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NPR's Underwriting Woes

 An interesting article on NPR's flattening growth curve.  Hmmm, methinks people around the world have many more media choices than they once did; crisis or opportunity? www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/npr-sees-sharp-downturn-in-advertising-revenue-leading-to-talk-o... Read more

In Other Words needs our help

The message below from In Other Words, the LAST non-profit, feminist bookstore in the country. Please repost widely, even to contacts outside of Portland. This community resource has touched many lives in her long herstory. Let us support those who have supported us for ... Read more

structural adjustment comes to the usa

For the Old Mole August 1 2011. Last week, well-read red Tom Becker read from Paul Craig Roberts' essay on the so-called debt crisis in the US, "An Economy Destroyed: The Enemy Is Washington." At the risk of repeating some of his key points, I'm going to repeat som... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library October 10, 2014

Afternoons Say Yes Eenie Meenie Alt Rock Jane Badler Opus Self Released Alt Rock Bitter Fruit It Gets Worse Vetoxa Alt Rock Bonnie Prince Billy Singer's Gr... Read more

Wolfman and Third Man, poles apart

Two films are currently showing on Portland screens, and I will review one of them.Not Wolfman.  This film was screened only for The Oregonian, and we were not invited.  This happens several times a year.  And Shawn Levy is not to blame, nor is the paper.  Shawn didn't l... Read more

Boss around the Top Tens!!!

                Every year we say were gonna do a top ten , and it NEVER happens.  Well.....HAPPY NEW YEAR HOMIES!!   It’s HAPPENING!!!     We bothered some of the folks behind some of the illest happenings here in the city, and this is what they said.                  ... Read more

Overaccumulation: Capital and Fat

[audio here] The economic crisis that we face today, and that we are battling in Wisconsin, in Portland, and in occupations and activism around the world, is just an acute phase of one of the regular crises that capitalism faces. Capitalism always needs to grow, to find n... Read more

Jim Archer on KBOO

Here is the audio file of his interview. (See work below - paintings of faces at Life Gallery.) Read more

NEW in KBOO music library December 22, 2014

Quiet Life Housebroken Man Mama Bird Alt Rock Songs: Ohia Didn't It Rain Secretly Canadian Alt Rock Burtt, Peter Joseph & King Tide, The Bone To Stone Self Released Regular Rock... Read more

Soul'd Out Music Festival Ticket Giveaways through March and April!

 Gil Scott Heron, Ceu. Dead Prez and more...you can score tickets to some of the hottest concerts in town by tuning in to Active Listening with the Seamstress of Sound from 10-midnight on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month. Thanks to Doubletee Booking for their gener... Read more