I will be blogging from Atlanta, starting today, for the annual National Association of Community Broadcasters’ conference. I’ll be facilitating the Program Directors’ Solution Center, which gives PDs from around the country a chance to discuss issues we face and creatively come up with solutions. Many good sessions are happening in Atlanta, and I hope [...]
Longtime KPFT volunteer and producer of the Hep C Show, Dean Moore, has died. KPFT GM Duane Bradley writes:
Dean, and his loving partner Shelly Baker, were the co-producers of the ‘Hep C’ health program that aired monthly during the Open Journal slot. In addition, Dean and Shelly helped on many, many KPFT events from the [...]
My hope is that David Rovics’ critique of public/community radio, and Pacifica in particular, sparks some conversations about the role of culture in what we do.
I’ve long considered David Rovics a kindred spirit and am pleased to see him speaking on a topic that is seldom given the play that it should.
Non-commercial radio is a [...]
Thanks to everyone who came out to last night’s Jim Hightower event at the River Oaks Theater. A great time was had by all. Intriguing questions and answers that went from mainstream media issues to the Trans Texas Corridor. Jim also mentioned his support of Barack Obama. Great event.
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KPFT is proud to present Jim Hightowers book release of Swim Against the Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow. The event is a benefit for KPFT 90.1 FM and takes place at 7 PM, Wednesday, March 19 in Landmark River Oaks Theatre and Lounge, 2009 West Grey. A private Meet and [...]
On Friday, February 29th, in celebration of Black History Month, Trickle Down Entertainment and the S.H.A.P.E Community Center (3903 Almeda Houston, TX 77004) will host the RBG Rhymefest, featuring world renowned hip-hop legend Brother J of X-Clan and HBO Def Poetry Jam artist Sunni Patterson. Other featured artists include Houston’s own (and host of KPFT’s [...]
Radical returns to Austin for Cornyn protest
Thorne Dreyer back after 40 years.
By Brad Buchholz
AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Ten minutes before the demonstration, Thorne Dreyer — the guy in the chocolate-brown dog costume — ambles toward the corner of West Sixth and Lavaca streets in downtown Austin, looking every bit like a man who [...]
Raul Salinas, a regional poet and sometime KPFT guest, has died. Raul was an inspiration to many people in the Latino community and beyond. Bold, thoughtful and always kind, Raul was involved in many social justice and cultural efforts. His obit is below.
Raul Roy Tapona Salinas was born in San Antonio, Texas on March 17, [...]
Please join Houstonians in roasting Queer Voices host and longtime community activist Jack Valinski at a benefit for Texans Together PAC. Hor d’oeuvres and beverages will be served.
When: 6:00-8:00 p.m. Saturday, February 16
Where: Artery Houston, 5401 Jackson@ Prospect
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Hey everyone! The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights conference is all done. I collected tons of audio and had a great time. For those around the country, make sure to let your local affiliates know I’ve posted NNIRR interviews and such on AudioPort, Pacifica’s audio distro service. Here are photos from the Friday [...]
“We seek engaging and accessibly written essays for a proposed edited collection of close analyses of hip hop music. Tentatively titled, The Hip Hop Jam: Messages and Music, this collection examines hip-hop music from multiple micro-level, up-close perspectives. We seek to help the music and its messages come alive one song at a time.
“Each submitted [...]
The Journey of Hope.From Violence to Healing will be in Houston from October 13 - 16, 2007. The Journey is a speaking tour led by people who have lost a loved one to murder, but who still oppose the death penalty. Their stories of compassion, forgiveness and mercy are amazing. They will [...]
On Friday, Oct 12, from 6-8 p.m., at TSU Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston organizations will hold a vigil in honor of the TSU LULAC Students Five Day Hunger Strike for Immigrant Rights. In respecting their decision to of sacrifice to raise awarness of the humanity, dignity and rights of immigrants and refugees, community [...]
Join us for an exciting afternoon of acoustic music with Ken Gaines & Wayne Wilkerson, Connie Mims and Saylor & Keynon White. Ken and Wayne are kicking it off at 4:00 p.m. This Sunday, October 14 at Miller Outdoor Theatre in Hermann Park. Bring your own lawn chairs. Full schedule at kpft.org. Free admission.
If you [...]
Missed this one recently, but wanted to share. KPFT’s own Rick Mitchell on blues in Houston
A little-known fact: Houston is the blues capital
By RICK MITCHELL
For the Chronicle
Sept. 28, 2007
A few miles east of downtown, deep in Houston’s Fifth Ward, there sits a nondescript-looking building that was — the last time I drove by, several years [...]
JayMac (host of the killer Low End Theory podcast, recent Houstonist profilee and tech honcho in his day job) recently invited me to speak to NetSquared, a national organization that seeks to connect technical folks to nonprofits and build relationships, about KPFT and technology. Though I am not the CIO (not that we have a [...]
The reward for information leading to the solution of the August 13, 2007 drive-by shooting at KPFT Radio at 419 Lovett Boulevard is now as much as $10,000.
An anonymous contributor donated an additional $5,000 to help find the individual who fired a bullet that pierced a heavily-secured window and narrowly missed a late-night DJ playing [...]
Alligator recording artist and Blues Music Award winner, Marcia Ball, will headline The Charles Brown “Day of Remembrance” Blues Festival honoring a Texas City native citizen who became a national musical legend.
The festival will begin at 2 p.m. Nov. 3 at Nessler Park, at the corner of Ninth Ave. North and 21st St. in Texas [...]
Austin is the self-proclaimed “Live Music Capital of the World,” yet many professional musicians are self-employed and most have no access to increasingly expensive health insurance. Without insurance, they can’t afford preventive health, mental health or dental care and must juggle several day jobs to survive and continue to play for appreciative audiences their music [...]
KPFT was honored with a few distinctions in the recently announced Houston Press Best of Houston 2007 Awards. Winners include:
Best DJ: Ceeplus (Reprogram Radio)
Best Priate Band: Flying Fish Sailors (featuring KPFT’s own Jay Lee)
Best Local Radio Talk Show (Readers Choice): New Capital Show
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Urban Unrest is a blog on new and old media, media justice, race, culture, politics and society and is hosted by Ernesto Aguilar, currently program director at Pacifica Radio KPFT in Houston.
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