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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

9/27 - 10am hour
The Faint - Doom Abuse album artwork 10:46am The Faint Help In The Head Doom Abuse (SQE)
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Fat Dog - WOOF. album artwork 10:42am Fat Dog King of the Slugs WOOF. (Domino)
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Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock album artwork 10:38am Bob Mould Sunny Love Song Sunshine Rock (Merge)
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Fig Dish - Feels Like the Very First Two Times album artwork 10:34am Fig Dish Local AD+D Feels Like the Very First Two Times (Forge Again)
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Spirit of the Beehive - YOU 10:32am Spirit of the Beehive I'VE BEEN EVIL YOU'LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING (Saddle Creek)
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Talking Heads - Remain in Light album artwork 10:26am Talking Heads Crosseyed and Painless Remain in Light (Sire)
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Roxy Music - Avalon album artwork 10:25am Roxy Music Take a Chance With Me Avalon (E. G. )
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Seefeel - Everything Squared album artwork 10:18am Seefeel Hooked Paw Everything Squared (Warp)
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10:13am Vic Mensa Local Orange Soda INNANETAPE (self-released)
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Gang Starr - Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr album artwork 10:08am Gang Starr Words I Manifest (Remix) Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (Virgin)
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A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory album artwork 10:04am A Tribe Called Quest Excursions The Low End Theory (Jive)
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9/27 - 9am hour
Sofi Tukker - BREAD album artwork 9:59am Sofi Tukker Woof (featuring Kah-Lo) BREAD (Virgin)
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Small Black - Best Blues album artwork 9:55am Small Black Back at Belle's Best Blues (Jagjaguwar)
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Washed Out - Mister Mellow album artwork 9:51am Washed Out Get Lost Mister Mellow (Stones Throw)
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9:49am Toro Y Moi HOV Hole Erth (Dead Oceans)
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Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You album artwork 9:42am Caroline Polachek I Believe Desire, I Want To Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)
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SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl 9:38am SOPHIE Immaterial Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (Transgressive)
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Jamie xx - In Waves album artwork 9:35am Jamie xx Life (featuring Robyn) In Waves (Young)
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The Claudettes - The Claudettes Go Out! album artwork 9:30am The Claudettes Local Park Bench The Claudettes Go Out! (Forty Below)
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Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup album artwork 9:22am Stereolab Metronomic Underground Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Elektra)
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Dummy - Free Energy album artwork 9:18am Dummy Blue Dada Free Energy (Trouble in Mind)
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Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity album artwork 9:16am Ibibio Sound Machine Electricity Electricity (Merge)
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9:10am Beats y Bateria Local Moldovan Disco Migratum (Stolen Mask)
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9:03am Pop Will Eat Itself Defcon One This is the Day This is the Hour This is This! (Chapter 22)
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9/20 - 11am hour
James Brown - Star Time album artwork 11:56am James Brown There Was A Time Star Time (Polydor)
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11:51am Velvetron Local Doredo Something/Anything (self-released)
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DRAMA - Till We Die album artwork 11:43am DRAMA Local As I Am Till We Die (STEM c/o DRAMA MUSIC)
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Sofi Tukker - BREAD album artwork 11:39am Sofi Tukker Woof (featuring Kah-Lo) BREAD (Virgin)
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Beastie Boys - Paul 11:31am Beastie Boys Hey Ladies Paul's Boutique (Capitol)
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11:27am Atmosphere Rotary Telephone Talk Talk (Rhymesayers)
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