Flying used to be something that was looked forward to. People would wait all year long, sometimes even multiple years, to save money and be able to fly to that destination–Disneyworld, Europe, Cancun, whatever. Think back to the Pan-AM days or early TWA. Beautiful stuff. But now with cheaper flights anyone can fly, which leads us to terrible human beings. I question to even call some of them humans because of just how disgusting and awful people are. We’ve all had annoying flight stories. Be it the person who is just constantly coughing next to you, to the person who… Read more »
The cool and intense sound that The Dose gives out is about to bring you to a whole new level of appreciation for music. This duo will blow you away and all you have to do is press play!
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week examines the rise of Riot Grrrl.
At the Grammy Museum on Monday May 6, members from The Bangles, The Dream Syndicate, The 3 O’Clock, and Rain Parade gathered, first for a collective Q&A session and then for a wonderful performance/jam.
It was discovered that the Mumbai-based social media marketing firm Chtrbox leaked the private information of 49 million Instagram users recently. Chtrbox is a firm that hires social media influencers to promote products to their followers. The database seems to have been used to decide payments to “influencers” depending on the number of followers, shares of posts, and likes. It was available for the whole world to see on site hosted by Amazon web services and did not require a password for access. Public information such as Instagram profile picture and bio were combined with private information such as location… Read more »
Ryan Hunter from Envy On The Coast came by the studio to co-host and talk all about their new live album ‘Alive After All’ that just came out. We called Brian Byrne, we called Uncle Larry and some fans called in!
Skin&Earth Acoustic is coming on July 12th and to celebrate, she’s released a brand new song called “Lost Girls”!
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week examines queercore.
Poetry x Science is the catalyst for true love but time doesn’t wait.
The Met Gala took over media yesterday as celebrities displayed their most outrageous takes on this year’s theme, “Camp: Notes on Fashion”. “Camp” in this use is about exaggeration, about artifice. My favorite explanation: “Camp sees everything in quotation marks. It’s not a lamp, but a ‘lamp’; not a woman, but a ‘woman.’” ALL THE FASHION, ALL THE JEWELRY, ALL THE … heads? Yup. Jared Leto, frontman of 30 Seconds to Mars (aka Jordan Catalano from My So-Called Life), came decked out in a red ensemble covered in jewels carrying a replica of his own head. While not everyone got… Read more »
