Play Public List
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list: List of plays
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GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=69580&ordering=-airdate
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Read about the making of this great song: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/dec/04/the-housemartins-how-we-made-happy-hour", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3580981, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3580981/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-21T09:08:42-08:00", "show": 65168, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65168/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3580980, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3580980/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-21T09:04:34-08:00", "show": 65168, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65168/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801205.us.archive.org/5/items/mbid-40bb883d-184a-443c-8438-b2919c1f77c3/mbid-40bb883d-184a-443c-8438-b2919c1f77c3-11816625217_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801205.us.archive.org/5/items/mbid-40bb883d-184a-443c-8438-b2919c1f77c3/mbid-40bb883d-184a-443c-8438-b2919c1f77c3-11816625217_thumb250.jpg", "song": "The Wild Boys", "track_id": "3dcb6ca5-04bb-4fb6-bb2f-f558d19a7bcf", "recording_id": "23249970-9a57-4a63-8633-3d66a47376d4", "artist": "Duran Duran", "artist_ids": [ "1a1cd7f3-e5df-4eca-bae2-2757c9e656b5" ], "album": "Arena", "release_id": "40bb883d-184a-443c-8438-b2919c1f77c3", "release_group_id": "c3889aa7-69ed-3130-8482-700418af80b6", "labels": [ "EMI" ], "label_ids": [ "c029628b-6633-439e-bcee-ed02e8a338f7" ], "release_date": "1984-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This one goes out to Brian on Bainbridge.\n---\nToday is an auspicious day for Duran Duran. On this date in 1983, they released \"Seven and the Ragged Tiger.\" Three years later in 1986, they released their fourth studio album, \"Notorious.\" \n---\nAt the time of its release, this was the most expensive video ever made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw4QA5jpCN8", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3580979, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3580979/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-21T09:00:12-08:00", "show": 65168, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65168/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601303.us.archive.org/26/items/mbid-25fe2fca-8234-4819-a59f-016856cee1a4/mbid-25fe2fca-8234-4819-a59f-016856cee1a4-12321913993_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801303.us.archive.org/26/items/mbid-25fe2fca-8234-4819-a59f-016856cee1a4/mbid-25fe2fca-8234-4819-a59f-016856cee1a4-12321913993_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Go!", "track_id": "019f2c20-b1e3-3516-bf9e-c564f0f5de1b", "recording_id": "2b70056f-3e27-457d-8ae1-f53a0bcf2a32", "artist": "Tones on Tail", "artist_ids": [ "ff3a293a-76d1-49a7-a5c5-fede02e7e648" ], "album": "Night Music", "release_id": "25fe2fca-8234-4819-a59f-016856cee1a4", "release_group_id": "3c3bc078-667d-34aa-829d-cfcfe7a980e6", "labels": [ "Beggars Banquet" ], "label_ids": [ "5917da67-b605-4a08-a5a0-a6874501dda4" ], "release_date": "1987-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Tones on Tail originally formed in 1981 as a duo of Bauhaus guitarist Daniel Ash and Bauhaus roadie-turned-bassist Glenn Campling. Bauhaus drummer Kevin Haskins later joined them.\n--\nEven though we're post-Halloween, here are some skeletons dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6hpAihC3Qk", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3580978, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3580978/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-21T08:54:32-08:00", "show": 65168, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65168/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801905.us.archive.org/28/items/mbid-06438d71-3a7d-3f41-9338-3dc08351e19f/mbid-06438d71-3a7d-3f41-9338-3dc08351e19f-3982214456_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801905.us.archive.org/28/items/mbid-06438d71-3a7d-3f41-9338-3dc08351e19f/mbid-06438d71-3a7d-3f41-9338-3dc08351e19f-3982214456_thumb250.jpg", "song": "SpottieOttieDopaliscious", "track_id": "5841f422-3a7f-3735-9f67-6b9e29299e0b", "recording_id": "66bf26ef-c8a3-40aa-804b-a4d25116bc12", "artist": "OutKast", "artist_ids": [ "73fdb566-a9b1-494c-9f32-51768ec9fd27" ], "album": "Aquemini", "release_id": "091d2293-19d2-3f40-8542-05412f1f7aeb", "release_group_id": "eb655897-6cc5-3fc1-b9ed-5008eb80c682", "labels": [ "LaFace Records" ], "label_ids": [ "4fe1da66-ecf9-469a-828c-ef6301d1bd5c" ], "release_date": "1998-09-29", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "dayum d a y u m DAYUM D A Y U M \n--\nOne half of the OutKast duo, André 3000, said that while making the beat, he had been listening to a lot of reggae, especially Bob Marley.\n--\nThe other half, Big Boi, explained the song's title as being Southern slang for a \"a girl that is superfine, bad, sexy, intelligent and jazzy all at the same time.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3580977, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3580977/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-21T08:50:55-08:00", "show": 65168, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65168/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801908.us.archive.org/24/items/mbid-129a9696-1620-3d40-8ba1-7deb3f7ccfad/mbid-129a9696-1620-3d40-8ba1-7deb3f7ccfad-3776631884_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601908.us.archive.org/24/items/mbid-129a9696-1620-3d40-8ba1-7deb3f7ccfad/mbid-129a9696-1620-3d40-8ba1-7deb3f7ccfad-3776631884_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Big Time Sensuality", "track_id": "590c4602-bd1b-322b-b4b1-e6d128cabc07", "recording_id": "28449b7c-6d77-4b18-9eeb-d306bea99746", "artist": "Björk", "artist_ids": [ "87c5dedd-371d-4a53-9f7f-80522fb7f3cb" ], "album": "Debut", "release_id": "129a9696-1620-3d40-8ba1-7deb3f7ccfad", "release_group_id": "6891a28c-5865-36e2-9e5f-c9fac1d3595f", "labels": [ "Elektra Entertainment" ], "label_ids": [ "745f3292-03fe-44b5-babe-bc7eaa46a15d" ], "release_date": "1993-07-13", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Happy birthday to Björk Guðmundsdóttir, born on November 21, 1965. \n---\nIn January, she gave her first on-camera interview in ten years. Watch that video interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mGUk6WEUu4", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3580976, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3580976/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-21T08:47:11-08:00", "show": 65168, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65168/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3580975, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3580975/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-21T08:43:36-08:00", "show": 65168, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65168/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710708.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-cf29c470-dd3e-31b0-8aa9-1ac4d3a95690/mbid-cf29c470-dd3e-31b0-8aa9-1ac4d3a95690-10123963930_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601606.us.archive.org/31/items/mbid-cf29c470-dd3e-31b0-8aa9-1ac4d3a95690/mbid-cf29c470-dd3e-31b0-8aa9-1ac4d3a95690-10123963930_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Superstition", "track_id": "e6a03658-e6ec-3076-88d1-7285429bcf08", "recording_id": "1d9a8f3b-e7b7-44b0-a004-04bc62f9755b", "artist": "Stevie Wonder", "artist_ids": [ "1ee18fb3-18a6-4c7f-8ba0-bc41cdd0462e" ], "album": "Talking Book", "release_id": "cf29c470-dd3e-31b0-8aa9-1ac4d3a95690", "release_group_id": "58c6d809-bfa7-3b25-acf3-a99d53402b08", "labels": [ "Motown" ], "label_ids": [ "8e479e57-ef44-490c-b75d-cd28df89bf1b" ], "release_date": "2000-03-21", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Sampled in the previous Bill McClintock mashup...\n---\nNo, Stevie Wonder did not play ALL the instruments on this song. He played the synthesizer, drums, clavinet, and Moog bass, and sang the vocals (!). However, the horns were played by Trevor Lawrence and Steve Madaio.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3580974, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3580974/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-21T08:39:27-08:00", "show": 65168, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65168/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601706.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-72b92dec-1379-4c5a-b860-70fe181be344/mbid-72b92dec-1379-4c5a-b860-70fe181be344-43534956290_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801706.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-72b92dec-1379-4c5a-b860-70fe181be344/mbid-72b92dec-1379-4c5a-b860-70fe181be344-43534956290_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Peter Gabriel and Sly & the Family Stone - \"Thank You (Falettinme Be Your Sledgehammer)\"", "track_id": "e936b904-6785-4fb0-80bc-6abd19556c84", "recording_id": "cc3709df-6149-49e4-9a61-a36c54947e76", "artist": "Bill McClintock", "artist_ids": [ "22034344-908b-483b-9260-24c10bc1342c" ], "album": "Peter Gabriel and Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Your Sledgehammer)", "release_id": "72b92dec-1379-4c5a-b860-70fe181be344", "release_group_id": "f4903efb-2872-4ae1-8ce1-90a46a811e8f", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2025-11-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Video editor Bill McClintock returns with another masterful mashup, blending Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” with Sly and the Family Stone’s funk classic “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).” The mix grooves deeper with elements of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” and Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2.\": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfJkMq4weG0", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3580973, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3580973/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-21T08:33:35-08:00", "show": 65168, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65168/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Channel Flipping 2 (Only You)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Zeds Dead", "artist_ids": [ "f9fdca15-1bef-43a0-8213-758b6ee0aa91" ], "album": "Channel Flipping 2 (Only You)", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "[no label]" ], "label_ids": [ "157afde4-4bf5-4039-8ad2-5a15acc85176" ], "release_date": "2025-11-20", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Thanks, Adam, in San Diego, for requesting this one.\n\nThe Zeds Dead duo has just released \" Channel Flipping 2: Only You,\" an epic mashup of classics by artists including Nas, Talking Heads, The Hollies, The Platters and Dionne Warwick, along with clips from films including The Mask and Midnight Cowboy and commentary by comedian Bill Hicks and the sage Tupac Shakur.\nThey spent a year making this six-and-a-half-minute song. \n\nhttps://soundcloud.com/dj_voda/zeds-dead-channel-flipping-2", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3580971, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3580971/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-21T08:29:21-08:00", "show": 65168, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65168/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800504.us.archive.org/11/items/mbid-086fc13b-ae2a-4867-97fb-2e055255b24a/mbid-086fc13b-ae2a-4867-97fb-2e055255b24a-14037251787_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800504.us.archive.org/11/items/mbid-086fc13b-ae2a-4867-97fb-2e055255b24a/mbid-086fc13b-ae2a-4867-97fb-2e055255b24a-14037251787_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Because I’m Me", "track_id": "2ce8521e-43e1-4582-8aee-008353e56a25", "recording_id": "5e607d0f-cf31-42f6-8b53-d7a594464360", "artist": "The Avalanches", "artist_ids": [ "a6623d39-2d8e-4f70-8242-0a9553b91e50" ], "album": "Wildflower", "release_id": "086fc13b-ae2a-4867-97fb-2e055255b24a", "release_group_id": "e27e2c64-8e49-43d2-8468-c3b484cf11f0", "labels": [ "Astralwerks", "Modular Recordings", "EMI" ], "label_ids": [ "60f3af98-d6ca-4995-a9b5-b93924e2405f", "1a69fd71-e415-4439-b830-49ab0752d9f7", "c029628b-6633-439e-bcee-ed02e8a338f7" ], "release_date": "2016-07-08", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "A request from Larissa in Seattle...\n---\n The Avalanches' Robbie Chater commented: \"I love the start of this song because I always imagined this little kid walking down the street with a pair of headphones on, he's got a Walkman, and he's singing this song at the top of his voice. He's so happy to be alive and he doesn't give a f--k what anyone thinks and he's just having a great day.\"\n--\nThis song features Camp Lo, a New York hip-hop duo from MCs Sonny Cheeba and Geechi Suede.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3580970, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3580970/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-21T08:26:04-08:00", "show": 65168, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65168/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601408.us.archive.org/20/items/mbid-dd9cc392-ac15-4db3-9749-b9a009bfe379/mbid-dd9cc392-ac15-4db3-9749-b9a009bfe379-16257822584_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801408.us.archive.org/20/items/mbid-dd9cc392-ac15-4db3-9749-b9a009bfe379/mbid-dd9cc392-ac15-4db3-9749-b9a009bfe379-16257822584_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Show Me", "track_id": "13866305-91fc-3361-b2b9-25a27d486103", "recording_id": "b042bf9e-7793-4a5c-890f-a7d60a965ddf", "artist": "Mint Royale feat. 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