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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

11/8 - 11am hour
11:16am Otterlymusic Local Dragon Corinthians 13 (self-released)
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Tortoise - The Catastrophist album artwork 11:12am Tortoise Local The Catastrophist The Catastrophist (Thrill Jockey)
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11:07am BassKase Local Coming Up for Air Coming Up for Air (Soundpoint)
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Porridge Radio - Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me album artwork 11:03am Porridge Radio You Will Come Home Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (Secretly Canadian)
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11/8 - 10am hour
Mo Dotti - opaque album artwork 10:58am Mo Dotti Whirling Sad opaque (self-released)
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10:55am Fall Out Boy We Didn't Start the Fire single (Elektra)
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The Juan MacLean - The Future Will Come album artwork 10:46am The Juan MacLean The Simple Life The Future Will Come (DFA)
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The Linda Lindas - No Obligation album artwork 10:44am The Linda Lindas Resolution / Revolution No Obligation (Epitaph)
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Sinkane - MARS album artwork 10:38am Sinkane Jeepers Creepers MARS (DFA)
Track Notes: By request for Matthew! Buy Sinkane MARS at Reckless Records Buy Sinkane at iTunes Buy Sinkane MARS at eMusic Add to Collection
10:35am Weezer Surf Wax America Weezer (Blue Album) (Geffen)
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MEMORIALS - Memorial Waterslides album artwork 10:30am MEMORIALS Cut It Like a Diamond Memorial Waterslides (Fire)
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Thee Sacred Souls - Got A Story To Tell album artwork 10:27am Thee Sacred Souls Live for You Got A Story To Tell (Daptone)
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Hearts and Minds - Hearts and Minds album artwork 10:24am Hearts and Minds Local Stocky Hearts and Minds (Astral Spirits)
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King Pari - There It Goes album artwork 10:20am King Pari Somethin' Somethin' There It Goes (Stones Throw)
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Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces Of A Man album artwork 10:15am Gil Scott-Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Pieces Of A Man (Flying Dutchman)
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FFS - FFS album artwork 10:12am FFS So Many Bridges FFS (Domino)
Track Notes: By request for Al! Buy FFS FFS at Reckless Records Buy FFS at iTunes Buy FFS FFS at eMusic Add to Collection
Living Colour - Vivid album artwork 10:07am Living Colour Cult of Personality Vivid (Epic)
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10:02am Sleigh Bells It's Just Us Now Jessica Rabbit (Torn Clean)
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11/8 - 9am hour
Purity Ring - WOMB album artwork 9:59am Purity Ring vehemence WOMB (4AD)
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Phantogram - Memory of a Day album artwork 9:57am Phantogram It Wasn't Meant To Be Memory of a Day (Neon Gold/Avenue A)
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Love & Rockets - Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven album artwork 9:47am Love & Rockets Ball of Confusion (12 Inch UK mix) Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (Beggars Banquet)
Track Notes: By request for Michael! Buy Love & Rockets Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven at Reckless Records Buy Love & Rockets at iTunes Buy Love & Rockets Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven at eMusic Add to Collection
A Place To Bury Strangers - Synthesizer album artwork 9:43am A Place To Bury Strangers Disgust Synthesizer (Dedstrange)
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9:39am The Go! Team Huddle Formation Thunder, Lightning, Strike (US) (Memphis Industries)
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Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap album artwork 9:34am Chance the Rapper Local Cocoa Butter Kisses (featuring Vic Mensa & Twista) Acid Rap (self-released)
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7xvethegenius - Death of Deuce album artwork 9:30am 7xvethegenius The Genius Death of Deuce (Drumwork Music Group)
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School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire album artwork 9:24am School Of Seven Bells Bye Bye Bye Disconnect From Desire (Ghostly International)
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart album artwork 9:19am The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Stay Alive The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (Slumberland)
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Fashion Club - A Love You Cannot Shake album artwork 9:15am Fashion Club Confusion A Love You Cannot Shake (Felte)
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Modern English - 1 2 3 4 album artwork 9:12am Modern English Not My Leader 1 2 3 4 (Mesh & Lace)
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Humdrum - Every Heaven album artwork 9:07am Humdrum Local Eternal Blue Every Heaven (Slumberland)
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