Make Your Own Luck

Make Your Own Luck. The Hub Radio Show for Monday August 26, 2019. View the completely serendipitous playlist for 8-26-19 (CLICK HERE)

White Denim, Lucero, Curse of Lono, Send Medicine

Thomas Jefferson once said, "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." On Make Your Own Luck Day do just that by being open to new experiences and opportunities. Don't be stuck in a routine. Set a goal and work hard for it. Don't accept defeat and take risks. Richard Wiseman, head of a psychology research department at the University of Hertfordshire in England, says he's cracked the code "Luck isn't due to kismet, karma, or coincidence, he says. Instead, lucky folks — without even knowing it — think and behave in ways that create good fortune in their lives".  
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." – Seneca

Hot And Spicy

Hot and Spicy. The Hub Radio Show for Monday August 19, 2019. View the completely sweaty playlist for 8-19-19 (CLICK HERE)

WHY?, Chance the Rapper, The Rocket Summer, Marika Hackman, Kazyak

This day is dedicated to hot and spicy foods. Some hot foods include wasabi and horseradish, and some spicy foods are made with peppers that have a high capsaicin content. There is some information that suggests capsaicin is good for your health. Hot and spicy foods should be consumed on this day. Common foods that are many times made spicy include chili, gumbo, chicken wings, and burritos. You could try to eat spicy foods that originated from the country you are a citizen of or were born in. To celebrate the day you could also buy some hot peppers and have a contest with your friends to see who is best able to stomach them.

Woodstock - 50 Years On

Woodstock - 50 Years On. The Hub Radio Show for Monday August 12, 2019. View the completely free playlist for 8-12-19 (CLICK HERE)

DJ Zebra, Z-Trip

This week, after all, marks the 50th anniversary -- 50th anniversary! -- of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, the rain-soaked, mud-splattered three-day rock concert on a farm in upstate New York that many mark as the climactic act of the Boom years. Which raises a question: when you've so long been defined by youth, what do you become when youth is gone? What drew the Woodstock generation together was ultimately not anger, but a hope -- idealistic, naive and impossibly young -- that yet tugs at the imagination, the hope of a better, fairer, cleaner, saner, more peaceful world. As Woodstock veteran Graham Nash recently told CBS News, "I still believe what we believed then ... that love is better than hatred, that peace is much better than war, that we have to take care of our fellow human beings, because this is all we have."

Somewhere along the way, Nash, like many of us, got old. But that hope never did.
Thanks to Leonard Pitts Jr.

Work Like A Dog

Work Like A Dog. The Hub Radio Show for Monday August 5, 2019. View the completely canine playlist for 8-5-19 (CLICK HERE)

Ariana & The Rose, Hot Chip, Leisure, Cuco

It may be a dog-eat-dog world out there, which can force you to work like a dog even during the dog days of summer! Work Like a Dog Day, which is celebrated on August 5, honors people who put in that extra bit of hard work. This quirky day is inspired by the reputed strong work ethic of canines, especially service dogs. Today, pause to appreciate the hard workers who inspire (or in some cases, frustrate) you. There’s no other day like this one so stick around because we’re sharing some fun ideas for the hard-working canine in you!

Global Tiger

Global Tiger. The Hub Radio Show for Monday July 29, 2019. View the completely roaring playlist for 7-29-19 (CLICK HERE)

Mannequin Pussy, Dude York, Jay Som, Generationals, Imperial Teen

Wild tigers are only found in Asia. The larger subspecies of them, such as the Siberian tiger, usually live in more northern, colder areas such as eastern Russia and northeastern China, while the smaller subspecies live in warmer, southern countries, such as India, Vietnam, and Bangladesh. Tigers live in forests, which vary depending on the subspecies and the part of the world they are in. Arid, flooded mangrove, tropical, and taiga are all forests that are inhabited by tigers. Tigers are solitary creatures that roam large areas for food. A Siberian tiger may have a range of 4,000 square miles. Tigers usually are orange with black stripes but can be other colors as well, such as white with tan stripes. The markings are different on every tiger, just like fingerprints on a human. Being carnivores, their stripes help camouflage them when hunting large animals such as deer, rhinos, elephant calves, and pigs. The tigers suffocate their prey with their large jaws, after clamping down on their neck.

Blue Monday

Blue Monday. The Hub Radio Show for Monday July 8, 2019. View the completely azure playlist for 7-8-19 (CLICK HERE)

Chilly Gonzales, Allen Toussaint, Maxence Cyrin, Podington Bear, Gustavo Santaolalla

Blue Monday is a name given to a day in January claimed to be the most depressing day of the year. The concept was first publicized as part of a 2005 press release from holiday company Sky Travel, which claimed to have calculated the date using an equation. It takes into account weather conditions and this only applies to the Northern Hemisphere. Per complete coincidence the date in the United States almost always coincides with the celebration of Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday, and so the concept of Blue Monday is not widely known there.

Dominion Day

Dominion Day. The Hub Radio Show for Monday July 1, 2019. View the completely frigid playlist for 7-1-19 (CLICK HERE)

Stick Figure, The Movement, Iya Terra, Mayer Hawthorne, DRAMA

Canada Day celebrates the country's movement to self-government. On July 1, 1867, Canada became a self-governing Dominion of Great Britain, after the passage of the British North America Act. It also became a federation with four provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec. These provinces were made from the British colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (previously Upper Canada and Lower Canada). The Act allowed for other provinces and territories to join the country in the future. On June 20, 1868, the Governor General said the anniversary of Canada becoming a Dominion should be celebrated. It became a statutory holiday in 1879 and was known as Dominion Day at the time. The first official celebrations weren't held until 1917, on the Dominion's fiftieth anniversary. It began being celebrated more frequently after World War II, and even more so after the 100th anniversary in 1967. It began being called Canada Day by celebrants and has been officially known as Canada Day since 1983. This was stipulated by the Canada Act of 1982. Canada also became a fully independent country with this act, no longer being under the dominion of Great Britain.