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Proxies by Brian Blanchfield

Airs at: Thu, 05/19/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  A go-for-broke essay collection that blends cultural close reading and dicey autobiography. Past compunction, expressly unbeholden, these twenty-four single-subject essays train focus on a startling miscellany of topics —Foot Washing, Dossiers, Br’er Rabbit, Housesitting... Read more

Ways To Disappear by Idra Novey

Airs at: Thu, 05/05/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Deep in gambling debt, the celebrated Brazilian writer Beatriz Yagoda is last seen holding a suitcase and a cigar and climbing into an almond tree. She abruptly vanishes. In snowy Pittsburgh, her American translator Emma hears the news and, against the wishes of her boyf... Read more

Music for Time Travel, part 1

Airs at: Thu, 04/14/2016 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  Africa-O-Ye!
A special series dedicated to various strains of polyrhythmic, trance-inducing, hypnotizing musics throughout West Africa. Time-warping Yoruba apala & waka  --- spirit-invoking Fon vodun rhythms --- Tuareg issawat desert drones --- Mood-altering Bambara mystical orchestras ... Read more

Radio Lost and Found for 04/14/16

Airs at: Thu, 04/14/2016 at 10:00pm - Fri, 04/15/2016 at 12:00am
Radio Lost and Found returns to the airwaves with strange sounds and other surprises. Read more

City Of Women: Who is Wendy Carlos?

Airs at: Fri, 04/29/2016 at 3:00am - 5:30pm
Produced for:  City of Women
Listening to music on the radio, if you are so inclined,  you will not hear many female led vocals. Especially if you are listening to mainstream music. Country Western, Blue Grass and RnB have more female voices. Punk Rock is getting there, some electronica, yes. But, it i... Read more

Tom Neely and Keenan Marshall Keller

Airs at: Thu, 04/14/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Tom Neely and Keenan Marshall Keller are superstars in the world of indie comics, separately responsible for such surreal horror, sci-fi, and punk-centric zines as Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever, Galactic Breakdown, The Wolf, and The Blot.  They've now teamed up to write ... Read more

The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 05/16/2016 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
We've made it through a May Summer Teaser, and the weather has gotten back to normal. On today's Sampler we welcome Oliviero to perform in the big studio. Also coming in will be members of long time Portland band Nu Shooz to join Fortunato in the air room. Read more

The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2016 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
The Sampler returns. Tune in for live music and some talk with Fortunato, Just Jess and the Sampler Crew, Today we welcome to the studio David Jacobs-Strain and possibly some friends, who will be performing at the Alberta rose Theater this  Weds. night. Joining Fortunato in... Read more

Late in the Day: Poems 2010-2014 by Ursula K. Le Guin

Airs at: Thu, 04/21/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Late in the Day, Ursula K. Le Guin’s new collection of poems (2010–2014) seeks meaning in an ever-connected world. In part evocative of Neruda’s Odes to Common Things and Mary Oliver’s poetic guides to the natural world, Le Guin’s latest give voice to objects that may not s... Read more

"What is Love?" (Vox Pop)

Airs at: Fri, 02/12/2016 at 12:00am
A Vox pop (Voice of the People) where we asked dozens of people the question: "What is Love?"     *Hit play below for all of them edited togeter or in sections here: https://soundcloud.com/diablo-35/sets/what-is-love-vox-pop or listen to the complete "Love" show here: ht... Read more