Hard Knock Radio

Oakland City Council Approves Modified Term Sheet for Oakland Athletics Stadium Deal and Bayard Rustin Discussing After the March

We speak with local activists about the Oakland City Council on Tuesday approving terms for the Oakland A’s Howard Terminal ballpark. Later we present a rare recording of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin speaking at a New York Community Church on September 25, 1963. Bayard Rustin discusses organizing after the march and nonviolent action.


On today’s show: 0:08 – Dahoud André coordinator of the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti and Brian Concannon (@Haiti Justice), Executive Director of Project Blueprint both join us to discuss Haiti’s new prime minister Ariel Henry. 1:08 – Raj Patel (@_RajPatel), the New York Times bestselling author of The Value of Nothing, teams … Continued


A Box of Toys

A Box of Toys #66 DIY tape machine

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A Box Of Toys explores the golden age of the cassette by sampling the DIY tape machine that existed between 1979 and 1985- a period of unprecedented creativity in “popular music” (to use the term loosely).  This is a truly wild ride through the most obscure and interesting cassette catalogues from that period.