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She loved 70's music and was a true friend to everyone she encountered, so please play that song in memory of Linda, from all of her friends at Fred Hutch.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542896, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542896/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T14:03:12-07:00", "show": 64348, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64348/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/996bae7d-1c12-3037-ad98-39ecf92451df/5304833689-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/996bae7d-1c12-3037-ad98-39ecf92451df/5304833689-250.jpg", "song": "Any Major Dude Will Tell You", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "d5439552-d683-4e93-9bef-4638e77ed679", "artist": "Steely Dan", "artist_ids": [ "e01c3376-15fa-40d7-b747-5f219bdefdd7" ], "album": "Pretzel Logic", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "5c938587-b4cd-3d6c-9f9e-a87492a2c9de", "labels": [ "MCA Records" ], "label_ids": [ "46a3941a-c810-47a1-974f-955effec4d09" ], "release_date": "1974-03-02", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Katherine in Kent, requesting \"Any Major Dude Will Tell You\": \nToday would have been my husband Josh’s 55th birthday, but he left us on May 5th of this year, too too soon. I’m still coming to terms with what it feels like for him to be gone. He brought innumerable things to my life and so many joyful experiences. I remember driving on the north shore of Oahu for the first time and listening to Steely Dan. Josh was such a fanboy, and I barely knew who they were! Now, almost 20 years later, I know almost all the words, and this was one of our favorites. Truly, any minor world that breaks apart will fall together again. Miss you, my Joshie.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542895, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542895/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T13:54:15-07:00", "show": 64348, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64348/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/4ea7bce9-026b-454c-b106-3e5cda69784a/23924713051-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/4ea7bce9-026b-454c-b106-3e5cda69784a/23924713051-250.jpg", "song": "Run Over by a Truck", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "654b7f2c-144a-457e-9369-a7a512da5355", "artist": "Weezer", "artist_ids": [ "6fe07aa5-fec0-4eca-a456-f29bff451b04" ], "album": "Raditude", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "92f24cb9-ec1c-4314-96c2-a3c5d3b27280", "labels": [ "Interscope Records" ], "label_ids": [ "2182a316-c4bd-4605-936a-5e2fac52bdd2" ], "release_date": "2009-10-28", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Annie in the Bay: For two decades, cancer has been a part of my life. At 38, after running my first marathon, I found a lump and spent a year fighting breast cancer. Through chemo infusions, surgeries, radiation, and long days of feeling just awful, my earbuds were a constant companion. The treatments worked until two years ago, when another cancer appeared in my other breast. Then another round of everything and putting life on hold again. Bummer.\nMusic has always helped me not feel so alone. Bands like Weezer, Cake, The Eels, and The Flaming Lips are my go-to. They are honest about how things can suck but never lose their dark sense of humor, which is how I try to approach it. I hate when people try to sugarcoat it; sometimes, cancer just sucks and you have to get through it.\nThankfully, I'm healthy and stable today and do all I can to take care of myself. I know that some are not as lucky as me. Thank you, KEXP, for honoring survivors and being a community for those who are struggling.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542893, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542893/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T13:51:05-07:00", "show": 64348, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64348/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721200.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-7c361874-f27f-49c6-bbde-8f063d56c4fd/mbid-7c361874-f27f-49c6-bbde-8f063d56c4fd-42419024486_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721200.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-7c361874-f27f-49c6-bbde-8f063d56c4fd/mbid-7c361874-f27f-49c6-bbde-8f063d56c4fd-42419024486_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Dig for Fire", "track_id": "2e7b16f1-31fc-3ab9-8d50-553feffe0a06", "recording_id": "11b422f9-47d3-4905-a035-13f62f6dab76", "artist": "Pixies", "artist_ids": [ "b6b2bb8d-54a9-491f-9607-7b546023b433" ], "album": "Bossanova", "release_id": "7c361874-f27f-49c6-bbde-8f063d56c4fd", "release_group_id": "e062f23a-ed81-3baf-8f24-8979fef060cc", "labels": [ "Columbia House" ], "label_ids": [ "0b6073f1-78a5-4078-bc01-22d7b05d0b7a" ], "release_date": "1990-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Hi KEXP, Kris from Dolores, Colorado here, Both my maternal grandmother (age 77) and my mom (age 79) died from breast cancer. Could you please play \"Dig for Fire\" by my favorite band, The Pixies, in honor of their hard-fought lives? I love KEXP and thank you.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542892, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542892/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T13:48:09-07:00", "show": 64348, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64348/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600108.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-08a062f6-26e0-40c0-8fef-f0dd1c3e095b/mbid-08a062f6-26e0-40c0-8fef-f0dd1c3e095b-7351474197_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600108.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-08a062f6-26e0-40c0-8fef-f0dd1c3e095b/mbid-08a062f6-26e0-40c0-8fef-f0dd1c3e095b-7351474197_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Wave of Mutilation (U.K. Surf)", "track_id": "847066a7-6272-33fd-8101-a5b0dedf7aae", "recording_id": "42623b11-a50a-4665-aaae-2559b40fc827", "artist": "Pixies", "artist_ids": [ "b6b2bb8d-54a9-491f-9607-7b546023b433" ], "album": "Pump Up the Volume: Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack", "release_id": "08a062f6-26e0-40c0-8fef-f0dd1c3e095b", "release_group_id": "e4c4ba5d-e0f3-3a11-8024-f78b20ff2ade", "labels": [ "MCA Records" ], "label_ids": [ "46a3941a-c810-47a1-974f-955effec4d09" ], "release_date": "1990-04-14", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Mel: Hi, KEXP. I was diagnosed with breast cancer two weeks ago. Currently the cancer is considered stage zero and I am scheduled to have a lumpectomy next month. Yesterday, though, I learned that the standard-protocol- just-in- case breast MRI revealed another mass that needs to be biopsied. Cross your fingers for me, please. When you get an MRI, the technicians ask you what music you want to listen to during the test. You can't hear most of it, because the machine is very loud. I requested the Pixies because I wanted to hear something I knew and loved but that was not likely to make me cry. As expected, I did not hear most of the songs, but the machine cycled down just in time for me to realize that a song with \"mutilation\" in the title was a weird choice given the circumstances. That is my new medical test theme song. If it fits, I would love to hear \"Wave of Mutilation.\"Thank you all for these Music Heals days. They mean a lot.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542891, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542891/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T13:45:12-07:00", "show": 64348, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64348/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia903207.us.archive.org/4/items/mbid-593f09a7-95de-3b3e-9e09-169e91ec630f/mbid-593f09a7-95de-3b3e-9e09-169e91ec630f-14989052153_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia803207.us.archive.org/4/items/mbid-593f09a7-95de-3b3e-9e09-169e91ec630f/mbid-593f09a7-95de-3b3e-9e09-169e91ec630f-14989052153_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Three Little Birds", "track_id": "443d832c-8d4b-3b61-a563-30f510db5bd2", "recording_id": "33b9b9fd-15a1-4e1f-a10a-3d15df5e58f0", "artist": "Bob Marley & The Wailers", "artist_ids": [ "c296e10c-110a-4103-9e77-47bfebb7fb2e" ], "album": "Exodus", "release_id": "593f09a7-95de-3b3e-9e09-169e91ec630f", "release_group_id": "c5650313-60f3-34d3-92e4-300545133792", "labels": [ "Tuff Gong", "Island" ], "label_ids": [ "be14aa98-403a-4337-8a1e-d104b90d4f3c", "dfd92cd3-4888-46d2-b968-328b1feb2642" ], "release_date": "2001-11-19", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Glen in Kenmore: First, amazing show and amazing day! Thanks to you and KEXP.\nWhile our country was dealing with an unprecedented crisis and the 9/11/01 attacks, our young family was dealing with our own crisis. On Sept 22nd, my wife Barb was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. As a young mother of two kids aged 5 and 9, this wasn’t supposed to happen as the median age for getting this type of cancer was a person in their mid-60’s. Her surgery took place within 10 days. After what seemed like forever, the surgeon came out to tell me the cancer was more involved and they’d need more time. Upon asking his opinion, he told me she had “a 25-50% chance of surviving 5 years.” I was the only person in the waiting room and you could imagine all the thoughts racing through my head.\nOver the course of the next 2 years, she endured several chemo and radiation sessions. Though it seemed like doctors and hospitals were running our lives, she stayed strong and positive and it lifted the spirits of our kids and I. Our theme song became “Three Little Birds” from Bob Marley. I’m convinced that this song, along with great support from friends and family, good science, good faith and great attitudes all combined to heal her. She’s now 24 years cancer-free. Every time we hear that tune, our spirits are lifted. It would be great to hear that today!\n\nP.S. In September 2023, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer (here we go again!). My surgery was successful.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542890, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542890/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T13:40:36-07:00", "show": 64348, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64348/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "We are so grateful for the courage and generosity of those who have shared their stories today. It you would like to share your story and song request, please email dj@kexp.org or text 206-903-5397.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3542889, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542889/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T13:37:03-07:00", "show": 64348, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64348/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Pumpkin Belly", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "4de159cd-1787-43b1-8305-f3e7a01527ba", "artist": "Gappy Ranks", "artist_ids": [ "2ba9901d-a867-4b55-8fa5-7377ea29f9de" ], "album": "Put the Stereo On", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "2921a0f3-20e4-4db5-9c59-1936e3914050", "labels": [ "Greensleeves Records" ], "label_ids": [ "52990ee0-c1ab-4d8b-b0cb-d930c17c7fe2" ], "release_date": "2010-08-23", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Tony in Santa Rosa:\nAfter moving to Seattle in 2014, I found KEXP and especially enjoyed waking up to Positive Vibrations with DJ Kid Hops (shout out to Kid Hops) on Saturdays. A few years later I met my current partner and her dog Edward. Pretty soon Edward was always around me and my dog Chancey and we both loved the song \"Pumpkin Belly\" by Gappy Ranks of which we first heard on Positive Vibrations. Since Edward had a big ole pumpkin belly, I soon named it Edward’s song. We found out Edward had cancer all over in his prime late last year and we had to go through the difficult process of waiting as long as we could before putting him down. My partner struggles with his loss more than me at this point but certain songs still get me to tear up thinking about Edward. However, hearing \"Pumpkin Belly\" brings out more happy tears, so I would love for you to please play it and bring me back to striding aside that big ole pumpkin belly on the streets of Ballard for a few minutes today :)", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542888, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542888/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T13:30:32-07:00", "show": 64348, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64348/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801400.us.archive.org/5/items/mbid-739ab683-abda-4346-a8c1-1a81cd369fcf/mbid-739ab683-abda-4346-a8c1-1a81cd369fcf-32771048720_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801400.us.archive.org/5/items/mbid-739ab683-abda-4346-a8c1-1a81cd369fcf/mbid-739ab683-abda-4346-a8c1-1a81cd369fcf-32771048720_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Too Much Too Young", "track_id": "d5fe9604-9e57-35f1-ba1f-a851dceb5440", "recording_id": "f551c513-763a-47b9-b7ad-419e0d971b14", "artist": "The Specials", "artist_ids": [ "07eb40a2-2914-439c-a01d-15a685b84ddf" ], "album": "Specials", "release_id": "739ab683-abda-4346-a8c1-1a81cd369fcf", "release_group_id": "9c02ca99-df9a-3e48-8b7a-fabb599d19a3", "labels": [ "Chrysalis" ], "label_ids": [ "ed5601e5-7c54-426e-982a-1a208dd0b0ad" ], "release_date": "2002-05-21", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From Nancy: I’ve been a listener for a while and today’s stories made me think of my friends Finn Panton and David Swift. Finn battled cancer for 14 years but never stopped playing music, while David, a gentle soul, passed away during chemo. They both supported me through my transition in 2017, and I’m forever grateful for their kindness.\nWe played in several bands together, including ska bands and a punk band, and Finn even inspired me to live healthier.\nI also lost my uncle, a huge music fan and BBC engineer, who inspired my career. When I inherited his studio gear, I cranked up \"Stairway to Heaven\" in his memory.\nCould you play \"Too Much Too Young\" for Finn and David?", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542887, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542887/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T13:23:57-07:00", "show": 64348, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64348/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801703.us.archive.org/22/items/mbid-109d52b0-d007-47ff-bef9-658e93fda65d/mbid-109d52b0-d007-47ff-bef9-658e93fda65d-5814101251_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801703.us.archive.org/22/items/mbid-109d52b0-d007-47ff-bef9-658e93fda65d/mbid-109d52b0-d007-47ff-bef9-658e93fda65d-5814101251_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Dry the Rain", "track_id": "ae0355fd-d6bf-38f4-8a6b-30d2dec1d346", "recording_id": "7f93c6dc-c9ae-4a1b-b75e-fc55438ca05b", "artist": "The Beta Band", "artist_ids": [ "0d82f0cd-107a-403f-a726-ac7287cbea65" ], "album": "The Three E.P.’s", "release_id": "109d52b0-d007-47ff-bef9-658e93fda65d", "release_group_id": "88989a20-84a0-34fe-b1e4-9e8fcc1e733f", "labels": [ "Regal" ], "label_ids": [ "c3b2ae8c-1d88-4c5e-a683-1ffb720c12f2" ], "release_date": "1998-09-28", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Laurie in Seattle (for friend Jon Eric in the Bay Area): For Jon Eric -- A KEXP die hard. Was in Seattle. Now in the Bay Area. Cancer survivor since his twenties. And he is surfing today. Crushing life. So much love and a 30-year friendship. Can't wait to see Beta Band in October with you. Please play \"Dry the Rain \" for JE.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542886, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542886/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T13:23:08-07:00", "show": 64348, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64348/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "Go here to find resources for persons with cancer and those who love them: https://www.kexp.org/musicheals/cancer/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3542885, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542885/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T13:15:05-07:00", "show": 64348, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64348/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801600.us.archive.org/20/items/mbid-04c72095-a6af-41f7-a18a-a1dd7e305620/mbid-04c72095-a6af-41f7-a18a-a1dd7e305620-1264480591_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801600.us.archive.org/20/items/mbid-04c72095-a6af-41f7-a18a-a1dd7e305620/mbid-04c72095-a6af-41f7-a18a-a1dd7e305620-1264480591_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Anything We Want", "track_id": "47cbe180-7b9c-3cb4-9ea9-ab9b5943d243", "recording_id": "5bcd7c96-476b-462b-8ff4-60dd1b9cc4ef", "artist": "Fiona Apple", "artist_ids": [ "a9ee533f-8871-4f62-a6bb-91eb264abc90" ], "album": "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do", "release_id": "04c72095-a6af-41f7-a18a-a1dd7e305620", "release_group_id": "6086062c-f943-4b85-b1cb-43558425ec1c", "labels": [ "Epic", "Clean Slate" ], "label_ids": [ "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55", "3d7ab3c9-251b-4401-bde5-8479850d9acd" ], "release_date": "2012-06-18", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Fiona Apple is for Erin in Bend, OR (for step dad Matt):\nMy step dad, Matt, died last year from a heart attack. He had multiple myeloma and thought that would be what got him. He was a very kind and sweet man, especially to his (combined) 5 children and my mother. He had a fun taste in music, if you could play some Fiona Apple in memory of him, it would be appreciated!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542884, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542884/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T13:09:28-07:00", "show": 64347, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64347/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia804501.us.archive.org/7/items/mbid-347b332c-b256-3264-ab53-cf7d7be98273/mbid-347b332c-b256-3264-ab53-cf7d7be98273-33098283724_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia904501.us.archive.org/7/items/mbid-347b332c-b256-3264-ab53-cf7d7be98273/mbid-347b332c-b256-3264-ab53-cf7d7be98273-33098283724_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Wild Horses", "track_id": "28668eea-e3dc-4155-9c96-d383d31354f5", "recording_id": "1674d24d-8b74-4e65-94e5-e38527f593a9", "artist": "The Rolling Stones", "artist_ids": [ "b071f9fa-14b0-4217-8e97-eb41da73f598" ], "album": "Sticky Fingers", "release_id": "347b332c-b256-3264-ab53-cf7d7be98273", "release_group_id": "4a4213d0-f224-3d51-bcca-476f61162681", "labels": [ "Virgin", "Rolling Stones Records" ], "label_ids": [ "49b58bdb-3d74-40c6-956a-4c4b46115c9c", "902810e8-095c-4c2b-869a-7b9b02da7687" ], "release_date": "1994-08-15", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Happy Thursday and welcome to The Afternoon Show with the gracious Larry Mizell, Jr. and wonderful producers Sharlese and Franny! Today is Music Heals: Beyond Cancer, a day when we acknowledge and honor the suffering of those who’ve been affected by cancer, join in community together, and affirm the power of music to make a difference in our lives. Thank you so much for being here!\n---\nRequested by Caroline in Seattle: I’d like to request a song for my stepmom, Dana, who passed away earlier this April after a brutal and abrupt battle with stage 4 uterine cancer. She was diagnosed far too late in December with a tumor so large that she was already 10cm dilated—which speaks to the incredible amount of force and strength she had, and shows just how much pain women can endure in this world, for better or worse.\nIt was always a running joke between my dad, Dana, and others that she was my father’s guardian angel—saving him from years of emotional turmoil after he and my mom split up. But now, looking back, I think perhaps she was actually my guardian angel. She became the support system I never had, someone I could rely on and trust. With her by my dad’s side, I finally felt a deep sense of freedom, knowing he was safe, cared for, and truly loved.\nI’ll never forget how she welcomed me into her basement with my best friend after college, or the concerts we went to together with my dad—especially The Rolling Stones, where we danced all night. If you could please play Wild Horses in honor of her, and for my dad who has yet to truly grieve, we would be so grateful.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542883, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542883/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T13:05:30-07:00", "show": 64347, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64347/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia803103.us.archive.org/27/items/mbid-7aa8f878-1ca8-4550-b273-042a397c69a2/mbid-7aa8f878-1ca8-4550-b273-042a397c69a2-24391938485_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia803103.us.archive.org/27/items/mbid-7aa8f878-1ca8-4550-b273-042a397c69a2/mbid-7aa8f878-1ca8-4550-b273-042a397c69a2-24391938485_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Say Hey (I Love You)", "track_id": "561d48b7-863f-383b-b533-625768619305", "recording_id": "d13256ba-cbb0-4f83-8a5d-c57252cc1d6e", "artist": "Michael Franti & Spearhead feat. Cherine Anderson", "artist_ids": [ "e23eac42-f904-47da-8599-823ff431bea4", "83f31d3b-f966-4713-aafb-d159b2b2081c" ], "album": "All Rebel Rockers", "release_id": "7aa8f878-1ca8-4550-b273-042a397c69a2", "release_group_id": "9c9ef097-cabd-3d8b-9be5-d3d32640e79c", "labels": [ "Anti‐" ], "label_ids": [ "5b8cf470-f162-4ee3-9b9f-77ff4ee0c601" ], "release_date": "2008-09-09", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From Brenda (for friends lost):\n\nI’ve been listening closely to your recent theme on lives lost to cancer, and I wanted to share a thread of love that’s been woven through mine. I am going to see my childhood best friend Roberta for the last time💔\n\nMy dear friend Roberta, who is now unresponsive, once told me I was her first best friend. It was the kindest thing I’ve heard in years—and it reminded me how deeply we can matter to someone, even when words feel simple.\n\nIn 1994, my high school mentor passed from cancer. She was one of the few people who made me feel safe and seen during a time I didn’t know how to ask for it.\n\nAnd in December 2024, the longest-standing friend of my adult life also passed from cancer.\n\nThese women gave me meaning. They gave me sanctuary. And while I don’t want this message to be about me, I do wonder what it says—that love like theirs keeps echoing, even as they go quiet.\n\nMaybe it’s a reminder that being someone’s safe place is the most lasting legacy we can offer.\n\nThank you for holding space for these stories.\n\nThe last song I shared was with Roberta, a song that was popular when we were growing up by Toto, I'll be Over You.\n\nI Shared a lot of songs with my mentor Marylin, that kept us connected but she loved More Than Words by Extreme.\n\nFor Shelly I shared this song with her often and we saw the live show together, Say Hey (I love you) by Michael Franti & Spearhead.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542882, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542882/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T12:59:14-07:00", "show": 64347, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64347/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3542881, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542881/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T12:55:13-07:00", "show": 64347, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64347/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601807.us.archive.org/9/items/mbid-f3c01e09-3d27-49ea-9366-ee14fe5e0fb0/mbid-f3c01e09-3d27-49ea-9366-ee14fe5e0fb0-28380123623_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801807.us.archive.org/9/items/mbid-f3c01e09-3d27-49ea-9366-ee14fe5e0fb0/mbid-f3c01e09-3d27-49ea-9366-ee14fe5e0fb0-28380123623_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Birmingham", "track_id": "c2e8a160-6feb-364e-9b35-09baac568f70", "recording_id": "96f130db-8bf3-456d-88ed-67960e511e81", "artist": "Shovels & Rope", "artist_ids": [ "7f426331-11c0-4c66-aec1-719abe5dd86f" ], "album": "O' Be Joyful", "release_id": "f3c01e09-3d27-49ea-9366-ee14fe5e0fb0", "release_group_id": "9f1aab6f-20c7-4057-835b-334d02ab4465", "labels": [ "Dualtone Music Group" ], "label_ids": [ "a26c7dc5-21ab-48bf-af68-71fe622edd1c" ], "release_date": "2012-07-31", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From Adam in Walla Walla (for wife, Daisy): \n\n\"My wife Daisy was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months before the pandemic started. While the world melted down around her, she broke out the flour and chocolate and baked her heart out. You name it, every permutation of chocolate chip cookies, cinnamon rolls, sourdough, old school biscuits, new school flaky treats, cakes, pies, high brow experiments, low brow hits (with coconut), obscure delights from far away, and the most famous classics from our own family's traditions. \n\nKEXP was playing in the background for all of this. \n\nShe baked for fun, for joy, for exploration, for her own mental health, for friends and family, to navigate COVID and the social and political unrest, and to cope during a time we weren't sure she would make it through. \n\nShe did. She kicked cancers ass, and did it with style, grit, laughter, music, flour and 13 metric tons of butter. \n\nShe's still doing it today. Shes a bad ass and She's my favorite. \n\nKEXP has been playing in our home ever since. Thank you!\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542880, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542880/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T12:52:24-07:00", "show": 64347, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64347/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801209.us.archive.org/27/items/mbid-dcad19e5-fe96-3be2-a9f2-b7ce395b0dac/mbid-dcad19e5-fe96-3be2-a9f2-b7ce395b0dac-3003380230_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801209.us.archive.org/27/items/mbid-dcad19e5-fe96-3be2-a9f2-b7ce395b0dac/mbid-dcad19e5-fe96-3be2-a9f2-b7ce395b0dac-3003380230_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Teach Your Children", "track_id": "5ed0d8f3-dd2a-3191-aac7-96b44e3ba6af", "recording_id": "545f36d4-9bbc-45a6-9ef9-48069a3c92c9", "artist": "Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young", "artist_ids": [ "46a782ea-4308-476b-abd1-a91b197f3037" ], "album": "Déjà vu", "release_id": "3f1beb86-082a-4e7a-8974-ff6abc20f4b1", "release_group_id": "3412fd44-c6e6-3a3b-b91a-964a055192ec", "labels": [ "Atlantic" ], "label_ids": [ "50c384a2-0b44-401b-b893-8181173339c7" ], "release_date": "1970-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From Emily (for mom):\n\n\"My mom died of non small cell lung cancer in December 2023. As much as I am still so sad at her loss and her pain, reflecting on her life in her death. I also feel so much gratitude. I am grateful for how much time we had together and how much she wanted to give me and everybody to spend time with her. I’m grateful for all of the care and love she received during her illness and death. Everybody that we interacted with, and all of the people who helped behind the scenes at Fred Hutch, and the providers at Whitby home hospice, enabled her to navigate her illness and death on her terms, which was so important to her. I was able to be with my mom when she died. The next day I found out my extremely sweet and close dog, Penny, I was going to lose lose her too. \n\nI learned so much for my mom including a love for animals. And one of her favorite songs was \"Teach Your Children Well\" by Crosby stills Nash and Young. Love if you could play it a memory of her and Penny. Love to all feeling your feelings today, it helps me to know that there’s so many out there going through similar difficulties.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542879, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542879/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T12:50:31-07:00", "show": 64347, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64347/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/01e652b2-7213-41ec-b0f2-7a2c519e7786/39767977233-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/01e652b2-7213-41ec-b0f2-7a2c519e7786/39767977233-250.jpg", "song": "You Are My Sunshine", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "5d05bb51-a0b9-40aa-882a-c069d38692a9", "artist": "John Legend", "artist_ids": [ "75a72702-a5ef-4513-bca5-c5b944903546" ], "album": "My Favorite Dream", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "b8b72707-fe7f-4231-9081-cda4876d6705", "labels": [ "Republic Records" ], "label_ids": [ "e0ecd909-0477-485f-80dc-3c27ea4837ca" ], "release_date": "2024-08-30", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From Nicolle (for her son):\n\nWhen my 8 day year old baby had to be admitted to the hospital for a blood-related condition, someone in music therapy came and played \"You Are My Sunshine.\" Since then, I discovered John Legend put out an album of children's music. I cherish this song even more especially since my son has recovered.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542878, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542878/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T12:45:30-07:00", "show": 64347, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64347/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3542877, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542877/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T12:42:12-07:00", "show": 64347, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64347/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721509.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-39a7cd62-7e9c-43e5-bb32-ae3f00441831/mbid-39a7cd62-7e9c-43e5-bb32-ae3f00441831-6193633053_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721509.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-39a7cd62-7e9c-43e5-bb32-ae3f00441831/mbid-39a7cd62-7e9c-43e5-bb32-ae3f00441831-6193633053_thumb250.jpg", "song": "A Little Respect", "track_id": "e89fabc4-9d4e-37bd-9d19-9c4668212728", "recording_id": "7a0724ae-7d2f-4df4-96b8-f94e6536cc03", "artist": "Erasure", "artist_ids": [ "43b58c98-3779-4b04-9a23-1c95cca3a145" ], "album": "Pop! The First 20 Hits", "release_id": "39a7cd62-7e9c-43e5-bb32-ae3f00441831", "release_group_id": "82e2ea4a-18ba-3276-a93d-b32daf66b3d8", "labels": [ "Sire Records" ], "label_ids": [ "be0fec81-5c18-4494-8bbf-0d81dec006bf" ], "release_date": "1992-11-24", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From David (for his sister Deborah):\n\nTuff day today, but it makes us all realize that there's always somebody worse off. I think of Deborah every day but today is special, and I hope she's listening. She loved loved music, especially Erasure. She was 26 year's old in 1992 when she passed due to bowel cancer. Love and miss my sister, Deborah.. forever young..xx\n--\nFrom Laura in Chicago (for friend Susie):\n\nCan you play \"A Little Respect\" by Erasure for my friend Susie? She died on August 3 of stage IV metastatic breast cancer, her 5th cancer diagnosis. She and I started a roving dance party for middle-aged women called Earlybirds Club, and this song always made her face light up as she sang the lyrics. We'll keep playing that song at our parties, but it will be a while before this song doesn't make me tear up. She was a truly exceptional person and she is missed by the thousands of people she touched through our mission of bringing joy to people through Earlybirds Club.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" } ] }
