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E‐Z Rock", "artist_ids": [ "6f191c70-1345-4ea5-b7af-5db9ee50d7c0" ], "album": "It Takes Two", "release_id": "b5fe6c0b-9793-4ece-892a-1b1080ea26c9", "release_group_id": "07f451cb-7f1f-3d5e-a4c9-e02fc41a1de2", "labels": [ "Profile Records" ], "label_ids": [ "e832b688-546b-45e3-83e5-9f8db5dcde1d" ], "release_date": "1988-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From Ellen in Portland:\n\nI was diagnosed with cervical cancer in the spring. My first week of chemo I listened to jock jams on the way into the oncology office to get myself pumped up and inject some levity into a hard and scary day. “It Takes Two” was especially apt since the combo of chemo and radiation was the line of treatment to shrink my tumor. I get my first follow up scans this winter.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542841, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542841/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T10:16:41-07:00", "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": 3542840, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542840/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T10:12:27-07:00", "show": 64347, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64347/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia803408.us.archive.org/30/items/mbid-5d979dfc-d7ac-4c7e-8e63-50282fcd63d2/mbid-5d979dfc-d7ac-4c7e-8e63-50282fcd63d2-17742595702_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia803408.us.archive.org/30/items/mbid-5d979dfc-d7ac-4c7e-8e63-50282fcd63d2/mbid-5d979dfc-d7ac-4c7e-8e63-50282fcd63d2-17742595702_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Postcards From Italy", "track_id": "6792c12f-7f87-340e-a709-e69766733175", "recording_id": "b32d8741-81ae-48af-a96e-7dfe4638a5c3", "artist": "Beirut", "artist_ids": [ "0af78501-5647-4c18-9a0d-66ac8789e13b" ], "album": "Gulag Orkestar", "release_id": "5d979dfc-d7ac-4c7e-8e63-50282fcd63d2", "release_group_id": "ce71dcab-b10c-3ac4-9303-6b61d4501270", "labels": [ "Ba Da Bing!" ], "label_ids": [ "06d4f1d0-1c13-4648-b666-fce5f03d541f" ], "release_date": "2006-05-09", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From Shanna:\n\n In 2020, at age 37 I was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer along with one of my best friends, Mike. We were diagnosed within two weeks of each other. Even when we were both feeling absolutely wretched during treatment, we could always talk about music. We lost Mike in February of 2022 which left a huge hole in all of our hearts. I take comfort that he always seems to come back to me in the music, when I need him most. When I am driving to my scans, I always put my music on shuffle - and without fail EVERY TIME, one of Mike's favorite songs will come on and I just know it is him saying hello. Could you please play Beirut's \"\"Postcards From Italy\"\" in honor of Mike. Keep fighting the good fight.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542839, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542839/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T10:08:21-07:00", "show": 64347, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64347/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721204.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-cb01a3d2-4c00-4bd0-8ec2-fde956c79613/mbid-cb01a3d2-4c00-4bd0-8ec2-fde956c79613-16079629985_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800205.us.archive.org/12/items/mbid-cb01a3d2-4c00-4bd0-8ec2-fde956c79613/mbid-cb01a3d2-4c00-4bd0-8ec2-fde956c79613-16079629985_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Keep Your Eyes Ahead", "track_id": "fcc84e8f-8872-3026-8967-c7a1847c8a65", "recording_id": "400505c1-01cc-46e9-b5e7-3e41e0239e04", "artist": "The Helio Sequence", "artist_ids": [ "b6ab8d01-0cb3-4515-bc05-d928397e7429" ], "album": "Keep Your Eyes Ahead", "release_id": "cb01a3d2-4c00-4bd0-8ec2-fde956c79613", "release_group_id": "0e009491-ba1a-39db-a884-fa030e9cf5fe", "labels": [ "Sub Pop Records" ], "label_ids": [ "38dc88de-7720-4100-9d5b-3cdc41b0c474" ], "release_date": "2008-01-29", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From Ron in IL:\n\n\"I've dealt with Subcutaneous Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma \"\"outbreaks\"\" three times since the early 2000's. Thankfully, each time my cancer has been very localized and treatable. I'm one of the lucky ones and grateful for the excellent care I've received, as well as the science and treatments that have made dealing with my diagnoses stressful moments in time and not life-changing occurrences. I do not take this for granted and realize how fortunate I am. I share this story to put my gratitude out in the universe and provide one story that exemplifies how a cancer diagnosis can sometimes be met with elements of hope. \n\nI'll request \"\"Keep your eyes ahead\"\" by the Helio Sequence if I may.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542838, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542838/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T10:03:54-07:00", "show": 64347, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64347/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721808.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-72a1e1c2-3df4-4c89-84b5-4c9f62a0ceff/mbid-72a1e1c2-3df4-4c89-84b5-4c9f62a0ceff-27924237458_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721808.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-72a1e1c2-3df4-4c89-84b5-4c9f62a0ceff/mbid-72a1e1c2-3df4-4c89-84b5-4c9f62a0ceff-27924237458_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Midnight Train to Georgia", "track_id": "f3ddec53-78bb-3585-9f60-bafc881ffb22", "recording_id": "a8bee3ec-8710-471f-a928-ca3f49fb47bd", "artist": "Gladys Knight & the Pips", "artist_ids": [ "ca825016-f7fd-4ccf-a523-6ee36ea88828" ], "album": "Soul Hits of the '70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind! Volume 11", "release_id": "72a1e1c2-3df4-4c89-84b5-4c9f62a0ceff", "release_group_id": "825f2eb2-c698-3f9a-bfd7-409e209e71ff", "labels": [ "Rhino" ], "label_ids": [ "c4f2cf49-b57c-4cc1-8061-f54400704ac4" ], "release_date": "1991-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From Bruce:\n\n\"Love this show today.\nI'm a Seattle boy, living on the East Coast for many years now.\nMy dear dad passed away in 2011 from prostate cancer. I've accepted his absence after all these years but still miss him very much.\nOne of his favorites was Gladys Night and the Pips, maybe you could play Midnight Train to Georgia? He and I would sing along with the Pips' backing vocals.\nThanks for the music and community.\n-Bruce\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542836, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542836/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:57:40-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800309.us.archive.org/26/items/mbid-1902c0d2-8d45-4eb4-b23b-9a8195b9fbd5/mbid-1902c0d2-8d45-4eb4-b23b-9a8195b9fbd5-13892804223_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600309.us.archive.org/26/items/mbid-1902c0d2-8d45-4eb4-b23b-9a8195b9fbd5/mbid-1902c0d2-8d45-4eb4-b23b-9a8195b9fbd5-13892804223_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Some Things Last a Long Time", "track_id": "d90b51a4-db07-3839-a1b2-2adedb441d63", "recording_id": "42f0b03b-d1e5-4d65-91a7-a1729ea5020d", "artist": "Daniel Johnston", "artist_ids": [ "8a7ca8b0-d23c-4eff-8fe9-6220ba5c9c76" ], "album": "Welcome to My World: The Music of Daniel Johnston", "release_id": "1902c0d2-8d45-4eb4-b23b-9a8195b9fbd5", "release_group_id": "1b5fb0f8-964f-35a3-867c-c98bba3b6346", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2006-04-18", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": null, "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542837, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542837/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:56:51-07:00", "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": 3542835, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542835/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:51:18-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801607.us.archive.org/0/items/mbid-20fd1801-2b34-3a53-bd00-e4fe16dc778f/mbid-20fd1801-2b34-3a53-bd00-e4fe16dc778f-3111350537_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801607.us.archive.org/0/items/mbid-20fd1801-2b34-3a53-bd00-e4fe16dc778f/mbid-20fd1801-2b34-3a53-bd00-e4fe16dc778f-3111350537_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Dreams", "track_id": "a803ee64-64bb-3800-8205-46304a6d6d33", "recording_id": "b90fc5cc-71f5-4cbd-91bd-f6fb70ce5c99", "artist": "The Cranberries", "artist_ids": [ "c98d40fd-f6cf-4b26-883e-eaa515ee2851" ], "album": "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?", "release_id": "20fd1801-2b34-3a53-bd00-e4fe16dc778f", "release_group_id": "e6b486b3-68e7-331c-a078-94fd71d61877", "labels": [ "Helicon Records" ], "label_ids": [ "a488f2f6-a261-44d7-8985-e25ff0969eb7" ], "release_date": "1993-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "We would like to request anything from the Cranberries for our friend Maria. We lost her a few years back (from cancer), way too young. We miss her terribly as she was a wonderfully kind friend and mother. If it can be played in honor of her daughter Manon. Much love to all who have lost someone to the big C.\n\nJeffrey", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542834, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542834/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:44:03-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801608.us.archive.org/10/items/mbid-20bb8ce2-f783-34a5-90e9-70dc15e62df3/mbid-20bb8ce2-f783-34a5-90e9-70dc15e62df3-9417416191_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601608.us.archive.org/10/items/mbid-20bb8ce2-f783-34a5-90e9-70dc15e62df3/mbid-20bb8ce2-f783-34a5-90e9-70dc15e62df3-9417416191_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Pictures of You", "track_id": "7d722da0-ebaa-3cb0-a8da-6afbe30387ff", "recording_id": "aa25d281-b2bc-4555-9798-7f4413a3f243", "artist": "The Cure", "artist_ids": [ "69ee3720-a7cb-4402-b48d-a02c366f2bcf" ], "album": "Disintegration", "release_id": "20bb8ce2-f783-34a5-90e9-70dc15e62df3", "release_group_id": "494bf606-d2f7-36d0-8340-eadad8601d2b", "labels": [ "Warner Music Canada" ], "label_ids": [ "7306f7ec-97d1-45d8-bda5-d51c5c901b4c" ], "release_date": "1989-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Hi Troy,\n\nGreat hearing you this week. I would love to honor my best friend Kitti Von Paige who passed away in November from stage 4 lung cancer. She was first diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer she was only 33 years old when she passed \n\nOur hearts will never be the same and I know many of us are listening and carry her with us\n\nHer Birthday is coming up on Sept 20th. If you can play any the cure song for her I know she would be screaming :) \n\nThank you 🖤\n\nEvita", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542833, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542833/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:38:19-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3542832, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542832/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:34:55-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia804505.us.archive.org/15/items/mbid-86b5fce4-edcd-4a46-a044-db513511f2e5/mbid-86b5fce4-edcd-4a46-a044-db513511f2e5-8044408602_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia804505.us.archive.org/15/items/mbid-86b5fce4-edcd-4a46-a044-db513511f2e5/mbid-86b5fce4-edcd-4a46-a044-db513511f2e5-8044408602_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Spirit in the Sky", "track_id": "293ea83a-a8d1-38d8-96a0-1dadea135766", "recording_id": "b2823384-7ee0-4cb3-942a-f93b52cb5389", "artist": "Norman Greenbaum", "artist_ids": [ "8f6ade41-0e4d-477c-9ef7-42591fed1133" ], "album": "Spirit in the Sky", "release_id": "86b5fce4-edcd-4a46-a044-db513511f2e5", "release_group_id": "ec530a53-897b-318e-8f0d-c46b2c031875", "labels": [ "Reprise Records" ], "label_ids": [ "af6d6f49-2b4d-40fe-86d4-241906772b59" ], "release_date": "1969-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "My mom died of lung cancer in June 2020, after battling it for years. She had a deep love for music. She played and danced to music often and especially on cleaning days. I remember her singing silly songs to our pets. Music brought her great joy. Please play Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum. She loved the song and introduced it to me when I was young. It always made me think of her, and especially after she passed. I imagine her dancing and moving to the music as a \"spirit in the sky\".\n\nGregg in Tulsa, OK", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542831, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542831/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:32:02-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600602.us.archive.org/21/items/mbid-ba4d0026-9c40-3363-97ce-34172b26abb3/mbid-ba4d0026-9c40-3363-97ce-34172b26abb3-1742644287_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800602.us.archive.org/21/items/mbid-ba4d0026-9c40-3363-97ce-34172b26abb3/mbid-ba4d0026-9c40-3363-97ce-34172b26abb3-1742644287_thumb250.jpg", "song": "The Distance", "track_id": "5085acb2-881b-35a3-bc6c-317e5d16e163", "recording_id": "d2bb7650-bdf4-476a-b74d-35345cc1dbfe", "artist": "CAKE", "artist_ids": [ "fa7b9055-3703-473a-8a09-adf2fe031a24" ], "album": "Fashion Nugget", "release_id": "ba4d0026-9c40-3363-97ce-34172b26abb3", "release_group_id": "3bd5a388-774f-3b47-b3f8-5b3463cbcb13", "labels": [ "Capricorn Records" ], "label_ids": [ "193ad58f-5e6b-4a86-8038-c03501565869" ], "release_date": "1996-09-17", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "10 years ago I rode the Hotter-n-Hell bicycle race in Texas for my brother who was dying of Glioblastoma.\n\nI did the race as a \"fundraiser\" but honestly it was just something I could pour my energy, anger, frustration, pain and grief into. \n\nFar in the distance, I saw a big tree with a bunch of bicycles under it. \"to the tree, to the tree\" became my mantra. I used the last of my strength and the last of my water to get to the tree... only to discover it wasn't a place to rest, but a place where people had quit and were waiting for a ride home. I was broken and wanted to stop, but I couldn't because I had to complete the race it for Todd.\n\nI think Cake's \"The Distance\" captures this feeling pretty well.\n\n Kyle", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542830, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542830/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:29:08-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801402.us.archive.org/33/items/mbid-361c919b-b951-41d0-9a8a-1b6d2c18039e/mbid-361c919b-b951-41d0-9a8a-1b6d2c18039e-33389452111_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601402.us.archive.org/33/items/mbid-361c919b-b951-41d0-9a8a-1b6d2c18039e/mbid-361c919b-b951-41d0-9a8a-1b6d2c18039e-33389452111_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Build Me Up Buttercup", "track_id": "eb7a906a-2d23-3a6e-8172-732296b9a01b", "recording_id": "adc54699-90dc-48da-83a5-56872d6650ef", "artist": "The Foundations", "artist_ids": [ "5c316ada-0201-427f-8bb6-535ebe17cf85" ], "album": "There's Something About Mary", "release_id": "361c919b-b951-41d0-9a8a-1b6d2c18039e", "release_group_id": "6ced61f7-c403-3531-8c98-55c0c888be53", "labels": [ "EMI Soundtracks", "20th Century-Fox Records", "Capitol Records" ], "label_ids": [ "feae3008-1347-4900-9b79-2f388aba4f5e", "360f0149-5510-400b-a281-cb2d735f9f8e", "abea2d3e-eabf-4480-ab24-9382dd642c73" ], "release_date": "1998-07-14", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "My great aunt Eileen was the matriarch of our family and passed away in December of 2020. Hospitals were overwhelmed, and when she started getting sick, there was little chance of her getting the care she needed. I could only attend her funeral virtually. I remember being a quiet teenager, hiding from the rest of our extremely sociable family in Eileen's cabin one summer at Big Bear. She watched Blue Bloods reruns with a glass of Johnny Walker Red, talking through the show. \nShe never made me talk, never told me I was missing out, but welcomed me in without expectation. I showed up early every day. Over the week she managed to get me so comfortable that I started making fun of her crush on Tom Selleck's mustache. Every time I saw her after that, it was like being with my best friend. It's cheesy, but her favorite song was Build Me Up Buttercup. I'm still angry at how we lost her, and I'd love to hear that song this morning.\n\n\nJoey in Redmond", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542829, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542829/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:26:30-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601907.us.archive.org/31/items/mbid-2337f0d9-dc4e-483e-864c-0b92ed369e61/mbid-2337f0d9-dc4e-483e-864c-0b92ed369e61-32828760511_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801907.us.archive.org/31/items/mbid-2337f0d9-dc4e-483e-864c-0b92ed369e61/mbid-2337f0d9-dc4e-483e-864c-0b92ed369e61-32828760511_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Shake a Tail Feather", "track_id": "f54382e9-e8d4-3e7c-87a9-2453a0925697", "recording_id": "c1d3ff3c-3d27-4bd4-ab4b-27c05c2c4318", "artist": "Ray Charles", "artist_ids": [ "2ce02909-598b-44ef-a456-151ba0a3bd70" ], "album": "The Blues Brothers", "release_id": "2337f0d9-dc4e-483e-864c-0b92ed369e61", "release_group_id": "605346ac-a5d2-3de0-862d-d3230c682d1a", "labels": [ "Atlantic" ], "label_ids": [ "50c384a2-0b44-401b-b893-8181173339c7" ], "release_date": "1980-06-20", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "I've lost many people to cancer, as it runs deeply in my family, The most important of which was my 61-year-old father who, after being diagnosed 43 days earlier, passed away as I held his hand and he was surrounded by love. He was always a big fan of music, and I remember dancing with him at sock hops as a kid and watching the Blues Brothers movie often. Can you please play \"shake a Tailfeather\" from the Blues Brothers movie, a song that we played at his memorial service? It always brings a smile to my face.\n\n -Kerry\n", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542828, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542828/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:22:17-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Coconut", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Kermit the Frog", "artist_ids": [ "992a7ea8-96c1-4058-ba96-f811c8d01c77" ], "album": "The Muppet Show Episode 410", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "Jim Henson Records" ], "label_ids": [ "9c7bf764-40e7-476c-bd61-f38ccf963cfb" ], "release_date": "1979-10-15", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "My name is Emily and I live in White Center.\n\nIn July of 2021 my dad was diagnosed with lymphoma. He found out because he has always sung and his vocal quality was changing and pressure in his throat. He went to see an ENT who recommended exploratory surgery. That doctor found something strange and referred dad to an oncologist who found the cancer. His main tumor was wrapped around his vocal cords like a snake, but the cancer was also in his stomach, lymph nodes and pancreas.\n\nI took paid time off (thank you Washington state!) to go to my parents’ home in New Jersey to care for him as he underwent three months of chemo. My mom’s mom died from cancer when my\nMom was only 16, and my dad’s diagnosis paralyzed her with fear, so she needed help. I listened to KEXP every day during that time to stay grounded, and connected to home\n\nMy dad is a serious and scholarly person. One very unexpected silver lining of being a cancer patient was how it allowed my dad to access a softer, sillier and even childlike part of himself.\n\nSomething that brought us joy and comfort was to rewatch episodes of Sesame Street and the Muppet Show that we enjoyed together when I was a child. That time we spent, holding hands on the couch, was incredibly special.\n\nWill you please play “Lime in the Coconut?” (Preferably Muppet version!) for my dad, Mark, who is cancer free and singing again professionally, with Mendelssohn Chorus; the oldest professional choir in the country.\n\nTHANK YOU!!!!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542827, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542827/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:18:30-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3542826, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542826/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:11:19-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia903208.us.archive.org/31/items/mbid-2c0359e4-ae71-3e43-a322-bc115d125538/mbid-2c0359e4-ae71-3e43-a322-bc115d125538-5918542708_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia903208.us.archive.org/31/items/mbid-2c0359e4-ae71-3e43-a322-bc115d125538/mbid-2c0359e4-ae71-3e43-a322-bc115d125538-5918542708_thumb250.jpg", "song": "L.A. Woman", "track_id": "7da20525-51e6-3d7e-b505-529b0920f79f", "recording_id": "1bb05432-9a00-48e5-9e20-99a54cd30c91", "artist": "The Doors", "artist_ids": [ "9efff43b-3b29-4082-824e-bc82f646f93d" ], "album": "L.A. Woman", "release_id": "2c0359e4-ae71-3e43-a322-bc115d125538", "release_group_id": "7be633bd-d1f6-3d89-8939-803ae0ed0de8", "labels": [ "Elektra" ], "label_ids": [ "873f9f75-af68-4872-98e2-431058e4c9a9" ], "release_date": "2007-08-29", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "No one was more hip than my mama Lisa. She was always onto the newest music and art long before me-- tumors took her from us way too young-- at 59, 10 years ago-- but she did so much in her life as an artist, teacher, radical peace activist, calligrapher and mom. We missed her so much at our wedding this summer-- but we were sure that she was blessing us from heaven, and sad about not being there with us. I imagined her enjoying a drink with Jim Morrrison, Kris Kristofferson, and John Lennon while we got married... would you play her The Doors LA WOMAN?\n\nlove you guys all-- thank you for this day.\n\nKristin (Central District)", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542825, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542825/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:07:07-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600904.us.archive.org/17/items/mbid-50b68c4a-1171-4e56-8512-aea5381a62bc/mbid-50b68c4a-1171-4e56-8512-aea5381a62bc-19905319317_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800904.us.archive.org/17/items/mbid-50b68c4a-1171-4e56-8512-aea5381a62bc/mbid-50b68c4a-1171-4e56-8512-aea5381a62bc-19905319317_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Ice Age", "track_id": "353237c7-7a74-3722-bf26-3c1259ed155c", "recording_id": "52ccd5f9-7483-4262-a43b-a94120799314", "artist": "Dr. John", "artist_ids": [ "fe0e1895-aa84-47d9-8e5b-7930fc20709b" ], "album": "Locked Down", "release_id": "50b68c4a-1171-4e56-8512-aea5381a62bc", "release_group_id": "30324a02-1387-421e-a125-af698e25bc04", "labels": [ "Nonesuch" ], "label_ids": [ "c69cac59-f512-4edc-ab2c-d04c22dbce20" ], "release_date": "2012-04-02", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "My dad Mark died of pancreatic cancer in June 2020. I wasn't able to be with him in his dying days because of the pandemic, a fact that always haunts me. Can you play some Dr. John in his memory?\n\nLeah\n", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542824, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542824/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T09:03:16-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800208.us.archive.org/7/items/mbid-8fcfd5cd-7ce2-4c2e-9983-9b8f0380fd1f/mbid-8fcfd5cd-7ce2-4c2e-9983-9b8f0380fd1f-29522293276_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800208.us.archive.org/7/items/mbid-8fcfd5cd-7ce2-4c2e-9983-9b8f0380fd1f/mbid-8fcfd5cd-7ce2-4c2e-9983-9b8f0380fd1f-29522293276_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Spill the Wine", "track_id": "a56091f1-f4f9-3d82-b5c0-b14584142d10", "recording_id": "1f65f536-1999-4803-9bb0-d275520a5179", "artist": "War", "artist_ids": [ "3e6bbdb8-66c8-439c-a3d9-87391ce88740" ], "album": "Best of Eric Burdon & War", "release_id": "8fcfd5cd-7ce2-4c2e-9983-9b8f0380fd1f", "release_group_id": "c82a2458-a4e8-365c-8ad1-8583dbb29a2f", "labels": [ "Avenue Records" ], "label_ids": [ "720ed9ba-d0d4-41d9-91bb-fc61a08d2b12" ], "release_date": "1995-03-28", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "My best friend, Kelli, passed away at age 45, in June 2023 of ovarian cancer after a year and a half of treatment. We met in college in Portland, Oregon. Our love for music and exploring nature drew us together. The memories of searching for Sasquatch and roadtrip soundtracks still brings me joy. She was the ringleader of our mighty girl group and her spirit lives on in her 3 children. Please play Spill the Wine by War in honor of Kelli. Thank you KEXP for helping me grieve in community over the airwaves. 💜 Sonia in Port Townsend, WA", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3542823, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3542823/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-21T08:56:55-07:00", "show": 64346, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64346/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801500.us.archive.org/18/items/mbid-21d098df-8327-3503-97e6-22bea515520e/mbid-21d098df-8327-3503-97e6-22bea515520e-2088453124_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801500.us.archive.org/18/items/mbid-21d098df-8327-3503-97e6-22bea515520e/mbid-21d098df-8327-3503-97e6-22bea515520e-2088453124_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Someone Great", "track_id": "49f1a5a0-b502-3ee3-b0cd-ecdb209032d0", "recording_id": "bcb9b956-fe5f-4c84-a58f-aa88c6ec2dfe", "artist": "LCD Soundsystem", "artist_ids": [ "2aaf7396-6ab8-40f3-9776-a41c42c8e26b" ], "album": "Sound of Silver", "release_id": "21d098df-8327-3503-97e6-22bea515520e", "release_group_id": "5cbcdd9f-4b7d-3b3c-b9f2-6b0e75971157", "labels": [ "DFA Records" ], "label_ids": [ "32d02635-98fc-4405-94e1-e5b06f9d2025" ], "release_date": "2007-03-12", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Hey Troy, \nMy father in law Dave was robbed of a painless or peaceful death by a rare form of cancer. When he died we found reams of binders he had compiled of detailed \"how too's\" for everything he did for his wife. He also taught me how to be a man: Nonviolent, patient, and kind, AND he helped me get sober. \nI would love it if you could play “someone great” by lcd sound system. Thank you.\n\nNick ", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" } ] }
