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Brown on the Air: HOMEMADE!
My weekly commentary for the Saturday, May 1, 2010 edition of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE joins the call-in/music program’s rotating topic of “homemade.” Are things you make on your own inherently better than the things you buy from the store? There’s some annual thing about beer going on that day at the…
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Brown on the Air: JUNK DRAWERS ’10!
I may be politicking out of town this weekend, but elements of my normal routine continue. Tune in for my weekly contribution to the Saturday morning call-in and music program “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE. This week’s topic is “junk drawers,” one of our annual shows where callers reveal the contents of their…
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Brown on the Air: PETS!
Tune in Saturday morning for “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE, the weekly call-in and music program covering all manner of topics and featuring several astute commentators, including yours truly. My essay joins this week’s theme in the general remark: “Oh, the things we do for our pets.” I’ll explore some of the over-the-top…
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Brown on the Air: BOWLS
My weekly Saturday morning contribution for the 91.7 KAXE program “Between You and Me” deals with the show’s topic of bowls. That’s right. That’s really going to happen. You see, the Itasca Empty Bowls fundraiser is Saturday and we’re using the opportunity to get people talking about an unusual topic, something this show is probably…
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Brown on the Air: FAVORITE SMALL TOWNS
My contribution to this Saturday morning’s edition of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE will join the call-in and music program’s weekly topic of “favorite small towns.” Listeners will be able to share stories and insights about their favorite small towns, particularly the many excellent small towns here in Minnesota. This topic arrives in…
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Brown on the Air: TRAFFIC TICKETS
I divulge one of my poor personal habits this Saturday: lead foot. The topic for this week’s Saturday morning talk/music program “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE deals with “traffic tickets.” My contribution joins the chorus of unique northern Minnesota voices that make this show a special treat for anyone who loves the north…
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Brown on the Air: ACT HAPPY!
The topic for this Saturday morning’s “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE will be “Act Happy.” You may not know this, but it’s national “Act Happy Week,” a time of willing yourself to a better state of mind. My regular contribution is entitled “Work Smile.” I talk about the special smile you use, often…
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Sounding off on sound
I’ve been getting a great response to my humor commentary about “Sound” that was broadcast on 91.7 KAXE last Saturday. It features the first professional voice work by young George and Doug Brown (don’t worry about the budget; they work for Goldfish crackers). If you’d like to know what my radio work sounds like, take…
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Brown on the Air: SOUNDS!
What’s your favorite sound? What’s your least favorite sound? My weekly contribution to the Saturday morning call-in/music show “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE joins the unique program’s rotating topic of “sounds.” I share both good sounds and bad in an essay that I originally titled “The Sound and the Furry” because I thought…
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Brown on the Air: STRANDED
Tune in to 91.7 KAXE‘s “Between You and Me,” a call-in and music program featuring the voices of northern Minnesota, this Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to noon. The topic this week is “Stranded.” Have you ever been stranded? Where? Why? I’ll be joining the fray as usual with my regular radio commentary. Trust me,…
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Your job today is to join KAXE
Do me a favor. Go over and look at the website for 91.7 KAXE. If you’re in northern Minnesota, tune in to 91.7 FM or, if you’re anywhere else, stream the audio feed (click “Listen”). Spend some time looking at that website. Read the blogs. Read about the people. Read about some of the programs.…
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Brown on the Air: FUN!
KAXE‘s annual winter fundraiser is here and the Saturday morning program “Between You and Me” is joining in the fun. Quite literally. “Fun” is the theme of the fundraiser AND this week’s show. How fun! I mean that, actually. 91.7 KAXE is an independent public station pumping out 100,000 slick, smooth watts across northern Minnesota…
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Brown on the Air: BEING SINGLE
This week’s topic on Saturday morning’s “Between You and Me” show on KAXE celebrates Valentine’s Day by talking about the perils and pitfalls of being single in northern Minnesota. My regular contribution explains how my relatively early marriage prevented me from a chain smoking, deeply awkward hardscrabble bachelor life on the Iron Range. Also I…
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Brown on the Air: WINTER OLYMPICS!
The Winter Olympics are almost here and the Saturday morning talk/music show “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE will preview the events and explore the cultural phenomenon of the Olympics and winter sports this Saturday morning. My regular essay is a thinly-veiled construct designed solely to let me: 1) complain about NBC’s Olympic coverage…
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COLUMN: "When I Grow Up"
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired on 91.7 KAXE’s “Between You and Me” earlier in January. When I grow upBy Aaron J. Brown The first time someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up,…