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The Grapevine's Annual Salute To Baseball

Thu, 03/31/2011 - 7:23am | Rodriguez

Tune in on March 31st to hear The Grapevine's annual salute to the game of baseball. If you miss that date, listen below. You'll be treated to some excellent music, words and historical recordings of "America's Pastime" with an emphasis on the San Francisco Giants. Do you still miss hearing Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons make the calls? Well, you can once again hear their wonderful voices right here on K-Dirt! Live broadcast is 7:00 - 8:00 pm, and as always you can hear the show via the 'net here: http://kdrt.org/node/4991. And since today marks the opening of the 2011 MLB season...and just because we had so much darn fun last year with your 2010 Major League Baseball World Champion San Francisco Giants, let's rock it up one more time with Ash... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyVdbfyvwso Thanks for listening! Rod

tonight on Jazz After Dark, 8 – 9 pm! March 22 2011

Tue, 03/22/2011 - 7:49pm | Don Shor

Allen Toussaint/Cyndi Lauper *
Bessie Smith *
Knuckles OToole *
Glenn Miller *
Louis Armstrong *
Benny Goodman *
Nat King Cole *
Count Basie/Ella Fitzgerald *
Paco De Lucía, John McLaughlin & Al Di Meola *
The Manhattan Transfer *
Apostles of Sax - Peter, Paul and John *
Hadda Brooks *
Al Jarreau *
Don Ellis

Karen Savoca, John Lennon, Mary Oliver and R.L. Burnside ... Mountain Mama it's about the little things

Thu, 03/17/2011 - 9:35pm | Nancy Bodily

Hi there … and welcome to Mountain Mama’s Earth Music … and today it’s about the little things

http://www.kdrt.org/station/archives/123

1) This Little Light Of Mine, Addison Road 3:49
2) Name, Goo Goo Dolls 4:15
3) Little Fire, Patti Griffin with Emmylou Harris 4:07

little things like a kind affirmation of your work, a song tip from your daughter, an email letter from a loved one, a little kiss , a little sunshine, a little this and that

4) With A Little Help From My Friends, John Lennon :39
5) Say a Little Prayer, Greg Brown 4:12
6) I Am The Light of the World, Kelly Joe Phelps 6:31

Little Stones at My Window
by Mario Benedetti
translated by Charles Hatfield

Once in a while
joy throws little stones at my window
it wants to let me know that it's waiting for me
but today I'm calm
I'd almost say even-tempered
I'm going to keep anxiety locked up
and then lie flat on my back
which is an elegant and comfortable position
for receiving and believing news

who knows where I'll be next
or when my story will be taken into account
who knows what advice I still might come up with
and what easy way out I'll take not to follow it

Redistricting -- a huge, quiet reform -- gets underway in California. Stan Forbes explains it all on Davisville

Sun, 03/13/2011 - 3:34pm | Bill Buchanan

Stan Forbes, one of the 14 members of the Citizens Redistricting Commission, discusses how the panel will go about the job of redrawing legislative and congressional districts for California on the current edition of “Davisville” here on KDRT-LP 95.7 FM. Forbes, a businessman, farmer and former Davis City Council member, is the only person on the commission from Greater Sacramento. Just getting appointed required a mix of determination and luck, a process he talks about with “Davisville” host Bill Buchanan. Voters created the commission in 2008 to draw new district lines according to strict, nonpartisan rules, based on the 2010 census. The current districts, set by elected state officials, have been widely criticized as drawn to protect the political status quo. Forbes believes the commission, which will start public hearings soon, could create a model for other states to follow. “Davisville” airs on Monday at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday at 4:30 p.m., and Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. The interview with Forbes will be broadcast from March 14 to March 23. CLICK HERE to listen.

Bob Dylan Special on The Golden Road, March 6 from 7 to 9 pm

Sun, 03/06/2011 - 1:07pm | Rodriguez

Hello There K-Dirt listeners...in a special edition of The Golden Road, we will be playing some choice material from Bob Dylan's incredible 4 album run from 1963 to 1967. In addition to hearing excerpts from "Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", "Highway 61 Revisited", "Bringing It All Back Home" and "Blonde On Blonde", you will hear recordings of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia performing Dylan tunes in concert.

Tune in for the live broadcast on Sunday, March 6th from 7 to 9 pm, or the replays on Friday, March 11th from 10 pm to 12 Midnight and Saturday, March 12th from 3 to 5 pm. And, of course, you can always check out this show and the rest of the excellent programming via this website.

Here's a clip that sums up a good deal of went down in our country at a very special time in our history:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcx9BJRadfw

And some final lyrics (that didn't appear on the cover version The Byrds did) from "Mr. Tambourine Man"

Then take me disappearin’ through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow

Talking Measure A with school board President Richard Harris

Mon, 02/28/2011 - 9:18pm | Bill Buchanan

This spring, Davis voters will vote yes or no by mail on an emergency, two-year, $200 parcel tax to raise money for Davis public schools. If Measure A wins at least two-thirds approval, Davis will have three school parcel taxes in effect at the same time. Davis voters almost always vote yes on questions like these. But the major employer in town -- government -- is facing fresh, severe, payroll-hacking cuts of its own. UC Davis alone anticipates another 450 to 500 job losses soon. Richard Harris, school board president, came by Davisville this week to talk about the tax, why the board put it on the ballot, and related issues that include continuing step-and-column pay raises, the programs Measure A would preserve, and more. We also hear via email from John Munn, a skeptic of the tax in its earlier form but who has decided not to oppose Measure A. Listen in at http://www.kdrt.org/node/4803