Some of Portland’s precious wonders powered by electricity.

as seen through a keyhole.

The Physical and the Narrative – Electronic to Romantic

Oscar Brown Jr, Langston Hughes, The Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Music (AACM.)

French New-Wave, piano music, classic Egyptian, social jazz, No Country for Old Men, Reggie Watts.

Shared spaces for songs and scores.

The Mancini sound featured in various movies. Animated noir and cool jazz with the personality of all the players.

Abnormal mysteries with organic and electronic music

Soundtrax for Movies, TV, and Stage across the spectrum. Symptoms of Dignity and Hilarity.

Coming of age rites.

Elevator Music, Sonic Wallpaper, EZ Listening, Moodsong, Exotica, Muzak and Beautiful Music.

Ancient civilizations known for their advanced technology.

Italian film composers swayed by Morricone Island.

Thick spectral layers of textures and timbres with tone-bending streams and fields. Slow moving organisms with a vibrant buzz teetering on the edge of sound art. As if we were dropped into the center of one of those long, extended psychedelic jams from the late 1960’s.

How to think with Steve Allen, how to move with the King Sunny Ade, and how to be cool with the Beats.

She’s Gotta Have It, Jungle Fever, Do The Right Thing, Mo’ Better Blues and the later - Bamboozled.

“Nation Time” with Joe McPhee, African Sanctus, film & sound editing from The French Connection, and Jamaican Horns Up!

Taking a breather from the ghostly Covid and textured protests. I’ll be playing crystal clear tracks from a variety of new pictures with a creative blend of acoustics and electronics. Today’s show includes crime dramas, synth fusions, and documentaries on civil rights, a scientific experiment in self-quarantine, and art & crime.

Music & Poetry, works from prison, Audio Theater Rewinds Langston Hughes.

Music by Ennio Morricone and lo-budget independent films for documentary soundtracks, short films and animation played by bands put together by the genre-busting mind of John Zorn.