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If Music Could Talk - Dec 22, 2013
Dec. 23, 2013, 1:23 p.m.
Dec. 23, 2013, 3:13 a.m.
Sunrise Ocean Bender sets sail every Monday morning, 1 â 3 a.m., to find something for your ears, and something for your head ⦠From psych to prog to pop and whatever tributary we can find on the way ⦠and right back around again. There might be a map, but the destination is up for grabs. If it all goes right, we may just get lost. Meet me at the muster station ⦠it might be a long week.
mratavist.wordpress.com *_* wrir.org
Photo project shares beauty of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Dec. 22, 2013, 11:13 p.m.
Each year, local residents are given a disposable camera and three days to shoot images of their community. The photos they take challenge the stereotypes about the Downtown Eastside. A panel of artists looks at the thousands of photos that come back and choose 13 photos for the Hope in Shadows calendar.
Dec. 22, 2013, 10:42 p.m.
The NSA is worthless. It has not done anything to protect our country. It has only harmed.
Tips for simplifying the holiday season
Dec. 22, 2013, 10:31 p.m.
Sarah Baird of the Center for a New American Dream shares some suggestions about how to resist the urge to buy a lot of stuff for our loved ones at Christmas and do something more meaningful instead.
Out of the Woods - Show #194 12-26-13
Dec. 22, 2013, 9:04 p.m.
This version of the program is divided into 6 segments so broadcasters who desire to use this content can insert your station info, etc. The segments vary in length, but I try to keep them approximately 30 minutes in most cases.
Out of the Woods is an earthy, wires and wood, mostly acoustic program featuring some of the best new and established artists from the worlds of folk, bluegrass, singer-songwriters, alt.country, Americana, classic country, old-time, Celtic, and everything that falls in between. The show is an unpredictable mix flowing like a river between moods, often with an edge or in a melancholy minor key. On occasion, Out of the Woods features interviews and live in-studio performances with national and international touring musicians. Past guests have included artists such as Bela Fleck, Si Kahn, Brown Bird, Dana Robinson, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Bill Bourne, Karl Shiflett, Rachel Bissex, Darryl Purpose, Bow Thayer, Cosy Sheridan and many others. Out of the Woods grew out of Jon 'Chip' Colcord's former acoustic programs, The Song Swap and Music For The Mountain, separate folk and bluegrass programs which aired in New Hampshire during the 1990s. As a child, Colcord grew up a ravenous music fan with an ear for both rock and folk, from Arlo Guthrie to Aerosmith. All of these influences converge on Out of the Woods to bring you a mix which is as much on the edge as it is down home. Folk music with a rock 'n' roll soul
The Other Black Music Dec. 22, 2013
Dec. 22, 2013, 8:48 p.m.
Broadcasting from WRIR-LP 97.3 FM and www.wrir.org in Richmond, Virginia USA. "The Other Black Music" broadcast Black music ignored by other Richmond stations. Soul, Zydeco, Funk, Afro-Pop, Blues and more. Every other Sunday 3-5pm EST
The Happy Station Show December 22, 2013
Dec. 22, 2013, 8:42 p.m.
December 22, 2013 - Christmas Special
Dec. 22, 2013, 6:40 p.m.
Christmas music has a special place in my heart this time of year, but not most of the stuff that gets played endlessly in malls and stores. Today's show begins with some favorite electronic remixes that I collected over the years I was doing an electronic show here. After that, it ranges all over from a cappella bands to ancient tunes to modern takes on the holiday. Enjoy!
Dec. 22, 2013, 3:54 p.m.
Interview with Lara Zarowsky and Anna Tolin, both with the Innocence Project NW and Ari Kohn with the Post-Prison Education Program
Radio Ecoshock Annual Green Music Festival
Dec. 22, 2013, 3:37 p.m.
For the holidays, Alex DJ's 14 songs of love for the earth, and protest against pollution.
Broadcast One Hundred Eighty Three
Dec. 22, 2013, 3:33 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a DIY, freeform exploration of music from the last century of recorded sound inclusive of music in various genres ... including folk, jazz, easy listening, world, classical, classic rock & more ... played on 78s, reel to reels, cassettes, vinyl records & even endangered and homemade cds. Each week I play a different blend of tunes released between the early 1900's and next week. It's never the same program twice. Radio Thrift Shop is music & culture in the spirit of free radio
Dec. 22, 2013, 3:14 p.m.
An Ukrainian Anarchosyndicalist perspective on Euromaidan
Dec. 22, 2013, 2:54 p.m.
In late November of 2013, Kiev and other parts of Ukraine saw the building of spontaneous plaza occupations and street demonstrations against President Yanukovich apparent decision to stall steps towards integrating Ukraine into the European Union. The protests, known as euromaidan or EuroPlaza in Ukrainian, called on the ruling government to move forward with the integration, fearing that the stalling was a sign that the Ukraine was giving in to pressure from the competing Customs Union (made up of Russia, Belarus and Kazhakstan) which had been courting Ukrainian participation. The protests are ongoing, despite the signature of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych into a deal with Russia for promised purchases of billions of dollars of Ukrainian products and a 30% discount on Russian Natural Gas. Euromaidan have been compared in scale, and sadly in lack of critical debate about issues among the populace, to the 2004 Ukrainian Orange revolution which saw the rising to power of those who would become the status quo today.
This week on the Final Straw, we'll be speaking with Denys. Denys is an organizer and activist with the Kiev Local of the Autonomous Worker's Union, a Revolutionary Syndicalist turned Anarcho-Syndicalist organizing and propaganda group in the capital of the Ukraine. We'll spend the hour discussing the political system in that country, the spectrum of parties, influence of media and oligarchs and radical groups on the far left and far right. Later on in the hour, Denys will address his philosophy, Anarchosyndicalism via Synthesist Anarchism, and what the AWU in Kiev and elsewhere has been able to achieve. More on the AWU can be found at http://avtonomia.net .
We'll also speak briefly about a protest in Kiev in solidarity with struggling workers in Kazakhstan on the anniversary of the Zhanaozen Massacre of December 16, 2011.
Archives of this show can be found at thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org and you can contact us at thefinalstrawradio at riseup dot net.
Dec. 22, 2013, 2:29 p.m.
Broadcast One Hundred Eighty Two
Dec. 22, 2013, 2:04 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a DIY, freeform exploration of music from the last century of recorded sound inclusive of music in various genres ... including folk, jazz, easy listening, world, classical, classic rock & more ... played on 78s, reel to reels, cassettes, vinyl records & even endangered and homemade cds. Each week I play a different blend of tunes released between the early 1900's and next week. It's never the same program twice. Radio Thrift Shop is music & culture in the spirit of free radio
Censorship from Stage "Left"
Dec. 22, 2013, 11:52 a.m.
SUBJECT: POLITICAL CARTOONING
AND LEFTY CENSORSHIP OF SAME.
Cindy and Ted share their experiences of being banned from the CIA-Democrat website,
The Daily Kos.
www.Rall.com
#670 - Thinking Clearly About The Vast Machine
Dec. 22, 2013, 1:09 a.m.
This week we look at one aspect of the machine referred to by Graeber in episode 624 - the propaganda that is churned out and which prevents people from clearly facing their dilemma. We begin with a 2009 speech by Sut Jhally on advertising, consumerism and what this has done to the US population. After contributions from Chris Hedges and Robert Jensen, we finish with an optimistic vision by Nafeez Ahmed.
Media Network Plus December 21 2013
Dec. 21, 2013, 8:28 p.m.
Classic Media Network December 21 2013
Dec. 21, 2013, 8:19 p.m.
Switzerland In Sound December 21 2013
Dec. 21, 2013, 8:16 p.m.
The Kelly Alexander Show December 21 2013
Dec. 21, 2013, 8:10 p.m.
Dec. 21, 2013, 8:06 p.m.
459 - NSA Surveillance, Bad Budgets, Protesting Drones and more
Dec. 21, 2013, 7:19 p.m.
News You Need to Know: NSA on the Defensive; Mumia Abu-Jamal Commentary: The Outrageous American Norm; Between the Lines interview: Bipartisan Budget Deal Hurts Unemployed and Federal Workers; BTL interview: EU and Russia Vie for Trade Agreements with Kiev; BTL interview: Drone Protest at Hancock US AFB; NH Gazette's latest Fortnightly Rant: That's a Feature, Not a Defect; Outside The Box: A Routine Episode; music.
Low Wage Airport Workers Protest Scrooge Employers During Holiday Travel Season
Dec. 21, 2013, 6:35 p.m.
Low Wage Airport Workers Protest Scrooge Employers During Holiday
Travel Season
with
* Shareeka Elliot, a terminal cleaner at JFK's Terminal 8 (American Airlines)
for a contractor called Airway Cleaners
* Rob Hill, Vice President, Local 32BJ, SEIU
* Rose Oby, a security guard at LaGuardia airport (Delta Airlines) for a contractor called Aviation Safeguard
* Hector Figueroa, President, Local 32BJ SEIU
Thousands of employees of the largest private contractors at airports rotested to call the public s attention to the prevalence of poverty wages & poor working conditions that are creating a crisis for workers and the traveling public at the airports. Supporting yourself on $7.90 is hard, Shareeka Elliott, a terminal cleaner for Airway Cleaners at JFK told the crowd. Supporting yourself and two growing girls is nearly impossible. My take home wage does not begin to cover bills, daycare, and food for me and my daughters. I feel like I m drowning in debt. These are hard- working men and women doing some of the most vital jobs to keep our airports running smoothly and safely, 32BJ SEIU President Hector Figueroa said. They should not have to live in poverty to do it. Their families should not have to live without health care because they happen to be working at our airports. So, now during the busiest holiday travel season of the year workers are forced to take their complaints straight to the tarmac.
Dec. 21, 2013, 4:10 p.m.
Broadcast One Hundred Eighty One
Dec. 21, 2013, 3:05 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a DIY, freeform exploration of music from the last century of recorded sound inclusive of music in all genres ... including folk, jazz, easy listening, world, classical, classic rock & more ... played on 78s, reel to reels, cassettes, vinyl records & even endangered and homemade cds. Each week I play a different blend of tunes released between the early 1900's and next week. It's never the same program twice. Radio Thrift Shop is about music & culture in the spirit of free radio
Amateur Press Associations - part one
Dec. 21, 2013, 1:25 p.m.
Paper Radio is a new series from the producer of One Minute Zine Reviews exploring paper culture in the digital age. Topics will include: letter writing, postcards, mail art, the postal service, zine publishing and unique small press publications, free speech, DIY resources, DIY music and more
Dec. 21, 2013, 7:37 a.m.
Benjamin Day of healthcare-now.org speaks about organizing for a single-payer healthcare system.
Dec. 21, 2013, 7:24 a.m.
Dr. Robert Boone discusses social activism, the Affordable Care Act and the health care industry.