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Tickets will be sold at the door for this 21-and-over concert at The Mercury Lounge, which is at 5871 Hollister Avenue in Old Town Goleta. For more info, call 893.3757.

“Running & Racing” airs on Thursdays in the Winter from 9-930am.

Amber Lee and Renée are dynamic solo performers from the San Francisco Bay Area with witty and heartfelt music. They share tag-team, lead, back-up, and MC duties to create a show that is part cabaret, part rock ‘n’ roll, and all woman! Renée is also the force behind the Bay Area favorite Accordion Babes CD and calendar!

The Sessions will also talk with Ron Colone at 8:15. He’ll be telling us about the upcoming Tales from the Tavern winter/spring series, which starts tomorrow (Wednesday, February 1) with Gretchen Peters and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame artist Richard Furay. Ron will also talk about the Tales from the Tavern documentary which premieres at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival this Thursday, 7 p.m., Metro 4.

“The Roadtunes Sessions” airs on Tuesdays in the winter from 8-10pm.

Funny Ha Ha airs every Tuesday night (aka Wednesday morning) at midnight. Follow his blog at mrcomedy.blogspot.com.

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The bestowing of the Santa Barbara International Film Fesitval‘s “American Riviera Award” to the filmmaker Martin Scorsese (on Monday, January 30th, 2012, at the Arlington Theatre) is one exception to that view, however, as the filmmaker and current Oscar nominee for Best Director (for Hugo) has, after fifty years of filmmaking, become a creative giant in the industry and a true champion of the art of cinema.

During the Monday morning broadcast of “The Freak Power Ticket,” producer/host Ted Coe will present a aural journey exploring the first decade of this maestro’s career (with a few detours to illustrate Scorsese’s visionary influence).

The show’s setlist will include the work of such artists as: King Missile, The Chantels, The Genies, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, Flamin’ Groovies, Mott the Hoople, Bernard Herrmann, Paul Schrader, Alan Moore, Evidence, Jackson Browne, The Clash, Kris Kristofferson, Liza Minelli, and more; and a discussion of the movies The Big Shave, Who’s That Knocking At My Door, Boxcar Bertha, Woodstock, Mean Streets, Italian American, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Taxi Driver, and New York, New York.

“The Freak Power Ticket” airs on Mondays in the Winter from 11am-12Noon.

Learn with me, Darla Bea! We’ll put a bird on it and call it art!”

“Rock It Properly” airs on Sundays in the Winter from 8-10pm.

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The first half of the music-and-cultural-arts program featured songs and artists associated with or inspired by Anthony Burgess’s 1962 dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange and director Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 screen adaptation of the same name. For a recap of that playlist, click HERE. A newly-restored version of the film is on the schedule at the SBIFF, and A Clockwork Orange also provided the theme for Thursday’s opening night gala.

Next, the second half of “The Freak Power Ticket” included an interview with director Keith Shapiro, whose new film Rhino Resurrected: The Incredibly Strange Story of the World’s Most Famous Record Store has its world premiere later today, Friday, January 27th, 430pm, at the Lobero Theater, and two other scheduled screenings on Saturday and Sunday. The film explores the story of the Westwood-based indie record-outlet that closed its doors after over thirty years of business in the mid-2000s. That ramshackle store “became a hub of hardcore music misfits, a launching pad for influential music careers, and a groundbreaking and irreverent record label revered by music lovers worldwide.”

An edited archival recording of the Shapiro interview is available below.

“The Freak Power Ticket” airs on Mondays in the winter from 11am-12noon.

“Celebrate Martin Luther King’s recent birthday and African-American Music History with me, Darla Bea! A lesson in Rockology 101 brought to you by KCSB Community Radio and Santa Barbara’s very own School of Rock.

Featuring: Jazz, Rock, Funk, Hip Hop, Soul, R&B, Punk Rock, and Blues. This broadcast will include a special tribute to Etta James and more!”

“Rock It Properly airs on Sundays from 8-10pm throughout the winter quarter!

The show will provide a comprehensive rundown of the major events, special programs and screenings, a look at particular films, and include interviews with the principal programmers and organizers, plus some local directors whose films will be part of the Festival.

Mark the date and time, tune in, and get ready for SBIFF 27.

As part of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the Fund for Santa Barbara recognizes a slate of documentary films dealing with critical social, economic, political and environmental issues. This year, nine feature films have been nominated, with the winning production receiving a $2,500 cash prize.

The nominated films are:

• A People Uncounted, about oppression of Europe’s largest minority group, the Roma (“Gypsies”);

• Aung San Suu Kyi – Lady of No Fear, which tells the story of an under-fire Burmese activist;

• Dirty Energy, the story rebuilding efforts after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster;

• Give Up Tomorrow, about the testing of the Phillipines’ embattled judicial system by a double-murder case involving an accused teen from an elite family;

• Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? about recent battles of the U.S. “class war”;

• Into the Current: Burma’s Political Prisoners, about the price Burmeses political prisoners pay for speaking truth to dictatorial power;

• Letters From Iran, a portrait of the aftermath of Iran’s recent Green Revolution;

• Pink Ribbons, Inc., about the disturbing reality of corporate-cause marketing campaigns to fight breast cancer;

• Putin’s Kiss, which depicts a young woman’s coming of age against the backdrop of modern Russian politics.

On Friday, January 27th, the Fund for Santa Barbara will host a reception with the nominated filmmakers at Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery/Arts & Letters Café (7 East Anapamu Street). Attendees will meet some of the nominated filmmakers and learn about their work. Tickets are available for a suggested donation of $25. Platinum Pass-holders are admitted free. As space is limited, reservations are requested.

The winning film will be announced at the Festival’s Closing Night Award Ceremony on Nov. 5th.

To make a reservation for the special reception, and for more information about each nominated film (including screening dates and times), go to fundforsantabarbara.org or call 805.962.9164.

Drew Rouse

Drew Rouse is a fiercely independent writer and musician who has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe. He has captivated audiences from coast to coast and across the oceans with his songs about environmental and social justice, plus the usual fare. As he always says “All my songs are love songs.”

Drew has a unique propensity and ability for meshing smooth rhythms with driving and hypnotic melodies around deeply relevant issues. Never preachy, the result is often described as “Conscious Soul Music.”

“The Roadtunes Sessions” airs on Tuesdays in the winter from 8-10pm.

Journalist/Radio DJ Jennifer Waits (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

Herself a DJ at the college-based community-radio station KFJC-FM at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California, Jennifer Waits has distinguished herself as an authority on the “college-radio crisis” caused by the recent shutdown of three major university stations, KUSF (San Francisco), WRVU (Nashville), and KTRU (Houston). She’s also well versed in the history of college radio, standout initiatives from these mostly “non-commercial educational” licensees, and the overall importance of university-based media, all of which she shares during an engaging hourlong conversation.

KCSB 91.9 FM will be holding its Winter Orientation on Tuesday, January 17th at 6:30 PM in Girvetz 1004, located across the Davidson Library by the Arbor on the UCSB Campus.

Come join us and you’ll learn all about what it takes to become a KCSB programmer and have the opportunity to sign up for training. Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend; no prior radio experience or knowledge is necessary. So come start your radio show today!

Spread the word – tell your friends! We hope to see you there!

For more information, call (805) 893-3757 or email kjuc.manager@kcsb.org.

For a detailed map of the campus and parking information, click here.

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Formed at CalArts in Los Angeles in 2009, Realization Orchestra’s players hail from several regions of the country and include members of WITT, Ty Segall, Moonhearts, Japandi, and Weatherbox.

“5…4…3…2…fun!!” airs on Thursdays during KCSB’s fall quarter from 10pm-midnight.