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Two different filmmakers

    I had a great time talking about the art of independent filmmaking from the Asian American perspective with Ivy Lin and Patti Duncan. Now they had never met before and heard clips of each other's work the same time as the audience had. This show was a little differ... Read more

Poems by Harold Johnson

Talking Earth Anthology:  Harold Johnson Harold Johnson was born  in Yakima and is a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest.   He graduated with degrees in English and art from the University of Portland and PSU,  and taught English in high schools, grade schools and... Read more

Ugly

 As Election Day approaches, and as an Obama victory looks more probable, the McCain campaign is serving as the focus of an untrammeled and vitriolic collective id. Lots of these people are just scared shitless that a black man might sit in the White House. Watch the vid... Read more

HTTP 0 errors

Many users submitting playlists, audio, and other forms are getting an error that begins with "An HTTP 0 error..." If this happens to you please send me an email with the details of the error message and what you were doing when it occured.  Our web develper is actively ... Read more

Happy Labor Day?

Happy Labor Day. Or, is it? You might have noticed that Labor is not doing so well lately. Multiple recent studies confirm that while productivity has grown over the past thirty years, and even over the last ten, wages have slowed, stagnated, and declined. Recent income... Read more

Dear Leader

 So, as we will discuss on the show tomorrow, Washington is in the throes of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. This is an event where the purest of the ideologically pure gather to congratulate themselves on having ascended to the pinnacle of Western c... Read more

December 2011 Book Recommendations from Multnomah County Library

This month's selection has books on domestic abuse, Native Americans, women, parenting, business, corporate marketing, psychology, sociology, law, religion, philosophy, labor, and not a small amount of politics and US history. With your Multnomah County Library card in h... Read more

Folk Espresso 12.15.08

Voyage of the Mechanical Unicorn (The Crow Quill Night Owls, Mechanical Unicorn) Lina Blues (The Crow Quill Night Owls, Mechanical Unicorn) I Wonder Where You Are Tonight (John Hartford, Live From the Mountain Stage) Queen Of the Earth and Child Of the Stars: Roving On Lass ... Read more

KBOO gets a RACC Opportunity Grant!

KBOO found out this week that it will be awarded funding from the Regional Arts & Culture Council for a collaborative project with Roosevelt High School.  Students are being taught how to conduct interviews, edit audio and create great radio.  This is a special opportun... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library November 25, 2013

AKW Last Lines Self Released Alt Rock Anoraak Chronotropic Grand Blanc Alt Rock Audreys, The Small Things ABC Alt Rock BattleMe Weight On The Brain ... Read more