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Record Confessional Every Week for You Archive!

What?! You want to be asleep during program (Sunday's Midnight - 2am)? No, you just want'a you own speical copy of'a program to listen again and'a again. We understand, so we make'a special link for you to record program. That'a right, Confessional go "ON DEMAND" and'a is ... Read more

Reviews of District 9 and Inglourious Basterds, both in wide release

District 9 (New Zealand) Director: Neill Blomkamp With: Sharlto Copley, etc. One of the joys of reviewing movies is the pleasant surprise.  Sometimes I wonder if I have become jaded, and that my tastes are too refined for the average movie patron.  Then, a little gem like... Read more

THE MELTING POT - FREE DOWNLOAD of the WEEK 1/25/2011

  THE MELTING POT - FREE DOWNLOAD of the WEEK 1/25/2011 Paper Diamond - Levitate Forward is not just a direction, it's a way of life for Colorado based producer Alex B who is rolling out big tunes under the new guise of Paper Diamond. The new project finds the trusted ... Read more

Congratulations Pepe Moscoso on your art opening!

I'm very excited to let you know about the Day of Dead Art Exhibition: 'Death has Permission: José Guadalupe Posada' & Dia de los Muertos Altars. The cultural entities 'Fusionarte' and 'Milagro', with the support from the Consulate of Mexico in Portland, has the pleasure ... Read more

Iran: May 16, 2007 Show

The May 16, 2007 show is about Iran. We interveiwed Dr. Catherine Thomasson, President of Physicians for Social Responsibility about the history of US involvement in Iran, and about her recent trip there,  sponsored by the Fellowship of Reco... Read more

Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences

This review of Sarah Schulman's Ties that Bind: Familial Homophobia and its Consequences was broadcast on The Old Mole Dec 7, 2009. Schulman is known for her novels, plays, non fiction, and activism, and the Utne Reader named her one of this year's Visionaries who are c... Read more

New Evening Schedule!

KBOO is making changes to our evening lineup, starting November 3rd. We are adding new rock, hip hop, and world music shows, opening time for guest programmers, and adding more public affairs in the evening from an African American perspective. Several shows are going of... Read more

Review of Big Fan, opening Sept. 11 at Cinema 21

Big FanDirector: Robert SiegelWith: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Michael RappaportThe best thing about this movie, among a lot of good things, is that a viewer can project her/his own prejudices on to the main characters.  No matter what you think ab... Read more

po lice

The Prologue to Dario Fo’s 1970 play Accidental Death of an Anarchist explains that in late 1969 there were a number of bomb incidents in Italian cities. Milan police arrested an anarchist and accused him of the crime. At a certain point in his interrogation, the anarchi... Read more

Salt in your eyes, at a theater near you.

Salt Director: Phillip Noyce With: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, etc. Angelina Jolie is our major, if not only, female action-movie star.  She has played Lara Croft, of video game fame, and other kick-ass assassins, as in Wanted.  ... Read more