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Releases week ending 6.28.2004

Weekly Report from Boulder
Do you ever notice how the day after you get back from a busy week away you feel like your body may be back but the mind hasn't quite completed the journey?

I spent Friday through Monday in Los Angeles before heading up to the Santa Barbara area last Tuesday. As it was my first time there I was happy to have two days to kick around and enjoy what SB has to offer. Krystal told me this is the time of ìJune Gloomî so no wonder it surprised me with the cool. It's odd for me to be somewhere that the sun doesn't come out til 4pm as that is when we are likely to get to afternoon thunderstorms.

Grassroots Radio Conference #9 was great. This year a solidarity fund was established to promote diversity in attendance. Between being hosted by KCSB, a youthful station, and the fund, there was some great young energy at this year's conference. An early session on Turntablism that I stumbled into was a highlight of the weekend as young DJs shared tips and skills on mixing and scratching as well as sharing their observations about how women are still not viewed as equals by many in the hiphop movement. But when Medusa wrapped up the weekend, I saw great response from not just the gals but the guys as well.

We also spent a good bit more time than in the past talking music. I was happy to spend some time with Sybil from WORT as nobody knows what I go through in a week like another MD. Some more talk about Skip and KDNK as the latest news is that the Station Manager of KDNK is separating from the station. I have my fingers crossed for the station as I have a soft spot for KDNK.

Other performers of the weekend included the amazing John Trudell who has gone through so much in life but still speaks out from his heart. He was followed by the B-Side Players who I thought put on a good and groovy live show. Arigon Starr also performed and while her music isn't the deepest, her spirit is contagious.

Elaine C. Erb. KGNU Music Director. <º))))><
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KGNU Top 30, Week Ending 06.28.04
1. Juana Molina Tres Cosas Domino
2. Rasputina Frustration Plantation Instinct Records
3. Blockhead Music By Cavelight Ninja Tune
4. Various Artists Six Degrees 100 Six Degrees
5. Candi Staton Cd Astralwerks
6. Various Artists Electric Gypsyland Six Degrees
7. Arto Lindsay Salt Righteous Babe Records
8. Sonic Youth Sonic Nurse Geffen Records
9. Los Lobos The Ride Hollywood
10. Lunchbox Anyways The Agriculture
11. Various Artists Billy Martin Presents Vol 1:The Turntable Sessions Amulet
12. Spencer Bohren Southern Cross Valve
13. Idiom Creek Room From Another Music Samplistic
14. State Of Bengal Vs Paban Das Baul Tana Tani Realworld Records
15. Cocorosie La Maison De Mon Reve Touch And Go Records
16. Various Artists Women Of Africa Putumayo
17. Open Road ÖIn The Life Rounder
18. Bobby Rush Folkfunk Deep Rush Records
19. Skalpel S/T Ninja Tune
20. Wilco A Ghost Is Born Nonesuch Records
21. Jolie Holland Escondida Anti/Epitaph
22. Angelique Kidjo Oyaya! Columbia Records
23. Suzzana Owiyo Mama Africa Arc
24. Sally Nyolo ZaÔone Lusafrica
25. Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose Interscope
26. The Magnetic Fields I Nonesuch Records
27. The Legendary Pink Dots The Whispering Wall Roir Records
28. Jay Farrar Stone, Steel & Bright Lights Artemis
29. Sandy Dillon Nobody's Sweetheart One Little Indian
30. Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra Napoleon Texas Music Group
Adds:
WC Clark Deep In The Heart Alligator
Los Mocosos American Us Six Degrees
DJ Spooky Celestial Mechanix Thirsty Ear
New World Charts For Week Ending 6.28.04
1. Various Artists Six Degrees 100 Six Degrees
2. Arto Lindsay Salt Righteous Babe Records
3. Various Artists Women Of Africa Putumayo
4. Angelique Kidjo Oyaya! Columbia Records
5. Suzzana Owiyo Mama Africa Arc
6. Sally Nyolo ZaÔone Lusafrica
7. Ojos De Brujo Bari World Village
8. Various Artists Planet Buzz Narada
9. Various Artists Cafe Mundo Sunnyside
10. Various Artists La Route Musicale De La Soie-The Musical Silk Road Accords Croises
Jazz Charts For Week Ending 6.28.04
1. Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room Verve Records
2. Beth Custer Ensembe Respect As A Religion Ep Self Produced
3. Rabih Abou Khalil Morton's Foot Enja Records
4. Enrico Rava Easy Living Ecm New Series
5. Ben Sidran Nick's Bump Liquid Records
6. Oliver Lake Steel Quartet Dat Love Passin Thru Records
7. Po'jazz Takin It To The Hollow Self Produced
8. El-P High Water Thirsty Ear Communication
9. Mary Lou Williams Presents Black Christ Of The Andes Smithsonian Folkways
10. Spring Heel Jack The Sweetness Of Water Thirsty Ear Communication
Beatbox Charts For Week Ending 6.28.04
1. Blockhead Music By Cavelight Ninja Tune
2. Candi Staton Cd Astralwerks
3. Bobby Rush Folkfunk Deep Rush Records
4. United Dope Front The Liquid Acrobats Cuezone
5. DJ Signify Cd Lex
6. Various Artists Definitive Jux Presents Iii Definitive Jux
7. Din-St Yamu D'-Din Asphodel
8. Yesterdays New Quintet Stevie Stones Throw Records
9. Azeem With Variable Unit Mayhemystics Wide Hive
10. DJ Shadow In Tune And On Time Live! Geffen Records
RPM Charts For Week Ending 6.28.04
1. Various Artists Electric Gypsyland Six Degrees
2. State Of Bengal Vs Paban Das Baul Tana Tani Realworld Records
3. Skalpel S/T Ninja Tune
4. Vas Feast Of Silence Narada
5. Ustad Sultan Khan Rare Elements 5 Points
6. Various Artists Lounge Story 2 Dreyfus
7. Camping Suburban Shore Plug Research
8. Afro Celt Sound System Pod Realworld Records
9. O9 Church Of The Ghetto P.C. Asphodel
10. Banco De Gaia You Are Here Six Degrees
Americana Charts For Week Ending 6.28.04
1. Spencer Bohren Southern Cross Valve
2. Open Road ÖIn The Life Rounder
3. Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose Interscope
4. Various Artists Livin', Lovin', Losin' Universal Records
5. The Subdudes Miracle Mule Back Porch
6. Otis Taylor Double V Telarc Blues
7. Wendy Woo Walking The Skyline Woo Records
8. Johnny Winter Cd Legacy
9. Mary Chapin Carpenter Between Here And Gone Sony Music Entertainment
10. Dave Alvin Ashgrove Yep Roc Records
— - Alternative Charts For Week Ending 6.28.04
1. Juana Molina Tres Cosas Domino
2. Los Lobos The Ride Hollywood
3. Arto Lindsay Salt Righteous Babe Records
4. Various Artists Nuevo Latino Putumayo
5. Bebel Gilberto Cd Six Degrees
6. Los Amigos Invisibles Zinga Son Luaka Bop
7. Lila Downs One Blood (Una Sangre) Narada
8. Ozomatli Street Signs Concord Jazz
9. Sergent Garcia La Semilla Escondida Shakti
10. Vinicius Cantuaria Horse And Fish Bar None Records
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