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If you’re like me, you’re excited about spring, but not excited about the fact that you’ve been hibernating all winter. Under layers and layers of sweaters and poofy jackets. Yes, I am self-conscious about my body. But not in a bad way. After all the cold weather has kept me inside all winter, I want to be able to go out - to go for walks, to play in the park, to run around. I feel out of shape.

So, on Monday I went for the gym for the first time… in a long long time. And then I realized. What was I going to listen to? I scanned my ipod, but couldn’t find the right combination of songs to keep me going through my workout. Et voila, here is my work-it-out playlist, featuring mostly Asian American artists. It is just about 30 minutes, and hopefully will take you through a 30 minute stint on the treadmill, or the elliptical machine, or whatever suits your fancy.

Comrades & Friends, From Monuments to Masses
I picture listening to this song as I start off on a run on a sunny spring afternoon in Boston. But, I’m not really in to running right now, and it’s not springy and warm out. But, I feel like if you were inclined to go for a run on a sunny Boston spring afternoon, this song would get you pumped for the run, building up your energy, and probably get you a little pumped about creating political change as well. The audio snippets will give you food for thought, a reason to run, something to work towards. This song is from an album appropriately entitled “The Impossible Leap in a Hundred Simple Steps.”

Lovers Who Uncover, The Little Ones
Hopefully, this cheery song will help keep your energy up. It has a peppy happy beat and I picture this song carrying you through the initial burst of energy when you start your run. It’s like your own indie rocker cheer squad. I first started listening to The Little Ones after I read about them in a 2007 wrap-up in UCLA’s Asian Pacific Arts online magazine. I like their more indie sound - I was tempted to make a whole mix of hip-hop, but that just didn’t seem right. Read more

So according to my calendar, we’ve been playing tunes on our streaming radio for a little over a month now. So far, Boston Progress Radio has been doing well; we’ve been getting music from artists all over the United States. Without their help, BPR would be non-existent. So thank you. I always feel extraordinarily grateful when artists give us music to play. The funny thing is, the artists I’ve spoken to invariably thank us for their support. I suppose we have a mutually beneficial symbiosis. Kind of like the clownfish and the sea anemones?

Speaking of artists, we have new music from three artists today. We’re playing some music off Kite Operations‘ new release Heart Attacks: Back to Back. We’ve mentioned this album before, but we’ve only just got their music now. Read more

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Today, we embark on a new journey. Today, Boston Progress Radio is more than just a blog. Today, Boston Progress Radio is an online radio station. To tune in, please use the following link. You will need a player capable of playing MP3 streams (e.g., iTunes or Winamp). At the moment, we have no shows or DJs, but we hope that that will change.

Our station has a limited music selection, but we believe that we have some quality artists that you will enjoy listening to. Speaking of the artists, we here at Boston Progress Radio would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the following artists for graciously allowing us to play their music on our radio station:

Alfa, Annie Lin, Bao Phi, Big Phony, Blip Blip Bleep, Cynthia Lin, Denizen Kane, Eugene Song, Exit Clov, The Francis Kim Band, The Ides, Ishle Park, Isul Kim, Jay Legaspi, Johnny Hi-Fi, Jungli, Kevin So, Kite Operations, Kiwi, Koo Chung, Magdalen Hsu-Li, Magnetic North, Native Guns, The Praxxis, re: verse, Taiyo Na, titofelix, Visionaries, and Vudoo Soul.

Tell all your friends. Tune in and let us know what you think. We want your feedback on the station and our blog posts. Happy listening.

Peace + love:
Ash, Dave, Delia, Eugene, Giles, Long, Tricia, & Vidya

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