November Archives
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Episode 124: David Cronenberg, Miranda July's PennySavior, and Real Estate in Paris
This week: David Cronenberg plays with our minds...We toast the phonograph with a drink that sounds like it...PennySaver 101 from Miranda July...Odd Future goes Pop...We're thankful for Elaine Stritch...Sarcasm in the Smithsonian?...And we check in on Real Estate in Paris. Read more...
Edison 77
This week back in 1877, Thomas Edison announced he'd invented the first working recording device -- the phonograph. 134 years later we've got Dolby, THX... and this custom cocktail inspired by the phonograph's special sound. Read more...
Episode 123: John Jeremiah Sullivan, Dick Cavett-iquette, and Wild Flag
This week: Essayist John Jeremiah Sullivan takes a hard left turn...Talk show giant Dick Cavett spits out etiquette tips... We learn the meaning of "peplum"... Mega-producer Nile Rodgers gets revenge on Studio 54... The Edsel flops right into a cocktail glass... And Caldecott Award-winner Brian Selznick (Hugo) shares unforgettable picture books - for adults. Plus a playlist from indierock supergroup Wild Flag. Read more...
Edsel
This week back in 1960, the last Edsel automobile rolled off Ford's assembly line, marking the end of one of the worst blunders in automotive design. Learn why Edsel became a synonym for disaster, and then try not to wreck yourself with this stiff drink from Motor City. Read more...
Tonight: The Current joins the Party
Minnesotan music station par excellence "The Current" airs The Dinner Party tonight -- November 13th -- at 9pm. Tune in and pretend the weekend's just beginning. Read more...
Episode 122: Sir Richard Branson, Jonathan Lethem, and Masters of Etiquette
This week, Sir Richard Branson drops the 'sir' for us... writer Jonathan Lethem squeezes Gertrude Stein, Jack Kerouac, and Drew Barrymore into a hot tub.... why we wanted our MTV... the (non-Portland) trailblazer of b-ball backboard-breaking... "Extreme Makeover: Urban Food Store Edition"... and iconic singer-songwriter Judy Collins muses on being a muse. Read more...
Chocolate Thunder
He came from the planet Lovetron, sent to Earth to astound us with thunderous basketball dunks that gave backboards nightmares. His name was Darryl Dawkins, and 32 years ago this week the Philadelphia 76er made a historic dunk against the Kansas City Kings. Long before "boom goes the dynamite," a man nicknamed Chocolate Thunder made the loudest noise. Read more...
Welcome Lexington!!!
Starting Saturday November 5th at noon, we welcome listeners of Lexington, KY station WUKY into our audio parlour. Read more...
Episode 121: Cyndi Lauper, Thanksgiving's New Black, and Punk Rock Etiquette
This Week: Cyndi Lauper reveals that her true colors are the blues... Comedian Jenny Slate hears voices and tells us her faves... a seasonal organic, free-range serving of New Yorker Mag's Adam Gopnik... Henry Rollins punks your etiquette questions... and why Thanksgiving won't let you eat cake. Read more...
The FXO7
This week in 1883, gentleman thief Black Bart finally botched a job...after pulling off 27 stagecoach robberies. The lyrical larcenist left poems - but never dead bodies - at the scene of his crimes. Hold up a custom cocktail in his dishonor. Read more...
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The Dinner Party Download is a fast and funny ‘booster shot’ of news and culture designed to help you dazzle your friends and family at this weekend’s dinner party. Hosts Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam set the table every Friday. Hear what our guests are saying about us inside... more
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