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Fading Frequencies of Three Rivers, CA: Requiem for a Half-Century of Jazz? Three Rivers, California. A pinprick on the vast map of the Golden State, a community whose population could comfortably fit within a single bustling city block. Yet, for an astonishing fifty years, this unassuming locale has served as an improbable incubator, a tenacious host to the annual JazzAffair, a vibrant, if now potentially vulnerable, tradition of sound. To […]
Portals of Possibility: Peering into Universal's Phenomenal New Park!” Universal has, with perhaps admirable, if somewhat noisy, ambition, presented what they term an "immense multi-theme park", touted as one of the "biggest new theme parks that's been made in a long time". The latest monolithic offering from the Universal entity. This "Epic Universe", you see, is presented as an "immense multi-theme park", heralded, somewhat breathlessly, as "one of the biggest […]
Salt Lake City's Dry Spell Gets a Repeal Salt Lake City. A place, let's be frank, that conjures images of… well, let's just say the nightlife expectations might typically involve a vigorous game of charades followed by an early night with a lukewarm herbal infusion. One pictures a certain… orthodoxy when it comes to leisure pursuits. A landscape, shall we say, less associated with the clinking of cocktail shakers and […]
SWA Goes DIY – Kinda Sorta Southwest Airlines. A veritable labyrinth of contradictions, a delightful tangle of upcycled leather and potential baggage fees. Perhaps Southwest Airlines isn't orchestrating a masterclass in publicity. Perhaps, instead, they're simply… trying things. Trying to balance the books, trying to appease shareholders, trying to appear socially conscious, and yes, perhaps, genuinely trying to do a bit of good. The "Repurpose with Purpose" initiative, then, might […]
A Clean Image with a Smokers Cough – WDFM Well, I’ll be hornswoggled! Here I am, traipsing through The Presidio – a place that’s seen its share of soldiering and we’re on the proul for the house of the mouse. A regular shrine to Mr. Walt Disney himself. A museum dedicated to the man who made a mouse a global sensation. It’s a caution, I tell you. Like finding a […]
Raisin The Riffs Greetings, listeners, from… Fresno! Yes, Fresno. The name conjures images of raisins. Let’s be honest, my expectations weren't exactly soaring. I pictured endless fields of sun-dried grapes, maybe a raisin-themed amusement park. I braced myself for… well, let's just say a raisin-fueled experience of questionable artistic merit. But, color me surprised! Fresno is… delightful. I'm here at the Sounds of Mardi Gras Fest, brought to you by […]
Jazz Fest Fever: Racketeer Radio KFQX Broadcasts LIVE from Monterey Jazz Bash 2025 Right then, gather 'round, you delightful oddities. It's that time of year again. No, not that time of year. Far more important. It's the 45th anniversary of The Monterey JazzBash. Yes! Forty-five years. (Pause for slightly bewildered applause, perhaps a single, hesitant "Bravo"). Racketeer Radio KFQX, your purveyors of vintage vibrations, are, dare I say, enthusiastic about […]
Fresno's Multifaceted Mardi Gras: Masks, Music, and Museums You think Mardi Gras is just beads and singining the blues? Wrong! Dead wrong! It's a chance to escape the LA smog, maybe see some actual stars in the sky, and definitely hear some killer tunes. Plus, they got parades! The Great Gatsby Parade, the Parasol Grand Parade, the Costume & Masquerade Parade– it's like a regular fashion week, but with more […]
A Call to the Wild: Mardi Gras Gold in California Forget the decadent rot of New Orleans, you soft-bellied, lily-livered saps. If you crave the raw, untamed spirit of Mardi Gras, the real gold, then you must head inland to the very heart of California. Forget the Mississippi mud; we're talking Fresno, where the Sierra Nevada casts a long shadow and the jazz is as hot as a blacksmith's forge. […]
Maxfield Hunt | Racketeer Broadcast Association Look here, folks. San Francisco. City of fog, sure, and those infernal cable cars that clatter like a pack of jackasses on cobblestones. Thankfully, San Francisco has the technological advantage of cable cars. But all that aside, there's more than sourdough and bawdy sing-alongs down by the docks. Now, on the 15th of May, I found myself on one of these city-sanctioned walking tours. […]
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Small World Kingfisher
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United The Bouncing Souls
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She's The Shit Teenage Bottlerocket
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Prizefighter Rise Against
