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Some Assembly Required, Episode 292

Airs at: Sun, 01/15/2023 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for Some Assembly Required
Featuring Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by The Avalanches, Wayne Butane, Cassetteboy, Instamatic, iWillBattle, Ergo Phizmiz, DJ Signify, Smija, The Soft Pink Truth, Splatt, DJ Swamp and James Tenney.  Read more

A Matter Of Public Records / Episode #41

Airs at: Sat, 01/14/2023 at 3:00am - 6:00am
My first show on KBOO for the year 2023. When I started this show, going back a couple of years ago, I did not set out to break all my self-imposed rules about making radio shows, but for the most part that is exactly what I have done. Nearly every episode goes against the ... Read more

Aristeo: Tambores Salvajes; Frontera de Extremos

Airs at: Fri, 01/13/2023 at 10:00pm - Sat, 01/14/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for La Ruleta

Jeff Beck 1944-2023 on The Songcircle

Airs at: Fri, 01/13/2023 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Produced for The Songcircle
With the sudden, unexpected passing of Jeff Beck on 1/11, this week's SongCircle with do a scan across his storied career, including some rare tracks as well as some well known ones. It'll be burnin! Read more

Mysteries past and future are highlighted this week on Film at 11, for 13 Jan., 2023

Airs at: Fri, 01/13/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
This week, Matthew of KBOO’s bedtime story show Gremlin Time looks at Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's recently restored film The Round Up (1920), while in the book corner, we look at David Bordwell’s new volume on mystery plotting,  Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the ... Read more

Celebrating the Music of David Francey on Cascadia Coffeehouse

Airs at: Fri, 01/13/2023 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we enjoy the music of Scottish-born Canadian singer-songwriter David Francey, who will be performing in Portland on Saturday, January 21st as part of the Portland Folk Music Society's concert series at Reedwood Friends... Read more

Bill Plympton's Analog Animation

Airs at: Thu, 01/12/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
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  Bill Plympton has spent four decades going against the grain of the animation industry, self-financing his short films and features and drawing each frame with pencil and paper.  Nominated twice for Academy Awards and taking home a Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival,... Read more

Our last conversation with Cai Emmons

Airs at: Thu, 01/12/2023 at 11:00am - 11:30pm
Produced for Jonesy
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Today’s episode is a sad one for me. It’s the last interview with one of my favorite authors and guests – Cai Emmons. I first met Cai in October 2018 when she came to the KBOO studios for a live, in-person interview on her novel Weather Woman. Due to the pandemic, our subs... Read more

Chapter CCXXXI

Airs at: Thu, 01/12/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Pandæmonium

Show #60 - Burt Bacharach Songs

Airs at: Wed, 01/11/2023 at 5:15pm
Produced for King Tursi Music Hour
This show features songs written or co-written by Burt Bacharach.  We tried to include a wide variety of musical styles in the show.  In some cases you'll hear the familiar original recording by the original artist and in other cases you'll hear well-known cover versions or... Read more