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DJ Blog: Talking Trash with Ash, Trash of the Week Pt. 14

DJ Blog: Talking Trash with Ash, Trash of the Week Pt. 14

Another Boston Tea Party, anyone? Some researchers at the University of California, San Francisco are proposing taxation of all food and drink that includes added sugar, banned sales in or near schools and age limits on purchases. They say that sugar and other sweeteners are “so toxic to the human body that they should be [...]

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DJ Blog: This Day in Music History – Blondie

    February 2, 2012. That’s today. February 2, 1979. That was the day that Blondie got their first U.K. number one single. Now I hope everyone reading this has heart “Heart of Glass.” If not, click here! Watched it? Good. I’m a soprano, and that chorus is right up my alley. “Heart of Glass,” [...]

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Lana Del Rey’s Born to Die

Lana Del Rey’s captivating first single “Video Games” earned her an instant fan-base and nonstop media attention. All the hype leads up to the quick, and perhaps untimely, release of Born to Die, her debut album. The album seems somewhat rushed. Fans wanted more of “Video Games,” and they wanted it fast. Most of the [...]

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WPGU Presents: Joe Pug: Preview

Joe Pug, singer-songwriter from sweet home Chicago, will be putting on an 18+ show this Saturday, February 4th at the Canopy Club in Urbana, with doors opening at 10pm. Never listened to his stuff? No problem. Pug’s music, fundamentally acoustic folk with the occasional country twang, is extremely accessible and easy to get into. In [...]

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Calling One and All: WPGU Info Night

Check out that epic and historic picture of WPGU members in the 70s. WPGU, and Illini Media as a whole, has been around for a long time. Working at the station has undeniably changed my life for the better and made me a happier person, and I’m sure it will do the same for you! [...]

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Monday Mixer

Science says that smell is the most sentimental sense. I am in the strong opinion that sound comes in at number two. Listening to music can transport us back in our own lives to our younger days, or even earlier in history. It has always been my opinion that the only thing better than discovering [...]

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