Author: Ashta
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Seasonal Reminder
Low-cost, cheap, poorly-made junk is made from fossil fuel products. Mostly, the manufacturing process includes the use of slavery. Workers around the world aren’t paid fair wages, and their quality of life is dismal. If these global free-trade agreements were not allowed in the first place, more local jobs would be available closer to home.…
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Tunes Tunes Tunes, Song Exploder, Real News
This week on your favourite little radio show that could; half groovy jams, and half people talking. Here’s the file Played… Blockhead – Coloring Book Nightmares on Wax – Be, I Do Blockhead -Insomnia Olympics Monster Rally – Full Sail Luke Temple – Hard Working Hand Destroyer – Tinseltown Swimming in Blood Song Exploder –…
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Music, Interview, Music
This week on the Sweet and Sour Variety Hour; A solid half hour of good tunes, followed by a 20-minute interview conducted by Nolan Duke with Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper about their NFB film, Metamorphosis. After that, we have 3 WuTang tracks and the unofficial old school CHLY theme song. I’ll write the tracklist…
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Mixtape Novembersomn
Hay thanks for trusting me with the precious task of putting music to your world. I make you these mixtapes because I love you. Dat file, tho Bibio – A Tout a l’heure Bibio – Feeling Com Truise – Colorvision Lusine – Two Dots Mrid, Kawtar Sadik – Salat Ala Nabina Generationals – In Green…
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Halloween 2018 Special
It’s a shadowy dark world this early in the morning. This week on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, a chilling adventure through music and stories. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Bauhaus, Timber Timbre, Gnarls Barkley and more. Two stories: a true account of one family’s experience living in a haunted house for 11…
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Stuffed Cabbage
Yum yum. Many tins for the freezer Cook 2 cups of rice, then cool. Sautée in butter: 3 grated carrots, 3 minced onion, 6 cloves crushed garlic, chopped Asian greens, then cool. Assemble filling by mixing 2lbs ground beef, the sautéed stuff, the cooked rice, 2 eggs, 2 cups of tomato sauce, chopped fresh tomato,…