Program

St. Mark's Poetry Project: 1979 New Year's benefit (Broadcast and production reel)

WBAI's Drama, Literature and Art department presents the St. Mark's Poetry Project's New Year's Day Benefit to help rebuild the St. Mark's Church which partially burned down in 1979.

The way of the disc jockey

KMET disc jockey Jim Ladd, producer of the nationally syndicated "Innerviews" series, evaluates various approaches to rock-and-roll radio. Note: Program purposely starts with static and similar strangenesses.

National march on Washington for lesbian and gay rights (ACTUALITIES)

On October 14, 1979, ten years after the Stonewall riots, more than 100,000 people from the United States and ten other countries marched on Washington, D.C. for lesbian and gay rights. Pacifica producers in Washington recorded speeches and actualities from the rally, and parts were broadcast live.

Maximumrocknroll (Series record)

Continuing program of punk and new wave music with interviews of the performers. Hosted by Tim Yohannan, Eve Buckner, Al Ennis, Ruth Schwartz, Jello Biafra, Jeff Bale, Ray Farrell, and Johnny Myers. There are 61 reels of tapes for this program in the Archives. The show may have continued after this, but the digitized KPFA Folios only go to December 1988.

KPFA introduced this new show to their listeners with the following article in the KPFA June 1978 Folio:

June 12th Rally: Nuclear disarmament rallies in San Francisco and New York (1982)

The International March and Rally for a Freeze and Reduction of Nuclear Arms and a Transfer of Funds from the Military to Human Needs. On June 12, 1982, the largest antinuclear demonstration was held in New York City's Central Park, while a simultaneous demonstration was held in San Francisco at its Civic Center.

An interview with Andrea Dworkin / interviewed by Nanette Rainone and Carol Lopate

An interview with Andrea Dworkin, author of the book "Woman Hating" (E.P. Dutton, 1974), and several articles including "Marx and Ghandi were liberals: feminism and the radical left" and "Why Norman Mailer refuses to be the woman he is." Interview conducted by Nanette Rainone with Carol Lopate. Contains sensitive language.

Sproul Hall sit-in documentation 1968 (Part 2 of 2)

Actuality of the anti-racism demonstration at the Berkeley campus. In the fall of 1968, students at University of California at Berkeley invited Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver to come to U.C. Berkeley to teach a course on racism.

Clone of The San Francisco mime troupe (Part 1 of 2)

The first of two programs presenting the history of the San Francisco Mime Troupe during its first ten years. The programs document the new publication on the troupe's history by its founder, R.G. Davis. The first program deals with the transition from the S.F. Actors Workshop and the radicalization of the troupe through their confrontation with the Park and Recreation Commission.

The Ballad of Pete Seeger DVD

On July 6, 2006, The Pacifica Radio Archives sent senior producer Mark Torres and producer Christopher Sprinkle to record and interview with Tim Robbins and Pete Seeger for an epic four-hour interview.

Shades of black : a tribute to Martin Luther King

Shades Of Black : A Tribute To Martin Luther King / produced by Alfred S. Garrett and Odie Hawkins. Performances by the Richard Davis Quintet; poets Wali Jalalu'Din Karim, Wanda Coleman, and Kamau Daoud; actors Robin Braxton, David McKnight, and Kim Hamilton; singer Melba Joyce; and trumpeter Don Cherry. Sponsored by a grant from the California Arts Council.

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