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Movies opening this weekend (Dec. 17, 2010)

The Hollywood Theater is showing a new print of Mon Oncle, a film by the sublime French actor/director Jacques Tati. When I heard that it was the English-language version I worried, until I recalled that there is virtually no dialog in the film anyway. What there is, is... Read more

Review of "The Last Station," now at the Fox

The Last Station (2009)Director: Michael HoffmanWith: Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Paul GiamattiBased on a novel about the last days of the life of Leo Tolstoy (Plummer), who had achieved a near-saintly status in the last years of the czar in Russia. ... Read more

New! Talking Earth online Anthology: Poems by A. Molotkov, Chris Ridenour, John Sibley Williams

Water Each lake is a pinhole poked from a larger map of land. Each nameless roadside creek is born of curious scissors. I am sorry, cartographer of my life.... Read more

8--TEXT--Leonora Carrington's THE SKELETON'S HOLIDAY for monologue

Hi Gang, First in a series of Carrington short stories on their way, taken from THE SEVENTH HORSE. Her writing is lots of fun. She was Max Ernst's lover in Paris until Max was "interned" and Leonora fled to Spain. Would love to have been a fly on the wall when the tw... Read more

Digital Divide: Wade Davis, Juliane Assange Update, Ram Dass

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said his work "will not be cowed," as he promised the whistle-blowing site would release a million more documents. In a speech from a balcony at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, he said the files to be published in 2013 wou... Read more

December Board Meeting--Drafting the Agenda

The December meeting of the KBOO Board of Directors will be Monday Dec. 28 at 6 pm at the station. Here is what has been suggested for the agenda so far. In general, if people have items for the board agenda they should let me know. I'm not sure who is signed up to bring ... Read more

Review of "Vincere"

Vincere (Italy/Germany 2009) Director: Marco Bellocchio With: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi We all knew Benito Mussolini was a bad guy, but how many of us knew how badly he treated his first wife and son? Told from Ida Dalser Mussolini’s (Mezzogiorno) point of view,... Read more

Barber hair!

Please click the Read More to be able to watch the excellent Barber Hair video. Read more

19--TEXT--Aime Cesaire's NOTEBOOK OF A RETURN TO THE NATIVE LAND

Hi gang, Putting out this script of Cesaire's amazing poem which I recommend strongly that you read. But just a few lines in and you will realize that this poem requires a black voice(s) with perhaps some black musicians adding accompaniment. I am in the process of tr... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library December 2, 2013

Aloa Input Anysome Morr Alt Rock Blood Orange Cupid Deluxe Domino Alt Rock Coliseum Sister Faith Temporary Residence Alt Rock Har-di-Har Hard Parent / Thic... Read more