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“The history of spelling alphabets is fascinating and winding, but it’s notable that there hasn’t been an official update to the most commonly used English version in about half a century.” (from your friends at Whiskey Foxtrot Mike Uniform) https://t.co/VdUUctoco4
“For almost 20 summers Action Park was Jackass-meets-Disneyland for East Coasters—booze, bare butts and broken bones.” https://t.co/a9ylBW4QJF
(h/t former Action Park employee @ThereseActually)
"Chinese Jamaican music producers helped turn reggae into a global sensation—one that would eventually reach all the way to the country their ancestors had left behind." How Chinese Jamaicans Influenced The History of Reggae: https://t.co/nVY9lsI18u
This week on WFMU: Live music from Girls On Grass on Three Chord Monte; Clive Thompson on Techtonic; Stephane Wrembel on Morricone Island; and Tough Shits, Sonny & the Sunsets, The Smarthearts, and Reese McHenry on Todd-O-Phonic Todd’s show! Sched/info: https://t.co/y7ToJBzprk
“The prevailing view of kangaroo evolution is that they began hopping when the climate in Australia became drier and wiped out many forests, but new fossil evidence suggests that their relatives were hopping much earlier.” https://t.co/fj36NoISnc
On-U Sound’s Pay It All Back series returns after a 23-year gap: “These compilations were designed to promote the world of On-U, a ‘payback’ for the people who supported us and to encourage others to investigate the label’s work." https://t.co/6ywoBWOAi3
Liz Phair and Bratmobile's Allison Wolfe Talk Mansplainers, Media, And Music: https://t.co/jKYi1J2KqE
Call it the devil’s interval, the devil’s triad. or diablous in musica (or a tritone, but that's not very scary-sounding): A key element of spooky music over the years. https://t.co/xJ6aGkBQR9
How a WFMU t-shirt design became the mascot of a programming language: https://t.co/MeDTXEeq0v (h/t @tombomp)
This week on WFMU: The True Loves on Surface Noise (this morning!), Deaf Wish on Spin Age Blasters, music from Burt Reynolds films and TV shows on Morricone Island, ape language researcher Aya Katz on In Real Life. Details and all our upcoming specials at https://t.co/y7ToJBzprk