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Habitat Enrichment

Feb 22, 2024 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Music

With Krista

Habitat Enrichment is the concept of introducing novelty to an animal's enclosure to keep it from getting bored or sad. Let me play you something fun. Genres span world and time, just like a cat with a box to play in.

Some specialties you can usually hear a little on my show: Luk Thuong, 60s crooners, cow punk, and synthwave. If you don't like the song currently playing, wait approximately 2 minutes for something else!

MUSH

in celebration of last year's winning Iditarod team (and the upcoming Iditarod next week), songs inspired by the dogs on the team. What kind of song does Seymour make? Sven? Cloud? Bolt? Ghost and Vrabel and Quigley and Wildfire. Henry, that's obvious. Meditations on the location of Elvis, Journey, Rivet, Singe, Splint. I've also got some rare RnB and some so unrare RnB.

7:03 AM		The Bongos Nuts & Bolts Drums Along the Hudson Fetish Records U.K. 1982 suggested by the amazing Commie Francis when I asked for help. For Bolt.
7:05 AM		Ole and the Dairy-Aires Osseo exactly my region of Wisconsin. Love hearing Mondovi over the air. Suggested by my high school art teacher last week.
7:10 AM		John Lee Hooker Odds Against Me aka Backbiters and Syndicators Specialty Profiles (1948-1951) Specialty Records 2006 lead dog thinking about the rest of the dogs. buncha backbiters and syndicators
7:13 AM		The Muppets Kokomo R
7:19 AM		Naumahija Naumahija out of macedonia, 1980s
7:20 AM		Radio Birdman You Just Make It Worse Zeno Beach Shock Records 2006
7:24 AM		Nani Wolfgramm Vei' Vosaki / Nuku'alofa Hula Girl The Seductive Sounds of Hawaii: Polynesian Girl Monitor Records 1993
7:27 AM		Emitt Rhodes With My Face on the Floor The Emitt Rhodes Recordings (1969-1973) Geffen 2009
7:30 AM		Wrabel feel it now (alive) N based on a true story Nettwerk Music Group 2023 for dog Vrabel
7:34 AM		Vaqif Mustafazadə Bakılı Caz Kompozisiyaları mikpro LLC 2010
7:38 AM		Mark Morrison Return of the Mack Return of the Mack WM UK 1996 started working out again and feeling like the Mack. Feel like a returning Alex Mack, for sure.
7:42 AM		Art Lord & The Self-Portraits City's an Animal In Your Idea House 307 Knox Records 2008 future islands before they were future islands
7:45 AM		Oscar the Grouch I Love Trash Songs From The Street: 35 Years of Music V/A Sony 2003 Requested by Amy Lee. Overlaid by the sound of a Peterbilt Sunshine Disposal and Recyling Truck
7:50 AM		Ratboys Elvis Is in the Freezer GN Topshelf Records 2017 WHERE IS ELVIS
7:52 AM		Living Colour Elvis Is Dead Time's Up Epic 1990
7:56 AM		Charlie Megira Elvis is Not Dead Love Police Numero Group 2023
8:01 AM		Ludella Black & The Masonics This Is Elvis Dog From This Witness Stand Damaged Goods 2008 For Elvis the dog, unsurprisingly
8:04 AM		Slađana Milošević New York Neutral Design Croatia Records 2012
8:08 AM		Xordox Rivet Omniverse Editions Mego 2021 for Rivet the dog
8:12 AM		Sven Shantyman Svenson Swagger Waltz Folksongs of another America
8:14 AM		Robyn Hitchcock Trilobite R Mossy Liquor: Outtakes and Prototypes Rhino/Warner Records 2005 Sven is a good name. Requested by Brian for his wife!
8:17 AM		Sven Shantyman Svenson Dinner Horn Solo for Sven, the dog
8:20 AM		Austin Lounge Lizards The Dogs, They Really Miss You Employee of the Month Sugar Hill Records 2006 requested by Kim
8:23 AM		Sturgill Simpson I Wonder Cuttin' Grass
8:27 AM		Monica Törnell Kom slå dig ner
8:29 AM		Soccer Mommy Henry For Young Hearts Orchid Tapes 2016 For Henry the dog
8:33 AM		Herman's Hermits I'm Henry the VIII, I Am Their Greatest Hits ABKCO Music and Records, Inc. 1987 NO SAM. cursing Sam against winning the Iditarod. Don't even try. NO SAM
8:35 AM		Mellyana Love at First Sight Beautify 1992
8:39 AM		Kate Fagan Cover It Up N I Don't Wanna Be Too Cool (Expanded Edition) Captured Tracks 2023 just got the re-release
8:44 AM		Hossam Ramzy El Genneyya (The Djinni) Sabla Tolo - Journeys Into Pure Egyptian Percussion ARCMUSIC 2000 For Journey the Dog
8:48 AM		Crizin da Z.O. Simulado N Acelero QTV 2024
8:49 AM		Electric Six Danger! High Voltage (Soulchild Radio Mix) Danger! High Voltage - Single XL Recordings 2003 for Wildfire the dog
8:53 AM		Paxton Quiggly Vanishing Playgrounds Quiggly for Quigley the dog, suggested by Commie Francis
8:59 AM		Fran Ahysen The Honky Tonk's My Home
9:04 AM		Raymond Scott Nursery Rhyme Soothing Sounds for Baby, Vol. 1 (1 to 6 Months) Basta Audio-Visuals 1997 not the correct cover
9:06 AM		Johnny Jenkins I Walk On Guilded Splinters Ton-Ton Macoute! PCLC Capricorn 1974 for Splint the dog
9:12 AM		Blind Willie Johnson Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground American Epic: The Best of Blind Willie Johnson Columbia/Legacy 2017
9:15 AM		Kaelan Mikla Oskasteiner
9:23 AM		Ali Dineen What You Know Light Comes In Ali Dineen 2016
9:29 AM		Slava Ich Hob Dich Zo Fil Lieb Jewish Tango Hataklit 2008
9:29 AM		Red Shadow Singers Ghost Dance Song Ghost Dance Songs Arbor Records Ltd. 2006 for Ghost
9:42 AM		Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan Back Burner Sunday at Devil Dirt (iTunes Exclusive) Fontana International 2008
9:49 AM		Seymour Steamed Hams for Seymour the dog
9:52 AM		Deer Tick Sea of Clouds Deer Tick, Vol. 1 Partisan Records 2017 for Cloud
9:57 AM		Tanya Tagaq Howl Animism Six Shooter Records Inc. 2014
10:00 AM		Stanley Turrentine Sugar Jazz Moods: Cool Epic/Legacy 1971

Chat is archived.

good morning

Good morning!

herro dere.

altoona: beat em in tennis. osseo: where my cousins live. mondovi: where I grew up. Eau Claire: the "big city" when I was a kid

good morning, Dale and Danosaur

Good morning all. Very good song there. Now okay the Muppets version |:)

now you want the muppets Kokomo? coming up, why not

🤪

Ooh, Muppets!

Are there enough Kokomo covers for an olympiad? Hahah

the iditarod doesn't come up in my news feeds for some reason.

Being from Wisconsin, are you a Culver's fan, Krista?

I want to try a butter burger so bad

i love sinatra covering it's not easy being green. so surprising that he did that.

Don't the sled dogs wear special shoes for the race?

They are so good, TAndy

Thank you so much Krista! I had a VHS with that music video as a kid, one of many such tapes my mom had to hide due to how much I played it.

yes, I love Culver's. The pot roast sandwich is my favorite. the cheese curds are fine. the dogs do wear special shoes, in the Gary Paul essay the pepsi exploded all over the dog shoes from the cold and the one dog kept running on 3 feet, sucking the pepsi out of the other foot

That's funny about the Pepsi on the shoes. Pot roast sandwich is my favorite too. So good!

The Muppet Show was so good, TAndy.

Has anyone ever made a shower themed album?

Hi All!

this guy wants to feel dirt in his mouth and to be inside out? like he's dead?

lol Dale, maybe he has a mineral deficiency

Hi Amy!

krista - don't make me do a spit take!

(missed Muppets talk) While a different kind of green, Oscar the Grouch singing "I Love Trash', is hard to beat.

Return of the Mack is a perfect shower song

I do have some garbage truck sounds in my playlist this week, I'll overlay em over I love trash and we'll see how that goes in a minute

so much of my house is furnished from bulk trash collection day. i love trash too.

Hi Kris

Same, Dale. I have fond memories of digging through the municipal dump with my dad. We didn't have trash service, we took our trash to the dump every week and he let me dig around. Now my son is garbage truck obsessed and has been since he was 2 (he's 6 now, he has an amazing collection)

hey Ossy

Nice to play Return of The Mack

I admit I already have a long "where is elvis" playlist and the chance to showcase it was too good.

I hope Elvis the sled dog has blue suede shoes 👟👟

just imagine a rotting elvis shopping for fresh fruit

there was a guy in grand gorge ny who had a hot dog wagon, claimed to be jessie presley. even had the pompadour to prove it.

I think you would find rotting Elvis shopping in the snack aisle not the produce section

he's gotta get bananas for his sandwich

full time eccentrics are on another plane of existence, Dale

Ah, true

Thanks Krista! Same Dale/Krista. We shop the trash the way most people shop stores. I can usually tell when someone is going to put their house up for sale based on their trash habits. I can really get going about trashpicking, so I'll reel it in.

Trilobite by Robyn Hitchcock. A Sven mention. That's a good name

alright!

the way this super old field recording sounds like an industrial track

For my wife! She loves this - me too. Thank you!

Robyn mentioned Elton had a part in the title inspiration (Reginald Dwight)

needed a dinner bell accompaniment.

Sturgill!

Danger Will Robinson!

this electric six is a toe tapper!

Electric Six is rather underrated, imo.

Yeah Commy Francis 🔥

Things I did not anticipate in 2024: Hearing Paxton Quiggly on the radio.

O good morning Mr. Lupica

All praise to Commie Francis, Mike. I had a couple listens to the 7" "Quiggly" last night and I've become a fan

Morning Mike

Walk on Guilded Splinters!

looking for a Singe song, realize I forgot poor Singe the dog

This is the track where Beck got samples for "Loser"

Johnny and co. did a great job on the Dr John song here. Duane Allman is 1 of the session musicians

Cool! I definitely heard the samples after you pointed it out

I have a sled dog! https://imgur.com/a/YQv2M2O

Steamed Hams!

Supernintendo Chalmers!

Santas Little Helper :)

Spiedie Hams! A NY State fair tradition. SEYMOURR! YOUR LITTLE FRIEND IS HERE! SEYMOURR! DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU WHEN IT'S SEVEN-THIRTY?!

Chalmers would later take to addressing Skinner by his surname.

beautiful dog, moktallica!! and repping WPRB

Steamed Clouds!

75lb Siberian husky. She's a big girl

Great show Krista!

Thanks!