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Help KBOO by donating your gently used 10 x 10 canopy

It's summer in Cascadia!  This is the time of year that celebrations burst forth in our neighborhoods and communities. KBOO is going to be busy all summer with Outreach and Information Booths and Live-Remote Broadcasts. Over the last few years, we've worn out our pop-up ca... Read more

"Indian Country" will return 5-21-10 Fri 1:30-3:00pm!

The Native American show "Indian Country" will be back on KBOO radio at the ususal time of 1:30-3:00pm , Fri 5-21-10. We have been pre-empted by the KBOO radio pledge drive, that has been a success so far. We still need $25,000.00 to meet our budget for the year. Please ... Read more

Out Loud Celebrates its 10th Anniversary

Out Loud is holding their anniversary party on Friday night, May 11th, at Crush (1400 SE Morrison St. in Portland). Out Loud is KBOO's queer culture show, celebrating & serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning & allied communities. They feature... Read more

28--NEWS--Schwitters/Codrescu recordings

Howdy, In the past few days I've sent out a number of emails and as some contained large attachments you might not have received them. Audio files of Kurt Schwitters Merz Fairy Tales went out as #25A through to 25E and Audio files of Andrei Codrescu reading a poem and ... Read more

Review of All Good Things, now open

All Good Things Director: Andrew Jarecki With: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Phillip Baker Hall Based on the true story of a notorious unsolved murder in New York, and fictionalized by a director who knows about family dysfunction (see Jarecki’s Capturing t... Read more

Music Library: New Jazz Releases Sept 10, 2014

  Harry Allen                              Flying Over Rio                                   Arbors Billy Childs                              Map/Laura Nyro                                  Sony Masterworks Stanley Clarke                                    Up    ... Read more

The Oil Hemorrhage in the Progressive Narrative

The Oil Hemorrhage in the Progressive Narrative Old Mole Variety Hour, June 7, 2010             The gulf oil disaster – which should be called a “hemorrhage”, not a “spill” – ought to repeal faith in the wisdom of unregulated markets.   Like the financial crisis that has d... Read more

Arthel Lane Watson March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012

 "A long steel rail and short rail tie are gonna carry me home..."  It was in the early '70s that I remember hearing Doc Watson singing "The Streamlined Cannonball" on one of the music shows on WFMT in Chicago - for whatever reason I employed it as a pacing tool when I ran... Read more

swing & country

 Sweet Georgia Brown - Ricky Skaggs Baby Took A Limo To Memphis - Guy Clark Fallin', Fallin', Fallin' - Ray Price; an early version of Ray before his voice mellowed. Folks who met him early on were surprised at what a good singer he turned out to be. He was also mentored... Read more

La Confessional for February 5, 2011

What fun we have on last programa, with'a so many talented callers (mostly) sharing they thoughts with'a you dearest listeners. Confessional02052011M by contessa Is complex world we living in, and is sometimes hard to find our way. La Confessional is'a you opportuni... Read more