Mellow sax and West Coast cool tonight: Sonny Clark, Duke Ellington with Johnny Hodges, Oliver Nelson (Jimmy Forrest sax), Roland Kirk, Benny Carter, Bill Evans Trio featuring Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, and Stanley Turrentine.
“Americana music didn't just show up one day — the genre has evolved from deep and varied country music roots,” says Twang Thang host Dirk Brazil. The show “explores both the old and the new and a bunch of stuff from the in between.”
Like this week’s show, which starts with Joe Ely’s “Whenever Kindness Fails” from his 1992 album Love and Danger.
Sonora Slater is the 2023-24 editor of the California Aggie, whose days as a printed newspaper for students at UC Davis are largely over. It prints 4,000 copies each Thursday during the academic year, and Slater says a lot end up in recycling bins, not in the hands of students. The Aggie has a larger presence online, but many of UC Davis’ 40,000 students don’t seem to know it exists.
Slater intends to change that. She wants to draw students back in, through new products — such as a 15-20 minute podcast twice a week, timed to fit students’ bike commutes — and a larger focus on stories that interest students, not only the journalists. Plus use of Instagram takeovers, use of social media for updating news, new events with student groups, maybe a caption contest ... she has a list. We talk about all this today on Davisville.
The photo shows Slater atop the Hutchison parking garage at UC Davis, a scene recreated on her tote bag.
Today we talk about seed potatoes, woolly aphids on apples, cottony cushion scale, correction to last week’s information about rose leaf pest and sawflies, careful use of pesticides, "balanced" fertilizers, and more.
Today on Golden Road, more of Dave’s Picks 47, recorded at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, on Dec. 9, 1979.
Last week we started Dave’s Picks 47, but we still have lots of great Grateful Dead music left for you this week.
On tonight’s show: Teddy Wilson, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Helen Humes, Harry Carney with Paul Gonsalves and Harold Ashby & The Duke's Men, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson & The Great Jazz Trio, Stéphane Grappelli & McCoy Tyner, Boots Randolph, Danny Grissett, Don Byas, and Ahmad Jamal.
Football Club Davis, a semi-professional soccer team founded in 2017, is based in Davis. On the latest Timeout Radio, FC Davis owner Adam Lewin returns to recap an eventful 2023 season. We talk about the adversity that both the men's and women's teams faced this season, and how the program will continue to grow for years to come.
We also look ahead to the fall 2024 season, when the Lions will join the United Premier Soccer League (UPSL).
Program host Rohan Baxi often features sports topics on Timeout Radio. In July he chatted with journalist Cam Inman, who talks about covering the San Francisco 49ers for the San Jose Mercury News, his advice to aspiring sports broadcasters, and what 49ers fans can expect this upcoming season. Check out Rohan's "Inside the 49ers with Cam Inman."
This week I am playing some tunes with a focus on helping others. It's interesting how a song can literally change its meaning when you listen to it with the idea of volunteering. Listen with a need from the individual or the community in mind.
Wildfires have scorched the Hawaiian island of Maui this week, with at least 55 people killed and thousands of people driven from their homes as of this morning, Aug. 11. Na Mele O Hawai’i host Beth Post has dedicated the first hour of her program for Aug. 10 to honor Maui.
“These wildfires have blown through all sorts of land, flattened the very precious town of Lahaina, and displaced thousands of people,” she says. "Our thoughts are with Maui, with the ohana we all have. Many of us have friends or family who live on the island. Some have lost homes or beloved pets, or have been displaced.
“We send our aloha to all of those, and all the people who are sending their aloha as well. We can lift one another up, as we lift Maui.”
Her first song this week is by Kuana Torres Kahele from Music for the Hawaiian Islands, Vol. 3 (pictured).
Today we talk about "peppergate," miniature roses indoors, potatoes in summer and fall, managing a pollinator garden, and more.
