Tue, 27 July 2010
"There aren't so many real cowboys left in America, just a lot of folks who dress like them," writes Brendan Leonard. Maybe the cowboy is gone, but the tradition of going West to reinvent oneself has remained a part of our culture. Where does that desire come from? Is it a part the American Psyche? In Brendan's case, it came from his father's passion for the West. In small town Iowa, the only way Brendan and his dad, Joe, could foster the dream of red rock and sage was by watching westerns. Lots of westerns. Today, Brendan presents a story about mountain people and the dreams parents instill in their children. Go West.
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Tue, 13 July 2010
The M.O. was familiar -- work hard at a series of bizarre jobs, make money and then hit the road to travel. During his twenties, writer and Diaries contributor Ryan Nickum went around the world and drifted across the Pacific Northwest. When it came time to settle down after returning from a Peace Corps stint, the economy tanked. Once Ryan finally wanted a steady job, it seemed impossible to get one. He authored standard resume after standard resume. The results were disheartening. Ryan pieced together whatever work he could -- data entry, process server and ditch digging. He began to question whether his youthful wanderlust now impeded a more adult life. In a moment of frustration, Ryan decided to create his curriculum vitae on his own terms -- Nickum style.
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Mon, 12 July 2010
Here are the cuts from the show...enjoy.
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Wed, 23 June 2010
As a child, Freddie Wilkinson was fascinated by K2 and the adventure narratives from 8,000 meter peaks. It led to an incredible career as an alpinist seeking out difficult routes on obscure peaks across the globe, but his interest in climbing the trophy peaks waned. In August 2008, 11 climbers lost their lives on K2. The ensuing media frenzy was just that -- a frenzy. Facts were hazy and right from the start people began making broad generalizations even though the details had yet to emerge. Something about it pissed Freddie off and stirred his curiosity. What really happened up there? Freddie started asking questions and in the process he found himself chasing an incredible story. You don't need a journalism degree or a press pass to be a reporter. All it takes is a little New England "Can Do Spirit" and curiosity that won't rest. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Comments[10]
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Tue, 22 June 2010
Here are the cuts from today's show...enjoy.
 The Glitch Mob "Animus Vox" (mp3) from "Drink The Sea" (Glass Air)  Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This AlbumThe Glitch Mob "Between Two Points (feat. Swan)" (mp3) from "Drink The Sea" (Glass Air) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This AlbumAlso, today we featured two songs from Wolf Parade off of the upcoming album Expo 86. You can download them at Sub Pop's website. I'm particularly happy about. Wolf Parade's Apologies to the Queen Mary was one of the best albums of the last decade. It was so wonderful different and yet still fist pumping and rocking, which is ultimately what I love in music. It also makes me think of chopping wood with Becca in Corvallis and drinking margaritas in our garage. Anyway, I'm pumped about the third album because the second album really wasn't very good. I'm glad to hear that these guys are back rocking. Category:music from the dirtbag diaries
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Thu, 3 June 2010
Yosemite has always been a crucible of hard climbing and big egos. Every year the sport's stars, die-hard dirtbags and hungry youngsters flock here to throw themselves at the big stone. Only the great will become legend. There is Surfer Bob, Mr. Magoo and Platinum Rob. James Lucas had dreams of rock stardom. He wanted to cast a shadow longer than El Cap. He wanted to live forever in camp fire conversation. He wanted to be Yosemite's Next Top Idol. What would it take? He would have to chisel his body into a granite monolith, learn to suffer through storms and develop swagger. He turned to the legends for advice and they welcomed him with open arms. Turns out nobody can resist sandbagging a young hungry climber.CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Comments[4]
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Tue, 1 June 2010
here are the cuts from today's show....
 Beach Fossils "Vacation" (mp3) from "Beach Fossils" (Captured Tracks) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Head Like a Kite "She's Wearing That Costume" (mp3) from "Dreams Suspend Night" (Head Like a Kite) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This AlbumHead Like a Kite "Director's Cut (feat. Tilson)" (mp3) from "Dreams Suspend Night" (Head Like a Kite) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Category:general
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Tue, 18 May 2010
"Fantasies happen from a safe distance. It's one thing to say you want something, even convince yourself of it. It's another thing all together to stand under a 3,500-foot nightmare you've feared for 15 years and try to actually climb it," writes climber and writer Kelly Cordes. At a quick consideration boxing and alpinism have little in common. Ponder if for a second and you might see the similarities. After years in the ring and even longer in the vertical life, Kelly certainly does. Each challenges its practitioner to accept fear. A boxer's opponent can deal out pain and defeat and when you put it in that light, a mountain isn't all that different. Today Kelly presents a story about the biggest fight of his life and embracing the mythic choss pile that has haunted him since his early days of climbing. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Comments[4]
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Mon, 17 May 2010
Man I dug that story. Kelly always puts a smile on my face. Here are the tracks from the show...
 Mux Mool "Skulltaste" (mp3) from "Skulltaste" (Ghostly International/Moodgadget Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Magic Bullets "Lying Around" (mp3) from "Magic Bullets" (Mon Amie Records) More On This Album Geographer "Kites" (mp3) from "Animal Shapes - EP" (Tricycle Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album ZLOX "Song of Night" (mp3) from "eXpo" (Undercover Culture Music) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Category:general
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Tue, 27 April 2010
"There is a wonderment in scars, the remnant of a body able to heal itself," writes Becca Cahall. "I love that my skin has chosen to retain memories that I might have otherwise have forgotten." We've all got them. War wounds. Battle scars. We get them from crashing bikes in the woods, surgeon's scalpels and cheese grating falls on granite. If you look back at each scar, each of them tells an incredible story, tales to share around campfires and over beers. The real incredible thing is that we chose to see what we want in our wounds and in others. We look past them to the emotion and memory behind them. The become the physical diary of our lives.
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Mon, 26 April 2010
Here are the songs from todays show...
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Thu, 8 April 2010
Success. What is it? How does each of us define it in our lives? It’s a question that has hovered over many of the stories we’ve told in the last three years. Aimee Brown has been many things in her life – a snowboarder, a hydrologist, a pastry chef, a goat farmer and a writer. Always a writer. Being a wordsmith and making a living as one are two different things. Last year, Aimee got the opportunity of a lifetime a job writing for National Geographic. Excited, she packed her Subaru, threw in her cowboy boots and moved east from her beloved Oregon towards an incredible career. After a few weeks of living in D.C. a nagging feeling set in. Were days looking out an office window, lonely treadmill runs and sun salutations without the sun success? Could you ever define it as such? It took six thousand miles of driving for her to answer that question.
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Wed, 7 April 2010
here are the cuts from todays show....
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Wed, 17 March 2010
Throughout the course of the Diaries, I'd hazard to guess that hundreds of you have written in about the struggle many of us -- me included -- experience between work and our passions. Even if work is one of your passions, the mountains, rivers, all the tiny places in this great wide world can seem impossibly far away. We are put in positions where we have to decide between pragmatism and passion. Harini Ayer's story epitomized this struggle. She came to the States from Southern India almost a decade ago and fell in love with this country, her research and climbing. Her ability to stay here has always been tied to her visa. Her work was a form of upward mobility. But there was a catch. If Harini switched jobs, or took a break from her research, she lost her ability to stay here. Climbing took a back seat, until eventually Harini made a stand for herself, her style of life and took an incredible risk.
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Tue, 16 March 2010
here are the cuts from Harini's short....
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