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Hi there … and welcome to Mountain Mama’s Earth Music … home grown and easy forward please

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

1) Find the River, R.E.M 3:50
2) Ease Back, Amos Lee 4:33
3) Summertime Thing, Chuck Prophet 5:12

The Wild Merced
By Donna Emerson

4) Wade in the Water, Patty Griffin 3:08
5) Down To the River/Jeb’s Tune, The Duhks 5:05
6) Sails to the Wind, Dirty Winds 3:32
Practical Water
Brenda Hillman
What does it mean to live a moral life
It is nearly impossible to think about this
We went down to the creek
The sides were filled
with tiny watery activities
The mind was split & mended
Each perception divided into more
& there were in the hearts of the water molecules
little branches perpendicular to thought
Had lobbied the Congress but it was dead
Had written to the Committee on Understanding
Had written to the middle
middle of the middle
class but it was drinking
Had voted in cafes with shoplifters &
beekeepers stirring tea made of water
hitched to the green arc

An ethics occurs at the edge
of what we know
The creek goes underground about here

Getting ready for the autumn (my favorite season, natch), I'm reflecting on a sunny smile from a sunny summer moment. Here's George Moore, KDRT programmer and volunteer extraordinaire, at the July 4th beer concession in Community Park. George spearheaded the effort to organize our volunteer booth there, and shepherded us through the permits and process. A big KDRT thanks to you, George! And a shout out to Rod Moseanko and his friends and family, who all helped out, as well as Lois Richter for the decorations and setup, and all the other KDRT and DMA volunteers who spend the day helping serve up foam & suds. [asset|aid=3|format=image|formatter=asset|title=George Moore|width=640|height=480|resizable=true|align=center]

Hi there … and welcome to Mountain Mama’s Earth Music … home grown and for Cassidy

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

1) Just The Way You Are, Bruno Mars 3:41

Today’s show is the soundtrack from a summer spent with a 13-year-old

2) Ridin’ Solo, Jason Derulo 3:36
3) Story Problem, The Envy Corps 4:35

At the Galleria Shopping Mall
by Tony Hoagland

Tony Hoagland
Just past the bin of pastel baby socks and underwear, there are some 49-dollar Chinese-made TVs;

one of them singing news about a far-off war,
one comparing the breast size of an actress from Hollywood

to the breast size of an actress from Bollywood.
And here is my niece Lucinda,

who is nine and a true daughter of Texas,
who has developed the flounce of a pedigreed blonde

and declares that her favorite sport is shopping.
Today is the day she embarks upon her journey,

swinging a credit card like a scythe
through the meadows of golden merchandise.

Today is the day she stops looking at faces,
and starts assessing the labels of purses;

So let it begin. Let her be dipped in the dazzling bounty
and raised and wrung out again and again.

And let us watch.

Between my knee surgery and a trip to Montana for a family reunion I've left you listening to lots of old shows (I'm sure you're tired of the old "summer" show).

Tune in this Sunday, August 22, for a brand new show. I'm anxious to get behind the mic and play some Jug Band Music. Join me!

It is my pleasure to host a visit to the KDRT studio by the legendary Doug James of The Hucklebucks, one of Sacramento's very best blues bands from a LONG time back. The Hucklebucks have played all over the greater Tri-County region and to points beyond. Winners of the Sacramento News & Review SAMMIES award for Best Blues Band, these guys have a new record out called "Juke Box Blues". They will be playing a record release party at Sacramento's infamous Torch Club on Friday, September 24th, but listeners of KDRT and The Grapevine can hear a special preview of "Juke Box Blues" on August 12th....LIVE from 7 to 8 p.m. Doug will not only hand pick some tunes from "Juke Box Blues", but will also spin some tunes from some of his favorite blues musicians that absolutely "stop time". Join us on K-DIRT for some cool sounds and an exclusive listen to the new record from The Hucklebucks. Doug will also be ringing up a copy of "Juke Box Blues" to a listener on the air.

On Sunday, August 8th, the Golden Road will be airing it's annual broadcast to salute the memory of Jerry Garcia and all the wonderful music he created during his time on this rock. The "Days Between" represent his birthday - August 1st, and the day of his passing - August 9th. Dead Heads and fans of his sound have kept a new, but nice tradition going by celebrating Jerry in their own way during this period each year.

During this broadcast of the Golden Road, you will be treated to a bunch of cherry picked sounds that will encompass just about every style that Jerry immersed himself in...folk, bluegrass, jazz, classic R & B, country, reggae, the blues and of course, the unique good ol' Grateful Dead style.

The show will air live on August 8th from 7 to 9 pm, will then be replayed on August 13th from 10 pm to 12 midnight and August 14th from 3 to 5 pm. And you can always catch the archived broadcast any time at http://www.kdrt.org/station/archives/153

There were days
and there were days
and there were days I know
when all we ever wanted
was to learn and love and grow

Once we grew into our shoes
we told them where to go
walked halfway around the world

Hi there … and welcome to Mountain Mama’s Earth Music … home grown and working through some troubles

1) Double Trouble, Lynyrd Skynyrd 3:20
2) Pepper, Butthole Surfers 4:57
3) There Goes the Neighborhood, Sheryl Crow 5:00

The Bad Mother
by Susan Griffin
The bad mother wakes from dreams
of imperfection trying to be perfection.
All night she’s engineered a train
too heavy with supplies
to the interior. She fails.
The child she loves
has taken on bad habits, cigarettes
maybe even drugs. She
recognizes lies. You don’t
fool me, she wants to say,
the bad mother, ready to play
and win.
This lamb who’s gone –
this infant she is
pinioned to – does not listen,
she drives with all her magic down a
different route to darkness where
all life begins.

4) Things Have Changed, Bob Dylan 5:11
5) Breakdown, Tom Petty 2:43

Somewhere Under The Bridge
By Karen J. Weyant

Kids used to hang out. Hussies said my grandmother
of girls who wore their skirts too short,

and teased their hair too high, while my mother
dismissed the boys who hooked their thumbs

in the belt loops of their jeans as bad elements.

While the students are away...Earthbeat, a syndicated radio show dealing with the climate crisis will be pre-empting Student Voices.

Hi there … and welcome to Mountain Mama’s Earth Music … home grown and keepin’ track of time and it’s time

1) Time to Go Home, Michael Franti 5:10

Rumi: The Edge of the Roof translated by Robert Bly
" I don't like it here, I want to go back.
According to the old Knowers
If you're absent from the one you love
Even for one second that ruins the whole thing!

There must be someone... just to find
One sign of the other world in this town
Would be enough.

You know the great Chinese Simurgh bird
Got caught in this net...
And what can I do? I'm only a wren.

My desire-body, don't come
Strolling over this way.
Sit where you are, that's a good place.

When you want dessert, you choose something rich.
In wine, you look for what is clear and firm.
What is the rest? The rest is mirages,
And blurry pictures, and milk mixed with water.
The rest is self hatred, and mocking other people, and bombing.

So just be quiet and sit down.
The reason is: you are drunk,
And this is the edge of the roof."

2) Time Waits for No One, The Rolling Stones 6:39
3) Time of the Season, The Zombies 3:34

Trying to Write a Poem Against the War

What an awesome exercise in the goodness of the human spirit this fund-raising business. We at KDRT go to our community asking for your support, and you always provide! Thanks to your generous donations we can keep this commercial free music flowing and the pulse of our community well within our sights. And most important, thanks to you we preserve the voice of the people! Paz Mtn Mama