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III III I!! AMERICAN 'I! @avericks iI! iii III iii interest in classical American Mavericks is a groundbreaking music and has new radio series produced by Minnesota Public influenced such Radio in association with the San Francisco Sym~ classical composers phony and Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Direc Peter Schickele, tor, with support from the William and Flora Philip Glass and Hewlett Foundation, and distributed by Public Aaron Jay Kernis. Radio InternationaL The radio program was released Her literate, tulder in.Apri12003.lnspired by the adventurous program stated songs include rrung of the San Francisco Symphony and its concert the Granuny-nomi- festival of the same name, American Mavericks nated single "Luka," Michatl Tilson Thomas features the iconoclastic, tradition-breaking compos which broke new ers who shaped the development of American ground in the pop charts, written, as it was, from the music-from Charles Ives, Henry Brant, Harry Partch, viewpoint of a child abuse victim. Vega is the execu Laurie Anderson, Steve Reich and more. tive producer of, and a contributor to Vigil, a Sep The 13-week radio series tells the story of the tember 11 tribute album by members of the Green distinctly American music that grew along with the wich Village Songwriter's Exchange. Her most country. Interviews with composers and performers recent solo release, Songs in Red and Gray, is a ~d discussion with San Francisco Symphony Music critically acclaimed rehJ.m to her acoustic music Director Michael Tilson Thomas highlight this roots. celebration ofmusical inspiration and creativity. The American Mavericks radio series began Suzanne Vega, renowned for her musical innova incubating at Minnesota Public Radio in the falI of tion: hosts this gathering of entertaining and com 2001. Producer Tom Voegeli has directed a talented ~elling stories, personalities and performances. Vega and dedicated staff in designing the program's 15 a pop-folk music icon who, as a vanguard singer approach and sound, both on the radio and the Web, songwriter in the 19805, cleared the way for a wave and has spanned the continent gathering recordings of female artists that followed. Known for her '! musical and lyrical inventiveness, Vega has a strong continued on ptlgt 70
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NY 10001 635 Massachusetts Avenue NW Transcriptions are $18.70 www.npr.org (212) &33-6700 Wa~hinglO1l DC 20001 Tapes $Z3.7D are www.lail.org/counte...pin (202)414_2000 TO TlIE 1mOf OUII UOWLEIlGI National Public Radio www.npr.org Tape! are available 635 Massadluset15 Avenue NW DON GIOYAfilIiI OVlJIDRM (BOO) 747-7444 WOlShington, IX: 20001 dgol Page 2 of 120 \ MANAGER'S NOTES Dear Lis/mers j'lnd Members, Many oj you may be following the machinations oj the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and probably weren't hank you all so much for your amazing financial support too surprised with the green light for more consolidation of during our Spring Membership Drive. We finished the media. It does not bode well for diversity of thought, content, TDrive in record time, and from my perspective, after and voices on radio or TV. Jsee my main obligation as General perusing many of your comments as you phoned Dr e-mailed in Manager of an independent, locally owned and programmed YDur pledge, it felt like a huge embrace from Dur listening radio station to ensure its cDntinued viability - fiscally and community. Again, our most sincere gratitude! programmatically - and to guard its independence and Summer is upon us, and with il we thought we would solvency. I can only do that with your help - your continued highlight our local music programmers on KALW. Considering financial support and your input, which is greatly valued.. the amazing cultural talent bank the Bay Area is, we hope to add We were fortunate 10 have FCC Commissioner Jonathan more locally programmed and produced music shows in the Adelstein visit KALW when he was a guest on Working Assets future. Radio. Before he left our humble abode, we cornered him and We are very excited to bring American Mavericks ~ a 13 made sure he recorded a school lunch menu for us. The follow part series ~ to our lineup. American Mavericks will air Dn ing is a note I received from him upon his return to Washington Tuesdays at Noon, givirig Tech Nation a hiatus. DC, KALW is a media sponsor for the following events in the Bay 1was honored to be on your show, and thrilled to read the menu. Area: Hopi.' the kids ate well that day. Seriously, you have an outstanding • Stem Grove Festival public service record, one other stations should emulate, so I was happy • LitQuake /0 participate. Thanks for having me. - JA • San Francisco labor Festival. Verba Buena Gardens That's us~ KALW, a pioneer FM station wilh an outstand • 10th Annual LaborFesl 2003...and there may be more_ Please ing public service r{'("Drd, here today and getting stronger for put our partners on your calendar and check out their evenls! lomorrDW and the future generations! Thanks, have a terrific KALW continues 10 do well on all fronts - audience growth, summer, and stay tuned. fiscal health, and great programming. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our program producers who did excellent work during the war on Iraq, especially Working Assets Radio with Laura Flanders. Hats off 10 the producers Christina Allen, Matt Martin, and Rose Aguilar - and of course, to Laura Flanders. Lots of hard work went into producing th~ daily program during the war. And where would we have been -Nicole Sawaya, GM without the BBC? "Morning Shift" in the CONGRATULATIONS KALW Pledge Room During our last membership drive, we had two lovely gifts which were donated to us. The gifts were a two night stay at the Lodge at Sonoma, A Renaissance Resort and Spa. The Lodge at Sonoma, was recently listed as one of the SOOGreatest Hotels in the world by Travel and Leisure magazine. A one night stay at The Garnett Creek Inn.. and Elegant Country Inn in Calistoga was the other. The Garnett Creek Inn on Calistoga's Main Street, Dffers breakfast in bed and beautiful surroundings. We put in all of the names of those who called or pledged by web and those who just called in to be included in the drawing. iii The lucky two are: Lynn Gates, a new Bay Area resident and a new listener to KALW. And Michael Waddell a long time lislener tD KALW. Congratulations to them and our thanks to The Lodge Left to right: seated: 10 Gray, Carolyn Deacy; al Sonoma and thE.' Garnett Creek Inn, for thinking Df s/andil1g: Pat Coleman, Maurern Russell, Thelma Cravel, KALW and our listeners. Karl Boulden, Michael Fride, Jack Major 3 Page 3 of 120 • MUSIC ON KALW I Ii features a guest playing his or her favorite recordings. Recent Tangents with Dore Stein, guests have included Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas, Chronicle Ii Saturdays at 8 pm sports columnist Bruce Jenkins and book crHic Pat Holt. On the 3rd and 5th Tuesday (if there is one), it's the "Perfonning Arts Tangents is an unusually Special," which features a musician together with his or her diverse music program that recordings. R€cent guests have included pianist Vladimir II combines world and roots music, Feltsman, English Hom player Julie Ann Giacobassi, cellist creative jazz hybrids and music Steven IsserJis and baritone Dimitri Hvorostovsky. that (to coin a Duke Ellington phrase) is ubeyond category" which was Duke's highest tenn of praise. Kumpo Beat with The Tangents philosophy can be summed up two ways: 1) Cross-cultural pollination is the life blood of music. At the Henri-Pierre Koubaka, core of Tangents are cross-cultural hybrids and collaborations Thursdays at 9 pm thai bring together musidans from different cultures or artists who absorb various elhnic and styllstic influences into their Kumpo-Beat , Music from Africa creative process. And from the African Diaspora . 2) Tangents breaks down the walls between musical calego Diaspora, the People who recognize ries and builds new bridges in order to demonstrate the univer Africa in their roots. Contemporary sality of music. In this way connections between seemingly and Anci€nt music brought to the disparate cultures are made. There is a cohesion 10 the musk airwaves of the Bay Area as played mix, an integrity whidl makes the genre bending flow sound and performed by the communities natural. that created it. More than a radio Tangents is one of the longest running shows of its kind in show, this is a time reconnect with North America. HostI Producer Dore Stein started Tangents in our Ancestors and our Spiritual 1986 on KCSM and moved it to KALW in 1995. The show is a Guides through rhythms that create creative exercise in spontaneous production as music choices are Peace and Harmony the parameters that determine life. made on the spot (Playlists are uploaded in realtime during th(' program and can be viewed at tangents.com.) Unusual music themes are also a signature aspect of the Folk Music & Beyond with JoAnn Mar show. (Set- Tangents Highlights on page 20 for this quarter's & Bob Campbell, Saturdays at 3 pm listings.) Dore values locaL autonomous radio and maintains an "Folk Music & ilcTessible, interactive rapport with thl;' iludience. Community Beyond" is celebrating outreach is integral to the "Tangential Experience" i1nd Tangents its fifteenth anniversary listcner parties featuring world class artists have bccome this {all~ JoAnn Mar and legendary. E-mail newslett€rs are sent out and there is a website Bob Campbell started at tangents.com. (You can join the e-mail list by contacting the show fift€en years 'I [email protected].) ago in response to the ;!i Tangents is not a on€ person show. The studio leam includes lack ot alternative folk I iLl! Kent Howard who uploads the playlists and production acoustic-based music on assistant Martin McClain who has been a key helper for over the commercial and seven years. non-commercial • (David Tu from Oct'IlJ'l o/Sound, cd & bookj airwaves_ This was at a time when KALW had very few Jive music 'ill Performing Arts Specials & programs. I Our primary mission , My Favorite Things is to inform as well as to ;,,1 with Alan Farley, entertain - to challenge people'S common assumptions of folk ,I music. It's unfortunate that folk music has gotten a bad rap over Tuesdays at 7:30 pm the years. Some associate it with music that's naive, boring. saccharine, corny, and one-dimensional. Others automatically On Tuesdays when the Board of think of The Kingston Trio, The New Christy Minstrels, or The Education doesn't meet (they meet Folksmen. And then there's that guy singing away with his on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays each hand permanently stuck to his eaT. month, except during August), I The truth is that folk music is centuries old - it didn't produce these two programs. On suddenly sprout up in the 1920's or become stuck in the '60's. the first Tu€sday of the month, it's Folk music is wonderfully diverse, timeless, and multi~ dimen "My Favorite Things," which sional- it's a refl€ction of our growth and €volution as a 4 II'i Page 4 of 120 , culture. There's a song for almost every occasion, event, or ritual. Bluegrass Signal with Peter Thompson, Our mission is to reclaim the term "folk music" and take pride in its legacy -let's redefine it, broaden the definition Saturdays at 6:30 pm instead of narrow-casting il. While other forms of popular music KALW has been bro Page 5 of 120 SUNDAY Midnight BBC WORLD SERVICE OVERNIGHT tillS,oo am. 12,00 1:00 pm THIS AMERICAN LIFE Each Wl.'t.'k a dilferent theme World News 12,20 Sports Roundup 12,30 Global Business immigrant parents, animals; people who lead double IiV<'5. A review of the mrn;tsignificilnt busin<'5s trends of the- week Hostlra Glass d0e5 a slory or two. And hE.' invites a variety of 1:00 World N~s ]:05 From OUI" Own Correspond"nt, Wit, writers and performer.> 10 lake a whack at the theme, with locill rolor & persoJ\ilJ opinion from BBC correspondents doc\Ul1entary storieS, monologues, short radio plays, and around the world 1:30 Rt'porting Rt'ligion 2:{)0 World ~found recordings. N Rebroadcast Fridays at 1:00pm. New.!! 2:15 Instant GuidI', A lively IS-minule program thai 2:00 pm INVISIBLE INK isa radio tine. Host Roman Mar.> gathers attempts to fill those nagging gaps inour general knowledge local, independent, and undE.'rground writers to lell stories, 2:30 Pt'ople &. Politics, A w~kly look at the British political conduct interviews, and rant in the KALW studios, Upwming scene 3:"00 World News 3:05 From Our Own Correspondent shows include submissions from popular, DIY (do il YOUJ'SeIf) 3:30 Reporting Religion 4:00 World News 4:20 British magatines such as Murder Can Be Fun, Bwn Collector, To-Do News 4:30 JnsLu1t Guide 4:45 Sports Roundup 5:00 List, and Found. Tune inand lislenas public radio and the Newshour 6:00 Newshour 7:00 World Nt'ws 7:05 Talking independent press collide into sound collage of music, vox Point Un Intrmational GIll-in Show from London. Can in pop, and spoken word. yow questions: 011-44-20-8749-5353 2:30 pm THE HUMAN CHORUS Everywl.'t.'k host and produCE.'r 8:00 am TO TIlE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE Every Sunday for Jonathan Heut't presents a thoughtful look at the role of music two hollIS this program takes you bE.'yond thE.' hE.'adlines to and songs in society. explore in-depth, the issut"S and ideas shaping today's news. 3,00 pm UP FRONT: DISPATOiES FROM TIlE NEW MAJORITY A From apathy to activism. hom socially- conscious busint'Ss to wl.'t.'kly take on current events hom the Bay Area's E.'thnjc the politics of greed - a perspective on the cultural events, news media. A rebroadcast of the program first heard Friday and culturallopics that shape today's headlines. alnoon. 10:00 am MOTLEY FOOL RADlO SHOW Brother.> Tom and David 4:00 pm ALL THINGS CONSIDERED A sixty~minute news magazine Gardner have brought their radio show to KAL W_ Covering fpaturing reviews, essays, and commentary. A different pace money matters from getting oul of de-bt to thE.' pitfalls of from the weekday program. Hosted by Steve Inskeep. mutual funds. 5:00 pm SELECTED SHORTS America's favorite reading habit 11:00 am WORK WIre MARTY NEMKO Each wl.'t.'k host Milrty continues with celebrity readers from stagE.' and SCTE'!:"n. See Nemko talks with listeners about work. listings on page 15. Noon LE SHOW A weekly, hour-long romp through the worlds of 6:00 pm WHAT'S TIlE WORD! ProduCPd in conjunction with the media, politics, sports and show business, leavened with an Modem Language Association, this series looks at our eclectic mix of mysterious musk, hostl.'d by Harry Shearer language and examines how it shapt'S every aspecl of our culture. See listings on page 7. 6:30 pm BOOK TALK: ABOUT BOOKS AND AlITHORS Every wl.'t.'k, Alan Farlpy and occasional guest interviewers talk to our fint'St authors about their latest works. David Perry and Peler Robinson provide revicws. Recent guests havp included Need a Lawyer? Michael F·rayn, David Hakon, Roberl Caro, Tony HilJerman, Lillian Ross, Stephen Carter, and Walter MosPly 7:00 pm MINDS OVER MAlTER Dana RodJ:iquez, The San Francisco Talk to us first! Chronide·s Ll'ah Garchik, and Gerry Nachman challenge each other and KALW's audience on this long running game show. Call-in phone, 415-841--4134. The Lawyer Referral Service 8:00 pm THEN &< NOW Classical music - both old and new is a non-profit public service of the prE.'Sf.'nted from KALWby Sarah Cahill. See page 5 lor somE.' Bar Association of San Francisco words from Sarah '!i 10:00 pm MUSIC FROM THE HEARTS OF SPACE Tht' syndicated and an underwriter of music program began in 1983 and the weekly show is now Ilill heard on over 240 public radio stations. Best describPd as "Your Legal Rights" on KALW 'contemplative music, broadly defined,' it's a treason> house of quiet, spaee-aeating. concentration-supporting music hom We can arrange an appointment with many cultures, ~Iected classical adagios, chamber and choral music, with a special focus on ambient and electronic an attorney experienced 'spacemll5ic' Program host Stephen Hill's minimalist in your type of legal problem announcing style lel1; the music dominate, with only a short introduction and ending credits 10 frame the hour. The 10 pm FREE CONSULTATION hour repeats lhret' wE.'eks later all1 pm. Midnight BBC WORLD SERVICE OVERNIGHT till 5:00 am. See IN CASES OF INJURY Monday listings for a complele schedule. LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE I ,, i The Best Way to Find the Right Lawyer "Ii (415) 989-1616 State Bar of California Cert. #0002 IiJmlir 6 Page (, of 120 III WHAT'S THE WORD SUNDA'iS AT 6 PM Jul. 6 Lost Homelands...Edmundo Paz Soldan discusses writings by Sep.7 Latino Writings In The United Stat..s_,.Then> is a rich and utino writers in the United States; Neal Tolchin talks aboul (!'If'r growing body of writings by Latino writers in the United Rudolfo Anaya's novel Bless Me, Ultima, and Leslie Sitko's Slates. On this show Aora Gonzalez talks about Cuban' novel Ceremony; and Melissa Zeiger talks about the work of American writings; Frances Aparicio looks at Puerto Rican Jamaica Kincaid. American writings from both the island and the mainland; and Rolando Romero looks OIl two 19th century novels that Jul. 13 The Art Of Alfred Hitchcock...We'U hear about some DC deal with injustices faced by the Crucano community in Baja, Hilchrock's most famous films, including North by No,thwtSl California. and ReIly Window. Sep.14 Trauma, M~ory,And Hcaling In Latin American Literature JuI.20 Poetry In Perfonnance...There is a resurgence of interest in Alicia Borinsky discusse5' her nOllel, AU Night Movtt Danny the public performance oI poetry. On this show we hear about Anderson discusses thl" 1968 stud..nl massacres in Me;Jo;iro City the oral tradition from Homer to slam poetry. and Poet and the 1971 book Massacre in Mexico by Elena Poniatowska; Laureate Robert Pinsky talks about his campaign 10 revive Diana Taylor talks about Grupe Cultural de Yuyachkani, a inter~1 in poetry by having Americans record their favorite Peruvian perfonnanre group that startt'd as a political poems for the Library of Congress archives. collective in 1971. Jul. 27 Issue~ In ConlempoJ;uy Drama•..From Broadway 10 regional Sep.21 Cuban Literature At H"mc And In E:cile...From the nineteeth theatres, audjen~are drawn to the works of contemporary cl"ntury, when Cuba was still a Spanish colony, through the playwrights. Why do we find them so compl"lling? Philip decades foUowing the revolution of 1959, Cuba has produred Smith talks abOul a rEWflt play about 19th century playwrighl a rich body of literature. BecaUSE' of the country's history of Oscar Wilde; Lawrence Danson looks ,11 works by Tom "xiJe and what has been caUed the Cuhan Diaspora, many Stoppard; and Sandra Richards discusse5' the one-person believe thai Cuban lileratur.. cannot be defined by the dOCUD'lE'ntary thE'atre performances of Anna Deavere Smith. geographical boundaries of Cuba itseU, but lOIlher by th.. III passions of thE' many writers who come from Cuba or are hom Aug. 3 Country Music...Tht' sounds of country weslem music are of Cuban Ql"scent, and live and write in cities around the II! known from TennessE't' to Tokyo. How does !:till; unii]uely World. American music refJ{'Ct American Iilerahrre? On this program, C{'Celia Tichi looks 7 Page 7 of 120 1'1 :d MONDAY Midnight BBC WORLD SERVICE OVERNIGHT till 5:00 am. 12:00 6:00 pal FRESH AIR WITIJ TERRY GROSS A rebroadcast of this World N~w" ]2:05 Health Mailers 12;30 World Business morning's program. n"port 12:015 Alisl;>ir Cooke's LeUrr from America 7:00 pm SBC NEWS 1:00 World N('ws Briefing 1:05 Talking Point an edited 7:30 pm CITY VISIONS Rose Levinson explores Bay Area health care, OOition of yesterday morning's Intr,>mational Call-in Show environment. economy and govemrnent on this call-in show from London 1:45 Of( the Shelf. Readings of Shorl SImi'?" with p..oplewho make news. CaIJ--in your questions at (4]5) and novels 2:00 World Updak with Vjcki Buker 84]-4134. Email themalcoJTUf\£[email protected]. 3:00 World News 3:30 World Business Report 3~45 Sports Recrnt programs are archived on the show's web site at Roundup 4:00 World News 4:20 British News 4:30 Alistair www.cityvisionsradio.com Cooke', Leller from Amerita 4:45 Sports Roundup 8:30 pm SAYS YOU! Witty word game show from Bostonlhars 5;00 am MORNING EDlllQN Brings YOu news. commentary, and en,ioyed from coasl to coast. Recorded in front of live· essays that leave you with two free hands to Sb>ady that audiences at various locations around Boston, Says You! double espresso you slarl the day with. On Mondays a15:10 features six panelists -diyjded into two leamsof three and 7:10,Cokie Roberts analyzes the national political scene that bJuff, guess and expound their way through the fast withhosl Bob Edwards. Al 8:45 ALISTAIR COOKE'S paced program. Host/producer Richard Sher and the LElTER FROM AMERICA. From Bush House in London, the panelists have a friendly intimacy thai invites you to play and BOC WORLD NEWS chips in its two pence every hour P,ge 8 of 120 '" '" il II II, ii! I,ll III NEW DIMENSIONS MOl/DAYS AT rmON III Jul. 7 From The Sixties To The 21s1 Century With Aug. lS Using Jntuilion To Heal With Judith OrJolf, M.D. W~ uS wop" Nisker How would you like to recapture, nurture and affirm your From acupuncture to Zen, from till' Inner Directions 10 the intuitive ability and use it in your everyday life? With humor Cultural Cn"aijves, the baby boomers will slarl retiring in and compassion, Judith Orloff, MD. explains thai by listening 2008, and what a long, strange trip it has been and continues to your irutt>I voice and CVrlnl"Cting with your body's natura' to be. What happened to the counler-eultwe oillie ]%O's and powers of healing, you can Jive a more satisfying and joyful where aTe they now; in a high-rise office-building in Manhat life. n Intuition is about balance. It's a form of passion lor me, a tan or on an L<;land in British Columbi;l? Find oul how the way of enjoying We. 1I's listE'ning in a fno5h way. every single legacies of the 1960's and 1970·5 are still with us and are momellt, wherever I am." Orloff talks about five practit-al continuing to proVide a significant contribution to the global sleps she uses in hl"r own life and teaches to patients which cultwe. i1lustrale how 10 harness the power of intuition for physicaL emotional and sexual weJl-.being. . Jul. 14 From Monkry Mind To Clear Mind With Sakyong Mipham living in a fast paced, material minded and ronsumet" driven Aug. 25 Radiul Refonnation And A New Renai»ul~With culhue, where the mass media E'Xp«ts us 10 buy more robe Bishop John Shelby Spong more, where do we find respite from the onslaught? The A ru'W rE'ligious reformation may be in ordeJ' - a visionary and answer to this query, sorommon lor so many, has a direct and propensive revitalization of Christianity, which knows Jesus is clear response. as articulated by Sakyong Mipharn, one of the a gateway to the Great Mystery or God, and alsobonon; great most highly respected youngin(iunate Lamas oITIbeI. leachers and exemplars of other traditions. This is a Christian ity based on justiCl", compassion, love and the emergence of II Jut 21 Making Friends With Death With Jane Hughes GignoWf new humanity_ Why do we die? What will happen after I die? How do J deal with my grid over someone elsl."S death? ThesearedifficuJr Sep.1 Let Go For life With Guy finlry but universal qUP5tions. DE-ath cannot be avoided. Indeed, At a lime in human hislory whl'n the molllentum for Inf'aning each of us will be succe!>sful in achieving ii, yel it remains an and purpose has neVf'! b("l'n gn-ater and the quest for deeper t"norIDOUS mystery_ We may w.mlto tum away hom it, not wisdom appears to have acceleraled,the question arises, talk about it. and pretend it does nol walk among us. Jan(" "How do I get there?" The perl"nnial :>eeker's path, ttM! inner Hughes Gignoux points out, "WE' have whole induslries journey thaI "ach onl" of us is on, serves as thl" {O(."US lor this designed 10 prd.md that w(>are never going to die. They edition of N"w Dimensions. promise us we ate never going 10 get old. We have lots of choices: where we live, what we do, who our friends are. But, Sep.8 A Time ForChoins Part 9, Waging Peact With DCTrick we have nochoicl" as to whl.'lheror not Wl" are going to die. It Jen.scn, Jean Houslon, Bishop John ShtlbySpong And is a bizarre obsession pretending that we are nol going to die." Michael Kieschnick. How will making fril"nds with death Worm our lives? How to wage p",ace actively and effectively in your daily life Jul. 28 The Monticello Dialogues, Part 4: The Rebirth Of The Sl'rves as the centrallheme in this group of insightful Commons With WilJiill1l Mcdonough dialogues with individuals, who are doing this, E"llch in their Imagine for a moment, a beautiful future, hee from poverty, own authentic way. war and suffering. Where do you sel" yoursellliving in that beautiful world? For many of us we see /I bucoli.:;: life in the R£st ofSchedule unOl'llilablr os lVf wen//o pre:ss. country. Anticipatory d('sign architecl William McDonough sees that healthy harmonious futwl" in the city. Rl"ally. Naml.'d II h('ro of the planet in 19lJ9 by Time Magazine, McDonough l'nvisions a post sprawl futurl" where th(' human enterprise is mort' compilcl and marl" abundant and mor(' fun. Action in the Pledge Room Aug_ 4 The Hidden Power Of Spiritu~1 Yearning With Connie Zweig There is a yearning within each of us 10 obtain higher levels of consciousness and a realization of the divine. And yel, somelimes our yearnings take us in the wrong direction, whf're longings may berome cravings. Connie Zweig. a Jungian·oriented thl"rapist, believes thai no mailer how strong thl" cravings are, the holy yearning will nollel us linger long on the wrong path. It begins to whisper 10 our hearts and we find oillSf"'lves moving once more toward spirilual enlighten ment Aug. 11 Drnking Ranks: Dignity For All Wilh Robert Fuller Rank based abuse, or ranlilim, is as old as time, and takes its loll on everyont", some ffiu Page 9 of 120 "I Ili'l III ilil [ 1 ,\1 ' ii,11 TUESDAY II!I !III I\.1idnighl BBC WORLD SERVICE OVERNJGJ-IT till 5:00 am. 12:00 World News 12:05 Go Digilal 12:30 World Busin",s!! Report 7:00 pm LIVE GAVEL.TO-GAVEL BROADCAST OF TIiE SAN ]2:45 Analysis 1:00 World News 1.:05 Outlook 1:45 Off Ih" FRANasCO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. Meetings take "IIII Shelf" Readings of Sho.-t Slories and novels 2:00 World plare at the School Distric1 Central Office al555 Franklin Update with Vicki Bark"'r 3:00 World N~s 3:30 World Street in San Francisco, and are open to the public. The dates III' Business Report 3:45 Sports Roundup 4:00 World News this quarter are August: 12 and 26, and September 9 and 23. 4:20 British News 4:30 Analysis 4:45 Sports Roundup III 5:00 am MORNING EDITIONIBBC WORLD NEWS See- Monday al m~dings iii 5:00am. On wuks when thO"( flU not being brODdCDst, IhtfoJ/owing scWult will M in t!ftct: I,ll 9:00 am GARRISON KEILLOR'S WRmR'S ALMANAC 9:05 am FRESH AIR Terry Gross hosts this daily intt>rview and review 7:00 pm HBC NEWS program. 7:30 pm On the firsl Tuesday of each monlh, Alan Farley hosts·"MY \' ]0:00 am WORKING ASSETS RADIO with LAURA FLANDERS See FAVORITE TmNGS," on which his guests play their favorite Monday at 10:00 am recordings. Recent guests have included San Francisco Ballet 11:00am TIlE TAVIS SMILEY SHOWSee Monday all1:OOam Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson. Oakland Ballet Artistic Noon AMERICAN MAVERlCKg Suzanne Vega hosts this I3-parl Director Karen Brown, cellist Emil Miland, and conductor series thai brings you the sounds and perr.onalilies of musical Nicholas McGegan. innovation in America during the 20th century. Interviews (On ofhtr Tutsdays when Iht BURnt does nol mtl'l, A/an prtstnts with music-makers and discussion with San Francisco Performing Arts Specials.) Symphony Music Direc.-lor Michael Tilson Thomas are 8:30 pm DOCUMENTARIES Surprising productions from the around highlights of the programs. Inspired by the adventurous the world. Often we'll present BBC Assignment- a program prograI:lllJ'ling of the San Francisco Symphony and its concert which delves behind thO:' headlines 10 find oul how news festival of the same name, the series features the iconoclastic, events affect people's lives. It seeks out those responsible for tradition-breaking compo~rswho shaped the development of making policy; and those best able 10 talk from direct American music - from Charles Ives and Laurie Anderson to experience about leaders' action or inaction. Aaron Copland and John Adams. See the cover article and 9:00 pm EOiOES Modem soundscape of music that draws from a weekly listings on page 11 multitude 01 cultures. traditions, and genres. Hosted by music 1:00 pm COMMONWEAl11i CLUB OF CALIFORNIA Movers &. journalist John Diliberto, ii's three hour.;. of ('vocative, ground shakers, thinkers &. doers speak out on a wide range of breaking music that seamlessly bridges nl"W instrumental, subjects. You'll hear spee<:hes from the COmmonwealth Club world fusion, new acoustic, impressionistic jazz. and inventive ofCalifornia that areexdusive to KALW. vocal styles. Special program segments include produced 2:00 pm BBC NEWSHOUR See Monday at 2:00 pm. features that showcase an arlist, cover new developments or !;'vents in contemporary music, present Living Room 3:00 pm ALL nUNGS CONSIDERED See Monday 0113:00 pm. and 5:00 pm CBCS AS IT HAPPENS See Monday at 5,00 pm. Concerts, intimat!;' performances in artists' homes. 6:00 pm FRESH AIR WITH TERRY GROSS A rebroadcast of this (On weeks when that is Q School Bonrd Muting IMI "inS ptlsl9 morning's program. pm, Echces wifJ Mgin immtditllt/yfollOWIng 1M md 01 tilt rrrelillg.J Midnight BBC WORLD SERVICE OVERNIGlIT till 5:00 am. See Wednesday listings for a compl!;'te schedule AMERICAN@avericks cOlltinurofrom pogt 1 * Vivian Perlis and the Yale Oral History American Music collection. and interviews. Contributors include some of the most prominent names in contemporary American * Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director and music: conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, who originated the American Mavericks concert series on * Kyle Gann, the program's writer, is music which the radio program is based. critic for the Villiage Voice, and long-time coDUnen tator on contemporary American music. * Dozens ofcomposers, perfonners and artists in other disciplines.. many of whom are well * Charles Amirkhanian, who among other known to the those familiar with current classical contributions guided the producers through sub music, but remain relatively unknown to the general stantial archives of music and voices. public. 10 Page 10 or 120 I4f filii, 4I1i AMERICAN MAVERICKS TUESDAYS AT NOON A preview of the series with KALW's American language in chaos, complexity, and Alan Farley. freoedom. For some composers, like the so-called "New York School" (Cage, Brown, Feldman, WolH), Th.: Meaning of M~veri(k and lor the bwgeoning Free Jazz DlQvement, the In the late 19th century, every nation had a emptutsis was on freedom, chance, improvisation. particular sonic imprint- French music For others, the emphasis was on struclun' and sounded a cerlain way. German music scientific models. Both arrived at a chaotic musical sounded another way, and so on for enl'rgy that seemed to be the sonic analogue of a Italian, Czech, and English music. Jackson Pollock painting. American composers had to create a national music from scratch, and found Aug. 26 1'0 RqJeaf or Not 10 Repea',",Jlt Is the that to do so they needed 10 het? them Qu~stion"-minimaJism vs. seriJlJism :>elves born the strictures of European The tremendous influx ofEuropean refugee music taught in school musicians during World War II gave American music an increasingly European casl Onet' again. What's Aml'rica.n About Amnican American composers had 10 break Jlway, and doing Music? ..il history so now required bold strokes. Late 19th-<;.mtury American rompOliers labored under thrl'e cuntradictory Suzannt Vegt! hosts &>p.2 "TheDo-lI.YounelfCompoeer"- pressures: self-suffici~ncyas a career Sfrakgy I. to exhibit it high degree of Europl'an American Mavericks Ignored by the concert: music establishment many polish, maverick oompose.rs have taken matter's into tJ\t.ir 2. to be original. and own hands, refusing to be dependent on institutions. 3. 10 oeate music that would be distinctly American. Inspired by composers like Nancarrow, who wrote all his llll5 debilitating trio of pressures crE'aled the lauillines along music for player piano, and Partch. who built his own which American music is still divided today, with each instrument:;; and trained his own ensemble, a legion of seH composer dE."eiding which mandai!' 10 follow most closely. The sutficiMlt composers aris40s in the 19605, including singers like result has been two types of American composers ~ those Meredith Monk, who can perform their music solo; perform. who fed tikl' part of the European tradition and those who ers like Reich and Glass, who form and maintain theis own base their work on native ideas and materials ensembles; and technicians like Mikel Rouse and Charles Amirkhanian, who CJl'ate their own music from el'-'Ctronic Jul. 22 "'Oh, To Be Popular!"...popuJism vs. modernism equipment they have at home. As the 1920s celebrated the bislh of the machine age, Ameri can compost'rs were surprised 10 find that Europe was looking Sep.9 "What's So Great About the OrchE'8tra?'" 10 them as the kry 10 the mOOe of music. There was so much The orchestra is a Europt'iIn medium if then:> ever was one mon..y floaling around thai c:ommissions w ..re num..rous, and European through and through, grown from the very social compos..rs tried 10 outdo ..ach oth..r in modernisl innovations. forms of European society. The "se was summed up by George Anlheil's "Balkt Mecanique," wriHen "Hk.. a solid shafl of sleeL" with its Sep.16 ~from Moog 10 Mark lito MIDI to Max'" -dedroni( music worship of the machine and its dt'<"adent eXf;:eSS of airplane When commercial rl'('ording tape beciUl\t' available in 1947, propeUers and 16 player pianos. Amerka, for the first timt', gol in on tho> ground floor of a musical technology. Not in this field would American Jul. 29 "'II Don't Mt'an a Thing. H It Ain't Got Ihal Swing" composers have 10 follow Europe ~ the two continen~,plus jan il! inspiration and raw materi..l Japan developed the technologies and the artistic responses to Separate as their audil'nces may seem, jau and classical itm bndem. musicians have always kepi an ear on each other and learned Electwnics were the pertl.'Cl: musical medium tor the hom one another. Charles lves worked ragtime into his piano eCf;:entric composer who wanted to hide away in his studio, music in the 18905; Scoll Joplin, tht' king ot ragtime, wrote an freed from the necessity 01 ingratiating oneseU with chamber opo>ra in 1911; "Duh'" Ellington learned from the orchestra music groups and orchestra c:onductors. tion of Debussy and RaveL Sep. 23 "'Is It Musi( If Nobody Hurs Il?H _ finding new audien(e, Aug. 5 "If You Build It, They Will Coml''' - the invenlo,-, Every kind of musk has it:;; audil"J\Ce. So what happens when American composers have enjoyed using whatever materials you create a new music- and there's no audit'nce for it? they have at hand 10 make music, and America, as a highly industrial (Ounlry, has plenty of trash 10 recycle into musical Sep.30 "Between Rock and a Hard rla(~" instrumen~ Since Schubert and Beethoven quoted 18th""Century Austrian folk lunes, composers have always made theis music at least Aug_ 12 "'Wrsl Meets East" partly from the vernacular music they hear around them. For -+ H..nry Cowt'1J commented that, as a child growing up in San the lasl few decades, the prevailing vemacu!ar music in Frana.\.("'{), he heard Chinest.' opera far more than he heard Aml;'rka has been rock, or pop, and it would be strange if European classical music. Cowell was the first 10 insist that composers in other genres hadn't begun using rod materials. Asian and African music are every bit as much a part of the Today, we have operas with backbeats, symphonies for American heritage as Ewopean music. t'lectric guitars, and pop songs made with electronic sampling ot ~serious~ music. Aug.19 "'If Jackson Pollock Wrot~ Music" ~ You've got to give maverick composers credit for malting music's Abslucl Expr~ssionists music with devices that the mass 01 pop music fans will Contact with the abstract expressionist painters after World r'-'COgnize. Are audiences ready for pop music that isn't just War n inspir,,'(f many American compO&ers to look tor a new three minules long? 11 Poge 1) ofl20 !!i iii I;!i.i!1 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THU Ilil 'j Midnite BBe World Service Overnighl- See Daily Scheduh i·1 I " BBC World News Hour MORNING EDITION with Bob Edwards Hosted byJoe Burke BBC Talking Point Including BBC World News trom London on the hOt-' International Call-In Alistair Cooke's Letter From America I Mondays at 8:45 am \ Motley Fool AadioShow WORKING ASSETS RADIO with Laura Randers Wor1 This American Life living On Earth O~ with Ira Glass with Steve Curwood with A BBC WORLD NEWSHOUR ALL THINGS CONSIDERED with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block & Michelle Norris Hosted by Alan Farley FRESH AIR with Terry Gross BBC WORLD NEWS II , Then & Now with Sarah Cahill Echoes with John Dilberto Echoes Kum Beale Street (7 pm S.F. School with Caravan Board meetings. 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Thursday listings for a complete schedule. 9:00am GARRISON KEILLOR'S WRITER'S ALMANAC 9:05 am FRESH AIR Terry Gr0S5 hosts this daily inlentiE'W and review program. 10:00 am WORKING ASSETS RADJO with LAURA FLANDERS BBC'S THE CHANGING WORLD ll:OOam TIfETAVJSSMJLEYSHOW WEDHESDA'S AT HDDH Noon Q{ANGING WORLD: DOCUMENTARIES FROM THE DBC See this pag!" fOf some of the productions schlC"duJed for this quarter. 1:00pm CAR TALK So your clutch pedal refuses 10 pop back up. Tie a 'ii ]ul.2 &; 9 I Love TV :ii rope 10 itand give it a tug. A funny smell every time you tum We live in a wortd in which households are more likely to ~ on the heat? It could mouse flambe. nus and other great possess a television than a telephone. "J Love TVN examines advice for your car hom the auto-omniscient Click and Clack, the role of television in pt'ople's lives in countries as far the tappet brothers. Don', forgetlh" puzzl"r! A rebroadcast ranging as India, Atrica, the U.s., China, Egypl, Uganda, and hom Saturday. Brazil. ntis two-program series looks at TV consumption, al 2:00 pm DDC NEWSHOUR See Monday al 2:00 pm. how and why people walch, and the impact of lelevision on 3:00 pm AtllHINGS CONSJDERED See Monday at 3:00 pm. tamily, community, and society. 5:00 pm CDC'S ASIT HAPPENS See Monday at 5:00 pm. Hosl Ed Butler says, N As TV staooll5, especially the more 6:00 pm FRESH AIR WITH TERRY GROSS A rebroadcast of this dynamic cable and satellite opt'rations, have become more morning's program. widely available to viewers in developing countrif."S, 50 millions of ordinary prople havE.' been given a window onto an outside world they are unlikely ever to have the opportu· nit}' to see in person.·' These two absorbing programs invite listeners to explore soap operas, the disSf."mination of teh'vkion I1f."WS, the rise of music Click and Clack Talk Cars television, espe<:ially J>..ffV, and the impact of television's now appears newest lormat, reality lelevision Jul. ]6 Wain Walks in the Friday AUTOBUYS The BBC pumeys around the world to exami11l' the disheart '"III ening condition.~of waler provision_ LL~I\'ners hi"ar the stories section of the ofpe-ople hom Kenya, Ethiopia, Nairobi, El Paso, Calcutta, and Bangladesh as they describe their struggles to get II San Francisco Chronicle. sufficient waler for thenlSrlvf."S and their familif."S, as well as thl?ir cattle and crops. For example, from Sosoika Karanda about his life-preserving Would we IiI:' to YlJlI~ trips to the nearest water sowce: "The water point we are walking to [about 7 km] was built by the Magadi Soda company in ]99], But we hl?lped build ;t and sold cows 10 contribute money to the cost, so why can't they move the pipl?line closer to where we live?" Among others worldwidl? wrestling with water problems is farmer Johnny Stubbs of El Paso, Texas. The rl?gion is ('xperiencing the worst drought in 50 fUrs, and he is facing selling parcels of land that has been in his family for genl?ra lions. JuI.23 Hl!'ritagl!' Cuba Havana, capilal of Cuba, is a city frozen in time_ It h.ls hardly changed OVl.'r the last 50 years, except lor a l{'ffiarkable restoration project to save streE't after street of its 17th---century palaces. This massive restoration eflort has caught the imagination of the world ~ause Western tourists al{' paying tor it. Tourism is making it possible to tum derelict,historic buildings into new hotels, schools, museums, hospitals, and aparlments for Havana's residents. Malcolm Billings rt'ports on the renaissance ofGld Havana RtSt of the schedule uMDvuilllbir as WI' wrMI 10 press. 14 Poge J4of120 II , ;,,1 !Iil I Iii, IIII r SELECTED SHORTS il'l SUrlDAYS AT SPM Iitl II-I Jul. 6 Robbl'd, by Ellen Currie, read by Christina Pickles; A look at 'j'ilii Organizrd Crirn~. by Woody Allen. read by Jane Curtin; Fals~ Alarm,. by Davf' Barry, read by Larry Keith; ChOlde" by Shirley Jackson, read by Lois SmHh; Only th~ Dead Know iiil Brooklyn, by Thomas Wolfe, read by Isaiah Sheffer III Jul. J3 Thr Fortun~ of MOldame Organ,;", by Nalalie Babbiu, read iii by Janel Moloney; In the Spring. by Guy de Maup 1 by Marg Helg£'1lberger; Melii!laJlde, by Edith Nesbit, read by 1. 1 Jane Curtin III Jul. 20 The Unfound Pig. bylvlax Sll"E'le, read by Steven Gilbom; ir!' Music for Airports, by Charles Baxter, read by Hector Hyou can bomb the world to pieces, but you can't bomb Elizondo; What I Saw (rtlm Where I Sttlod, by Marisa Silver, it in 10 peace." AsI thought about what aspect ol the 1 '1 read by Billy CampbeU 1 music we feature on West Coast Live I could discuss in Iii Jul. 27 Th~ Six Sillirs (a traditional folk tale), read byEdie McClurg; Ihis issue of the KALW PrOgram Guide, I realized one of iii Moving Picture:;, by Charles Johnson, read by Rocky Canoll; Ihe mosl profoud ways Ihat our musical guests have III The Big Hunger, by John Fante, read by Isaiah Sheffer influenced me over the lasl Iwo years is through songs of social and political activism. Aug. 3 WarDolJ Hotel, by Kiana Davenport, read by Maria Tucci; Hence my choice, above, of a tough lyriC from a song III The 5:22. by George Harrar, read by Arliss Howard performed on our Jan. 12, '02 broadcast by Michael Franti and Spearhead. Spearhead's performance, and others like Aug.10 Big Bend, by Bill ROOIbach, read by James Cromwell II it. were powerful because of the combination of music Aug. 17 AwOlk~ning,. by Jsaac Babel. read by Joseph WISeman; with mes$<'lge, As satisfying as it is 10 hear an articulate Lib Mother Us~d 10 Make, by Shirley Jackson, read by Don spokesperson for a worthwhile cause deliver a speech, a Stephenson great political song can instantly involve and draw together an entire audience. Everyone under the Freight Aug. 24 In the Country. by Guy de Maupassant, read by Thomas and Salvage's rool that Saturday morning was clapping on Gibson; Bul II Got Bellrr,by Abigail Thomas, read by Joanna beat and singing at least the chorus lyric together - and I Gleason; The Cooking Poe!, by Samrat Upadhyay, read by hope that energy could be felt by KAlW listeners around Leonard Nim0Y the Bay. Aug. 31 Ninet~rn Fifly-five, by Alice Walker, read by Viob Davis; Other poJiticallunes approached the confounding state S~izing Control, by Mary Robison, read by Mia Dillon of affairs through humor. "] Want to be in Ashcroft's Army," performed by John M<:Cutcheon on our Sept. 2B, Sep.7 Vivian, Fort Bamwrll, by Ethan Canin, read by Steven '02 show, told the story of how the singer had grown up Gilbom; Mother Savage, by Guy de Maupassanl, read by envying the country's spy elite, and now had the chance to Alan Ros.enberg; The Fourth Prussian DynOlsty, by Kitren E Bender, read by Frances Slemh<>gen join their ranks by sifting through his neighbor's rnail with plenty of irony. Sep.14 Thr Babysitter, by Jane Yo/en, read by Isaiah Sheffer; Noles Other recent West Coast Live guests who have a long {rom a Lady at a Dinner Party, by Bemard Malamud, read by standing commitment to political and social causes David Margulies; Re.:ognition, by William MaxweU, read by include Utah PhilJips, Richie Havens, and Country Joe Heclor Elizondo; Neighbors, by Julia Alvarez, read by Joanna MacDonald. Country Joe played several beautiful tunes Gleason with the help of Mike Marshall and Daryl Anger on the Sep.21 Part 01 the Siory, by Stephen Dobyns, read by Isaiah Sheffer; anniversay of Woody Guthrie's 90th birthday last year. A selection from The Best Ameriun Poetry 2000, read by Mia But above alt music on West Coast Live is about Drnon, Frank McCourt, Isaiah Sheffer, and Myra Lucretia reflecting the incredibly wide variety of musical styles Taylor found in the Bay Area and beyond. In the pasl year, we've hosted Cuban son, funk, classical string quartet, bluegrass, Sep_28 To be announced. Hawaiian slack-key, acoustic surf-rock, and more. I hope you have been enjoying the variety of music, along with Sedge's in-depth interviews, comedy, and your audience true stories. Please feel free to give uS your thoughts and feedback at "comments@WCLorg" and join us for great music and conversation on KALW, or in person at our live broadcasts pOLincs TAKES A HOLIDAY on Saturday mornings, Warn to Noon! CAPITAL STEPS JULY 4TH SPECIAL Brian Vanneman Producer, Sedge Thomson's West Coast Live FRIDAY, JULY 4 AT 7:30 PM. West Coast Live. Saturday 10 to Noon. 1'1'1' \vCL.org 15 Page )_-0[120 iliMl.jUli 'a:,tl THURSDAY i!i Midnight BBC WORLD SERVJCE OVERNIGHT till 5:00am. 12:00 morning's program. World News )2:0S On~ Plane! 12:30 World Busin~ss 7:00 pm BBC NEWS lilil Report 12:45 From Our Own COlTupondent 1:00 News 7:30 pm AIDS UrDATE A weekly report on the social, political and 1:05 Outlook 1:45 Off th~ Shdf, ReadingsofShort Stories scientific developments concerning the HlV/ AIDS epidemic. and novel~ 2:00 World Upd"'t~ with Vicki Bukrr 7:45 pm HEAL1H, MIND &. BODY Each week, Dr. Paw Linde 3:00 World News 3:30 World Business Report 3;45 Sports interviews na bonally renowned guests about a wide variety of Roundup 4,00 World News 4:20 British News 4:30 From topics covering the entire spectrum of health, wellness, and Our Own Corr~spondent 4:45 Sports ROUJldup illness ranging from high-tech advances to the refinement of 5:1)1} am MORNING EDiTIONIBBC WORLD NEWS See Monday at C('llturies-old healing techniques. Dr. Linde is a psychialrist al 5.00. San FraIlCisro General Hospital and an associale c~cal 9:00;lm GARRISON KEillOR'S WRITER'S ALMANAC professor of psychiatry a t the UCSF School of Medicine, 9:U5.1m FRESH AIR Terry Gross hosts this dally interview and lX'View 8:00 pm COUNTERSPIN Drawing upon an inlernational network of program. analysts, CounterSpin exposes biased reporting, cronyism, 10:00 am WORKING ASSETS RAoJO with LAURA FLANDERS propaganda masquerading as hard news, and the chilling 11:000101 THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW influence of corporate sponsors and owners, underwriters and Noon ALTERNATIVE RADIO Some of the best talks of progressive media owners. scholars and thinkers that have been recorded around the 8:30 pm rue RADIO Every wet>k this series profiles how the global economy juggernaut continues developing and how local !'ii country by producer David Barsamian. 1:00 pm OPEN AIR Alan Farley presents the artists and writers-who communities are responding to the challenge. CEt>.1te om contemporary culture and arts. Recent guests have 9:00 pm KUMPO BEAT For ~ hours every week, Henri-Pierre incJlldt'd violinist David Harrington, aclor Barry Shabaka Koubak..a hosts this program of AIrican mU5ic, philosophy, Hcnley, composer Paul Dresher, cabaret stylist Steve Ross, and folk culh.iJe. ballerina Evelyn Cisneros, and conductor Nicholas M Singer and songwriter Composer john Adams Graham Nash, with his ill fhe KAL W studio guitar. He came to the displaying one ofhis studio to talk to Alan choices ofhis favorite Farley about his book "Off 1"'1 the Record - Songwriters jill rL'(ordings for "My Favorite Things," on Songwriting, " arid entertained by singing a airing 011 Tuesday 1 numbfT for the program. jllly III 7:30 pm Several ofthe songs featured in the book are also included in this special, which will air On Tuesday 29 July at 7:30 pm. Alan Farley presenting a KALW travel mug to Mic11ael Palin, world travelfT and ::11 member ofMonty Python's Flying Circus. Alan's interoiew with Michael, about his recent television series about the Sahara, which was heard during out Spn'ng membership drive, will be repeated on August 19th at 7:30 pm, Qugmented with some ofhis Python sketches. 16 Page 16of120 ,,1 ~------,I 'iii'\l 1"1 \ III! i,I"1 1','1 ilil ! I~\ Iii . IN CONCERt WitH NATURE ...... H'«_,..a ,.... ~ "f..~ -".- '~i ~MT1JI(UIlZl t BlACK SPIRITS \;11 Litquake 2003 BEMBIYAJAZZ On August 3Td a12:00 PM, Stern Grove Festival and KAlW·9;.Z September 20-21 presenl Oliver Mtukudzi t 81ack Spirits and 81'mbeya JaZZ. Yerba Buena Gardens 'II oli..., MnllrI>dD is o~ o/lim~bwl" g''''.ll I The city's largest literary festival shakes San Francisco this .rI!'I. and ,,"I 01 'he gi.nl. ol"'''ilan pop. Witlllli, pow••lul v(>jet. Jlining lyriCS, and blmding of fuJI September with two days of live readings outdoors on Soulllrrn A/nun musiC I,adi'io,". Mtukudli l,....I••• f~ the lawn of Yerba Buena Gardens! Admission is both unique and .ngaging .ound \ hln I days. Over 70 Bay Area authors will perfonn from their ....bey.. was allhe lo.etront of'h golden e" works, including Dorothy Allison, Tamim Ansary, Po 01 Wnl Af'k;.n dance han ,~.,., 6 I'idy 11 Can't wait? Come by our Litquake summer series: !lQI '~ISCOSYMJ'KONY 'S"H EIl.AHCISCO 1All!l Edwin OUlw..... Conductor II_Ill; 10rnnoDft, Artitti. Dir«tor Manh". C.o. S<>p.ono July 12- .:~U"l JWy'J .l~r.n OdY'''Y Writing Behind Bars: An Evening ofPrison Lit ~'nnd, (lolI.1 OUl/'D; MTUKUIlll t JU.C)!; S'JJlrTS Litquake and Edinburgh Castle Pub co-host a night of AfllO CUT SOUND srsTlM IlMJlYA JAU sound tnbe ketD' 9 prison-themed literature. Writers include ex-bank robber dj Ch.b i sabb.... ~'o Joe Loya, Vietnamese re-education camp survivor Cork \O•.,~OY'd., iCUMHISMO! Graham, and e)o;-Akatraz inmate Morton Sobell. Admis Sid ••,.pprr sion $5-$lOsJidingscaJe. ~U"17 Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary, San Francisco, 8 pm, J>l.l,n"ml." WAA 4]5-885-4074. lh. Hudhunle" August 17-A Night with McSweeney's Litquake and McSweeney s co-host a night of readings from recent issues of McSweeney s Quarterly Concern. Readers will include McSweeney s founder Dave Eggers, Pulitzer Prize winnerMichael Chabon, and special guests from 826 Valencia. Admission $5·$]0 sliding scale. ~%l~ Noe Vaney Ministry, 1021 Sanchez, San Frandsco, 6 pm ~ ,~"" .. .. 11 .. ~ More events to be added soon. Check www.Jitquake.orgformoredetails! ~ ~ f lJIlJIB WORLD NEWSHOUR WEOOlAYS AT 2 PM r PageJ7ofl20 \Mttl@U&(At ,it ( ;'11 [ '! ~,,! I ~ FRIDAY 'I'ill '"11'11 .~dnight BBC WORLD SERVlCE OVERNIGIfT tiJi 5:00 &Ill.. 12:00 7:30 pm THJS WAY OlIT Presents a news magazine format ofJesbian I~i World New!! 12:05 Sciefl(e in Action 12:30 World Business and gay issues, such /IS gays in matrimony and in the military, i RlI'porl 12:45Analysi!! 1:00NirwS 1:0SOullook 1:450ff adoption, and HlV disease developments. thll' Shelf, Readings ofShort Stories and novels 2:00 World 8:00 pm MY WORDI Four professional writer.; compete for marks by IIII Update with Vicki 8ukn- 3:00 World News 3:30 World attributing.. or rather misattributing, quotations to authors and Business Report 3;45 Foolball Extra 4:00 World Nl'ws origins to words, and fumbling through foibled fables. 4:20 Briti!!h News 4:30 Analysis 4:45 Sporb Roundup 8:30 pm MY MUSJC Whal noll' wenllJal? Was it Gershwin or III 5:00 am MORNING EDJTIONIBBC WORLD NEWS See Monday at Tchaikovsky? With a few more hints they'll get it for half a 1 " 1 I'! 5:00. mark. nus battle of wils and wit takes a go al music (OpelCl, 9·.00am GARRISON KElLtOR'S WRITER'S ALMANAC jazz, even birdsong). Between "Word" and "Music" ~njoy the ill 9;05 am FRESH AIR Terry Gross hosts this daily interview and review weekly Noel Coward Entr'acte, in which Alan Farley chQoses IIII program. a Coward song each week that is (occasionally tenuously) ;1,1 10:00 am WORKING ASSETS RADIO with LAURA FLAND£RS C'OJllleded to a question on one of the quiz shows. II' 11:001101 TIlE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW 9:00 pm FASONATIN' RHYTHM This prognm celebrates American I Noon UP FRONT: DISrATOJES FROM TIlE NEW MAJORITY A culture through the medium of popular music. Explores, weekly take on current events from the Bay Area's ethnic I informs and entertains with the music romplemented by host news media. and producer :Michael Lasser's commentary. Seoe listings on ]:00 pm nus AMERlCAN LIFE A rebroadcast of the Sunday show. U page 19. I you've not heard it before you're missing one the best new 10:00 pm RECORD SHELFJim Svejda reviews compact discs, explores T;ldio shows on radio today. the history of the Jewish musician, examines music inspired 2;00 pm BBC NEWSHOUR See Monday OIl 2:00 pm. by Shakespeare, and otherwise explores classical music. See 3:00 pm ALL TIJINGS CONSIDERED See Monday at 3:00 pm. listings below. 5:00 pm CDC'S AS IT HAPPENS See Monday 0115:00 pm. 11:00 pm DON GIOVANNI OVERDRIVE Jason Lopez presoents the 6:00 pm FRESH AIR W1TII TERRY GROSS A rebroadcast of this best of "New Music. u No doubt, you know the names of moming'sprogram. famous composers of the 20th century, but you probably 7:00 pm LEFT, R1GJIT lit CENTER Provocative, up-to-the-minute, haven't had the lime to sit down with a colleC"lion of Q)s alive and witty, a weekly confrontation over politics, policy (much less buy them) and listen for your.;elf. See listings on and popularcu.l1un> provE'S those with impeccable credentials page ]9 needn·t lack personality. Featuring four of the most insightful Midnighl ssC WORLD SERVICE OVERNIGHT till 6:00 aI"- Seoe news analysts anywhere, this weekly ulove-hate relationship Saturday listings for a complete schedule. of the aun joinsKALW's line up this quarter. Hosted by Robert Scheer, Arianna HuIfington, Mark Miller and David F~. RECORD SHELF FRIDAYS AT lDPM Jul. 4 "CounlJohn" Aug.22 In the ncond of two pre_grams dirvotird to the early Sibelius The second of two propams examining the career of tenor recordings of Robert Kajanu9,. the conductor's version of the John McCormack.. Second Symphony. Jul.]] A convlI'rsatiun with Norwegian pianbt Leif Ove Andsnll"$. Aug.29 A conversation with mezzo-soprano S"s.an Grahoun. Jm 18 "Rodzinski in Russia'" Sep.5 The Record Shelf Record Reviews. TheDalma tian conductor Artur RodzinsJd leads a program of Critical reactions to the latest compact diSCi. Russian music, including Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Sep.12 "'Yr!!, but can they sing?" A niticallook al the recordings of Andrea Bocelli, Charlotte Jul.25 The BlI'5tofThI'Rt'(ordSh...1I Church. and other popular phenomena. An encore of "With enemies like this..... which featured the astonishing Elgar recordings ofSir Thomas Beecham. Sep.19 A conversaliun with violinist Andrew Maru:e and harps}. chordi!!1 Richard Egaar. Aug. 1 A conversation with flutist Jamll'5 Galway, Sep.26 To BII' Announ(ed. Aug. 8 A Buyer's Guide to thl' Bach Canbbs A swvey of the best of thr readily available recordings. Aug. 15 "Sibc-lius,. Chapter 1" Recordings byJean Sibelius' firsl great champion, the Finnish conductor Robert Kajanus. 18 Page]8 of 120 i Iftiii I: i:i Ii iliii . FASCINATlN' RHYTHM DON GIOVANNI OVERDRIVE FRIDAYSAT 9 PM FRIDAYS AT 11 FM Jul. 4 Thru Guys Named Tobias Jul. 4 Snow in fune - Allcient m"""ts di.ssical meets ledmo Chinese The Tobias Brothers - Henry. Harry and Charlie - were music. longtime professional songwriters with hit songs 10 their eMiit. Jul. 11 Bob -An "only in San Francisco" (and from Canada and the Midwest) perspective. the ultimal.. say_anything-ell."ver Jul. 11 HI'I'I"s Lovl' In YOltI Eyl' slacker J.R. Bob Dobbs. An hour of songs that pride themselves on their irrevl'rence. their jaunty nonchalance, their case 01 attitude when it comes Jul. 18 Padfiu -Fred Frith's musical interpretation of 1:itM, to love. memory, and Big Sur. JuI. ]8 Hany AkstA Couple Is Enough Jul. 25 A late-night wnveJ301tion with Fred Frith on composing, the A couple of hlts. this is. and com~rHarry Alest had his guitar, and Jive perionnafl«'. share. They include Dinah,. Am I Blue and Baby Face. Aug. J Mu.ic of Americ~ (ompo~rJohn Adams. JuI.25 SWl'l't Nudity Dres5es and undies and then what comes next. Flirtatious Aug. 8 Jeffrey Schanz"r cOllUnenll'l on hi, quartet NoMo", in songs for naughty thoughts. Thrall,commemorating the liberation of l'heN"zi concentra tion camp at Buchenwald. Aug. 1 Words And MUlit By Johnny Merur Johnny Mercer was so good a lyricist because he had a sense Aug.15 Fadory Made - A symphony of motors, semiconductors, of the musk. Sometimes he even wrote it. presses, and other formerly non-musical inslrWDt'llts. Aug. 8 I}ustWilnITo!kAStar Aug.22 Michad Gordon'slIOundlrack to the amazing "found" film Backstage songs about stars. future slars and warmabes. lJt>o:asia. wrillen and perfortl"l('(! with everylhing from naivete to cynicism. Aug.29 EUton hUman describes her inspiration to build lhe Long String Instrument. Aug.15 Don't Monkey With Bro.ildw.ilY Stars and wannabesallke know it's the place that's home to Sep.5 Meredith Monk's ml'TC)'. a m..-ditation on Ihe hum.ln appeal their ach.iev(,Oll'nts and their" aspirations. So whateY('r else you lor mercy in a time of da.rkness_ do, don·' monlrey with Broadway. Sep.12 Richud Lainh;ut's landscaprs of eJe<:tronic sound and thrDilt Aug.22 MindJeS$ Optimism: singing. Thl' Songs Of DleSylva. BrOwn And Hendll:rson More than anyother songwritI.'rs, I:hry caught the spirit of thl' Sep. 19 Sh"avinsky- A brief portrait from his early ballet pie('es. giddy, goofy•.reJenUess hedonism 01 thl' Jazz Age. Sep.26 Dnid L;mg in conversation about his lalest piece. Child, and Aug.29 Working Stiffs about the future of music. Labor Day songs lor the propJe th(' holiday is supposed to be about, and also the work they do. Sep.5 A Lilllll: Bit Indll:pl'ndrnt Deliant or confident, the:>e songs follow lhos.e who go their own way for their own reasons.. Sep. J2 Irs BlI:l'n A Long. Long Timll: With World War JI coming 10 an end, we found oW"Sl'lves KALW AND INFORUM TO LAUNCH singing a different kind ofsong. Changing world, changing SE1\timenfs TOWN HALL SHOW Sep.19 Guess Who I S.ilW Tod.ilyl We are proud 10 announce thai KALW and JNFORUM The accidental and the serendipitous play nt"CeS5ary rolls in have teamed up 10 launch a town hall show beginning in Jove affairs. how they begin and how they end. Perlormances the fall! Launched in February of 2002, JNFORUM is the by Mildred Bailey, Johnny Mercer and Frank Sinatra leading platfonn for the open and controversial disnlssion Sep. 26 And So To BlI:d of issues relevant to young people in their 20s and 3Os. As From the first time to the lasl. from passion to comfort, from a division of The Commonwealth Club, INFORUM is ardor to theblues to comedy, songs for under the blankt>1. engaging young people who want 10 come face to lace with opinion leaders and be informed about issues of today and tomorrow. INFORUM recently held vigorous discussions on press coverage of the Iraq war. the Middle East conflict and privacy in the digital age_ Please visit INFORUM online at http:// www.comrnonwealthclub.org/INFORUM. 19 I. Page190f120 ,HAl iJiliiiiii., I SATURDAY Midnight DDC WORLD SERVICE OVERNIGtrr till 7:00 mi. 12:00 3:00 pm FOLK MUSIC AND BEYOND Some of the best in contempo World N~ws 12:20 Sports Roundup 12:30 World Business rary folk, traditional, and original music from America, Review 12:45 Andysis 1:00 World News 1:05 Pick of the England, Ireland, Scotland, and occasionally other parts of the World, Highlights from the BeflJ ]:45 Write On 2:00 World world both live in the KALW studios and recorded, Hostt'd by UII II! News 2:15 Alistair Cooke's Lellerfrom America 2:30 JoAnn Mar and Bob Campbell. 5ef' listings on page 22. Global Businr-ss, A review of the most significant business 5:00 pm A PATOiWORK QUILT A program ofCel1ic and other trends of the week 3;00 World News 3:05 Assignment J:,JD traditional music, American rools, singers and songwriters, AgendOl, Explores idE'ilS and trends shaping our world - in interpreters, and instrumentalists. Songs of sentiment and politics, economics, the arts, technology and sport. Usually a silliness, of things topical and timt"Jess. We meet new friends discussion. sometimes it is an in-depth intervil.'W and visit old ones. Hosted by Kevin Vance. 4:00 World News 4:20 British News 4:30 An.alysis 6:30 pm BLUEGRASS SIGNAL A weekly hour-and-a-haU of 4:45 Sports Roundup 5:00 Newshour bluegrass - qfolkmusic in overdrive:' that unique synthesis 6:00 am WEEKEND EDITION Scott Simon and Nalional Public Radio of blul'S and old-tUne country music,with elements of Celtic, wrap up the week's events with analysis by Daniel Schorr, jazz, and a variety of folk musics. Host and producer Peter features and documentaries and interviews with newsmakers. Thompson prl.'5ents I't'Ct'nt and classic blue8lilss recordings Also New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell on the movies and with background and commentary plus a calendar of Ron Rappaport on sports. And fr(,()uently some U Annoying upcoming musiCilI events. A bit more old lime music this music." quart!.'r, along with an attempt at a more consistent presenta 9:00 illm CAR TALK It's thai funny noise youllilldio Dlillkes every tion of new(er) relea5('S. Please lei host Peter Thompson know SatUTdilly morning. Auto-omniscient Tom and Ray Magliozzi what you think about this and othel aspects of the program al answer questions about cars from a nation ofpeople saying his email: [email protected] Area's most comprehen #beep, beep," #kerplunk," "shoo-shoo," and "glOM" over the sive blul.'grass calendar is part of every show, usually between ail. Rebroadcast Wednesdayall;QO pm. 730 and 8 pm, and often including musical previews. ~ 10;00 am WEST COAST LIVE! San Francisco's live Radio Program To listings on page 23. The World. Every wt'ek Sedge Thomson hosts regulars and 8:00 pm TANGENTS An adventurous,genre-bendiJ'lg program that semi-regulars: Anne Lamott, Carl & Karl, True Fiction explores !he bridges connecting various styles ofmusic with Magazine, plus special guests. TwohouTS of Jiveconversation, an emphasis on world and roots music, and Cfeativejazz performance and play often from locations around the Bay hybrids. Cross.poUinaling artisl5 such as Peter Gabriel, Pat Area.lislenin orbe part of the audience. Call (415) 664~9500 Methl'ny, C('SiIria Evora and Los Lobos are typical of the rango: for ticket infonnation. of music you hear on Tangents. listen for the Mystery Arlist Noon WHAD'YA KNOW? Following Sedge and WCl, the show is a conlest al I lp. Several shows this quarter feature "TangentiaJ" two.-hoUI comedy/quiz show. Hosted by Michael Feldman, trn;.mes. "the sage of Wisconsin." He quizzes listeners and audience on Midnighl BBC WORLD SERVICE OVERNIGHT 1i118:00 am. See Sunday Things You Should Have learned in SchooJ, in this weekly listings for a rompleteschedule_ tour-de-larCE' competition for a veritable cornucopia of prizes. 2:00 pm THISTIE &: SHAMROCK Filled with spirited n"l'ls, ancient baUads, and the mosl exciting examples ofemerging contem pOTary Celtic music. Interviews with prominent artists are recorded on location throughout Scotland, Ireland and beyond, by hosl Fiona Ritchie. See listings on pa~ 21. TANGENTS SATURDAYS AT 8 PM Some highlightsfor the qunrt",., Aug.23 The Rdum of Tangential Spokt'n Word TANGENTS llJEME SHOWS, Sep.6 Cros.... Cullunl Harp and Kora Jul. 12 Listener Requl!st Nighi Sep.13 T'lngential Prayers, Hymns and Spirituals (e-mail in advance dore€ltangents.com) Sep.20 Hall-of-Famer John McLaughlin (JO pm-midnight) Jul. 26 Tangl!ntial Acoustic Guilar including Ralph Towner, Bob Brozman and Adrian Legg (Thrme stgmtnlS ore usuo/ly scheduled every vlhrr ~how. 17lry begin III 9 pm ond 11l~1 one to tu'O hnurs exupl whcTf' nvled.) Aug. 9 Ccwers of Juz Standards and Popular Songs such as Jeff Beck's "Goodbye Pork Pie Hal", Ani Di Franco's "Amazing Graceh and Rahsalm Roland Kirk's "Theme from Peter Gunn" 20 Page 20 of 120 141 IUd II!I "'I I III' II' III! ;;; \ ilil THISTLE & SHAMROCK IH Ii SATURDAYS AT 2PM iHI juJ.5 Eileen Ivers Aug. 16 Summer Light The sensational Irish American fiddler and the new worlds 01 The bright and airy sounds of contemporary Cdlic mllsic Celtic music. complement the easy moods of long StUfUnl'r days, and the li,ll, 1:1' warm light of Sllnuner nights. Take your radio ou!sidl' and Jul. 12 The Worlds of Celtic Music: Put tune into the best in today's C",ltic music Uncover the roots of loday's music with this rt"-broadcaSlof a ~Iection 01 songs from the lirst year ofThistle &: Shamrock Aug. 23 Singers and Songwriters national broadcasts in 1983. Hear how "'Celtic music'" (not While music radio as a whole often seems to bE' ovn ~en an established category back in '83) has developed in two populated by performances from media manufactured ,1(1S, decades ofThE' 1h.istiE' & Shamrock- Listen for classic public radio is still a havE'll for true and talented singt>r:.; with r!'("ordings from Battlefield Band, The Chieftains,Ossian, voiCt'S of their own. Meet somp 01 them this week, including Plamty, and The Bothy Band. Kanne Polwart, a songwriter who crafts new Scots billlads in the traditional style, and Christin(' K}'dd, Jul. 19 Abby Newton who shapes and develops lr mmr!lWORLD SERVICE Overnight...every night on KALW 21 Page 21 of 120 I'i ;;11 ------11'1 .,',j il;1 i"l FOLK & BEYOND I"j MUSIC SATURDAYS AT 3 PM JuLS New and R«mt Releases Aug_ 9 Hymns, Ch.mts, and Anthems The latest by Palrick Streel and Karan Ca~y from Ireland, Music from Anuna, Azam Ali, and TIsh HinojOS..l; peyote Cape Breton's top fiddlers AshJey MacIsaac: and Natalie songs, Sufi songs, hymrt5 for pagans and rationalists, and llil MacMaster, and from Scotland, The Boys of the Lough and the morE'. new Battlefield Band relrospective. Ilil Aug. 16 Music: and Conve~alionwith Gabrirl Yacoub Jul. 12 Great Cult Bands of the 60s We'll hear how Gabriel Yacoub co-founded t.he great Frenc:h We'll revisit the legendary incredible String Band and the folk revival group Malkome and why traditional music I ('(jually legendary group Pearls Before Swine (among others) fascinates rum. through recent reissues. 1,1 Aug.23 Local Folk Showcase Jul. 19 Belshazzar's Feast Uve The inauguration of what we hope will beromea regular Paul Sartin and Paul Hutchinson bring their lively renditions Iradition - a show dedkalt'd to featuring the talents ollocal li'l ofEnglish rountry danO" musk to our studio. musicians. Tipsy House will lead off the festivities with a live I: perfonnance in the KALW studios. Tipsy House - fiddler !y Jul. 26 SandyDc-nnyTributc- Kevin Bemhagen, roncertina/fluleplayer Jack Gilder, Celebrating the songs of England's finest folksinger 25 years guitarist Rkhard Mandel, and bodhran player Paul Donnell Ii'I after her death. We'U hear selections hom Sandy rknny's solo is a locill bilnd performing Irish music. rerordings and her work with Fairport Convention and 'I Fotheringay. Aug.3O Labor OilY I, Our annual tribult' to workers and the working class, with Aug. 2 Liltrilllun in Folk Songs music by Billy Bragg. Alistair Hulett« Dave Swarbric:k, II TIn' poems of William Butler Yeats, Allred Noyes, William Whippersnapper, Karan Casey, John McCutcheon, Si Kahn, "\ Blake, and others turned into songs, as well as music inspired Tom McConville, David Franc:ey, and Darrell Scott. by literature. Featured will be Loreena McKennitt, Jom Mitchell, Joan Baez, Greg Brown, Carrie Newcomer, ilnd Sep.6 Around England others. Local songwriter Deborah Pardes will be on hand 10 With musk from singer/songwriter Allan Taylor, Maddy talk about her Artists in Lilerac:y proj«l. Prior, Davl' BtuJand, Norma Waterson, and mOTe. Sep.13 Onems, Bouzoukis, & Oclavr Mandolins We'll hear how the relativl'ly recent introduction of !his type of eight,slringed instrument has enhanced Irish music. Music by Gerald Trimble, Robin Bullock, Andy lrvine, Donal Lunny, Roger Landes, Joseph Sobol, and Danny Carnahan. 5ep.20 Oullaw BAlhods From EWiIn Mac:Coll, Pete Morton, Sieve Tilslon. Jim Ringer, and others. 5ep. '1J To Dr Announced. 10th Annual 2003 est LABORFEST CELEBRATES ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY THIS JULY IN THE BAY AREA With a month-long festival of labor culture evenls, including music, poetry, arl, imporlanllilms from around world, a tour of local WPA murals, and a maritime boat tour of the bay. KALW 91.7 is pleased to be a presenting sponsor. This year's theme, "A War on All Fronts, H reflects the current allacks on labor due 10 domestic and foreign policies. For a full schedule and detailed informalion on evenls, see www.laborfest.net. 22 Page 22 of 120 IiA "'1 iiii\ \ I,ll J BLUEGRASS SIGNAL li.1 SATURDAYS AT 6:30 PM 91.7 ,ul5 A I:tltbration of tht Smithsonian-Folkways collections, "II including their r~t Ndassic" old-time music, mountain I";' songs. and bluegralili song'5 compilation:>. ali well as new KAL\N' ,!, reamlings by Mike 5ePger. information radio 1:1 Jul. 12 A crlrbration of the wondl,'rfuJ nrw rrlrasr from Carol est. 1941 "".' Eliz An ovt'rvit'w of thr music of the srlf-prodaiml,'d "'King Of ANNOUNCERS: Bluegrass,-Jimmy Martin, the influential and powerful Joe Burke, Melissa Dodd, Alan Farley, Joe Hughes, guitarist and sing('r who put the Nlonesome- in Uhigh &. N Hedy Jacobowitz, Debi Kennedy, JoAnn Mar, Roman Mars, lon{'S(lme. Co-hosl: Todd Gracyk. Mati Martin, Tom Perurnean, Elaine Shen, Bob Sommer, Patricia Terrazas, Kevin Vance Sep.6 An ovrrvirw of thr mUliic of Ginger Boatright, pion{'('r woman in bluE'grass who's coming to the Bay Area soon for a KAlW VOLUNTEER PRODUCERS: special concert. Co-host Julia LaBeIld. Marc Breindel, Sarah Cahill, Bob Campbell, Ronald Chase, Sep.13 A ceJrbration of the music (from tht' '305 through thr '90s) of Alan Farley, Chuck Finney, Jonathan Heuer, David Johns. the FalhuOf Bhngrasli, Bill Monroe, on his birthday. Co Carol Kocivar, Henri-Pierre Koubaka, Dr. Paul linde, hosl: Julia LaBeJla_ Rose Levinson, Jason Lopez, Martin MacClain, Lisa Malaney, JoAnn Mar, Roman Mars, Mark Naftalin, Martin Nemko, Sep.20 What Cors 'Round; catching up with new n>leases and David Perry, Nazanin Rafsanjani, JoAnna Robertson, U'issues. Peter Robinson, Dana Rodriquez,Judith Sansone, Jill Slater, lra J. Sptizer, Dore Siein, Peter Thompson, Kevin Vance Sep.27 Hard-Prrssrd, Bul WI,' Can Find A Way. ThE' semi-annual & Oel. 4 Membership Drive SpedaruJars, with great music, sensational fRIENDS Of kAlW/KAlW fOUNDATION: thank-you gifts, hE'arlfelt appn>ciation when you call BOO- KALW.917, a few surprises, and previews of the Strictly Al Whaley, Brenda Altman, Becky Bond, Ed Denebeim, BluE'grass Festival, helcl in Golden Gate Park on Oct. 4th &. 5th. Peter Mezey, Jackie Wright KALW VOLUNTEERS: Nancy Betts, Nathan Brennan, Fanny, Paul Fey, Dan Gunning, STOCK IT TO US... Joan Helgeson, Dorothy Lee, Toni tozica, Tom Mason, Kathleen McNamara, Monique Morgan, Christina Ruiz-Esparza, For those of you who wish 10 donate stocks or other Sieve WiJcolt securities to KALW, you may now do so through an w.w PHOTOGRAPHER: account we haVe sel up with a local brokerage. Donations Fred Lipschultz ofsecurities help us out and give you the added advan tage of avoiding capital gains taxes on your gift. 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