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Episode 184 – Half and Half #2

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Episode 184 – Half and Half #2 On today/tonight’s show, the latest releases (mostly experimental music) and reissues both in vinyl and digital, including IVVVO, Subtle, Aboutface, Cindy Lee, Hakushi Hasegawa, Angels In America, Ex-Continent, The Muffins, Chat Pile, Eda Er, Gokche Uygun, Toso Toso, and Alif. We are going to start off by going through the records that we have received since the last needledrop show.  There … Continued

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Episode 183 – Fall Needledrop

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Episode 183 – Fall Needledrop From the ever flowing river of vinyl, whose flow will increase with the changing seasons, we fished out Ivor Cutler, Angelique Kudjo, Blake Fleming, Wu-Lu, CivilistJavel!, Bogdan Raczynski, James Holden, Thurston Moore, Aerial M, and the Butthole Surfers. Curator Chris Cory: “The detritus of the ABOT shipping department has drifted … Continued

A Rude Awakening

Heinz Award for the Environment Recipients – Women’s Earth Alliance

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On today’s show, Heinz Award for the Environment recipients Amira Diamond and Melinda Kramer, co-founders and co-executive directors of the Women’s Earth Alliance. Women’s Earth Alliance WEA empowers women’s leadership in the environmental space because women are often most affected by environmental issues, yet are unrecognized for their expertise, underrepresented in decision-making processes and underfunded. … Continued

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RERUN Episode 84 – The 2nd Best of A Box Of Toys

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RERUN – Episode 84 – The 2nd Best of A Box of Toys Original Airdate:  12/14/21 This is the 2nd “Best of ABOT” show, and a great survey of what we bring: Flying Lotus, Yppah, Busdriver, Lou Reed, Adam Freeland, Taraf De Haidouks, Sherwood and Pinch, Sandra Electronics, Ercilla Costa, Charles Mingus, Charlie Haden, Asgeir, … Continued

A Rude Awakening

Fools’ Paradise (lost?) – A Love Letter To Our Wild

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On today’s show, I speak to documentary filmmaker Alexandra Lexton about her latest film entitled, “Fools’ Paradise (lost?) – A Love Letter To The Wild”.  Opening at the Mill Valley Film Festival on October 12th, Fool’s Paradise (lost?) poses the questions to her subjects: How do we heal ourselves through reconnecting to the natural world? … Continued

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Episode 182 – Summer’s Leftovers

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Episode 182 – Summer’s Leftovers You never know what you are going to find when you have leftovers: African Head Charge, Aurilio, Samuel Yirga, Creole Choir Cuba, Delia Derbyshire, Dombolo, Bab L’Bluz, Khalab, Montparnasse Musique, Taxi Kebab, Bokante, Onipa, DBH, Sam & Bridget, Asher Gamezde and many more! Curator Chris Cory: “Last week, we played … Continued

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Episode 181 – Real World Records Review Vol 3

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Episode 181 – Real World Records Review Vol 3 covers the artist and requisition (A&R) for the label from 1997-2017, including Djivan Gasparyan, Maryam Mursal, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Spaccanapoli, ZAWOSE & BROOK, Pape & Cheikh, Adrian Sherwood, Ozomatli, Little Axe, Ayub Ogada, Varttina, Toumast Ishumar, Abdelli , Dengue Fever, The Imagined Village, and more! Curator … Continued

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Episode 23 – Best of ABOT Vol 1

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Original airdate:  8/25/2020 In this first “Best of ABOT” show, Curator Chris Cory takes samples from episodes 1-22, including Banda Black Rio, Leftfield, Wima Vritra, Fred Frith, Roots Manuva, Annette Peacock, The Pop Group, Igorrr, Blam Blam Blam, Cybotron, Pierre Schaffer, Aksak Maboul, Little Simz, , Cioccolata, Sporto Kantes, Eno/Byrne, X-Ray Spex & more.

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Episode 180 – Best of A Box of Toys Vol 9

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Episode 180 - Best of ABOT Vol 9

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Our semi-annual review show collects the best track from the last sixteen shows; episodes 164-179.  This includes Alif, Omar Korshid, Lekhfa, Nibiro Ghono Andare, Brice-Glace, Moreno Veloso, Hummingbird (Bobby Tench), RR Kirk, Geoffry Oryema, Sylvester Weaver, Krom phleng kar, Drissi Al-Abassi, Slauson Malone 1, SIHR & Mamaleek. If you like one track in particular, you … Continued

A Rude Awakening

Demand for Reparations from the Gates Foundation

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SAFCEI Open Letter

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On today’s show, the fight against the Gates Foundation so-called agricultural techno-fixes in 13 African countries has reached a new phase.  I’ll speak to Gabriel Manyangadze of the Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute to find out about the demand for reparations. Reparation Demand Open Letter Link SAFCEI: https://safcei.org/sign-on-open-letter-african-faith-leaders-demand-reparations-from-the-gates-foundation/ Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force (CEMTF): … Continued