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“Bring Them Home” Is the Theme of “Culture of Protest” (Thursday, September 9th)

Development Coordinator — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:11:51 +0000

“Culture of Protest” host Prof. Dick Flacks says of tonight’s broadcast: “Tonight on the radio, we observe the anniversary of 9/11 and the ending of Operation Iraqi Freedom with a selection of provocative songs reflecting on these wars. We include Ani Difranco’s daring poem, ‘Self -evident”, a host of songs dealing with the experience of those in combat, and some biting satire on the Iraq adventure. We close with a newly-released Peter Paul and Mary performance, taking note of Peter/Paul in concert here on Friday.”

“Culture of Protest” airs Thursdays from 6-7pm on KCSB.

Peter Lance Discusses al-Qaida and 9-11 on “The Doom Corporation” (Friday, September 10th)

Development Coordinator — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:35:05 +0000

Peter Lance, author of ‘Triple Cross’, ‘Cover Up’ and ‘1000 Years for Revenge’ and an investigative reporter and former correspondent for ABC News will be in studio on the Doom Corporation, Sept. 10th from 11:30-2PM. He will be discussing his latest articles about al-Qaida attacks within the US, before 9-11. His website is peterlance.com

Rock It Properly presents: READY FREDDIE (Sept. 5)

Development Coordinator — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:49:52 +0000

Of her next broadcast (September 5th), DJ Darla Bea says, “On this week’s edition of ‘Rock It Properly’, Are you READY FREDDIE? Celebrate the life and times of Freddie Mercury: flamboyant singer and showman extraordinaire. Featuring a Royal Concert in honor of “The king of Queen” on what would be his 64th Birthday. Learn about his childhood in Zanzibar, obsession with Jimi Hendrix, why he named his band Queen, fans reaction to him growing a mustache, the concert for Live Aid and how his legendary voice and stage presence has influenced countless singers and bands. Join me on KCSB for Mercurial Trivia.

TRIVIA QUESTIONS:
-Where did a young Farouk Bulsara attend Private School?

-What was Queen named before Freddie joined the band? (Hint: Also known as a grin)

-Why did Freddie rechristen himself with the last name Mercury?

-Which German Sci-Fi film from the 1920′s was the inspiration behind the Radio Ga Ga Video?

-Where in Africa did Queen play – that caused controversy?

-Where was Freddie when he wrote Crazy Little Thing Called Love? (Hint: Bubbles were involved)

Get ready to Rock Out!

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

New Noise Santa Barbara & KCSB Present Fitz & The Tantrums at SOhO on Thursday, September 16th

Development Coordinator — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:24:16 +0000

On Thursday, September 16th, New Noise Santa Barbara and KCSB Present Dangerbird Records’ artists Fitz & The Tantrums live in concert, with Santa Barbara-based openers Wetlands and Howlin’ Woods, at SOhO Restaurant and Nightclub. Los Angeles-based soul quintet Fitz & The Tantrums features the vocal stylings of frontman Fitz, accompanied by Noelle Scaggs. This all-ages concert begins at 8PM. SOhO is located upstairs at 1221 State Street in downtown Santa Barbara. For tickets or more info, see newnoisesb.com, or call (805) 962-7776.

Numbskull Productions & KCSB Present Ratatat on Saturday, September 18th, at the Ventura Theater

Development Coordinator — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:44:19 +0000

On Saturday, September 18th, Numbskull Productions and KCSB Present electronic-music group Ratatat, live in concert at the Majestic Ventura Theater. Signed to XL Recordings, the New York-based duo Mike Stroud and Evan Mast – aka Ratatat – will be preceded on-stage by Burning Mill Records artists, Dom, an indie psych-rock quartet from Massachusetts.

This event is open to all ages. Doors open at 7pm, showtime is 8. Tickets are available at ticketweb.com, and through the Ventura Theater box office. For more information call 805.653.0721, or see numbskullshows.com.

Labor Day 2010 Celebrated on “Culture of Protest” Thursday

Development Coordinator — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:29:10 +0000

“Culture of Protest” host Prof. Dick Flacks says of Thursday’s broadcast (September 2, 2010): “We celebrate labor day on this week’s radio show with a selection of songs, some new and some classic, that deal with the plights and rights of working people drawn from recently released records. With a special musical tribute to miners because of the 33 down in the hole in Chile, and the 29 who died in West Virginia last April.”

“Culture of Protest” airs Thursdays from 6-7pm on KCSB.

Put This On creators Jesse Thorn and Adam Lisagor on The Marketplace of Ideas this Friday

Development Coordinator — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:39:13 +0000

This week on The Marketplace of Ideas, Colin Marshall talks to Jesse Thorn and Adam Lisagor, creators of the new men’s style web series and blog Put This On, which explores all facets of the art of “dressing like a grown-up.” Thorn is also the host of Public Radio International’s The Sound of Young America as well as the comedy podcast Jordan Jesse Go; Lisagor is also a co-host and producer of the comedy podcast You Look Nice Today.

The Marketplace of Ideas airs every Friday morning at 8:00.

Prof. Patricia Fumerton Talks English Broadside Ballads on Radio Causeway (Tuesday, August 31)

Development Coordinator — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:49:51 +0000

Patricia Fumerton, Ph.D. stopped by to speak with Pav & Tim about her work as the Director of Early Modern Center’s English Broadside Ballads Archive (EBBA).

EBBA’s goal is to make such broadside ballads fully accessible as texts, art, music, and cultural records of the period. About 8,000-10,000 English broadside ballads of the entire seventeenth-century survive. To capture the genre’s arch of development, EBBA seeks to archive all these printed ballads—with priority given to the black-letter ornamental broadside of the genre’s heyday—as well as all surviving sixteenth-century broadside ballads (about 250) and a representative sampling of broadside ballads of the early eighteenth century.

Dr. Fumerton was the recipient of the 2009 BSECS Digital Eighteenth Century Prize, awarded by the British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies in collaboration with JISC Collections, Gale Cengage Learning, Adam Matthews Digital, and Proquest.

Radio Causeway airs live on KCSB 91.9FM in Santa Barbara | KCSB.ORG Tuesdays at 9AM.

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Honus Honus of Philadelphia’s Man Man Featured in Podcast of “The Freak Power Ticket” (Now Online!)

Development Coordinator — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:25:10 +0000

KCSB programmer Ted Coe is pleased to post a mostly-complete podcast of this past Monday’s edition of his show, “The Freak Power Ticket” (Monday, August 30, 2010), which featured an interview with Honus Honus, prancer/vocalist/keyboardist/lyricist/”lead moustache” for the avant-garde indie-rock quintet, Man Man, from Philadelphia.

Man Man will return to Santa Barbara on Sunday, September 5th, for a concert at SOhO with The Growlers, from Costa Mesa.

Honus discusses: the influence of surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky on Man Man’s work; the band’s theatrical approach to performing; life in a Philadelphia that produced predecessors like Noam Chomsky and Sun Ra’s Arkestra collective; forthcoming records by Man Man and a Honus Honus side project with Nick Thorburn of Islands; and the deeper meaning of a New York-to-Philadelphia “Chinatown bus” ride.

Special thanks to Ace Fu Records and Anti- Records for permission to podcast the four Man Man tracks included in Monday’s program.

“The Freak Power Ticket” airs Mondays from 11am-noon on KCSB.

Congrats to Monsters! Universal Horror Series Hosts! Last Screening Tonight: Creature from the Black Lagoon (Friday, August 27th)

Development Coordinator — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:05:20 +0000

UPDATE: Congratulations are in order for UCSB Arts & Lectures, Santa Barbara County’s Park Foundation and Arts Commission, and the Santa Barbara Film Commission for their presentation of Monsters! Classic Horror Films from Universal Pictures – FREE film screenings on consecutive Wednesdays and Fridays throughout this summer.

The smash series ends tonight with the 1950s science-fiction/horror classic, Creature from the Black Lagoon, which features the infamous “Gill-man” and location shooting in Santa Barbara County.

KCSB is a media supporter of “Monsters! Classic Horror Films from Universal Pictures.”
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Each Wednesday night at 730pm (“Weird Wednesdays”), Arts & Lectures will host screenings in UCSB’s Campbell Hall. Campus presentations of these Universal horror films from the 1930s through the 1950s are being paired with the “Courthouse Movie Series,” which will host free outdoor showings of the same films, each subsequent Friday evening at 830pm (“Frightening Fridays”) at the County Courthouse Sunken Garden in downtown Santa Barbara (where guests are invited to bring blankets, lawn chairs, and refreshments).

The lineup features:

• Dracula (July 7 & 9)
• Frankenstein (July 14 & 16)
• The Wolf Man (July 21 & 23)
• Bride of Frankenstein (July 28 & 30)
• The Invisible Man (August 4 only)
• The Mummy (August 11 & 13)
• The Phantom of the Opera (August 18 & 20)
• The Creature of the Black Lagoon (August 25 & 27).

The County Courthouse is at 1100 Anacapa St. KCSB is a media supporter of A&L’s Summer Cinema.

For more information go to artsandlectures.ucsb.edu, or call 805.893.3535.

“Remember New Orleans”: Culture of Protest Marks 5th Anniversary of Katrina

Development Coordinator — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:36:44 +0000

“Culture of Protest” host Prof. Dick Flacks says of his Thursday, August 26th broadcast:

“Katrina was five years ago and its effects and meanings are being explored in many ways. And now the gulf oil catastrophe adds new traumas and revelations. Music is at the center of all the reflection and expression about the fate of the region, of hope, despair and changing consciousness. So on this week’s show we sample that music from and about New Orleans, especially in the aftermaths.

Pete Seeger has a new song that pertains to all this and that is viral on the web. We’ll play it on the radio. You can see it on youtube.”

“Culture of Protest” airs Thursdays from 6-7pm on KCSB.

Peter Yarrow Interviewed on “Art of Peace” Weds. Night 7-8pm! + KCSB Welcomes Peter Yarrow & Noel Paul Stookey’s Lobero Live Concert on Friday, September 10th

Development Coordinator — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:24:13 +0000

Update: On Wednesday, September 8th, Phil Levasseur, host of “Art of Peace” (Wednesdays 7-8pm), interviews Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary during this week’s edition of his public affairs program.

On Friday, September 10th, Lobero Live presents Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey of the iconic folk trio, Peter, Paul and Mary, in concert starting at 8pm at the Lobero Theatre.

Since 1962, Peter, Paul and Mary led the folk revolution with hits such as “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane,” and “If I Had a Hammer.” Emerging as the nation was recovering from the McCarthy era and as the civil rights movement was taking shape, the trio’s career flowered for 45 years, until Mary Travers lost her long battle with cancer. Now, Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey carry on the group’s mission, activism, humanity, and joy.

Following their concert, a backstage reception in the Lobero courtyard will honor Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey, recipients of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s Distinguished Peace Leadership Award. Special tickets for these combined events can be purchased online at wagingpeace.org.

Concert tickets for Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey are available at the Lobero Box Office at 33 E. Canon Perdido Street, by phone at (805) 963-0761, or at lobero.org, where they can be printed out at home. KCSB is a media supporter of the Lobero Live concert series.

KCSB Team-Up: Mr. Comedy Meets Burdt on “Lies,” Wednesday 6-8am

Development Coordinator — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:21:00 +0000

This week on Lies, Burdt teams up with Mr. Comedy for a discussion of Stand-Up Comedy in America. We will be discussing great comics and not so great comics with excellent comedy tracks mixed in. Also listen as Mr. Comedy repeatedly attempts to one-up Burdt with his comedy knowledge.

Lies airs every Wednesday from 6 to 8am and Afrotensity Tuesday night at midnight.

Rock It Properly presents: Bay City Rockers (Aug. 22)

Development Coordinator — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:54:48 +0000

Of her next broadcast (August 22nd), DJ Darla Bea says, “On this week’s edition of ‘Rock It Properly’, Are you going to San Francisco? We’ll explore the Best of the Bay Area Bands and the diverse amount of musical genres represented. Join me on KCSB for San Fran Trivia.

-Who started out as a disc jockey on the California Radio Station K-SOL?

-What psychedelic band changed their name to Jefferson Starship in the 1980′s?

-What are the names of the brothers Santana?

-Which future Mayor of Oakland was prominently featured in this Dead Kennedys classic?

-What Flamin’ Groovies song was featured in the movie Clueless?

Get ready to Rock Out!

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

Club Mercy & KCSB Present Man Man and The Growlers on Sunday, September 5th, at SOhO

Development Coordinator — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:30:50 +0000

On Sunday, September 5th, Club Mercy and KCSB Present Anti- Records’ sextet Man Man, live in concert at SOhO Restaurant and Nightclub.

From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Man Man’s multi-instrumentalist/multi-genre sound will be preceded by the music of The Growlers, a psychedelic surf-rock quintet from Costa Mesa, California.

The showtime for this all-ages concert is 9pm. SOhO is upstairs at 1221 State St in downtown Santa Barbara. For tickets, see clubmercy.com, for more info call 805-962-7776.

(For a KCSB interview with front-Man Man Honus Honus, click here.)