Crows Nest Radio – season 2 – episode 2

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Crows Nest Radio – season 2 – episode 1

The Portland Intergenerational Women’s Choir opened up their practices to my microphones and shared with me how they really feel about singing together every week.
This is the first episode of the new season of the Crows Nest Radio podcast, now from Portland, Oregon. You can download the mp3.

Hello, my name is Eric Klein and I loved this radio show of mine. It aired from fall of 2010 to fall of 2011 in the Bay Area of Northern California on KPFA. It was a story telling radio show. It was also a live call in show. It was a creative experiment.

For a purely experimental live show, take a listen to this episode first: “The Ballad of Mr Fantiso” because it combines live music, story telling, and listener calls. My more traditional news and public affaris radio work can be found here.

Or just pick a show below and give it a listen. We did a series of shows called “Unemployed” and another called “Our Dead Friends and Facebook,” both using recorded stories and live listener calls.

I love the first episode “Sascha’s Dangerous Gifts” and the last one  The Censored Climate Change Streetscapes of Anthony Holdsworth. I love all the ones in between.

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Listen to Anthony tell us his story while he paints this very picture and as he is interrupted by all manner of friendly folks on the street:

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Climate Change Quartet # 3,' Fire over Water', oil/canvas, 42" X 55", 2011

More paintings and info at Anthony’s website

Sascha’s bilpolar diagnoses landed him in the hospital 3 times.
It also gave him super powers to change the world.

Click to download “Dangerous Gifts”

Sascha Altman DuBrul’s old story, which he mentions in the radio show, is here.

The pretty song in this radio show was downloaded for free and shared without breaking the law. It’s called”Lullaby” by _ghost. More info:

The other music for this episode was composed by the greatest human being in the world, my pal Scott Bruzenak.

If you want the latest that Sasha has to share, here is his blog

This episode originally aired last year as an hour long show.

Bloggers, Reporters and Cartoonists share stories about their most popular creations of the year 2010.

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The following is the long list of links to the stories, posts and images described during the show:

Will Evans’ story in print was first published on the California Watch website. And then was updated later.

Kate Sheppard on “Why We’re Doomed”

Mat Bors:

Matt Bor's most popular comic of 2010

Click the image to order a copy or see more of Matt Bor’s stuff.

Tim Redmond told of “Civil Sidewalks, Lewis Lapham, and the struggle for the soul of cities”

Lance Knobel on Berkeley’s Mountain Lion shooting.

Ben Trefny’s interview with filmmaker Charles Ferguson.

Eric of Transbay Blog says this BART story was the year’s most viewed/commented.

Rachel Swan’s East Oakland Turf Dancing Video and “Oakland’s War on Fun” stories.

David Weir on the actual, physical existence of twitter and how the people who work there like cookies just as much as the rest of us.

Tony Millionaire’s Maakies website as well as the valentine he described on the show:

real talk from Pearl Millionaire

SONGS
Most music from the show, as always, is from the Free Music Archive. The FMA is heroically supplying creators and connoisseur’s with music that likes being shared! 
Latin Nightbug (Lee Rosevere) / CC BY-NC 3.0

Scott Bruzenak’s “melting song” (not on the FMA)

Do What You Can (Lee Rosevere) / CC BY-NC 3.0

Flutesichord (Mac 68K) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

The theme music, which ended this show is chartreuse cactus (I, Cactus) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

I failed to mention during the show that I stole the idea for this episode from Benjamin Walker’s “Too Much Information” on WFMU.  Highly recommended.

Shareef Ali and Liz Culley talk about their dead facebook friends. And the listeners call in to share.

If you call the number given out during the show, you wont find me because I’m not there right now. Silly. Email me.

Both of these volunteer interviewees are local singers. Coincidence?
Shareef: www.shareefali.com
Liz: on youtube

This documentary needs more voices. Send me an email crowsnestradio@gmail.com if you want to tell us your story.

The opening music is

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On October 17, 2010 I tried an experiment: Going on the air with a work in progress (a concept really) and turning that into a live radio call in show.

I was pleased with the results.

Crows Nest Radio ep106

The incredible true story of my friend S.G. who was a medical doctor, but when she wasn’t getting better from a serious illness, she quit. Now she teaches Yoga.

Songs: