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	Radio Event No. 20: Rhododendron Tom Zahuranec invited the radio audience down to the KPFA Music Office to communicate mentally with a rhododendron which was wired with liquid electrodes feeding impulses into a Buchla synthesizer. This program includes commentary of Amirkhanian and Zahuranec, as well as the impressions of the participants. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Inter-Media; Visual Arts; Interactive Art; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Tom Zahuranec Downloads: 152 Average rating: (0 review)
	Shockwave Radio Theater September 26, 1979 The Second Show - Baron Dave Romm Shockwave Radio Theater KFAI-FM Minneapolis, the second show with fans. Milk Carton Satellite Race Promo followed by Laramie Sasseville reading "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ from Again Dangerous Visions; with Floyd Henderson. Keywords: sci-fi, science fiction, humor, readings Downloads: 80 Average rating: (0 review)
	Shockwave Radio Theater September 19, 1979 The First Show - Baron Dave Romm Chris Dronen hosts a panel of Minneapolis science fiction fans: Rick Gellman, Joyce Scrivener, David Emerson, Ben Lessinger and DavE Romm. Chris, Everett Forte and Charles E Hamilton III had started the program a few weeks earlier, but this was the first one with the crew that took over and has produced Shockwave Radio ever since. Keywords: sci-fi, science fiction, fandom, humor Downloads: 113 Average rating: (0 review)
	Texas Radio News-David Day News January 22 1970 - Anchorman David Day - January 22, 1970 This is an extended newscast from January 22, 1970. It was broiadcast on multiple stations in Texas and features Texas radio newsman David Day as anchor. The newscast reports on President Nixon's first State of the Union Address, arrests in the case of the murder of UMW union leader Joseph Yablonski, an announcement by Paul Eggers that he will run for Governor of Texas, Texas land commission Jerry Sadler's second reported assualt on a newsman, and reporting on Biafra and Nigerian strife... Keywords: texas; radio; news; tsn; david day; newsman; reporter; ted kennedy; george bush; ralph yarborough; jim collins; jerry sadler; state of the union; george wallace; biafra; nigeria; yablonski; january 22; 1970; state of the union Downloads: 7
	Radio Event No 13: "Bucket - Ful Mercury Walk" by Tom Zahuranec Broadcasted live from the Mills College Electronic Tape Music Center via a remote portable transmitter, Tom Zahuranec's "Bucket-Ful Mercury Walk" invited listeners at home to drive to Mills and assist in creating sounds using various electronic equipment including Moog and Buchla synthesizers. Guests discovered and experimented with their manipulated voices while others helped turn nobs on the instruments... Keywords: KPFA; KPFB; Radio Event; Tom Zahuranec; Mills College Electronic Tape Music Center; Don Buchla Downloads: 302 Average rating: (0 review)
	Radio Event No. 15: "30 notes ascending, 24 hours apart" A work by conceptual artist Mike Cohn in which at the beginning of each Morning Concert for the month of April a single note in sequential ascending order was broadcast. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Radio Event; Other Finds; Mike Cohn Downloads: 15 Average rating: (0 review)
	Night Flight excerpt An air check of Tom Paxton performing "The Last Thing On My Mind" from my radio program "Saturday Night Flight." Downloads: 98 Average rating: (0 review)
	Two Works by Janice Giteck Two pieces by Janice Giteck inspired by her interest in ritual and Native American culture. Recording is of a Belgian Radio broadcast. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; New Music; Janice Giteck Downloads: 4
	Charles Amirkhanian & Anthony Gnazzo: William Panda with Back Mark to Martyre - Charles Amirkhanian & Anthony Gnazzo A collection of collaborative sound pieces for radio by Anthony Gnazzo and Charles Amirkhanian. This program has sensitive language. We hope you are a sensitive listener. Keywords: Sound Poetry; Spoken Word; Electro-Acoustic/Electronic; Anthony Gnazzo; Charles Amirkhanian Downloads: 303 Average rating: (0 review)
	Military Coup in Chile. 11th September 1973. - Alvaro Ortiz Audio recording of the official army radio communiques, as broadcast by Chilean public radio during the military coup in Chile, 11th September 1973. * Public radio relays armed forces radio * Elected president Allende is summoned to surrender * Presidential Palace is bombed * Curfew imposed * Firebrigade is called out to the Presidential Palace * President is denied cease-fire * Government officials are summoned to surrender themselves to the police * Announcement of the death of President Allen... Keywords: Chile; Military coup; Human rights; 1973 Downloads: 302 Average rating: (1 review)
	Divertimento for Orchestra by Bruno Maderna & Luciano Berio Charles Amirkhanian introduces the little known “Divertimento for Orchestra“, composed jointly by two Italian avant-garde composers, Bruno Maderna & Luciano Berio. Amirkhanian came upon this rare recording when rummaging through the archives of the West German Radio in Cologne, while on an exchange program with the Dutch radio station VPRO, in late 1973. The work is in three movements, the first, “Dark Rapture Crawl” by Maderna, and the second and third, “Scat Bag “ and “Rhumba-Ram... Keywords: KPFA-FM; VPRO; Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 27
	Somerville - David Misch A song about the city of Somerville, Massachusetts, recorded in the early 1970s by David Misch. The song was often played on WCAS radio in the adjoining city of Cambridge. ©1973 David Misch Keywords: Somerville; Somerville MA; Somerville, Massachusetts Downloads: 717 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Ode to Gravity: A Concert from Hilversum Charles Amirkhanian introduces a program of music that he originally produced in 1973, in Hilversum, Holland, during his exchange program with the Dutch radio station, VPRO. This radio concert features an orchestral overture by George Antheil, two works for strings by Darius Milhaud, a string quartet by Germaine Tailleferre, and a symphony by Willem Pijper. The last two pieces are little known in the United States and serve as a reminder that many composer’s works, no matter how good, seldom g... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; 20th Century Classical; Chamber Music Downloads: 159 Average rating: (0 review)
	various - Gosbourne Various radio shows from 90fm-wwsp from the late 1970s-early 1980s: - Fred Blotto's last show from Dec. 1981 - "Mr. Rogers" sings "Cat Scratch Fever" - interview with Tim "The Rock & Roll Animal of WQFM - "Mr. Rogers" sings Iron Man - Friday Night Meltdown from Dec. 1979 Keywords: wwsp; 90fm Downloads: 194 Average rating: (1 review)
	Hollywood Nite Shift Famed Los Angeles weekly radio show "The Hollywood Nite Shift" with Phil Austin (of Firesign Theatre) and Michael C. Gwynne (Character actor and R&B Aficionado). An hour of inspired improvisation featuring characters The Duck, Johnny Hunkmaster, Atomic Wimp and Stunky and Hutch. Air Date: Sunday Evening, September 10, 1978 7PM to 8PM on KROQ. Hosted by Laura Quinn. Keywords: Austin, Gwynne, Hollywood, Firesign, Duck, Hunkmaster, Atomic, Radio, KROQ Downloads: 170 Average rating: (0 review)
	Saroyan: My Name Is William The reminiscences of renowned author William Saroyan about growing up in Fresno during the early part of the century. Charles Amirkhanian and Vic Bedoian present a collage of traditional Armenian music, readings from Saroyan's stories of Fresno experiences and the author's own radio biography exclusively made for this broadcast. (from KPFA Folio) Keywords: KPFA-FM; Other Finds; William Saroyan Downloads: 221 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: Han Reiziger and Classical Dutch Music, 1978 Charles Amirkhanian interviews Han Reiziger, Music Director of Radio VPRO in Holland, who produced a series of Morning Concerts for KPFA in 1974-75 during his exchange visit here. Reiziger introduces new recordings of Dutch music and comments on recent musical developments in Europe. (from KPFA Folio) Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert series; Interview and Music; Classical Music; Jazz Downloads: 92 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Sound Poems by Charles Amirkhanian & Tape Music by Bernard Parmegiani Charles Amirkhanian introduces text-sound compositions he made at the Swedish Radio in April, 1972, including Sound Nutrition, Radii, Dzarin Bess Ga Khorim, and others. Also on this program is Outreme, a piece for ondes martenot and tape by the French composer Bernard Parmegiani. The martenot is played by Arlette Sibon-Simonovitch. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Spoken Word; Sound Poetry; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic Downloads: 196 Average rating: (0 review)
	Pacifica Is 25 Exactly 25 years after KPFA first went on the air, Larry Josephson hosts a program commemorating the event. In a mix of interviews with some of the stations earliest personalities, including Joy Hill, widow of the station's founder Lewis Hill, and excerpts from some of the best programs from the past 25 years, Josephson recalls the illustrious history of the country's first listener supported radio station. Keywords: Pacifica Radio Network; KPFA-FM; Public Radio; radio stations; Lewis Hill Downloads: 157 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: Ivan Wyschnegradsky: A Memorial Tribute On September 29, 1979, Ivan Wyschnegradsky died in Paris at the age of 86. Only in the last two years of his life did he become widely recognized in Europe for his contributions to the repertoire. Since the early 1920s he had composed in various microtonal systems in an attempt to expand the possibilities of musical expression. Presented in this program is the first American broadcast of Wyschnegradsky’s early (1916-17) mystical work “La Journee de l’Existence”... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert Series; Interview and Music; Orchestral Classical; Microtonal music; Ivan Wyschnegradsky Downloads: 128 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: A Concert from Hilversum Charles Amirkhanian introduces a program of music that he originally produced in 1973, in Hilversum, Holland, during his exchange program with the Dutch radio station, VPRO. This radio concert features music generally not well known in the United States, and includes works by Carl Maria von Weber, Henri Rabaud, Tristen Keuris, Jean Absil, Willem Kersters, and Maurice Duruflé. The works range from a traditional orchestral overture to an adventurous modern saxophone quartet... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; 20th Century Classical; Classical Music Downloads: 143 Average rating: (0 review)
	Dr. S. Franklin Logsdon – NASB Renounced! - Dr. S. Franklin Logsdon For those interested in a deeper study of the New American Standard Bible, I make available a 45 minute radio sermon preached by (the NASB co-founder) Dr. S. Franklin Logsdon in 1973 where he states “I must under God renounce all attachment to the NASB and the King James Version is 100% correct.” Also included (separately) is Pastor J. John Visser's 2005 sermon New American Standard: Corrupt, Period. Keywords: NASB; Bible; KJV; Logsdon; Visser; Lockman Foundation; 1973; 2005 Downloads: 76 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Rain-Drain by Karlheinz Martens Another auditory collage of poetry, music, stories and sounds from Charles Amirkhanian’s groundbreaking radio program, “Ode To Gravity”. In this edition you will hear Charles recite a poem by Nano Valaorites, some quiet jazz music, and a short story read by its author, Mort Bennett, among other assorted aural amusements. Don’t worry about the meaning of it all just sit back and absorb the sonic vibrations. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; Poetry; Soundscapes Downloads: 90 Average rating: (0 review)
	American Music on 78s In the first show of what was destined to become the longest running American radio program devoted to new and avant garde music, host Charles Amirkhanian, introduces three out-of-print works by American composers. There is an early sonata by Leonard Bernstein, a Concerto for harp and wind ensemble by Carlos Salzedo, and finally a string quartet by Walter Piston. All the recordings date to the 1930s and 40s, and were originally released on 78s. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 311 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Avant Garde Music in the Netherlands A fascinating visit with pianist Ton Hartsuiker and composer David Porcelijn, two prominent avant-garde figures in Holland and producers of that country’s nationwide weekly radio program, Musica Nova. Recorded January 15, 1974, in Hartsuiker’s home in The Hague, here is a light-hearted glimpse into the bowels of the obscure and little publicized aspects of experimental music in the Netherlands... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Interview and Music; Avant-Garde; Sound Poetry; Dutch Radio Downloads: 68 Average rating: (0 review)
	Not So, Gnazzo After yet another period of self-imposed retirement, intermedia artist, war correspondent, and general man around town, Anthony Gnazzo, returned to radio in 1971 with another important prerecorded message. “Not So” is an extended text-sound composition which combines taped telephone conversations with what sounds like live readings of selected cut-up texts and other sundry auditory eruptions. Is it just derivative of past avant-garde masterpieces or is it a hilarious, cutting-edge commentary... Keywords: After yet another period of self-imposed retirement, intermedia artist, war correspondent, and general man around town, Anthony Gnazzo, returned to radio in 1971 with another important prerecorded message. “Not So” is an extended text-sound composition which combines taped telephone conversations with what sounds like live readings of selected cut-up texts and other sundry auditory eruptions. Is it just derivative of past avant-garde masterpieces or is it a hilarious, cutting-edge commentary on art and human existence? Only by listening repeatedly and intensely can these and other important questions be answered. So please, for the children, give this program your full and complete attention Downloads: 10
	Ode to Gravity: The People's Opera 1970 (Aerosol, or The Computer That Couldn’t Hear) An intermedia opera, scored by Liam O’Gallagher, for four FM stations and a chorus of nine transistor radios with two soloist or maybe three...via the Bell System plus tapes of Robert Moran and Charles Amirkhanian. Reminiscent of some of John Cage’s aleatory compositions for FM radio this opera contains an amalgam of sounds ranging from Peking Opera, to sound poetry, to snippets of TV, to musicians performing on a variety of instruments... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; Avant-Garde; Soundscapes Downloads: 299 Average rating: (1 review)
	Interview with Hal Clark From a program recorded in February of 1975, Charles Amirkhanian and Neil Rolnick interview the American composer, Hal Clark. Clark had just become the director of the new music studio at the Henie-Onstad Art Center in Norway. The studio was scheduled to open in May of 1975 and was to feature both electronic music, new music, ballet, and mixed media works. Clark describes the music scene in Norway in the early 1970s including its vibrant jazz scene, its single radio station, and the dearth of co... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Jazz; Hal Clark Downloads: 47 Average rating: (1 review)
	Hut Harsh Mutt Marsh (Early Text-Sound Works by Charles Amirkhanian) - Charles Amirkhanian Compositions which fall between the media of music and poetry. Includes Radii, EEYvYUSS, Dactl Dactl Mther Mther Mther Bongg Bongg Frgid, Each'll, Sniro and If In Is. A March 29, 1972 KPFA broadcast, just before Amirkhanian's first trip to Europe where he worked in the studios of Swedish Radio, courtesy of Fylkingen, to make works for the 5th annual festival of text-sound composition. Please note: the commentary track is deliberately altered and treated itself as a compositional element of the p... Keywords: Sound Poetry; Avantgarde Downloads: 371 Average rating: (1 review)
	CHESS: A Participatory Time Space Event On April 28, 1971, the transmission herewith recorded took place. CHESS: A Participatory Time Space Event produced by students from California College of Arts and Crafts under direction of James Petrillo. Thirty-two human beings acted as chess pieces utilizing a district of San Francisco as the chessboard. The chess pieces were situated in the Richmond District of San Francisco bounded by Lake Funston, Fulton Street and Sixth Avenue... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Inter-Media; Visual Arts; Interactive Art Downloads: 77 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Interview with Jacques Bekaert The radical Belgian political reporter Jacques Bekaert, a star of that country’s free-swinging national radio program, King Kong, is surreptitiously a prolific and talented avant-garde composer. While in the States to cover the 1972 presidential race he talked with Charles Amirkhanian about his music in this informal interview. Bekaert gives his impressions of the Nixon presidential campaign and then introduces four of his pieces, including a work utilizing the election eve speech of American ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Avant-Garde; Jacques Bekaert Downloads: 48
	Ode to Gravity: Tom Marioni Retrospective Show 1959 - 1973 This recording documents the works of Tom Marioni, from 1959 to 1973. Marioni was the founder of the Museum of Conceptual Art of San Francisco (MOCA-SF), and the force behind a number of interesting programs found on radiOM.org. The reader heard in this recording is Marioni, who details his works in prose form. The statement was read at a show in Cambridge, MA., at Project Incorporated on February 13, 1973, and this document was prepared especially as a radio version of the same “piece”... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Inter-Media; Visual Arts; Modern Art; Tom Marioni Downloads: 22 Average rating: (0 review)
	MOCA/FM: Sound Art from the Museum of Conceptual Art The Museum of Conceptual Art (MOCA), San Francisco, presents an exhibition for radio by 26 artists, each of whom had been asked to do produce pieces of about sixty seconds duration. Produced by Tom Marioni, director of MOCA, these brief conceptual sound pieces, created by a variety of artists, sculptors, and musicians range from rather conventional jazz music and poetry to downright bizarre examples of text sound compositions ad quasi ambient sound recordings... Keywords: KPFA-FM; MOCA FM; Spoken Word; Sound Poetry; Modern Art Downloads: 29 Average rating: (0 review)
	1970analogtelcofeed.mp3 - passaroundsound.net Using a then typical "remote" radio technique in 1969-1970 and paying for the use of the AT&T analog BELL SYSTEM hookup btwn Michigan and Illinois Bell Telephone Cos., I transmitted this recorded excerpt sent in realtime from this pictured site (http://www.d.umn.edu/~lbrush/asatellite68.gif) where crisscrossed stainless steel wires were stretched over a wintry and dormant strawberry field in Paw Paw Michigan... Keywords: analog; Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange Company; copper-coated telephone/telegraph wire; Terrain Instruments; infinity transmitter Downloads: 57
	Songs of Stephen Foster Charles Amirkhanian introduces a selection of songs by one of America’s earliest and most renowned composers, Stephen Foster. Although Foster’s works were widely performed on pianos and pump organs in family parlors throughout America in the 19th century, they are now mostly forgotten in these days of radio and rock stars. These recordings, which include none of the minstrel songs for which Foster is perhaps best known, offer a window into the spiritual yearnings and fervent patriotism of th... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Popular Music; Folk Music Downloads: 521 Average rating: (0 review)
	A Stereophonic Journey Through India Jean-Louis Derche traveled to India in the summer of 1971 and faithfully recorded temple music in several out-of-the-way locations. Even more remarkable are his unusual recordings made in the streets of Benares, Chidambaran, Madurai, Tanjour, and Trivandrum. Listen to the sounds of rickshas, a walk down a narrow street, craftsmen hammering metal, and the timeless flow of the Ganges River. His companion, photographer Monique Sidi, provided illustrations of the journey, for use in the September 19... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Other Finds; Soundscapes; World Music; Jean-Louis Derche Downloads: 1,580 Average rating: (0 review)
	An Informal Conversation with Harvey Matusow and Friends On December 18, 1972 in the KPFA Control Room a group of people got together for an informal and unstructured conversation. The jovial group included KPFA Music Director Charles Amirkhanian, Sheila and Larry Booth of Half Moon Bay, composer Annea Lockwood and her husband at that time, Harvey Matusow. Sounding more like friends after a long night of partying than any official type of radio show, the group listen as Matusow offers an alternative view of famous American figures and calls people at ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Current Events; Lecture; Panel Discussion Downloads: 5
	Works by Six Dutch Composers Han Reiziger of VPRO (Dutch Radio) hosted a number of KPFA broadcasts in 1974 as part of an exchange program. In this edition he introduces the works of six Dutch composers, several of which are very rare in United States, to this day. Included are incidental music by Alphons Diepenbrock, two re-workings of the Dutch national anthem by Anthon van der Horst and Louis Andriessen, a symphony by Cornelis Dopper, a seldom heard avant-garde piece by Bernard van Beurden, and an aleatoric work for two w... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Han Reiziger; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 210 Average rating: (1 review)
	Live at Shaffy Theater: A Concert by Two Dutch Jazz Greats Recorded on Nov. 16, 1974 at the Shaffy Theater in Amsterdam, a concert of avant-garde jazz, performed by Willem Breuker on saxophones and clarinets and Leo Cuypers on piano. These two jazz greats from the Netherlands move seamlessly from radical free jazz to more lyrical musings, at times quoting famous popular melodies, before meandering back into more improvisational territory, all to the notable amusement of the audience... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Avant-Garde; Jazz Downloads: 184 Average rating: (0 review)
	Charles Amirkhanian Concert at 1750 Arch on KPFA's Ode To Gravity Series, 1973 - Charles Amirkhanian Beginning in 1972, KPFA Radio broadcast weekly on Friday nights over high quality phone lines from a lovely home in North Berkeley owned by baritone singer Thomas Buckner. The address and name of the concert hall and record company was 1750 Arch Street, and many brilliant composers and performers made this 49-seat hall the place to be in Northern California to hear classical music of all periods with an emphasis on the contemporary... Keywords: Sound Poetry; Spoken Word; KPFA-FM; Charles Amirkhanian; 1750 Arch Street Downloads: 260 Average rating: (0 review)
	Fifth Biennial Survey of Contemporary Music: Works by Rudolf Komorous & Petr Kotik One of a series of programs originating from the International Service of Belgium Radio and Television in which the works of contemporary composers are highlighted. Heard first is “Olympia” by Rudolf Komorous, a work scored for a variety of instruments and sound making devices including flexatone, melodica, mouth-harmonica, nightingale whistles, bells, and and ratchet. Komorous was born in Prague but has made his home in Canada where he has taught at the University of Victoria... Keywords: Contemporary Music; KPFA-FM; Music; Avant-Garde Downloads: 9
	Fifth Biennial Survey of Contemporary Music: Works by Frederic Rzewski & Julius Eastman One in a series of programs originating from the International Service of Belgium Radio and Television in which the works of contemporary 20th century composers are highlighted. In this edition two pieces by American composers performed by the Society of Electronic Music of Buffalo, New York. First is “Le Montons De Panurge” by Frederic Rzewski, a work scored “for any number of musicians playing melody instruments plus any number of non-musicians playing anything”... Keywords: Contemporary Music; KPFA-FM; Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic Downloads: 34
	Ode To Gravity: Bon Bonn Bon Originally broadcast on the evening of the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's birth this program would have had the deaf composer holding his head in amazement. An energetic mix of assorted musical genres, this program combines the madness one would associate with the Fugs with the elegance reminiscent of a Chopin nocturne, with a healthy dose of jazz and a little bit of poetry by Ezra Pound thrown in for seasoning... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; Classical Music Downloads: 11
	Ode to Gravity: Avant-Garde Music and Art Festivals in Europe A program produced by Charles Amirkhanian, while he was in the Netherlands as part of an exchange program with VPRO (Holland Radio). Amirkhanian reviews a number of European musical festivals, including a concert of Letterist music. In addition Charles interviews Pierre Boulez after a recent performance of his works. Also interviewed is composer Mauricio Kagel in Cologne, Germany as he prepares for the premiere of his work, Zwei-Mann Orchester, a work scored for homemade instruments, crudely ope... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Avant-Garde; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic Downloads: 344
	Ode to Gravity: The Music of David Bates Charles Amirkhanian introduces music by the late Fresno composer David Bates. A victim of cancer at the age of 38, Bates was for the past three years the guiding force behind the new electronic music studio at Fresno State University and a most promising young composer who had just been awarded the prize of the American Academy of Rome. Critic Alan Skei of the Fresno Bee talks about Gates’ pieces heard on this program, including “Suena" for viola and piano, “Till Then” for piano and elec... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; 20th Century Classical; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic Downloads: 140
	Nicolas Slonimsky on the Funeral of Mozart in Vienna - Nicolas Slonimsky Excerpted from "Thin Air: Nicolas Slonimsky at 76" The view long was that Mozart was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave due to the hazards of a raging storm in Vienna during his funeral. Musicologist Nicolas Slonimsky tells how he debunked that theory. Ever on a quest for accuracy of detail in his Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Slonimsky pursued some of the largest musical questions of all time, often with unexpected results... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview; 20th Century Classical; New Music; Nicolas Slonimsky Downloads: 571 Average rating: (0 review)
	r i g i d f o x h o l e - Charles Amirkhanian, Richard Friedman & Anthony Gnazzo This incurably bizarre program, somewhat reminiscent of John Cage's Indeterminacy, begins with "I had a hankering to shoot pins at Bartok." It features a mix of pre-recorded electronic and radio drama sound sources mixed with tape delay under readings of experimental texts by Charles Amirkhanian read by Carol Law, Anthony J. Gnazzo and Amirkhanian himself. Performed live in the KPFA studios, the writing is influenced by William Burroughs, Clark Coolidge, and Fluxus happenings artists Dick Higgin... Keywords: Sound poetry; Anthony Gnazzo; Richard Friedman; Carol Law; Charles Amirkhanian; Fluxus; trenchermen; kitchen; Bartok; spitting Downloads: 402 Average rating: (1 review)
	John Cage at KPFA on July 29, 1971 - John Cage On the evening of Thursday, July 29, 1971, John Cage visited KPFA to talk about his current activities and interests and also to read the first and fifth sections from his Diary: How to improve the world (you will only make matters worse). He also reads a high school oratory which garnered a permanent trophy for Los Angeles High School where he was valedictorian of the class of 1928. Present in the room during the discussion are also Charles Amirkhanian, Richard Friedman, Charles Shere and Gerar... Keywords: Interview; Experimental Literature; Avant-Garde; John Cage; KPFA-FM Downloads: 1,186 Average rating: (1 review)
	But Still More Air Checks from legendary WREK-FM, Atlanta - SurferDan Mostly scoped air checks from non-commercial and very eclectic WREK-FM in Atlanta, Georgia. From their tiny broadcast shack on top of the Van Leer Building, as well as from their big broadcast studios on 8th Street downtown, right next to the Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Live board feed analog cassette tape with Dolby noise reduction, converted to MP3. For more classic WREK-FM programs, see: WREK Saturday Morning at the Radios WREK Saturday Morning at the Radios 2 WREK Saturday Morning at the Ra... Keywords: WREK; Atlanta_Radio; Surfer_Dan; Suz; Acme_Hour; Georgia_Egg; Moos; Saturday_Morning; Jorge_DeCubas; Gerry_Picard; John_Conway; Steve_Liggett; Fred_Runde; Howard_Head_Jr; DeSoto_Hour; Jazz_Windows; Sunday_Madness; Sports_Mike; Malt_Shop_Menu Downloads: 3 Average rating: (0 review)
	A Visit With Maro Ajemian from KPFA's Ode To Gravity Series, 1970 - Maro Ajemian, Charles Amirkhanian, Richard Friedman Ode To Gravity with Charles Amirkhanian, A Visit With Maro Ajemian (August 26, 1970). Internationally renowned pianist Maro Ajemian, her husband Lionel Galstaun, and KPFA's Richard Friedman and Charles Amirkhanian discuss the music of Komitas (1869-1935), an Armenian composer, performer, and musicologist, whose compositions are based on folk tunes of Armenia and set in the modes, rhythms, and harmonies of Eastern rather than Western (e.g... Keywords: Folk; 20th Century Classical; Radio Shows Downloads: 384 Average rating: (0 review)