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What's good, everybody? Welcome to rebel Radio. I'm your host Malika Belisha nudo now for this first episode, I want to set the stage. What are you signing up for? Right? And some of y'all are like, what? I didn't sign up for this? Well, rebel radio is a platform created for musicians by musicians. No, I'm just kidding. I'm not a musician. That would be really cool. But admittedly, I do not possess any musical talent. Well, at least at this time, right? You never know what I could learn next week. Really, though. It's meant to be a place for local artists to not only talk about their experiences, being a musician here in Vegas, but it's also an opportunity to get into the nitty gritty of their lyrics, their headspace when they're writing their songs, and what they do with their masterpieces, who they connect to what's going on in their mind, right. For those of you that know me, well, you know that I love words. That sounds a little weird to say. And this is not to be confused with words of affirmation. Now, that's a whole other thing. But I adore word choice and rhetoric, linguistics and wordplay, our personal connotations and endless interpretations. A musician's intention or lack thereof, and how in retrospect, and artists was selecting a word or a phrase that really wasn't that deep, maybe it just worked in the moment, right. But now people read into it create this whole history is backstory, maybe even conspiracies that connect somehow. And by people, I mean, me. Know, I'm really interested in learning, you know, the origin stories of how artists coined terms that end up making their way into daily conversation. Just like, for example, m&ms, Stan. I mean, I could go on and on about this. And I guess that's why it's really fitting that we have the show. Speaking of right out rebel radio, we'll be able to get to know each artist, play snippets of their songs, dissect some of their lyrics, and really wrack their brains on the artistic process. And through all of this, I hope that you as a listener will do one of two things, if not both. And that's to learn a new musician, to learn about them, their songs, what's going on, and also to be somewhat entertained, right, we're all just here to have a couple laughs have fun along the way. And I'm so happy that you're here. So in regards to the music portion of the show, I'll be the first to admit that I don't know squat about music. And before you're like, why this beat on watch the Grammys, you don't know what's up. And then you start leaving. I gotta say, here's what I do know about music. It's the closest thing to time travel that we have, hear me out, hear me out. So at least for me, there are songs, moments, sounds that can be overwhelmingly nostalgic, and sometimes, oddly timeless. It takes me back to like a distant memory and sheer seconds. That's power right there. Sometimes having us relive something that we forgot, or something we thought we were over. And that's just traveling into the past. Don't even get me started on an artist's being way ahead of their time. And us as listeners traveling with them into the future. I don't know This is sounding too sci fi but bear with me. Here's what I also No. Music is medicinal. It has the power to uplift, destress soothe, and I could go on. If we're considering you know, ancient healing practices for ages, certain frequencies serve as tried and true remedies. People literally engage in sound baths to cleanse not only their minds, but also their auras to open their chakras and often induce a deep sense of tranquility, peace and relaxation. Maybe you've heard of ASMR I feel like music plays into that as well. I know that music is sometimes As a simultaneous source of release, and also a reason to revisit your roots. It can be primitive and raw. It can provide the sense of community and connection. Maybe you connect with people listening live in concert, or engaging online with a group of random fans. But in the words of Jimi Hendrix, Brendon Urie, and probably numerous other artists, music is my religion. I 100% believe that I'm not a religious person. I call myself spiritual. But I can attest that music is certainly my religion. So I've talked your ear off about what I know about music, what music means to me, right? But take a second, what do you know about music? What is music bring into your life. And now we're taking it really literal here today. But we've talked about the music portion on to the radio portion of the show. I am so fond of analog radio. And it's 2024. So I must face the music, quite literally, that this is the closest I'll probably ever get to that experience. I mean, think about it. There's something so special. So uniting about tuning into a specific radio station at the exact same time. Maybe you're witnessing something live while in community with all of these other people, right? Sometimes you could be listening alone, but at the same time you're together. Alone Together. I have random follow up boy reference. I don't know I'm kind of making this sound like that movie Sleepless in Seattle, unintentionally, but just take a moment to consider when's the last time you've listened to FM radio? And I'm not talking about satellite, Sirius XM, or any other of those streaming stations that you can access today. But I know that your answer can depend largely on your car situation, I get that. I know that one of my friends plays cassette tapes in her car, shout out to Amy that's so cool. And I bring this up because my tastes and music is very inconsistent. And I attribute that at least partly to my parents, right? Just like everything we blame our parents for hopefully this one's a good blaming. But I remember growing up listening to everything from 96, three kkl, Z to comp 92.3 99.3. Let guide to sunny one Oh 6.5 Even 1075 The Oasis, which I'm pretty sure doesn't even exist anymore. Sidenote, how many of y'all had to stop and sing one other jingles real quick. And not to throw a bunch of random numbers out at you. But those were part of my childhood, those were actually part of who I am today. All of those radio stations and those hosts personalities and all the music, even the ads, right? The marketing stays with us. And about radio, no shade to those of you listening to this after the fact you know, on a podcast app or something. But if you're here live during the broadcast on the actual air dates, you can't deny how invigorating that can feel to experience in the moments. I mean, I guess you can deny it. And maybe some of you are like, what? Come on like she's having us listen to like a glorified audio message or something calm the F down. And what I say to that is I guess you're not wrong. I get it. Right. It's just me talking to myself right now. But that's okay. This is a chill space and we can just agree to disagree. A couple of things before I go. How did rebel radio start? I must give a proper shout out to my friend Diane. years ago, she hosted a show entitled damaged eardrum radio, which let's just pause what a title right? And I would tune in from the sidelines like a weird little fan girl in absolute awe. And don't worry, my eardrums were damaged before I listened. No, I'm just kidding. But seriously, thank

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you Diane for being my inspo and also hopefully being one of my listeners now. And thank you for being out here. All of you listening since day one, and joining me on this journey, I appreciate you and your time. I'm making it sound like that PBS outro. Like viewers like you. Thank you. No, seriously, I can't thank you enough. And if you'd like to send me suggestions or maybe you're a local musician, or you have a friend who's a local artist, and they want to be featured on an upcoming episode, please please be sure to hit me up on my new Instagram account. It's rebel radio.fm And I gotta say it is brand spankin new so congrats, dude, if you're one of the first followers you win bragging rights, I guess. Thank you all for listening to rebel radio, the very first episode. This has been your host Malika Baelish and Noona, reminding you to tune in weekly Thursday evenings at 6:30pm. Rebel radio lyrics locals love

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