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Schedule in brief, scroll down for details:
Wednesday 9 p.m.: CLOCKED OUT DUO, "Water Pushes Sand" on the
Inside Track
Thursday 9 p.m.: EIGHTIES DANCE BONANZA on the Thursday Night Feature
Friday 9 p.m.: Various Artists, "SONIG.ILATION" on the Inside Track
Sunday 2-3 p.m.: GUSTAV HOLST, "The Planets" on the Classic Inside Track
Monday 9 p.m.: BLACK TWIG PICKERS, "Soon One Morning" on the Inside
Track

CLOCKED OUT DUO, "Water Pushes Sand" on the Inside Track, Wednesday 9
p.m.
The Melbourne, Australia based Clocked Out Duo is prepared pianist Erik
Griswold and percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson. Together they perform new
music with a sense of play and adventure, incorporating toy instruments,
balloons and found objects in performing works inspired by everything
from Sichuan Chinese opera percussion, seas of bicycles on urban
streets, Fela Kuti and New York balloonist Judy Dunaway. A wild ride it
is.

EIGHTIES DANCE BONANZA on the Thursday Night Feature, Thursday 9
p.m.-midnight Celebrating the '80s is a full-time job, and here at WXYC
we've taken up the challenge by not only bringing you the (in)famous '80s
dance on Saturday, but by offering another indulgence: three (yes, THREE)
hours of nothing but the best music from that era.  That's right!  Tune in
this Thursday and sing along to the hits, bang your head to some of the
forgotten gems, and most importantly get pumped for the dance.  Bone up on
some trivia, because we have 3 pairs of tickets to give away to those with
the right answers, and only the most practiced '80s connoisseur can hope
to dodge some of the curveballs we have in store.  Start the weekend
early!

Various Artists, "SONIG.ILATION" on the Inside Track, Friday 9 p.m.
The second label compilation from Sonig - the Cologne label operated by
Jan St. Werner and Andi Thoma of Mouse on Mars - is a non-stop deluge of
high brow cartoon electronic pop and sundries, with ace tracks from MoM,
Oval, Scratch Pet Land, Vert, Microstoria and more.

GUSTAV HOLST, "The Planets" on the Classic Inside Track, Sunday 2-3 p.m.
This week's CIT will be Bernard Hermann's and the London Philharmonic's
1970 rendition of Gustav Holst's "The Planets." A virtuoso who composed
everything from chamber music to choir arrangements, ballets, operas,
and even film soundtracks, Gustav Holst is best loved for this celestial
suite, which debuted in 1918. Divided into separate movements for Mars,
Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (Pluto had yet to
be discovered), Holst imbues each planet with personal characteristics
appropriate to the Grecian deity for which it is named. Arguably the
most widely-known classical piece of the twentieth century, Holst's
eerie and spacious masterpiece is perhaps the first sci-fi music ever! 

BLACK TWIG PICKERS, "Soon One Morning" on the Inside Track, Monday 9
p.m.
Second full-length by this southwest Virginia old-time trio of guitar,
fiddle and clawhammer banjo, an exceptionally accomplished engagement
with the regional tradition that includes renditions of standards like
"Oh Death" and "John Brown's Dream" along with a significant amount of
original material. Out on VHF Records.

**SPECIAL NOTICE:  Northern Hemisphere Live is on hiatus until the end
of the semester.  Tune in from 5-7pm on Sundays for regular programming.

Also this week and every week:
-THE INSIDE TRACK:  a new release played in full Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, 9 p.m.
-ORANGE COUNTY SPECIAL: traditional and neo-traditional music of the
world, Sunday 10 a.m.-1 p.m
-HELL OR HIGH WATER: music from UNC's Southern Folklife Collection
Sunday 1-2 p.m.
-CLASSIC INSIDE TRACK: a classic release in full, Sunday 2-3 p.m.
-BROKEN MUSIC: longer, more "difficult" pieces Sunday 3-4 p.m.
-MAKING CONTACT and COUNTERSPIN: news programs from F.A.I.R. (Fairness
and Accuracy In Reporting) Sunday 4-5 p.m.
-BACKYARD BARBEQUE: North Carolina music culled from the fresh produce
from Chapel Hill's finest, as well as older records from N.C. bands of
the past, Sunday 7-8 p.m.  On the web at
http://www.unc.edu/~jenseits/BBQ/BackyardBBQmenu.html
-THE NEW MUSIC SHOW: spotlight on new releases right out of the mail
bin, Sunday 8-9 p.m.
-SPORTS RAP: live UNC sports talk, Sunday 9-10 p.m.
-NEW SCIENCE EXPERIENCE: a live electronic mix, Sunday 10 p.m.-12 a.m.

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