Sat February 8, 2014
28th Annual KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon Fundraiser!
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Hosted by David Gans, KPFA's 28th Annual Grateful Dead Marathon announces a live in-studio performance by Eric Thompson & Friends. A new T-shirt design (attached) Papa Lindsey and auction of Grateful Dead fine art prints by the following photographers including: Bob Minkin, Jay Blakesberg, Rosie McGee, Jon Sievert, Kirk West & more. Auction includes private truffle making session with Barlovento Chocolates!
Berkeley's pioneering listener-supported radio station, KPFA, presents its annual Grateful Dead fund-raising marathon on Saturday, February 8, 2014 from 9:00 am to 1:00 am. Host David Gans promises a bounty of unreleased and previously-unheard music by the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, and related artists. There will be a live performance by Eric Thompson & Friends from the KPFA studio.
One of the highlights of the items auctioned off last year was a truffle making session with Oakland's Barlovento Chocolates. Last year's winner was Jim LeBrecht of Berkeley Sound Artists, Jim got to spent the day with chocolatier Peter Brydon creating and
manufacturing delicious treats!This year's winner can have a sweet experience similar to LeBrecht's and work with Peter Brydon and his
team to develop their own personal flavor of truffle. Spend an evening or two in the kitchen, go through flavors and learn how truffles are made, and decide what to choose for a special flavor of chocolate truffle. The winner will wind up with at least a hundred truffles (they don’t have to take ‘em all at once). The level of involvement is up to the winner. They can design the truffle or participate fully in the process. Plus the winner receives a cool designer Barlovento Chocolates t-shirt! Bidding starts at $500.00
David Gans is a well-known expert in Grateful Dead music. He has produced a nationally-syndicated radio program, The Grateful Dead Hour, since the mid-'80s, and he has been a programming consultant and on-air host on SiriusXM's Grateful Dead Channel since its inception in 2007. He has published three books on the subject and is at work on a fourth, and he has produced several important boxed sets and compilations of Dead-related music. He has hosted a weekly program (known as "Dead to the World" since 1995) on KPFA since 1990. "I did my first Grateful Dead fund-raiser at KPFA in 1986," Gans recalls. "I think the first few were four hours or so, but somewhere along the line we decided that this musical world – and this generous audience – merited a whole day. And if you're gonna do 12 hours, you might as well do 16!
Gans is a KPFA listener as well as a KPFA programmer: "I listen to Letters and Politics, Visionary Activist, America's Back 40, and many more," he notes. He has served on KPFA's local station board for several years, and is active in station governance. "I am as passionate about the importance of community radio as I am about the music I play in my two unsupervised hours of air time. I see this annual marathon as a gift of service to both the station and to the listening community, and I am deeply thankful to the Dead organization and the Garcia family for the opportunity to broadcast unreleased music from their archives."
In the weeks leading up to the 2014 marathon, as in 2013, Gans will auction photos and other desirable objects via his blog, 'Cloud Surfing' (http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com). "Several of our community's finest photographers have donated prints of their favorite photos, and I've got some other interesting items lined up, too," says Gans. "I'm going to offer up one of my own laminated backstage passes – all for the benefit of KPFA." The fine art prints were donated by photographers Bob Minkin, Jay Blakesberg, Rosie McGee, Jon Sievert, Kirk West & many others still to be announced.
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a feature article by Carolyn Jones on the morning of the 2011 marathon: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Grateful-Dead-host-drags-skeletons-from-closet-2474538.php
KPFA is the nation's first listener-sponsored, non-commercial radio station, founded by the Pacifica Foundation in 1949. From the station's Facebook page:
"Founded in 1949 by Lewis Hill, a pacifist, poet, and journalist, KPFA was the first community supported radio station in the USA. KPFA broadcasts on 94.1 FM and KPFB 89.3 FM, Berkeley, and KFCF 88.1 FM, Fresno, California. Our signal reaches one third of the state, utilizing 59,000 watts.
"Much of our programming is local, original and eclectic, with a well produced mix of news and in depth public affairs, an ongoing drama, literature and performance series, interviews, and reviews. Our music ranges from folk to hip hop, Bach to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. We travel the region to broadcast live music, demonstrations, and cultural events. The majority of our staff are unpaid community volunteers donating their time and energy to bring you our programming."
Learn more about the History of KPFA http://www.kpfa.org/history
To donate to KPFA (which you can do any time), visit https://secure.kpfa.org/support/
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Berkeley's pioneering listener-supported radio station, KPFA, presents its annual Grateful Dead fund-raising marathon on Saturday, February 8, 2014 from 9:00 am to 1:00 am. Host David Gans promises a bounty of unreleased and previously-unheard music by the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, and related artists. There will be a live performance by Eric Thompson & Friends from the KPFA studio.
One of the highlights of the items auctioned off last year was a truffle making session with Oakland's Barlovento Chocolates. Last year's winner was Jim LeBrecht of Berkeley Sound Artists, Jim got to spent the day with chocolatier Peter Brydon creating and
manufacturing delicious treats!This year's winner can have a sweet experience similar to LeBrecht's and work with Peter Brydon and his
team to develop their own personal flavor of truffle. Spend an evening or two in the kitchen, go through flavors and learn how truffles are made, and decide what to choose for a special flavor of chocolate truffle. The winner will wind up with at least a hundred truffles (they don’t have to take ‘em all at once). The level of involvement is up to the winner. They can design the truffle or participate fully in the process. Plus the winner receives a cool designer Barlovento Chocolates t-shirt! Bidding starts at $500.00
David Gans is a well-known expert in Grateful Dead music. He has produced a nationally-syndicated radio program, The Grateful Dead Hour, since the mid-'80s, and he has been a programming consultant and on-air host on SiriusXM's Grateful Dead Channel since its inception in 2007. He has published three books on the subject and is at work on a fourth, and he has produced several important boxed sets and compilations of Dead-related music. He has hosted a weekly program (known as "Dead to the World" since 1995) on KPFA since 1990. "I did my first Grateful Dead fund-raiser at KPFA in 1986," Gans recalls. "I think the first few were four hours or so, but somewhere along the line we decided that this musical world – and this generous audience – merited a whole day. And if you're gonna do 12 hours, you might as well do 16!
Gans is a KPFA listener as well as a KPFA programmer: "I listen to Letters and Politics, Visionary Activist, America's Back 40, and many more," he notes. He has served on KPFA's local station board for several years, and is active in station governance. "I am as passionate about the importance of community radio as I am about the music I play in my two unsupervised hours of air time. I see this annual marathon as a gift of service to both the station and to the listening community, and I am deeply thankful to the Dead organization and the Garcia family for the opportunity to broadcast unreleased music from their archives."
In the weeks leading up to the 2014 marathon, as in 2013, Gans will auction photos and other desirable objects via his blog, 'Cloud Surfing' (http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com). "Several of our community's finest photographers have donated prints of their favorite photos, and I've got some other interesting items lined up, too," says Gans. "I'm going to offer up one of my own laminated backstage passes – all for the benefit of KPFA." The fine art prints were donated by photographers Bob Minkin, Jay Blakesberg, Rosie McGee, Jon Sievert, Kirk West & many others still to be announced.
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a feature article by Carolyn Jones on the morning of the 2011 marathon: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Grateful-Dead-host-drags-skeletons-from-closet-2474538.php
KPFA is the nation's first listener-sponsored, non-commercial radio station, founded by the Pacifica Foundation in 1949. From the station's Facebook page:
"Founded in 1949 by Lewis Hill, a pacifist, poet, and journalist, KPFA was the first community supported radio station in the USA. KPFA broadcasts on 94.1 FM and KPFB 89.3 FM, Berkeley, and KFCF 88.1 FM, Fresno, California. Our signal reaches one third of the state, utilizing 59,000 watts.
"Much of our programming is local, original and eclectic, with a well produced mix of news and in depth public affairs, an ongoing drama, literature and performance series, interviews, and reviews. Our music ranges from folk to hip hop, Bach to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. We travel the region to broadcast live music, demonstrations, and cultural events. The majority of our staff are unpaid community volunteers donating their time and energy to bring you our programming."
Learn more about the History of KPFA http://www.kpfa.org/history
To donate to KPFA (which you can do any time), visit https://secure.kpfa.org/support/
Hosted by David Gans, KPFA's 28th Annual Grateful Dead Marathon announces a live in-studio performance by Eric Thompson & Friends. A new T-shirt design (attached) Papa Lindsey and auction of Grateful Dead fine art prints by the following photographers including: Bob Minkin, Jay Blakesberg, Rosie McGee, Jon Sievert, Kirk West & more. Auction includes private truffle making session with Barlovento Chocolates!
Berkeley's pioneering listener-supported radio station, KPFA, presents its annual Grateful Dead fund-raising marathon on Saturday, February 8, 2014 from 9:00 am to 1:00 am. Host David Gans promises a bounty of unreleased and previously-unheard music by the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, and related artists. There will be a live performance by Eric Thompson & Friends from the KPFA studio.
One of the highlights of the items auctioned off last year was a truffle making session with Oakland's Barlovento Chocolates. Last year's winner was Jim LeBrecht of Berkeley Sound Artists, Jim got to spent the day with chocolatier Peter Brydon creating and
manufacturing delicious treats!This year's winner can have a sweet experience similar to LeBrecht's and work with Peter Brydon and his
team to develop their own personal flavor of truffle. Spend an evening or two in the kitchen, go through flavors and learn how truffles are made, and decide what to choose for a special flavor of chocolate truffle. The winner will wind up with at least a hundred truffles (they don’t have to take ‘em all at once). The level of involvement is up to the winner. They can design the truffle or participate fully in the process. Plus the winner receives a cool designer Barlovento Chocolates t-shirt! Bidding starts at $500.00
David Gans is a well-known expert in Grateful Dead music. He has produced a nationally-syndicated radio program, The Grateful Dead Hour, since the mid-'80s, and he has been a programming consultant and on-air host on SiriusXM's Grateful Dead Channel since its inception in 2007. He has published three books on the subject and is at work on a fourth, and he has produced several important boxed sets and compilations of Dead-related music. He has hosted a weekly program (known as "Dead to the World" since 1995) on KPFA since 1990. "I did my first Grateful Dead fund-raiser at KPFA in 1986," Gans recalls. "I think the first few were four hours or so, but somewhere along the line we decided that this musical world – and this generous audience – merited a whole day. And if you're gonna do 12 hours, you might as well do 16!
Gans is a KPFA listener as well as a KPFA programmer: "I listen to Letters and Politics, Visionary Activist, America's Back 40, and many more," he notes. He has served on KPFA's local station board for several years, and is active in station governance. "I am as passionate about the importance of community radio as I am about the music I play in my two unsupervised hours of air time. I see this annual marathon as a gift of service to both the station and to the listening community, and I am deeply thankful to the Dead organization and the Garcia family for the opportunity to broadcast unreleased music from their archives."
In the weeks leading up to the 2014 marathon, as in 2013, Gans will auction photos and other desirable objects via his blog, 'Cloud Surfing' (http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com). "Several of our community's finest photographers have donated prints of their favorite photos, and I've got some other interesting items lined up, too," says Gans. "I'm going to offer up one of my own laminated backstage passes – all for the benefit of KPFA." The fine art prints were donated by photographers Bob Minkin, Jay Blakesberg, Rosie McGee, Jon Sievert, Kirk West & many others still to be announced.
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a feature article by Carolyn Jones on the morning of the 2011 marathon: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Grateful-Dead-host-drags-skeletons-from-closet-2474538.php
KPFA is the nation's first listener-sponsored, non-commercial radio station, founded by the Pacifica Foundation in 1949. From the station's Facebook page:
"Founded in 1949 by Lewis Hill, a pacifist, poet, and journalist, KPFA was the first community supported radio station in the USA. KPFA broadcasts on 94.1 FM and KPFB 89.3 FM, Berkeley, and KFCF 88.1 FM, Fresno, California. Our signal reaches one third of the state, utilizing 59,000 watts.
"Much of our programming is local, original and eclectic, with a well produced mix of news and in depth public affairs, an ongoing drama, literature and performance series, interviews, and reviews. Our music ranges from folk to hip hop, Bach to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. We travel the region to broadcast live music, demonstrations, and cultural events. The majority of our staff are unpaid community volunteers donating their time and energy to bring you our programming."
Learn more about the History of KPFA http://www.kpfa.org/history
To donate to KPFA (which you can do any time), visit https://secure.kpfa.org/support/
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Berkeley's pioneering listener-supported radio station, KPFA, presents its annual Grateful Dead fund-raising marathon on Saturday, February 8, 2014 from 9:00 am to 1:00 am. Host David Gans promises a bounty of unreleased and previously-unheard music by the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, and related artists. There will be a live performance by Eric Thompson & Friends from the KPFA studio.
One of the highlights of the items auctioned off last year was a truffle making session with Oakland's Barlovento Chocolates. Last year's winner was Jim LeBrecht of Berkeley Sound Artists, Jim got to spent the day with chocolatier Peter Brydon creating and
manufacturing delicious treats!This year's winner can have a sweet experience similar to LeBrecht's and work with Peter Brydon and his
team to develop their own personal flavor of truffle. Spend an evening or two in the kitchen, go through flavors and learn how truffles are made, and decide what to choose for a special flavor of chocolate truffle. The winner will wind up with at least a hundred truffles (they don’t have to take ‘em all at once). The level of involvement is up to the winner. They can design the truffle or participate fully in the process. Plus the winner receives a cool designer Barlovento Chocolates t-shirt! Bidding starts at $500.00
David Gans is a well-known expert in Grateful Dead music. He has produced a nationally-syndicated radio program, The Grateful Dead Hour, since the mid-'80s, and he has been a programming consultant and on-air host on SiriusXM's Grateful Dead Channel since its inception in 2007. He has published three books on the subject and is at work on a fourth, and he has produced several important boxed sets and compilations of Dead-related music. He has hosted a weekly program (known as "Dead to the World" since 1995) on KPFA since 1990. "I did my first Grateful Dead fund-raiser at KPFA in 1986," Gans recalls. "I think the first few were four hours or so, but somewhere along the line we decided that this musical world – and this generous audience – merited a whole day. And if you're gonna do 12 hours, you might as well do 16!
Gans is a KPFA listener as well as a KPFA programmer: "I listen to Letters and Politics, Visionary Activist, America's Back 40, and many more," he notes. He has served on KPFA's local station board for several years, and is active in station governance. "I am as passionate about the importance of community radio as I am about the music I play in my two unsupervised hours of air time. I see this annual marathon as a gift of service to both the station and to the listening community, and I am deeply thankful to the Dead organization and the Garcia family for the opportunity to broadcast unreleased music from their archives."
In the weeks leading up to the 2014 marathon, as in 2013, Gans will auction photos and other desirable objects via his blog, 'Cloud Surfing' (http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com). "Several of our community's finest photographers have donated prints of their favorite photos, and I've got some other interesting items lined up, too," says Gans. "I'm going to offer up one of my own laminated backstage passes – all for the benefit of KPFA." The fine art prints were donated by photographers Bob Minkin, Jay Blakesberg, Rosie McGee, Jon Sievert, Kirk West & many others still to be announced.
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a feature article by Carolyn Jones on the morning of the 2011 marathon: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Grateful-Dead-host-drags-skeletons-from-closet-2474538.php
KPFA is the nation's first listener-sponsored, non-commercial radio station, founded by the Pacifica Foundation in 1949. From the station's Facebook page:
"Founded in 1949 by Lewis Hill, a pacifist, poet, and journalist, KPFA was the first community supported radio station in the USA. KPFA broadcasts on 94.1 FM and KPFB 89.3 FM, Berkeley, and KFCF 88.1 FM, Fresno, California. Our signal reaches one third of the state, utilizing 59,000 watts.
"Much of our programming is local, original and eclectic, with a well produced mix of news and in depth public affairs, an ongoing drama, literature and performance series, interviews, and reviews. Our music ranges from folk to hip hop, Bach to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. We travel the region to broadcast live music, demonstrations, and cultural events. The majority of our staff are unpaid community volunteers donating their time and energy to bring you our programming."
Learn more about the History of KPFA http://www.kpfa.org/history
To donate to KPFA (which you can do any time), visit https://secure.kpfa.org/support/
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