17th Annual Holiday Hub

The seventeenth annual Holiday Hub, Monday, December 20, 2021 6-8pm MST on 91.3FM KXCI Tucson, AZ. Stream at www.KXCI.org

For the past seventeen seasons, good old Saint Nick has combed through the musical landscape searching for the most unusual seasonal tunes.

Songs of summer come and go. Once-ubiquitous hits of the past are relegated to “throwback” playlists. Year-end album lists codify the past and clear the slate for the future. But Holiday music is timeless. It is a musical genre full of good cheer mostly. This musical aesthetic and its warm vibes extend beyond the year round pop and rock. These are Holiday songs, cutting across genres and decades. Songs that elbow their way through the dross to enshrine themselves in the Christmas-music canon, cementing what would otherwise be long-forgotten music trends into a shared, classic holiday remembrance.

So kick off your boots, put an ornament on the tree, fire up a mug of mulled wine and enjoy The Holiday Hub this Monday December 20^th 6-8pm. Ho ho ho.

Microwave Oven

Microwave Oven. The Hub Radio Show for Monday December 6, 2021. View the completely steamy playlist for 12-06-21 (CLICK HERE)

Geese, IDLES, Liily, TV Priest, Dry Cleaning

Microwave ovens use non-ionizing radiation that has a frequency between that of radio and infrared wavelengths. Unlike X-rays, which use ionizing radiation, and can be harmful, the non-ionizing radiation from microwaves is safe. A process called dielectric heating allows water, fat, and other substances to absorb energy. Molecules in these substances are electric dipoles, meaning they have a positive charge on one end and a negative charge on the other. The molecules move as they try to align themselves in a microwave, which creates heat.  
 

All Saints Day

All Saints Day. The Hub Radio Show for Monday November 1, 2021. View the supernatural playlist for 11-01-21 (CLICK HERE)

My Morning Jacket, The Record Company, The Velveteers, Morningsiders, Matthew E White 

All Saints' Day is a Christian festival that honors saints. The day takes place on November 1. In some congregations, a candle is lit or a bell is rung, and the names of congregants who have passed away in the previous year are read. Other prayers and readings may take place on the day. Various customs take place in different countries, such as offerings being made and graves being visited. The roots of the day go back to the early Christian church. In the late fourth or early fifth century, days dedicated to all saints began being celebrated.  
 

Toot Your Flute

Toot Your Flute. The Hub Radio Show for Monday October 4, 2021. View the completely self-serving playlist for 10-04-21 (CLICK HERE)

GARZA, War On Drugs, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Hatchie, Ada Lea 

To toot or blow one's own horn is "to talk boastfully about oneself or one's achievements". International Toot Your Own Flute Day is a self-centered day to focus on yourself and your own achievements. It is a day to pause, slow down, and enjoy life. It is also a day to bask in your strengths and accomplishments, and to let others know about them.  Do something for yourself on this day instead of thinking only of others.
 

Labor Day

Labor Day. The Hub Radio Show for Monday September 6, 2021. View the completely unionized playlist for 09-06-21 (CLICK HERE)

TSHA, Joon Moon, Morly, Yola, Zelma Stone

Labor Day is a public and federal holiday in the United States. It honors the American labor movement, and the contributions that workers have made to the country. Starting in 1882, labor days first began being organized and celebrated by labor unions, and Oregon became the first state to make Labor Day an official public holiday in 1887. Traditionally, Labor Day consists of parades, followed by gatherings of workers with their families and friends. Labor Day also marks the unofficial end of summer, and it is around this time that students go back to school, and fall sports begin.
 

Ice Cream Sandwich

Ice Cream Sandwich. The Hub Radio Show for Monday August 2, 2021. View the completely delicious playlist for 8-2-21 (CLICK HERE)

Manchester Orchestra, The Murlocs, The Tell, Hovvdy, Yves Tumor 

Today we celebrate ice cream sandwiches in all their forms and flavors! They first appeared in the late 1890s in New York City, being sold by street vendors for a penny. They consisted of a thin quarter-inch layer of ice cream between two thin graham wafers. There are many ice cream sandwich variations in the United States and around the world. The most common is made of a vanilla ice cream slab between two thin chocolate cookie layers that resemble a chocolate cake. Ice cream sandwiches are also popular around the world. In Australia, the most popular ice cream sandwiches are called Giant Sandwiches. Another favorite in Australia are Maxibons, which are partially dipped in chocolate. In Singapore, popular flavors consist of honeydew, red bean, and yam. 
 

Graham Cracker

Graham Cracker. The Hub Radio Show for Monday July 5, 2021. View the completely sweet playlist for 07-05-21 (CLICK HERE)

Islands, Evolfo, Griffith James, King Ropes, Parcels 

Reverend Sylvester Graham, a Presbyterian minister from Bound Brook, New Jersey, developed the graham cracker in the 1820s. He designed it to be a health food that was part of his "Graham Diet"—a diet he believed would eliminate lust and suppress all carnal urges, which he thought led to various maladies like insanity, epilepsy, spinal disease, and tuberculosis, and to everyday ailments like headaches and indigestion. His diet was vegetarian and also required abstaining from alcohol, tobacco, and refined white flour. His graham crackers were made with graham flour, a coarsely ground and unsifted whole-wheat flour. The flour is brown and slightly nutty and sweet, and Graham used it to make graham bread and graham crackers. The crackers were biscuit-like and somewhat bland, as they didn't include any spices or sugar.