Tuesday, April 21, 2020

BLASST 108: COVID CALLS #1

TRACKLIST:
1. Пожар - "Цвет"
2. Sick/Sea - "Slow Poke"
3. Dua Lipa - "Love Again"
4. Ozzy Osbourne - "Dreamer"

LISTEN ON MIXCLOUD
LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS

NOTES:
Introducing BLASST's first mini-series, COVID CALLS, where we center the narratives of people from the Rio Grande Valley and highlight all of the different ways we as a region have persevered in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each caller also gets to select a track to play on the show, which is perhaps our favorite part of the whole thing. 

This is our first episode in the series, and doubles as episode 108.

In our first episode of COVID CALLS, we speak to five different individuals (two shared a call) about how their lives have changed over the last few weeks. The impact the Coronavirus pandemic has had on our society stretches beyond our economies,  burying itself deep within our minds. Things have changed, and will continue to change, and I think with this series, we at Universal Punk can perhaps offer a glimpse at our community, and how despite our separation, we are actually closer than ever. The callers we speak to in this episode, like many others throughout the series, express their anxieties and challenges, and reveal the way they view the world by what it no longer resembles to them today.


I hope you are able to find something in this episode within yourself, and that you feel encouraged to share it with others in your community. 

Finally, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Swiss Typefaces for donating licenses to use their fonts in the promotional materials for this project. Their support for COVID-19 initiatives is commendable, and if you wish to learn more about their work, visit their website.

As always, thanks for tuning in. See y'all next week.


AS

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