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Live in Studio: TEEN SPOT

Airs at: Fri, 05/24/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Youth Randomonium
Teen Spot was our guest tonight on Youth Randomonium.... here's the set list they wrote on the board.Hero / Floor / Short / Raine / Skin / Ovita / LookWe've been promised photos, so maybe we'll also get full titles!https://www.facebook.com/teenspotpdx Read more

Happy Birthday to KBOO! We're releasing a 7"!

KBOO Community Radio was born in June, 1968; a healthy 10 watt baby that would eventually grow up to change the idea of what radio could be: who is on the air, what kind of content is provided to listeners, and how radio waves are valued.KBOO was the local outlet for the Li... Read more

KBOO’s first Artist In Residence: MARISA ANDERSON

KBOO’s first Artist In Residence: MARISA ANDERSONWe have begun a new Artist Program here at KBOO. Formally called “The KBOO Community Radio Artist Support Program” we began this program to provide resources and assist artists working creatively with sound. Every year, an ar... Read more

Tom McCall Centennial

Airs at: Thu, 05/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Renowned Oregon Governor Tom McCall would have turned 100 years old this year.  To commemorate this larger-than-life figure, Know Your City (formerly the Dill Pickle Club) commissioned a comic book about McCall's controversial decision to fund the Vortex I rock festival in... Read more

New Releases May 3, 2013

She + Him    Volume 3    Merge    RockComa    In Technicolor    Kompakt    Avant RockZomes     Time Was    Thrill Jockey    Alt RockChrissy Zebby Tembo    My Ancestors    QDK    Alt RockTeam Ghost    Rituals    Wsphere    Alt RockSaltland    I Thought It Was Us    Constell... Read more

New Jazz Releases May 2, 2013

Stephen Anderson Trio        Believe                    SummitEmily Bear                Diversity                ConcordChad Carter                Let Me Love You            JKBJWill Calhoun                Life in this World            MotemaJohn Ehlis                Along... Read more

Ben Katchor and the Architecture of Comics

Airs at: Thu, 04/11/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Ben Katchor, the first cartoonist to receive a MacArthur Fellowship grant, is also a writer, teacher, and performer of TED Talk recitations.  His familiar-seeming yet skewed urban vignettes, such as Julius Knipl: Real Estate Photographer and The Cardboard Valise, have been ... Read more

New Releases March 23, 2013

ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL    GENREAl-Mo7it, Mo7it    Jeruselem In My Heart    Self Released    ElectronicAmatorski    TBC    Crammed Discs    Alternative RockBajo Fondo    Presente    Masterworkd    ElectronicBalsam Range    Last Train to Kitty Hawk        BluegrassBanco de... Read more

New CDs in music library March 22, 2013

Annamy    Woodpecker    Subliminal Sounds    Regular RockBlack Pus    Ala My Relations    Thrill Jockey    Alternative RockBlack Rebel Motorcycle Club    Specter at the Feast    Abstract Dragon    Alternative RockDead Tongues    Desert    self released    Alternative RockD... Read more

INSATIABLE: A Contemporary Performance of Japanese Folk Art Created by Director Michelle Fujii

INSATIABLEA premiere of new, innovative work featuring the artistic vision of Artistic Director, Michelle Fujii.Friday, March 29th and Saturday, March 30th, 2013PSU Lincoln Performance Hall | 1620 SW Park Ave. Portland, OR.Purchase tickets online at Portland Taiko.A premier... Read more