For Pete's Sake

For Pete's Sake. The Hub Radio Show for Monday February 26, 2018. View the completely exasperated playlist for 2-26-18 (CLICK HERE)

Belle & Sebastian, Born Ruffians, David Byrne, Wye Oak, Rhye, Dr. Dog

For Pete’s Sake Day celebrates one example of a ‘minced oath’, where an offensive word or phrase is substituted by something more acceptable in society. Other examples include ‘For crying out loud!’, and ‘Sugar!’. Such euphemisms have been used for centuries whenever people hit thumbs with hammers, burn hands on hot plates, or sit on sharp things while in polite company. Why has Pete been singled out for special attention?  In the case of this particular minced oath, Pete is likely to refer to St Peter. However, if there’s a Pete in your life, why not do something for his sake? It doesn’t have to be much – making him a cup of tea or a nice sandwich would be good!  If you are Pete-less, perhaps you can celebrate by saying ‘For Pete’s Sake’ whenever you get an opportunity.

Clean Monday

Clean Monday. The Hub Radio Show for Monday February 19, 2018. View the completely tidy playlist for 2-19-18 (CLICK HERE)

Franz Ferdinand, Field Music, MGMT, Son Lux, Eels

Wash yourselves and ye shall be clean; put away the wicked ways from your souls before Mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well. Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, consider the fatherless, and plead for the widow. Come then, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: Though your sins be as scarlet, I will make them white as snow; and though they be red like crimson, I will make them white as wool.

Shrove Monday

Shrove Monday. The Hub Radio Show for Monday February 12, 2018. View the completely rose playlist for 2-12-18 (CLICK HERE)

Hookworms, Field Music, Girlpool, Anna Burch

Shrove Monday, sometimes known as Collopy Monday, Rose Monday, Merry Monday or Hall Monday, is a Christian observance falling on the Monday before Ash Wednesday every year. A part of the English traditional Shrovetide celebrations of the week before Lent, the Monday precedes Shrove Tuesday. As the Monday before Ash Wednesday, it is part of diverse Carnival celebrations which take place in many parts of the Christian world.

Disaster

Disaster. The Hub Radio Show for Monday February 5, 2018. View the completely alarmist playlist for 2-5-18 (CLICK HERE)

Jeff Rosenstock, The Spook School, The Go! Team, tUnE-yArDs, Palm

I believe everybody is an asset for the country, everybody can create difference. Try to make your life more meaningful, there is possibility that you could save a life or somebody could be a life saver due to your life saving training. All willing people can join a platform like Rescue 1122 Safety and Training Wing, get training on basic life support, first aid, fire safety, rescue techniques and evacuation planning and exercise etc with aims to enhance existing community response.

Curmudgeons Freethinkers and Bubble Wrap

Curmudgeons Freethinkers and Bubble Wrap. The Hub Radio Show for Monday January 29. 2018. View the completely random playlist for 1-29-18 (CLICK HERE)

Born Ruffians, Oliver Spalding, Joe Kye, Jim James

Celebrate Curmudgeons Day by being a curmudgeon or watching a few good curmudgeons – Oscar the Grouch, Grumpy the Dwarf, John and Max from Grumpy Old Men, or (my personal favorite animated curmudgeon) Carl from Up!  Embrace Freethinkers Day by challenging arbitrary authority, questioning the status quo, and constructing logical and reasonable arguments against ingrained behavior.  Bubble Wrap appreciation day can best be spent by taking a big old roll of Bubble Wrap and popping every single bubble in the sheet. Share these with your friends and family who need a bit of stress relief, and then share another sheet with them, popping away.

Dance of the Seven Veils

Dance of the Seven Veils. The Hub Radio Show for Monday January 22, 2018. View the completely diaphanous playlist for 1-22-18 (CLICK HERE)

 

Bicep , ODESZA, Young Galaxy, Goodfight, Lucy Dacus, Joe Kye

She freed and floated on the air her arms
Above dim veils that hid her bosom's charms...
The veils fell round her like thin coiling mists
Shot through by topaz suns and amethysts

Humanitarian

Humanitarian. The Hub Radio Show for Monday January 15, 2018. View the completely obtainable playlist for 1-15-18 (CLICK HERE)

David Byrne, Dick Stusso, Belle & Sebastian, Kid Trails, Dana Buoy, Prism Tats

Conflict is taking a massive toll on people’s lives around the world. Trapped in wars not of their making, millions of civilians are forced to hide or run for their lives. Children are taken out of school, families are displaced from their homes and communities are torn apart, At the same time, health workers and aid workers—who risk their lives to care for people affected by violence—are increasingly being targeted. But the world is not doing enough to end their suffering.