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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

6/28 - 10am hour
Mavis Staples - We Get By album artwork 10:40am Mavis Staples Local Brothers And Sisters We Get By (ANTI-)
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10:36am OutPastMidnight Local H20 (featuring Syl Messi) Super Stereo Bros. (self-released)
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Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday album artwork 10:31am Donna Summer I Feel Love I Remember Yesterday (Casablanca)
Track Notes: By request for Matthew! Happy Pride to all!! Buy Donna Summer I Remember Yesterday at Reckless Records Buy Donna Summer at iTunes Buy Donna Summer I Remember Yesterday at eMusic Add to Collection
ABC - Lexicon of Love album artwork 10:26am ABC All of my Heart Lexicon of Love (Mercury)
Track Notes: By request for Jane! Buy ABC Lexicon of Love at Reckless Records Buy ABC at iTunes Buy ABC Lexicon of Love at eMusic Add to Collection
Habibi - Dreamachine album artwork 10:21am Habibi On The Road Dreamachine (Kill Rock Stars)
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Da Brat - Funkdafied album artwork 10:19am Da Brat Funkdafied Funkdafied (Sony BMG)
Track Notes: Released on this date in 1994! Buy Da Brat Funkdafied at Reckless Records Buy Da Brat at iTunes Buy Da Brat Funkdafied at eMusic Add to Collection
Boulevards - Carolina Funk: Barn Burner on Tobacco Road album artwork 10:16am Boulevards Do it Like a Maniac Part 1&2 Carolina Funk: Barn Burner on Tobacco Road (Normaltown/New West)
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Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back album artwork 10:05am Public Enemy Don't Believe the Hype It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back (Def Jam)
Track Notes: THROWBACK TRACK OF THE WEEEK!!! Buy Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back at Reckless Records Buy Public Enemy at iTunes Buy Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back at eMusic Add to Collection
Joywave - How Do You Feel? album artwork 10:00am Joywave Tongues (featuring KOPPS) How Do You Feel? (Cultco)
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6/28 - 9am hour
Washed Out - Notes from a Quiet Life album artwork 9:55am Washed Out Say Goodbye Notes from a Quiet Life (Sub Pop)
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Sybris - Into The Trees album artwork 9:51am Sybris Local Something About A Dark-Horse Or Whatever Into The Trees (Absolutely Kosher)
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Aluminum - Fully Beat album artwork 9:46am Aluminum Beat Fully Beat (felte)
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Take Them On, On Your Own album artwork 9:39am Black Rebel Motorcycle Club In Like The Rose Take Them On, On Your Own (Virgin)
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9:34am Eagles of Death Metal Save a Prayer Zipper Down (Downtown)
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9:31am The Last Afternoons Local Shatterproof Deadfall (self-released)
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Tapes 9:26am Tapes 'n Tapes Freak Out Outside (Ibid)
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Soul Coughing - El Oso album artwork 9:23am Soul Coughing Circles El Oso (Slash/Warner Bros.)
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DIIV - Frog in Boiling Water album artwork 9:18am DIIV Everyone Out Frog in Boiling Water (Fantasy/Concord)
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The Libertines - Anthems for Doomed Youth album artwork 9:12am The Libertines Heart of the Matter Anthems for Doomed Youth (Virgin)
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Cola - The Gloss album artwork 9:08am Cola Pallor Tricks The Gloss (Fire Talk)
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9:07am Radiohead Paranoid Android OK Computer (Capitol)
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6/21 - 11am hour
James Brown - The Payback album artwork 11:51am James Brown Take Some... Leave Some The Payback (Polydor)
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SZA - SOS album artwork 11:48am SZA Kill Bill SOS (Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA)
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Charli XCX - brat album artwork 11:45am Charli XCX B2B brat (Atlantic)
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Serengeti - Have a Summer album artwork 11:41am Serengeti Local Our House Have a Summer (Self-Released)
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Atmosphere - Talk Talk album artwork 11:38am Atmosphere Rotary Telephone Talk Talk (Rhymesayers)
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11:34am LowDown Brass Band Local Call Me $itizens of the World (DIBS)
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Titus Andronicus - The Will To Live album artwork 11:28am Titus Andronicus (I'm) Screwed The Will To Live (Merge)
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XTC - Black Sea album artwork 11:25am XTC Respectable Street Black Sea (Virgin)
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11:20am The Last Afternoons Local Deadfall Deadfall (self-released)
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