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A History of Black Bloc, plus Bad News!

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A History of Black Bloc, plus Bad News!

A picture of Autonomen approaching bulle van to apply damage from May Day 1987

First up, we’re sharing a blast from the past blast from the past, an interview that we conducted in 2013 via our comrades from A-Radio Berlin with a participant in the autonomous anti-capitalist street movement in Germany in the latter half of the 20th century known as Autonomen. Specifically, the guest speaks about the context of anonymous street actions during May Day of 1987 in the district of then-West Berlin known as Kreuzberg and about the tactic that became known as Black Bloc. Apologies for the audio quality of this portion.

You can find the full episode at TheFinalStrawRadio.NoBlogs.Org

 

 

Then, you’ll be hearing portions of the May 2022 episode of Bad News: Angry Voices From Around The World by the A-Radio Network, of which the already-mentioned Berlin crew is also a member. You’ll hear:

  • comrades from Free Social Radio 1431AM in Thessaloniki, Greece with some updates from that country.
  • Then, friends at Črna luknja in Lubjlana, Slovenia, shares an interview with members of the autonomous social center in Trieste known as Germinal on the 10th anniversary of that space.
  • Finally, you’ll hear A-Radio Vienna sharing the call-out for the 2022 June 11th Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners. You can find more on June 11th at June11.NoBlogs.Org

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Radio Active Kids May 28! Interview with the Zing Zangs!

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This week on Radio Active Kids, we’ll interview The Zing Zangs about their amazing debut album #TheGoodDay! Also, new tunes by Itty Bitty Beats, POCO DROM, The Figureheads, Alexander Star, Silly Goose & Val, Kare Strong Art, AGAIN AGAIN, Go Banana Go & more! 8-10am ET Saturday at ashevillefm.org/show/radio-active-kids or tun.in/pjiei & podcasting at mixcloud.com/Radio_Active_Kids!


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Soul of the Blues

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One bourbon, one shot and some blues! It’s bottoms up blues fans when you join the Blueshound on Soul of the Blues this Thursday from 12-2pm on AshevilleFM! Listen live at 103.3fm or stream it live and for 2 weeks after it airs at ashevillefm.org! New music this week from the debut solo effort from Michael Rubin, The Wildroots with Victor Wainwright, Canadian blues band HOROJO Trio, east coast blues by Albert Cummings, actor/musician Dana Fuchs and the recently deceased west coast blues harp master James Harman! The fantastic San Francisco based blues band The Lucky Losers, lead by harp player deluxe Phil Berkowitz and powerfully soulful blues singer Cathy Lemons will be performing in Asheville for the first time this weekend! I’ll be chatting with them via telephone about their music and upcoming Asheville shows while playing a few of their songs for ya’ll. You don’t want to miss it! Join the Blueshound this Thursday for two hours of mind spinning, butt grinning blues on Soul of the Blues at AshevilleFM!

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Dunstan Bruce on The Untold Story of Chumbawamba

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The Untold Story of Chumbawamba with Dunstan Bruce

Dunstan sitting by a wall with someone wearing the baby face from the Tubthumper album cover and cartoon hands from "Never Mind The Ballots" album cover

Dunstan Bruce is perhaps most famous for his lead vocals and listing of libations in the Chumbawamba pop hit, Tubthumping. But there is so much more to him and that band than that one song. For the hour we touch on some of the band’s 30 year history, their relation as a collective, anarchist band to social justice movements around the world and how they used their fame and money to give back, Dunstan’s recently finished documentary “I Get Knocked Down: The Untold Story of Chumbawamba” and his accompanying one man show “Am I Invisible Yet?”, aging and the battle for relevance, staying involved in politics and more. “I Get Knocked Down” is still seeking distribution so not streamable, but keep an eye on the fakebook page for updates on that, and you can find his prior documentary on Chumbawamba published about 20 years ago on youtube, entitled “Well Done, Now Sod Off!”

You can find the full episode at TheFinalStrawRadio.NoBlogs.Org

You can find a rather embarrassing mixtape from us years ago on archive.org, expect a replacement playlist for it soon.

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Some hijinks from the era:

Other music related projects mentioned:

Dunstan’s Other Docs

Announcements

Greg Curry Hunger Strike

Greg Curry, a prisoner in Ohio serving a life sentence in relation to the Lucasville Uprising of 1993 for which he claims innocence, has just begun a hunger strike for being stuck in extended solitary confinement known as TPU at Toledo Correctional Institution. To voice concern, you can call 419 726 7977 and select choice 8 to speak to the warden during business hours, or you can select 0 to speak to the operator at other times. You can also mail [email protected] requesting that his communications be re-instated and that he be able to re-enter general population.

You can find our 2016 interview with Greg at our website.

Social Media Documentary from SubMedia

Stay tuned to Sub.Media for a documentary film on the troubles with social media in early June

TFSR Fediverse Podcast

We’ve launched a temporary instance of Castopod podcasting app on the Fediverse at @[email protected]. Definitely a work in progress, but check it out if you care to.

Bad News, May 2022

The latest episode of the monthly english-language podcast from the A-Radio Network is available now at their website: A-Radio-Network.Org or here: https://www.a-radio-network.org/episode-56-05-2022/


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Radio Active Kids May 21! SHOE Music!

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We’ve got SHOE…er…NEW MUSIC this week on Radio Active Kids, and Steve Weeks Music made an incredible promo jingle for us! ???????????????????????? Songs by Itty Bitty Beats, Levity Beet Music, The BenAnna Band, Jenn Cleary Music, Beleza Music, Suzi Shelton, La Granja del Tío Bob, Steve Elci and Friends, Andrew Best Music, Herr Jan, Ashley Mills Monaghan, & Lefty Jones Band!!! ALSO. A whole set of music about SHOES by Timmy Abell Music, Go Banana Go, Here Comes Trouble, Mista Cookie Jar, My Friend Christopher, The Stacey Peasley Band, Ratboy Jr., Riff Rockit, Shine & the Moonbeams, & Songeez!!! 8-10am ET Saturday at ashevillefm.org/show/radio-active-kids or tun.in/pjiei & podcasting at mixcloud.com/Radio_Active_Kids!


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