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Interview with Steve Williams

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Poetry and Everything
Steve Williams is a Portland poet and artist who publishes his poems with on-line journals, he says, because he prefers to support them.  He works with the disabled to help them find employment --- and often says he "lives with a lovely woman who writes and edits better tha... Read more

Rip City Basement - Jon Belz x Mic Mar

Airs at: Sat, 02/11/2017 at 10:00pm - Sun, 02/12/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Rip City Basement
Rapper out of Portland, Oregon Mic Mar has been getting known through word of mouth. Bringing a different sound to the table backed up with some club and hip hop beats. He has recently dropped his new mixtape "Since Day One" on Itunes http://t.co/HmH2DlfE9d  What Are Your ... Read more

Anarquismo, Insane Music for Insane People #19, Agog

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/11/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
Join us this Friday evening continuing our membership drive to listen to more Insane Music for Insane People from the Belgium Label Insane, as well as the recording Anarquismo, which includes pieces by the band Antorcha (Las Antorchas), and much more! Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour, Or Two

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 10:00pm - Tue, 01/31/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Holy Crowley Hour
On tonight’s show, we explore outer space, which is looking pretty attractive right about now. Our guest is Christopher Hart, creator of the sci-fi podcast Exoplanetary. The podcast follows four members of the Wolverton family as they travel the solar system for a giant cor... Read more

Sounds Unsound late January 2017

Airs at: Sun, 01/29/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00pm
Produced for:  Sounds Unsound
New music, old music.. sounds and noise.. audio collage and experiments ..  Read more

There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker

Airs at: Thu, 03/30/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé uses political and pop-cultural references as a framework to explore 21st century black American womanhood and its complexities: performance, depression, isolation, exoticism, racism, femininity, and politics. The poems weave bet... Read more

RISE UP!

Airs at: Fri, 01/27/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
  RISE UP! Songs and Sounds and to help strengthen our resolve to rise up and resist . . .   Take action now! There are 21 months to mid-term elections. Let’s get cracking! What to Do This Week of Jan 22, 2017 Action Checklist for Americans of Conscience https://docs.goo... Read more

The Never-Open Desert Diner by James Anderson (pb release)

Airs at: Thu, 01/26/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with James Anderson, author of the mystery novel The Never-Open Desert Diner. James is a native of the Pacific Northwest, born in Seattle, raised in Portland, and a graduate of Reed College. He founded Breitenbush Books, a publishing company based in P... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library January 23, 2017

CDs       Austra Future Politics Domino Alt Rock Cherry Glazerr Apocalipstick Secretly Canadian Alt Rock Cloud Nothings Life Without Sound Carpark Alt Rock Flaming Lips, The Oczy Mlody Warner Alt ... Read more

Episode 228: Gardening At Night

Airs at: Sun, 01/22/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Back To The Egg
This episode was postponed due to the wonky winter wonderland. Thanks to VJ Beauchamp for subbing! No guests tonight, just you and me and a stack of selections new and old, inspired by an Oblique Strategies card: "Gardening, not architecture". Slated for airplay: Desorden ... Read more