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Ongoing History of New Music

60 Mind-Blowing Facts About Music in 60 Minutes: The 2023 Edition

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

Music History, History, Music, Music Interviews, Music Commentary

4.8 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

I’m not gonna lie…I’m addicted to listicles…not the click-baity ones that have sub-headlines like “and you won’t believe #6!”…I’m only interested in the ones that offer interesting or weird facts…usually that means Buzzfeed, Bored Panda, Upworthy, Laughing Squid—you know the kind…“today I learned” and “I was today years old when I discovered”…that sort of thing… Here's one…there is a species of moth that lives in the amazon jungle that drinks the tears of sleeping birds…it’ll sit on a bird’s neck, stick a long proboscis under the bird’s eyelid, and slurp away the tears…I know! Right?... Here’s another: until the 1800s, polite people didn’t eat bananas because their shape made them an “immoral fruit”…importers had to hire women for ads showing them eating bananas to prove that there was nothing wrong with them… Okay, okay…one more…and I’m sorry if this is going to trigger you…if you take public transit, approximately 15% of the air you breath contains human skin…all those floating specs you see in the sunlight?...skin…gross, but I love this stuff… A big part of my job is searching for facts, although most of what I’m looking for involves music…I’ve heard that if you play hip-hop to a wheel of cheese as it’s maturing, the cheese will have a stronger flavor and aroma…as late as 1948, you could win an Olympic medal for music…and if you want to play music for you dog, choose Reggae…scientists have proven that that’s the music they like the most… Over the course of the year of researching and writing this program, I run across all kinds of weird facts…most I can incorporate into various shows…others, not so much… But these orphaned facts need a home…so once every 12 months, I devote a program to clearing out all this information from post-it notes, highlighted passages in books, pages torn from newspapers and magazines, and various files on my computer and throw them all into one program…what you do with this stuff is up to you…this is the annual show I call “60 mind-blowing facts about music in 60 minutes”… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.

0:09.3

After a magical visit to the kingdom of caring, there's been a spooky mashup in Happy Meal, and the Care Bears are all jumbled up.

0:16.4

Join the Care Bears on their most spellbinding adventure yet. Some fun, some food, it's all inside this

0:21.5

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0:27.3

Subject to availability, fair ordering policy applies. In the Premier League, everyone pushes their

0:31.6

hardest to win. And now it's your turn. With their EPL fantasy challenge, Coca-Cola are

0:36.1

giving you a chance to win big by beating the best. All you have to do is build a team based on rules set by an icon. And to help you on your way, I've got a tip to help you build your team. Make sure you keep an eye on fixtures. Who are the players up against next? Sometimes it's not about form. Like, there are some players that, for whatever reason, always play well

0:55.1

against certain teams. To do your research, to get involved in the EPL Fantasy Challenge,

1:00.1

all you've got to do is grab a Coke and scan the code on the pack. Just by playing,

1:04.3

you get a chance to win Coke swag or vouchers. But if you beat the icon who set the rules,

1:09.6

you could win vintage Coca-Cola jerseys,

1:12.1

Premier League tickets, and more.

1:13.9

So go ahead and get involved.

1:16.0

Grab a Coke, drink it in.

1:18.0

I am not going to lie.

1:20.1

I'm addicted to listicles.

1:22.9

Not the click-bady ones that have subheadlines like, and you won't believe number six.

1:28.9

I'm only interested in the ones that offer interesting or weird facts that are somehow, I don't know,

1:34.4

useful or at least entertaining. And that usually means BuzzFeed, bored, panda, upworthy, laughing

1:40.5

squid, you know, the kind. Today I learned, and I was today years old when I discovered,

1:45.6

you know, that kind of thing. Let me give an example. There is a species of moth that lives in

1:51.0

the Amazon jungle that drinks the tears of sleeping birds. This moth will just sit on a bird's

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