Musing Playlist

T-N-T AC/DC
Track 38
Limbo Rush Test for Echo
Buena Morphine The Best of Morphine
Mary Ann w/ the Shaky Hand The Who 30 Years of Maxium R&B
The Noise of Carpet Stereolab Oscillons From the Anti Sun
Sketches of Xoxchi’s The Articles Flip F’real
Twist and Out Blue Note All-Stars Blue Note
Heavy Fuel Dire Straits
Black Pete Yorn Music for The Morning After
Elanor The Low Millions Paste Magazine Sampler 13
Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12: Revolutionary Vlado Perlemuter Michael Feldman’s Whad’ya Know About Chopin
Without Hope You Cannot Start the Day Yes Union
Second Hand News Fleetwood Mac Rumors
I Got the Six ZZ Top
Jenny Ondioline Stereolab Oscillations from the Anti-Sun
Sheep Pink Floyd Animals
Mooooo The Capitol Steps When Bush Comes to Shove
I Hate It When That Happens to Me John Prine Fair & Square
Don’t Ask Me Why Billy Joel Glass Houses
Elephant Clouds The Cave Singers Have You Heard?
Saving My Heart Yes Union
Heavy Denim Stereolab Oscillations from the Anti-Sun
Babylon David Gray Sounds Eclectic
Head Like A Hole Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine
Renewing the Circle Anakwad The Spirit Sings
Long Division Fugazi Steady Diet of Nothing
Who Knows Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies
Love Me Do The Beatles The Beatles 1962-1966
Love Theme Vangelis Blade Runner Soundtrack
Nitty Gritty Southern Culture on the Skids Dirt Track Date
Ghost Dancer Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors Path – An Ambient Jounery from Wyndham Hill
Shakin’ Rock’n’Roll Tonight The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Plastic Fang
Dream Baby Roy Orbison
Summer, Highland Falls Billy Joel Turnstiles
Call Me Dash Rip Rock Paydirt
Life By the Drop Stevie Ray Vaughn
Wall Kansas Best of Kansas

Music listening.

The Current’s Musicheads
Musicheads for August 9, 2006
The discussion heats up as the Heads review some new releases, including The Futureheads “News and Tributes,” Kimya Dawson’s “Remember That I Love You,” and French Kicks’ “Two Thousand.” Bill DeVille welcomes Tony Lopez and regular Mark Wheat.

WFUV’s Take Five
The Watson Twins
Chandra and Leigh Watson move a step past their collaboration with Jenny Lewis to release a debut album as The Watson Twins, and performed a few of the folk-rock flavored tunes live during an interview with WFUV’s Darren DeVivo.

Sinead O’Connor
Sinead O’Connor’s 20-year career encompasses a range of musical, political, and spiritual passions, and on her new album “Theology,” it takes two discs to cover what she wanted to say. Today, Sinead performs stripped down versions of two of the new songs, and talks with WFUV’s Rita Houston about her life and career to date.

WFUV’s Music Review
Alan & Claudia discuss a new Brooklyn Indie artist, A Country dude and then… they get Kinky!
Alan and Claudia review the new album by Kevin Devine, A Vince Gill Box set, and some Kinks reissues.

Sub-Pop Records
Too Shy
Happy Birthday – track

Boy with a Coin
Iron and Wine – video

Roots Rock Radio
RRRadio.com 71
RRRadio.com 71 Gram Parsons, dog and pony show, first tour since the last Beatles tour, American Bandstand, Jim Morrison was buried in Paris, biggest opening in hollywood history, London is having a heat wave, and lots of indie Roots Rock/Pop, Alt Country/Americana, Blues/Rockabilly, Garage/Punk and Real Rock & Rolls from around the globe.

RRRadio.com 126
ROOTS ROCK RADIO SHOW 126, twang of country, David Lynch’s interview project, Nylon stockings, googled roots rock, bbq from 1967, Spaghetti-O’s, outside of Frederick, blue jeans, toothpaste tube, saint of pain, cat’s cradle, and lots of indie Roots Rock/Pop, Alt Country/Americana, Blues/Rockabilly, Garage/Punk, and Real Rock & Roll from around the globe. http://RRRadio.com

Echoes
An Echoes Podcast featuring Edgar Meyer
EDGAR MEYER: SOLO BUT NOT ALONE Edgar Meyer is a virtuoso bassist and a composer who’s as likely to write a classical concerto as a country tune. We’ve heard him with Bela Fleck and Yo-Yo Ma among many other musicians. He could’ve gotten anyone to play on his new album, but instead, he did it all

NPR: World Cafe: Next from WXPN Podcast
Jim Noir: Adventurously Upbeat
Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jim Noir has crafted an album that’s one part ear candy and one part sunshine. Sung in a whispery voice that recalls Simon & Garfunkel, his songs are nostalgic and sometimes naive, but still infectious and fun.

NPR: Second Stage from All Songs Considered Podcast
Shuta Hasunuma: Vol. Struggle
Shuta Hasunuma is a sharp electronica artist from Japan with a gift for three-dimensional production. He’s about to release the whimsically titled Pop Ooga Plus, his third full-length LP; like his first two albums, it’s full of delicately woven glitches and pops that seem almost tangible, as though they’re tumbling out of the speakers. Pop Ooga Plus is a mostly instrumental album, but Hasunuma sings on this short but sweet cut called “Vol. Struggle.”

Listing Artistically

University of Arizona Art Museum
Joseph Labate Faculty Exhibition
UAMA Lectures – Tracks – Joseph Labate Faculty Exhibition – Joseph Labate has experience working with and teaching most photographic mediums and currently works primarily with digital technology. His research investigates the impact of technology on the media.

Studio 360 from PRI and WNYC
Evolution (Studio 360)
Studio 360 puts evolution to the test. 2009 is Darwin’s bicentennial, and this week marks 150 years since “On the Origin of Species” was published. Darwin’s descendent, Ruth Padel, writes poems about her famous relative. Spencer Wells gathers DNA around the world to determine where we came from. An amateur paleontologist finds a way to believe in both God and the fossil record. Plus the world premiere of a short science fistion story by Lydia Millet, imagining the downside of messing too much with…

Bee, Sing Sing, Foreclosed
This week, Kurt Andersen talks with “Daily Show” correspondent Samantha Bee about her new memoir I Know I Am, But What Are You. An artist pieces together striking images of foreclosed homes vandalized by their owners. And a group of prisoners at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility temporarily trade their cells for the theater stage.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – Mcast
John Alexander: A Retrospective
Texas-born artist John Alexander talks to George Ramirez, manager of student programs and technology projects at the MFAH.

IndieFeed: Performance Poetry
Buddy Wakefield – Cannonball Man
Learn more about Buddy Wakefield.

Mike Guinn – Bastard
Learn more about Mike Guinn.

Cin Salach and Ten Tongues – Everyone OK Here?
Learn more about Cin Salach and Ten Tongues.

Beau Sia – Money
Learn more about Beau Sia.

Ray McNiece – The Road That Carried Me Here
Learn more about Ray McNiece.

Taylor Mali – What Teachers Make
Learn more about Taylor Mali.

Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz – Lit; or To The Scientist I Am Not Speaking To Anymore
Learn more about Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz.

8.bliss – Presence
Learn more about 8.bliss.

Gary Mex Glazner – Turkey Hunting in Oklahoma
Learn more about Gary Mex Glazner.

Rachel Kann – Lie Down Beside You
Learn more about Rachel Kann.

Don McIver – Disappear
Learn more about Don McIver.

Allen Ginsberg – America
Welcome to our special podcast, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Allen Ginsberg’s reading at the Berkeley Town Hall. Learn more about Allen Ginsberg.

Mahogany Browne – Single Mutha Song
Learn more about Mahogany Browne.

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: STEELcast
03 Study Collection – The Skull
Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance

02 Study Collection – Intro
Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance

01 The Immeasurable Distance
Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance

05 Lonesome Soldier
Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance

06 Tensegrity Biotron
Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance

04 Study Collection – The Shelves
Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance

07 Chariot II
Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance

09 Heart of Prometheus
Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance

08 August 6, 1945
Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance

Blanton Museum: Uncommon Commentary
12 — “Light Pink Octagon” by Tuttle
Blanton: Uncommon Commentary — Stop 12 — “Light Pink Octagon” by Richard Tuttle

In the News.

Slate Daily Podcast
Manners for the Digital Age #2: Dinner Party Downloading
Slate’s tech columnist Farhad Manjoo and Dear Prudence advice columnist Emily Yoffe debate social dilemmas caused by new technology. Today, when is it acceptable to use a smart phone at a dinner party?

Slate: Ban the Benjamins!
Ban the Benjamins! Hundred-dollar bills are for criminals and sociopaths. Why do we still print them? By Timothy Noah

Shields and Brooks | PBS NewsHour Podcast | PBS
Shields and Brooks on North Korean Threats, Palin’s Plans and DeLay Conviction
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks dissect the week’s top news in politics.

The Root
The Confab — Feb. 4, 2011
This week on the Confab: green jobs, 2011 young futurists and memorable moments in black history.

The Progressive Radio Show
Nona Willis Aronowitz
My guest this week is Nona Willis Aronowitz, the author of “girldrive.” MP3 Downloadread more Visit http://www.progressive.org

Progressive Point of View
Obama’s Blunder in Afghanistan

PRI Tavis Smiley
The Tavis Smiley Show, April 29, 2011
Legendary talk show host Phil Donahue interviews Tavis about his 20th year in broadcasting

President Obama’s Weekly Address
Weekly Address: President Obama Delivers Thanksgiving Greeting
President Obama calls to our attention the men and women in uniform who are away from home sacrificing time with family to protect our safety and freedom. He also talks about the progress of health care reform, the Recovery Act, and job creation to ensure that next Thanksgiving will be a brighter day. November 25, 2009.

Weekly Address: Filibustering Recovery & Obstructing Progress
The President blasts Republicans in the Senate who are blocking unemployment insurance and small business tax breaks to create jobs, even as they push for permanent, massive tax cuts for the richest Americans.

NPR On the Media
May 27, 2011 (On The Media: Friday, 27 May 2011)
Patriot Act renewal, sex robots disguised as people

KCRW’s To the Point
Popular Uprisings Leave al Qaeda Behind
Peaceful protesters are overthrowing governments and raising hopes for new freedoms in the Muslim World. Will al Qaeda and other violent extremists just fade away or live to exploit the likely chaos if high expectations are disappointed? Also, two US servicemen dead in Frankfurt, and free speech prevails over damaged feelings.

Fear and Loathing as Well as Praise for Arizona
BP has been able to siphon up some of the crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Arizona has stirred a political hornets? nest with its new law against illegal immigration. Over the weekend, Sarah Palin gave the new law her blessing. Meanwhile, has Iran found a solution to its nuclear standoff with Western nations – or only another tactic aimed at derailing new sanctions?

KCRW’s Left, Right and Center
Budget Impasse; Paul Ryan’s 2012 Budget; Libya Update
At air time, with no sign of a budget deal, a government shutdown looms large. Also, the GOP budget proposal for FY 2012, the Democrats’ response, and the latest on Libya.

Healthcare; Copenhagen; Fat Cat Bankers
Is healthcare doomed? Democrats are revolting. As the left positions itself to fight for public option, will the healthcare-reform baby go down with the bathwater? Can there be a healthcare do-over? Is Copenhagen going into overtime, can there ever be agreement on how to address climate change when half the planet doesn’t think global warning is real? And what about the fat cat cankers that Obama scolded?

Democracy Now! 2011-03-15 Tuesday
Headlines for March 15, 2011; “This Could Become Chernobyl on Steroids”: Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen on Japan’s Growing Nuclear Crisis; Vermont Gov. Fights to Close Vermont Yankee, One of 23 U.S. Nuclear Power Facilities Nearly Identical to Failed Japanese Plant; “Get the Children Away from the Reactors”: Japan Urged to Expand Evacuation Area Around Nuclear Plants as Leaking Radiation Spreads; “Bahrain is No Longer An Independent Country, It is Occupied by Saudi Force”: Activist Says Pro-Democracy Protests Will Continue; Yemen Expands Crackdown on Pro-Democracy Movement, Deports Journalists.

Democracy Now! 2011-03-16 Wednesday
Headlines for March 16, 2011; Amy Goodman Reports from South Africa on Aristide’s Planned Return Trip to Haiti After Seven Years in Exile; “No Happy Ending”: Nuclear Experts Say Japan’s Disaster is Intensifying; South Africans Question the Push to “Go Down the Nuclear Road” to Meet Rising Energy Demand.

Democracy Now! 2011-03-17 Thursday
Headlines for March 17, 2011; “Serious Danger of a Full Core Meltdown”: Update on Japan’s Nuclear Catastrophe; Report from Sendai: Fears of Radioactivity Are Hampering Relief Efforts ; Hiroshima Organizes Scientific Teams and Medical Treatment Centers to Receive Victims of Radiation Poisoning; Prominent Japanese Environmentalist Keibo Oiwa Urges Global Movement to End Nuclear Power and Confront the “Crazy System Based on Greed, Anger and Ignorance”; 7 Years After Ouster in U.S.-Backed Coup, Former Haitian President Aristide Prepares to Return Home; Libyan Rebels Maintain Benghazi Media Center to Battle Gaddafi Regime through the Internet and Airwaves.

Democracy Now! 2011-03-18 Friday
Headlines for March 18, 2011; “Underestimating the Seriousness of the Problem”: Experts Urge Japan to Raise Nuclear Alert Level and Evacuate Wider Area ; “Why Are We Playing Russian Roulette With the American People?”: Longtime Nuclear Critic Ralph Nader Advocates Phasing Out Nuclear Power Industry; Gaddafi Declares Ceasefire After U.N. Security Council Backs No-Fly Zone in Libya; Defying U.S., Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s Airplane as Ex-Haitian President Returns from 7 Years in Exile; Daniel Ellsberg on Bradley Manning’s Solitary Confinement: “The Conditions Clearly Violate the Constitution”; Daniel Ellsberg Joins Peace Activists Risking Arrest at Protest Marking Iraq War Anniversary, Nader Calls for Impeachment of Obama.

What’s funny?

Real Time with Bill Maher
Episode #191 (Originally Aired 10/1/10)
Bill’s guests include Joe Klein, David Cross, Arianna Huffington, Cornel West and Norah O’Donnell.

New Rule: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Check out Bill’s new rule! For more information, log onto HBO.com.

Episode #192 (Originally Aired 10/8/10)
Bill’s guests include Richard Dawkins, Andrew Ross Sorkin, PJ O’Rourke and SE Cupp.

The Onion Radio News
Street-Smart Teen Found Dead In Library
Boyfriend Vows To Try Harder
Giant Blood Clot Dislodges From Your Femoral Artery
Scientists Say Lifelike Pleasure-Bot Nowhere Near Tested Enough
North Dakota Still Leads Nation In Parking Availability
Gatorade Pledges $200 Million In Thirst Aid To Underquenched Nations
Man On TV Urges Mass Purchase Of Listerine
Neighborhood Children Gear Up For Hotly Anticipated ‘Opening Of The Gerbil’s Tomb’
Netflix Doesn’t Think Area Man Is Ready For Blue Velvet
Georgia Decriminalizes Public Urination
Area Man Still Waiting For Those Extra Napkins
Fight On Top Of Moving Train Not Looking Good For Area Villain
Bumbling Employee Brings Shame To Entire Long John Silver’s Family

Le Show
le Show – April 24, 2011
This week from New Orleans, LA.

le Show – May 1, 2011
This week from New Orleans, LA.

le Show – August 30, 2009
This Week from KCRW Studios Los Angeles.

le Show – September 13, 2009
This week from London, England.

le Show – September 20, 2009
This Week From New Orleans, LA.

Cultural Podcasts

Yale University
Gloria Steinem Visits Yale
Political activist and best-selling author Gloria Steinem speaks to an audience at Yale University. Gloria Steinem currently studies the shared origins of sex and race based caste systems, gender roles and child abuse as roots of violence, non-violent conflict resolution, the cultures of indigenous peoples and organizing across boundaries for peace and justice. (September 26, 2007)

WNYC’s Radiolab
Stress
Stress may save your life if you’re being chased by a tiger. But if you’re stuck in traffic, it may be more likely to make you sick. This hour of Radiolab, stories of stress–from a singer who loses her voice, to an author caught in a body that never grew up.

Who Am I?
The “mind” and “self” were formerly the domain of philosophers and priests. But in this hour of Radiolab, neurologists lead the charge. We  reflect on the illusion of selfhood, contemplate the evolution of consciousness, and meet a woman who one day woke up as a completely different person.

PRI: To The Best of Our Knowledge
TTBOOK: Memory, Mind and The Self
Joshua Foer explains that the trick to remembering things is to tell yourself an unforgettable story. Jill Price can remember every day of her life since the age of fourteen. Antonio Damasio has written several popular books about the science of memory and self. Vijay Iyer is trying to create a new kind of music, a synthesis of Western jazz and Indian music that melds science with art. Lone Frank says many people are hoping neuro-marketing wukk kead to huge profits. David Brooks found that brain sciences are overturning centuries of old thinking about human nature.

TTBOOK: When We Meet
Moustafa Bayoumi speaks about how 9/11 caused him to feel like an outsider in his own country. Dilshad Ali talks about reading the Christian-influenced Narnia tales to her children. Alaa Al Aswany is one of the top-selling novelists in the Arab world, but his work as a dentist keeps him touch with his people. Michael Muhammed Knight explains how an Irish Catholic kid became an observant Muslim at age 16 and invented a Muslim punk movement. Kurt Westergaard is the Danish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban and had a death fatwa issued against him. Tariq Ramadan feels that Islam should be viewed as a religion in its own right and not compared to the history of Christianity.

PRI: Arts and Entertainment
Fans Heart Jill Sobule
Studio 360: After years of frustration with record companies, singer-songwriter Jill Sobule had a wake up call. She asked her fans to donate money to pay for the production of her new album, and they responded with $75,000. Jill tells Kurt about her new fan-financed album California Years and she performs live in the studio.

Fallingwater
Studio 360: In the late 1930s, Edgar Kaufman asked architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home near a waterfall in Pennsylvania — and an architectural icon was born. This summer, the Guggenheim Museum in New York (Wright’s last masterpiece) is presenting a retrospective of Wright’s work.

NPR: Fresh Air
NPR: 07-30-2010 Fresh Air
Stories: 1) ‘Fresh Air’ Remembers Journalist Daniel Schorr 2) ‘Life During Wartime’: Squirm-Worthy Storytelling 3) Fans ‘Can Trust’ New Los Lobos Album

NPR: 08-02-2010 Fresh Air
Stories: 1) Gary Shteyngart: Finding ‘Love’ In A Dismal Future 2) ‘Inferno’: A Catastrophic Film Finds Redemption

Monster Podcast: Career Advice
Salary.com Expert
Interview with Bill Coleman, Compensation Expert
Bill Coleman is senior vice president of compensation at Salary.com. In this podcast, we talk to Bill about a variety of workplace issues — including the impact of globalization on salaries, negotiation tips and wasted time at work.

Interview with John Chappelear, Author of The Daily Six
Interview with John Chappalear; author of “The Daily Six” as a guide for people trying to maintain their spiritual grounding while his personal life and eventually his business fell apart around him. The Daily Six — six simple ideas to achieve a better personal-professional balance — was the prescription he developed while he was picking up the pieces.

KCRW’s Politics of Culture
The Wende Museum’s Berlin Wall Project
Twenty years ago, the Berlin Wall was torn down. Now, original segments of the wall are on display in front of 5900 Wilshire, across the street from LACMA. While it stood, the wall served as a public art canvas for graffiti and protests. While in Los Angeles, artist Shepard Fairey and muralist Kent Twitchell will paint on these segments. Historian Steven Ross discusses the project with the founder of the Wende Museum, muralist Twitchel and others.

Ramparts Magazine: A Bomb in Every Issue
Ramparts magazine turned the 60’s on its head with a high-octane combination of avant-garde satire and gumshoe investigative reporting. KCRW’s own Robert Scheer served as its editor, and contributors included the likes of Noam Chomsky, Seymour Hersh, Cesar Chavez, Angela Davis and Susan Sontag. Peter Richardson has written about the largely untold story of this hugely influential magazine in his book A Bomb in Every Issue and he talks with KCRW’s Will Lewis about it.

Shakespeare’s Globe: Love’s Labour’s Lost
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London was the dream of an American actor. Now we can share the dream, as they bring their celebrated production of the comedy romp Love’s Labour’s Lost to the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Prepare yourself for a lively conversation about the play, the company and Shakespeare.

Numanist Network News
Humanist Network News #30
Greg Graffin: Bad Religion
In this month’s Humanist Network News audio podcast we speak to Greg Graffin, Ph.D., lead singer of the punk rock band Bad Religion and professor of the life sciences at UCLA. This weekend at Harvard, Graffin received the lifetime achievement award in cultural humanism, given by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University.
Segment 1: AHA Adopts HNN podcast Announcement: Starting this episode, the Humanist Network News audio podcast is now the official podcast of the American Humanist Association. The program will now be promoted to the more than 10,000 members of the AHA.
Segment 2: Punk Rock, Biology, and Humanism
Song: “New Dark Ages”
Interview: Harvard Sophomore Dan Robinson, president of the Harvard Secular Society, speaks with Greg Graffin, lead singer of Bad Religion. The punk rock philosopher explains the origins of the name Bad Religion and his role as a biology professor. As musician and biology professor, Graffin says he aims to entertain. Graffin also talks about his humanistic worldview, which he describes as naturalism.
Song: “Atheist Peace”
Segment 3: Paradise is Now? A listener caller asks HNN co-hosts Jes and Duncan what their thoughts are on the concept of Paradise Now.
Segment 4: I Ain’t Afriad Interview: Jes and Duncan reach into the HNN podcast vault to bring back folk singer Holly Near, who wrote and performed the HNN podcast theme sone, “I Ain’t Aftraid.” Near is a human rights activist whose music carries a humanist message.

HNN#49: Foundation Beyond Belief
In this episode, Jende Huang and Jes Constantine speak with Dale McGowan, founder and executive director of the Foundation Beyond Belief.

More Music Musing

KEXP Song of the Day
Dance Me In
Sons and Daughters – Dance Me In: Recorded Live at KEXP November 4, 2005. Listen to the entire performance at http://www.kexp.org.

Orgone – Sophisticated Honky
Orgone – Sophisticated Honky from the 2007 album The Killion Floor on Ubiquity.

KEXP Present the Music That Matters Podcast
Music That Matters Vol. 34
Kevin Cole hosts Music That Matters Vol. 34, featuring new music from some of his favorite independent artists from around the world. Tracks: 1. Deerhoof – +81,2. Kristin Hersh – Winter,3. Jesse Sykes – LLL,4. Beirut – Elephant Gun,5. Under Byen – Palads, 6. Benoit Pioulard – Triggering Back, 7. +/- – Thrown Into the Fire, 8. The Epochs – Opposite Side, 9. The Earaches – So Into You, 10. The Heartaches – Dance City, 11. Pernice Brothers – Conscience Clean (I Went to Spain), 12. Voxtrot – Trouble, 13. Robbers on High Street – The Fatalist, 14. The Hands – So Sweet, 15. Beat Beat Beat – Hate Me.

KEXP Presents Music That Matters Vol. 10
KEXP DJ Kevin Cole hosts a podcast featuring some of his tunes recorded live at KEXP. Tracks: 1. Ted Leo – Sons of Cain, 2. Sons and Daughters – Johnny Cash, 3. Minus the Bear – The Game Needed Me, 4. Mark Kozolek – Tiny Cities Made of Ashes, 5. Colin Meloy – The Engine Driver, 6. Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Another Colorado, 7. The Frames – Falling Slowly, 8. The Long Winters – Commander Thinks Aloud, 9. Harvey Danger – Little Round Mirrors, 10. They Might Be Giants – New York City, 11. Common Market – Refresh

KEXP Live Performances Podcast
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Soul survivor and Daptone Records diva Sharon Jones is living proof of the continuing relevance of classic old-school funk and soul sounds. She is hot as a firecracker here with The Dap-Kings in this exclusive live set recorded at The Triple Door on 12/11/07 – 8 songs: Sound of Summer, I’m Not Gonna Cry, How Do I Let a Good Man Down, Be Easy, Keep on Looking, let Them Knock, What Have You Done For Me Lately, 100 Days 100 Nights

KEXP in NYC: Goldspot
KEXP presents Goldspot live from the Museum of Television and Radio.

KCRW’s Today’s Top Tune
Lucinda Williams: Copenhagen
Three-time Grammy Award-winner Lucinda Williams sat down at her kitchen table to write a series of new songs that are intimate vignettes. These captured moments contemplate an array of weighty matters revealed in a conversational style. Today’s Top Tune is a snapshot of a moment when she learns of the passing of an old friend on “Copenhagen,” from her CD, Blessed.

Clinic – If You Could Read Your Mind
Clinic – ‘If You Could Read Your Mind’ is from the album ‘Visitations’.

Rufus Wainwright – Going To A Town
Rufus Wainwright – ‘Going To A Town’ is from the album ‘Release the Stars’.

Lulacruza – El Conocimiento
Lulacruza – ‘El Conocimiento’ — —-

KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic Video
Grouplove
The five globe-trotting members of Grouplove met on the isle of Crete and had so much fun making music together that they pooled their funds and recorded their debut here in Los Angeles. Lucky for us, they’ll reconvene to perform their songs live on Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Let’s Go Sailing
L.A. based Let’s Go Sailing bring their fun-loving, bittersweet compositions–to Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am.

Citizen Cope
Clarence Greenwood aka Citizen Cope has built a loyal and ever-expanding audience for his urban folk music thanks to constant touring. His new record, The Rainwater LP is his most gorgeous effort yet and we?ll hear the new songs live on Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Great Northern
Great Northern are an L.A. based quartet that the L.A. Times hails as the band to watch, they—ll perform their songs on Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am.

KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic
Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Van Etten stands out in a new generation of folk singers. Understated and elegant, her songs capture her heartache and reveal her curiosity. Hear them live when she joins Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am.

Best Coast

Super 700
Berlin based Super 700 make their radio debut in los Angeles live on Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am.

Let’s Go Sailing
L.A. based Let’s Go Sailing bring their fun-loving, bittersweet compositions–to Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am.

The iTunes Weekly Rewind
Glee, Brendan Benson, Danny Elfman, Hispanic Heritage Month (#51)
Glee, Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, Brendan Benson, Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo, Hispanic Heritage Month. We casually mention the term power pop in referencing our Genius Pick of the Week, which combines an old and a new track by Brendan Benson: “Cold Hands (Warm Heart)” (off of 2005’s The Alternative To Love) and “Eyes On The Horizon” (off of this year’s My Old, Familiar Friend). Probably best known as partner to Jack White in the Raconteurs, Benson’s the one who supplies the catchier pop confections to White’s harder blues riffs, who also has four solo albums to call his own.

Democray Now! or later?

Democracy Now! 2010-11-30 Tuesday
Headlines for November 30, 2010; “We Have Not Seen Anything Yet”: Guardian Editor Says Most Startling WikiLeaks Cables Still to be Released; Noam Chomsky: WikiLeaks Cables Reveal “Profound Hatred for Democracy on the Part of Our Political Leadership”

Noam Chomsky on the Economy, U.S. Midterm Elections, Climate Change, Haiti, and More

Democracy Now! 2010-12-01 Wednesday
Headlines for December 01, 2010; WikiLeaks Cables Reveal U.S. Tried to Thwart Spanish Probes of Gitmo Torture and CIA Rendition; Leaked Cables Reveal U.S. Pressured Spain to Drop Case of Cameraman Killed in 2003 Attack on Journalists in Baghdad; As GOP Appears to Win Extension of Bush-Era Tax Cuts for Wealthy, Rev. Jesse Jackson Calls for “War on Poverty”

Democracy Now! 2010-12-02 Thursday
Headlines for December 02, 2010; Attorney Confirms WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange in Britain, Responds to U.S. Attacks; Jeremy Scahill: WikiLeaks Cables Confirm Secret U.S. War Ops in Pakistan; U.N. Special Rapporteur Juan Méndez: Instead of Focusing on Assange; Professor, Author Jacob Hacker on “Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer – And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class”

Democracy Now! 2010-12-03 Friday
Headlines for December 03, 2010; Is WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange a Hero? Glenn Greenwald Debates Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News; Abandoning “Net Neutrality,” FCC Chair Backs Two-Tiered Internet Fees ; Greenpeace Sues Chemical Companies for Corporate Espionage

Democracy Now! 2010-12-06 Monday
Headlines for December 06, 2010; Climate Talks in Jeopardy as Industrialized Nations Threaten Kyoto Protocol; Pressing the Silence: At the U.N. Climate Change Conference, the Media Center is Oddly Quiet; Small Farmers Gather for Alternative Global Forum on Climate Change and Social Justice; Pablo Solon Responds to Secret U.S. Manipulation of Climate Talks Revealed in WikiLeaks Cable; Fmr. Irish President Mary Robinson Calls for Global Climate Justice Fund.

Democracy Now! 2010-12-07 Tuesday
Headlines for December 07, 2010; Glenn Greenwald on the Arrest of Julian Assange and the U.S. “War on WikiLeaks”; Democracy Now! Questions Chief E.U. Climate Negotiator about WikiLeaks Cables; U.S. Climate Envoy Refuses to Answer Democracy Now!’s Questions on WikiLeaks Cables’ Account of Summit Manipulation; Gaurdian Environment Editor John Vidal on WikiLeaks Cables and U.S. Manipulation of Climate Talks; Bill McKibben: Climate Talks So Weakened by U.S., Major Polluters that Walkout Could Be Good News for Planet; Nigerian Environmental Activist Nnimmo Bassey Wins Right Livelihood Award.

Democracy Now! 2010-12-31 Friday

Democracy Now! 2011-01-04 Tuesday
Headlines for January 04, 2011; Eyewitnesses Describe Death of Palestinian Woman in Israeli Tear Gas Attack; Ivory Coast Showdown: A Discussion on the Political Crisis in West Africa; Sudan Referendum: “A Real Turning Point for the People of Africa,” Says Horace Campbell

Democracy Now! 2011-01-06 Thursday
Headlines for January 06, 2011; Crackdown on Organized Labor: States Call for Wage & Benefits Cuts, Urge Laws to Curb Union Influence; Phil Ochs: The Life and Legacy of a Legendary American Folk Singer

Democracy Now! 2011-01-07 Friday
Headlines for January 07, 2011; From Wall Street to the White House: Obama Taps JPMorgan Exec William Daley for Chief of Staff; Legendary Muckraking Reporter Wayne Barrett Laid Off from Village Voice; As Activists Plan Protest for 9th Anniv. of Guantánamo, Former Gitmo Commander Subpoenaed in Spain over Prisoner Torture.

Democracy Now! 2011-01-17 Monday
SPECIAL: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in His Own Words

The Egyptian Revolution: A Democracy Now! Special on Mubarak’s Resignation
As news of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation breaks, Democracy Now! broadcasts live reaction from Tahrir Square and beyond with Senior Producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Correspondent Anjali Kamat. “People are holding their hands up in victory,” reports Kouddous. “This will be a day that no one will ever forget.” We are also joined on the phone from Cairo by Egyptian activiss Mona El Seif and Salma al-Tarzi, blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah, Feminist Nawal El Saadawi, acclaimed writer Ahdaf Soueif, and Egyptian Historian Khaled Fahmy who tells Amy Goodman, “I never really thought I would see this glorious moment in my lifetime.” Mohamed Abdel Dayem with the Committee to Protect Journalists discusses the new freedom of he press. We also hear from veteran Middle East journalist Robert Fisk and Columbia professor Rashid Khalidi about what is next for Egypt. “Many people in Washington would love a neoliberal future for Egypt,” says Khalidi. “But the two things that are essential are Egypt’s geo-political alignment with the country and cites acquiescence in Israeli regional domination.”

Democracy Now! 2011-02-18 Friday
Headlines for February 18, 2011; Uprising in Wisconsin: Tens of Thousands Protest Anti-Union Bill, as Wisconsin Lawmakers Leave State to Stall Vote ; “A Celebration, Not a Protest”: Massive Crowd Packs Cairo’s Tahrir Square to Mark One Week Since Mubarak’s Ouster; “It’s Time to Push the Borders of Freedom”: Egyptian Students Defiantly Publish Newspaper Without Government Permission; Egyptian Uprising Fueled by Striking Workers Across Nation; Ex-CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Beaten, Arrested for Silent Protest at Clinton Speech.

Democracy Now! 2011-02-21 Monday
Headlines for February 21, 2011; “Iran, the Green Movement and the USA”: Hamid Dabashi On the Future of the Iranian Pro-Democracy Movement; Massacre in Libya: Witnesses Say Protesters Have Taken Control of Benghazi Despite Gov’t Violence ; “Libya is Forever Changed by These Events”: Libyan Poet and Scholar Khaled Mattwa on the Pro-Democracy Movement Amid Government Violence; “We Have a Fire in the House of Labor. We Are Here to Put it Out”: Wisconsin Firefighters and Police Officers Join Massive Protests Against Anti-Union Bill.

Democracy Now! 2011-02-22 Tuesday
Headlines for February 22, 2011; “Gaddafi Cares More for Himself and His Power than He Cares for Anybody in Libya”: Libyan American Activist Abdulla Darrat on Bloody Crackdown on Protesters; Rev. Jesse Jackson Marches in Madison as Thousands Defend Public Employees and Unions; “Today is a Serious Showdown”: Thousands Occupy Wisconsin Capitol Building Ahead of Anti-Union Vote; Labor Protests to Defend Collective Bargaining Rights Spread to Ohio; Matt Taibbi: “Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail?”; Judge Conviced in Pennsylvania Kids-for-Cash Scheme, Faces Long Prison Term and Class-Action Lawsuit.

Democracy Now! 2011-02-24 Thursday
Headlines for February 24, 2011; Juan Gonzalez Wins 2010 George Polk Award for Exposing $80M CityTime Scandal; Glenn Greenwald on the Assange Extradition Ruling, the Jailing of Bradley Manning, and the Campaign to Target WikiLeaks Supporters; Obama Withdraws Support for Anti-LGBT Defense of marriage Act; “Everywhere There is Graffiti Saying, ‘Welcome to the New Free Lybia'”: Democracy Now! Correspondent Anjali Kamat Reports; Billionaire Right-Wing Koch Brothers Fund Wisconsin Governor Campaign and Anti-Union Push.

Democracy Now! 2011-02-25 Friday
Headlines for February 25, 2011; Thousands Feared Dead in Gaddafi’s Crackdown on Libyan Uprising; Protesters Expect 100,000 in Madison as Assembly OKs Anti-Union Bill; Despite Exemption from Anti-Union Bill, Wisconsin Firefighters Stand with Public Sector Workers; “Until We Throw This Bill Out, We Can’t Come Back:” Wisconsin State Senator Chris Larson Remains in Illinois; Policing & Protesting: Wisconsin Officers Patrol Capitol, But join in Demonstrations; “Gov. Walker Needs to Get Over His Koch Addiction”: Labot Activists Protest Koch Brothers’ Madison Office; Teachers, Students among First to Protest at Wisconsin Capitol; Wisconsin’s Uprising: A Guided Tour of the 11-Day Protest Encampment Inside the State Capitol in Madison.

Democracy Now! 2011-02-28 Monday
Headlines for February 28, 2011; Voices from the 100,000-Strong Protest for Workers’ Rights in Wisconsin; Defying Gov. Walker, Wisconsin Protesters Refuse to Leave Capitol Building; Libyans in “Liberated” Eastern Cities Balance Self-Government with Supporting Tripoli Resistance: Anjali Kamat Reports; Libyans Organize Citizen Councils to Run Cities Liberated from Pro-Gaddafi Loyalists; As Death Toll Grows, 100,000 Flee Libyan Violence.

Democracy Now! 2011-03-02 Wednesday
Headlines for March 02, 2011; Prof. Horace Campbell: Peace & Justice Movement Should Oppose U.S.-Led Intervention in Libya; U.N.: More than 140,000 Have Fled Libyan Clashes; U.S. Silent on Deadly Iraqi Gov’t Crackdown on Protests; 300 Arrested in Sweeps Targeting Dissidents; Labor Protests Spread: Thousands Rally Against Anti-Union Bill in Ohio; As Demonstrators Remain Locked Out, Wisconsin Gov. Walker Unveils Budget to Slash Education, Gov’t Aid; Indiana Dems Vow to Remain in Illinois to Stall Anti-Union Bill; Idaho Students Stage Walk-Out to Oppose Teacher Layoffs, Collective Bargaining Curbs.

Democracy Now! 2011-03-03 Thursday
Headlines for March 03, 2011; As Gaddafi Forces Launch New Attacks, Reports on the Ground from a Divided Libya; “Really Bad Reporting in Wisconsin”: Media Parroting Walker’s False Claims of Taxpayer “Subsidies” for Workers’ Pensions; NATO Gunships Kill 9 Afghan Children; 3rd Reported Attack on Afghan Civilians in 2 Weeks; Bradley Manning Hit With New Charges in Wikileaks Case, Including “Aiding the Enemy”

Democracy Now! 2011-03-04 Friday
Headlines for March 04, 2011; Environmentalist Tim DeChristopher Found Guilty of Sabotaging Oil and Gas Auction; Faces up to 10 Years in Jail; Leaked EPA Documents Expose Decades-Old Effort to Hide Dangers of Natural Gas Extraction; Natural Gas Industry Attacks Oscar-Nominated Film “Gasland” for Chronicling Devastating Impact of Hydraulic Fracking; Michael Hastings: Army Deploys Psychological Operations on U.S. Senators in Afghanistan.

Democracy Now! 2011-03-11 Friday
Headlines for March 11, 2011; Japan Struck by One of Biggest Earthquakes in Recorded History, Tsunamis Threaten Pacific Basin; Walkouts, Bank Boycotts and Recalls: Wisconsin Protests Intensify as Union-Busting Legislation Pushed through State Assembly; Mother of 9/11 Victim Condemns King Hearing on Muslim “Radicalization”.

What’s On the Media?

April 22, 2011 (On The Media: Friday, 22 April 2011)
Copyright trolling, sock puppets and invisible ink

April 29, 2011 (On The Media: Friday, 29 April 2011)
PlayStation’s breach, iPhone’s privacy issues, WikiLeaks’ Guantanamo leak and Obama’s birth certificate.

May 6, 2011 (On The Media: Friday, 06 May 2011)
Bin Laden exits the scene

May 13, 2011 (On The Media: Friday, 13 May 2011)
Data Show.

May 20, 2011 (On The Media: Friday, 20 May 2011)
French media reacts to DSK, the Syrian regime’s digital dirty tricks

Tavis Smily update

The Tavis Smiley Show, February 4, 2011
The Tavis Smiley Show Presents: “Memories of the Movement” (Part One)

The Tavis Smiley Show April 1, 2011
Structual Engineer Dr. Kit Miyamoto, TV Personality and Diet Expert Dr. Ian Smith, Jimmy Carter of The Blind Boys of Alabama

The Tavis Smiley Show April 8, 2011
Political Strategist Robin Swanson and Deroy Murdock, Starbuck CEO Howard Schultz, Sports Commentator George Johnson

The Tavis Smiley Show, March 15, 2011
Sojourners CEO Jim Wallis, Sports Commentator George Johnson, Entrepreneur Michael Pinckney

The Tavis Smiley Show, April 22, 2011
Karen Finney and David M. Walker, George Johnson and Claude and Steven Johnson