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GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=119520&ordering=-airdate
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It certainly wasn’t us.”\n\n“It was actually named after a rave record I had called ‘Son of Django,’ and then we wanted to do the Liquid Liquid thing, the double name, so it ended up Django Django,” continues Maclean. “We never thought that anybody would ever ask us why we did it. It’s funny to have come all this way, from just putting something on Myspace to people sort of deciding that we’re named after a stuttering guitar teacher.”", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3416761, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416761/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T16:08:28-07:00", "show": 61662, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61662/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Lucky Number", "track_id": "78ed3936-7558-4566-a6e6-53876f310afb", "recording_id": "48f1195a-6806-46fd-9f47-98f3b97a2e08", "artist": "Sunflower Bean", "artist_ids": [ "e8160bb0-f4ba-4577-9e82-04d8f7ddcca4" ], "album": "Shake", "release_id": "86f4cdf2-e043-4a4b-9709-ed53494c0353", "release_group_id": "0d663032-8cd9-4354-97e9-06cac431957f", "labels": [ "Lucky Number" ], "label_ids": [ "368777fe-930d-4746-9b7c-e7d506b9f154" ], "release_date": "2024-09-27", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "New York trio Sunflower Bean features vocalist and bassist Julia Cumming, guitarist and vocalist Nick Kivlen, and drummer Olive Faber. \n\nhttps://www.luckynumbermusic.com/artists/sunflower-bean/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3416760, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416760/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T16:04:59-07:00", "show": 61662, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61662/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Double Vision", "track_id": "150d8475-6a60-308a-919e-c69ba2cb0375", "recording_id": "c68078fb-a301-488b-9d44-2eb67f688018", "artist": "The Ponys", "artist_ids": [ "2212458a-763b-4fc0-906d-69d0f6d1aa9d" ], "album": "Turn the Lights Out", "release_id": "5f715b13-da2a-4a08-8cdb-5a1353b80387", "release_group_id": "551f7ae0-5db7-392a-b3c3-352451ab0767", "labels": [ "Matador" ], "label_ids": [ "229bd4be-8cd7-442c-85b0-5007ea353abc" ], "release_date": "2007-03-20", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The Ponys were an indie rock/garage rock band from Chicago, formed by singer/guitarist Jered Gummere, in early 2001. Gummere was concurrently in the punk band, Guilty Pleasures, at the time of The Ponys’ formation. He eventually left to devote himself entirely to The Ponys.\n\nhttps://matadorrecords.com/the_ponys", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3416759, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416759/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T16:01:11-07:00", "show": 61662, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61662/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Love Burns", "track_id": "37f2a86b-dcb1-3119-b834-d57a7084b479", "recording_id": "125ddb15-c87b-45ae-b374-ec885f2320a5", "artist": "Black Rebel Motorcycle Club", "artist_ids": [ "32b90c92-9978-4a07-90eb-caa4b22f4907" ], "album": "B.R.M.C.", "release_id": "aab9191c-f1d4-4b54-b7e5-ad9439d480a5", "release_group_id": "ed9f81e5-7964-31ba-a49b-0776790e2347", "labels": [ "Virgin Records America, Inc." ], "label_ids": [ "1644d8bc-b558-447f-82eb-5d6829988156" ], "release_date": "2001-04-03", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "BRMC was founded by high school friends Peter Hayes and Robert Levon Been in 1998, who both took lessons from prominent Nor-Cal musicians of the time.\n\nThey've performed Live in the KEXP Studio multiple times, including this 2018 set hosted by Cheryl Waters: https://youtu.be/07cQf-UxNYc", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3416758, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416758/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T15:56:05-07:00", "show": 61661, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61661/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Oakland Blackouts", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "c39f30a2-1104-45ad-9992-a6c540795a70", "artist": "Hieroglyphics", "artist_ids": [ "72609007-4227-4bdd-a993-1e92df52527a" ], "album": "3rd Eye Vision", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "0dd0f8ff-320a-3d4f-aa5c-8db513cef0dc", "labels": [ "Hieroglyphics Imperium" ], "label_ids": [ "61af0cac-8be2-4f0b-8c2c-5c33fee17288" ], "release_date": "1998-03-24", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Hieroglyphics, an underground hip hop collective from East Oakland, California, is composed of rappers Del the Funky Homosapien, Casual, Pep Love, producers DJ Touré and Domino, and the four members of the group Souls of Mischief: Phesto, Tajai, A-Plus, and Opio.: https://www.theculturecrush.com/hip-hop-hippies", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3416757, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416757/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T15:51:14-07:00", "show": 61661, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61661/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Positive Contact", "track_id": "14a2d7b3-3505-31fe-9abb-ba7011cedd71", "recording_id": "61b924af-e31f-4d80-b52e-c7b50d009a22", "artist": "Deltron 3030", "artist_ids": [ "ce886f30-8b8f-4cc8-b854-3749291350fd" ], "album": "Deltron 3030", "release_id": "8f118f74-22ea-41dd-9e3d-3186203487f9", "release_group_id": "a55be3b5-1d86-317a-ac22-49655313bae0", "labels": [ "75 Ark" ], "label_ids": [ "59c32dec-b685-4ecc-a82b-339b1280cd38" ], "release_date": "2000-10-17", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Positive Contact\" sampled the vocals/lyrics from De La Soul's \"Stakes Is High.\"\n\nDeltron 3030 performed \"Positive Contact\" live at The Triple Door as part of KEXP's VIP Club concert series in 2013. Watch the full set here: https://youtu.be/s7FxVSDLonY", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3416756, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416756/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T15:41:49-07:00", "show": 61661, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61661/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "Larry is conversing with Del the Funky Homosapien. Here's a link to Del's official website: https://del-the-funky-homosapien.squarespace.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3416754, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416754/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T15:35:57-07:00", "show": 61661, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61661/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "The Projects (PJays)", "track_id": "b66be9dd-ac63-3e76-a73e-ed027a18b9ca", "recording_id": "e8259267-8d0c-4526-a113-e1aa5b808ab8", "artist": "Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. 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Dave Jolicoeur (Trugoy the Dove): https://www.npr.org/2023/02/13/1156489848/dave-jolicoeur-de-la-soul-trugoy-the-dove-obituary", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3416753, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416753/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T15:31:41-07:00", "show": 61661, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61661/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Sunny Meadowz", "track_id": "64edd7da-da6c-3c91-b168-5fd24b0a213d", "recording_id": "83669e08-072d-444f-832d-2d58562b893d", "artist": "Del the Funky Homosapien", "artist_ids": [ "a31a5e0c-d37a-41a8-90d5-9e256a47d83b" ], "album": "I Wish My Brother George Was Here", "release_id": "5c4b42bf-3fd8-43eb-bb64-ecb4259b68fe", "release_group_id": "719890ae-5409-3cdc-9f7d-2550a8dbae8b", "labels": [ "Elektra Entertainment" ], "label_ids": [ "745f3292-03fe-44b5-babe-bc7eaa46a15d" ], "release_date": "1991-10-22", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This song sampled Hot Chocolate's \"You Sexy Thing,\" the hook from Parliament's \"P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)\" and the vocals from Parliament's \"Flash Light.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3416752, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416752/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T15:28:40-07:00", "show": 61661, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61661/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Wrong Place", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "8c8665f4-82d4-485f-b726-f7ff74d5f990", "artist": "Del the Funky Homosapien", "artist_ids": [ "a31a5e0c-d37a-41a8-90d5-9e256a47d83b" ], "album": "No Need for Alarm", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "527425d0-f6d1-3dbe-b980-e022ea9245d4", "labels": [ "Elektra Entertainment" ], "label_ids": [ "745f3292-03fe-44b5-babe-bc7eaa46a15d" ], "release_date": "1993-11-23", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Wrong Place” samples a slowed down guitar riff from the B.T. Express 1978 funk track “What You do in The Dark”,\n--\nSomeone wrote, \"In my opinion, he the most peerless west coast lyricist/rapper of all time.\" Here's the official video for \"Wrong Place\": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A46nqP1gd-Y", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3416750, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416750/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T15:15:33-07:00", "show": 61661, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61661/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "Larry is talking with Teren Delvon Jones, better known by his stage name Del the Funky Homosapien or Sir DZL.. They are at Contact Records in Oakland.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3416748, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416748/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T15:10:10-07:00", "show": 61661, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61661/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "What You Do in the Dark", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "0abd80c8-b3eb-40e3-b97d-057a67eda7e0", "artist": "B.T. Express", "artist_ids": [ "6254fb8f-cf90-429a-b042-264295e62fb5" ], "album": "Shout! (Shout It Out)", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "b117bb88-fb4e-3a86-a196-b4ab301c8f09", "labels": [ "Edsel Records" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1978-01-27", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "They were the first funk band to play at The White House. They were formed by Jeff Lane, They hailed from Brooklyn, New York. In 1972 they were known as The King Davis House Rockers, then changed their name to Madison Street Express, and the Brothers Trucking, before settling on B.T. Express. B.T. stands for Brooklyn Transit. Here's their in-depth story: https://magazine.waxpoetics.com/connections/we-live-in-brooklyn-baby/article/bt-express-bridged-the-gap-between-funk-and-disco/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3416747, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416747/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T15:02:17-07:00", "show": 61661, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61661/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Send It On", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "86f3c283-ea97-4b79-9ac8-ed30671bb3ad", "artist": "D'Angelo", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Voodoo", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "9605c075-c64c-366b-ad7f-ec98523fc162", "labels": [ "Virgin" ], "label_ids": [ "49b58bdb-3d74-40c6-956a-4c4b46115c9c" ], "release_date": "2000-01-25", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Couldn't resist, could you, Larry? \n--\nJust a note that today isn't OG Thursday. However, D'Angelo sampled the hook from the previous song, Kool & the Gang's \"Sea of Tranquility.\" \n--\nSend It On” is dedicated to D'Angelo’s newborn son and was the first song recorded for \"Voodoo.\" Co-written by his former girlfriend and the mother of his son, singer Angie Stone, the contains lyrics concerning themes of honesty and faith in love, and features jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove on the flugel horn.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3416746, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416746/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T14:58:56-07:00", "show": 61661, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61661/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Sea of Tranquility", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "62d6639d-e4bc-4a74-83be-f8fe94169aee", "artist": "Kool & the Gang", "artist_ids": [ "2469950a-f0ca-425a-bfbc-baf55ea3afde" ], "album": "Kool and the Gang", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "0931b359-fc39-33b2-b52e-a9aaf103e33a", "labels": [ "De‐Lite Records" ], "label_ids": [ "bfc7a464-c27f-4abd-af5a-35f17f557168" ], "release_date": "1969-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The trumpet on this instrumental is played by Robert \"Spike\" Mickens.\n--\nThis debut album was released in 1969.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3416744, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416744/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T14:54:25-07:00", "show": 61661, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61661/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Big Tuba", "track_id": "10410cad-0115-45ab-9650-e85a3c7129ce", "recording_id": "cf8d139d-2025-4efe-8949-cb2bf886cd24", "artist": "Hot 8 Brass Band", "artist_ids": [ "a13d7621-b81c-4cf5-87ac-eb7e86dda70f" ], "album": "Big Tuba", "release_id": "1ec7434e-cbd0-4ba8-ad7d-17136612b40d", "release_group_id": "cbc841f9-020f-41d6-b0f8-e45f6c52aac9", "labels": [ "Tru Thoughts" ], "label_ids": [ "095a742b-c292-43e2-b10d-e93e46c446db" ], "release_date": "2024-10-04", "rotation_status": "Light", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The single's chorus resonates with emotion: “We love you big tuba, and we miss you big tuba, won’t forget you big tuba.” The song pays tribute to Bennie Pete, the co-founder and sousaphone player of the band.\n--\nThey wrote, \"“On September 6, 2021, we, the Hot 8 Brass Band, lost our beloved bandleader, Bennie Pete. He was more than just our leader; he was a constant galvanizing force within our own family of fellow musicians and beyond. Bennie was a rock in our lives. Yes, he was a leader, a teacher, and a mentor. More than that, Bennie was an inspiration to our band and to many other musicians, and the entire musical and cultural community. He helped each and every one of us, from our horn players to the folks dancing in the second lines and to the entire New Orleans community, during the most difficult and darkest times. Bennie helped all of us endure, to heal by encouraging us to continue to play our music despite any adversities.”\n--", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3416743, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3416743/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-10-24T14:47:15-07:00", "show": 61661, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/61661/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Bad Girls", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "00f07ae9-ac6e-45ab-a3fa-22d2be3fed03", "artist": "Donna Summer", "artist_ids": [ "b60527cc-54f3-4bbe-a01b-dcf34c95ae14" ], "album": "Bad Girls", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "ffade2ce-578c-3047-a82c-2b8cf979cc18", "labels": [ "Island" ], "label_ids": [ "dfd92cd3-4888-46d2-b968-328b1feb2642" ], "release_date": "1979-05-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"God had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful.\" --Donna Summer\n---\nThe \"Bad Girls\" are prostitutes. Summer got the idea when she was working at the offices of her label, Casablanca Records, in Los Angeles. She sent her secretary on an errand, which took her down Sunset Boulevard, a street known for illicit activity. The secretary, who was black, told Summer that the police harassed her, assuming she was a working girl. 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