the night air

i love npr.

there, i've said it.

i had always known what it was and had occasionally heard it on roadtrips flipping stations. and of course, the infamous parodies of it on SNL. but three years ago when i started working at the farm it was on all day, friday, saturday and sunday. and i could gauge the day based upon what was on. for example, on sundays it would be soooooooo slooooowwwwwww and then my favorite show WAIT, WAIT, DON'T TELL ME would come on and i knew instantly it would get BUSY!! grrrr

on saturdays it would be weekend edition, weekend edition, repeat of last sunday's car talk, and then michael feldman's what do you know and then (gack) prairie home companion, then jazz. it had been that way for three years. then this year i left for mexico, came back and it was weekend edition, weekend edition, repeat of last sunday's car talk, and then weekend america. WHAT?

i felt violated how could they change it?? and i just refused to like weekend america. blech!

and so now i'm embarassed to say i love weekend america *blush*
weekend america

one day they had a guy on talking about podcasts and he said one of his favorites was "THE NIGHT AIR" out of australia. you could go to this link below and:
science section
and look for this text on the page:
"Radio to go
There are thousands of podcasts available on the Web — music shows, business programs, public radio. American Public Media technologist Chris Spurgeon talks about the phenomenon of podcasting and brings in a few of his favorites. (10/01/2005)
Online resources:
» The Night Air website
» The Night Air podcast link
» iTunes link to The Night Air podcast
» Podcast instructions and Weekend America's podcast link"
and listen to that segment and then go to the night air. so i checked it out and it's fantastic. weird and sensual and random. i was really bummed that the segment of the night air they played 'stars' wasn't available anymore on podcast but i've suscribed (FREE!) and i get the new episode loaded to my computer on sunday evenings. i love them. i put them on my ipod and then i put my itrip on my ipod and put it on shuffle and i get my music and then every once in awhile i get this 25 minute aural experience and it's just fantastic for a long road trip where you're a prisoner to FM radio.

so check it out.

and i don't know why when i post from a mac the links don't automatically work, but i'll fix it later

**update** fixed i was just too lazy earlier....