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Radio That Doesn’t Suck

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If you’re like me, you’re sick of most or all of your local radio stations. There
are too many commercials, the morning shows aren’t funny and you’d rather hear music
anyhow, the formats are stale, the playlists are too short and repeat too much,
modern rock is trite and offensive, and only bands with major contracts get played.
Well, there’s an alternative. It’s not on FM, but it’s still cool enough to mention.
It’s Radio Paradise.
Give it a listen sometime.

Each hour of music is carefully blended together to flow smoothly between different
musical styles & genres – just like real DJs used to do on FM. We don’t use
the computer-generated playlists or “carefully researched music libraries”
that have sucked the soul out of FM radio – and we never just throw songs together
at random the way many web stations do.

We also depend on input from you to help fine-tune our music mix. If you hear something
that you feel strongly about (either positively or negatively), please take a moment
to post a comment on that song. Just click the song title on the playlist or in
the mini-browser window. We’d also love to hear from you if there’s an artist you
don’t hear, but think would fit in with our music mix. Registered users can upload
suggested additions to the library for review.

The Lilies Guild

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What do love forlorn, teen pregnancy, drowning one’s sorrows in a shotglass, and Deity’s identity crisis have in common? They’re all subjects tackled by the internet’s newest wannabe proliferators of indie folk-rock: The Guilded Lilies. Or maybe it was the subject matter that tackled them… At any rate, as our friend Smedley says, head on over for a good cry, a good chuckle, or hopefully both. And always remember, what we lack in musicianship, can often be made up for in volume.

Burying the Truth

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Once again, I feel compelled to tell you all about a serious mistake in logic and ethics that one of my favorite bands, Brother, has made. You may recall that I have thrice (here, here, and here) pointed to their "Concert for Cures" tour. Well, they now have a whole page dedicated to it, and it's full of misconceptions and misinformation. Let's flood them with corrections.

"'If, as the scientific community agrees, there's a real chance to cure not just diabetes, but Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, spinal injury, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis…and the list goes on, then let's get serious and bring it on', says Richardson. 'And let's not drive stem cell research underground by leaving it to private companies to fund. Let's give scientists in our public institutions the resources they need to make the breakthroughs the world so desperately needs.'"

First, be clear about scope. Are we talking about stem cells in general, or embryonic stem cells in particular? Next, define "real chance". Last I checked, embryonic stem cells haven't done squat and adult stem cells have been showing promising results. Lastly, stop begging the question. This is not merely a matter of whether we support scientific progress or not. It's about whether we want progress at any moral or ethical cost.