It's almost time for The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour — with musical nuggets from Iain Matthews, Nick Cave, Waylon Jennings, Waxahatchee, and more. Join Russ at 5 p.m. Pacific — today and every Friday — right here on amazing goodtime radio KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org.
Today's topics: late season tomatoes, planting potatoes in fall (or not), cover crops, Lomandras and Dianellas, planting the sidewalk strip, and more.
Join Nick Saloman for this week's presentation of IMPLOSION — psychedelic sounds and more to soothe your soul, including tracks from Orphan Egg, the Outer Limits, Cal Danger, the Blue Aces, Jefferson Airplane, Lonnie Mack, and more. Tune in at 5 p.m. Pacific — right here on grassroots radio KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org.
It's no secret that for many years KDRT's own Bill Wagman invited musicians from both sides of the Atlantic to give intimate concerts in his living room. They were special evenings. Today on In the Key of Folk at 2 p.m. we are playing a selection of the artists that filled Bill's home with music. You'll hearJamie Laval, Jez Lowe, Dana and Susan Robinson, Jim and Susie Malcolm, Ernest Troost, Anya Hinkle, and others. Find a comfortable chair, sit back, and join us at KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org.
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Each weeknight at 9, people gather in Central Park near 4th and C streets, some to receive surplus food, some to hand it out. This is the Davis Night Market (pictured), a small-budget volunteer venture created in 2019 to feed people and reduce food waste. We talked with two of its co-founders in January 2020, and the market has since grown to five nights a week. “The food is kind of the carrot to get people in. It’s more about the community,” adds Max Morgan, a volunteer since 2019. "People are in desperate need of community, as much as they need food.”
“We really have only one rule: take what you can eat,” says Joanna Sodke, a volunteer for nearly a year. “Anyone can come here and take food.” (There are limits on pizza, she says, “a very hot item.”) Donors include well-known food purveyors in Davis, plus people with extra produce from their trees and gardens. The market operates with a county permit. Sometimes a volunteer will need to talk a person through a difficult moment. Today on Davisville, Joanna and Max talk about how it all works, including why they meet at night.
Tune in to KDRT 95.7 FM or KDRT.org this Sunday, Oct.13, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. for a live broadcast accompanying this year's Davis Neighbors' Night Out. Your radio hosts will be program hosts Bill Buchanan (usual show Davisville) and Jim Buchanan (an original KDRT DJ who produces Live Tracks).
If you're going to one of the 116 neighborhood parties, call in to the studio while you're there for a chance to win a $50 Davis Food Co-op gift card each half-hour. Listen to the show for details. If you don't know where your neighbors are gathering, find the party near you. The weather's much better this weekend! And there are probably cool people living near you that you've never met. Here's your chance!
This get-to-know-your-neighbors event is sponsored by the city of Davis, county of Yolo, Associated Students of UC Davis and the University of California Davis.
Billy Larkin and Eric Jordan join in today for a lively discussion, including AI in Music, Fobfest, KDRT's 20th anniversary, Pete Rose, Cissy Houston, Yolo's 4th Annual Mid-Winter Cabaret July 8th in Winters (an extraordinary evening of pure enchantment, fantastic talent, community, and the joy of giving.)
Today's topics: planting tomatoes in July for October harvest, turf types in local parks and suggestions for home gardens, using ollas for irrigation, mites on citrus, and more.
Jon Langford and Alice Spencer visit KDRT 95.7FM this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. pst. Jon is best known as a founding member of the Mekons, though he's been in more bands than you can mention since then. He's also an amazing visual artist. Alice was formerly a member of Shinyribs. Jon and Alice will be playing a few songs and talking about their work together in the Bright Shiners. They play tonight at Odd Fellows Hall courtesy of our friends at Davis Live Music Collective -- doors open at 6:30, music starts at 7:00p.
