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Werd to the Weird

Meet Little Al. We featured this State Fair star on our morning show this week. His handler said I had to mind his personal space when leaning in for a picture.
He’s a cutie!

Little Al, originally uploaded by queenkv.

We had a blast at the State Fair this week. Our $8-admission ticket also granted us access to [...]

 

Back to My College Radio Roots

Earlier this month, we checked out the Davis music scene with a KDVS concert. One of my favorite bands from my KALX days, Casiotone of the Painfully Alone, headlined the $5 concert at on the UC Davis campus.
LA-Based Foot Foot opened up the show.
Foot Foot @ UC Davis from Kris Vera-Phillips on Vimeo.

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Ron Burgundy Interviews Tom Brokaw!

I was tickled to watch Ron Burgundy interview the most distinguished anchorman of our time at Radio City Music Hall during the Funny or Die tour.
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Ron Burgundy Interviews Tom Brokaw!! An FOD Exclusive! on FunnyOrDie.com

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Animated Radio Goodness

I’ve started watching “This American Life” on Showtime. I’m amazed at how well this Chicago Public Radio program has translated to television.
Then I stumbled on this clip from Laughing Squid: This American Life Segment Animated by Chris Ware. From radio to television to cartoon, “This American Life” can go anywhere with its touching, quirky, insightful [...]

 

Another Love Song

My hubby and I noticed Sara Bareilles has been popping up on the radio more frequently. He doesn’t get the hype, but I’m quite tickled to see her career take-off.
I fell in love with her music more than 2 years ago at a Hurricane Katrina Concert in Hollywood.
Hurricane Katrina Concert from Kris Vera-Phillips on [...]

 

UC Berkeley puts hundreds of academic lectures on YouTube

I stumbled on this really cool Cal development on a Nashville blog:
UC Berkeley puts hundreds of academic lectures on YouTube. Talking about kicking Fiat Lux to the next level — sharing the intellectual light online.
Here’s a physics class by Professor Richard A. Muller.

The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather [...]

 

Fiat Lux

BERKELEY, CALIF — I made it to California. It feels amazing to be home. When I got off the plane at Oakland International, I was dazzled by the blue water out on the bay.
Mark’s still working, so I’m chilling on campus. I had a Carne Asada burrito from La Burrita. I had a [...]

 

Reach out and touch someone…

Daisy is sleeping in my blue chair. Last year, Mark drove a huge truck and transported that chair and other items from storage back here to Kansas. I imagine the puppy likes to think he brought back that chair for her. Sometimes she gives me an annoyed look when I sit in “her” chair.
Silly [...]

 

Another Driving Headache

Yesterday, as I was chilling in Topeka, I was also checking out national news online, on TV and on the radio. CNN, MSNBC and other networks aired some amazing video of a tanker fire on the MacArthur Maze: the interchange connecting the East Bay to San Francisco.
The elevated roadway that fell carried eastbound traffic [...]

 

Wrapping up Sin City…Soon

LAS VEGAS HILTON, LAS VEGAS — I’m finishing up my lunch break at the RTNDA Convention. I forgot my cell phone in the newsroom, however, I remembered my Powerbook. So, I’ve been chatting with Mark to coordinate dinner ideas and to ask my dad to give me a ride home after my last session.
What a [...]