Sundown Lounge
This is a laid back (and often explicit - you bet your ass!) weekly podzine, of music, spoken word, progressive politics, weird science, interesting audio goodies, and occasional vignettes from the west coast open mic scene.
No. 120 - Nov 16th, 2K7 - 38:18


00:26 open mic stage - "Buffalo Boy" - NWO Chaingang Collective
05:02 welcome
05:46 Geeknotes: Brad Wilson, Podshow Doesn't Suck, Chapter 1 hits 1K
07:04 open mic stage intro
07:47 open mic stage - "Grace" - The Lingus
11:29 open mic stage - The Japlish Podcast Promo
12:36 open mic stage - "Anybody Out There" - Nicola
17:27 open mic stage - "To Fight Aloud Is Brave" - Emily Dickinson
18:05 open mic stage - "Road to Nowhere" - Creature Republic
21:11 open mic stage - "Wisdom Through Music" - Lamar Murphy
25:13 Map Room: One Laptop Per Child Sale Has Begun, Study Documents the Power of Indoor Plants, Taser Parties Come to the US
30:44 Venue Verite
31:28 "The Indian Who Lost His Wife" - William Patten
36:54 Music Bed: The Man Who Lives Offline" - Scann-Tec (Kahvi)
37:18 Closing comments
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No. 119 - Nov 9th, 2K7 - 47:44


00:27 open mic stage - "Indian Secrets" - Dreamweaver
03:37 welcome
04:23 Geeknotes: Tairy Woodard podcast novel, NaNoWriMo 007
07:22 open mic stage intro
08:17 open mic stage - "No Money No Honey" - Rick Anthony
12:21 open mic stage - Views From the Coop Promo
12:51 open mic stage - "Digital Monkey" - Balkan Beat Box
17:04 open mic stage - "Indian Summer" - Emily Dickinson
18:01 open mic stage - "Native River Tribes" - Guardian Mind Mix
21:24 open mic stage - "I Am Not Afriad" - Majek Fashek
27:25 open mic stage - DarkAge Promo
28:28 open mic stage - "Na Palma Da Mao" - Uniao Black
31:38 Map Room: Give (Clean) Coal a Chance, With the Help of GPS, Amazonian Tribes Reclaim the Rain Forest, Organ 'Printing' Creates Beating Heart Cells, Swiss Study has Some Surprises on Marijuana Use
40:37 Venue Verite
41:36 "Iagoo, The Story-Teller" from "American Indian Fairy Tales"
46:13 Music Bed: "Rudi Rudi" - Nova Viator (Kahvi)
46:34 Closing comments
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no. 117 - Oct. 26th, 2K7 - 55:57


00:26 open mic stage - "Radio Riot" - Tiny Masters Of Today
03:55 welcome
04:40 Geeknotes: Omar Chkhaidze in New York, Deep Dish in Chicago, Chapter 17
07:28 open mic stage intro
08:12 open mic stage - "November" - Helen Hunt Jackson
09:24 open mic stage - Yondercast Promo
10:45 open mic stage - "Hey!!! little bird" - After Son
15:44 open mic stage - "Iran, Rumors of War" - Mumia Abu Jamal
18:59 open mic stage - "Dumbstruck" - Lamar Murphy
21:02 open mic stage - "Secret" - Mieka Pauley
24:45 open mic stage - "My November Guest" - Robert Frost
26:47 open mic stage - The American Smartass Promo
27:54 open mic stage - "Seek" - Neil Smith
32:38 open mic stage - "November" - Azure Ray
37:13 Map Room: Scientists Envision Growing Human Eyeballs, Organic Produce Really IS Better, Superfast Laser Turns Virus Into Rubble, Ban On Leaded Petrol 'Has Cut Crime Rates Around The World'
45:08 Venue Verite
46:02 "Network" clips: Howard Beale, Mr. Jensen
54:33 Music Bed: "In Riots of Color They Spin" - Mikael Fyrek (Kahvi)
54:56 Closing comments
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no. 117 - Oct. 26th, 2K7 - 65:26


00:30 open mic stage - "Jackknife Judy" - The Sleepers (PMN)
04:46 welcome
05:28 Geeknotes: Brother Love Halloween Rock 'n Roll Spectacular, "The Chocolate Man" at Storyopolis, SlamIdol Contest 19, Globe Pubcast
09:16 open mic stage intro
10:11 open mic stage - "Monsters" - Chenard Walcker
11:57 open mic stage - "Myths Wearing Thin" - Scott Virtes
12:24 open mic stage - "Zombie Highschool" - Sidekick Lupchen and The Bad Generation (PMN)
15:45 open mic stage - "Unreasonable" - Belinda Subraman and Ken Clinger
16:39 open mic stage - Hotel Hell Podcast Promo
17:19 open mic stage - "The Eyes of Annie" - Briareus (PMN)
22:32 open mic stage - "Vampires" - Briareus (PMN)
25:46 open mic stage - "Zombie Twist" - The Deformities (PMN)
28:23 open mic stage - "Ghost House" - Robert Frost (Librivox)
30:57 open mic stage - Strange But True Radio Podcast Promo
31:57 open mic stage - "Corpse Grinding Man" - Harley Poe (PMN)
35:53 open mic stage - "The Wedding Dress" - 2Cents (Purevolume)
39:14 Map Room: Return Of Devil's Bible To Prague, Asteroid Could Hit Earth In 2029, US Scientist Close to Creating First Artificial Life Form, Skies to be Swept for Alien Life, War of the Worlds
51:13 Venue Verite
51:42 "The Mother and the Dead Child" - Hans Anderson (Librivox)
64:11 Music Bed: Spooky podsafe sounds
64:32 Closing comments


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no. 116 - Sept. 28th, 2K7 - 36:57


00:27 open mic stage - "To Autumn" - John Keats
02:55 welcome
03:40 Geeknotes: Convention Time, Domain issues
06:16 open mic stage intro
07:15 open mic stage - "The Hole" - Scott Virtes
07:33 open mic stage - "Yeah Yeah Yeah" - Freak 4
11:09 open mic stage - "The Wires From My Broken Record Player" - Cars and Trains
14:02 open mic stage - "Share The Wealth" - Huey Long
16:22 open mic stage - John Grisham Interview
18:06 open mic stage - "The Deadly Syndrome" - Animals Wearing Clothes
24:31 open mic stage - Podcast Ping Promo
25:44 open mic stage - "You Haunt Me" - Bill Furner
28:07 open mic stage - "Autumn" - Wallace Stevens
28:55 Venue Verite
29:31 "Think For Yourself" - Timothy Leary (FIS)
35:40 Music Bed: "Calm," "3rd Dream" - Alexy V, "Dreamology" (Kahvi)
35:56 Closing comments


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no. 115 - Sept. 14th, 2K7 - 47:14


00:27 open mic stage - "Good Son" - Rob Szabo
04:40 welcome
05:30 Geeknotes: WIRED NextFest, LA Erotica Film Festival, Malalai Joya
07:33 open mic stage intro
08:17 open mic stage - "Smiling Sands" - Scott Virtes
08:41 open mic stage - "Onomatopoeia" - Shotgun Jimmie
14:41 open mic stage - "Gonna Be Sure" - Lisle Engle
20:23 open mic stage - The Chillcast with Anji Bee Promo
21:24 open mic stage - "Sensations" - Belinda Subraman and Ken Clinger
22:14 open mic stage - "Aria (Bachiana Brasileiras 5)" - Criara (sung by Vanessa Falabella)
27:43 open mic stage - "All Kinds Of A Fool" - Brad Wilson
31:44 Map Room: Physicists Get Two Atoms to Communicate, Bacteria Successful in Cancer Treatment, A Keyboard for the Techno Crowd
38:12 Venue Verite
38:42 "The 9/11 Moment" - Mumia Abu Jamal,
41:04 "9/11 Special Commentary" - Keith Olbermann
45:56 Music Bed: Pinza and 4t Thieves (Kahvi)
46:15 Closing comments
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no. 109 - Aug 3rd, 2K7 - 48:54


00:30 open mic stage - "Dear Friends" - Auditory Aphasia
06:42 welcome
07:15 Geeknotes: Authors Den, Chicago Cops Bust Up Poetry Event, Again
09:48 open mic stage intro
10:19 open mic stage - "Render Me Helpless" - Project 46
13:55 open mic stage - Incarcerex - Drug Policy Alliance, from YouTube
15:12 open mic stage - "Pantomime" - Jade Of Days
20:12 open mic stage - "December Thirteen" - Acetylene Hayes
24:16 open mic stage - DFB Podcast Promo
25:28 open mic stage - "Hope For Us" - The Jealous Sound
29:49 Map Room: New Fingerprint Technology, First Armed Robots on Patrol in Iraq, New Planet Found Near Red Giant
35:48 Venue Verite
36:20 Mumia Abu Jamal interviewed on Uprising Radio KPFK 91.7FM LA w/ Sonali Kolhatkar
47:38 Music Bed: "Summer Selection" compilation (Kahvi)
47:58 Closing comments

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no. 108 - July 27th, 2K7 - 42:02


00:29 open mic stage - "Summer Night" - Alfred Lord Tennyson
01:41 welcome
02:15 Geeknotes: 2007 Chicago Poetry Fest, 5K Hits, The Trouble With Book Reviews
05:57 open mic stage intro
06:26 open mic stage - "Every Link In The Chain" - Oh No Not Stereo
09:19 open mic stage - "Somebody Save Me" - Gina Villalobos
15:17 open mic stage - Karate America Kick-a-Thon Promo
16:16 open mic stage - "Triforce" - The Mad Titans
19:18 open mic stage - "Brittle" - Aaron English
23:45 open mic stage - "It's Alright" - The Midnight Hours
26:59 Map Room: Sleep Patterns Affects Teen Behavior, Newly Declassified Window Film Keeps Out Hackers, Phone Calls, EMPs, Chips: High Tech Aids or Tracking Tools?
33:38 Venue Verite
34:31 "Swollen Fortunes" - William Jennings Bryan, "Social and Industrial Justice" - Theodore Roosevelt
40:21 Music Bed: "Two Zombies Later" Compilation, Comfortstand
40:53 Closing comments
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no. 107 - July 20th, 2K7 - 50:00


00:26 open mic stage - "I Ate My Tie" - Bongart
05:01 welcome
05:39 Geeknotes: 2007 Chicago Poetry Fest, 5K Hits, The Trouble With Book Reviews
09:06 open mic stage intro
09:46 open mic stage - "Till Death Do Us Part" - Gone For Good
13:58 open mic stage - "El Momentito" - Pulsions du Moi
16:51 open mic stage - "White Hot Stereo" - Hung BY Halos
21:04 open mic stage - Living in Vegas Promo
21:38 open mic stage - "Question Mark" - Soulogic
29:08 open mic stage - "Money" - W H Davies
30:13 open mic stage - "Cheers" - Holding On To Sound
34:28 Map Room: Carbon Nanotubes Strengthen Artificial Muscles, Hydrogen-Powered Racecar, Evolution Occurs in the Blink of an Eye, The Secret to More Useful Robots: Tai Chi Training
42:52 Venue Verite
43:38 "When Wars Backfire" - Mumia Abu Jamal
47:56 Music Bed: Las Vegas Casino Ambience
48:28 Closing comments
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no. 106 - July 13th, 2K7 - 44:55


00:28 open mic stage - "The Sandpiper" - Celia Thaxter
02:02 open mic stage - "Jihad Theme" - The Happy Happy Jihads
04:45 welcome
05:27 Geeknotes: Jared Smith leaving Chicago, Poetry Fest is on, Brother Love Fan Club, Virtual Book Tour Update
08:31 open mic stage intro
09:06 open mic stage - "Spinout" - Glamor Puss
12:47 open mic stage - "Surf Goddess" - This Spy Surfs
16:30 open mic stage - Ask The Mac Expert Promo
16:55 open mic stage - "Sunrise, Sunset" - D.E.J.A. Jazz
22:50 open mic stage - "On The Beach At Night" - Walt Whitman
24:44 open mic stage - "Surf's Up" - Madness Again
31:03 Map Room: Microholography and the 500 GB Disc, Using a Robot to Teach Human Social Skills, Prince Points the Way to a Brighter Future for Music, NASA Contractor Designs Lunar Habitat
39:36 Venue Verite
40:01 "The Beating of Black Lawyers" - Mumia Abu Jamal
42:48 Music Bed: Venice Beach Ambience
43:23 Closing comments
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no. 105 - July 6th, 2K7 - 39:36


00:27 open mic stage - "Now is the winter..." - Richard III, Shakespeare
03:03 welcome
03:55 Geeknotes: Elsie Escobar Made the Cover of PUM, Traffic Court Frowns Upon Bikers, Virtual Book Reading on TalkShoe
07:43 open mic stage intro
08:20 open mic stage - "A Summer Night" - Elizabeth Stoddard
09:04 open mic stage - "Like Smoke" - Aaron English
13:49 open mic stage - Supernatural Existence Promo
14:50 open mic stage - "When he that is my husband now..." - Richard III, Shakespeare
16:36 open mic stage - "Mistakes and Regrets" - And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
20:23 Map Room: Study Shows Wine Prevents Tooth Decay, Wind-Powered Mobile Phone Charger, Don't Be Fooled by the Swaddling Clothes: Babies Are Liars
26:11 Venue Verite
28:13 Keith Olberman's July 4th Smackdown
38:08 Music Bed: "Farandola" - 15, "Detuned Love" - Neurokin - "Butano Beats" by Various Artists (2007)
38:32 Closing comments

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"America The Beautiful" - Douglas Spotted Eagle, "Fighting Back" - John Edwards

Geeknotes: Farewell Redemption, Chicago Poetry in July, The Podcast Peer Awards, New Book Promo

Open Mic Stage: "Can't Trust Anyone" - Oh No Not Stereo, "Do You Have Sex in Bed or the Floor?" - Bernadette Mayer, Thoughts on the 2007 SCOTUS term, "In The City" - Audible Mainframe, "Ain't It Something" - The Midnight Hours, "Spaceport Bar Band Blues" - Beeblebrox

Map Room: World's First Commercial Tidal Energy Generator To Be Built In Northern Ireland, Brain Scans Reveal Why Meditation Works, Scientists find way to separate HIV virus from cells

Venue Verite: Ch. 9 from "Democracy in America Volume I" by Alexis De Tocqueville

Music Bed: "Unconscious Alliance," "Leave No Trace" - "Red Balloon" by General Fuzz (2007)
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Sundown Lounge, show no. 100. Yeah, a nice round number. this isn't a special edition show, that'll come in no. 102, the 2nd Anniversary show. Well, I DO have Mumia Abu Jamal and Mark Twain remarking on America during wartime...

Also:

Map Room: Greenhouse Solution: Sucking The CO2 Straight Out Of The Atmosphere, New View on Hurricanes Could Yield Better Predictions, New Buildings to Dance in the Wind

Venue Verite: "The War Prayer" - Mark Twain (Librivox)

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no. 93 - Apr. 15th, 2K7 - 43:56


00:26 open mic stage - "Footsteps" - Potent
04:28 welcome
05:44 Geeknotes: not this week
08:17 open mic stage intro
09:21 open mic stage - "Other People Like Me" - Tara Betts
10:52 open mic stage - "Aviva" - LangHolgerssonUnit
19:28 open mic stage - "Beyond Gonzalez" - Mumia Abu Jamal
21:46 open mic stage - "Space Jam" - Rough Sax
25:36 open mic stage - "In Flanders Fields" - John McCrae
26:31 open mic stage - "The Hangman at Home" -  Carl Sandburg
27:43 open mic stage - "Rock and Roll Pills" - 101
34:58 Map Room: not this week
37:46 Venue Verite
38:16 "The Sayings of Confucius, Book 20"
42:36 Music Bed: "Pie," "20333," "starcell u.k." - "cdrno2" - Lackluster (2007)
42:56 Closing comments

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This one was a test of a sound-dampening experiment...
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no. 87 - Mar. 2nd, 2K7 - 49:13


00:30 open mic stage - "Jammin" - Eliane Elias
06:55 welcome
07:55 Geeknotes: Slam Idol Open Writing Challenge, Series I'm Reading, ClickCaster, No More '24'
14:48 open mic stage intro
16:09 open mic stage - "Tigers (Savannah Mix)" - Briareus
19:40 open mic stage - The Writing show Promo
20:32 open mic stage - "Cat's Bite" - Boom Boom Becket
25:19 open mic stage - Tips From The Top Floor Promo
26:50 open mic stage - "Postcard" - Frank Burton
28:49 open mic stage - "Venus" - Kcentric
32:44 open mic stage - "Moodball" - Green Man
38:13 Map Room: Int'l Polar Year, Emergency Care Guinea Pigs, Scientists Invent Real-Life 'Tricorder'
43:24 Venue Verite
44:09 "The March To Tehran" - Mumia Abu Jamal
47:51 music bed: "Sunflower," "Particles," "Crocodile Tears" - "Zoo" by Workbench (2007)
48:10 Closing comments
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no. 86 - Feb 23rd. 2K7 - 45:05


00:09 opening waves
00:38 open mic stage - "Turtle Doves" - The Fabrications
03:39 welcome
04:39 Geeknotes: Bollywood & Indian Film Festival in Sao Paulo, Bad Jamie CD Release Shows in Boston & NYC, Pod Updates
09:03 open mic stage intro
10:21 open mic stage - Freelance America Promo
11:17 open mic stage - "Pink Eye" - Justice On A Budget
16:52 open mic stage - "Los Muertos Rock" - Last Call Brawlers
20:19 open mic stage - "Girlfriend's Ghost" - Sophia Ramos
25:24 open mic stage - Podtini Promo
26:06 open mic stage - "Indivisible" - Addek
30:22 Map Room: Scientists Generate Electricity in Novel Way, Human Compassion Surprisingly Limited, New Cells from Old Brains, Incorrect Results Easy to Get
37:49 Venue Verite
38:43 "Royal Presidents" - Mumia Abu Jamal
43:24 music bed: "Noa Lake," "Cumulus," "winternumb" - "Apologies" by Mosaik (2007)
43:42 Closing comments

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00:34 open mic stage - "A Christmas Carol" - Richard Price
06:58 welcome
08:14 Geeknotes: Podsafe For Peace, Podiobook?
10:51 open mic stage intro
11:56 open mic stage - "Daughter of the Sun" Podiobook Promo
14:07 open mic stage - "Segrdos" - Elaine Elias
19:03 open mic stage - Capitol Rock Show Promo
20:05 open mic stage - "This is what you've waited for" - Gravy Goatee
25:00 open mic stage - "Jazz Fantasia" - Carl Sandburg
26:20 open mic stage - Blood, Crack And Anime Promo
27:51 open mic stage - "Bird That Will Not Fly" - Jeff Phillips
31:29 map room - 'Tabletop' Particle Accelerator, The Antikythera Computer, Software Robot That Follows You...
40:02 Venue Verite
40:52 "Excerpts from The Western Land: The President, Colonel Bradford, Everyman a God" - William S. Burroughs (UbuWeb, A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse 2005)...
46:33 music bed: "Aamupala," "Lehtipuu," "Vastavarit," "Hamara" - "Aamupala" by Crud
(Kahvi.org, 2004)
47:00 Closing comments
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"Phantasma (ft. Anji Bee)" - Bitstream Dream
 
 Geeknotes: oneword.com, SlamIdol Video Contest No. 15, Phot'Art International, Avvistamenti Int'l video Festival, LA Pod at UCLA

Open Mic Stage: "The "F" Word" - Bad Astronaut, All Axis Radio Promo, "money money money" - The Undercover Hippy, "The Immortals" Promo, "Trust" - Death and Taxes, AycliffePodcast.com Promo, "Matrix" - Bazerk

Map Room: The Spray On Condom, The FBI's Scary New Eavesdropping Tool, Scientist Fights Church Effort to Hide Museum's Pre-Human Fossils

Venue Verite: "Labor's Service To Freedom" - Samuel Gompers; "Embankment at Night, before the War: Outcasts" - D. H. Lawrence, Read by Martin Clifton (Librivox)
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00:00 opening waves
00:29 open mic stage - "Anti-Anti" - Snowden
04:50 welcome
06:12 geeknotes - The CD Seller, Contest Judge, DALSA no. 11, Noisely.com, Greg Kirkelie...
10:50 open mic stage intro
11:47 open mic stage - "Humanism" - Gloria Steinem
12:17 open mic stage - "Beatitude" - Lovespirals (PMN)
17:43 open mic stage - In Latte Veritas Promo
19:20 open mic stage - "Tropicalia" - Elaine Elias
23:41 open mic stage - "The Yellow Flower (from Pictures from Brueghel)" - William Carlos Williams (UbuWeb)
27:14 open mic stage - International Dectectives Dragons Promo
28:15 open mic stage - "On Heroin" - Herbert Huncke (UbuWeb)
33:13 open mic stage - In the Trenches Promo (FIT)
34:16 open mic stage - "Combustible" - Nicola
39:39 open mic stage - "Little Birds" - Whipped (Garageband)
41:58 map room - Honda's New Fuel-Cell Prototype, Using the Mind to Cure the Body, Global Warming Could Doom Male Crocodiles, 13 Things We Can't Explain...
49:55 Venue Verite
51:35 A Moment Of Silence For World AIDS Day...
51:48 music bed: "Animate," "Lizzard" and "Light In" - "Black Light Dark Bright" by Mataya (Kahvi.org, 2006)
52:14 Closing comments
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