Monday, May 31, 2010

Radio from my home town


Hello, Wasabie crew! By the way, wasabi dressing seems to be getting very popular these days. I had some on a salad last night. But today I want to tell you about a radio program I like. I grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, where the local NPR station is KCUR FM. One Sunday night when I was packing to return to Tokyo, I had the radio on in the background. It was a program of 'New Age' music--I wasn't especially interested but I left it on as background music (BGM). The show is on for four hours--8 PM to midnight. The music began to get better and better. The fourth hour is usually the most meditative--often it is 'space electronic ambient.' You can listen in real time (in Tokyo it is 10:00 AM to 2:00PM on Mondays). There is also a big archive with listings of the titles and musicians. Here is the link for the program:
http://www.kcur.org/nighttides.html

The 'deejay' (is that the right term?) is Renee Blanche. She is very kewl and has a page on Facebook. She only talks for a short time in each 30-minute segment, so you won't get much English practice. But you can enjoy great meditative music. Here is a 'mandala' from the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. for you to meditate on (please supply your own incense).

3 comments:

  1. That's pretty tight ! I thought it's a kaleidoscope or stained -glass window of a church.

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  2. Yeah, it's from a church, actually (a photo of) a small souvenir version to hang in your window. The equivalent of a mandala, I think.

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  3. Yeah! beautiful!!! I like it!!!

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