On my radio show, The Freak Power Ticket -- airing tomorrow, Monday, April 13th, at 11am-noon, Pacific Daylight Time -- I'll be featuring an interview I conducted with Adam Turla, the singer, guitarist, & songwriter for the Bloomington, Indiana-based indie-rock group, Murder by Death.
Murder by Death’s sound has... Read More
On this week’s edition of "The Freak Power Ticket" -- airing Mondays during the fall, from 11am-noon PST, on KCSB 91.9 FM (kcsb.org) -- I interviewed Alex Gibney, the Academy Award-winning director of Taxi to the Dark Side -- a documentary about the US’s post-9/11 torture policies -- and... Read More
Five years ago, KCSB brought folk musician David Rovics to the University of California, Santa Barbara campus for a live performance. He's been back in our area a few times since, with his latest concert scheduled for this Monday night, August 18th, in Oxnard. No less an expert than... Read More
saturday, june 7th, 2008: at the art barn, ventura, califonia: the terrific dylanesque indie-rock group, le petit protest, from nearby lompoc.
three of the band members (including singer/guitarist randall sena and drummer mic sing, both pictured) will be special guests on my next "freak power ticket" radio broadcast (9-11am... Read More
Photo of the Santa Barbara County Gap Fire, taken by UCSB student Ryan Gangstamari on a rooftop on Del Playa drive in Isla Vista, California.
I wrote and posted the following during my work-day today:
"KCSB 91.9 FM broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from the base of... Read More
(The flier is by KCSB's General Manager, Joshua Redman, & its Publications Director, Michelle Shofet. Not yet a final draft, I wanted to get it posted somewhere, for what it's worth. w00t!)
Official Event Press Release --
SANTA BARBARA – KCSB 91.9 FM, La Casa de la Raza, and Read More
Something I've been involved with helping to organize:
Staff and teens from a collaborative group of local agencies, including KCSB-FM, have worked together to organize two FREE "805 Summer Mix" concerts, to bring the community's youth together in a positive way this August! They invite area teens to bring their... Read More
CA, Isla Vista @ UCSB/Isla Vista Theater 960 Embarcadero Del Norte | 8pm | $4 | presented by Magic Lantern Films and KCSB 91.9FM
"Lost Film Fest from West Philadelphia is a traveling multimedia spectacle incorporating live performance and video. It’s a truly independent, anti-authoritarian, anti-corporate grassroots DIY... Read More
at 9am today PST (in just over an hour), i will be joined by a special guest via telephone, the cult psychedelic-pop musician anton barbeau, direct from sacramento, california.
anton's on his way to great britain later today, in fact, so this is a real treat, & just under the... Read More
(recording of show joined in progress) the freak power ticket - monday, january 29th, 2007
with special in-studio guests, the masteføren & the kaptajnen of de glade sømænd, from copenhagen, denmark.
these doods are freaking tall!!! danes are scary-tall!!! :oP
*** - denotes new releases
1) moving units - "between us &... Read More
in 2 parts.
pictured above is an image of early-to-mid 1990s vintage alice donut, from new york city.
one of my favorite concerts of all time was seeing the art punk alice donut, headliner babes in toyland, & seattle's 7 year bitch (the latter 2 all-women rock bands) at a dear-departed... Read More