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June 8, 2010, 11:36 p.m.
Soiled with oil, we all die for oil sucker. Musical montage that sometimes makes the synaptic connections we all need. Other times it's just musical.
June 3, 2010 -- David Ray Griffin on 9/11 and Afghanistan (2)
June 8, 2010, 9:13 p.m.
In a speech recorded at the University of Hartford on May 7, 2010, Dr. David Ray Griffin asks, "Is the War in Afghanistan Justified by 9/11?"
June 8, 2010, 9:06 p.m.
May 27, 2010 -- David Ray Griffin on 9/11 and Afghanistan (1)
June 8, 2010, 8:10 p.m.
In a speech recorded at the University of Hartford on May 7, 2010, Dr. David Ray Griffin asks, "Is the War in Afghanistan Justified by 9/11?"
June 8, 2010, 7 p.m.
collage of news media-youtube-video and sound-samples
June 8, 2010, 6:27 p.m.
Filling in fir Eric Walter's Wide Ear Folk program
June 8, 2010, 6:21 p.m.
"If this Gulf oil spill had happened in Nigeria, neither the government nor the company would have paid much attention," said the writer Ben Ikari, an outspoken Nigerian. "This kind of spill happens all the time in the Nigerian delta."
"The oil companies just ignore it. The lawmakers do not care and people must live with pollution daily. The situation is now worse than it was 30 years ago. Nothing is changing. When I see the efforts that are being made in the US I feel a great sense of sadness at the double standards. What they do in the US or in Europe is very different."
It Certainly Would Be Cooler If You Did
June 8, 2010, 6:17 p.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
Keeping in touch across prison walls isn't easy
June 8, 2010, 5:16 p.m.
For all their claims of the importance of family connections, one woman is nothing but barriers when trying to keep in touch with her brother in prison.
Billions of dollars for new prisons in Canada
June 8, 2010, 4:57 p.m.
With the tough on crime agenda in full swing in Canada, billions of dollars are being spent across the country on prison building. But the Tories are being eerily tight lipped about their specifics plans.
June 8, 2010, 3:13 p.m.
Mariel Hemingway talks about her fabulous cookbook, "Mariel's Kitchen."
June 8, 2010, 3:07 p.m.
Terri Orbuch, Ph.D "The Love Doctor" author of 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Terri Orbuch, Ph.D. "The Love Doctor" author of "5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great "talks about her reaction to Al and Tipper Gore's divorce and ways to keep your marriage strong and healthy in midlife and beyond
June 8, 2010, 3:05 p.m.
June 8, 2010, 3:01 p.m.
Ron and Arnie Koss - Creators of Earth's Best Organic Baby Food talk about their book "The Earth's Best Story: A Bittersweet Tale of Twin Brothers Who Sparked an Organic Revolution."
June 8, 2010, 2:54 p.m.
John Robbins, national best selling author talks about his new book, "The New Good Life."
04JUN2010: Afrika Bambaataa + 930 Club 30th Anniv Party bands
June 8, 2010, 2:27 p.m.
Songs from Afrika Bambaataa, Kraftwerk, Tom Tom Club, and folks who played the 9:30 Club 30th Anniversary Party on Monday. Lots of punk rock legends in that list (Henry Rollins, Bob Mould, Ian MacKaye, Dave Grohl) plus The Fleshtones, Slickee Boys, and Trouble Funk!
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47, New Music from Aberdeen Scotland
June 8, 2010, 12:38 p.m.
Music from the open mic at Musa, a bistro in the old Merchant Quarter of Aberdeen, Scotland. We hear from Sandy Nairn and Pete Koots, Oliver Richard, This Heroic Routine, and Steve Crawford with Spider MacKenzie.
Have You Found Your Hidden Brain?
June 8, 2010, 11:57 a.m.
June 8, 2010, 11:49 a.m.
In honor of the fallen comrades of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, who were attacked by armed Israeli commandos while attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged populace of Gaza, we present an hour of news coverage, protest speeches and music condemning this murderous act. Boycott, Divest and Sanction!
Composer, Conductor, and Professor Giancarlo Aquilanti
June 8, 2010, 10:55 a.m.
Professor Giancarlo Aquilanti is a Musician, Composer,
Conductor, Director of Music Theory, Director of the
Stanford Wind Ensemble, and Senior Lecturer in the Stanford Music Department.
His is a recepient of the Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching.
As a composer, Professor Aquilanti has composed music of the
following genres: Orchestral Music, Music for Symphonic
Band / Wind Ensemble, Choral Music, and Chamber Music.
He is currently working daily with Bob Weir to create
classical adaptations of Grateful Dead pieces for symphony.
Professor Aquilanti's web site is: http://www.giancarloaquilanti.com/
His web page at the Department of Music at Stanford is: http://music.stanford.edu/People/faculty.html
His web page for the Stanford Wind Ensemble is: http://www.stanford.edu/group/windensemble/conductor.html
Information regarding his choral composition, "Ubi Caritas:"
http://www.giancarloaquilanti.com/music_choral.php
Information regarding the string movement III (Fugue): http://www.giancarloaquilanti.com/music_chamber.php
June 8, 2010, 9:55 a.m.
June 8, 2010, 4:29 a.m.
REBROADCAST: Bucky Buckaw has an agenda to replace factory farming with backyard agriculture - one coop at a time. On this show Bucky deconstructs the pecking order. What's up with the pecking order? Is the code of the flock really an articial construct of contemporary linear patriarchal hegemonic agricultural structures?
Celebrating Monty Alexander - June 6, 2010
June 8, 2010, 3:42 a.m.
Cool Jazz Set - 6th June, 2010 - #2
June 8, 2010, 3:32 a.m.
June 8, 2010, 3:28 a.m.
conspiracy conference 2010 - day two: question authority with lawful rebellion
June 7, 2010, 10:39 p.m.
this is an exclusive recording from day two of the 10th annual conspiracy conference in santa clara, california ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/mediamonarchy
Faultlines: Dying Inside Elderly in prison
June 7, 2010, 9:23 p.m.
(Audio of video) Dying Inside: Elderly in prison
Unprecedented access to jails and prisons across the country to tell the story.
On strategic 'violent' resistance
June 7, 2010, 8:59 p.m.
Gord Hill and Peter Gelderloos talk about how strategic 'violent' resistance works.
We were 'BOOOOOOOOOORN FREE'
June 7, 2010, 7:34 p.m.
In this show, following up on our headlines, we review a few recent critical forays by pop culture into the realm of serious political criticism. MIAâs new video âBorn Freeâ â directed by Romain Gavras â is reviewed by BASICS Culture Commentator JD Benjamin. As well, we play the new Mos Def / Lenny Kravitz collabo âAinât My Faultâ on the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, in addition to the jazz collabo: âShame, shame, shameâ that was feauture on a recent episode of David Simonâs new series Treme â also a massive collabo critiquing the US governmentâs actions, in this case post-Katrina New Orleans.
Feature interview with youth organizer Daniel from Esplanade Community Organization on the ongoing struggle in that hood against police brutality and building a united community.
June 7, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
A collage of materials concerning copyright