About Echo in the Sense and KXLU Los Angeles

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About the Station:

KXLU has the well-earned reputation for presenting some of the best alternative rock and specialty programming in the United States in just the last 20 years.

To name a small handful, these bands had their radio debut and "broke" on KXLU:

• Beck	• The Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The Pixies	• Nirvana
• Jane's Addiction	• The Beastie Boys
• Rage Against The Machine	• The Pharcyde
• Hot Hot Heat	• The White Stripes
• Interpol	• The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Dialated Peoples	• Jimmy Eat World
• Jurrasic 5	• Weezer
• System of a Down	• The Hives
• Andrew W.K.	• AFI
• Rocket from the Crypt	• The Black-Eyed Peas

In the Summer of 2005, our specialty show She Comes in Colors, rare and obscure cuts of vintage psychedelic rock methodically researched by DJs Elvin and Jeff, was voted best radio show in Los Angeles by the LA Weekly. In previous years this has often gone to our other specialty shows.

The Blues Hotel is hosted by Chris Checkman, hailed as one of the funniest people on radio.

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E C H O I N T H E S E N S E

About the Program:

Greetings and welcome to my site!

I’m the Public Affairs Director for KXLU Los Angeles - 88.9 FM. I’m also the producer and on-air host for Echo in the Sense. This is the cultural and public affairs program for KXLU. The station has been kind enough to let me do this program since 1994!

Currently Echo in the Sense (EIS) can be heard every Saturday evening from 8 to 9 PM PST. Not in Los Angeles County? We now have a live webstream at www.kxlu.com or click on the KXLU logo on this page (top left).

The format for EIS varies between live and pre-recorded interviews, readings and performances, and edited magazine-like feature pieces.

What you’ll find on the EIS Blog among other things:

• Archive, Transcripts, Commentary
• Biographical Information on Past and Current Show Guests
• Book Reviews, Art, Literary, Political, Community
• Learning Event Reviews, Technology Reviews, etc.
• Op Ed & News
• Photography

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Past Guests/
Show Topics/
and Projects
Include:

THIS SECTION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

• The Darpa Grand Challenge:
Cal Tech Post Mortem

• Whiteness a Wayward Construction: Tyler Stallings, Director of the Laguna Beach Museum of Art

• Two Rooms:Rosamund Purcells, Visual Artist and Curator

• Hollygrove

• Los Angeles Food Bank

• Avant Pop Literary Movement: Lance Olsen

• Generation Ecstacy: Simon Reynolds, Music Critic

Alan Gisnberg, Beat Generation Poet

Kim Abeles - Sculptor, Photographer, Environmentalist

Al Nodal - Director L.A. Cultural Affairs Dept.

Noel Korten - Director of L.A. Municipal Gallery

Abe Ferer - Visual Communications

Matt Easton - Assistant Director of L.A.C.E.

Matt Gleason - Art Critic, Editor of Coagula Magazine

Olivia Sanchez Brown - Educator, Painter

Martha Chono-Helsley - Educator, Video Artist; VidKid Co.

California High School for the Arts; The Cal Arts Mentor Program; Barnsdall Junior Gallery

Morales - On-Air Personality for KPWR 105.9, Host of From The Streets

Amy Dalton and Matthew Kaplan - National Lawyers Guild California Summer '95

Gene Boutelier, Director of L.A.H.S.A.

Paul Fries, Public Counsel

Jim Erlinbush, National Coalition to End Homelessness

Crips and Bloods on the anniversary of the Watts Gang Truce

L.A Times Festival of Books

Tellus; Harvestworks

Luis Alfaro - Poet

Carolyn Forche - Poet

Marisela Norte - Poet

Wanda Coleman - Poet

Alan Sondheim - Poet

Irene Borger - Writer
& Aids Project Los Angeles Writing Workshop

Ruben Martinez - Journalist, Writer

Kieth Antar Mason and Joel Talbert - The Hittite Empire - Performance Artists

The Watt's Prophets - Poets

Lydia Lunch - Writer

Gail "Calamity" Wronsky and Molly "Belle" Bendal - Cowgirl Poets

Amy Hill - Performance Artist

Scott Wannberg - Karma Bum, Poet

S.A. Griffin - Karma Bum, Poet

Eric Brown - Cut-Foot, Poet

G. Murray Thomas - Karma Bum, Poet and Editor of Next Magazine

Jack Brewer - Poet

Ellyn Maybe - Poet

Tosh Berman - Poet; Publisher of Tam Tam Books, Former Director of Beyond Baroque Literary Center

Shelley Berger - Educator, Poet

Viggo Mortensen - Poet, Actor, Activist

Harvey Kubernick - Producer, New Alliance Records

Michael Lally - Poet

Homeless Writer's Coalition

Nicole Panter - Writer

Linda J. Albertano - Poet

Maggie Estef - Poet

Steven Abee - Poet

Tim Gibbard - BBC Radio

Mud Baron - Lalapalooza Organizer

Chino XL - Rapper

Daffyd McKaharay - Poet

Meri Danquah - Poet

Peter Layton - Poet

Bill Biting - Poet; Deceased

Gloria Alvarez - Poet

Matthew Niblock - Poet

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