KPFA marathon update

Please note: the February 3 KPFA marathon will start an hour later than previously announced: 10 am pacific time. Ends at 1 am as usual, meaning I have an hour less on the air but an hour more to sleep before the big day! Stay tuned for more details. I’ll start a web page for … Read more

Dead to the World 1/3/07

Steve Silberman talks about the wonderful new David Crosby boxed set Voyage, for which he wrote the liner notes. Deja Vu Wooden Ships Renaissance Fair – David Crosby, Voyage Triad – The Byrds, Never Before Tamalpais High (At About 3) Kids and Dogs Rusty and Blue – David Crosby, Voyage Everything Was Right: The Beatles’ … Read more

Dead to the World 12/27/06

Revolver montage from Everything Was Right: The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ Cold Rain and Snow Lazy Lightning-> Supplication Scarlet Begonias-> Fire on the Mountain – Grateful Dead 12/27/77 Winterland, San Francisco Everything Was Right: The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ part 1 Brokedown Palace – Joan Osborne, Pretty Little Stranger Long Gone – Free Peoples, from Live from Berkeley: Performances … Read more

Dead to the World 12/13/06

Help on the Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin’s Tower-> Dancin’ in the Streets Samson and Delilah – Grateful Dead 6/17/76 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ Interview with Blair Jackson, author of Dead Gear: the Band’s Instruments, Sound Systems, and Recording Sessions from 1965 to 1995. Interview with Jim Lauderdale, recorded in my living room last night: Upside Down … Read more

Dead to the World 12/6/06

Cold Rain and Snow Big River They Love Each Other Cassidy Tennessee Jed Looks Like Rain Row Jimmy The Music Never Stopped Scarlet Begonias Promised Land – Grateful Dead 6/17/76 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ No Puedo Mas – Los Lobos, The Town and the City We Dance the Night Away – Chris Bramble, Laugh at … Read more

Dead to the World 11/29/06

Sliding Delta Blues Contract I Don’t Know You Lonesome LA Cowboy Four Strong Winds Whatcha Gonna Do Dirty Business Peggy-O Louisiana Lady Lochinvar 15 Days Under the Hood Last Lonely Eagle Henry Sutter’s Mill Garden of Eden Whiskey Panama Red – New Riders of the Purple Sage live in the KPFA performance studio The Golden … Read more