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VJ
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Swing 'n' Country
I like music. And researching.

I host Swing 'n' Country on 5th Saturdays. I used to do the Portland Resistance Calendar blogcast. I guest- & substitute host for other programs as needed. 

Additional Girl Power, plus swoony heartthrob Glen Campbell

Airs at: Sat, 07/22/2017 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
  This week's theme: country, western swing, boogie and rockabilly from before 1965.   Do you have requests? Were they recorded before 1965? Please let us know before Saturday! Additional Girl Power. KBOO just got in a few new albums with fresh female voices, and I am ex... Read more

July 21 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 07/28/2017 at 5:00pm
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  Updated Thursday, July 27.  4 rallies. 7(!) film screenings. 2 book clubs meetings. There are festivals, parties, benefits and fundraisers, picnics, self-defence trainings, and art, about tenants rights, homelessness and poverty, workers and immigrants rights, Black Liv... Read more

There Where The Avalanche Stops

Airs at: Tue, 07/18/2017 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Early Morning Gumbo
  Diane is unavailable, so I (VJ) am sitting in. We'll be exploring some music from Eastern Europe -  lots of Balkans, lots of Cyrillic, lots of music from the Roma.    Bandcamp: Drevo, from the Ukraine Eva Salina - ish NPR: Eva Salina's Love For Balkan Music Is Li... Read more

July 14 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 07/14/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 07/21/2017 at 5:00pm
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  Updated Thursday 7/20. July 14 is Bastille Day, as you know - France's national holiday, based on storming the Bastille, a prison in Paris. Vive La France! Some events this week that perhaps you're interested in include: Just about anything the Portland Democratic Socia... Read more

July 7-16 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 07/07/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 07/14/2017 at 5:00pm
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TL;dl? Events, etc, I'm looking forward to Yellow Terror: The Collections and Paintings Of Roger Shimomura Exhibition Clinton Street Theater indie-go-go fundraiser* Don't be a Bystander! Second Saturday is for Social Justice Portland International Muslim Cultural Fest... Read more

Songs from Scotland

Airs at: Thu, 07/06/2017 at 5:30am - 7:00am
VJ, here, sitting in for Paul. I've got a pile of Scottish and Scots Gaelic music on hand to soothe what ails you and fire up your temper.  Read more

I don't need it, I don't want it, and you cheated me out of it

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Poetic License
  Spoken word. Music.  Playlist: Jayne Cortez: Find Your Own Voice Frank O'Hara: Having a Coke With You Laurie Anderson: The Beginning of Memory 2 John Giorno: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Anne Sexton: Music Swims Back to Me David Henderson: Ruckus Poem (part 1) - mu... Read more

^&*@%^&$&

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2017 at 3:00am - 5:30am
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Don't know where we're going. Just know that the car is full of gas, and the radio's ready to go. Can't sleep, clowns will eat me. Read more

June 30 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 06/30/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 07/07/2017 at 5:00pm
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  Updated Thursday, July 6. If it were left up to me: Saturday, July 1 - Immigration Justice / Burgerville Workers Union event Sunday, July 2 - Resistance Summer Cookout in Hillsboro Wednesday, July 5 - Just Energy Transition Workshop Thursday, July 6 - Something First... Read more

Canada Day and a nod to Tim Buckley & Lowell George

Airs at: Thu, 06/29/2017 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Saturday is Canada Day. Where I'm from, that's kinda a big deal. So while I started out thinking that this would be based on Tim Buckley and Lowell George (of Little Feat) tangents, given that they both died many years ago on June 29, after being rode hard and put away wet,... Read more