Author: Noel
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Flavor Packet: México Mágico, a Threefold Story of Love
Listen with the Spotify app to hear the stories and full songs. What’s the best way to learn a new language? My friend Andrew Bourne has a hunch. Last year he traveled to México and fell in love with a “girl, a country, and a language.” The problem: Spanish is her native tongue, but he…
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10: Eating Our Way Across the East Bay
Listen with the Spotify app to hear the stories and full songs. How would you plan a 60-mile foodie day trip from the top of the San Francisco East Bay all the way down to San Jose — covering one of the most culturally diverse regions in the United States? The kids and I did…
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Flavor Packet: Musical Head Whip / I Was Wrong
Today’s show is a 180 on some of my longstanding musical assumptions: Listen to find out how Matias Aguayo, Brave Combo, and Lizzo proved me wrong. Flavor Packets are published Wednesdays. Full Saturday Morning Flavor episodes drop every other weekend. Next: Saturday April 22, 2023. Let’s play together: Guest DJs welcome. If you have a…
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Flavor Packet: Can “Hee Haw” Fix a Broken Country?
Flavor Packets are mini-episodes: one theme, three songs, every Wednesday. In today’s show, Can “Hee Haw” Fix a Broken Country? Tom Kress puts on his diplomacy hat and says Americana music — and the global sounds that influence it — can bring a nation together. His three songs make a good case. Flavor Packets are…
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09: It’s 1987 Again, with 3 Teenage DJs from WIRQ Rochester
Dust off your boombox, pop open a cold Tab, and grab your can of Aqua-Net — we’re going back to Saturdays in 1987 at New Music 93 WIRQ, the new-wave station “serving the universe from the top of Irondequoit High School,” just outside Rochester. After 30+ years I’ve had the chance to catch up live…
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Flavor Packet: Muppets Are Real
Flavor Packets are mini-episodes: one theme, three songs, every Wednesday. Today’s theme is Muppets Are Real. My friend Robin Borelli shares a story about her own kid Muppet universe — one I’m sure many of us can relate to. Delightful. + Flavor Packets are published Wednesdays. Full Saturday Morning Flavor episodes drop every other weekend.…
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Flavor Packet: All That’s Beyond Our Understanding
Flavor Packets are mini-episodes: one theme, three songs, every Wednesday. Today’s theme is All That’s Beyond Our Understanding. Friend of the show Dave Manzella shares three songs that give him a hint of a scent of a glimpse of the divine. + Flavor Packets are published Wednesdays. Full Saturday Morning Flavor episodes drop every other…
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08: Mom and Dad Throw Records in the Trash
Do you pay attention to song lyrics? I didn’t — until that one day when Mom and Dad tossed out all those “bad influence” records by AC/DC, KISS, and the like. I’ll share which album survived, surprisingly, and yes I did actually learn something from the whole ordeal. We’ll also hear a turning-points story from…
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Flavor Packet: Loud, Proud, and Musical
Flavor Packets are mini-episodes: one theme, three songs, every Wednesday. Today’s theme is Loud, Proud, and Musical. Creative director Patrick Castro shares 3 songs that make him feel both younger and older. Listen for Mötley Crüe, girl in red, and Ben Platt / Dear Evan Hansen — a hair-metal band, a queer icon, and a…
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Mini Episode: Say Hi to Flavor Packets
New thing alert! Flavor Packets are shorty episodes. One theme, three songs, every Wednesday. That’s it. The theme for our first one: BLUE SUNDAY. HEADS-UP: Flavor Packets are added ingredients. The full-bowl Saturday Morning Flavor episodes continue as usual. LET’S PLAY TOGETHER: Guest DJs welcome. Flavor Packets are collaborative — if you have a three-song…