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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

We Pause For Pie

by Sean Carolan

Over at News From Me, Mark Evanier pontificates at length over the proper way to prepare and deliver a pie to the face.

Seriously, it's no laughing matter.

Do pore over it while tuned to Altrok 90.5 HD2, where (by the way) the Christmas music will wait until Christmas Eve...

posted 12/14/2011 08:59:00 AM
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Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Underworld At The London Olympics

by Sean Carolan

I can't ever help being a sucker for the Olympics; I blame Jim McKay.

Especially the opening ceremonies, which are generally an exercise in making billions of people look at an avant-garde art exhibition. Often, they'll wonder why it is they're watching, but they certainly watch. I try not to ever miss them, myself.

The London Games in 2010 will not be an exception, but may have a bit more rhythm than usual, since Underworld will be responsible for the original music. This might be very cool. Underworld say as much in their announcement.

As always, you know there's a limited number of stations playing Underworld, and one of them would be Altrok 90.5 HD2. So tune in already...

posted 12/07/2011 04:13:00 PM
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