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Iron Men and Bicycle Thieves at the Movies

Iron Man 2 (Opening everywhere) Director: Jon Favreau With: Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson Second time around can be a problem for a movie franchise. We already know the actors and sit... Read more

We reached our $50,000 Winter membership drive goal early Friday afternoon.

A huge round of thanks to the members, volunteers, food donors and staff who enabled us to reach our $50,000 goal over a day ahead of schedule. This is the earliest we've ended a drive in years, so we're all really very excited about it. If you didn't contribute yet, y... Read more

The Sad State Of KBOO

August 6th, 2013 (I had planned to release this earlier but the collapse of the kboo.fm website delayed my ability to post.) When application packets for the Board Of Directors were made available, it was a different KBOO. KBOO last May had a divided board a... Read more

23--NEWS--Program Guide write-up for June 29 Desolo Luna Vox Theatrum

June 29, 2009 8:00pm - Midnight Pacific Desolo Luna Vox Theatrum A 4-hour-long Dada/Surrealist variety show which airs on the rare 5th Mondays. This Theatrum will feature appearances by poet/writer and NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu including a reading from his new bo... Read more

The Dharma Wheel Stops Turning

For the past 20+ years, I have had the privilege and honor of hosting the Dharma Wheel here at KBOO. I hope It has been a musical soundtrack of our times, sharing music that rings with political and spiritual truth. It is an amazing and perhaps synchronistic coincidence t... Read more

URGENT - Strong push to eliminate federal funding for public media

An urgent update from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB): "Despite the events surrounding NPR this week, our challenge remains the same: protecting federal funding for local public broadcasting stations. It is critical that we use the coming 48 hour... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library May 19, 2014

Bains III, Lee & The Glory Fires Dereconstructed Sub Pop Alt Rock Bo Ningen III Stolen Alt Rock Coy Kids Youthful Days Texiera Alt Rock Eels The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett E Works Alt Rock Obe... Read more

Gavin Shettler from Milepost Five

Listen to the interview here. Pictured above is a fresh-faced Gavin Shettler, a few years before the Portland Art Center and his current gig at Milepost Five. He’s now a wiser, maybe more pragmatic director of dreams. When I saw him at the Manor of Art, he said: “I don’t... Read more

Support grassroots relief efforts in Haiti!

KBOO hosts an all-day on-air Fundraiser for Haiti on February 18th! Click here for more info on KBOO's Fundraiser for Haiti Click here for a list of upcoming benefits for Haiti in Portland | Click here for KBOO audio reports on the situation Haiti relief efforts: We have don... Read more

First a word from Uncle Mort!

June 21 and this blog is now open for comment and further questions. Read more