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Nicole Oppenheim: Ear Candy DJ Profile

When Nicole was 5, her grandfather gave her a yellow Mickey Mouse transistor radio.  It was old and had been well-loved by somebody.  It had an AM/FM switch, one speaker, and a dial with illegible numbers.  One of the best things about this radio was the weird sounds it would pick up at night, under the covers, as she'd slowly turn the dial through the AM frequencies.  Nicole would pretend she was picking up music from Mars and would host a radio show called "Sounds From Beyond!" with her stuffed animals standing in for extra-terrestrial musicians.  Although Ear Candy is her first broadcast show ever--which she launched at the ripe old age of 32--Nicole has been rehearsing for it all of her life.  "Sounds From Beyond!" gave way to a love affair with radio stations at the extreme ends of the dial (where you'd hear the best, most interesting stuff) and jobs at various record stores throughout high school and college.  Back when people used to make mix tapes, Nicole's were second to none--just like Ear Candy, where she makes a new mix every week.  Join the fun each Friday, 9am-12pm here on CHIRP!

You can listen to the most recent episodes of Ear Candy below:

Nicole Oppenheim: Ear Candy's Playlists

6/2 - 11am hour
11:53am James Brown Take Some... Leave Some The Payback (Polydor)
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Yossari Baby - Inferiority Complex album artwork 11:47am Yossari Baby I Don't Believe You Inferiority Complex (Alphaville)
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Tyvek - Blunt Instrumentals album artwork 11:44am Tyvek Invisible Girls Blunt Instrumentals (Gingko/Double Tapes)
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11:39am Tim Deluxe It Just Won't Do (feat. Sam Obernik) It Just Won't Do EP (Deluxe)
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11:39am Tim Deluxe It Just Won't Do (feat. Sam Obernik) It Just Won't Do EP (Deluxe)
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11:36am UNIFLORA Local In the Door (Out the Door) Francium (Self-released)
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The Shapiros - Gone By Fall: The Collected Works of the Shapiros album artwork 11:34am The Shapiros Gone by Fall Gone By Fall: The Collected Works of the Shapiros (World of Echo)
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Beverly - Careers album artwork 11:30am Beverly Honey Do Careers (Kanine)
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11:26am FRANKIIE Visions Between Dreams (Paper Bag)
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Sparks - The Girl is Crying in her Latte album artwork 11:22am Sparks You Were Meant for Me The Girl is Crying in her Latte (Island)
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Alex Lahey - The Answer Is Always Yes album artwork 11:17am Alex Lahey On the Way Down The Answer Is Always Yes (Liberation)
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11:15am Diners The Power single (Bar None)
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Avalon Emerson - & the Charm album artwork 11:11am Avalon Emerson A Vision & the Charm (Another Dove)
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The Time - Ice Cream Castle album artwork 11:02am The Time Ice Cream Casltes Ice Cream Castle (Warner Bros.)
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6/2 - 10am hour
Hercules and Love Affair - Blue Songs album artwork 10:56am Hercules and Love Affair Answers Come in Dreams Blue Songs (Moshi Moshi)
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Alison Goldfrapp - The Love Invention album artwork 10:52am Alison Goldfrapp NeverStop The Love Invention (Skint)
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10:44am Razorhouse Local Scolds Bridle Scolds Bridle (Underwear Factory Toy)
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Pixel Grip - ARENA album artwork 10:40am Pixel Grip Local Club Mania ARENA (Feeltrip)
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10:36am Impulsive Hearts Local Alien Cry All The Time (Midwest Action/Cavity Search)
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Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! album artwork 10:32am Jessie Ware That! Feels Good! That! Feels Good! (Interscope)
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Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell album artwork 10:27am Bad Religion Grains Of Wrath New Maps of Hell (Epitaph)
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Rocket 808 - House of Jackpots album artwork 10:24am Rocket 808 21st Century Boy House of Jackpots (12XU)
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10:22am Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Karen O Immigrant Song The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo OST (Null)
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Redman - Whut? Thee Album album artwork 10:16am Redman Time 4 Sum Aksion Whut? Thee Album (Def Jam)
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Gang Starr - Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr album artwork 10:11am Gang Starr Words I Manifest (Remix) Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (Virgin)
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Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill album artwork 10:07am Cypress Hill How I Could Just Kill A Man Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
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Pozi - Smiling Pools album artwork 10:00am Pozi Pest Control Smiling Pools (PRAH)
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6/2 - 9am hour
I Break Horses - Warnings album artwork 9:54am I Break Horses Neon Lights Warnings (Bella Union)
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9:49am The Shallows Soft Night single (Mint 400)
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Olivia Jean - Raving Ghost album artwork 9:45am Olivia Jean The Spider Raving Ghost (Third Man)
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