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After years of right-wing assaults on higher education, attacks took a new form in 2023 and 2024 that has been described as the new McCarthyism. As students across the country organize protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, decades-long taboos in academia around criticism o... Read more

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Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations… Playlists available at www.some-assembly-required.net  Read more

This month, we’re exploring queer protest songs. The Invitation, Mary Oliver Rid of Me by PJ Harvey. Uprising of Love by Melissa Etheridge. Inspired by the Russian governments’s violent abuse toward the LGBTQ community, which was only highlighted by the 2014 Winter Olympi... Read more

  Before I share what's on this month's show, I want to address why I'm not presenting a show this month honoring the musical legacy of Phil Lesh, both in and after The Grateful Dead.  I've repeatedly announced this two-part quinquagenary would occur, and I'd feel weird ca... Read more

Here are a few of the topics discussed, based on a check of the song titles: "Trouble Looks Good on You" Amy Speace; "The Cowboy in a Continental Suit" Marty Robbins; "Silver Threads & Golden Needles" Wanda Jackson; "Cowboy from Brooklyn" Glenn Miller & Orchestra; and "When... Read more

Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we share some great new music from Jordan Tice, Andrew Marlin & Christian Sedelmyer, guitarist Morgan Harris (Tall Poppy String Band), AJ Lee & Blue Summit and others.  We'll also hear favorites from Caitlin Canty, Rut... Read more

  Dave Cooper is a comics artist, animator, and oil painter whose graphic novels and monographs have included admiring introductions from the likes of comedian David Cross and filmmakers Guillermo del Toro and David Cronenberg. His paintings and drawings have found homes ... Read more