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43--TEXT--VICTOR BRAUNER--On the Fantastic in Painting--available to produce

Hi, This is a short piece on painting written by Victor Brauner which I've altered to turn into a brief radio piece for up to 41 voices. It is available for anyone to pick up and produce.  Whoever does, please keep it as multiple-voiced as possible. I made no indicati... Read more

Portland State University celebrates Earth Day, April 22

Portland State University celebrates Earth Day, April 22 (Portland, OR) April 12, 2011 -- Portland State University's (PSU) fourth annual Earth Day Festival, featuring food, music, and demonstrations of sustainable living, will be held Friday, April 22, from 11 a.m. to 4 ... Read more

Chronicles of Ecoimperialism

Chronicles of Ecoimperialism: Real Whales, Real People(printed in Dark Night field notes no. 14. See http://www.darknightpress.org/) copyright 2007 by James Michael Craven/Omahkohkiaayo i'poyi (Blackfoot Nation), Economics Department Head; Business Division Chairman - Clark... Read more

Playlists for "Il Gallo Canta"/Rise When the Rooster Crows (Paul Roland's show)

Just want to let folks know that I've finally put up most (soon all) of the current and back playlists for my 1st and 3rd Thursday edition of "Rise When the Rooster Crows" (aka "Il Gallo Canta). Today's show explored a diversity of folk traditions developed or adopted by Af... Read more

Donations Are Down, But Nonprofit CEO Pay Goes Up

Despite donations to nonprofits dropping amid the American recession, salaries for nonprofit CEOs are on the rise, and expected to rise even more in 2011. The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that 31 percent of nonprofit organizations gave a pay increase to their executi... Read more

75--CALL--male voices needed & recording times for Aragon's "Mirror-Wardrobe"

Hello Everyone, This is an update about the upcoming recording sessions for Aragon's "The Mirror Wardrobe" (script attached on email #41): WE STILL NEED mostly male voices for Voice #1, Narrator, Soldier, President, General, Siamese twins, Man on tricycle with long nose, The... Read more

Press**Watch: I caused Doomsday

Destroy billionaire rule... Doomsday, as it turns out, is a queer-bashing event. Gay-hating fundamentalists are insisting that Saturday night is Doomsday, when they will be vacuumed up into Heaven, leaving us to gnash our teeth and stuff.  Harold Camping says that gays ... Read more

Press**Watch: factory farmed minds

 Capitalism is the idea that human rights may be discarded by those who have funds to initiate economic activity.  It is not the same as economic activity itself, and indeed capitalism often inhibits economic activity, as when persons involved in useful work are paid a wage... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library December 25, 2013

Black Sun Ensemble Across The Sea Of Id: The Way To Eden Slowburn Alt Rock Buck Buck Self Released Alt Rock Casino, Johnny Live At The Hanging Tree Off The Hip Alt Rock ... Read more

Review: West Coast Premiere; Orphee, an Opera by Philip Glass

Click here for an audio download of this review! Portland was honored with the privilege of hosting the West Coast premiere of Orphee, a relatively new opera composed by Philip Glass. Orphee is a 2 Act story of mysterious death in juxtaposition of two worlds --– driven by a ... Read more