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68--TEXT--DESNOS--22 short pieces--available for reading, performing, producing, etc.

Hi, Typed out for easy reading for performance these 22 short pieces by Desnos which are available for anyone to pick up if you find any of them interesting (and I think they are very interesting). By the way, in the last poem it is "Rrose" with two r's. It's an alias used ... Read more

Review of Morning Glory, now open (11/10/10)

Morning Glory Director: Roger Michell With: Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Wilson, John Pankow In the first episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mary interviews with Lou Grant. Grant has a frozen smile all through it, then tells her ... Read more

Tom Ball, VP of the Native's Program at U of O, will be interviewed on "Tillicum Wawa" Thursday 2-21

Tom Ball , Vice President of the Native American porgram at the U of O in Eugene, will be our guest on KBOO radio station, for this week's "Tillicum Wawa" show on Thursday 2-21-13. Tom Ball, Emillio Henandez of the Latino programs and Carla Gary of the African Amer... Read more

PressWatch: Venezuela Coltan War; Porkachoo!

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New Music in the KBOO Library

Yvonne Washington with Gary Norian - Trust in Me 2CELLOS (Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser) - 2CELLOS Arnold McCuller - Soon As I Get Paid Disappear Fear - Get Your Phil Joe D'Amico - Asleep in My Shoes JC Stylles - Exhilaration & Other States Pat Donohue - Nobody's Fault Guy Cla... Read more

Racist dog-whistles

As usual, Digby says it better than I can:Here's a piece of McCain campaign manager Rick Davis's press release from last week:Barack Obama is the biggest celebrity in the world, comparable to Tom Cruise, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. As he told Congressional Democrats... Read more

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

Friends of Trees is looking for crew leaders. Are you one?

Why are these people smiling? Because they’re Friends of Trees crew leaders! You can be one, too.Friends of Trees is seeking new crew leaders for the upcoming Oct.-April planting season. If you like working with people, enjoy being outdoors, and are interested in restori... Read more

It's garden-variety racism, people

White people, of course, having never experienced the business end of institutionalized racism, can only achieve an approximate understanding of it. Fortunately, Tim Wise is on the scene to help. Here's Wise on how racism is driving the opposition to health care. "You kn... 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