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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Guh?

Where do I even begin?

I follow the Planet Money Podcast, mostly because I don't understand anything about Money, Savings, Spending, The Economy, The Housing Market, Where Dollar Bills Come From, Budgeting, How I'm Gonna Pay Off My $25,000 in Student Loans, or anything else that is remotely considered "financial." Not that it's helped at all; I've been listening for a couple months now, and I'm still not quite sure I have a clearer understanding of how a bank works. But I do recognize an educational rap song, and a misplaced dollar sign, when I see one.

Yesterday I finally heard the " 'Yo!' Planet Money Raps" episode, and found myself confronted by a number of strange and confusing things. My questions, for the world at large, are as follows:

1.) Does the world really need a rap song where Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes duke it out in in a Rap called "Fear The Boom And Bust"?

2.) Why do we need Ke$ha to confirm if the song is "legit" or not?

3.) Why am I obsessed with Ke$ha enough to Google the video for "TiK ToK" multiple times?

4.) Is there a way to prevent NPR from negatively impacting my psyche as they try to make sure my misguided obsessions leaks into their everyday news story podcasts?

I used to think that I could listen to NPR and count on some dry, sobering monotone that would cause me to reflect upon my place in the world at large, and reconsider all the terrible things I've said / done in the last 20 odd years. Why, instead, am I getting the 2010 economic equivalent of the Space Goblin "Stay In School" rap from Space Ghost Coast To Coast?

And, really: why do I love, "TiK ToK"? Is this an illness?

Help!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Temporary Sabbatical

For the next two weeks Blasphuphmus Radio will be absent from KPSU. I hate delivering this news, and in fact, am already trying to figure out if I can whip up a couple of podcasts during the interim. But the sad truth is: I need some time off. As much as I love radio, these things happen.

So, for the next two weeks, you will be hearing extended versions of What's This Called? during the 1 PM hour. This suits me fairly well; if I do have to be off the air for two weeks, I'd much rather have Ricardo Wang pickin' the tunes. His show has been on my iPod for years now, and having more of him to listen to while I pack.

So, tune in February 6th, for the return of Blasphuphmus Radio, and a live performance by the Dead Air Fresheners. Hopefully it'll be worth the wait.

See ya in 21.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Cold Metal Radio

Live? Local? Two hours of audio? But of course. We here at Blasphuphmus Radio love all three, and that's why we were particularly excited to kick off a new year of In-Studio performances with none other than a double-dose of a live and local trio. Ob-soive:

Episode 055: Cold Metal Radio Part I
(Featuring a DJ Set of music selected by our special guests, Cold Metal.)

Episode 055: Cold Metal Radio Part II
(Featuring two live sets of music by, you guessed it, Cold Metal.)

Playlist & Footnotes.

Show's like this are few and far between, and for genuine fans, a wonderful treat. Fire up the .mp3 player of your choice, and rock.

Stay tuned, because in two weeks you can expect a live performance by none other than the Dead Air Fresheners. In the meantime: who knows?

See ya in seven.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

The Past As The Present

Going all the way back to the 20th of June, 2007, we bring you a recreation of a show that was lost in the hourglass of time... until today! I bring you appropriately-creepy music to accompany the appropriately-titled show, looking backward while most others are looking forward. Ob-soive:

Episode 054: Recreating "A Boy And His Dog"
(Featuring Experimental and Home Recordings by a variety of people, representing a longish period of musical history.)

2007 Playlist & Footnotes
2010 Playlist & Footnotes

Chances are you missed the original broadcast for this one, but if you're curious about where this show happens to wander to when I let it explore the stranger parts of my record collection, then this is the show for you. Promise.

Tune in next week for a live performance by Cold Metal, only here on Blasphuphmus Radio, and KPSU.

See ya in seven.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Cheap Plastic

New Year. New Decade. Old Music.

Yep, same old Blasphuphmus Radio. Ob-soive:

Episode 053: Vinyl Solution Part II
(Featuring all recordings played from 12" LPs.)

Playlist & Footnotes.

This one is pretty great, and a good way to ring in newness.

See ya in seven.