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Bill "Rip City" Schonely | 1929 - 2023

Airs at: Wed, 02/22/2023 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Open Air
Bill Schonely, the legendary Portland Trail Blazers original broadcaster who coined the iconic phrase “Rip City”,  passed away on January 21st, 2023.  He was 93.   In 2014, I had the pleasure of meeting Bill Schonely and his lovely wife, Dottie, at a broadcasting event her... Read more

This week, a reprise of our show on Alfred Hitchcock, on Film at 11 for Friday, 3 March 2023

Airs at: Fri, 03/03/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Due to ongoing technical difficulties, we are repeating our episode about Alfred Hitchcock. There will be a new Film at 11 next Friday, March 10, with the usual mix of new and old. For now, here is Jeff Godsil on Foreign Correspondent, Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time on Dial... Read more

Sherlock Holmes Returns

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
The Sampler returns with lots of music and another adventure of Sherlock Holmes with Basil Rathbone as the Great Detective and Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson. Today's story is set on a stormy  October day in 1887 as Holmes faces the puzzle of the Camberwell Poisoning. This story ... Read more

Memory Activism: The Panther Platform, Police & Prisons

Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Damaris Webb, Bruce Poinsette and Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr. from The Vanport Mosaic, a local organization celebrating Black History Month with special community discussions on prisons and policing.   The community organizing event  featured th... Read more

Film Noir with Elliot Lavine - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this extended conversation with film programmer Elliot Lavine, we take an even deeper dive into mid-century movie history. For the past forty years, Elliot has been introducing audiences to vintage cinema, first in San Francisco and now in Portland.  His regular Film ... Read more

Trilce: Volumen Uno; Abril; Grupo Neblina: ¡Basta Ya!

Airs at: Fri, 02/24/2023 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/25/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
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Art Talk Bus Stop with Stevie Son

Airs at: Wed, 02/22/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Talk Bus Stop
Our February 2023 visit with tatoo artist and musician, Stevie Son! Tattoo artist @fromthemargins fromthemargins.bigcartel.com Musician carrionspring.bandcamp.com  Interview by McDaniel High School and PSU Senior Capstone students.  Produced by Erica Meryl Thomas @erica... Read more

Film Noir with Elliot Lavine

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Film programmer Elliot Lavine has been introducing audiences to vintage cinema for decades, first in San Francisco and now in Portland.  His regular Film Noir festival I Wake Up Dreaming is a popular event, as are his theme screenings of subversive science fiction and Cold-... Read more

Cecil Taylor: Live in Nice, July 29, 1969

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
3-LP set. The album was originally released as Nuits de la Fondation Maeght on the French Shandar label as a box set, as three separate LPs in 1971.[3] It features a performance by Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, Sam Rivers and Andrew Cyrille, recorded in St. Paul de Vence, Nice, ... Read more

Taravat Talepasand

Airs at: Tue, 02/21/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews artist and Portland State University art professor Taravat Talepasand (PRONOUNCED TA-ra-vat TOL-a-pas-AND) about her career review show called TARAVAT, and the controversy it caused when some Muslim studen... Read more