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Rock It Properly presents: “DOWN UNDER WONDERS” July 4
Of her next broadcast (July 4th), DJ Darla Bea says, “On this week’s edition of ‘Rock It Properly’, we'll be taking a trip "Down Under" to Australia & New Zealand. Learn about the artists & genres that rock the Outback. Don't wait for your "billy to boil", join me for Trivia on KCSB! -What Aussie sheila acted in movies with John [...]
DJ Kate Kelchner’s Between the Bars profiled in The KCSBeat
Under the spotlight in the latest edition of The KCSBeat, Colin Marshall's column for the Santa Barbara Independent on the people, places and things of KCSB, is Kate Kelchner, electrical engineering grad student by day and up-to-the-minute indie rock maven by (Monday) night:After graduating high school, even devoted music wonks might find their [...]
Michael Martinez and Smoooothe Beatzzz profiled this week in The KCSBeat
Colin Marshall's newest KCSBeat column for the Santa Barbara Independent goes inside Smoooothe Beatzzz, Michael Martinez's program that makes people wonder whether lightning has struck the station's transmitter:As both a UCSB art student and a die-hard prankster, Martinez can rarely resist the opportunity to catch others off guard. “Startling [...]
Richard Pryor & the evolution of black comedy in America on “Afrotensity” (Tuesday night!)
This week on Afrotensity, Mr. Comedy follows the evolution of black comedy in America. About his next broadcast, Mr. Comedy writes: "Listen as we trace the path of comedian Richard Pryor. Pryor is one of the most influential comedians of all time. Hear Redd Foxx, one of the primary influences for Pryor, and Paul Mooney, a writer for Pryor. [...]
Rock It Properly presents: “PUMP UP the JAM” June 27
Of her next broadcast (June 27th), DJ Darla Bea says, “On this week’s edition of ‘Rock It Properly,’ grab your bike shorts and get ready to do the 'running man' as we take a trip back in time to the early 1990's! Learn about the artists who rocked the clubs with a musical genre called Eurodance! Join me on KCSB for some '90's' [...]
KCSB Supports Lobero Live’s Presentation of Little Feat on Wednesday, June 30th, at the Lobero Theatre
On Wednesday, June 30th, Lobero Live presents Little Feat. Formed by surviving member Bill Payne on keyboards with the late Lowell George (of The Mothers of Invention) and others, the Los Angeles group Little Feat will bring its fusion of California rock, funk, folk, jazz, country, rockabilly, New Orleans swamp boogie and more to the stage of the [...]
“Culture of Protest” Marks 28 Years on KCSB – This Week!
“Culture of Protest” host Prof. Dick Flacks says of tonight’s broadcast (Thurs., June 24th): "We did our first broadcast in June 1982. We'll celebrate on this week's show with a mix of songs--old and new--that have touched me recently. Songs both musically and politically stirring, that help get me through these times--and maybe you will [...]
A conversation with poet Tan Lin on “The Marketplace of Ideas,” Friday, June 25th
This week, The Marketplace of Ideas features a conversation with poet Tan Lin, professor of English and creative writing at New Jersey City University and author of the books Lotion Bullwhip Giraffe, BlipSoak01 and Heath (Plagiarism/Outsource). His latest book, Seven Controlled Vocabularies and Obituary 2004. The Joy of Cooking, uses its form to [...]
The station’s jazz library explored in this week’s KCSBeat
Returning to the music library for one more examination of the rare, the weird and the delightful to be found on KCSB's shelves of vinyl, Colin Marshall focuses on the startlingly varied, nearly undefinable realm of jazz in his latest KCSBeat column:A flip through program schedules of the past reveals that most shows falling under the "jazz" [...]
Colin Marshall talks to sonic curator, writer and composer David Toop on the Marketplace of Ideas this Thursday
This week (Thursday, June 17th), The Marketplace of Ideas features a conversation with David Toop, composer of sound, writer about sound, curator of sound and research fellow at the London College of Communication. His works in text include Ocean of Sound, Exotica, Haunted Weather and the Rap Attack books. His latest is Sinister Resonance: The [...]
