Hosts Jim and Keven examine how "music makes the world go around" (and vice-versa), exploring and discussing relevant history, science, culture and more through the prism of music.
We are only human...and that's the problem.
On today's show you'll learn of some obvious mistakes in music history--many of which were blessings in disguise.
It was on this day (April 16) in 1943, that the Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann realized that he had accidentally absorbed a small amount of the compound he had been working with. What followed, according to Hoffman was, “an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors.” Hoffman had accidentally discovered lysergic acid diethylamide, also known as LSD--and the world has never felt the same.
Today's show is in honor of the end of the Civil War and the liberation of millions of Americans from slavery. Join us for a trip through an important period in America's past--and try not to shake your booty.
What do Anthony "Big Tuna" Accardo, Israel "Ice Pick Willie" Alderman, "Joe Bananas" Bonanno, Benny "Bugsy" Siegal, "Joey Brains" Ambrosino, "Jackie Nose" D'Amico, the "Buddy Boys" and "Nannery's Raiders" all have in common? Find out on this week's show!
Today is the birthday of the 19th century American Author, Edward Bellamy, born in 1850 and known for his visionary novel “Looking Backward: 2000–1887.” The third largest bestseller of its time, after Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur, “Looking Backward,” is about a man who falls asleep in 1887 and wakes up in the year 2000, 113 years later in a utopian future. While his predictions of credit cards, the radio, and Amazon-like purchases are remarkably uncanny for the time, it's Bellamy's vision of a Socialist future--a future where all citizens retire at the age 45, that we find the most appeali
Did you know humans and animals perceive time differently? Many smaller creatures, including bees and flies view time in what we would consider slow motion. Cats and dogs also perceive time differently. Dogs, for instance take in visual information 25 per cent faster than humans, which makes time move more slowly for them. Humans also perceive time differently and the older we get the faster time flies. Since prehistory, humans have attempted to organize our world through the subjugation of time. It was on this day 101 years ago that the U.S.
"Hodophobia" is the fear of traveling or road traveling. The word "hodo" is Greek for "travel" or "road," and "phobia" is Greek for "fear,” and "Hodomelophobia" is a fear of music about travel. If you suffer from this rare but very serious condition, you may want to avoid today’s program.
Tuesday March 5, 2019. It's Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday! and it is the anniversary of the invention of the Colt .34 revolver. In today's show, you'll learn why Samuel Colt became one of the earliest people to use "product placement," why Sarah Winchester, believed she was haunted by ghosts, and how a dentist from Rochester attempted to win the Civil War. All this --along with some banging tracks!
Did you know, Red is the first color babies can see? The color "orange" is named after the fruit? Blue is the world's most popular color? White is the safest color for a car? Men are more attracted to women who wear red? Or that an orange mug makes hot chocolate taste better and orange walls make a room feel warmer? These are just some of the facts we will share with you along with some colorful songs about, ah, well, ...color.
New Yorkers bite 10 times more people than sharks do worldwide each year, and that's just one of the many reasons why we love the Big Apple and its more than 8 million inhabitants. Today we dedicate our episode to the history, music and culture of one of the greatest places on earth!
