I'm your VJ/DJ, Justice Putnam; and I'll be manning the dials, spinning the discs, warbling the woofers, putting a slip in your hip and a trip to your hop.
Sit back, roam the Big Orange and have a listen to...
Black Kos Music: Late Night in the Justice Department.
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"The silence of night hours
is never really silent.
You hear the air,
even when it doesn’t stir... "
"... It’s a memory of the day.
Nothing stirs. Memory lags.
No traffic hushing up
and down tricky hills
among the camphor trees.
No foghorns, no streetcars’
shrilling phantoms before
they emerge from tunnels.
These absences keep us alert.
No rain or street voices,
nobody calling to someone else,
Hannah, you walk the dog
tonight yet or what?
Only certain things to hear:
The sexy shifting of trees,
the refrigerator buzzing
while Cherubino sings
the best of love is enthusiasm’s
intense abandon, a voice
in song that preys on no one
and is unconscious of its joy."
-- W. S. Di Piero
"It’s That Time"
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Los Lobos
Chris Thomas King
Olu Dara
Link Wray
Jerry Douglas
Katerina Garcia - Lubos Malina
Bill Frisell - Viktor Krauss
Cara Dillon
Claudia Martinez
Lila Downs
Ernest Ranglin
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Dhafer Youssef
Emil Zirhan
DJ Cheb I Sabbah
Ekova
Boubacar Traoure
Santana
MC Solaar
John Scofield
Esbjorn Svensson Trio
Kula Shaker
Luigi Cinque & The Tarantula Hypertext O'rchestra
Ibrahim Ferrer
Question: Who is your audience? What are you here for?
Answer: Tribal Alliances, Heart-felt Convictions, Passionate Reason, Random Abandon, Sustainable Civility and a kiss; to comfort the sad and the mad Ones; the Ones roaming the International section of the American Supermarket at night; or roaming the neglected streets looking for an angry malaprop to sink their teeth into; the Ones who seek without seeking and learn as much as they teach; the Ones who embrace and kiss and embrace again; the Ones who sing the song of the city and the ballads of the forest; the Ones who chant the rhythm of the sea and hum the melody of the desert; the Ones who sing the prayer of Her name and Her name is the World. Yes, those are the Ones.
Black Kos Music: Late Night in The Justice Department is a free form, eclectic music program and posts Sunday through Thursday nights at 8pm West Coast time; and at 11pm on Friday and Saturday nights.
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