*Headlines: The Cove film screening, Fixing heart attack damage, Risks of low carb diets, FDIC drops
*Santa Barbara Pro-Choice Coalition hosts 6th Annual Great American Write-In Roelle Balan
*Pacific Pride Foundation faces deep budget cuts Patty Lincoln
Engineer & Announcer: Daniel Alvarenga
Monthly Archive for August, 2009
UPDATE: Nederlander announced that the Sonic Youth concert at the Arlington has been cancelled due to guitarist Lee Ranaldo suffering a fractured wrist. Tickets are refundable at the point of purchase.
On Saturday, September 26th, Nederlander Presents Sonic Youth live in concert at the Arlington Theatre. KCSB welcomes the seminal New York post-punk rock quintet back for its first headlining Santa Barbara concert in some time. Sonic Youth will be playing songs from its recent Matador Records release, The Eternal, and a career that spans nearly three decades. Special guests are the San Francisco-based noise pop group Sic Alps.
Showtime is 8pm. Tickets are on sale now at nederlanderconcerts.com and at the Arlington Theatre box office (1317 State Street) in downtown Santa Barbara.
Today on the Gaucho Sports Spot: An Interview With Head Coach Paul Stumpf of UCSB Women’s Soccer and Highlights from Gaucho Soccer’s Opening Week
That, plus John Greely breaks down what he saw out of UCSB Men’s Soccer’s preseason performance vs. Westmont, and Miles Yim files a report on Women’s Soccer’s two opening games.
Upcoming Live Sports Broadcasts on KCSB:
September 1st, 2009: UCSB Men’s Soccer v. Cal State Bakersfield, 7pm
September 2nd, 2009: UCSB Women’s Volleyball v. Thompson Rivers University (Exhibition), 7pm
September 3rd, 2009: UCSB Women’s Soccer v. Michigan State, 7pm
*Headlines: Pakistan Taliban, Missile launch at Vandenberg, Diable Canyon reactor
* Back-to-school traffic saftey Patty Lincoln
* Healthcare advocates sue Governor Schwarzenegger Lorien Crawford
Reporters: Patty Lincoln, Lorien Crawford, Colleen Newel, Daniel Alvarenga.
Announcer:Roelle Balan
Engineer: Sean Taylor
*Mexico decriminalizes drug use, Chinese factory poisons 1,345 children, Che Guevarra Event in Oxnard tomorrow, Efforts to keep Seafood Safe
*La Brea Fire Update: Live interview with Joe Pasinato, Los Padres National Forest
Announcer: Daniel Alvarenga
Reporters: Daniel Alvarenga, Patty Lincoln, Cathy Murrillo
Dr. Ron Labuguen, California Academy of Family Physicians, discusses the urgent need for health care reform following news analysis from Marisela Marquez and Elizabeth Robinson. Professor Alice O’Connor, Department of History, University of California at Santa Barbara, discusses poverty in the context of the state and federal economic crisis,the dehumanization of the poor, and the impact on public education and the public sector.
“Culture of Protest” host Prof. Dick Flacks says of tonight’s broadcast: “This week we begin a series of programs featuring songs for the new recession. We’ve been collecting new and old songs that help provide soundtracks for these hard times. We’ll pay some tribute this week to Mike Seeger who died last week. Together with his band the New Lost City Ramblers, Mike, 50 years ago, revived many depression era songs and we’ll hear some of these, as well as some intriguing and surprising material that’s been recently released.”
“Culture of Protest” airs Thursdays from 6-7pm on KCSB.
Today on the Gaucho Sports Spot: An Interview with Junior Defender Michael Boxall, Senior Defender Jonny Zerah, and Senior Midfielder Martin Hedevag of UCSB’s Men’s Soccer
The trio break down the team area by area, as well as the off-season, new freshmen, international soccer and more. That, plus a preview of this weekend’s game against Westmont.
Upcoming Live Sports Broadcasts on KCSB:
August 20th, 2009: UCSB Women’s Soccer v. Westmont (Exhibition), 7pm
August 22nd, 2009: UCSB Men’s Soccer v. Westmont (Exhibition), 7pm
This week on The Marketplace of Ideas, Colin Marshall talks to Joel Grus, who, according to his own web site, is an “author,” “speaker,” “provocateur” and “jerk.” Grus is the author of Your Religion is False, an attempt to disprove all religions major, non-major and otherwise with both the vast intellectual resources of Wikipedia and numerous references to forgotten music videos, low-budget cartoons and mid-80s comedies now screened only on TBS. The religions disproved by Grus include Zoroastrianism, Chondogyo, Singularitarianism, Scientology, Objectivism, and agnosticism.
The Marketplace of Ideas airs every Thursday at noon.
* Headlines: Use of herbs as pesticides, Effect of stress on brains Patty Lincoln
* La Brea Fire: Update & Interview with APCD’s Terry Dressler re Air Quality Roelle Balan
* Great Nationwide Kiss-in: Defending PDA by sex-same couples Cathy Murillo
* Teen War Memorial Randy Berkson
* Effects of corporal punishment on children with disabilities Lorien Crawford, Daniel Alvarenga
Announcer: Daniel Alvarenga
