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Certified BangersEpisode 130 (Overload V) (Full Version)This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-THIRTY of Life's Opening Radio: Certified Bangers, where Kgabo is once again joined by Ben Charles for an OVERLOAD of songs, some of which will take you down memory lane. The following pieces of music will be played:1. Hiroshi Okubo - The Decisive Blow (from TEKKEN 8)2. SABRI - Falling Off You3. Gang Starr - Make 'Em Pay (feat. Krumbsnatcha)4. John Legend - Green Light (feat. André 3000)5. Holly Humberstone - Dive6. Hana Eid - Shrapnel7. Luna Li - Silver Into Rain (feat. beabadoobee)2024-06-303h 34
The SportsGrad Podcast#243: From Commercial Lawyer to living the dream at the NFL, IOC & Brisbane 2032 with Tom HickeyMeet Tom Hickey, Director of Corporate Development and Commercial Legal Affairs at the Brisbane 2032 Olympic & Paralympic Games.Tom has an incredible career journey, having worked as a corporate lawyer before leaving for the US with no job where he landed at the NFL of all places.This lead him to the International Olympic Committee and then back home to Australia where he became employee #6 for Brisbane Games.You’ll want to hear Tom’s attitude to work and life that has left him with many incredible stories, plus we dive into...2023-06-181h 03
The Fantasy LabLote Tuqiri Gives Us His Origin Insights and We Unpack Fittler's Hynes SnubIt's been a big day for Origin in particular with a surprising lineup for the Blues in Game 2. Tim & Josh have differing opinions on this one...Hynes is out, and is probably a prayer answered for all fantasy players as well all know he's about to be the most owned player once again. Mitch Moses is in - the man we thought would carry us through the Origin period has the call up. Plus the legend Lote Tuqiri joins us to unpack Brad Fittler's decision and what he thinks will happen next Wednesday, and...2023-06-1351 min
Trusty HogsEp70. REUBEN KAYE / Make Up, Misogyny & the MuppetsReuben Kaye is a multi-award winning, Australian comedian, singer, writer and our brilliant guest for episode 70! He brings Marlon Brando realness to the studio as well as insight and laughs on everything from Grindr across the world to morning baths, and from Femfresh to his new podcast Come To Daddy!FOLLOW REUBEN: @ReubenKayeOfficialThank you so much for listening!Support us at https://www.patreon.com/TrustyHogs for exclusive bonus content, merch, and more!Trust us with your own problems and questions... TrustyHogs@gmail.comPlease give us a follow @TrustyHogs on all...2023-02-021h 02
ADDITIONAL HISTORY: Headlines You Probably MissedMINI - September 28, 1888September 28, 1888, isn't necessarily significant to history, but it is the date a story was printed about something deadly...something people wear. In fact there were many clothing items in history that led to people's deaths. Do you know what they were?
SOURCES
“Celluloid Collar Causes Death.” The New York Times (New York, New York), February 8, 1914. www.newspapers.com.
“Celluloid Collar Causes His Death.” The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania), February 9, 1914. www.newspapers.com.
“Choked to Death By Collar.” Buffalo Courier (Buffalo, New York), September 15, 1888. www.newspapers.com.
“Death of Mrs. Longfellow and Hon. Natha...2022-04-1420 min
Reuben WaltonHeart on My SleeveThis is a song I wrote during Fall 2020 when I was in the dorms at Musicians Institute. The instrumental started as me practicing a chord progression for my Keyboard Essentials 1 class and then I used it for a project for my The Working Songwriter class. It underwent at least three revisions during the year leading up to its release in Fall 2021. Lyrically it covers my sensitivity and a relationship I got into in 2019 when I was living in LA and working at Whole Foods Market in Brentwood, Los Angeles. The emotional whiplash of coming and going to and from LA...2021-10-2402 min
Reuben WaltonReuben Walton 16 Second Elevator PitchHey there, nice to meet you! I’m Reuben Walton and I’m an Alternative Pop/R&B artist from Massachusetts. My goal is to become well-known for my music, to win Grammys, and to live in LA. People have said I sound like The Black Lips, The Weeknd, and The Postal Service.2021-08-2700 min
Simply First Class PodcastBlack Ink:This week I had a chance to speak with Angela. She's the coordinator of "Black Ink", a community expo put on by the Chesapeake Public Library to give local creatives a place to present their abilities! She's been leading the event over the past few years and they are looking forward to the event happening on Saturday, September 25th.**Want to go? Just pop in!!! The event is free and open to the public. Below is an outline of the expected events**LocationKatie Walton: (757) 410-70362021-08-2118 min
Reuben WaltonGet OutAnother self-penned empowerment anthem by yours truly. Based on real life, with a universal message.
Lyrics:
[Intro] (spoken):
If you've ever been in a toxic friendship,
this song is for you.
Know your worth, honey.
[Verse 1]:
I been down I been down I been so far down
Now I call the shots
I been here I’ve been there I’ve been everywhere, but what I’m not
You been callin’ private
I ain’t pickin’ up
no way,
No way
If I do it’ll be a soundboard
Baby that’s the troll in me,
In me
I’ve had about enough
I...2021-07-0604 minReuben WaltonHeart on my SleeveLyrics:
I wear my heart on my sleeve for you
Let’s get some tea for two
That’s all I seem to do
You make me bleed for you
I fucked around and gave you all my love
Warmer than the sun above
But you’re a nasty man
Takin’ advantage of me
I wear my heart on my
I wear my heart on my
I wear my heart on my-y-y
I wear my heart, I wear my heart
Post Malone got me crying in the rental
Cuz you can tell I’m tryna break it to you gentle
It’s all o...2021-05-1103 minReuben WaltonFreedom of AssociationSee tags
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Reuben WaltonHunter (Mystery Man Remix)I actually never intended for there to be a remix on this single but one thing led to another and I felt this version worked better as a remix rather than the main version.
Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
I’m a hunter for
destiny fulfillment
seeking to find
neverending freedom
You’re in my way
but you won’t admit it
I’m an open wound
That’s something I can live with
Obstacles I climb on top of them
or dig around them
and swim my way through the brine
Searching for a brand new confidence
and I think I found it
and now...2021-03-3004 minReuben WaltonHunterWhat inspired me to write this song was my isolation due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, my determination that I had to get out of here, my depression and rage, and me feeling like I was being held back. The inspiration was coming from a place inside me that was really turning depression into anger that I was being thwarted. Summer 2020 I was taking a songwriting class at MI and my assignment was to brainstorm a list of song titles and then pick one and write a song for it. I picked “Hunter”. I laid down a chord progression I had...2021-03-3004 min
Reuben WaltonShe Love My Style (feat. Reuben Walton)This is my second collaboration with Ghanaian producer, artist, singer/songwriter and beatmaker Lazzy Beatz, producer of Sarkodie's song "10K", among countless other Ghanaian and West African afropop, hip hop and highlife songs. He sent me this song for me to do a verse on it, so you can hear me on the second verse. It is also available on all digital music platforms that CD Baby, my digital distributor, distributes to. Enjoy!
Lyrics:
[Intro: ]
Lazzy…
Weezy baby…
[Verse 1: Lazzy Beatz]
Let me sing you a lullaby
Show me your love is real
Come enter my paradise
Show me your love...2021-02-1803 min
The SportsGrad Podcast#61: Aubrey Walton (NFL) - How to Choose the Location of the Super BowlWant to know how the host city is picked each year to hold the Super Bowl?As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs playoff in Super Bowl LV, Aubrey Walton will be busy at Raymond James Stadium putting together the final pieces of a day five years in the making.After chasing her dream to work in the NFL, Aubrey left her 900 population home town of Sycamore, Ohio to make the move to one of more than 4 million in Los Angeles.She now leads the committee of people...2021-02-0752 min
Reuben WaltonCity's LonelyI wrote this song in November of 2020 living in Hollywood in my apartment feeling quite isolated and missing my ex. The lyrics are mostly true to life. Also the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to LA being very different from previous years and not as fun. I was using Ableton when I made the initial demo of this song and I feel that me being new to using it contributed to making a record with a different type of vibe. I.e. more potential for happy accidents and little quirks that can direct my creative flow much like big rocks directing the...2021-01-1302 min
Curiosity WeeklyWhy The Mantis Shrimp Can Punch So Hard Without DamageLearn about how your schedule might be hurting your health, why the mantis shrimp is able to punch so hard without hurting itself, and who invented the aluminum can.
Your Schedule Might be Hurting Your Health — Here's What to Do About It by Reuben Westmaas
Your schedule could be killing you. (2017). Popular Science. https://www.popsci.com/your-schedule-could-be-killing-you/
Johnston, J. (2017, June 16). Why your work schedule is bad for your health. Quartz; Quartz. https://qz.com/1006048/waking-up-early-for-work-could-quite-literally-be-killing-you/
Hamblin, J. (2016, October 20). The Health Effects of Night Shifts. The Atlantic; The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/10/night-shifts-the-worst/504800/
Walton, A. G. (2019, January 26). Just One Ni...2020-10-0200 minReuben WaltonQuiet Times (Dido Cover)Quiet Times (Dido Cover) by Reuben Walton2020-01-0602 min
Reuben WaltonSupernatural"Supernatural" is the second song that I've worked on with AVLI Music, a music producer based in Reseda, CA.
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Baileys got me lifted
Consciousness is shiftin'
Baby, you're so gifted it's supernatural
Verse 1:
I been sittin’ waitin’ wishin’
that you'd come over here
and tell me what I wanna hear
‘cause baby we're grown
and I don't care about tomorrow
wanna give you all my time
Even though time is money in this crazy world
there's no place I'd rather be than here with you
Everything I've ever felt
parts of me you know so well
it's all here for...2019-01-0704 min
Reuben WaltonBittersweet"Bittersweet" is the third song that I've worked on with AVLI Music, a music producer based in Reseda, CA, and it was a song I had been working on since February-March 2013.
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
I think of you
‘cause your words are on my screen
And you're on my mind
And as that day
Grows further still in my rear view
It still haunts me
all the time
Chorus:
But there's still so much to be happy for
Even just to be here
And be where I am today
But it's bittersweet
Verse 2:
It could be grey
Or just indifferent sunshine
Bu...2019-01-0703 min
Reuben WaltonMess"Mess" is the fourth song that I've worked on with AVLI Music, a music producer based in Reseda, CA.
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
My phone rings a lot 'cause I'm a slut,
you say it's 'cause I'm Mr. Popular
when in reality you know what's up,
but thanks for the muthafuckin' compliment.
We used to smoke 'dro and sip Burnett's,
hangin' out in Mashpee with Seth and Red,
party didn't stop 'til 6 a.m.
and I didn't know what to do.
Believe me, I've seen it all before,
passed out on your bedroom floor,
my feet brushing up against the bathroom door,
...2019-01-0703 min
Reuben WaltonMiracle"Miracle" is the fifth song that I worked on with AVLI Music, a music producer based in Reseda, CA and it's an epic, tense pop song with musical/lyrical themes that reflect the mixture of anxiety and grim determination that comes with chasing a dream.
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Twenty-six hundred miles away,
there's a place where I'd like to stay,
mmm day by day,
man I got that airport runway callin' my name
I've built it up in my mind at this point,
I'm runnin' outta time at this point,
The situation's getting so dire,
Fortune come take me higher
Chorus:
...2019-01-0703 min
Reuben WaltonGone"Gone" is the sixth song that I've worked on with AVLI Music, a music producer based in Reseda, CA and it's a slightly paradoxically uptempo pop song with subject matter largely surrounding the death of my best friend of nearly 11 years in September 2016, as well as the longing, nostalgia, and homesickness I experienced when I was living in Los Angeles, CA without a car almost exactly a year later. The first four lines of the first verse were first recorded in a voice memo on my iPhone and weren't originally conceived as being about this subject matter, and more just...2019-01-0703 min
Reuben WaltonBirthday (feat. Questt)"Birthday (feat. Questt)" is the seventh song that I've worked on with AVLI Music, a music producer based in Reseda, CA. It was the final song we worked on for this EP.
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Reuben Walton: Bitch I’m goin’ in, it’s my birthday
And I don’t really care what you say
Bitch I’m goin’ in, it’s my birthday
And I don’t really do what you say
Bitch I’m goin’ in, it’s my birthday
And I don’t really care what you say
Bitch I’m goin’ in, it’s my birthday
And I don’t really do what you say...2019-01-0703 min
Reuben WaltonOn and On"On and On" is a song I worked on in May 2015 with AVLI Music at his recording studio in Reseda, CA. We met at the 2015 ASCAP I Create Music EXPO at the Loew's Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. I'm happy with how it turned out. :)
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
I want you
But I pushed you away years ago
I need you
I need to know
that I could die tomorrow
And go unresented into eternity
For the things that I've done
Back in the day
Being annoying
Hanging on every word you said
What can I say?
I was a...2019-01-0703 min
Siggy and J41. Reuben Foster drama and NFL Playoff Picture. Michigan gets routed, Steph Curry returns this weekend, Herbs of the WeekSiggy and J discuss the latest Reuben Foster accusations and him being cut. How much pressure is on John Lynch next off season? Ohio State beats down Michigan. Early NFL playoff picture. Steph Curry returns Saturday in Detroit. Is Lebron James running Luke Walton out of town? Herbs of the Week!2018-11-291h 38
For Real#13 Suffragists, Suffragettes, and Winning the Vote!This week, Kim and Alice take a deep dive into books about the campaign for women's suffrage and the passage of the 19th Amendment in August 1920.This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Girl Boner: The Good Girl’s Guide to Sexual Empowerment by August McLaughlin, and Tragedy Plus Time by Adam Cayton-Holland.NEW BOOKSA Deal with the Devil: The Dark and Twisted True Story of One of the Biggest Cons in History by Blake Ellis and Melanie HickenAmateur: A True Story About What Makes a...2018-08-2158 min
Reuben WaltonDejaVu - Tiffany’s (feat. Reuben Walton and DDomino Geronimo)This song is another release from frequent collaborators DejaVu and Reuben Walton (myself), as well as the first new collaboration with Connecticut YouTube personality, entertainer and rapper DDomino Geronimo. This song contains a sample of dialogue between Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard’s characters (Holly Golightly and Paul Varjak, who was nicknamed “Fred” by Holly, for his resemblance to her brother, respectively) from the 1961 American romantic comedy film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. It also contains a sample of “Everything You Do Is a Balloon” by Boards of Canada, off of their limited-release self-released 1996 studio album Boc Maxima. Putting together the credits for this...2018-06-2705 minReuben WaltonI Look to You (Whitney Houston Cover) (Studio Version)I practiced this song in my voice lessons at Bristol Studios in Boston, MA and performed it live at one of their Open Mic Nights during the Spring of 2016. I could never do justice to her original version from her 2009 final album of the same name, but I enjoy this song and it has gotten me through different situations. During the same time that I was working on this song in lessons, I thought of putting the track into Logic Pro X and recording a studio version in addition to the live version which is on video at facebook.com...2017-07-2604 min
Reuben WaltonMy Woman (feat. Reuben Walton)Song: My Woman (feat. Reuben Walton)
Artist: Lazzy Beatz
Album: My Woman (feat. Reuben Walton) - Single
Composer: Daniel Agyemang/Reuben Walton
Genre: Pop
This song is my second Ghanaian collaboration, this time with artist/songwriter/producer/engineer Lazzy Beatz, a.k.a. Daniel Agyemang, who previously worked with me on the mixing and mastering process for my collaboration with Karim Osmanu a.k.a. K Yung entitled "Show Love (feat. Reuben Walton)". It is an Afropop club track he wrote and produced and wanted me to sing a verse on. He wrote the lyrics for his verse and the...2017-07-1603 min
Reuben WaltonGorgeous (feat. DejaVu)NOTE: Complete lyrics and release info can be found here: store.cdbaby.com/cd/reubenwalton2 and here: https://reubenwalton.bandcamp.com/album/gorgeous-feat-dejavu-single. This is due to SoundCloud's track description field having a limit of 4,000 characters.
then roll up in another drop/
baddest all up in the game/
she ain't worried 'bout her mane/
yeah she's stayin' in her lane/
she really know I look gorgeous
Back by the bar, you know I know I look gorgeous
Snapchat on, you know I know I look gorgeous
you know I know I look gorgeous
you know I know I look gorgeous
...2017-06-0305 min
Reuben WaltonShow Love (feat. Reuben Walton)Dis trak is a collab b/t me & Karim Osman, an Afropop artist based in Kumasi Ghana who has worked w/ OBMG Records, a record label based in Ghana. We met on Fbook in Oct 2016 & also expanded our communication 2 include WhatsApp. On 11/6/2016 at 8:12pm Karim sent me a voicenote on WhatsApp d@ included his acapella rendition of part o a "sweet song" he had written, which ended up bein dis song. He had me produce the instrumental for the song, and also mix it with his vocals he l8r recorded @ a studio w/ his engineer Daniel Agyeman. Agyeman is...2017-03-0303 min
Radio America NewsLegends Lost in Arts and Entertainment2014 was a memorable year in many ways, but just like every other year, there were man famous names and faces who died over the past 12 months, leaving us with only the memories. Today, we look back on those we lost in the arts and entertainment:
HE SHOT TO STARDOM ON HAPPY DAYS AND MORK AND MINDY, BUT ROBIN WILLIAMS BECAME A LEGEND ON THEBIG SCREEN, IN UNFORGETTABLE ROLES IN FILMS SUCH AS 18DEAD POETS SOCIETY 19, 18MRS. DOUBTFIRE 19, 18ALADDIN 19 AND 18GOOD WILL HUNTING 19, FOR WHICH WILLIAMS WON A BEST SUPPORTING OSCAR. WILLIAMS STUNNED THE WORLD WHEN HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE...2014-12-2313 min
Reuben WaltonBorn in the '90s (feat. DejaVu)This is a fun song (un-mastered for now) made by my friend Devin Johnson a.k.a. DejaVu and myself in over late Spring 2014 through September 2014. Different people have felt some divisive types of ways about it, but I quite enjoy it and it makes me wanna start twerking and being ratchet as hell!2014-12-0504 min
Reuben WaltonMake It Smooth (feat. LeAnne Piepiora)I began working on this track on Friday, April 6th, 2012, at 2:55 a.m. This was during the spring semester of my junior year at UMass Lowell, where I majored in Music Business. I originally entitled the Logic Pro Project "130 BPM Ridin Beat". It eventually became another fun collaboration with my friend LeAnne Piepiora later in 2012, with slightly processed vocals. I worked with what we had recorded and created something resembling an "intro chorus/hook". I added in an additional verse in April/May of 2014 after I had completed my internship at PARMA Licensing, LLC in North Hampton, NH. At this...2014-06-0905 minReuben WaltonDanny Boy (Traditional)Many people know this traditional folk song from military funerals, ceremonies, Irish culture, etc. While I am in fact not Irish (but do have some Scottish in me, I think), I of course recognize why this and folk songs in general have such longevity. I was inspired to put my stamp on this classic after hearing Sinéad O'Connor's stark and moving a capella rendition from the Late Late Show on YouTube. I'm accompanying myself on my Taylor 214ce electric acoustic guitar.
Lyrics:
Oh Danny boy the pipes the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain s...2014-01-0903 min
Reuben WaltonLive Forever (feat. DejaVu)I began working on this song during the summer of 2012. During this time, I was working as a cashier and a bagger at Stop and Shop in Falmouth, MA. I wanted it to be really over-the-top, and the synths, harmonies, drums, lyrics and the general sound design reflect that. I recorded the first verse in an invigorated mood, feeling fresh and clean from a shower after the gym. I got DejaVu to collaborate on it in 2013 at my studio at my house. I don't usually do the whole preamble "yo"'s before spitting a verse, but I was feeling myself...2014-01-0604 min
Reuben WaltonOutside Looking InThis song showcases a little bit of the softer side of Distillery, that more pensive side of my writing previously seen in some of the more guitar-based tracks on Refinery. Started this song in August 2012, during a melancholy period when I was carless due to poor choices and unforeseen circumstances. I was listening a lot to the Best Coast album "The Only Place", released in May of 2012. I was also dealing with being on the receiving end of one of those cliché "let's just be friends" things, due to inconvenience with the transportation and a few mistakes I had made. T...2013-08-1803 min
Reuben WaltonCup of Lean (feat. DejaVu)Another hot new track, this one I started working on in October of 2012. I enlisted the lyrical talents of my buddy DejaVu as a collaborator. The main synth sample comes from a Meek Mill beat, and I got it from a kit of drum sounds and samples that I bought online. I added and programmed the additional electronic kick, bass, snares, hi-hats and other instrumentation. I also added background vocals behind parts of DejaVu’s opening verse.
Lyrics:
DejaVu: I want that money and that cup of lean, yeah don't be callin' that a pipe dream/I sit down and I...2013-08-0903 min
Reuben WaltonRude Awakening (California)I began work on this song on Wednesday 9/19/2012 at 10:08 p.m. As winter came, I began to put together the beat to my liking. This was shortly after releasing the "Back of the Club" EP, which I now feel was sort of like training wheels for the banger that is this song.
The "animals in freezers" line is a rather quirky reference to this time when one of the cats at my Dad's former house in Woods Hole (30 Hilton Avenue, Woods Hole, MA 02543) ran away and was apparently run over on Woods Hole Road. A concerned neighbor had found it in...2013-08-0903 min
Reuben WaltonAccuratelyMy production style here contains elements of dubstep, Southern hip hop and musique concrète. One of the synth parts contains an interpolation of the yuletide hymn "O Lord of Light" beginning at 3:10. Additional lyrics come from Björk's song "Pneumonia" off of her 2007 album Volta. Prior to being released on my album Diamonds and Plastic, this song was only available on my SoundCloud page at http://soundcloud.com/reuben-walton. It is now also available on my PureVolume page at http://www.purevolume.com/ReubenWalton.
Lyrics:
Derek Crofut: If I wanted food, I'd ask for/If I wanted food, I'd ma...2011-03-3005 min
Reuben WaltonI Still Believe We Belong Together (Mash-Up)My mash-up of the acapella from the "I Still Believe" remix, "I Still Believe / Pure Imagination (Damizza Remix feat. Krayzie Bone and Da Brat)" and the instrumental to "We Belong Together".
lyrics
Mariah Carey and Krayzie Bone:
No matter what, baby (no matter)
No matter what people say (no matter what they say)
I still believe we can still be together
No matter what, baby (no matter)
No matter what people say (no matter what they say)
I still believe we can still be together
MC:
Baby, I still believe (still believe)
And it's more than my imagination
It's so...2010-12-3004 minReuben WaltonAsleep (The Smiths Cover)My cover version of The Smiths' classic B-side "Asleep", which appeared as the last track on their compilation/collection album "Louder Than Bombs" in 1987. Vocals by Reuben Walton and performed on my Taylor 214ce electric acoustic guitar. This cover produced, mixed and mastered by Reuben Walton. Written by Stephen Morrissey.2010-10-2302 min