Old Mole Variety Hour
The Old Mole burrows down to the roots of the great issues of our time – the struggles of ordinary people for democratic and sustainable ways of life. The Mole goes where corporate media fear to tread, supporting grassroots challenges to top-down authority and giving voice to movements that shake the foundations of an unjust society. The Moles' perspective is democratic, broadly socialist, and feminist. (We count Karl Marx as a friend).
Here is why we call this show "The Old Mole"
Our theme "Mole in the Ground" is by Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1924), somtimes blended with a newer versions, like the one by dj/rupture, sung by Sindhu Zagoren. It's on the album Special Gunpowder.
Our graphic lettering is by Charlie Ertola.
You can leave comments for the Moles at oldmolevarietyhour@gmail.com or by clicking on the comment section for any of our audio pieces.
Audio
Socialism for the Rich
Bill Resnick reads William Greider's piece "Wall Street's Great Deflation" from Greider's blog on the Nation's website.
- Title: 05 Resnick _ Greider
- Album: July 21, 2008
- Length: 4:44 minutes (2.17 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Theater Review: "Man to Man"
Theater Moles Denise Morris and Tamara Wallace describe "Man to Man," a play by German playwright Manfred Karge:
An old man retells his life: from carefree girl to crane operator, from young bride to soldier, from femme fatale to farm lad; Man to Man is an epic story of identity-switching in the fight for survival. Inanimate objects from the sparse set take on purpose as chairs become the bones of a finished meal or body of a dean man and lamps transform into other characters. This one-woman show that spans 50 years and includes a cast of more than 20, aged 8 to 80, is an adventure in the power of story and personal transformation.
The play runs through August 31 at Hipbone Studio.
- Title: 03 Theater Review- _Man to Man_
- Album: July 21, 2008
- Length: 11:26 minutes (5.24 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Life & Music of Utah Philips
Bill Resnick and musicologist Brad Duncan remember the life, personality, politics, and music of the great folk singer and labor activist.
- Title: 06 Utah Phillips
- Album: July 21, 2008
- Length: 8:39 minutes (3.96 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
The Art of Resistance: Just Seeds
Justseeds/Visual Resistance Artists' Cooperative is a decentralized community of artists who have banded together to both sell their work online in a central location and to collaborate with and support each other and social movements. Just Seeds member Pete Yahnke talks with the Old Mole's Sudarat Musikawong about the collective and the history of political print-making. Check out their informative website for many examples of their posters.
- Title: Just Seeds Interview
- Length: 9:17 minutes (4.26 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Old Mole Variety Hour for July 21, 2008
Hosted by Bill Resnick, this program deals with the economic meltdown and what should be done about it, a theater piece about women who survive Naziism and War by changing their sex and identities, and the life and music of Utah Philips. NEW! Due to a technical problem, an interview with Pete Yahnke of the Just Seeds art collective was not aired, but you can hear by clicking on its link below.
To hear the whole show, click on the arrow above. To hear individual segments, follow their links below:
1. Arthur McEwan (Dr. Dollar) discusses the economic crisis -- causes and cures.
2. Theater Moles review "Man to Man," now being performed in Portland.
3. William Greider on Socialism for the Rich--read by Bill Resnick.
4. Life and Music of Utah Philips with Brad Duncan.
5. The Art of Resistance: the Just Seeds Print-Making Collective
- Title: OMV 7_21_08
- Album: July 21, 2008
- Length: 42:44 minutes (19.57 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Diagnosing the Crisis with Dr. Dollar
Dr. Dollar, aka economist Arthur McEwan, talks with Bill Resnick about the current economic crisis, how bad it might be, and how it should be resolved in the interests of working people. McKewan writes for Dollars & Sense, and his latest book is Neoliberalism or Democracy?
- Title: 02 McEwan
- Album: July 21, 2008
- Length: 13:34 minutes (6.21 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Learning to Read (or not) in Portland
To comply with the "No Child Left Behind" program, Portland Schools have adopted a corporate produced one-size-fits-all, lockstep reading program called "Reading Street." Education professor Maika Yeigh talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what's wrong with it and what kids need to make them life-long readers.
- Title: 02 Learning to Read in Portland
- Album: July 14, 2008
- Length: 19:13 minutes (8.8 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Movie Moles: "Wall-E"
Jan Haaken and Frann Michel review "Wall-E". For more about their review, go to http://kboo.fm/node/8277
- Title: 03 Movie Moles-_Wall-E_
- Album: July 14, 2008
- Length: 13:55 minutes (6.37 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Latinos in US Pop Music
Laurie Mercier talks with Michelle Habell-Pallan about how Latina and Chicana music has influenced Rock 'n Roll and other popular music, not only in the US but in Europe. Habell-Pallan is the author of "Loca Motion: The Travels of Latina Popular Culture." We hear a segment on "Women with Attitude", part of American Sabor, a series produced by KEXP in Seattle and narrated by Michelle.
- Title: 06 Latinos in US Pop Music
- Album: July 14, 2008
- Length: 17:20 minutes (7.94 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Old Mole Variety Hour for July 14, 2008
Hosted by Laurie Mercier, this program plays and discusses music demonstrating the influence of chicana and latina music on popular music. We also hear about the very expensive "drill and kill" corporate-developed reading program pushed by the Bush Administration and purchased by Portland; and a review of Wall-E.
- Title: OMV 7_14_08
- Album: July 14, 2008
- Length: 54:44 minutes (25.06 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Comments
Avatar's Jake Sully is ---- Tarzan - - -
A great review I've seen on Avatar (and how the soldier will save the people):
http://www.progressive.org/mp/danto010510.html
There is a link from there that exposes Cameron's plot as a mirror of Pocahontas, amazing parallel! http://failblog.org/2010/01/10/avatar-plot-fail/
Since watching Avatar, I have viewed older videos on DVD and would rate that ahead of Avatar.
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commentary transcripts
It's convenient to have the Old Mole audio files available.
Even more useful for some of us would be transcripts of the commentaries (Clayton Morgareidge). Written material allows a person a chance to review, consider, digest and refer to mentioned references & thinkers. The "Well Read Red" commentary from 4 Aug 08 is a good example of a piece I'd like to read at my own pace.
These folks are so profound
These folks are so profound and fascinating, especially the Resnick guy. Wow!
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