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01-05-16, 09:40 AM
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Seems like that'd get really old.
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01-05-16, 09:53 AM
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You talking about public (non commercial) radio? There are 2 such stations I like in L.A. One is jazz and blues and the other is mostly rock-ish. That one is where I hear new stuff and local bands. They also have Harry Shearer on Sunday mornings.
Most other radio in L.A. sucks. Most of the rock stations have their stupid giggle/chat shows in the morning and then playlist the rest of the day, or 'classic rock' with the same tired 12 songs every day.
Most other radio in L.A. sucks. Most of the rock stations have their stupid giggle/chat shows in the morning and then playlist the rest of the day, or 'classic rock' with the same tired 12 songs every day.
.I also agree that public radio is better. The above station I mentioned (Jazz88) is publicly funded and quite excellent.
I heard this yesterday:
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01-05-16, 10:51 AM
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Speaking of random things (it is the thread formerly known as the random thought thread after all), this guy just broke the longstanding record for most miles cycled in a year. He still has a couple of days left in his 365 and will probably get to 76,000 miles.
The back of my envelope says he burned close to 3 million extra calories in the process, which cost in the neighborhood of $5-10k worth of extra food.
The back of my envelope says he burned close to 3 million extra calories in the process, which cost in the neighborhood of $5-10k worth of extra food.
01-05-16, 10:53 AM
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Now I have to read the study.
Music. I have a tape of a song that for the life of me I couldn't identify, recorded it off the local university radio station back in the 80s, transferred it a few times, the only decent copy I have was a "transfer" tape, sort of like a USB drive for me back in the day - I'd put songs on this 15 minute long cassette tape temporarily to move to another place. The 15 minute tape was originally mean for saving data off our TRS-80 computer, but after we got a floppy drive I procured the tape deck and the two tapes for music stuff, as scrap paper if you will.
For years I'd occasionally search/google the lyrics, to no success. I downloaded Shazam for the sole purpose of IDing the song but my recording of a recording of a recording of a recording (and so on) was too poor and Shazam couldn't figure out the song.
Fast forward about 30 years from when I first heard the song. A local rider on Facebook, who used to DJ the same station WXCI offered to ID the song, and he did, immediately.
Music. I have a tape of a song that for the life of me I couldn't identify, recorded it off the local university radio station back in the 80s, transferred it a few times, the only decent copy I have was a "transfer" tape, sort of like a USB drive for me back in the day - I'd put songs on this 15 minute long cassette tape temporarily to move to another place. The 15 minute tape was originally mean for saving data off our TRS-80 computer, but after we got a floppy drive I procured the tape deck and the two tapes for music stuff, as scrap paper if you will.
For years I'd occasionally search/google the lyrics, to no success. I downloaded Shazam for the sole purpose of IDing the song but my recording of a recording of a recording of a recording (and so on) was too poor and Shazam couldn't figure out the song.
Fast forward about 30 years from when I first heard the song. A local rider on Facebook, who used to DJ the same station WXCI offered to ID the song, and he did, immediately.
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01-05-16, 11:45 AM
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Well, I meant both public and commercial, but I agree with the things you've said about commercial radio. The difference is, I enjoy some of the morning radio personalities, and I listen to pop music .
I also agree that public radio is better. The above station I mentioned (Jazz88) is publicly funded and quite excellent.
I heard this yesterday:
.I also agree that public radio is better. The above station I mentioned (Jazz88) is publicly funded and quite excellent.
I heard this yesterday:
01-05-16, 11:57 AM
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I should note for those telling me to listen to radio that I don't ever drive. Well, it's monsooning here so I do drive like 8 minutes/day.
01-05-16, 12:08 PM
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I did read the full paper. It is extremely convincing satire.
"Hand boo-boos were induced by placing a favourite object (lovey) of the child just out of reach on a counter behind a heated coil"
"children were blinded to the identity of their kisser by having them place the injured body part into an appropriately sized aperture in an opaque screen"
"Hand boo-boos were induced by placing a favourite object (lovey) of the child just out of reach on a counter behind a heated coil"
"children were blinded to the identity of their kisser by having them place the injured body part into an appropriately sized aperture in an opaque screen"
" ‘Sham’ kisses were delivered by a trained researcher, free of oral ulcers, with a standard 5-second pressing of both lips on the affected body part followed by an exaggerated puckering sound."
01-05-16, 01:39 PM
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I have 2 wisdom teeth coming out Thursday, unfortunately they began flaring up a few days ago. Needless to say the last few days have not been pleasant. I have a trainer ride planned for after work, will muscle through. I'm supposed to start a new training block today. With the procedure coming up and recovery needed I may push this training block a week.
01-05-16, 02:28 PM
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Aww yiss, Season 10 of It's Always Sunny is streaming on Netflix.
01-05-16, 03:37 PM
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I did read the full paper. It is extremely convincing satire.
"Hand boo-boos were induced by placing a favourite object (lovey) of the child just out of reach on a counter behind a heated coil"
"children were blinded to the identity of their kisser by having them place the injured body part into an appropriately sized aperture in an opaque screen"
"Hand boo-boos were induced by placing a favourite object (lovey) of the child just out of reach on a counter behind a heated coil"
"children were blinded to the identity of their kisser by having them place the injured body part into an appropriately sized aperture in an opaque screen"
"Informed consent was obtained from the mothers prior to enrolment and assent, in the form of a bit of a smile, was obtained from all toddlers."
Lol. It is convincing. The fake citations are a nice touch. "Adamson, L., Wilson, C. & Findley, O. (2011) High-Frequency of Maternal Kissing of Early Childhood Injuries. Washington, DC: United States Census Bureau."
01-05-16, 03:42 PM
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01-05-16, 04:45 PM
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01-05-16, 05:41 PM
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Some interesting recent injury recovery research.
Maternal kisses are not effective in alleviating minor childhood injuries (boo-boos): a randomized, controlled and blinded study. - PubMed - NCBI
Maternal kisses are not effective in alleviating minor childhood injuries (boo-boos): a randomized, controlled and blinded study. - PubMed - NCBI
...what were your search terms...boo-boos and kisses?
01-06-16, 08:23 AM
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Of course you know you can listen over the web,too? jazzandblues.org or kcsn.org are the two I was reffering to. I used to listen to indie103.1 when it was on the air but since it is now web only it is a little weird, even for me.
01-06-16, 08:48 AM
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I have jazz88.org streaming in my apt like nearly 1/3 of the time I'm home alone.
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01-06-16, 08:49 AM
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listening to Cream right now, getting ready for a short ride b4 work:
/music status
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nobody wants to hear NorCal people complain about the weather, but **** you this weather sucks!
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01-06-16, 01:50 PM
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SF hipsters. Sheesh...
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I live in the peninsula and am incredibly not-hipster.
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The worst part about the rainy weather in the west is that if we complain about it then we get the "but you're in a drought" guilt trip 
01-06-16, 03:23 PM
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Hey CX nationals is going on and I had no idea until some photos started showing up on my instagram feed.
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My in laws got me a Kindle Voyager for Christmas. A perfect gift, since it's something I've kind of wanted but wouldn't get for myself. Been reading a good bit, I'm enjoying it. So far I've read 20000 Leagues, The Proving Ground (read before, but I enjoyed it then and again), On The Beach (interesting and good book, badly written in my opinion), and working on Alas, Babylon now.
01-06-16, 06:39 PM
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I love my kindle. I devour books on it. I read 50 novels last year. I recently ordered the only 2 Iain Banks books that are not kindleable, as paperbacks, and had the hardest time getting through them. Stupid archaic paper books.