There was a story in the news about a Wal-Mart employee who was literally trampled to death by 2000 ravenous consumers stampeding through the door as the store opened at 5 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving. 

"Other workers were knocked to the ground as they tried to rescue him, and customers simply stepped over him and kept shopping even as the store announced it was closing because of the death, police and witnesses said." 

 Are we all completely nuts? 

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I cannot say my daddy farmed these fields
and I cannot say my mama roamed these hills
I've been high in the mountains, in the desert and by the sea
and now this rolling land is calling me.
~ Song For Iowa, Lauryn Shapter

I've been eagerly awaiting the new CD by husband and wife Americana duo Truckstop Souvenir for a while now, and the release party is this weekend!  Under A Big Blue Sky was recorded in Lauryn and Dennis' home studio here in Fairfield, which is no easy trick with all the frequent trains passing by.  

And you just may hear a train whistle during their interview on Lyrical Venus this Tuesday, what with the station being right by the tracks!  Luckily it's a nostalgic sound that fits with their themes - dusty roads, wide rivers, tiny mining towns, old time rodeos and lonely motels. 

If you need an escape to the good ole days, tune in at 9am for some Lyrical Venus-y tunes, and the Truckstop Souvenir interview at 9:30.  read more »

Over thirty years ago, in a collision at home plate, Ralph Marino received a neck injury that left him paralyzed from his shoulders to his toes. Since that fateful day, Ralph has graduated from college and has been a successful high school basketball coach and school social worker. He is also a motivational speaker, inspiring audiences wherever he speaks. http://www.ralphmarino.com/

Chris Hull teaches as an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University. He also runs Issue Management, Inc., a Washington, D.C. public affairs firm. His first book, Grassroots Rules: How the Iowa Caucus Helps Elect American Presidents, was published in November, 2007 by Stanford University Press.

On this week's show Justin Hayward and the Moody Blues take center stage early with a tribute set to their classic 1968 LP "In Search of the Lost Chord" (album cover). Their sound was distinctive and their lyrics resonate with the seeker in us all. You'll hear the tracks, "Legend of a Mind" and "OM". Drift back with nostalgia to the golden era. Sprinkled throughout the evening, other guest from the same period will visit including Pentangle and Simon & Garfunkel.  read more »

FLIGHT OF FANCY

a 3 hour journey about guardian angels, relaxation techniques and dinner parties..

set to a mellow groove with a fractal series of simple sine waves...

follow your BLISS

Sunday night @ 11/10c

rock ON

in.dub.itably, there are no shortages of sound for this Crucial Roots hour. clearly, being allotted one hour for a reggae show is pretty hard to pull off. every week i end up cutting my playlist in half and squeezing in as many tracks as humanly possible.

especially hard this week because my sweet sister came to town- armed with new mp3 files galore acquired from various friends and connections. big ups as well for sistah Kate's new KRUU holla mid show. this week a special mention also needs to be given to Spanky and Hawk for the delicious new riddumz that i've acquired from them. there will be more to come from that vault.....

for now, we'll start off slow and steady with some Midnite, then dub it with the Abyssinians and Augustus Pablo. the smooth sounds continue with Ziggy, Junior Byles and a little Barry Brown. from there, the dial goes up a few notches. expect favorites a la Sizzla, Capleton and Anthony B. new to my collection, and the three hottest tracks currently available to human kind, close out the hour. big ups to Brooklyn's own Dr. Israel and sistah Santogold as well as the amazing UK trip-hop geniuses Nightmares on Wax. dial it!

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Do you have the voice?

Tune within and see.

The mysterious Chinese convenience store's

second door

opens upon the darkened China

of the mind.

Its tea is some sort
of excursion

and temporarily deals
with the permanent.

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Hey there hip-hop heads...It's saturday, and that means Soul Product is getting closer to another all-new prerecorded, chalk full of beats program. you won't want to miss this week. We have tracks from all over, from mellow to hype and everything in between. Join John and I on another quest for rhythmic exsquisiteness...

Artists this week include ..

BUSTA RHYMES

DAS EFX FEAT. REDMAN

GANGSTARR-MILITIA (PETE ROCK REMIX)

ENCORE

GHOSTFACE KILLAH

WALE

MASSIVE INFLUENCE

ELZHI

JUST ICE FEAT. BIG DADDY KANE

TONY TOUCH FEAT. RAEKWON, METHOD MAN, AND U-GOD

M.F. DOOM

Dear Listeners, Rasta is not politicalli affiliated nor steeped in any program of religo-osophy nor for sale at any price...ah that's nice. Rather, a free will offering, sacrifices made by fire, unto a living Good, Born not by the will of flesh, nor of blood, nor of the will of man; yet of Goud a holy creator who is on the inside looking out! Charge up bretheren; this week 2 Peter on to Revelation 20 psalms in between the sheets of pages and sages. Love Brother Joel 

{ sometimes we feel like motherless children - on our way home }

YO HO HO

It's time for holiday music of the electronic sorts.

Hear songs from the CDs Reindeer Room Volume 1,2 & 3

Ex-Devo Mark Mothersbaugh's Joyeux Mutato

Christmas Remixed- Holiday Classics Re-Grooved

A Drummer Boy's Christmas

Holiday Remixed- Reworked Classics & Originals From The Mistletoe Lounge

and more. We'll post the playlist afterward.

News flash: 3 Kings from Orient were caught on the outskirts of Bethlahem by the Roman border patrol, carrying illegal contraband. "We caught them red-handed with frankincense and myrrh and they didn't have any papers."  read more »