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Rock O'Clock - October 21 2013
Oct. 21, 2013, 1:57 p.m.
Tim Hecker - "Prism"
CFCF - "Beyond Light"
PUP - "Yukon"
Hermetic - "Goodness Greatness/Murder Ballad"
HSY - "Tartar Mouth"
Esther Grey - "Night Calls"
Esther Grey - "(After The) Solstice"
Esthey Grey - "T-Rex Surfs"
Old & Weird - "Minstrel"
Old & Weird - "Fan Song"
Jenocide - "Street Rhythm (Jaguar Knight Remix)"
Sheena Easton - "Strut (Jaguar Knight Remix)"
Daphni - "Ye Ye"
Ootheque - "Les Animaux"
Royal Canoe - "Show Me Your Eyes"
Fur Trade - "In Between Dreams"
TV Freaks - "Rewind"
Body/Head - "Last Mistress"
Miesha & The Spanks - "Girls, Like Wolves"
GM alfalfa cleared for release in Ontario
Oct. 21, 2013, 1:53 p.m.
In October, the Ontario Ministry of Environment turned down a request by two members of the National Farmers Union to assess the risks of Monsantoâs Roundup Ready alfalfa. Ann Slater is a NFU member and organic farmer from Ontario. She explains the dangers of growing GM alfalfa.
Oct. 21, 2013, 12:25 p.m.
Anthony Enman and Brian Cleveland countdown the Top 20 of the week from earshot-online.com. Jacquie Neville from The Balconies joins us to chat about their new single and upcoming full length debut AND we have your !entertainment 411 from Exclaim Senior Editor, Stephen Carlick.
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0217
Oct. 21, 2013, 12:14 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
Ethiopian subsistence farmers subject to forced relocation
Oct. 21, 2013, 12:10 p.m.
Ethiopia boasts one of the strongest economies in Africa. But this comes at a heavy price for the countryâs farmers who are being pushed off their land to make way for multinational agribusiness. Anuradha Mittal is executive director of the Oakland Institute.
Episode 12 - Panel Discussion "From Orange Wave to Third Way? The NDP under Mulcair"
Oct. 21, 2013, 7:54 a.m.
For this weekâs show we will be listening to a Panel Discussion from the Marxism 2013 Conference to Change the World which was held at Ryerson University from May 31 to June 2, 2013. The conference was organised by the International Socialists, an organization of activists committed to helping in the construction of such a party through ongoing activity in the mass organizations of the working class and in the daily struggles of workers and the oppressed. My ATC partner Jim Vernon recorded the following panel discussion titled, âFrom Orange Wave to Third Way â The NDP Under Mulcair.â
The Motherland Influence: October 20, 2013
Oct. 21, 2013, 7:40 a.m.
Two hours of African, Latin & Caribbean music.
Remove The Locks From Your Windows
Oct. 21, 2013, 7:16 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
Rev. Susie's PsychoBilly Halloween Special!
Oct. 21, 2013, 1:11 a.m.
Welcome, seekers, to Reverend Susie the Floozie's PsychoBilly Halloween Special, the show that puts the BOO in "boobs" while giving you a solid grooving hour of delicious Halloween-o-centric oddities! This twangalicious frightfest is jampacked with exquisite horrors like Ethel Ennis, Bert Convy (yeah, THAT Bert Convy!), Miss L.L. Louise Lewis, Tarantula Ghoul and Her Gravediggers, Hasil Adkins, Jack Turner, The Frantics (with bits from COWBOY BEBOP and Mad Daddy laid over it), Screaming Lord Sutch, The Supersuckers, Lee Kristofferson, Roky Erickson, the Koffin Kats, Ghoul Train, Zombie Ghost Train...and the whole thing is capped off with a vastly improved, extra-long, accidental version of bauhaus doing "Bela Lugosi's Dead" that may be frightfully familiar to some of you.
And I left off the credits until the end, so note that this show will serve as perfect atmospheric background for your holiday rituals, giving you a solid hour of drinking instead of changing the music. (Hey, I do what I can.)
AMBIANCE CONGO: October 20, 2013
Oct. 21, 2013, 12:11 a.m.
Two hours of Congolese music.
Analyzing the UN panel report on climate change
Oct. 20, 2013, 8:52 p.m.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its 2013 at the end of September. It said there is 95% certainty that human activity is causing climate change. Dr. Christian Holz is executive director of Climate Action Canada.
Legal History Surrounding Cuomo's Deal with Oneida Nation Enterprises
Oct. 20, 2013, 8:25 p.m.
In NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo has created a deal with Ray Halbritter, Oneida Nationâs representative. Here is an audio interview about NYS Governor turning NYS land into Federal land under the guise of making a settlement deal with the Oneida Indian Nation. This would open up the land for fracking. Once the area is converted to federal it is not subject to NYS environmental regulations. The Interior Department estimates that 90 percent of the 3,400 wells drilled each year on public and Indian lands use hydraulic fracturing. This affects 56 million acres of Indian lands and 700 million acres of public lands.
Exploding some of the myths about gentrification
Oct. 20, 2013, 8:17 p.m.
David Madden argues that gentrification is not synonymous with urban renewal. Madden is an assistant professor in the Sociology Department and the Cities Program at the London School of Economics. Heâs the author of a recent article in the Guardian titled Gentrification doesnât trickle down to help everyone.
Oct. 20, 2013, 8 p.m.
Maude Barlow is the national chairperson of the Council of Canadians. She was in Vancouver on October 10 to celebrate the launch of the final installment in her trilogy on water, Blue Future. This book includes inspiring stories of struggle and resistance from marginalized communities, as well as examples of government policies that work for people and the planet.
At The Show Episode 64: Comedy
Oct. 20, 2013, 7:27 p.m.
Zakiyatou Oualett Halatine economist and activist
Oct. 20, 2013, 7:12 p.m.
Zakiyatou Oualett Halatin is an engineer and economist who has helped many people create and fund microenterprises as a path to peace through prosperity. Independence and self sufficiency can be found in having a small business. Recorded online, because she was barred from travel to the US where she was to be a guest speaker at the Women, War and Peace Conference at Virginia Commonwealth University, http://www.vcupeace.net/ October 2013
Kalifa Touré and Cri de Couer de Nord Mali
Oct. 20, 2013, 6:49 p.m.
Kalifa Touré and Robin Poulton describe the 2012 coup dâétat in Mali and the aftermath. Touré founded Cri De Couer to help shell shocked children and families find a place of safety and solace, providing food, shelter and medical care, including trauma psychology. Poulton is an international negotiator who live with his family in Mali and now works with NGOs to improve infrastructure and cultural understanding in Mali.
Oct. 20, 2013, 5:19 p.m.
Interview with Dr. Sheri Speede author of "Kindred Beings: What Seventy-Three Chimpanzees Taught Me About Life, Love, and Connection"
Edward Snowden and the U.S. Surveillance State
Oct. 20, 2013, 4:59 p.m.
Interview with 27-year CIA veteran Ray McGovern about his recent meeting with Edward Snowden in Moscow.
Oct. 20, 2013, 4:41 p.m.
Prisoners who survived the Lucasville Uprising
Oct. 20, 2013, 4:27 p.m.
This week, we spoke with Imam Siddique Abdullah Hasan who is facing the death penalty for his role as a negotiator during the prisoner uprising at the SOCF facility in Lucasville in April of 1993. Hasan, as well as 4 other prisoners, are facing the death penalty for participation as "leaders" in the uprising. 4 of them are charged with the death of a prison guard by the name of Bobby Vallandingham as well as 9 inmates considered to be snitches.
The riot began as negotiations between Sunni prisoners, of which Hasan was one of the leaders, took guards hostage in hopes of bringing state attention to the problems at the prison. In particular among their concerns was the imposition of a TB test that was in contradiction to their religious beliefs and for which an alternative was readily available. Soon, other prisoners began to take space and control. Fearing a bloody outcome like was seen at Attica in New York, representatives of the Sunni community, the Aryan Brotherhood and the Black Gangster Disciplanes at Lucasville began negotiations with the state to bring a peaceful resolution to the uprising. Graffiti displayed within the prison began speaking of "Convict Race" and "Black and White Unity".
After the end of the uprising, the state, under pressure from Vallandingham's family, railroaded the five. The call for blood was great, but since the Lucasville Disturbance, so have been the calls for justice in the case of the prisoners punished in relation to the Lucasville Disturbance.
www.lucasvilleamnesty.org/ is a great site listing info on the case and how to help.
http://www.redbirdprisonabolition.org/ is a group in Ohio involved in supporting the Lucasville prisoners.
http://www.re-examininglucasville.org/ is the website for the conference that happened this year around the case
http://darklittlesecretmovie.com/category/projects/ is the website for the recent documentary on the subject, which is touring the country
https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=252 is the Staughton Lynd book out from PM Press
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Broadcast One Hundred Sixty Five
Oct. 20, 2013, 4:12 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, classic rock, and more played on 78s, reel to reels, cassettes, vinyl records and even endangered and homemade cds. Each week I play an ecclectic 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.
Broadcast One Hundred Sixty Four
Oct. 20, 2013, 2:29 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a low-tech, DIY, freeform exploration of music from the last century of recorded sound and music in all genres ... including 78s, reel to reels, cassettes, vinyl records and even endangered cds. Each week I play an ecclectic 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
The Happy Station Show October 20, 2013
Oct. 20, 2013, 1:32 p.m.
Oct. 20, 2013, 1:11 p.m.
Music I like to call folk
Climate Catastrophe Past & Future
Oct. 20, 2013, 11:15 a.m.
Dr. Peter Ward, author of 14 books, on 4 past extinctions from global warming. Dr. Morgan Schaller of Rutgers on sudden heating 55 million years ago: Earth warmed 5 degrees C. in 13 years. Could it happen again? Plus Stephanie Goodwin of Greenpeace, "Arctic 30" protesters held for months in a Russian prison.
Media Network Plus October 18 2013
Oct. 20, 2013, 6:14 a.m.
BART Strike, Shutdown Aftermath, Sex Trafficking/Prostitution
Oct. 20, 2013, 2:08 a.m.
Bay Area Rapid Transit workers strike; what's left out in the shutdown concessions discussion; fighting sex trafficking/prostitution and the exploitation of women.
Episode 48: OG Chino & Dread Daze
Oct. 19, 2013, 4:40 p.m.
UNSEEN LEGION RADIO - Hosted by the InaSoulbian Crew airs 9pm-midnight PST every Tuesday on www.killradio.org
Oct. 19, 2013, 2:27 p.m.
The first of two Fall 2013 Fund Drive programs, with the Richmanian Ramblers performing live in WRIR's studios; mic manager is Josh Bearman, engineer is Richard Schellenburg