Author: Noel
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Flavor Packet: Player Pianos and Their Cinematic Spell
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S2 E1: Latitude + Attitude: Stories of Place-Powered Change
Season 2 kicks off with a theme: place-powered change. CHUNKINSON PARK: My update on a fake-believe landmark that my family created with Google Maps. THE MERRY LOVE THE FIDDLE, THE MERRY LOVE TO DANCE: A chat with filmmakers Michelle Ortwein and James McVeigh, whose film tracks the roots of Southern Illinois music. PLUS YOUR PLACE-BASED…
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Flavor Packet: Watching TV Makes You Smarter
My friend Steve Portigal shares three songs that he learned about from television. If you’ve ever been down a Shazam rabbit hole after catching a great tune on a TV show, this set is for you. It’s a strong, soulful set, with music from Billy Stewart, Buddy Guy, and the Old 97’s.
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Flavor Packet: Luminaries We’ve Lost
Today’s theme is Luminaries We’ve Lost in 2023. The show honors the uniquely talented Ethiopian pianist Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Guebrou, the multi-instrumentalist rock legend David Lindley, and Arhoolie Records founder and exponentially productive curious human Chris Strachwitz. Bonus material: I came across the BBC Radio Documentary The Honky Tonk Nun a while back. It’s a…
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12: Au Revoir, Season 1
I’m closing out Season 1 with a mini-episode featuring the Top 5 Songs So Far. Making the cut: Souleance, The Mighty Mocambos, Matias Aguayo, Colleen, Becky G. with Peso Pluma. What’s in your top 5? Let’s hear your picks. Saturday Morning Flavor returns with Season 2 in July, along with a few changes: I’ll be…
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Flavor Packet: Google That Song
Patrick Castro is joining us as guest DJ again. This time, he has questions. Tough ones! Gotta Google it to learn more. Also, a question: what’s your go-to food ritual when your significant other is out of town?
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Flavor Packet: Entrance Anthems, Ready Set Go!
Today’s Wednesday Flavor Packet is three songs created to get 20,000 people pumped — the house lights are down, the team is appearing, the moment of truth has arrived, let’s get ready to rumble. Here’s Gary Glitter, The Alan Parsons Project, and AC/DC, setting the tone for go-time.
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11: Caught on Film: One Forever Moment at Preservation Hall
Stacia and I once snaked our way onto the stage for a midnight show at Preservation Hall in New Orleans. We went to see the Treme Brass Band. We hadn’t expected to sit on stage next to them. The next day, we found film evidence — we even know the exact moment it was taken. Today this great…
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Flavor Packet: Clever Girls With Wry Smiles
Guest DJ Danielle Malik shares three boundary-pushing tracks by Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul, The Knife, and Sudan Archives — music from women “whose brains I just adore.” Listen in and find out why. + Flavor Packets are published Wednesdays. Full Saturday Morning Flavor episodes drop every other weekend. Next: Saturday May 6, 2023. Guest DJs welcome. If you have a…
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Everything, Anytime: the SMF Archives Are Alive
. We’re now 4 months, 7 mini-episodes and 10 full episodes into Saturday Morning Flavor. As things progress, I’ve been doing some things as a matter of production hygiene that you might appreciate. First, the SMF Megamix is a Spotify playlist of everything from all Saturday Morning Flavor episodes. It’s at 250 songs and counting,…