New Show: Jazz Decades!

Jazz Decades explores the amazing jazz collection of its host Ray Smith. Each week he chooses from his library of over 90,000 titles to bring you the best of early jazz, blues and swing from the 1900’s through the 1930’s. Tune in on Sundays and Mondays at 4pm to hear all the great music! No need to wind up your Victrola, these selections are wonderfully restored and brought to you thanks to the generosity of WGBH, Boston. We’re carrying Jazz Decades thanks to a request from listener John Zimmer (thanks John!). Have a show you’d like to hear on Radio Sausalito? Send me an email  jonathan AT radiosausalito DOT orgRay Smith

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A Different Slant 096: Dealing with an Expanding Government

Host John Flavin shares his reasons for believing Marin is moving to one central county government and what implications such a consolidation may have on your daily life.

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Radio Sausalito records LIVE jazz at George’s in San Rafael

Radio Sausalito teamed up with the famed George’s Nightclub in San Rafael for a live recording of the band Stompy Jones. Engineer Leon Reid and Founder Jonathan Westerling were there with a dizzying array of technology to capture the concert. Everything went great, and the music was fantastic. Thanks go out to house engineer Jamie Bridges  and George’s owner Todd Ghanizadeh for helping to make the recording happen. We’re working on a ‘mixdown’ of the concert which will be finished soon.  Listen to Radio Sausalito for announcements about when you can hear this concert on the air…photo photo[1] Screen shot 2013-02-25 at 8.25.44 PM

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The Field Trip 068: Fuller Brush Norman Hall

Mitchell chats with the San Francisco Bay Area’s last door-to-door salesman, Norman Hall…

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A Different Slant 095: Vacant Retail Space is Contagious

Host John Flavin shares what he would do if he were the landlord of the apparently growing number of vacant retail spaces in Southern Marin…and why something should be done.

 

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The Field Trip 067: The Halls

Mitchell talks with husband and wife theater veterans Norman Hall and Shirley Nilsen Hall, whom many consider to be the ‘first-couple’ of North Bay theater…

Norman directs and Shirley stars in the Novato Theater Company’s current production of ‘Steel Magnolias’…

 

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The Field Trip 066: Rudy Guerrero

Mitchell chats with actor Rudy Guerrero, who is currently appearing at the San Francisco Playhouse in San Francisco, California, in the West Coast premiere of Stephen Adley Guirgis’ Tony nominated play, The MoFo with the Hat, directed by Bill English.

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A Different Slant 094: Should Government Budgets Be Called “Fudgets”?

Host John Flavin makes his case why budgets at the federal, state and local levels should be renamed “fudgets”.

 

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Sausalito’s Secret History 018: The Pond

The area that’s now beautiful Vina del Mar Plaza was once “the symbol of all that was rotten in Sausalito.”

 

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Sausalito’s Secret History 017: Van Damme

Who was the ferryboat Charles Van Damme named after?

 

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A Different Slant 093: Is Housing Booming Again?

Host John Flavin reviews the ups and downs of the current housing market and gives advice on how to manage it.

 

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A Different Slant 092: Marin County Not Bankrupt…Yet

Host John Flavin addresses the rumor that the new Moody’s and Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) rules with result in the bankruptcy of Marin County, amongst others.  He says the rumor is false but that government accounting should begin adopting the new rules and not wait until the GASB rules take effect in October of next year.  So how long do we have?  Listen to the show.

 

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The Field Trip 065: Mary Ann Rodgers

Mitchell talks with Mary Ann Rodgers, one of the stars of the play ‘Pack of Lies’ currently playing at the Ross Valley Players ‘Barn Theater’ in Ross, California, through Feb. 17, 2013.

 

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A Different Slant 091: Three Way Gunfight

Host John Flavin reviews how the bankruptcy of the City of San Bernadino has become a three way gunfight, similar to the one in the old Western, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.  It was easier to determine who’s the good guy in the movie!

 

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A Different Slant 090: California People Poaching

Host John Flavin reviews how other states are working hard to poach people and businesses out of California.  You may be surprised by which states are in the top 10 Poachers List and why.

 

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The Field Trip 064: Blaguards

Mitchell talks with Bay Area actors Tim Kniffin and Steven Abbott about their current roles in the Cinnabar Theater production of  A Couple of Blaguards,  by Frank and Malachie McCourt, directed by Sheri Lee Miller, which runs through January 27, 2013.

Kniffin and Abbott portray a variety of Irish characters and sing Irish songs accompanied by the quartet YouKali Celtic Band. The Cinnabar Theater is located in Petaluma, California – cinnabartheater.org

 

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A Different Slant 089: Headline Inspiration

Host John Flavin provides examples of how today’s headlines inspire the topics for his show.  He uses several headlines regarding the “Fiscal Cliff” negotiations to illustrate his point and then reviews some local topics he plans to address in future shows.

 

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Happy New Year from Radio Sausalito

logo_purple_1610_1400x1400_q0Listeners,

On behalf of the station and its volunteers I would like to wish you and yours, a very happy and prosperous 2013. Thanks so much for your support of Radio Sausalito in 2012. We’ve got some fun projects up our sleeve  for the upcoming  year including parties, station schwag, and online streaming.

The amount of great things we can do for the community is limited only by the generosity of our donors. If you’d like to contribute to your community radio station, please check out our online donation tool [HERE].

Again, here’s to a jazzy 2013!

– Jonathan Westerling
Founder & President: Radio Sausalito

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A Different Slant 088: Resolution Revolution

Host John Flavin warns of the dangers of New Year’s resolutions and suggests some less hazardous alternatives.

 

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A Different Slant 086: Holiday Bingo

Host John Flavin shares how to play Holiday Bingo, a game derived from John’s reading of the book Quiet, The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain and of the Wall Street Journal article on Dysfunctional Family Bingo.  The game is played like bingo but, instead of numbers in the squares, there are short descriptions of annoying things commonly observed at holiday parties, like adult sweaters with Disney characters on them.  John suggests the game is best played by several people but warns of the dangers from both the party host and/or your partner of not keeping the contest confidential.

Download a sample Holiday Bingo card here:  Holiday Bingo Card

 

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A Different Slant 087: Twas The Night Before Christmas, Sausalito Style

Host John Flavin reads a parody of Twas the Night Before Christmas, tailored to Sausalito.

 

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Sausalito’s Secret History 016: Water Street

Once upon a time, sleepy little Water Street almost became a freeway. . .

 

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Sausalito’s Secret History 015: Alcatraz

The 1969 Indian “invasion” of Alcatraz was launched from Sausalito’s no name bar. . .

 

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Our Station Profiled on ABC 7 TV News!

December  20, 2012 – ABC 7 TV News came to Radio Sausalito to profile our studio, owner, staff and show hosts.

To see the video segment click HERE.

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A Different Slant 085: A Christmas Peril

Host John Flavin shares his recent dream in which he was visited by the ghosts of politicians past, present and future.  A true Christmas peril!

 

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