This week on the Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, airing live on CHLY 101.7fm to the vicinity where~1 million human beings live

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Song Exploder, Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out Tame Impala, Feels Like We Only Go BackwardsToro y Moi, BlessaNeon Indian, Deadbeat SummerWashed Out, Feel It All Around Animal Collective, My GirlsKamuran Akkor/Umit Aksu Orchestra, Ikimiz Bir Fidaniz (Baris K Edit) CAN, I Want More Washed Out, New Theory@wholeparent, Fostering empathy @jordanleveck, Motivation only comes after doing@vattica, Music isn't neutral: Beastie Boys @raised_by_hippies, Aretha Franklin Chain of Fools@nerdyabotuneature, spraying BC forests

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Spirit, The Other SongThe Mermen, The GoodbyeJess Sah Bi & Peter One, Clipo ClipoEtran de L’Air, Agrim AgadezDaniel Lanois, FrozenJr Thomas & The Volcanos, Burning FireExtra Golden, It’s Not EasyOsees & Thee Oh Sees, Said the ShovelPhilip Glass/Kronos Quartet/Michael Riesman, Osamu’s ThemeThe Petch Phin Thong Band, Soul Lam PlearnGil Trythall, Folsom Prison BluesThundercat, Walkin’KAYTRANADA, At All@specialtyproduce, mangosteen @specialtyproduce, cara cara orange @specialtyproduce, rhubarb @specialtyproduce, canistel/yellow sapote/eggfruit @specialtyproduce, black sapote/ chocolate pudding fruit

On this March 16th, 2022, I present to you a live radio event so unique and amazing that it only happens once every 168 hours and only for the limited timeframe of a decade and running. It's another fresh Sweet and Sour Variety Hour.

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Selena, I Could Fall in Love Tash Sultana, Maybe You've Changed Har Mar Superstar, Late Night Morning Light Mean Lady, Bop Bop Mean Lady, Lonely Sleigh Bells, Rill Rill Tune-Yards, PowaRubblebucket, What a Fool Believes Zach Deputy, Put it in the Boogie BoomBox, Lost Ya US Girls, 4 American Dollars Greta Van Fleet, Stardust Chords Hiko, Dancin is What I Do (sped up) SlayBT News, Russian Sanctions

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The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, every Wednesday on CHLY 101.7FM broadcasting to over 40 coastal communities

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On this weeks episode of the Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, we hear from music history educator, Vanessa Hughes, and enjoy almost an entire hour of great tunes.

Broadcasting to over 40 coastal communities on the Salish Sea via terrestrial radio god CHLY 101.7fm at 8am PST

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The First Edition, Just Dropped In Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Beyond Belief David Bowie, Oh! You Pretty Things The Kinks, Apeman Caribou, BeesDevendra Banhart, Baby The Beta Band, Dry the RainKurt Vile, Lost my Head ThereJacco Gardner, Find YourselfVanessa Hughes, T. RexT.Rex, Children of the Revolution Vanessa Hughes, Meat Loaf Meat Loaf, Hot Patootie Vanessa Hughes, History of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Mel Torme, Games People Play

This week on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, a preprint of musical selections that have been pooled from a substantial sample size of song populations using the methodology of "quantitatively not sucking". The scope of these results have no theoretical or technical focus.

Credentials & Affiliations: Ashta PhD Badassery, CHLY 101.7FM Radio Malaspina Society

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The Smiths, This Charming Man Woody and Jeremy, Too Hot in L.A. Love, Beep Beep Dolly Parton, Gettin' HappyNorma Tanega, Treat me Right Baba Ram Dass, Being Somebody Chat Atkins, The Jitterbug WaltzThe Mills Brothers, How'm I Doin? Evelyn Evelyn, Have You Seen My Sister Bule, Playing in the SandOracle Sisters, Asc ScorpioOmori, By Your Side Jack Stauber's Micropop, Dinner Is Not OverJack Stauber's Micropop, There's Something HappeningHaruomi Hosono, CHOO-CHOOHaruomi Hosono, Paraiso Ghost and Pals, Candle Queen Graham Kartna, Browser HIstory Cosmo Sheldrake, The Moss, The Scary Jokes/Louie Zong, COmmunity Gardens Sidney Gish, Bird Tutorial

The first new Sweet and Sour Variety Hour to begin its eleventh year on air. In recent weeks, I've been unfortunately unable to bring my followers a new show. BUT HERE IT IS NOW!

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This week on the Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, I glean some content gold from some of the funniest and most captivating sounds on my algorithm. If you've had the restraint to *not* download the short-form video app, than let me be the turd who introduces you to what your feed might sound like if you were a white woman living in Western Canada. Clips under 3 minutes interspersed with instrumental tracks. All of the creators are listed below, so if you hear something interesting, please go look them up.

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"Ya, no" @athena.illustrations, Aug 28 2021MF DOOM, Coffin Nails "Saying socialism" @frankly_socialist, Dec 4 2021The Alchemist, Arrival"Elimination communication" @smokelorebotanicals, Nov 30 2021Daniel Lanois, Frozen"Why dont we say one-teen?" @lingusticdiscovery, Dec 5 2021The Mermen, The Goodbye"NDP greenwashing ads" @nerdyaboutneature, Dec 5 2021Bibio, St. Thomas"Best diet for harm reduction is not veganism" @alexisnikole, Nov 30 2021Teebs, While You Do"Hairdoo archeologist" @dougiesharpe, Nov 24 2021The Durutti Column, Otis"Post-growth economics" @michael_mezz, Nov 22, 2021Monster Rally, Lovely You "Psychological Kung Fu" @wisdomsushibites, Nov 16 2021Whitney, Red Moon "Green Veils" @nerdyaboutneature, Nov 14 2021Etran de L'Air, Agrim Agadez"Economics shouldnt exist" @itspusher, Nov 13 2021DOOMSTARKS, Victory Laps (Instro)"Something white women are not ready to hear" @themaggpie, Nov 3 2021Philip Glass, Osamu's Theme"Small scale farming is the best career" @terramorfarm, Oct 17 2021CZARFACE, Bomb Thrown (Instro)"How Backstreet Boys and N*Sync got scammed" @itsshannonburns, Oct 13 2021"Worst date ever" @elysemyers, Oct 6 2021MV Lark, I Filmed It

This week on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour is an hour of music minus all the animal noises.

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Flughand, PeninsulaFlughand, AtreborPete Rock/ C.L. Smooth ,Back On Da Block – InstroPete Rock/Freddie Foxxx,Mind Frame – InstroSaib,Sakura TreesJohn Talbot, SunshineLuiz Bonfa, PernambucoGalt MacDermot, New Pulse IPodington Bear, Lip GlossVulfpeck, Test Drive InstroThe Meters,Cissy StrutJavelin, CowpokeBonobo, CirrusJohn Tejada, Farther and FainterCrystal Castles, Magic Spells