Past Programs 1994

January 08th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco, our premiere internationally broadcast show West Coast Live from January 8, 1994, after 9 years as a local radio show called West Coast Weekend.

• Trance Mission, featuring Stephen Kent on didgeridoo and Beth Custer on clarinet.
• Anna Deveare Smith, monologist from "Fire in the Mirror".
• Lady Bianca, singing the blues.
• Radio improvisation from Pulp Playhouse (a.k.a., True Fiction Magazine).
• Sedge riffs with Josh Kornbluth.
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• The log book of the Urban Geographer Bonnie Loyd.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

January 15th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• The Persuasions.
• Single/songwriter Greg Greenaway.
• April Sinclair, author of "Coffee Will Make You Black".
• Commentator Ian Shoales.
• Anne Lamott.
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

January 22nd

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• The Turtle Island Quartet.
• Judith Viorst, author of "Murdering Mr. Monti".
• Singer/songwriter Melanie DeMore.
• Music from Adam Levy and Lost Wax Process.
• Astrologer Capricorn Queen.
• Radio improvisation from Pulp Playhouse (a.k.a., True Fiction Magazine).
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

January 29th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• King of the Surf Guitar, Dick Dale and the Deltones.
• S. Kwaku Daddy & Friends.
• Nguyen Qui Duc, author of "Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family".
• Bob Wise, of Wise Surfboards.
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Travel Tips from Carl and Karl.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

February 05th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Five Year Plan, featuring David Brian and Klause Flouride.
• Singer/songwriter Country Joe McDonald.
• Clown activist Wavy Gravy.
• Vatican Observatory astronomer, Brother Guy Consolmagno.
• Zakiya Hooker and her Blues Band.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Radio improvisation from Pulp Playhouse (a.k.a., True Fiction Magazine).
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

February 12th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Surf music from The Mermen.
• Solo perfomance artist, David Cale.
• Urban geographer Bonnie Lloyd.
• Monologist Josh Kornbluth.
• Blues singer Lady Bianca.
• Ocean Beach painter Jessica Dunne.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

February 19th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Music by Zydeco Flames.
• Physician Ethan Canin, author of "The Palace Thief".
• Poet Nikki Giovanni, author of "Racism 101".
• Guitarists Henry Kaiser and Knut Reiersrud.
• Singer/songwriter Nancie de Ross.
• Bonnie Barnett.
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

February 26th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• San Francisco Symphony Chorus, featuring Cynthia Hobgood.
• Columnist Adair Lara.
• Music from Zensnap, featuring original members of It's a Beautiful Day.
• Jayson Wechter, with clues for the Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt.
• Hyperventilation by Josh Kornbluth.
• Urban geographer Bonnie Lloyd.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

March 05th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Jazz from the Charlie Hunter Trio.
• Le Ly Hayslip, author of "When Heaven and Earch Changed Places", the basis of the film "Heaven and Earth".
• New Century Chamber Orchestra.
• Dr. William Dement, founder of sleep research.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Radio improvisation from Pulp Playhouse (a.k.a., True Fiction Magazine).
• Travel Tips from Carl and Karl.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

March 12th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• A cappella marvels, Chanticleer.
• Monologist Ernesto Ravetto.
• Surf music from the Aqua Velvets.
• New world music from Trance Mission.
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

March 19th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Blues pianist and rock legend Dr. John.
• Paul Theroux, author of "Millroy the Magician".
• German punk diva Nina Hagen.
• Hot Club of San Francisco.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Radio improvisation from Pulp Playhouse (a.k.a., True Fiction Magazine).
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

March 26th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Marc Abrahams, editor of the "Journal of Irreproducible Results".
• Music from The Doubters.
• Harold McGee, author of "On Food and Cooking: The Scuence and Lore of the Kitchen" and "The Curious Cook".
• Phoenix Spring/Dun Huang Ensemble.
• Hyperventilation by Josh Kornbluth.
• The log book of the Urban Geographer Bonnie Loyd.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

April 02nd

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.
• Cynthia Heimel, author of "Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Goodbye".
• Keith Terry and Crosspulse.
• Clarence Major, author of "From Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang".
• Anne Lamott.
• Baseball fan, Gary Rust-Orta.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

April 09th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Gamelan Sekar Jaya.
• Adam Hochschild, author of "The Unquiet Ghost".
• Lane Nishikawa and Victor Talmadge, playwrights of "Gates of Heaven".
• Opera singers Hector Vasquz and Claudia Waite.
• Travel Tips from Carl and Karl.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

April 23rd

From the Bayfront Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Calvin Trillin, author of "Deadline Poet".
• Music from The Naked Barbie Dolls.
• Music from Ad Vielle Que Pourra.
• Anne Lamott.
• The log book of the Urban Geographer Bonnie Loyd.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

June 04th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Sara Paretsky, author of "Tunnel Vision".
• Merl Saunders, Bay area keyboard legend.
• Alan Dargin playing didgeridoo.
• Music from Project Ars Nova.
• Singer/songwriter Susan James.
• Attempted radio contact with the SS Jeremiah O'Brien en route to Normandy.
• Radio improvisation from Pulp Playhouse (a.k.a., True Fiction Magazine).
• The log book of the Urban Geographer Bonnie Loyd.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

June 25th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• King of the Surf Guitar, Dick Dale and the Deltones.
• Blues singer Zakiah Hooker an her band Oza..
• Susan Cheever, author of "A Woman's Life".
• Humorist Charlie Varon, performing excepts from his monologue "Rush Limbaugh in Nightschool".
• Simson Garfinkel, co-author of "The UNIX-Haters Handbook".
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

July 02

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Music from disappear fear.
• Bill Barich, author of "Big Dreams: Into the Heart of California".
• Singing by The Jesters.
• Cryptographer Whitfield Diffie, the creator of PGP.
• 1994 International Youth Artist Exchange - Eco Rap.
• Hyperventilation by Josh Kornbluth.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

July 09th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Chanteuse Wesla Whitfield, with Mike Greensill on piano.
• Jim Houston, author of "The Men in My Life".
• Music from Patti Austin.
• Music from Susan's Room.
• The log book of the Urban Geographer Bonnie Loyd.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

July 16th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• A cappella wonders of the modern world, The Bobs.
• The Brodsky Quartet.
• Music from Pastiche.
• Cliff Stoll, author of "The Cuckoo's Egg".
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Radio improvisation from Pulp Playhouse (a.k.a., True Fiction Magazine).
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

July 23rd, 1994

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Raconteur, 'Tonight' show host, composer, Steve Allen.
• Chris Smither, guitarist and foot-tappin' songwritin' virtuoso
• Music from Jambay.
• Miya Masaoka, Chinese instrumentalist.
• A view from the future by writer and thinker Kevin Kelly.
• Radio improvisation from Claire Peaslee.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

July 30th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Rock to Zero.
• Lawson Sakai and John Togashi, WWII heroes from the 442nd Regimental combat team.
• Finnish fiddlers Järvelän Pikkupelimannit.
• Columnist Jon Carroll.
• Anne Lamott.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

August 06th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Poet and playwright Michael McClure.
• Music from Solid Air.
• Ruth Hastings & her band.
• The log book of the Urban Geographer Bonnie Loyd.
• Radio improvisation from Pulp Playhouse (a.k.a., True Fiction Magazine).
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

August 13th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Dan Hicks and the Acoustic Warriors.
• Julie Smith, author of "New Orleans Beat".
• Comedians Bob Sarlatte and Bill Bonham.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Anne Lamott.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

August 20th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Joel Selvin, author of "Summer of Love", accompanied by:
  • David Frieberg (Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)
  • Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
  • Michael Carabello (Santana)
  • Chepito Areas (Santana)
  • Richard Olsen (The Charlatans)
  • Country Joe McDonald (Country Joe & The Fish)
  • Barry Melton (Country Joe & The Fish)
• Pico Iyer, author of "Falling Off the Map".
• South African satirist, Pieter-Dirk Uys, author of "One Man One Volt".
• Music from Pan Ramajay.
• Marc Thorpe, robot warrior.
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

August 27th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Beach music from The Aqua Velvets.
• Orville Schell, author of "Mandate of Heaven".
• Dennis James, playing the glass armonica.
• Singer/songwriter Erica Wheeler.
• Travel Tips from Carl and Karl.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

September 03rd

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• The Forever Tango Orchestra.
• Steve Silberman, author of "Skeleton Key" about the Grateful Dead.
• Music from Box Set.
• Anne Lamott.
• Radio improvisation from Pulp Playhouse (a.k.a., True Fiction Magazine).
• The log book of the Urban Geographer Bonnie Loyd.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

September 10th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Film score composer Mark Isham & Band.
• David Chadwick, author of "Thank you and Ok! - An American Zen Failure in Japan".
• Music from Madeline Eastman and Bruce Forman.
• Greg Sarris, Miwok Chief and author of "Grand Avenue".
• American Indian activist John Trudell.
• An attempt to reach the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, somewhere off Guatmala en route from Normandy.
• Music from piano player Mike Greensill.

September 17th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Poet Allen Ginsberg.
• Hugh Masekela & Band.
• Monologist John O'Keefe.
• Stephen Kent on didgeridoo, with Eda Maxym.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Music from piano player Mike Greensill.

September 24th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Folk legends U. Utah Phillips and Rosalie Sorrels.
• George Takei, author of "The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu".
• Robben Ford and the Blueline.
• Pulitzer prize winning composer Ned Rorem.
• Music from Austin Lounge Lizards.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

October 08th

From the Spreckles Art Center in Rohnert Park. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• The Limeliters.
• Columnist Gaye LeBaron.
• Chaskinakuy.
• Jim Boggio Quintet.
• Monologist Ron Jones.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Anne Lamott.
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

October 15th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• A cappella wonders of the mofern world, The Bobs.
• Stephen Yerkey Band.
• Tlingit tales from Naa Kahidi.
• Shiela Ballantyne & Davia Nelson, the novelist and screenwriter of "Imaginary Crimes".
• Hyperventilation by Josh Kornbluth.
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Travel Tips from Carl and Karl.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

October 22nd

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Music from James T. Kirk, featuring Charlie Hunter.
• Monty Python's Terry Jones, author of "The Pressed Fairy Book".
• Frederic Chiu, Harmonia Mundi piano virutuoso.
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• The log book of the Urban Geographer Bonnie Loyd.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

October 29th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Jimmy Rogers Blues Band.
• Pandit Pran Nath.
• Deborah Tannen, author of "Talking 9 to 5" and "You Just Don't Understand".
• Rhythm and blues vocalist and pianist Lady Bianca.
• Tillie Olsen, author of "Tell Me a Riddle".
• Shirlee Taylor Haizlip, author of "The Sweeter the Juice".
• Mr. Bubble Wrap.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

November 19th

From the Bayfront Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Linda Tillery & The Redwood House Choir.
• Norwegian opera diva Anne-Lise Berntsen.
• Terry Garthwaite, vocalist for Joy of Cooking.
• Columnist Jon Carroll.
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Travel Tips from Carl and Karl.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

November 26th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Ensemble Project Ars Nova.
• Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum, of the bluegrass band Grant Street.
• D. Patrick Miller, author of "A Little Book of Forgiveness".
• Hot Club of San Francisco.
• Hyperventilation by Josh Kornbluth.
• The log book of the Urban Geographer Bonnie Loyd.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

December 03rd

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Celtic rock by Black 47.
• Lucy Grealy, author of "Autobiography of a Face".
• Harpist James Makubaya.
• Ian Frazier, author of "Family" and "Dating Your Mom".
• Kim Robertson and Kim Angelis, harp and violin.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

December 10th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Beasts of Paradise, featuring Stephen Kent on didgeridoo.
• John Wesley Harding, with Rob Wasserman on bass.
• Anne Lamott.
• Howard Rheingold, editor of "Whole Earth Catalog".
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

December 17th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Blues legend Brownie McGhee.
• Robert Lowery, Virgil Thrasher, and Alvin Youngblood Hart performing some of Brownie McGhee's songs.
• Singer/songwriter Holly Near.
• Christmas Jug Band.
• The log book of the Urban Geographer Bonnie Loyd.
• Travel Tips from Carl and Karl.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

December 24th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Sonos Handbell Ensemble.
• Tillie Olsen, author of "Tell Me a Riddle".
• Celtic fiddlers Laura Risk and Athena Tergis.
• Salvation Army Band.
• A visit from the cross-cultural Santa Josh Kornbluth.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Greg Sterling, the Holiday Parking Poet.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

December 31st

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• A cappella from SoVoSo.
• Yoshiko Kakudo with 108 Japanese New Year's resolutions.
• David Chadwick, author of "Thank you and Okay!".
• Singer/songwriter and Etch-a-Sketch artist Michael McNevin.
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• Procrastinations from Josh Kornbluth.
• Lady Bianca, as the house pianist.