Recent Blog Posts

stealing an education

[for the 3/12/12 Mole] What does it mean to steal an education? According to several school districts, it means providing questionable address information, at least if you're Black. Jen Roesch, writing in SocialistWorker.org, reports on the case of Tanya McDowell, a hom... Read more

SXSW Day Two: Rain, Dance Floors and Distractions

There are many facets to South by Southwest Festival. The “convergence” is the mission and the miracle of it all. From all over the world, people crowd Austin Convention Center from all sorts of disciplines and levels of interest: gamers and tech-heads see the newest compu... Read more

SXSW Day One: Wikileaks and Sleeplessness

Upon receipt of the festival guides, after curving through the maze of registrants looking for their badge, and having perused three volumes of programming (Interactive, Film, and Music) detailed in paperback books akin to college course catalogues – however with a whole lo... Read more

Peter Bergman of (The Firesign Theatre) 1939 - 2012

I just this moment learned that Peter Bergman of The Firesign Theatre has passed away from complications of Leukemia. I am heartbroken! I had the pleasure of meeting Peter last December when he and the other Fireheads were here and we talked about radio what can be done on i... Read more

Voices of the Middle East, March 9, 2012

Voices of the Middle East presents: Friday March 9, 2012 at 9 AM KBOO 90.7 fm or webcast at www.kboo.fm Trita Parsi with National Iranian American Council about President Obama's Iran Policy and AIPAC conference this week. He is author of the book A Single Roll of the D... Read more

Tillicum Wawa 3-1-12

Tonight began a new format for us at Tillicum Wawa. The plan is to have Eugene and I alternate with Redwillow every other week. Tonight, Eugene and I talked about the John T. Williams memorial totem pole being raised in Seattle, and played the music that accompanied the vide... Read more

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