Blog | Page 274

The Freeman and Strawman Explained

The Freeman and Strawman Explained Read more

Tribute to John Talley

I met John T in 1982 when I first moved to Portland after a devorce. I sat down to listen to the radio and on came John's show "Indian World". I was so thrilled to hear some traditional Native music, I got up and danced and then later I called him to tell him how gratefu... Read more

The Long & Dusty Road 02.04.09

Wayfaring Stranger (Hobart Smith, In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes) The Farmer's Daughter (The Dickel Brothers, Dickel Bros. Vol. 1) Life Worth Living (Uncle Tupelo, No Depression) Magnolia Blossums In The Breeze (Baby Gramps, Baptized on Swamp Water: Tribute ... Read more

We reached our $50,000 Winter membership drive goal early Friday afternoon.

A huge round of thanks to the members, volunteers, food donors and staff who enabled us to reach our $50,000 goal over a day ahead of schedule. This is the earliest we've ended a drive in years, so we're all really very excited about it. If you didn't contribute yet, y... Read more

Securing basic rights and dignity to a silent workforce.

The Coalition of Black Trade Unionist segment of Labor Radio will feature Andrea Paluso is co-founder and executive director of Family Forward Oregon. Andrea is a community activist and fervent policy wonk. Tonight's discussion is about the 2015 Oregon Legislation and t... Read more

63--TEXT--20 from ELUARD's "Capital of Pain" for anyone to read and produce

Hi, This is a collection of 20 poems each of which I thought might be interesting to work with. They come from Eluard's "Capital of Pain" which was published in 26. If you are looking for something and find anything in here interesting, go right ahead and lay claim to it.... Read more

The Dharma Wheel Stops Turning

For the past 20+ years, I have had the privilege and honor of hosting the Dharma Wheel here at KBOO. I hope It has been a musical soundtrack of our times, sharing music that rings with political and spiritual truth. It is an amazing and perhaps synchronistic coincidence t... Read more

an open letter to STEVIE WONDER

i read a portion of this on the show; here is the full version. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i come to you with love, albeit with a heavy heart. i am addressing this open letter to you in a mode of ... Read more

Press**Watch Pneumonia Warning

Press**Watch for 1-7-2010The media corporations decide which of our stories are important, and which stories may dwindle or disappear. We all know, for example, that the three thousand or so who died from airline crashes and mysterious explosions in 2001 are important, ... Read more

URGENT - Strong push to eliminate federal funding for public media

An urgent update from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB): "Despite the events surrounding NPR this week, our challenge remains the same: protecting federal funding for local public broadcasting stations. It is critical that we use the coming 48 hour... Read more