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NEW in KBOO music library May 28, 2014

Barfod, Tomas Love Me Secretly Canadian Alt Rock Bashi, Kishi Lighght Joyful Noise Alt Rock Black Keys, The Turn Blue Nonesuch Alt Rock Capsules, The The L... Read more

New Jazz Releases, April 24, 2012

KBOO Jazz Tracking 4-24-12 Tim Berne                Snakeoil            ECM Sarah Elgeti                Into the Open            Your Favorite Jazz Odorici/Walton            Cedar Walton Presents    Savant Arturo Sandoval            Dear Diz            Concord Mary Stalling... Read more

A Playwrights Festival and a student graduates

Tomorrow on Stage and Studio, I feature JAW, A Playwrights Festival with Portland Center Stage's Associate Artistic Director Rose Riordan and Playwright Andrea Stolowitz. We'll talk about this two-week festival of new plays now in its 11th year! Also Producer Tali Singer... Read more

New McCain ad: Obama is a big scary black man who wants to teach your children about sex

 New McCain ad: Obama is a big scary black man who wants to teach your children about sexNot really sure what to say about this one. It certainly plumbs hitherto unfounded depths of sleaze.I don't know the particulars of the law in question. I'm looking into it.-AUPDATE:... Read more

Remembering Mary Catherine Lamb

Mary Catherine Lamb died Aug. 15, 2009. She was a pioneer of women’s programming on KBOO. From the mid-’70s to the mid-’80s she had a bi-weekly program, first called “Women Reading Women’s Writings” and later “Women’s Voice,” on which she read diverse fiction and nonfi... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library September 8, 2014

Babel Echo The Molting Self Released Alt Rock Bass Drum Of Death Rip This Innovative Leisure Alt Rock Boomerang Kids, The The Boomerang Kids Self Released Alt Rock ... Read more

The Edge of Heaven, at NWFC this Saturday

The Edge of Heaven, screening at the Northwest Film Center this Saturday, June 5, at 7pm. Turkish-German director Fatih Akin (whose earlier film, Head-On, is also excellent) makes movies about immigration, alienation and the human struggle to behave decently in bl... Read more

New CDs in Music Library May 24, 2012

Edzayawa    Projection One    Soundway    Africa [contemporary] The Funkees    Dancing Time    Soundway    Africa [contemporary] Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials    Jump Start    Alligator    Blues [urban] Various artists    Kin: Songs by mary Karr & Rodney Crowell    Vanguar... Read more

domestic & dating violence

for the Old Mole Variety Hour March 30, 2009 If there's one good thing about the publicity surrounding pop singer Chris Brown's arrest on felony assault charges for an incident that left pop singer Rihanna with visible injuries, it’s that it's raised awareness about vio... Read more

Global Economy: How The World Might Emerge Out of This Economic Meltdown

This Monday, November 24, 2008 join More Talk Radio at 8 am PST on www. kboo.fm for: Global Economics: How the World  Might Emerge Out of This Economic Meltdown A discussion with  TONY AVIRGAN: Global Policy Network Organizer, Economic Policy Institute Tony Avirgan joined... Read more