-makers, and decision-makers very often face choices that can be summarized as “Option A is safe and increases our influence & knowledge, whereas Option B looks like it might actually do something to solve the problem but only on certain assumptions.” But in order to estimate when crunch time is, it helps to first think about what sort of capabilities AIs might have, and when. I propose “Overpower Ability” and “Powerbase Ability” as two notable milestones to forecast. Probably most people will agree that crunch time is before overpower ability. Insofar as you think things like “taking over the world is really hard” and “takeoff will be slow” you might think that crunch time happens around powerbase ability, or even later. Insofar as you think things like “Civilization is inadequate” and “takeoff...

OK.  So, what is AC/DC's second album actually?  Nobody cares as long as it rocks like Ayers.  Enjoy this episode full of totally non-offensive Australian impressions.  Sorry.

How come we don't listen to The Cult more often?  Can a guitar solo be for the entire length of a song?  What the hell is a Fairlight? Come on.  You know we got these answers for you.  Here comes the rain, suckers!

Hardly can believe it's taken us this long to get around to The Doors.  American icons.  Art rockers who can right a hit.  Subjects of a brilliant documentary by Oliver Stone.  We might have realized that 99% of what we know about this band, we learned from Val Kilmer and Co.  Listen two times!

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Why agents are powerful, published by Daniel Kokotajlo on June 6, 2022 on The AI Alignment Forum. [Written for Blog Post Day. Not super happy with it, it's too rambly and long, but I'm glad it exists.] Here are some questions I think this theory of agency can answer: What are agents? Why should we expect AI agents to be useful for various important tasks? Why should we think agentic mesa-optimizers may arise for some data+reward-signals that weren't designed explicitly to produce them? Why should we think humans+AI tools will eventually be outcompeted by AI agents? Why should we expect, on priors, mildly superhuman AI agents to be powerful enough to take over the world, if they wanted to? What are agents? Earlier in “Agents as P2B chain reactions” I defined agents as successful P2B feedback loops—a learner algorithm and a planner algorithm hooked up together, the planner plans to plan better and thus outputs actions that result in getting more useful data into the learner, more resources for the planner to plan with. then the process repeats. Like how “fire” is a successful feedback loop in which heat+plasma+fuel come together to produce more heat+plasma, and envelop more fuel, if any is nearby. Then I asked: Is the planner algorithm strictly necessary here? Could you get something similar to a P2B feedback loop, but built around something other than a planner? I explored this question indirectly in “Gradations of Agency.” The answer seems to be “sorta.” You can have e.g. a Level 3 system that doesn't do any planning and yet behaves remarkably similar to a P2B feedback loop in many contexts, due to imitating the success of others. Such a system would tend to underperform P2B in contexts where there aren't good examples to imitate.We could stick to the original definition and say: Agents are P2B feedback loops, so, level 4 and above. But I think it's probably better to be a bit more galaxy brain and say: the key thing is convergent instrumental resource feedback loops and that thinking about P2B is a stepping stone which helps us see why such phenomena exist and why the really big ones tend to have planners sitting in the middle directing them, and the really really big ones tend to have level 6+ algorithms sitting in the middle directing them. By analogy, heat+plasma+wood+oxygenl chain reactions aren't the key thing. The key thing is chain reactions that convert some sort of fuel into thermal and kinetic energy plus more of the chain reaction. Heat+plasma+wood+oxygen is a particularly important one, due to the ease of creating it and the abundance of fuel for it on Earth, but there's also e.g. baking soda + vinegar and neutrons+uranium. And also self-replicating nanobots + pretty much anything. Similarly: The important thing for understanding agency is understanding that the world contains various self-sustaining chain reactions that feed off instrumental resources like data, money, political power, etc. and spread to acquire more such resources. Level 4 P2B loops are a particularly important, powerful, and widespread instance of this type, analogous to fire, but there are less powerful/important things (such as Level 3, Level 2.) and also more powerful/important things (Level 6 and above?). Why should we expect AI agents to be useful for various important tasks? Why should we think agentic mesa-optimizers may arise for some data+reward-signals that weren't designed explicitly to produce them? Both questions have the same answer. Agency works; it's powerful and general. Recalling this graph and the conjectures from last post, I claim that as you crank up the “how fast does this thing learn, how high a score does it get, in how large and diverse a range of environments?” dial, you ascend the hierarchy until you get agents. You can get powerful non-agents but only by d...

Rudy can't fail and neither can this episode!  We are joined by Rev (The Drowns) to break down and enjoy sophomore effort from The Clash.  Can "punk" be more of a credo than a sound?  Does Blue Oyster Cult have anything to do with this?  Is Jar Jar a Sith Lord? Join us as we answer these and all the questions you were too scared to ask.  It's drug stabbin' time.Check out the latest album from The Drowns, "Lunatics" in stores and streaming now.https://shop.piratespressrecords.com/pages/the-drowns

This week was so much fun because we had not one, but two guests to help us peel this onion.  That "onion" being "Southern Harmony and Musical Companion" by Georgia's own, Black Crowes.  How much life must be lived to sing the blues?  When does ignoring Rick Rubin go right?  Who killed that bird upon your windowsill?  Why does Led Zeppelin come up so much in this episode?  We promise to answer at least two of those questions.  Special thanks to Joey Mazak and Troy Carter for their help on this one.  

Ok, right out the gate there's an asterisk on this episode.  We know it's not the second album.  It's their fourth.  See, if you have a guest fly all the way out from the east cost, we let 'em bend the rules.  To be fair, it's the second album from the "classic lineup".  That counts, right? And there is plenty of Philip K. Dickin' around. Anyway, Thank you to John for joining us on this one.  A good time was had.  Get into "Sister" by Sonic Youth.

This week we are joined by friend and podcaster, Elise Ballard (The Importance of Wine Podcast).  She has chosen the most excellent second album, "Rid Of Me" by PJ Harvey.  Pop the cork on some vino and revel in the veritas. Cheers!

Sir Reginald Dwight.  The Rocket Man.  Captain Fantastic.  In 1970 though, plain ol' Elton John and his band Hookfoot messed around and dropped a jewel.  Let's, shall we?

  1996 was a wild time. The President played saxophone, got BJs, and "smoked" grass.  A "Florida Man" tried to kill Bjork with a mail bomb and got WAY too close to succeeding.  The Feds caught up with Ted Kaczynski who tried to kill some professors with mail bombs and unfortunately was quite successful.  Tupac was gunned down in Sin City.       Grunge was also dead. Buried by waves of Bushes and Seven Mary Threes.  Yeah, we still had Rage Against the Machine but they were headed into the "Renegades" era.  The Strokes were just getting their first pubes and Metallica got haircuts.  "Rocking" was becoming precarious.       Was there another option?  Maybe, just maybe, we could all just chill the F out for a minute.       Enter the Crows.       Their second album hits all the right notes for this foul year of our Lord.  Mellow enough but without the Hootie-isms.  Poppy enough but with a poetic bent that owed itself to its Bay Area roots.  Just "rockin" enough to fend off Oasis fans at a festival.      Let's party like Woodstock '99 hasn't happened yet.

Fade into this, fool.  Some records are for a certain type of listening.  Some records make you want to pump your fist, shake your booty, or drive fast.  Mazzy's second album will not make you drive fast.  In fact, I wouldn't recommend operating any machinery heavier than a roach-clip while listening to this.  Settle into the gentle groove with us and just relax already.  Seriously!  Fu#&ing relax!  The world (TNE staff) needs this right now.

Here comes another recent second album.  We're living in the now!  "Happier Than Ever" is the second offering from Los Angeles native, Billie Eilish.  She gets by with a little help from her songwriting partner/producer/brother, Phineas.  ASMR pop is here and you'll EFFing like it!

If a disco record drops in a disco-less world, does it make a sound?  You tell me.  If you didn't hear Dua Lipa last year, your quarantine bubble is too tight.  And, maybe get the internet.  In 2021, this album was the star of every Zoom dance party, car stereo, and gas station radio.  Oh, yeah, and the internet.  Time to "Blawst Off"!

This week, with Chris out on assignment, Peter joins Jared in the "117 Studios Compound" to discuss one of his favorite second albums.Circa Survive's second album, "On Letting Go".  Jared is just not that into it, historically. Will he change his tune?  Will Peter slander Led Zeppelin?  Will both of our hosts admit that it's not worth the work to be "cool"? Turn up and find out on The Next Episode.

     We're breaking from tradition again.  Sometimes we just want to take an episode to shed some light on an overlooked record or maybe one that the artist would just as soon you overlook.  Such is the case with "One Hot Minute" from the RHCP.       What do you do when you lose a superstar guitarist of a generation?  Well, sometimes if you're lucky, you just scoop up another one.  They didn't have to look that far even though they did. (Shout out Arik Marshall).  Just so happened that a young but established guitar god was fresh out of a gig and lookin to mingle.  I mean, come on.  Dave Navarro got that Sammy Hagar deal.       If all you remember from that era is "aeroplane", you might need a revisit and you have come to the right place.  We've got drugs, rock n roll, and sex.  Well, not so much sex.  This might go down as the Chili's least horny record to date.  They made up for it with lavish displays of homoeroticism and boundary pushing videos.       In this episode, we thank Dave for his service and hopefully reacquaint everyone with a semi-lost classic.

Long live the fighters!  Thanks to Augie (Fair Warning), and Corrie (Dune Expert) for joining us to express our many thoughts about the new Dune movie.  From Harkonnen haircuts to "Eyes of Ibad" and more.  Let's catch the last Hi-Liner to Arrakis and remember, it's a movie about drugs.

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart.  They just go together like the best of them.  Lennon and McCartney, Hall and Oats, and Gin and Tonic.Chris is back in the country and in studio.  For real.   Let's go.

"Thriller" by Michael Jackson...  We know. We were still young men once.  We entered the pop landscape in the early 80's. We didn't know then.There were "Titans" everywhere you looked.  Few of them had the help of one Quincy Jones. Steve Lukather and the rest of Toto joined the effort too.  Eddie Van Halen for crissakes!  We know now.But can we discredit the work of one of the illest MCs of 1982?Vincent Price deserves better.Quincy, Eddie, Steve, and every top-notch session player on this album deserve better.If you want to skip this episode, we get it.But, here we go."Thriller" by Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton, Steve Porcaro, John Bettis, James Ingram, Steve Lukather, Eddie Van Halen, and Vincent Price.

There are things that come and go from our lives.  There are musical artists that make their marks and fade from view.  Hemlines go up.  Hemlines go down. It appears to us at TNE, that as long as she doesn't bite the head off a bat or pick up a crippling drug habit, Taylor Swift is here to stay.  Join us as we delve into her big crossover, platinum, and second album. "Fearless"  

Funky psychedelia and cutting-edge studio technique led to lots great music in 1970.  The Isley Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix.  They all added their pieces but one band has come to define it.  It's literally in the name.  Funkadelic.  Accept no substitutes.  This album finds the band experimenting with the studio as well as LSD.  In lesser hands, it could have been a shit show.  Instead, it's a classic.

Jersey July comes to a close.  Don't act like we weren't going to let "The Boss" close the show the whole time.  Come stroll down the boardwalk with our esteemed guest and New Jersey native, Steve Whithacomb. Marvel at the cast of characters Bruce evokes in his pre-superstar era.

Jersey July rolls on!  Steve-O is back in the studio to enjoy "Slave To The Grind" with us.  He'll explain life on the Shore, how he could have met Sebastian Bach but didn't, and lastly, how much it costs to drive from Jersey to Long Island.  Get your sleazy hat on cuz we're gettin nasty.  It's Skid Row fer crissakes!  

You take the record advance money. You trick out your uncle's "Booga Basement".  Buy some gear and build this thing from the ground up.  Pras, Lauryn, and Wyclef settle "the score" after a lackluster debut and launch themselves to the top of not only the Hip Hop world but crossed over like a motherfucker with the sweet sound of Ms. Hill's voice.  Quit trying to front like you're down with Mt Zion.

What can you say about David Lee Roth that hasn't already been said about herpes?  It started out with a good time and now he's with us forever.  Listen along as we enjoy the second album from the former Van Halen frontman/demigod.  This would also be the last album to feature this all-star lineup of Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, and Greg Bissonette together.  This was way more fun than it had any right to be.  Long Live DLR!

This week, we're getting emo AF.  Jeremy Enigk, late of Sunny Day Real Estate, released his second solo album in 2006 and we're gonna listen to it and have emotions about it.  

Get ready to get soaking wet in this "quiet storm" with us.  The smoothest saxes, the slipperiest basslines, and that voice.  THAT voice.  Time to stop frontin' and get into this "sweetest taboo".

Well, we finally got here. Joy Division's second album, "Closer".  After this, we swear we're going to cover something light hearted and joyful.  Honestly, after a month of post-punk, we're all gonna need it.  Listen as a young band hones their craft and zeros in on what it sounds like to be utterly hopeless.  They make it hurt so good.  Unsung blues players.  Joy Division.

The "High Priestess Of Punk" herself, and her Banshees released this post-punk masterpiece before there was even a word for it.  Goth before it was a thing.  Though not looked at as one of their "greatest" albums, we disagree. You can't listen to this album without hearing the future echoes of The Cure, Sleater Kinney, or Jane's Addiction.  Also, we bet you've never heard "The Lords Prayer" performed like this.  

Ffffffresh from 40+ years ago, we get into the Tubeway Army's second album, "Replicas".  Synth-pop pioneers with a secret weapon.  I can't keep a secret.  This is Gary Numan's old band!  Yes. THE Gary Numan.  Philip K. Dick meets the guy that brought you "Cars".  Think about it.

On The Next Episode...We travel back to 1983 to visit the juggernaut that was "Colour By Numbers" by Culture Club.  After the drab 70's Boy George and Co. drop this explosion of Day-Glow soul/reggae/new wave greatness.  

We have a guest this week! Holy crap! Please welcome Darcie Pfiefle into "Studio 117" as she helps us dissect and come to terms with Amy's final album.  There will be laughs, tears, and genuine confusion.  Enjoy. 

This week, we get a little more familiar with Foreigner and their second album, "Double Vision".  Well, we wanted to be down with this album so hard.  In the end, were we?  Check it and see.

We close out Black History Month with "The Voice" herself, Whitney Houston.  1987 was a great year for music.  Probably because of this album.  God save the "Queen".

Join us as we come full circle with the mighty TLC.  Not just "Waterfalls, and Creep(in).  Some of the smoothest, horniest, and funniest tracks lay in wait as we dive into Atlanta's representation during Black History Month, CrazySexyCool.

In the second week of Black History Month, we go to New York City to find Living Colour and their second album, Time's Up.  Elite level musicianship? Check.  An old school "conscious" mind-set? Yup.  More Body Glove than Daisy Fuentes at the "Spring Break Beach House"?  You bet your jazz/metal/punk/soul/gospel/futuristic/hip-hop/rock lovin' ass!  Time's Up.

We kick off Black History Month with an album from a true pioneer of the game.  The one and only MC Ice-T. Power (1988) was as influential as it was boundary defiling.  Funny as it was serious but always real.

It's the last "Hometown January" show.  This week, we are celebrating The Melvins and their second album, Ozma.  Unsung "Doom Metal Pioneers"?  Maybe.  Ripped off by everyone?  Probably.  Heaviest band from the Northwest?  Definitely.  If you are from the Northwest or just like the music, drop us a line and let us know who you'd like to hear next "Hometown January".

Hometown January continues!  Hometown for us anyway.  If you are unfortunate enough to not live in the shadow of a killer volcano called Mt. Rainier, you still probably know or love this album.  Nirvana's Nevermind.  One of the greatest power trios up there with Cream and The Police?  Logging town misery?  Mean Girl snarkiness?  Come as you are and see for yourself.