Teachable Moments: Recent Episodes
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i know u're curious abt where i find all my music but as a dork, that's private & i hope you'll respect my privacy at this present time
oOoooo u're almostttttttttttttt there ~~ it's gonna feel so sweet to get it but isn't the tempting half the fun
in this dork's opinion ~~ silk is life & if u don't agree u can explain clearly & i will be happy to hear u out & change my mind
we made it to episode 200 !! wowoo what a wild ride but dorks & non-dorks alike. thanks citr & ty dear listeners for almost 6 years of teachable moments
yesterday is history, tomo is a mystery, & td is a gift ~~ that's why it's called the PRESENT -kung fu panda
ummmmmmm are u freaking kidding me ?????? there's a HOT EXCLUSIVE NEW DOOZY SINGLE - I'M WITH YOU only on teachable moments wowoo i am shocked & excited bc that is so deeply cool
february is black history/futures month & teachable moments observes with an extra special all Black, mostly canadian, & all bangers ep
it's ffffffundrive here @ citr & discorder so boogie on over to https://www.donatetocitr.ca/ to donate to citr & keep the good times flowing
& the top 10 artists played on teachable moments in 2024 areeeeeeeeee 10 - future star 9 - saya gray 8 - cecile believe 7 - cherry blu 6 - girls 96 5 - lutalo 4 - tj felix 3 - sophia stel 2 - ouri 1 - free play angel + s/o - cold gods, pelada, m1m1, echotracer, xela edna & eius echo, cindy lee, shut up and dance, six arils, username, & donormaal
are you a cool summer? bright winter? dark autumn? warm spring? none of the above? all of the above?? & how do u event know???? pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls tell me. sincerely, a dork
come for the sslay SEA tracks & stay for the insightful, warm, & broadening conversation with Simon Grefiel of vancouver's very own ~~ GULOD TANAWIN
a kinda of convoluted ep abt (maybe) concerted effort? or intentional effort? that's personally motivated? tbh as a dork i am confused but the music is very good
what is an icon? & can a dork aspire to be one? discover all that & more on this inspired & thought provoking episode of "teachable moments: citr's one-stop-shop for what's hot & what's not, episode 179 - cool (adj): iconic"
this episide we keep it ~~tighT as we speed through some bangers & (as always) misc reminisce
being engaged sounds sslay but so does enthusiastic participation in your interests and inviting other people into them could be pretty cool toooooooo
enacted distance is so weird?? don't u think? a dork is confronting individuality & tbh it's uncomfortable so join me (sorry)
part 2 of a dork's exxxclusive interview with chimgee mendee, who runs the very cool & very hot event listings instagram ~~ @hotmothertruckers
part 1 of a dork's exxxclusive interivew with chimgee mendee, who runs the very cool & very hot event listings instagram ~~ @hotmothertruckers
it's so hot right now. let's stay hydrated besties & keep it cool w some hotttt tunes ::)
goof & laughs are expressions of joy & joy is the coolest thing in this world so let's hear it for the sillies
a dork finally touches on nonchalance. they don't have a ton to say except that's it's tired corny & we as a society should abandon that attitude.
the clouds are withholding the sun but weirdly that makes its glimmers that much more sweet don't you think?
music waste is this weekend! june 6-9! @ venues all over east vancouver! go to musicwaste.ca for the full fest details xox
i know ur excited but everyone needs to cool it! bc this week we're joined by special guest FUTURE STAR who came on to curate the show, talk about their upcoming album, & share an exxxclusive sneaky peaky of their new single MY BRIGHT FANTASY out may 16 on mint records future star's new album IT'S ABOUT TIME is out in july on mint records & she'll be playing at fests and shows in & around vancouver all summer
this ep is brought to u by thinking abt d&d mechanics + my [a dork's] understanding of "charm"
a dork tries to make sense of tamped & simmering substances meeting ft. a teachable moments EXXXCLUSIVEEEE ~~ text dial video archive unreleased track HAPHAZARDLY @ ~30min into the ep follow them on insta @textdialvideoarchive...
a doozy of an ep lol some v slay tracks + an interview w doozy where we talk about what their upcoming release, is noise even real?, & how doozy is [not so] different from their other projects check out doozy @planetdoozy on instagram & stay tuned for their debut album out early this summer... ++++ wanna be as cool as doozy???? trick question bc the answer is "duh" here're their trips & tricks ~ cool is: sick / silly / nostalgic / sunglasses / flames [on shirts] / classic / frosted tips / low riding / hat tilts / baggy jeans w frayed cuffs / stature [lean] / dc shoes / an mp3 player w @ least a gigabyte of music / older sisters / red 2 door acura integras / outdated?? / icy / smoke / dry ice
a dork rants about the lauding of discomfort & how maybe we as a society could appreciate people where they're at & not demand contortion to be praised
duh is theatrical &, in this dork's opinion, kind of a perfect example of generational attitudes of comedy/kindness
makes sense = [works = comprehensible] + [tracks = consequential] + [fits = evidential] & if u don't get that idk what to tell u bc it just makes sense
!!!! HAPPY BLACK FUTURES MONTH !!!! enjoy this extra special episode that features 100% Black artists while dork talks about some of the ways that Black creators ~innovate~revolutionize~metamorphosize~restyle art music & culture
hotttttt tracks + an interview w free play angel where we talk about their fun&flirty approach to production, how making stuff w ur friends is always better, & their ~personal definition of the word cool... check out free play angel @ freeplayangel.com & see them live this fri feb 16 @ kw studios & catch them on tour in march...
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[#1 IN] listen to the golden age of wrestling's SCORPION DEATHLOCK out THIS FRIDAY on intraset records [ins] being chill [w/in reason] / square brackets / pearls / curiosity / ballet loafers / teeny sweaters/button ups / low rise pants / day trips / romance for the sake of romance / having takes / emoticons / rye bread / proud boundaries / local ~talent / numerology / indulging temptations / fantasizing celebrities / anime / loving life / road trip vibes [outs] being “grown up” / being too cool / ballet flats / the apps / doing stuff w 1 hand / being boring / arbitrary self imposed limitations / emojis / all white line ups / dirty dishes / rigidity / “big man” behaviour / scrutinizing celebrities / sketch comedy / despair / overstaying welcomes
reflection is an active process & sequences follow ¯\_("/)_/¯ "welcome to 2024" -a dork
it's the end of another year and the start(/end) of another top-10-artists-played-on-teachable-moments-in-the-past-year list (see below) [10]Yaeji [9]Rochelle Jordan [8]MA$$ANK [7]Loukeman [6]caro<3 [5]Petal Supply [4]Horsepowar [3]Liv.e [2]DEBBY FRIDAY [1]Cherry Blu + s/o to the honorable mentions ~ VOT / Young Fathers / Eli Muro / Cruza / 1tbsp / tuchscreen / Dida / DOOZY / Saya Gray / Alamaaz / bar italia / boymoder / Sai Yoshiko / altopalo / Enereph / feeble little horse / Feeling Figures / Kerub / MONEYPHONE / Lutalo / Niecy Blues / Whoarei / YXSI
it's ~pretty cool that "perspective" is basically a metaphor for an approach informed by context & collected information... at least a dork thinks it is
a dork discusses meaning vs reference via thoughts about a dictionary vs thesaurus & the conclusion ?? approximation is imperfect but it's what we have
prompted by my friend's thoughts on norse mythology nostalgia: a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations novelty: the quality of being new, original, or unusual
the long anticipated follow up ep to ~ ep131 - cool (adj): connected [pre-reprise] topics covered ~ v brief recap of ep131/the attack on titan finale connection & community ~ belonging/affinity requires connection connection & fulfillment/wholeness ~ third place connection & flexibility ~ morphing puzzle pieces
it's the 00kiest sp00kiest time of the yr ~~HAPPY HALLOWEEN~~ to the ppl that celebrate
birds like shiney things & i like mirrors ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it's survival of the prettiest & most reflective
~. it truly is the coolest season .~ enjoy a nostalgic episode of teachable moments & then celebrate @ AUTUMN WASTE sat oct 21 presented by the stunning baylie adams via music waste fest...
to be impassioned is to fight for justice. i'm just a dork, i don't make the rules ¯\_(¨/)_/¯
we'll revisit this topic another ep but in the meantime... enjoy these bangers! no skip ep fr
what is w the chokehold marc jacobs' heaven has on youth fashion/trends/etc rn?? a dork is dying to know but i think it has smt to do with ~ celebrity, branding, romanticized nostalgia, & plastic authenticity (this show is just musings check out YT vids fashionlover4 - How Marc Jacobs Ruined Heaven & angelbbkira - the problem with heaven by Marc Jacobs for more info/context/knowledge)
did you know that "fancy-free" means single (complimentary) ???? or is it just dorks who aren't in the loop ? anyway enjoy some dorky musings abt love&relationships
a little sample pack of the victory square block party 2023 this sunday september 3 @ victory square park [sched below!!] ft an interview w music waste organizer & legendary citr 101.9fm dj saxlanuit 2pm ~ clara sanchez 2:45pm ~Porch Fling 3:30pm ~ DANI YOUR DARLING 4:15pm ~ Devon Parkin 5pm ~ DOOZY 5:45pm ~ MA$$ANK 6:30pm ~ girly. 7:15pm ~ VOT 10pm ~ official after party @ 648 ft. AKAsublime & saxlanuit
a breeze is... carefree. fleeting. open(ing). sweetness. temporary. allowance. welcome. cool.
inspired by a reaction to music that just came out that sounds exactly like everything they've been doing for the past 10 yrs
a dork's thoughts on Shoichi Aoki quote “decline in coolness via simplicity, functionality, and comfortability” (via Mina Lee Harajuku video)
black innovation is @ the center of all popular music genres (house, punk, metal, rock, pop, etc.) ~ reflections on episode 3 of 1619, "the birth of american music" ft wesley morris & hosted by nikole hannah-jones, listen here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/podcasts/1619-black-american-music-appropriation.html ~ DONATE TO/SHARE LOCAL BLACK INITIATIVES ~ Vancouver Black Library @vanblacklibrary https://www.vancouverblacklibrary.org/ Black Void UBC @blackvoidubc Vancouver Black Therapy Fund @vancouverblacktherapyfund https://vancouverblacktherapyfoundation.com/
happy love day !!!! what's ~your metaphor for how you love someone? just something to think about xox
this definition is quoted in a Mina Lee video but not in the one that i thought it was in so oops but it's an interesting association & i feel like we were still able to get into it ~ this ep talks abt art, obscurity, deviance, the gays, & "success" alsooooo i mis-called the last 2 songs oops again ~ plush management played after lil_babeee_4eva & rainbow island closed the show (see correct songlist @ citr.ca)
do trends exist bc they're finite? idk but let's talk about it. rest in power vivienne westwood, lola "gangsta boo" mitchell, & fred white who all passed away in this past week
buckle up for the annual Top10ArtistsPlayedOnteachablemomentsIn2022 episode (+ honorable mentions) HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!! 10 ~ Sophia Stel 9 ~ Otto & Pudding Club 8 ~ TJ Felix 7 ~ Blue Hawaii 6 ~ Big City 5 ~ umru 4 ~ MA$$ANK 3 ~ Megamall 2 ~ Cherry Blu 1 ~ DUMB
soooo when genres that explicitly challenge existing sonic norms are innovated & then they become popular, does that saturation mean that they aren't transgressive & so they aren't "cool" anymore???? idk.
language is so weird hey?? this ep is an impassioned case for opinions. go forth & reflect! also s/o to the backyardigans ~
it's not cool to be attached to a too rigid version of yourself. it's much cooler to know your boundaries and also be open to changing and growing. take it from a dork.
"is relevance necessary to be 'cool'? are relevance and obscurity antithetical? does obscurity only have 'value' in early resurgence? is the relevant too accessible? is resurgence necessary for relevance?" ...i hope my notes for this episode were illuminating & clarifying rather than convoluted & confusing. enjoy!
it's sad boy seasonal transition and dork talks abt melancholy, angels, & the permeated sadness that haunts their life these days. so basically a feel good autumnal ep for sure.
no definition of the word cool bc we don't have time! school's back in session & we're all equally incredibly busy bees so... sucks
change. fluidity. agency. flexibility. discovery. what do all these things have in common? who cares. cool.
fake? boundaries? twinge? distanced? communication? judgement? who knows but what we do know is that it's definitely not the vibe. a theme inspired by mild misogyny & the word "twinge"
inspired by mandy moore's 2001 not-so-hit single "crush" dork answers FAQs abt crushes posed by healthline
https://www.healthline.com/health/relationships/having-a-crush
MUSIC WASTE 2022 is June 2-5!! Listen to some of the artists performing in MW2022 & some xxxclusive convos with fest organizers Lisa, Nicole, & Baby
GO TO musicwaste.ca TO SEE THE FULL LINE UP!
everyone's dying to know... is playing it cool (2014) starring chris evans and michelle monaghan a good movie? what is playing it cool (2014) starring chris evans and michelle monaghan about? do they end up together in playing it cool starring chris evans and michelle monaghan (2014)?
either way, dork doesn't appreciate games unless it's baseball bc all dorks love baseball
sleek is oily but it's also clean and it's mostly just kind of futile and sad. sleek is tryhard and cringe. but it's pure.
& without further ado and in a very particular order, here are the top 10 artists played on teachable moments in 2021...
- ??? Park Hye Jin
- Nimkish
- Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz
- redress
- Isabella Lovestory
- Yu Su
- Fake Fruit
- Prado
- Pardoner
- Devours
the cool girl trope is a figment of male fantasy. end of episode. ft. the famous & incomparable host of This Is Not Fine on CiTR 101.9FM, Hina Imam.
the right or opportunity to use or benefit from something ~ coolness x interaction; coolness x exclusion; coolness x exchange
dork thought this episode was going to be abt "feeling" but it's actually abt "experience" and life's all abt the things you learn along the way
https://www.reddit.com/r/cool/ honestly i'd 4/10 recommend there's not a ~lot of super cool stuff on there but it's cool that ppl have the impulse to share things and then do so that's cool
is smooth... easy? natural? obvious? unthinking? find out that and more on this week's episode of teachable moments ;;
it's an approximate world & we're just living in it. if you have a problem w how often someone says "like"/literally any other speaking pattern just stfu. no one asked you.
the most chaotic thing ever?? ~honestly~
& "what's up" to the dude who called in & told me the amt of times i say ~like~ is "amazing"... i agree i am absolutely exceptional :) unfortch your sexism isn't :(
it's pretty intense being cool.. at least it seems like it is. i wouldn't know. bc i'm a dork.
we talk abt playful fashun, linen, and (briefly) the punx ft an interview with the one and the only Jasper Sloan Yip
dork didn't have any time but they collected 14 incredible amazing and shatteringly dancable songs sooooooo
if you can't grow, be accountable to others & your past self, & accept your responsibility to be open to change you're not cool sorry abt it
i'm just a quirked up shawty. standing in front of another quirked up shawty. asking them to revel.
i don't smoke not bc i'm a dork but bc i have a super ~cool habit of having a panic attack every time i smoke.. anyway happy belated 420????????
not gonna lie. i'm a dork & i forgot it was 420. ty for your patience re:how dorky i truly am. i hope it was chillAxing and you were able to chillAx.
personally, as dork, i don't think that "shock" is very cool. it's kinda shallow & reactionary & boring... but shock is also stuff that upsets ~namely stuff that's not cis het white & masc~ & that's pretty fcking cool
provocation & violence; provocation & cpaitalism; provocation & interest (~~*sparkle); provocation & immediacy
omg don't be the "cool girl"! don't do it! it's a disservice to you! be neurotic! whatever! changing yourself/putting yourself in situations where you feel unsafe/uncomfortable to seem "cool" and/or "chill" is not cool! & it's not chill! be you! do you! dork cannot emphasize this enough!
oopsily ~short~rushed~hectic enrichment bw some looooong(ish) sloooooow(er) songs~~~~ isn't kind of ~weird~sweet how longer songs are usually more mellow? i mean obvs it makes sense but i like the idea that length is related to serenity
being cool is chill & being chill is cool but to be cool is to kind of be not chill chill only takes you so far but ultimately i think it's cooler to be chill than cool :P:P
stay cool, calm, and connected folks ~association is not connection & connection is relationship~
what do you think of the cool colors (vs warm ones)?? bc dork has more thoughts than they thought they would
call in to lmk what your fav cool color is
dork's top 10 album's played +4 ~honorable ~mentions HAPPY NEW YEAR ETC LISTENERS xox
- Drill (Philadelphia); 9. Bedwetters Anonymous; 8. Pink Siifu (Birmingham); 7. Be Afraid; 6. Lié; 5. Pinch Librarian; 4. Tonk; 3. Non La; 2. Lucky; 1. Oblomov
accountability isn't punitive it's an opportunity for you to grow/be a better person everyone has hurt someone else but i'm confused why you wouldn't want to address that for them and for yourself
it's election day in the states and as a dork dork is fcking spiraling. why is the world so awful?
who knows what's next and if it's better probably not but it's also probably cool so it's not all bad
? VICTORY SQUARE WATCH PARTY ? Sunday, September 6 @ 2pm ? ft. Turunesh, Non La, Kardias Quing, Canon Mulat, Bedwetters Anonymous, Dumb ? hosted by Crimes & Treasons, Duncan's Donuts, Deliberate Noise, too dreamy, Cushy Radio ? https://www.facebook.com/events/591251531538873/
- other cool sh*t
hot tip: be your most genuine & authentic self bc otherwise dork will ~not think that you are cool & there ~will be no social repercussions bc they are a dork & no one cares what they think
a playlist of songs that came out in 2020 which is wack bc it feels like some of these came out 13 yrs ago but that's cool time is weird
clips from: https://youtu.be/Xm4VJ5Tsjrc
https://www.gofundme.com/f/vancouver-black-therapy-amp-advocacy-fund
https://www.gofundme.com/f/covid19-black-community-support-vancouver
https://www.hogansalleysociety.org/
https://blacklivesmattervancouver.com/
https://www.nuzi.ca/
https://tinyurl.com/ycnvjmab
do you ever feel sticky icky ooey gooey sweet??~~* dork doesn't but this episode is kind of about that
a dork distracts themself w rambles abt capitalism, art, care, & fantasy as distraction
3 steps for chilling at home and not freaking out
~ 1. stay calm ~
~ 2. stay cool ~
~ 3. stay chill ~
welcome to the time of covid. dork unravels but brings it back in a home grown ep. i hope everyone's doing ok.
2 DETANGLE * honesty >> genuine >> integrity >> patience >> status >> power >> reality >> realism vs. pessimism. dork doesn't rly know what that means but they've just been feeling kind of out of it.
♥ bwwwwwwwa bwa bwa bwa bwwwwwwwa ♥ it's fundrive 2020 ♥ bwwwwwwwa ♥ buckle up for a goopy and nostalgic ep of teachable moments bc jeez do i have a crush on citr ♥ it's p cool that citr & discorder lets me do what i do and what all the other ppl who do stuff do so donate some ca$h pls ♥ citr.ca/donate ♥
this episode is uninspired but i genuinely think this music is good so i guess its inspirING? idk
this episode is the sonic equivalent of a sweater unraveling very quickly because the person who knitted it is aggressively and consistently tugging at a loose bit of yarn but because they're socially well adjusted it's totally fine and they're not even bothered
dork goes through the top played artists on teachable moments +a few honorable mentions interspersed with some minorrrr technical difficulties and a call in from chris (what's up chris?) asking abt a song abt apples that played on air 2 days ago? if anyone knows what song chris is looking for please let him know. anywho happy holidoo!
the planet is dying and dork is freaking out. but at least it's pleasantly cool outside.
dork hadn't know that there was an established and legitimate hierarchy of nerd vs geek vs dork but now they do and have no idea what their place in the world is. they are lost. confused. floating through space. desperately searching for some kind of meaning. anything.
dork does Not think that being pretentious is cool! for example, if you say that nerds and geeks are cooler than dorks you are being pretentious and not cool.
even a dork like dork makes a friend from time to time and they are so filled with gratitude
dork is trying to keep cool in general but nothing will make them less excited for all the upcoming shows!
this episode took a dna test and it turns out it's 100% confident in it being at least 30% cool
everything is chaotic and dork is holding on by a thread. you know what's cool? d&d. dork's nvr played it but that sh*t's cool. you know what else is cool? gal gracen's "fantasy gardens" and dumb's "seeing green" have the same album cover. i don't make the shots, i just call them.
ty paul for letting the ppl know that frank zappa's "we're only in it for the money" has the same album art at the beatles' "sargent pepper's lonely hearts club band" and the beastie boys' gratitude video replicated pink floyd's "live in pompei" performance. we are grateful paul.
dork talks abt fashion or at least tries to while they play dope af tunes. will probably do a pt 2 bc it was a little lacking on the fashion convo. but that's cool right?
dork forgoes their dorky demeanor and confidently chats about victory square block party which is happening sunday, september 1 at victory square w kimmortal, biawanna, sunrise social, luvgoon, sylvia wrath, lucid, tonk, & oblomov which is p objectively cool according to dork
if your mom ever told you to just be yourself, they were right. performativity is so 2000⪭.
psa just bc the capital you're hoarding isn't ca$h doesn't mean you're not a capitalist
and dork agrees
dork decides that cool is bad and extremes are good. also that a comprehensive understanding of osmosis is absolutely a necessity.
xox with a glamorous call in from mystery caller claire xox
dork's backbackbackback back again with some pressing questions: what can i get for a cooooooool 50 cents? how can i make a coooooooool 50 cents? how can i spend a cooooooooool 50 cents? what do dentists value in a cooooooool $5,000? will you date me for a cooooooool 50 cents?
tootie joins dork in studio to continue the journey and the quest to find what's cool
they are helped by ferris the angel and the expert in all things cool
dork continues on their quest of cool and got some a+ tips from ferris, mystery caller clara, adb, and al who acted as the multiple gandalfs to their frodo&co.
tip of the day need to cool down? take off a layer!
do you know what's cool?! bc dork doesn't
celebrate the debut of their new opportunity to expose themself to ridicule and judgement thankfully everyone has been really supportive and super nice and they got some good tips along the way
tip of the day say "neat-o" more