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Sat 01/02/2010 |
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We'll go on air at 2:00 pm today, subbing for Miss Molly. Welcome the new year with two hours of Cactus Corners. Starting Saturday, January 9, Cactus Corners will begin at 2:00 pm PT. We'll alternate weekly with a new kids' show hosted by Dr Kristin Koster. Watch the schedule at kdvs.org for more information. Sir Michael Tippett was born January 2, 1905. As a gay man and a conscientious objector, he was considered by some an outsider in the clubby world of British art music. His work has received much wider exposure since his centenary in 2005.
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Sat 12/26/2009 |
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We'll go on air at 2:00 pm today, subbing for Paul Webb. Tune in as we begin the first of two 2-hour holiday episodes of Cactus Corners. Also, be sure to tune in from 9:00 am until noon today. We'll be subbing on the Saturday Morning Folk Show. You won't want to miss it. It's the day after in the Western world. Whether we observe Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day, the passing of Ezra, or the start of the Spengler Cup and world junior hockey tournaments, the days between the years are here. Happy holidaze.
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Sat 12/19/2009 |
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We'll be pre-empted by UC Davis women's basketball. The Aggies travel to New Haven, Connecticut to play the Yale Bulldogs. It's the birthday of the late Phil Ochs (1940-1976), a great topical singer cut down in what should have been his prime. We'll feature his music when we sub for Robyne on the Saturday Morning Folk Show on Saturday, December 26. The American Bach Soloists present Handel's Messiah this evening at 7:30 pm at the Mondavi Center on campus. American Bach Soloists' Messiah
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Sat 12/12/2009 |
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We're headed into the interim period, so watch this space. School's out for the holidaze, just in time for the Sunlight Foundation's Hackathon. You can do your bit for open applications for government today and Sunday. Hackathon 2009 The Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra presents Brahms' German Requiem and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana at 2:00 and 8:00 pm today at the Mondavi Center. SCSO Home for the Holidays
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Sat 12/05/2009 |
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Dust off that menorah for the festival of lights. We'll be pre-empted this week by UC Davis women's basketball. Tune in as the Aggies host the Denver Pioneers. The pre-game show starts at 2:45 pm. On December 5, 1848, President James K Polk kicked off the Gold Rush when he confirmed a new discovery of gold in Alta California, Mexico in a message before Congress. Cession and admission soon followed.
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Sat 11/28/2009 |
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We'll step aside this week for the second half of some special programming by The Flying A from Madera. Tune in at 2 pm to hear it all.
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Sat 11/21/2009 |
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We're pre-empted one last time for UC Davis football. The Aggies take to the road for the annual Causeway Classic at Sacramento State. On November 21, 1877, Thomas Edison announced the invention of the phonograph, a device for recording and replaying sound. In May 1889, the first phonograph parlor for public listening to recorded sound opened in San Francisco. The West Coast Ragtime Society's 23d annual festival runs this weekend in Sacramento. West Coast Ragtime Festival
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Sat 11/14/2009 |
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We'll be pre-empted by UC Davis football again this week as the Aggies host North Dakota. After the game, you might enjoy seeing mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in concert at the Mondavi Center. They'll present an all-Purcell program featuring Dido and Aeneas. Mondavi Center Concert, November 14 And it's senior night for UC Davis volleyball, as the Aggies host Cal Poly. Don't forget that they'll finish their home season at Upper Hickey Gym.
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Sat 11/07/2009 |
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We'll be pre-empted by UC Davis sports this week. The Aggie football team hosts Cal Poly in the Battle for the Golden Horseshoe at 1 pm. Go Ags! UC Davis 2009 Football Schedule On November 7, 1940 the Tacoma Narrows suspension bridge in Washington collapsed. Nicknamed Galloping Gertie during construction for oscillating in the wind, the span shook itself to pieces only 18 weeks after it opened. Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (Ogg file)
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Sat 10/31/2009 |
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We'll feature Halloween music in the contemporary classical tradition. We'll also also host an update on current campus issues. We expect to be pre-empted by UC Davis football the next three weeks. Watch this space for other news. In recent years, Halloween has become a major holiday, with an economic impact of $4 to $6 billion. It is now reckoned second only to Christmas in retail potential.
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Sat 10/24/2009 |
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Tune in at 2 pm. We'll sub for Miss Molly today. Then stay tuned for our regular show at 3 pm. We'll host a special presentation on campus issues. Italian composer Luciano Berio was born October 24, 1925. In addition to his own ground-breaking work, he trained and influenced many other composers as a faculty member at Mills College.
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Sat 10/17/2009 |
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We'll feature Conlon Nancarrow's studies for player piano. The player piano was no historical curiosity. It was the karaoke machine of its day. William Gaddis, Stop Player. Joke Number 4 William Dolven, Roll Playing Drew Johnson, Edson to 1958 Stay tuned at 4 pm when we'll sub for Gil on Crossing Continents until football coverage begins at 5:30 pm. We'll feature Moroccan field recordings, including some made by Paul Bowles. The NorCal NoiseFest kicks off Thursday, October 15 with a preview concert at John Natsoulas Gallery in Davis and a KDVS spotlight on local artists. The festival runs October 16-18 in Sacramento. NorCal Noisefest 2009 On this date in 1604 (New Style), Johannes Kepler observed a supernova in the constellation Ophiuchus (Snake-handler), only 20,000 light years from Earth. It was the last supernova in our own Milky Way galaxy.
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Sat 10/10/2009 |
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Tune in at 9:00 am Saturday, when we'll host the Saturday Morning Folk Show, in addition to our regular 3:00 pm show. We'll feature old-time music, and we'll have special guests join us. On October 10, 1911 the Wuchang Uprising led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the end of Imperial rule in China. Double Ten Day is observed in the People's Republic of China and in Taiwan.
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Sat 10/03/2009 |
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Sat 09/26/2009 |
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Please stay tuned at 4:00 pm. We'll be subbing for Crossing Continents host Gil Medovoy until today's Aggie football coverage begins around 5:30 pm. The great blues singer Bessie Smith died on this date in 1937 as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile collision near Clarksdale, Mississippi. She was 43. Her 1925 recording of WC Handy's St Louis Blues, featuring Louis Armstrong on cornet, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1993. The 20th Century's Greatest Hit St Louis Blues (1925) (Ram file)
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