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Morning Origami

Dec 24, 2024 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Music

With DJ AskTheQuestion

Mighty Soon to Turn the Year: Merry Xmas Far and Near

Morning Origami
7:01 AM
Anatrofobia - Sotto il livello del mare
Anatrofobia Sotto il livello del mare Anatrofobia
Tesa musica marginale Wallace 2004
7:09 AM
Tetuzi Akiyama - Reinforcement
Tetuzi Akiyama Reinforcement
Pre-existence Locust 2006
7:13 AM
The Chinese Restaurants - The Oculist
The Chinese Restaurants The Oculist The Chinese Restaurants
Instant Music Ever/Never Records LLC 2019
7:17 AM
Amiina - Seoul
Amiina Seoul Amiina
Seoul Rumraket 2006
7:24 AM
Set Break: Celebrating the irreproducibility of hands

But robots are trying! to grab things while storing others (historically, they lack useful palms)

scirobotics.ado3939-f1.jpg

Research article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.ad...

7:33 AM
Jessica Bailiff - One Red Year
Jessica Bailiff One Red Year Jessica Bailiff
Even In Silence Kranky 1998
7:38 AM
Abhi//Dijon - Honest
Abhi//Dijon Honest Abhi//Dijon
2014 S/R 2014
7:41 AM
Catherine Wheel - Balloon
Catherine Wheel Balloon
Balloon Fontana 1992
7:46 AM
Akron/Family - They Will Appear
Akron/Family They Will Appear
Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free Dead Oceans 2009
7:52 AM
Set Break: Moon volcanism: formation different on the front and rear sides

More information about the moon's rear side coming from China's Chang'e 6 Lander

Volcanic eruptions as recently as 2.8 billion years ago seem to be caused due to a thin mantle, not from heat from radioactive decay

science.adt1093-f1.jpg

Research article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt109...


8:04 AM
Ashley Stove - Briney Drink
Ashley Stove Briney Drink
4-Finger Moon Jesus Christ 1995
8:06 AM
Chris Forsyth - Nublu Jam, Pt. 2 (feat. Dave Harrington, Ryan Jewell & Spencer Zahn)
Chris Forsyth Nublu Jam, Pt. 2 (feat. Dave Harrington, Ryan Jewell & Spencer Zahn)
First Flight (feat. Dave Harrington, Ryan Jewell & Spencer Zahn) Algorithm Free 2020
8:25 AM
Set Break: 7th mammoth carcass ever found in melting Siberian permafrost

Year-old female mammoth found in Batagaika, a melting basin where other ancient wildlife has thawed

676ab2a4192ab.jpgWe can learn a lot from mammoth carcasses, e.g., https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fresh-m...

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/23/scientis...

8:33 AM
Andrea Kirwin - Beautiful Morning
Andrea Kirwin Beautiful Morning
Bloom Yama-Nui Records 2021
8:36 AM
Aberfeldy - Summer's Gone
Aberfeldy Summer's Gone
Young Forever Rough Trade 2004
8:40 AM
Chandra - Opposite
Chandra Opposite
Transportation Cantor Records 1980
8:44 AM
Abunai! - Barbara Allen
Abunai! Barbara Allen Abunai!
The Mystic River Sound Camera Obscura 1999
8:49 AM
Set Break: Processing the sounds of the rainforest with artificial intelligence

Spider monkeys are endangered and need active protection to survive

Microphones connected to satellites placed through the rainforest can track spider monkeys, giving up-to-date information on their numbers and distribution

Audio from the microphones needs to be processed to identify spider monkeys, a job ideal for artificial intelligence

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/cms/asset/179fab3e-d540-4a4c-9bee-4bc191ad1bfd/rspb20222473f01.gif

https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/ai-will-eavesdrop-on-w-4.jpg

Popular article: https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence...

Research article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.109...

9:02 AM
Stefan Christiansen - 8AM Sharp
Stefan Christiansen 8AM Sharp
Shake Off the Village C/Site 2017
9:07 AM
Close Lobsters - A Prophecy
Close Lobsters A Prophecy
Foxheads Stalk This Land Fire Records 1987
9:11 AM
Set Break: Lack of pollution from ancient copper mines
9:21 AM
Antibalas - Che Che Cole
Antibalas Che Che Cole Antibalas
Government Magic Afrosound Records 2011
9:25 AM
Jeff Snyder - Neon Rain
Jeff Snyder Neon Rain N
Loom Carrier Records 2024
9:30 AM
Set Break: Controversial plant: Christmas trees
9:41 AM
Theresa Andersson - Minor Changes
Theresa Andersson Minor Changes
Hummingbird, Go! Basin Street 2008
9:44 AM
Clan of Xymox - No Words
Clan of Xymox No Words
Clan of Xymox Relativity 1985
9:49 AM
Crack Cloud - Time Unsubsidized
Crack Cloud Time Unsubsidized
Crack Cloud Deranged Records 2018
9:52 AM
Set Break: Whales may regularly live very long lives, 130 years +

We're only 60 years past the end of industrial whaling... are the whale elders just not present right now?

aerial view of four Southern right whales swimming together at surface

Research article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq3086

Popular article: https://theconversation.com/whales-can-live-way-lo...

9:59 AM
Cate Le Bon - Home to You
Cate Le Bon Home to You
Reward Mexican Summer 2019
Chat is archived.
DJ AskTheQuestion 7:03:44 AM
hiiiiiiiiiiiii friends!
Dale Hazelton 7:11:42 AM
good morning.
DJ AskTheQuestion 7:12:50 AM
Greetings Dale! What's your verdict on the season?
Dale Hazelton 7:19:06 AM
i'm not religious so christmas doesn't mean all that it should to me. and i'm over the commercialization....call me charlie brown.
DJ AskTheQuestion 7:22:02 AM
All that it *shouldn't* ! This station imposes no holiday guilt. Plus you don't have to buy us
Dale Hazelton 7:22:54 AM
we all need a holiday safe space.
Dale Hazelton 7:36:23 AM
i wonder if robots can get nervous and have sweaty palms.
DJ AskTheQuestion 7:38:24 AM
The poor claw robots at arcades, designed to fail, are shaking from shame in their metal boots
Dale Hazelton 7:45:06 AM
they all seem designed so that the claws fold in when they touch the toys. still, a chance for a guy to try to be a hero for his date.
DJ AskTheQuestion 7:49:37 AM
Man vs Robot; Robot vs Self
Dale Hazelton 8:22:44 AM
so there's a part 1 to this song?
DJ AskTheQuestion 8:23:14 AM
Yes, side A!
Dale Hazelton 8:35:15 AM
a lot of secrets buried under the planet's surface.
DJ AskTheQuestion 8:35:53 AM
Imagine our lives dissected out of the ice!
Dale Hazelton 8:48:59 AM
never heard a pysch freakout version of barbara allen. i like it!
DSM 9:09:21 AM
morning DJ ATQ and Dale.
DSM 9:10:00 AM
I saw I missed my request of the Stapelia gigantea last week! Thanks tho for covering it.
DSM 9:11:01 AM
mine didn't bloom this year, which was kind of a relief actually.
DJ AskTheQuestion 9:11:29 AM
Aaaah you have one! That is fantastic. Glad you didn't get stunk this year
DSM 9:14:05 AM
I'm still mystified how it figured out how to smell like rotten meat
DJ AskTheQuestion 9:25:20 AM
How did flowers figure out how to be purple or smell beautiful? How did our palms learn to hold things?
Dale Hazelton 9:38:01 AM
one year i had a little fire going outside and thought i'd toss a branch from my christmas tree into it before i tossed it into the woods. POOF! that was the last real tree i bought, didn't want something that flammable in the house anymore
DSM 9:39:49 AM
I like the idea of tree worship
David Shortell 9:40:20 AM
Was that Germanic tree called Yggdrasil?
DSM 9:40:40 AM
"I got a lotta problems with you people!"
DJ AskTheQuestion 9:42:19 AM
Looks like Yggdrasil is an ash tree, not an oak! So maybe not
DJ AskTheQuestion 9:42:28 AM
Flammability!!! That's some real controversy
Richard of Rocky Hill 9:42:29 AM
"God bless Mistah Scrooge, he done did the turn about! He's the Lord's man today!" ~ Tiny Tim in Lord Buckley's "Scrooge"
DJ AskTheQuestion 9:44:01 AM
I saw you were part of recommending that, Richard -- thank you!! I tuned in partway through and was very confused until I wasn't, and it was a greeeaat trip
DJ AskTheQuestion 9:44:16 AM
brb, worshipping a tree
Dale Hazelton 9:44:35 AM
this is lovely.
Richard of Rocky Hill 9:46:03 AM
God Bless DJ AskTheQuestion! He's become a real gone hep cat, down with Lord Buckley, gettin' on the Path of Love!
DSM 9:54:07 AM
Thanks DJ ATQ, happy time of year everyone!
Commie Francis 9:55:43 AM
I'm rarely listening to the radio at this time, what a treat!
DJ AskTheQuestion 9:59:24 AM
Nice to see you, Commie Francis!
DJ AskTheQuestion 9:59:33 AM
Cheers everyone, grateful to all of you for listening!
Dale Hazelton 10:00:45 AM
thanks! have a great holiday!