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Sat 11/15 National Rally against Prop 8 - Oregon details

Message from the Democratic Party of Oregon, LGBTQ caucus: November 4th election night has come and passed.  As Democrats, as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Oregonians and Americans we have much to celebrate. We elected the first African-American President of the Unit... Read more

November 19th, 2007

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Pillaging Public Pensions

WRR: Pensions Last week, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber called for a special legislative session (to begin 8am September 30th) noting that "we have an opportunity to combine cost savings from reforms to the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) and new revenue to res... Read more

Livability or Big Brother: Portland Police's Secret List

The Portland Police Bureau is keeping a list of people arrested most often downtown. The police say that the list, which has grown from 35 to nearly 400, is part of a coordinated strategy to improve livability in Old Town and surrounding neighborhoods by arresting chroni... Read more

Archivos de Tonalli.


Introduction to Ustad Amir Khan

On Whole World Music on January 11, 2009, Craig Burk gave this introduction to raga Marwa, sung  by Ustad Amir Khan. In the realm of classical music of Northern India and Pakistan, the term Ustad is synonymous with Master or Maestro. And Ustad Amir Khan was certainly a m... Read more

Lifeisaparty- The For Reals Summer!! Edition

  ,   The good people that host the dance party Electric Feel (Saturday night @ the Fez Ballroom) are offering FREE entry to anyone that comes to the door before 11pm and says ‘LifeisaParty.’ Townbombing (Friday Night @ Tube) is offering $1... Read more

New Folk Releases December 13, 2013

CHILDSPLAY                                                           As the Crow Flies STEVEN GRAVES                                                  Time Will Tell MARK GROBNER & KEN KOLODNER              Sunrise LOU DOMINGUEZ                                          ... Read more

Bridget B's Last Show

 Wow, what a ride. This listener touched my heart so I'll start with his edited words:Hey Bridget!      Great show last night (2/13/10).  I just wanna let you know that I really enjoyed hanging out with you on all those Saturday nights, enjoying your artistry (This is H... Read more

New Releases, Feb 24, 2012

Here's a list of new releases we've added to the KBOO library for the week of February 24th.   ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL    GENRE Bowerbirds    The Clearing    Dead Oceans    Rock – oldies Farrar, Jay et al.    New Multitudes    Rounder    Rock – oldies Fro, Jon    Been on a ... Read more