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Diary of a Mad NYC Cyclist: A Newsical

From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Length: 54:31

lifelong cyclist/broadcast journalist, Paul Fischer, on the pleasures and pitfalls of city biking. I'll take you road-biking in Central Park, where bone-crunching dangers lurk at every turn. ( I have the broken bones to prove it) Appropriate music is played during this program, which is a stand alone episode of my "newsical" series, "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" Read the full description.
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2010-01-10_11 The programs in this series are written, produced and mixed by Paul Fischer....who wrote for Dan Rather for 24 years on the CBS Evening News... before returning to his roots in public radio. ( News Director WBAI in NYC and KPFA in Berkeley before CBS News...and currently an independent airing/streaming my programs on WBAI NYC

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The programs in this series are written, produced and mixed by Paul Fischer....who wrote for Dan Rather for 24 years on the CBS Evening News... before returning to his roots in public radio. ( News Director WBAI in NYC and KPFA in Berkeley before CBS News...and currently an independent airing/streaming my programs on WBAI NYC

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Title Artist Album Label Year Length
Riders on The Storm The Doors/ SnoopDog 00:00
Got a Feeling Mamas and Papas 00:00
Cycling Trivialities Jose Gonzales 00:00
Bicycle Queen 00:00
Bike Pink Floyd 00:00
Two Timing Touch and Broken Bones The Hives 00:00
Skeletons Yeah! Yeah! Yeahs! 00:00
The Skeleton Song Kate Nash 00:00
Theme from "Bones" Crystal Method ( DJ Corporate Remix) 00:00
Bone House Dead Weather 00:00
Perpetual Motion Machine Modest Mouse 00:00
Be Easy Sharon Jones and the DapKings 00:00
I'm a Wheel Wilco 00:00
Daisy Hal 9000 00:00
The Bike, Sir Oh No, Oh My! 00:00
Where Gravity is Dead Laura Veirs 00:00
When I Get to the Border M.Ward and Zooey Deschanel 00:00
Gloworm Mainsqueeze Orchestra 00:00
NY Stars Lou Reed 00:00
Brand New Key Melanie 00:00

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