[Kzyxtalk] And 999 shall be the number of the show. (230 for KNYO.)

[Marco McClean]

"I’d like you to join me in welcoming these weird little wonders. Ladies 
and gentlemen, all the way from Modesto, Harold and Fanny Shitbang’s 
latest find, the Mini Margarets! ...Oh, my God. Oh, terrible. Oh, no. 
DROP THE CURTAIN! DROP THE CURTAIN!"


The recording of last night's (2017-05-26) KNYO and KMEC Memo of the 
Air: Good Night Radio show is available to download and enjoy via 
http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com


A master of disguise who called himself Farther Further stopped by, on 
his way to either Guardians of the Galaxy or Pirates of the Caribbean, 
to talk about the bright technical future the Mendocino Coast could 
have. There’s the political prose poetry of Paul Krugman as well as a 
sad, soft poem by Allie Coleman about depression and its temporary 
antidote: trees. There's the latest installment of Jay Frankston's 
historical novel El Sereno leading up to and including the Spanish Civil 
War. Scott Peterson's /Highway 61/, a true story of elite money vampires 
sucking on Fort Bragg. Ezekiel Krahlin's dream-take on Psalm 91. A 
couple of new ideas about how we think and about what memory is really 
for. Alex Bosworth called. He’s out of the hospital again, with news of 
dozens of new stories he had time to write there. Firesign Theater. It's 
a pretty good show, if I do say so myself, and why shouldn't I?


Speaking of which, as the economy craters and sub-craters like a 
screensaver of cratering craters because of the one percent drinking 
everyone's milkshake out from underneath it, the sort of people a little 
radio station like KNYO relies on for operating money more and more need 
that money to take care of themselves and keep body and soul together. 
And KNYO, unlike high-power commercial stations, is not allowed to sell 
advertising. Nor, unlike high-power so-called noncommercial stations 
like KZYX, for example, can it get hundreds of thousands of dollars a 
year in grants to, basically, advertise for giant multinational 
corporations and keep troublemakers like me off the air. So if you are 
in a position where you can spare what amounts to coffee-and-tea money, 
please go to KNYO's website, click on the big red heart that bravely 
cries out /donate now/, and help out the Noyo Radio Project on a 
one-time or recurring basis. Real radio doesn’t need much money, but 
what it needs it really needs. Please help the wonderful, admirable and 
recently bereaved Bob Young keep us downtown and on the air. Do it now, 
while you’re thinking about it.


Anyway, also at http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com you'll find directions 
to many non-radio-useful though worthwhile goods that I found while 
putting radio shows together. Items such as:


The good Mona is the Mona on the left. Leonardo's student's copy. Also, 
here’s a neat trick: cross your eyes until the heads overlap and examine 
the result: Medieval stereoscopic 3D.
http://boingboing.net/2017/05/22/its-official-reddit-users-d.html


New old bulbs and how we get them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbZW4ghzquw


And a short video essay on apocalyptic fiction.
https://aeon.co/videos/why-do-we-crave-the-awful-futures-of-apocalyptic-fiction


--
Marco McClean
memo at mcn.org
http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com