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Habitat Enrichment

Feb 20, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

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!

cold in here

Happy Black History Month!

Habitat Enrichment
9:59 AM
Lea Roberts - All Right Now
Lea Roberts All Right Now
We Came To Funk You Out: Disco From the United Artists Label Parlophone UK 2009
10:03 AM
Otis Redding - That's How Strong My Love Is
Otis Redding That's How Strong My Love Is
Love Songs Rhino 1998
10:08 AM
Kadhja Bonet - Thoughts Around Tea
Kadhja Bonet Thoughts Around Tea
Childqueen Fat Possum 2018
10:10 AM
Mavis Staples - Chance on Me
Mavis Staples Chance on Me
We Get By Anti/Epitaph 2019
10:13 AM
Allison Russell - Snakelife
Allison Russell Snakelife
Outside Child
happy year of the snake
10:18 AM
20th Century Steel Band - Land of 1000 Dances
20th Century Steel Band Land of 1000 Dances
Warm Heart Cold Steel Parlophone UK 2009
10:28 AM
N.C.C.U. - Washing Machine
N.C.C.U. Washing Machine
We Came To Funk You Out: Disco From the United Artists Label Parlophone UK 2009
10:35 AM
Rose Royce - Car Wash
Rose Royce Car Wash
Car Wash Goldenlane 2007
10:40 AM
Nihiloxica - Kudistro
Nihiloxica Kudistro
Source of Denial Crammed Discs 2023
10:43 AM
L’Rain - Love Her
L’Rain Love Her
Fatigue Mexican Summer 2021
10:44 AM
Gizelle Smith - Hey Romeo
Gizelle Smith Hey Romeo
Ruthless Day Jalapeno Records 2018
Habitat Enrichment album cover of the week
10:46 AM
Shirley Ellis - Whisper to Me Wind
Shirley Ellis Whisper to Me Wind
The Name Game Geffen 1965
10:52 AM
Nina Simone - wild is the wind
Nina Simone wild is the wind
Wild Is The Wind Verve 2013
10:55 AM
Jon Baptiste - Waldstein Wobble
Jon Baptiste Waldstein Wobble
Beethoven Blues
11:01 AM
Buddy Guy - Country Man
Buddy Guy Country Man
Feels Like Rain Silvertone 1993
11:07 AM
Joya Mooi - Open Hearts
Joya Mooi Open Hearts N
Open Hearts - EP Unity Records 2024
11:15 AM
The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night (Take 2)
The Five Satins In the Still of the Night (Take 2)
Golden Oldies (Remastered) Essential Media Group 2010
11:16 AM
The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night (take six)
The Five Satins In the Still of the Night (take six)
this one has a reminder about an ending, lovely to be able to listen in to a recording session of such a legendary group
11:19 AM
Lianne La Havas - Green & Gold
Lianne La Havas Green & Gold
Blood Nonesuch 2015
11:24 AM
Exuma - The Vision
Exuma The Vision
Exuma, The Obeah Man Mercury Records 1970
11:32 AM
Mort Garson & Captain DJ - Disco UFO (Pt I)
Mort Garson & Captain DJ Disco UFO (Pt I)
Disco UFO - Single Sacred Bones Records 2023
11:38 AM
Mort Garson & Captain DJ - Disco UFO (Pt II)
Mort Garson & Captain DJ Disco UFO (Pt II)
Disco UFO - Single Sacred Bones Records 2023
11:40 AM
Dr Meaker & Terri Walker - Distant City
Dr Meaker & Terri Walker Distant City
Distant City - Single Flightcase Recordings 2024
11:44 AM
Doris Duke - He's Gone
Doris Duke He's Gone
I'm a Loser (Remastered) Essential Media Group 2013
11:50 AM
André 3000 - I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A "Rap" Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time
André 3000 I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A "Rap" Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time
New Blue Sun Epic 2023
Chat is archived.
Krista (host) 9:51:15 AM
good morning
Krista (host) 10:04:02 AM
Almost all the music played today is from artists I've played in 2024!
Danosaur🦖 10:04:48 AM
Good morning, Krista!
Krista (host) 10:07:49 AM
good morning, Danosaur
Bryon Mollica 10:07:56 AM
Greetings from Bryon and Boyd
Harry 10:08:03 AM
Good morning, Krista & Danosaur!
Amy Lee 10:08:16 AM
Good morning Krista & chat
Danosaur🦖 10:08:36 AM
I like Stash Earl Grey but wasn't crazy about the Twinnings Earl Grey in bags.
Krista (host) 10:09:26 AM
hello everyone! happy to have a robust chat. I have completely stopped using tea bags. I was always a loose leaf person but since I read about the microplastics in tea bags I've stopped
Danosaur🦖 10:09:39 AM
I do like the Twinnings Irish Breakfast tea
Krista (host) 10:10:49 AM
After Twinings my favorite is a funky earl grey from Sullivan Street Tea, which was such a good little shop to stop into after a freezing walk on the canal trail
Danosaur🦖 10:10:50 AM
I wonder what percentage of our bodies is now plastic given the ubiquity of microplastics
Krista (host) 10:11:10 AM
I know, Danosaur. My entire childhood I ate and drank out of plastic, not to mention all the plastic clothes
Danosaur🦖 10:12:16 AM
Are we evolving into life-size Barbie and Ken dolls?
Krista (host) 10:12:21 AM
I am trying hard to reduce my plastic use but it's very difficult to avoid
Krista (host) 10:13:01 AM
if that means I get to be a microbiologist, the president, and a mermaid, I'm in
Danosaur🦖 10:13:14 AM
Haha!
Danosaur🦖 10:13:49 AM
And you get to drive a pink Corvette
Krista (host) 10:14:43 AM
I'm contemplating my next tea purchase, which I do entirely by vibes if I'm not there to smell it
Krista (host) 10:15:38 AM
Yunnan Foxtail vs Ceylon Seafarer vs Iron Goddess Of Mercy vs White Lightning
Danosaur🦖 10:15:51 AM
I do like Stash chai tea
Danosaur🦖 10:16:17 AM
White Lightning sounds like it will get you going
Krista (host) 10:16:46 AM
but will it impart the deviousness I need just to get through the day
Krista (host) 10:16:59 AM
deviosity?
Danosaur🦖 10:18:03 AM
Moonshiners were pretty devious
Krista (host) 10:18:39 AM
I don't know how to make it but I've always wanted to learn to make hard liquor
Krista (host) 10:18:53 AM
My cousins used to make strong blackberry brandy from blackcap berries
Danosaur🦖 10:19:37 AM
Sounds good
Krista (host) 10:19:56 AM
it was, tasted like heaven
Danosaur🦖 10:20:03 AM
Ooh, Land of a Thousand Dances on steel drums!
Krista (host) 10:20:18 AM
I picked up this album entirely on the name of the album
Danosaur🦖 10:20:47 AM
Bold name for a steel drum band
Krista (host) 10:21:05 AM
warm heart cold steel, if that's a romance novel I'm immediately checking it out from the library
Krista (host) 10:22:13 AM
it's about a sexy steelworker, i know that much
Danosaur🦖 10:22:32 AM
I recently read a romance novel for the first time and was surprised by hope racy it was with the intimate scenes.
Danosaur🦖 10:22:46 AM
*how
Danosaur🦖 10:24:01 AM
The steelworker wears overalls with no shirt and a hardhat
Ossy 10:24:14 AM
Like steel toe rubber boots
Krista (host) 10:24:26 AM
I think you're confusing steelwork with a simpsons episode, ossy and danosaur
Ossy 10:25:31 AM
Haha, just came in and caught steel worker industrial construction yadayada lol
Krista (host) 10:26:58 AM
lol that's also part of this romance novel
Krista (host) 10:27:48 AM
but now it's time to dance to washing machine
Danosaur🦖 10:28:07 AM
Enjoying that guitar riff
Danosaur🦖 10:28:59 AM
The video for this song would definitely take place in a funky laundromat
Danosaur🦖 10:30:19 AM
I recently had to use a local laundromat and it looked as if it were transported from the 1980's. All teal and pink inside.
Krista (host) 10:30:56 AM
I love laundromats, most of my adulthood I've done laundry at the laundromat. the ones with arcade machines are my favorite
Danosaur🦖 10:31:02 AM
Man, this is a good song. What a groove
Amy Lee 10:31:09 AM
A funky laundromat where sexy steelworkers wash their clothes
Danosaur🦖 10:31:28 AM
@Amy Lee Haha!
Krista (host) 10:31:38 AM
that's the industrial machine group in the back with instructions on how to remove oil and steel dust and solder from clothing
Danosaur🦖 10:32:02 AM
Behind the beaded curtain
Ossy 10:33:30 AM
Now feel like listening to Rose Royce Car Wash
Krista (host) 10:34:04 AM
you got it, Ossy
Krista (host) 10:34:11 AM
I love carwashes
Ossy 10:34:51 AM
When going in a carwash, I pretend to be in a scary water ride rollercoaster LOOOOOL
Ossy 10:35:24 AM
And this also feels like Staples Singers
Danosaur🦖 10:36:22 AM
Do you throw your hands up in the air, Ossy?
Krista (host) 10:37:36 AM
"the boss don't mind if sometimes you act a fool" - the essence of a good workplace in my opinion. I gotta be goofy sometimes
Danosaur🦖 10:37:55 AM
Agree
Krista (host) 10:38:06 AM
it's why I'm good at childcare and dog grooming, dogs and kids love goofy behavior
Li Maria 10:38:08 AM
Here we goooo! Picked up this album in a thrift store as a kid and played it over and over ad nauseum
Krista (host) 10:38:44 AM
I love it, Li Maria.
Krista (host) 10:39:45 AM
this is another good one to dance to
Mike Lupica 10:44:40 AM
Lost your connection. Funky drummer.
Mike Lupica 10:44:59 AM
Back now. 30 second outage.
Mike Lupica 10:47:10 AM
Off again.
Ossy 11:00:25 AM
Danousaur - that's a song from Staple Singers "hands in the air"?
Ossy 11:01:04 AM
Kris for earlier - totally cute! Child and dog care
Krista (host) 11:03:06 AM
This is for the guitar enjoyers
Krista (host) 11:03:52 AM
Baptiste was for the pianists and the slackjaw piano listeners (me, I'm astounded by it, love watching it)
Krista (host) 11:05:23 AM
"green as a pool table" is a great line
Danosaur🦖 11:05:38 AM
@Ossy I was talking about treating the car wash like a thrill ride. Putting your hands in the air like you do on a roller coaster
Krista (host) 11:07:10 AM
when in the carwash/you are with ms frizzle now/squelching through the guts
Apocalyptic Roffle... 11:08:36 AM
All the Log flume experience and none of the wait times. ;)
Apocalyptic Roffle... 11:08:44 AM
Good morning!
Krista (host) 11:10:06 AM
every time I've ever had my picture taken on a roller coaster there's true terror in my eyes
Krista (host) 11:10:30 AM
my son Meyer lost his tooth on the upside down corkscrew rollercoaster in Wildwood last summer
Krista (host) 11:10:54 AM
The Sea Serpent
Apocalyptic Roffle... 11:11:06 AM
Nothing says fun like a look of horror.
Krista (host) 11:14:34 AM
well, someone's gotta take the 7 year old, haha. I got stuck on a corkscrew coaster at Valleyfair in Minnesota
Krista (host) 11:14:43 AM
thankgod not upside down, just on the hill
Danosaur🦖 11:15:41 AM
@Krista I have a picture like that from The Tower of Terror at Disneyland. Grimacing
Danosaur🦖 11:16:47 AM
Shoo do! Shoo be do!
Apocalyptic Roffle... 11:17:42 AM
OMG, now that's terrifying. Just this week people were stuck on a ride on their backs for like an hour. No fun.
Krista (host) 11:18:39 AM
now think about if O s H a regulations go away
Krista (host) 11:18:59 AM
here's a song about the Packers
Danosaur🦖 11:19:09 AM
Being stuck on a roller coaster would be horrible
Danosaur🦖 11:21:05 AM
Don't worry, Krista. Businesses would never be greedy and cut corners at the expense of their customer's safety. Who needs regulations?
Apocalyptic Roffle... 11:21:47 AM
Now that's scary. When we are getting to the point where no one answers a 911 call, this whole thing is lost, because people who get super rich here decide they don't like to pay taxes.
Krista (host) 11:21:48 AM
I'm just gonna have to start reading The Jungle on the radio
Harry 11:22:50 AM
This is a great song, I really enjoy Lianne La Havas
Danosaur🦖 11:25:27 AM
The house where Upton Sinclair lived is about a mile from where I live oddly enough
Apocalyptic Roffle... 11:28:42 AM
@Danosaur I'm less than a mile from Poe's house. Scary is back baby!
Danosaur🦖 11:29:28 AM
Some people seem to have forgotten that many of the things we take for granted like worker's rights, food safety and the lack of diseases like polio, TB, and measles are all things that didn't come about naturally but people fought for.
Danosaur🦖 11:30:18 AM
@Roffle Nice! Can you hear the heartbeat from the floor boards?
Apocalyptic Roffle... 11:32:53 AM
Of course Danosaur! lol Actually, I do hear quite a bit of spooky things hear in this part of Philly and it's one of the safest parts of town. :)
Krista (host) 11:33:34 AM
"they said they had to have a dj and it had to be me" take it up hiiiiigggghhhhhhhhh
Colin 11:34:51 AM
science has proven the drones are 110% disco ufos ...............🛸
Krista (host) 11:34:58 AM
I don't like this part tho "it's a planetary war, no holds barred"
Danosaur🦖 11:34:59 AM
They sent out a warning here after the fires to warn people there would be drones checking out the power lines so people wouldn't freak out.
Krista (host) 11:35:15 AM
are the drone pilots IBEW
Krista (host) 11:35:28 AM
they should join, I'm just saying
Justin Szeliga 11:35:48 AM
This is the best worst song ever. Ever.
Danosaur🦖 11:36:03 AM
I'm all for submitting to our interplanetary disco overlords
Krista (host) 11:36:42 AM
*traction ray*
Colin 11:36:57 AM
👽 UNION NOW 👽
Danosaur🦖 11:37:22 AM
What holds are used in an interplanetary war?
Krista (host) 11:37:35 AM
interplanetary DISCO war, danosaur
Danosaur🦖 11:38:03 AM
Aah, now that's different
Colin 11:38:10 AM
The dreaded nebula gas hold!
Kathy Ryan 11:38:25 AM
Take me to your habitat
TAndy 11:40:28 AM
Heya. Sounds like I tuned in to an absolute jammer
TAndy 11:40:51 AM
I'm happy to see that my curse is still very much active
TAndy 11:41:36 AM
Now this is a banger.
Ossy 11:43:52 AM
danosaur for earlier - oh hahaha at times in the carwash and kris, oooo ms frizzle is a badass cute quirky gal, I watched some magic school bus episodes, espeically when they toured inside that one ginger hair boy that looks like an older version of Chuckie (Rugrats)
Apocalyptic Roffle... 11:56:33 AM
Thanks for sharing tunes this morning Krista, and thanks y'all for yet another good reason to not get a season pass to Six Flags.
Ossy 11:57:44 AM
andre 3000 gotta a classic caartoon network series based on himself and teaching a group of musical students called "class of 3000"..which is sadly short lived
Krista (host) 11:58:08 AM
I didn't know that, Ossy.
Ossy 11:58:54 AM
yeah, the music there are fire light tight and in the 2000s also
Bukowski's cigarette 🚬 11:59:20 AM
..great job, thanks for the musics..