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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

7/12 - 10am hour
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hyaena album artwork 10:21am Siouxsie & The Banshees Dear Prudence Hyaena (Polydor)
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Asher White - Home Constellation Study album artwork 10:18am Asher White Capital Cowboy Home Constellation Study (Ba Da Bing/Feeding Tube)
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Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 album artwork 10:12am Lupe Fiasco Local Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free) Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 (Atlantic)
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Vic Mensa - INNANETAPE album artwork 10:07am Vic Mensa Local Holy Holy (featuring Ab-Soul & BJ The Chicago Kid) INNANETAPE (self-released)
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Lil Kim - La Bella Mafia album artwork 10:03am Lil Kim Magic Stick La Bella Mafia (Atlantic/Queen Bee)
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7/12 - 9am hour
LowDown Brass Band - LowDown Nights album artwork 9:57am LowDown Brass Band Local We Dem Boys LowDown Nights (Dibs)
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Monophonics - In Your Brain album artwork 9:52am Monophonics In Your Brain In Your Brain (Ubiquity)
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Boulevards - Carolina Funk: Barn Burner on Tobacco Road album artwork 9:48am Boulevards What we Live For Carolina Funk: Barn Burner on Tobacco Road (Normaltown/New West)
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David Bowie - Aladdin Sane album artwork 9:43am David Bowie The Jean Genie (original single mix) Aladdin Sane (RCA)
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Mass Shivers - Contoured Heat album artwork 9:40am Mass Shivers Local (I've Got The Power) Contoured Heat (Licking River)
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9:35am beccs f 0 0 d stay moist (self-released)
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Death Valley Girls - Under the Spell of Joy album artwork 9:30am Death Valley Girls Hypnagogia Under the Spell of Joy (Suicide Squeeze)
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The Kills - Midnight Boom album artwork 9:25am The Kills Last Day of Magic Midnight Boom (Domino)
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9:22am Acoqui Big Risk Drive by Dream (Gradual Ego)
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KOKOKO! - BUTU album artwork 9:14am KOKOKO! Mokili BUTU (Transgressive/PIAS)
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The Chemical Brothers - No Geography album artwork 9:09am The Chemical Brothers MAH No Geography (Astralwerks)
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New Order - Substance album artwork 9:01am New Order The Beach Substance (Qwest)
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7/5 - 11am hour
James Brown - The Payback album artwork 11:52am James Brown Take Some... Leave Some The Payback (Polydor)
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11:44am musclecars Ha Ya! (Eternal Life) (feat. Natalie Greffel) Sugar Honey Iced Tea! (BBE Music)
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Charli XCX - brat album artwork 11:40am Charli XCX B2B brat (Atlantic)
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Khruangbin - Mordechai album artwork 11:38am Khruangbin Time (You and I) Mordechai (Dead Oceans)
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Justice - Hyperdrama album artwork 11:29am Justice Dear Alan Hyperdrama (Ed Banger/Because Music)
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11:25am LowDown Brass Band Local Activate $itizens of the World (DIBS)
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Universal Togetherness Band - Universal Togetherness Band album artwork 11:19am Universal Togetherness Band Local Call for Love Universal Togetherness Band (Numero Group)
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11:17am OutPastMidnight Local Westside Friends Super Stereo Bros. (self-released)
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11:14am Chin Up Chin Up Local The Soccer Mom Gets Her Fix Chin Up Chin Up (Flameshovel)
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Nation of Language - Strange Disciple album artwork 11:08am Nation of Language Stumbling Still Strange Disciple (Play It Again Sam)
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Habibi - Dreamachine album artwork 11:04am Habibi On The Road Dreamachine (Kill Rock Stars)
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7/5 - 10am hour
death 10:57am death's dynamic shroud.wmv Ruby Teardrop Before The Killing Spree (Ghost Diamond)
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The Soft Moon - Criminal album artwork 10:54am The Soft Moon Choke Criminal (Sacred Bones)
Track Notes: By request for Jane and Brutus! Buy The Soft Moon Criminal at Reckless Records Buy The Soft Moon at iTunes Buy The Soft Moon Criminal at eMusic Add to Collection
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