Happy Thanksgiving!

Music Played:

• Turducken Song
• Wooden Nickels by Eels from the album Daisies of the Galaxy (warning, some of the lyrics are explicit); based in LA, genre is alternative/acoustic/hardcore
• Ben is Chasing Beautiful Girls by Norwegian Recycling; based in Norway, the person who does these mashups is Australian, genre is experimental/pop
• Dare4Distance by NeverShoutNever live, then studio version; based in Missouri, genre is acoustic/indie/jazz
  -note from Shawn: Dare4Distance is about a guy and girl who are in a long distance relationship during college, trying to make things work
  
• How Six Songs Collide by Norwegian Recycling

Did you know:

• NeverShoutNever is one word and the songs by the band are also made up of words stuck together?
• That the on-air phones work now? 310-506-KWVS
• That we are looking for feedback on the show? Rate the show in order from best to worst and send it to ksquaredradio@gmail.com and send show ideas, too!
• That YOU can be on the show, too? Email ksquaredradio@gmail.com for details and if you have a particular show idea in mind.

Thanksgiving cooking hotlines:

• U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Hotline: 888-674-6854. Food-safety specialists answer all questions related to food preparation and storage from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. eastern standard time (EST) Monday through Friday all year long and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
• Butterball Turkey-Talk Line: 800-288-8372. A team of home economists is there to answer bird-related questions from November 3 to December 23 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Weekday hours are extended, to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., from November 3 to November 26. Hours on Thanksgiving Day are from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on December 24 and 25 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Or log on to Butterball.com for live Web chats with the pros on November 11, 18, and 25 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST.
• The Crisco Pie Hotline: 877-367-7438. Get advice from two National Pie Championship winners, among other pie pros, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST. Hours are extended, to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., from November 17 to November 26 and from December 15 to December 23.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, from Sunday Nights with K^2, your dose of insanity.

Texans versus Californians

Michel Foucault on Insanity

Ever have those times where you're studying something and having the words just wash through your brain when all of a sudden SNAP! You just realized what you were reading? Well I just realized that I was reading about insanity after having obsessed about the new theme for K Squared Radio: A Dose of Insanity.

Michel Foucault is a French theorist *honhonhon* who "found that the defnition of what constitutes insanity and what to do about it have changed dramatically over time. People with power drew arbitrary lines between the normal and the abnormal and these destintions became discursive formations [the processes by which unquestioned and seemingly natural ways of interpreting the world become ideologies] that had real, physical effects on those deemed to belong to each group. Over time these unquestioned and seemingly natural ways of interpreting the world became ideologies, which then perpetuated themselves through further discourse [the combination of communication and culture]. The right to make meaning can literally be the power to make others crazy" (Griffin 338).

So basically, if you listen to me, I can define insanity however I want. SO... MUCH... POWER!!!11oneoneone!! But manipulation isn't the point of this radio show. If it were, people might start to catch on and stop listening and if a radio show is broadcasted in a forest of media technologies and no one is there to here it, does it really make a sound?

K Squared Radio is meant to be something interesting that will gather groups of people around a radio or dorm TV to hang out and listen to. It's supposed to spark conversation and inspire you to see the insane, quirky, krazy, and weird in the everyday. It's something to listen to when you do your homework. It's not meant to be jarring or unsettling... unless you want it to be. And it's here for you on the Internet, to accomodate your busy schedules. And it should be for you. Want to help define insanity? Email ksquaredradio@gmail.com with an idea for a theme and let me know when you're available to come in studio. Then we'll talk. We'll talk krazy.

Source Cited:
Griffin , Em . A First Look at Communication Theory. 7th. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2009.

Easy Peasy Japanesey

Ok, so listening to the K^2 radio show using an embedded music player has nothing to do with peas or being Japanese, but it is no longer a hassle to listen to it online! Woohoo! Believe me, I gave this subject much agonizing scrutiny and thought. The system-- the most recent show goes at the top of the blog while the older shows sit on top of the related posts or get pushed to the very bottom of the blog, under the posts.

The most recent show was A Dose of Insanity, the theme for the rest of the shows. Of course there are varying degrees of insanity so I'll just keep you guessing for the rest of the shows. Next show, though, is going to be Californians versus Texans! Take the poll on the right-- which do you like better? A Dose of Insanity is unfortunately not a full recording, so you missed the story about how Oprah invited a random guy named Sam Perry, a consultant to talk with on her show. Random? Very. He was a stranger she leaned on when Obama gave his... what do you call it? Acceptance speech? Basically, she ran out of people to talk to so she invited her shoulder guy. On the show that I talked about this, I was almost about to go it alone, which is better than inviting random shoulder people, but alas, my friends came to my rescue and were amazing guests. A shout out to Jaxelplax for letting me know that my shows have been getting better and that this one was the best so far. Good job guests Marie Diodara and Roxy! Thanks again, Shawn for showing up... like you do every time. You are AWESOME.

The show before that was Fail Night. The night itself was sort of a fail... very appropriate... since the phones were silent! Still have to work it out, but I worked out embedded music players, so with the help of God, the phones will one day work, as well. I'm positive. Like a proton. Thank you Myaverick, LC, Joe's F, and Shawn for helping me get through it.

Anyway, the show before that, the premiere, was sheer craziness! Sarah Scott, my number one fan and Jordan would know. They tuned in. Unfortunately, it did not get recorded, but that unrecording fail inspired the next night, which was Fail Night, so it was all good in the end. So you never know what you might miss if you don't tune in!