5/8: Ross Mirkarimi, Worked Owned Co-Ops, and Live Funk

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1st hour: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi - This week's Board of Supervisors meeting was probably the most substantive of the year. We talked with Supervisor Mirkarimi about the controversial Sunset Reservoir solar energy project, his effort to save Access SF, and the possibility of converting the Sharp Park golf course into a nature preserve and recreation area.

2nd hour: Worker-owned Cooperatives - Democracy in the Workplace, Responsibility in the Community. A conversation about the concept of worker-owned businesses and workplace democracy with guest hosts Poonam Whabi (Design Action Collective & Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives - NoBAWC) and Dan Thomases (Box Dog Bikes & NoBAWC)

They led a discussion with this panel: Tim Huet (Arizmendi Association of Cooperatives), Dave Karoly (NoBAWC Staff), Kasper Koczab (NoBAWC Staff), Annie Danger (Modern Times Bookstore)

BONUS 3rd hour: Frobeck - From Sebastapol, they place Funk, and not noodlely standard whiteguy instrumental funk, but real funk with real songs (originals and covers like "what is hip" by tower of power!) and they are great time. They joined us in the studio and played live in the cafe. Check the podcast:
http://www.nerdnetworks.org/pcr/CharmSchool-20090508.mp3

Playlist (song - artist - album)
Working Men Are Pissed (League theme song) - Minutemen
Ghosts of You and Me - Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land
Veni Vidi Vici - The Black Lips (Diplo remix) - Decent Work for Decent Pay
Life Is Cartoons - Arecee - Beating a Dead Horse
Rich Folks Hoax - Rodriguez - Cold Fact
Gunslinger - Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger
Not Gonna Happen to Me - Frobeck - Balancing the Sun
By My Side - Frobeck - Balancing the Sun