Your Ticket for February 13th, 2021!

Thee Mothership Connection is your ticket to
HARD ROCK, PUNK, AMERICANA, PSYCHE & LoFi
Broadcasting from the upper east-side of the San Pablo bay, featuring bands from the Greater Bay Area, NorCal (707), and Central Valley (209 & 916), performing at venues in the Northbay regions of Sonoma, Solano, Napa, Contra Costa, and in neighboring Oakland and Berkeley.
Tune-in at [tunein.com/popout/player/s130679], and check in at [facebook.com/The-Mothership-Connection-Ozcat-Radio-895-FM-KZCT-1441733309389969/]
Produced by the Northbay Uprising Media Collective (northbayuprising@)gmx.com)

• Clevers (SAC) [facebook.com/cleversmusic] [clevers.bandcamp.com], w. "Insight", "Hazel & Oak" off their self-titled album

• Quentel the Cryptid  (from the Bay Area) [quentelthecryptid.com] [facebook.com/quentelthecryptid] [quentelthecryptid.bandcamp.com], w.  "Blue Flowers" & "Shadow Box" off their album "Shadow Box"

• ghostplay (SAC) [facebook.com/ghostplay.music] [ghostplay.bandcamp.com], w. "Too Much", "My Halo" off their album "33"

• The Happys  [soundcloud.com/thehappys], w. "Cut The Rope", "Bipolar"

• Strangers [facebook.com/strangersoakland] [musicforstrangers.bandcamp.com], w. "Strangers" off their album "good enough"

• Like Roses [facebook.com/likerosesca] [likerosesca.bandcamp.com], w. "Graves" & "Dressed" off their album "Closure"

• Kevin Nichols [facebook.com/Kevichols] [kevinnichols.bandcamp.com/album/long-lungs], w. "Carrion Crow", "Easy Way Out"

• Sonny & The Sunsets (w. Rocks in Your Head Records) [sonnysmith.com] [facebook.com/sonnysunsets] [sonnyandthesunsets.bandcamp.com], w. "Ghost Days" & "Another Life Another Body" from the album "Hairdressers From Heaven"

• Bad Thoughts [badthoughtsband.bandcamp.com], w. "Bad Thoughts", "Imaginary Friends", "Past Lives" off their album "All My Past Lives Ended Poorly" & "Mutual Therapist", "Nobody!" off their album "Post Party Depression"!

The Fight Is On! Free Tony Rice!

Thanks to all of you who wrote to complain to KALW management about the sudden cancellation of my special tribute to legendary guitarist Tony Rice on January 16th. It’s now been three weeks since the pre-emption—I’m sorry to report that management hasn’t budged so far. That means Saturday afternoons will remain automated “for the foreseeable future” and I will no longer be allowed to come into the studio and live-host my own program.

We started a media campaign to protest the Saturday afternoon automation. Last Friday January 29th, the San Francisco Examiner reported on the controversy: "KALW staff say live announcers increasingly replaced by automation and pre-recorded shows; Management at SFUSD-licensed station said changes made due to pandemic, not intended to be permanent" (2021-01-29, sfexaminer.com/entertainment/kalw-staff-say-live-announcers-increasingly-replaced-by-automation-and-pre-recorded-shows/) [archive.is/pbDOR].

And in the latest edition of the AmeriCeltic newsletter, guest author Vince Piantanida issued a call to action: "Will Folk Fizzle on KALW-FM? Help Bring Back Live, Local Celtic & Folk Music Programming" (2021-02-04, americeltic.net/newsletter/) [archive.is/5OhtF#selection-1649.0-1649.28].

If I am allowed back on the air on Saturdays, the first program you’ll hear will be the long-delayed Tony Rice special that I promised.

Please keep up the pressure! Keep sending your concerns to KALW management (kalw@kalw.org) AND the San Francisco School Board (lopezg1@sfusd.edu) and demand an end to automation on Saturday afternoons. (and please copy me at kalwfolk@sonic.net).

Your comments DO make a big difference!! And with your help, Folk Music & Beyond will once again resume live hosting with brand new programs. You deserve the best quality programming available! Don’t settle for second best!

 

JoAnn Mar

KALW Host & Producer

http://www.kalwfolk.org

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Also tune-in on Ozcat for...
* "Talking Schmidt", Sundays 6 'til 9pm, with Rock, Blues, Classics, with new, unsigned, alternative artists! Hosted by Schmidty (of Overland)

* "The Red Eye", Mondays 9 'til noon, with Metal & Hard Rock, hosted by Dianne the Great!

* "Spitshine Show", Mondays 6 'til 9pm, Classic Psyche Rock & Indy Americana, hosted by Rick (of 5-Cent Coffee)

* "The Plowzone", 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 6 to 9pm. Join Scott Plowman and Scott Reese for a smorgasbord of country, rock, country rock, rap, and variations thereof! It Rocks!

* "Art Beat", Thursdays 9 to 12 noon, w. DJ Lala! Booking [707-246-9247] [mullet.laura@gmail.com]. [facebook.com/artbeat].

* "Grateful Siren and Mose Show", Mondays 9pm 'til midnight, with a special blend of Reggae, Blues, Rock and the Grateful Dead, (@GratefulSirenAndMoseShowOnOzcatRadio) [facebook.com/GratefulSirenAndMoseShowOnOzcatRadio]

* "Rhythms with Rich", Thursdays, 6 'til 9pm, with Classic Rock, New Alternative!

* "The Bay Sesh", Wednesday, 3 to 6pm, a session of music, interviews, reviews, to inspire our community evolution, hosted by DJ LV. [thebaysesh.com]

* "The Irie Radio Show", Fridays 6 'til 9pm, with conscious Roots Reggae and Dancehall, hosted by Big O!

* "All Over the Road", Saturdays, 6 'til 9pm, hosted by Jeremy (classic FM jock spinning Rock wax with stories and context)

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Also worthy to check out:

• 90.5 The Edge, KVHS 90.5 FM, Concord, CA [kvhs.com], Rock n Roll Highschool!

• BAGeL Radio (via Soma FM) [somafm.com/bagel] [bagelradio2.blogspot.com], tune-in [radio.net/s/bagelradio] [somafm.com/player/#/now-playing/bagel], hour playlist [somafm.com/bagel/songhistory.html]. Spanning four decades of great alternative, post-punk, indie rock and noise pop, you'll hear artists like Frightened Rabbit, The White Stripes, Metric, The National, Tune-Yards, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Thermals, The Smiths, Blur, Radiohead, Mission of Burma, Chameleons UK, Siouxsie & The Banshees, X, and just about every Slumberland Records band ever. And every Friday is 480 Minutes: Ted plays and discusses the latest and greatest music in real time. For eight hours. Seriously. From 9am-5pm Eastern.

• FaultRadio [faultradio.com]

• 90.1 FM KZSU Stanford [kzsu.stanford.edu]

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Part of the Vallejo Liberation Radio Vanguard, in the tradition of Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1 FM & Free Radio Berkeley [freeradio.org]. The History Of Free Radio Berkeley [archive.org/details/TheHistoryOfFreeRadioBerkeley]. "Seizing the Airwaves" book (.pdf) [archive.is/ajtPD] / Best of Free Radio Berkeley Audio Compilation [payhip.com/b/6GT2].

* "HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN PIRATE RADIO STATION" (2015-11-03, wired.com) (wired.com/2015/11/create-your-own-pirate-radio/) [archive.is/cRfGO]
* FM Broadcast Kits & Accessories (freeradio.org/store/frb_kits.html) [archive.is/1mXTM]

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Artists are advised to check in on the Berkeley Flea Market, Sat. & Sun, morning until roughly 5 or 6pm. Magic, enchantment, wares and beauty are to be found alongside organic foods and foreign incense. Participate in the magic drum circle by standing there and vibing within the sound.