I love NPR
June 28th, 2005 by JoshAnd so do local Jersey power poppers Fountains of Wayne apparently. Their just released album, Out-Of-State Plates oddly begins with a clip from Terry Gross’s introduction of Ken Tucker’s review of one of their past albums from Fresh Air.
I interned for WXPN for a year as a production assistant for Live at the World Cafe (best. job. ever.) so public radio holds an especially tender place in my heart. And though I’m only a couple of tracks into this album, so far FOW are still delivering well constructed and catchy pop songs.
And I just picked up my tickets for both the Big Summer Classic and Trey Anastasio with Medeski Martin and Wood. Yes!
UPDATE (6/28/05 04:22 pm): Hahahaha! What a good cover of Baby One More Time. I’m not a Brittany fan at all, but you know what…? It’s a great tune.
June 28th, 2005 at 10:28 pm
Yay Josh. Lovin’ the blog still. Post some more Rhapsody playlists, we need more bloggers…
Anyway, did you hear that as of this Friday (July 1), World Cafe officially becomes an NPR show? Which means…drum roll please…online streaming archives! I can’t wait.
June 28th, 2005 at 10:34 pm
I did not know that. Yes!! God I wish I still worked there.
What I’d love to do is just a rolling list of songs, like the delicious links on the sidebar, of what I’ve been listening to recently. But I will post some more playlists. Thanks for reminding me.
April 24th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
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