Such was the case with last week's edition of What Tom Got Wrong, a new weekly Friday feature on Radio 2 Morning (6 a.m.-10 a.m.) Last week, what Tom got wrong was not putting the wrong emphasis on a word like kilometer (KiloMETRE? kilOMetre? Can never remember), something that really gets up some people's noses. No, it was about a racier mistake. Here's what Anna Ringstrom, a listener/Blog reader had to say:

"Firstly, I'd like to comment on last Friday's 'What Tom Got Wrong,' especially the piece regarding Tom mistakenly using the word 'testicle' instead of 'tentacle,' while talking about the octopus. One of the funniest segments of radio banter I have heard in a long, long while. It goes in the category of 'radio so funny you have to pull the car over to clear the tears from your eyes lest you cause a traffic accident."

Today, Part Two of this edition of What Tom Got Wrong, when Quirks & Quarks' Bob MacDonald drops by to answer the octopus question. (As in, um, do they have em, or not?)

Also don't forget to tune in today for the conclusion of What Do You Think Gordon Lightfoot Should Write About?

Broadcast Highlights

Radio 2 Morning (6 a.m.-10 a.m.) [See Top Of Post]

Tempo (10 a.m. - 3 p.m.) TBA

Radio 2 Drive (3 p.m.-6 p.m.) A mix of current singer-songwriters, roots and urban music.

Tonic (6 p.m.) Some blue-eyed soul from Robin Thicke, new jazz vocals from Cassandra Wilson and Molly Johnson, a bit of British funk from the Dave Lennox Band and tracks from vibraphonist Don Thompson, percussionist Steven Kroon, and singer Melody Diachun.

Canada Live (8 p.m.) Concert 1: blues/roots musician Gordie Tentrees of Whitehorse. Concert 2: Slide to Freedom with Doug Cox Salil Bhatt and Ramkumar MIshra. Concert 3: folk music group Namgar, led by Namgar Lhasaranova, who hails from South Siberia.

The Signal (10 p.m.) In Concert from Vancouver’s New Forms Festival an aural intensity called Fond of Tigers.

Nightstream (1:00 a.m./1:30 NT) Bjork; Creaking Tree String Quartet; Raymond Bisha plays Linda Boucher.

They’re Here!

Here’s one of ‘em, but you gotta go see Carrie for the rest:

And here’s the press release, which offers much more insightful commentary than I can give you right now. But there’s a Q&A between the two women over on our good friend Carrie’s NPR blog, Monitor Mix (take the above link).

November 20, 2008; Washington, D.C. – Carrie Brownstein, blogger for NPR Music’s “Monitor Mix” and former guitarist of the critically-acclaimed rock band Sleater-Kinney, is releasing four songs recorded with fellow musician Mary Timony today on NPR Music. Recorded as part of Brownstein and Timony’s side project The Spells in 2000, the previously unreleased songs are now available to hear exclusively at NPR Music, where two tracks are also available the next two weeks for free download: www.npr.org/blogs/monitormix/

As The Spells, Brownstein and Timony recorded eight songs – four that made it to an EP in 2000, and four previously unreleased that are now available on NPR Music: “Bat Vs. Bird,” “Viola,” “Champion Vampire” and “Antarctica.”

Brownstein blogs on “Monitor Mix” that while she and Timony had bigger plans for The Spells, both became busy with bands and tours. “We did, however, manage to start the process,” Brownstein writes “In the summer of 2000, we recorded four songs in a couple of hours, the same amount of time in which we’d written them a few months earlier. If nothing else, making these songs available now is The Spells’ way of finally acknowledging that we aren’t going to get around to finishing the album. “

“Monitor Mix” is one of two NPR Music blogs, and is where Brownstein introduces her favorite music and comments on developments in the industry. Her writing on music has also appeared in The New York Times, pitchforkmedia.com and various book anthologies on music and culture. She is also one-half of ThunderAnt, a comedy duo with Fred Armisen. Brownstein is currently working on her first book of non-fiction.

NPR Music, marking its one year anniversary, features content from NPR and 12 NPR Member public radio stations, as well as original-to-NPR Music features such as live performances, studio sessions, exclusive first listens to forthcoming albums, interviews, reviews and blogs. The site’s continuously expanding sections are dedicated to rock/pop/folk, classical, jazz/blues, world and urban music. NPR Music culls from NPR’s and the stations’ extensive music archives to present thousands of features; more than 240 new features are added to the site every month.

This ain’t your daddies NPR!

Ok, that’s the cheesiest thing I’ve ever typed.

I’ve been listening to Andrew Bird’s Armchair Apocrypha to get myself excited for his upcoming sophomore album, Noble Beast (due January 27). If the recently released track, “Oh No,” is any indication, it’s sure to be another great record. Anyway, Bird sets off on a medium sized tour immediately after the release of the album, kicking off at NYC’s Carnegie Hall. Nice.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow via The ‘Master…

January 28 - New York, NY @ Carnegie Hall
January 30 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
February 3 - Washington, DC @ 9 -30 Club
February 4 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
February 6 - Orlando, FL @ Plaza Theatre
February 7 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
February 12 - Austin, TX @ Paramount Theater
February 13 - Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theatre
February 14 - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
February 18 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
February 19, 20 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
February 21 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
February 23 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
February 24 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
February 25 - Murray, UT @ Murray Theatre
February 26 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
February 27 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown