Latest Programs
June 25, 2014, 4:22 a.m.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happiness airs on WRIR LP Monday nights from 11 PM to 1 AM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org
June 25, 2014, 12:29 a.m.
tonight's show starts out with music from bands playing in richmond and the surrounding areas: we'll hear music from the drowning season, proceed the eye (if I can find a track!), and the cemetery boys, who are playing chesapeake on thursday at the riffhouse pub; plus a track from throwing muses, who are playing at the 9:30 club in d.c. on friday; and we'll hear a track from my parasites who will be playing here in richmond with proceed the eye next week on tuesday at fallout!
plus, on tonight's show i have new music from lovelorn dolls, junksista, novo, and some tracks from the alfa matrix compilation matrix downloaded (003)!
all this awesomeness and much more, including your requests!
upcoming shows:
the drowning season, proceed the eye, the cemetery boys, june 26th @ riffhouse pub, chesapeake, va
throwing muses, june 27th @ 9:30 club, washington, d.c.
my parasites and proceed the eye, july 1st @ fallout, richmond, va
name of the rose, asylum xiii, little black rain clouds, july 31st @ riffhouse pub, chesapeake, va
nine inch nails and soundgarden, august 4th @ jiffy lube live, bristow, va
nine inch nails and soundgarden, august 5th @ farm bureau live, virginia beach, va
grendel and ludovico technique, august 24th @ fallout, richmond, va
June 24, 2014, 9:47 p.m.
Everest updates us on the situation in Iraq digging into "whose fault is it" and how the situation in the Middle East is the most serious crisis in the region in the last 100 years. Dix reports on the savage pogrom in Harlem when 400 NY cops raided Housing Projects, dragging Black youth into the street in chains. Brown, Hancock and Perkins, the cast of Tarell Alvin McCraney's "The Brothers Size," talk about the play's portrayal of the hard-pressed lives of Black people on the coast of Louisiana.
Yumi Kikuchi and Fukushima Kids, Hawaii (ONE of ONE)
June 24, 2014, 7:05 p.m.
On June 11, 2014, a group of friends on the Mendocino coast met to welcome Yumi Kikuchi. She and her husband co-founded Fukushima Kids, Hawaii. Since children are most vulnerable to radiation Yumi and her husband Gen are bringing them, and even their mothers when they are very young, to Hawaii for healing periods of three or more weeks.
Yumi has for over 20 years worked on campaigns against nuclear power plants with Dr. Helen Caldicott and the artist and activist Mayumi Oda. That's why she and her her husband immediately after the Fukushima accident decided to take their own children off her farm 150 miles from the Fukushima reactors. Even on her way out of Japan via Okinawa, Yumi organized to bring over 260 pregnant women out of Fukushima.
Once in Hawaii she began organizing for housing and a new farm to help children from Fukushima. They spend free vacations to recover from the impact of daily doses of radiation. Her husband Gen Morita is a traditional Japanese healer who specializes in restring immune systems. You can find more information, including a couple of You-tube film on the website of www.fukushimakidshawaii.com
Peter Schumann - The Shatterer
June 24, 2014, 6:42 p.m.
The Queens Museum, Queens, N.Y. hosted Peter Schumann and his works: drawings, books, machines, sculpture, murals, philosophical diagrams,installations and performance lecture, Nov 9, 2013 to Mar 30, 2014. He staged a monthly solo Fiddle Performance in the papier-mache chapel housed in the larger installation and baked bread in a temporary site built brick oven. Surrounded by friends and fans we followed him on a tour of some of the work and poetry in the exhibit as he stopped to point out the significance of several pieces. At root he challenges our assumptions and our compliance with authority and propriety in service of repression. He ridicules the cultural archetypes of Capital. A book of the exhibit is in production. Supruli, a Georgian Choir performed music as part of the event.
Peter Schumann was born in Silesia, Germany in 1934. He survived both the Nazis and Americans. His work creates a critical dystopian world within and parallel to the world in which we live; between good and evil.
Max Blumenthal and Ali Abunimah together in San Francisco
June 24, 2014, 2:57 p.m.
Today we bring you most of a remarkable talk and discussion by Max Blumenthal and Ali Abunimah, appearing together, about the future of Palestine. It happened April 23, 2014 at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco.
Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author. His books include "Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel" and "Republican Gemorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party."
Ali Abunimah is a long-time Palestinian rights activist. His latest book is "The Battle for Justice in Palestine." He runs the Electronic Intifada (electronicintifada.net), one of our trusted sources of reliable information about Palestine.
They were appearing in support of SDS-USJP's resolution for divestment. No effort would be required, except that one group on campus has been commissioned and orchestrated to oppose it.
Regrettably, our broadcast couldn't include the entire conversation, which far exceeded our allocated time. For video of the entire 74 minutes, go to:
electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/video-max-blumenthal-and-ali-abunimah-san-francisco
(When We cut it off, Abunimah was explaining the biased Boston Globe reporter Ethan Bronner's connection, and also the New York Times' connection, to particular homes stolen from Palestinians.)
Cookin' 'Toppers 'Style
June 24, 2014, 2:50 p.m.
Learn to cook a gourmet meal this week. And then stick around for America's favorite music!
It's going to be a feast for the ears.
Homosexuality and Schizophrenia
June 24, 2014, 10:28 a.m.
In honor of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, Radio Curious brings you an interview with Professor Robert Dole, who in the 1960's was treated as a schizophrenic in mental institutions because of his homosexuality in the United States. He now resides and works in Canada and is the author of the memoir âHow to Make a Success of Your Schizophrenia.â
The Mixed Tape - June 24, 2014
June 24, 2014, 9:14 a.m.
June 24, 2014, 8:28 a.m.
In this edition of the In Context War Report, we examine the dramatic advances in Iraq of the troops the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the latest developments in the Ukraine civil war, and Chinaâs plans for a new base in the energy rich South China Sea.
The end of 'both sides'
June 23, 2014, 5:38 p.m.
Mourning Casey Kasem; Israel's occupation of the West Bank is indefensible; no evidence Hamas is responsible for the kidnapping of three Israelis; five things to know about Presbyterian divestment; Palestinian prisoner beaten by Israelis before his death; music by Aza.
2014 05 Bucy Spring Reentry program
June 23, 2014, 4:55 p.m.
Bucky Buckaw attempts to raises the ethical bar by propagandizing on decentralizing agriculture for the benefit of livestock, humans and the environment. And for good times! We've had a bit of a hiatus but we think we're back.
June 23, 2014, 4:23 p.m.
Awards ceremony from Knobby Time and sounds
"Test" + divergent Christians + global LGBT news
June 23, 2014, 4:20 p.m.
Hillary engages in a heated marriage equality debate, while "The Daily Show" "cures" the Texas Republican revival of "reparative therapyâ; Luxembourg jumps the broom, thousands promote pink families in Hong Kong, but there's little passion for marriage inequality in the U.S., Ugandan activists get last-minute visas for Toronto World Pride, the Obama administration hits the marriage recognition wall, pro-equality President Juan Manuel Santos is reelected in Colombia, and more global LGBT news.
"Test" + divergent Christians + global LGBT news
June 23, 2014, 4:20 p.m.
Hillary engages in a heated marriage equality debate, while "The Daily Show" "cures" the Texas Republican revival of "reparative therapyâ; Luxembourg jumps the broom, thousands promote pink families in Hong Kong, but there's little passion for marriage inequality in the U.S., Ugandan activists get last-minute visas for Toronto World Pride, the Obama administration hits the marriage recognition wall, pro-equality President Juan Manuel Santos is reelected in Colombia, and more global LGBT news.
Music For The Mountain Bluegrass - Show #4
June 23, 2014, 2:50 p.m.
Music for the Mountain is a weekly bluegrass radio program featuring that hard-driving bluegrass sound, with classic and new tunes running the gamut from Bill Monroe to Sierra Hull.
June 23, 2014, 2:46 p.m.
Continued reading from "They Dare to Speak Out" by Paul Findley, chptrs 4 -5; oud music.
Water Conservation Challenge Interview with Kevin Freedman
June 23, 2014, 2:36 p.m.
Water conservation challenge, use of 25 liters a day as opposed to the average of 330 Liters used per day by Canadian according to surveys.
Stories from the Frontlines in the Battle Against Big Oil
June 23, 2014, 11:50 a.m.
"National oil spill expert and author Riki Ott, Ph.D., is a marine toxicologist, author, and activist who is spearheading national efforts to update the national contingency plan. Her latest book is Not One Drop (Chelsea Green). She is featured in several movies, most recently Dirty Energy (Cinema Libre Studio).www.rikiott.com "
Riki Ott recounts her experiences and lessons learned fighting the oil industry. From surviving the Exxon Valdez spill to traveling North America working with communities affected by oil to her current rewriting the National Contingency Plan for oil spill response.
Dr. Riki Ott was invited by Tar Sands Free Midwest to chair a strategy meeting to develop an action plan in response to the BP Whiting spill into Lake Michigan in late March. Crucial questions still need to be answered. Riki offered her oil spill expertise as a guide to effected parties and water quality activists to make sure that this malfunction at BP doesn't continue to be thrown under the rug. Both Chicago area and NW Indiana residents are organizing to prevent British Petroleum's further degradation of Lake Michigan and its surrounding communities.
June 23, 2014, 11:46 a.m.
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June 23, 2014, 11:13 a.m.
If Music Could Talk - June 22, 2014
June 23, 2014, 8:13 a.m.
June 23, 2014, 7:33 a.m.
Today's show focuses on public relations. Bill Gorrell commenrts on the history public relations and some of it's modern uses. He particularly emphasizes Edward Bernays book "Proaoganda".
A Cool JazzFest, Part 1; 6/22/14; Set #1
June 23, 2014, 3:57 a.m.
A Cool JazzFest, Part 1; 6.22.14; Set #2
June 23, 2014, 3:55 a.m.
June 22, 2014, 7:37 p.m.
Have you ever been to a concert and seen the random mic stands throughout the audience? If so, then you've spotted the equipment that tapers use to record live shows!
Every Sunday on WRIR from 3-5am I'll be showcasing live concerts, both local & national, that were recorded by audience members!
Please tune in & experience this unique point of view brought to you by audience tapers live on WRIR-LP 97.3FM or online via the listening portal at wrir.org/tunein
June 22, 2014, 2:54 p.m.
Spoken word remix of various artists including: Lee Ranaldo, Jim Morrison also Listener, Laurie Anderson, Hakim Bey, fIREHOSE, UNKLE, Charles Veitch, William S Burroughs Special pdr mixes and more.
June 22, 2014, 1:50 p.m.
Featuring: Report back from Cannes Film Festival by professor and critic Dennis Broe, Wikileaks exposes banks attempting global financial deregulation, California teacher tenure at risk, Palestinian hunger strike, voices of houseless vets, and criminalizing houselessness.
June 22, 2014, 1:36 p.m.
Have you ever been to a concert and seen the random mic stands throughout the audience? If so, then you've spotted the equipment that tapers use to record live shows!
Every Sunday on WRIR from 3-5am I'll be showcasing live concerts, both local & national, that were recorded by audience members!
Please tune in & experience this unique point of view brought to you by audience tapers live on WRIR-LP 97.3FM or online via the listening portal at wrir.org/tunein