Chile - Chords from Chonchi

Man, that Namibian station turned out to be awesome, huh? The stuff late in the day kinda sucked, but that was their Friday night "party jam mix" show or something like that, so we gotta forgive them for it. However, we might be able to forgive them for their "Abortion is a Crime" reggae jam. Ellen was totally traumatized - minding her own business, jamming out, when WHAM! She was slapped up side the head with someone else's religious/political views. Keep 'em to yourself, y'all.

Keeping that one aural assault aside, we'll definitely keep that station around!

Ok, today let's head down to Chile! Like 'ol Kilgore Trout once said, "It must be nice to be from such a long and narrow country." And, honestly, who could disagree?

We're gonna head to Chonchi on Isla Chiloé. 

ooooooooooooooooo, prettttty

Pinky's ex-boyfriend spent about a month on this island. A giant volcano erupted while he was down there. Pinky read about the explosion in the paper thinking it was way further south, but when he looked it up he found out it was only a few dozen miles away! --insert panic here-- Not the kinda thing you want to find out when your lover has limited internet access. It's a fucking VOLCANO. Anyway, they weren't close enough to be in any real danger, but he did bring back a bunch of pumice rocks made when the ash hit the water. Their weight completely belies their size. You can float them!

This may or may not be THE volcano... but isn't it stunning?

Moving on.

Although the food is supposed to be bland and horrible (mostly unseasoned mutton and potatoes), everyone we know that's visited says that you've gotta make it down there. Pinky's brother says that Santiago is one of the coolest, hippest cities he's ever been to, and he's seen just about every city with a concert venue. There's supposed to be a pretty libertine sexual revolution going on there as well. Good food, good music, good sex? Sign us up, please!

With a fat demographic dividend almost of working age, and with the fantastic way they're managing their copper exports (nationalized, and Chile is by far the world's largest producer. It has admirably avoided the resource curse while maintaining a dynamic economy), Chile stands to become a much bigger name in the coming decades. Just tell folks you heard it here first.

So, with out further adieu, let's tune in and see what they're up to now...

Radio San Carlos de Chonchi

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(Click on the gaudy "San Carlos on line" headphones button right under the menu bar and to the right.)

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