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Buenos Aires update #5

Hello again from my bed, at Soco in Buenos Aires. Today I woke up stiff and weak, so I'm taking the big hint, and staying in bed. I think I'm a little like every animal that gets knocked about, and then puts up a big bluff about being tough enough, but then runs to a... Read more

Craig Burk hosts Tribute to Jewish American Songwriters

Craig Burk hosts Tribute to Great Jewish-American Songwriters, September 2, 2007 On September 2, I presented a Tribute to the Great Jewish-American Songwriters as an alternate program to the Yiddish Hour. The playlist for that program may be found by clicking here During... Read more

Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Denise Morris and I reviewed The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. This documentary, released last year to theaters and this year on DVD, also played on PBS in October , and is available streaming on Netflix, and you can put a hold ... Read more

Reviews of "Trucker" and "Amelia," opening today, Oct. 23, 2009.

Trucker (2008)Director: James MotternWith: Michelle Monaghan, Jimmy Bennett, Nathan Fillion, Benjamin BrattThe “indie” film may be identified by any of several characteristics: low budget; quirky characters; big stars working for peanuts; lame stories. Very often an ind... Read more

07/24/14 episode of Pandæmonium

07/24/14 episode of Pandæmonium is up Chapter XXIII: Sardonic Temporaneous Umbrage episode information playlist download Read more

Poems by Judith Arcana

Talking Earth Anthology: Judith Arcana Judith Arcana is a writer, teacher and activist who has taught literature, writing and interdisciplinary topics in women’s studies in high schools, colleges, libraries, living rooms, a state prison and a county jail. She holds a ... Read more

Lucky us - guests Lipstick & Dipstick on Out Loud Tues Jan 15th 6pm

Have you heard? Lipstick & Dipstick are locals & they're also well known to women around the world!They'll be hosts for the L Word season preimiere Sunday Jan 6th at the Bagdad Theater Voted the #1 column in CURVE in a recent reader's poll, Lipstick & Dipstick give punch... Read more

let's race for the revolution, instead

[audio here] The Komen Foundation's recent decision to pull its funding from Planned Parenthood was not an aberration, and not unrelated to the recent conflict over the need for health insurance plans to cover contraception. Both, of course, constitute attacks on women'... Read more

Beginning my term as President of the Board

I had a good time last night at the Blues Power benefit concert for Tom Wendt. It was inspiring to see how many people have been touched by a long-time KBOO DJ. Personally, if not for KBOO, I would not have learned to listen to and enjoy non-pop music like blues and bl... Read more

"Battle Royale" Jan 1 & 2 at the Clinton

Director: Kinji Fukasaku With: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yukihiro Kotani, Takeshi Kitano, Aki Maeda One of legendary Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku's last films, Battle Royale (2000) is an awesome, ultraviolent near-future tale of a government gone crazy. Each year, officials ro... Read more