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Your Support Keeps Us on the Air

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Freeform Portland Blog

To reach our fundraiser goal, we need you. We’re in the midst of our fall fundraiser and we’re calling on you, our dedicated listeners and community...

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Music and Movies

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Freeform Portland Blog

Freeform Portland DJ’s roundup some of their favorite film-inspired music. DJ Mrrranda from Spider in the Ear Giallo and 60s-70s “artsy” horro...

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Songs for Autumn

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Freeform Portland Blog / 0 Comment

A roundup of favorite fall tunes from Freeform Portland DJ’s:

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Noah Fence interviews Vanessa Briscoe Hay of Pylon and Pylon Reenactment Society

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Noah Fence / 0 Comment

N.F.The band, Pylon, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1979. I assume that you moved to Athens, Georgia, to go to college; so can you tell me about how the band, Pyl...

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Remembering DJ Anita Sarko: The Only Downtown Club Trendsetter That Mattered

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Freeform Portland Blog / 0 Comment

by Taylor Hill Taylor Hill’s tribute episode “Danceteria: Selections from DJ Anita Sarko” will air live on Freeform Portland Wednesday June 26th at 4pm Pacific....

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How The Moog Synthesizers Helped Revolutionize the Sound of Hip Hop

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Freeform Portland Blog / 0 Comment

by William Vance When Robert Moog sold his first vacuum-tube theremin kit back in the early 1950s, one would scarcely imagine he envisioned the world-changing i...

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Roky Erickson

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Noah Fence / 0 Comment

Like you I am sitting here thinking about Roky Erickson. I heard the news that he passed away two days ago.  Sad news. Since I was on my computer when I he...

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Punks Not Dead, but Maximum Rocknroll Is: A Farewell Letter to the MRR Zine

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Freeform Portland Blog / 0 Comment

At the beginning of this year, Maximum Rocknroll announced that their print publication would be ending its 37 year run. The May issue would be its last. When t...

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Zines In Stereo Spotlight: Melanie Fey

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Freeform Portland Blog / 0 Comment

I first met Melanie many years ago in my hometown of Flagstaff, AZ. She was one of many fellow Navajo teens who were into punk and metal. At the time, there was...

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When Music Decides to Be Funny…

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Freeform Portland Blog / 0 Comment

Where do comedy and music meet? It has to be more than just Weird Al Yankovic and Adam Sandler, right? Thankfully, the answer is a giant and resounding YES! Put...

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