It begins: "I tried to speak from the Havana of the mind and found myself an impossible refugee in the anachronistic wastelands of Passaic New Jersey, a place in a book where I have not been physically either. But that is precisely the matter because despite all of one's efforts it seems that one always writes this from where one is not, a place in the almost more than maybe, at a distance a glass thick from the here and definitely one duration in anticipation of the now. For convenience, let's pretend this is proper English. And yet, later on I might need to say what time it is in our program. By the way, did I forget to say good evening, dear listeners?"

More revelations about the surveillance carried out by the US government show that authorities have used information gathered through tools for monitoring national security threats in order to bring criminal charges against US citizens. Documents obtained by Reuters say agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Special Operations Division were ordered to hide where that information came from when they used it to arrest people on drug charges and try them in court. As lawmakers and activists demand more information about this and other ways the government monitors people domestically and internationally, the Pentagon will begin an audit this week to determine whether it keeps too much data classified. In Washington, FSRN’s Alice Ollstein reports.

Stingers are short, interstitial sound files, in this case assembled in an hour-long collage.

Weekly international radio and media news show.

Dan Seward and the "Battlefield Earth" program transmits live from Wave Farm in Acra, NY.

From "Free Speech Radio News": "On- and offline, women across the globe regularly contend with sexism, misogyny and threats of violence. Bomb threats made via Twitter to a number of female journalists and historian Mary Beard prompted a protest over the weekend. Some boycotted the social media site, others used the hashtag #twittersilence, to pressure Twitter executives to deal with the issue. Another high profile target was this year’s women’s Wimbledon champion, Marion Bartoli. The French tennis star, only the 6th female to win the tournament without dropping a set, faced a barrage of sexist, even violent vitriol on twitter. And countless other women, from teens to technology experts to activists experience hostility, sexism and ignorance on the web. But over the past year women have been using social media to fight back. FSRN’s Cinnamon Nippard has more from Berlin."

Dan Seward may stick around Wave Farm after his "Battlefield Earth" program for a little radio stew.

Vital Weekly tracklist for Vital Weekly 892: tracklist for Vital Weekly 892: 0000 Tune 0014 Gushing Cloud 0317 Astro Sonic - Lander 0513 Stephan Mathieu - Gliese 229 B 0820 Hunstville - Presence In Absence 1123 Felipe Otondo - Irama 1423 Artificial Memory Trace - James Kwi 7/10/2010 1725 Ashtray Navigations 2027 Coppice - Compund Form 2334 Dog Hullcination 2621 V4W.enk 2845 David Helbich - Papierstücke 3122 Bruno Duplant & Darius Ciuta 3430 Tune

Episode #30 of cassette-only show. Jams from Fairhorns (Deathbomb Arc), Boss Battle (Apt.421), Christopher Merritt (Orange Milk), Hybrid Packaging (Belch Kitchen), Aaron Sheppard (Dub Ditch Picnic), Giant Claw (Field Hymns), Form A Log (Ranky Tanky), Obsidian Pond (Jehu And Chinaman), Vibrating Garbage (Tumeric Magnitudes), Black Baat (Mistake By The Lake), Spectral Park (Crash Symbols), sink\sink (Already Dead), Falcony (Vwyrd Wurd), Burro (USSR), Nautilus (Meudiademorte), Prism Corp (Beer On The Rug), Mezzanine Swmmers (Already Dead), & Datashock (Meudiademorte).

"Talk Nation Radio" from Pacifica Radio. "Rooj Alwazir is a Yemeni American peace activist and an organizer and cofounder of the Support Yemen Media Collective: http://supportyemen.org She describes the horror and the disaster that is the U.S. drone war on Yemen."

From "Free Speech Radio News": "In the sentencing phase of the court martial for Army Private Bradley Manning, the military judge has granted two motions filed by Manning’s lawyer, which brings the maximum possible sentence down from 136 years to 90 years. The judge denied several other motions to combine charges, which could have further reduced the number of years Manning could spend in prison. He was convicted of multiple offenses last month in connection with leaking military and government documents to Wikileaks. As the hearing continues today, legal experts and advocates are preparing to appeal what is likely to be a lengthy sentence, arguing that Manning’s constitutional rights were violated, and the government has failed to prove the leaked material damaged the US. In Washington, FSRN’s Alice Ollstein has more."

New sounds, or a live pirate radio show?

Mash-up show from Jon Nelson. Click on title for playlist to episode #87. Episode 87, Some Assembly Required 01 Antediluvian Rocking Horse - “Avoids colour monotony” 02 Dsico - “Blue eyed freak” 03 Splatt - “White rhino AK-47” 04 Ground Zero - “Red Mao book by Sony” 05 John Oswald - “Black” 06 Ground Zero - “Grand pink junction ballad” 07 V/VM - “Blue thighs (baby’s got)” 08 The Tape-beatles - “Is the night blue?” 09 Sucking Chest Wound - “The white tornado” 10 Osymyso- “God, A Red Nugget! A Fat Egg U” 11 Soundhog - “Bluemusic” 12 Colorform – “Sequentia Absentia Rmx” 13 Hot Troche - “Blue sky” 14 John Oswald - “Rainbow”

Works of composer John WIlliams are layered six deep, in an outer space fight.

This week's show features sound clips from the new documentary "Project Censored: the Movie," produced by Christopher Oscar and Doug Hecker. The film is both a look at Project Censored, and an extensive critique of US corporate media. Among the many voices heard in this documentary are Daniel Ellsberg, Cynthia McKinney, Noam Chomsky, and Oliver Stone. From Pacifica Radio.

From Radio Theater Project, KSVR Studios at the radio station KSVR-FM in Mount Vernon, Washington via Pacifica Radio. The actors are from the Skagit Radio Repertory Company. The producer is Joseph C McGuire.

From "Free Speech Radio News": "New details have emerged showing government surveillance of US citizens and foreign nationals to be even broader than previously known. According to anonymous intelligence officials who spoke to the New York Times, the government is searching most of the e-mail and text communications both entering and leaving the US. That includes not only monitoring those who talk to suspicious persons abroad, but also those who talk about them. In Washington, FSRN’s Alice Ollstein reports."

Episode 15 of 2013 of two-hour free jazz show that airs on eight European radio stations and free103point9 Online Radio and WGXC 90.7-FM in the Hudson Valley, in New York, in the United States. Click on title to access the playlist. leo records the art of the duet: ivo perelman, ts/ matt shipp, p the edge: ivo perelman, ts/ matt shipp, p/ mike bisio, b/ whitt dickey, dr new amsterdam the julius eastman memory depot: jace clayton, p/ david friend & emily manzo, p/ arooj aftab, vo leo records did you hear something?: luca aquino, tp, flghrn, elec/ andrea bolzoni, g, elec/ dario miranda, b, elec/ daniele Frati, dr, perc libra | circum spring storm: satoko fujii, p/ todd nicholson, b/ takashi itani, dr tornado: christian pruvost, tp/ natsuki tamura, tp/ satoko fujii, p/ peter orins, dr creative sources colophony: jon rose, vln/ meinrad kneer, b/ richard barrett, elec delmark what it is?: the kahil el'zabar quartet peter van huffel howl: peter van huffel, as/ roland fidezius, b/ rudi fischerlehner, dr, perc michiel braam ebraam: michiel braam, keyb/ pieter douma, bass g/ dirk-peter kölsch slam d'istante3: blaise siwula, as, ts, bcl/ giancarlo mazzu, g, dr/ luciano troja, p samuel hallkvist variety of loud: samuel hallkvist, g/ feat. pat mastelotto/ pete drungle/ mai ueda, vo/ stefan pasborg, dr/ brian close jacc l'ennui riot: gonçalo lopes, scl, bcl/ johannes krieger, tp/ eduardo lala, tbn/ ricardo a. freitas, bass g/ raimund engelhardt, tabla, perc

Live performances at Spotty Dog Books & Ale in Hudson, NY are streamed live at wgxc.org, and occasionally broadcast live on WGXC 90.7-FM. Live webstream for this show available from Wave Farm and WGXC at http://comm.free103point9.org:8000/spottydog.mp3.m3u. This show will be rebroadcast on free103point9 Online Radio and WGXC 90.7-FM at midnight (the night of the show), Sat., Aug. 10, 2013.

Pitchfork says… “There’s been no shortage of endearingly sloppy, blues-inflected garage rock in recent years, but Brattleboro, Vt.’s Happy Jawbone Family Band uses the template to create its own mythical world. Since 2009, the band has remained blissfully off-grid, recording hundreds of songs over several tapes and full-lengths for similarly homegrown labels like Spooky Town Artifacts, Feeding Tube, and Night People, which makes their next release feel like a move into the spotlight: it’s being recorded with Jarvis Taverniere of Woods, and is set for release on Mexican Summer later this year. For context, the label is prepping for the forthcoming LP with this retrospective compilation, which might seem premature if the songs weren’t so strong.”

From Free Speech Radio News: "For more than a decade, incarcerated people and their families have petitioned the Federal Communication Commission to regulate the soaring cost of prison phone rates, which can be as high as a dollar a minute. They say the exclusive contracts states make with telecommunications companies put too heavy a burden on low-income families that can’t afford to visit a loved one in person. Today, following a two to one vote to lower and cap the phone rates, the chair of the FCC declared: “Their wait is finally over.” In Washington, FSRN’s Alice Ollstein reports."

Two hours of shortwave radio-oriented programming, starting with solar weather, news on meteor showers and ham radio, and other reports. Other reports include:

5:15 a.m.: "The RAIN Report" Hosted from Chicago by Hap Holly, KC9RP. This week: "Phil Theis, K3TUF, talks about safety tips for installing and maintaining antennas."

5:30 a.m., "The Shortwave Report" with host Dan Roberts and international news via shortwave radio. This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, the Voice of Russia, Radio Havana Cuba, Spanish National Radio, and NHK World Radio Japan.

6 a.m.: "Glenn Hauser's World of Radio" DX and station news countries all over the world.

6:30 a.m.: "Amateur Radio Newsline" This week: "Scientists say that the Sun's magnetic poles are about to reverse; hams in India again respond as monsoon rains bring landslides; a Florida man is electrocuted while installing an antenna; Louisiana adopts the Alert FM public warning system and guess who is not going to retire from ham radio teaching."

How many songs are there about the Hudson River city? Poughkeepsie, in song, from Devendra Banhart, The Lemonheads, Figurines, Bluegrass Gospel Project, Tommy Dorsey, The Andrews Sisters, and others.

News mash-up show with Paul Fischer. "Before heading out for the August recess, the House gave final congressional approval to legislation on student loan interest rates. ( The rates doubled on July 1st, when Congress missed the deadline to keep them low). So what does the new legislation do? Maybe not what you thought it does." From Pacifica Radio. Campus Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend. XL 2008 02:56 Better Days (Radio Edit) Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeroes Edward Sharpe And the Magnetic Zeroes. Vagrant 2013 04:25 That Awful Sound Jackson Scott Melbourne. Fat Possum 2013 02:26 The Stars Are Ours Mayer Hawthorne Where Does This Door Go?. Universal Republic 2013 04:31 We Hit A Wall Chelsea Wolfe Pain Is Beauty. Sargent House 2013 03:36 Too Many Thoughts Leon T. Pearl Take You To Market. Method 2013 04:27 Mirror Weekend Jinx. Slumberland 2013 05:55 Who Needs You The Orwells The Orwells. Canvasback 2013 03:20 Better Things Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings I Learned The Hard Way. Daptone 2010 03:35 Damage Done Moderat II. Monkeytown 2013 05:26 Counterfeit Florida Plates The Mountain Goats Transcendental Youth. Merge 2012 02:22 Mercy TV On The Radio single. Federal Prism 2013 03:17 Popular By Design Polyphonic Spree Yes, It's True. Cherry Red 2013 04:14 On Fraternity (Excerpt) Default Genders On Fraternity EP. self released 2013 00:30 Look Into Your Own Mind Julianna Barwick Nepenthe. Dead Oceans 2013 04:34 Dandelion (Reissue) The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones Singles Collection. Universal 2011 03:48 Additional Credits Note: sound of "skipping" CD at 48:27 in the program is intentional. This episode contains soundbites...all from the final House of Representatives debate leading up to the final congressional vote on student loan interest rates...before Congress recessed and left town for 5 weeks. Speakers included Rep.Joe Heck, Rep. Virginia Foxx, Rep Tim Bishop, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. John Kline, Rep. Joe Courtney, (House Speaker Boehner announced the vote) Glenn Thompson, Rep. Jared Polis, Rep. Luke Messer, ...from C-Span, political and media websites, for illustrative, analysis and commentary purposes.

After the Weekly Presidential Radio Address and Republican Response, ar report from "Democracy Now!" on the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. Plus Dan Seward on the Hudson Music Festival, local news, weather, and more. From "Democracy Now!": "Many cable companies refuse to list the titles of shows that air on public access television stations in their on-screen guides. Now media activists are pushing for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to intervene. In 2010, President Obama signed into law the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), which aims to make modern digital media platforms fully accessible to people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or with low vision. The CVAA will be implemented largely through rules drafted and enforced by the FCC, a regulatory body that is widely criticized as being too close to the industries it is supposed to regulate. Today we look at how the FCC is implementing two sections of the CVAA. Sections 204 and 205 of the law specify that video service and equipment providers make it easier for users to turn on closed captioning, and also require that on-screen channel guides be presented in a way that allows for the text on the screen to be audio interpreted, so that people who are blind or have low vision, can hear the program descriptions. For years now, established cable companies, along with new video service providers like AT&T and Verizon, have been downgrading the capacity of PEG TV channels, including the elimination of detailed, on-screen program descriptions from these noncommercial, community media institutions, effectively marginalizing the channels and the content they provide. We speak with Mitsuko Herrera, a member of the Federal Communications Commission’s Consumer Advisory Committee."

From Wikipedia: "George Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He had worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music. He first made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He was known primarily for thirty-odd solo albums as well as for his collaborations with other musicians, particularly Frank Zappa."

Arnold Dreyblatt, "Nodal Excitation" recorded live at Issue Project Room Sept. 2012. Arnold Dreyblatt’s notes on this solo work for his amplified "excited strings" acoustic bass: In the spring of 1979, I was approached to perform at a downtown performance festival in New York. I had been developing a repertoire of isolated percussive and bowed attacks, and these evolved into a continuous rhythmic technique in which I could excite chords of overtones above the fundamental. The performance considers the location and influence of the acoustic Nodal Regions as identified on #12 and #11 unwound music wire stretched on an acoustic double bass body (40.5" speaking length). The integrity of a fundamental vibration is maintained for both strings at all times; all movement of pitch occurs in the overtone structure. A shorter speaking length is never created through "stopping" or "fretting" techniques. Rather, harmonic, partial vibrations are calculated, coaxed, and are occasionally isolated at the nodes of the string. Arnold Dreyblatt (born in New York City, 1953) is a composer, performer and visual artist. He studied music with Pauline Oliveros, La Monte Young, and Alvin Lucier and has been based in Berlin, Germany since 1984. Among the second generation of New York minimal composers, Dreyblatt developed a unique approach to composition and music performance. As he began his music in the late 1970's in New York, he invented a set of new and original instruments, performance techniques, and system of tuning and in addition has formed and led numerous ensembles under the title The Orchestra of Excited Strings. In 2007, he was elected to the German Academy of Art (Akademie der Künste, Berlin). He is currently Professor for Media Art at the Muthesius Academy of Art and Design in Kiel. Dreyblatt has been composing music for his own and other ensembles for over thirty years. Often characterized as the most rock-oriented of American minimalists, Dreyblatt has cultivated a strong underground fan base for his transcendental and ecstatic music with his Orchestra of Excited Strings. Dreyblatt's music has been released on such leading avante-garde labels as: Table of the Elements, Tzadik, Hat Art and Cantaloupe and his music has been performed by Jim O'Rourke, Kevin Drumm, David Grubbs, Jason Kahn, Bang On A Can All-Stars, Pellegrini Quartet, Crash Ensemble and countless others.

Tune in to hear Wave Farm Artist-in-residence Cammisa Buerhaus speak with Wave Farm's Tom Roe about her work, her residency project, and special playlist of influential works.

It begins: "I tried to speak from the Havana of the mind and found myself an impossible refugee in the anachronistic wastelands of Passaic New Jersey, a place in a book where I have not been physically either. But that is precisely the matter because despite all of one's efforts it seems that one always writes this from where one is not, a place in the almost more than maybe, at a distance a glass thick from the here and definitely one duration in anticipation of the now. For convenience, let's pretend this is proper English. And yet, later on I might need to say what time it is in our program. By the way, did I forget to say good evening, dear listeners?"

Manuel Cirauqui hosts a live program from Wave Farm in Acra, NY.

Live performances at Spotty Dog Books & Ale in Hudson, NY are streamed live at wgxc.org, and occasionally broadcast live on WGXC 90.7-FM. Live performances at Spotty Dog Books & Ale in Hudson, NY are streamed live at wgxc.org, and occasionally broadcast live on WGXC 90.7-FM. Live webstream for this show available from Wave Farm and WGXC at http://comm.free103point9.org:8000/spottydog.mp3.m3u. This show will be rebroadcast on free103point9 Online Radio and WGXC 90.7-FM at midnight (the night of the show), Sun., Aug. 11, 2013.

http://dreatomasi.wordpress.com/ http://www.reverbnation.com/sticklips http://halfwaif.bandcamp.com/ Former Hudsonites Andrea Tomasi and Johanna Warren return for solo sets. Both lush and spare, ethereal songcraft features dreamlike imagery and the purity of voice against acoustic guitar. Half Waif is the project of Nandi Rose Plunkett. It began, and continues today, in a bedroom in Brooklyn. It is a tribute to both the dark resonance of that borough and to the textures of her multicultural childhood home.

This is the 20th year of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's media analysis radio show, hosted by Janine Jackson, Steve Rendall, and Peter Hart. David Cay Johnston on Amazon's Jeff Bezos buying the Washington Post; Jaisal Noor on Oak Creek anniversary.