1/30: American Apparel in the Mission & an Update on the Possible June Election

Topics for Friday, January 30th:
- American Apparel in the Mission?
- San Francisco political update: Are we going to have a June election? What's happening with the budget? What the hell was that 9 hour Board of Supervisors meeting all about? We'll break it down.
- Eric Smith, talking about the upcoming Sustainable Biofuels Summit.

Playlist:
Minutemen - Working Men Are Pissed
Dan Reeder - Work Song
Boy Found Floating - Pushed to Kill
J Church - Nostalgic for Nothing
E. Doctor Smith - Blue Moon
Broun Fellinis - The Ark Has Landed
Prince - Musicology
Background music by Clutchy Hopkins

1/23: Savannah Blackwell and the Devil's Own

6pm: We'll be talking with local progressive writer Savannah Blackwell about her recent piece on the Battle for Board President, the upcoming special election, the Bay Guardian and the death of newspapers, what happens to the class of 2000 Supervisors after they leave the Board, law school, and random SF political gossip!

7pm: Live performance in the cafe by San Francisco country rockers, The Devil's Own, fronted by Piss Pissedofferson.
http://www.myspace.com/thedevilsown

1/16: Budget, Bikes, and the Inauguration

This weeks topics:
1. The Coalition to Save Public Health
Bob from the coalition talked with us about the San Francisco Budget Crisis, and what you can do to help:
- Call the Mayor and your Supervisor (311) and ask them to support the "budget de-appropriation" and the June Special Election.

2. Market and Octavia Bike Lane - We talked about the Bike Coalition's rally to save the bike lane at Market and Octavia.

3. Julian Davis and Heather Box joined us to talk about the Obama inauguration, and the need to keep working after Obama is president to keep him on the right path.

Playlist (Artist - Song - Album)

Minutemen - Working Men Are Pissed
Clinton Sparks - Pop Shots - Maybe You Been Brainwashed
Miles Davis - On the Corner (background music)
Dizzy Balloon - I'm Just Me - CD Sampler
Boy Found Floating - Boy Found Floating - The Push
Harvey Milk - Decades - Life... The Best Game in Town
Heartless Bastards - Searching for the Ghosts - All This Time
Mirah - Recommendation - Advisory Committee

1/9: Alex Clemens & John Dunbar on the Board of Supervisors, and Tom Radulovich about BART Police

6 - 7 PM: Alex Clemens from sfusualsuspects.com and political consultant John Dunbar will discuss about yesterday's vote for the new President of the Board and what 2009 has in store for San Francisco.
7 - 8 PM: A discussion about the shooting of Oscar Grant, BART Police oversight, and the recent protests in Oakland. Our guests including Tom Radulovich, San Francisco representative on the BART Board and several members of the League of Pissed Off Voters.

Music setlist (artist - song - album):
Broun Fellinis - Real Moments 1 - Real Moments
Lighter Thieves - Mission Street - Demo
My Last Day on Earth - Oubliette - Iron-On Tattoo
Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed - Wonder Boys Soundtrack

12/26: League Radio on Vacation

Happy holidays, everyone. We'll be back in January.

12/19: Chris Carlsson on Bikes in SF

Chris Carlsson is considered one of the founders of Critical Mass. He is the editor of the Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration."He is also one of the creators of the non-profit-project Shaping San Francisco.

12/12: Leah Shahum and Eric Mar

Tonight's guests:
6 - 7 PM: Leah Shahum, Executive Director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. We'll be talking about the state of biking in San Francisco, including the long awaited, recently completed Environmental Impact Report on the SF bike plan.
7 - 8 PM: Eric Mar, Supervisor-elect for San Francisco's 1st District, representing the Richmond. We'll talk to Eric about his plans for the Richmond as well as citywide issues. Eric's daughter, Jade, will also be joining us, which is sure to push the cuteness factor off the charts.

12/5: Gavin Newsom's 7.5 hour State of the City

We watched all 7.5 hours of Mayor Newsom's State of the City address so you don't have to! Actually our esteemed guests sat through the entire thing (god help them). Our guests were:
- Benjamin Wachs of the SF Weekly
- Melissa Griffin of thesweetmelissa.com and the Examiner

Setlist (artist – song - album)
The Minutemen - Working Men Are Pissed
Boy Found Floating - Comfort in Relapse
Bob Dylan and Ralph Stanley - The Lonesome River
The Grit – Stuck in Streatham – Shall We Dine?
Get Dead – Only Human – Letters Home
GavinWatch – Walkaway Mayor
ADULT – We Know How to Have Fun – Anxiety Always
Russ and Roc – Spoitoresa Revisited – Electric Gypsyland 2
Eustachian - Cockatoo Flurosecense – Daly City Records Presents
Clark – Penultimate Persian – Turning Dragons

11/28: Buy Nothing Day and the Really Really Free Market

In the first hour, we talked about the Really Really Free Market, which takes place on the last Saturday of every month at Dolores Park. Heather, one of the founders of the market called in to talk with us about the project.

In the second hour we talked about Buy Nothing Day and Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping.

Setlist (artist - song - album)
Belle Monroe and her Brewglass Boys - It Takes a Lot to Laugh - Belle Monroe and her Brewglass Boys
Kemo Sabe - Shapesifting Lemming Skulls - Kemo Sabe

Rube Waddell - Jesus Didn't Die for Me -
LoopStation! - Tiptoe Through Fires
Holly Golightly - Nothing You Can Say - My First Holly Golightly Album

Benevento/Russo Duo - Echo Park - Play Pause Stop
M83 - Car Chase Terror - Before the Dawn Heals Us

Nas - Black Republican - Hip Hop is Dead
Vomica - Live on Pirate Cat Radio

11/21: Supervisor-Elect John Avalos & "San Francisco's Best Political Minds"

In the first hour, we talked with Supervisor-Elect John Avalos who was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for District 11.

In the second hour, we talked with the winners of the SF Usual Suspects "Best Political Minds in San Francisco" contest, Hope Johnson and Jason Fried. Alex Clemens, San Francisco gadfly and founder of sfusualsuspects.com, called in to join us.


Setlist (Artist - Song - Album):
Dan Reeder - Work Song - Dan Reeder
Clutchy Hopkins - Track 06 - The Life of Clutchy Hopkins
Nebula - So It Goes - Liquor & Poker Music Sampler*
Brand New Sin - Black and Blue - Liquor & Poker Music Sampler*
Clinton Sparks - Where You Been - Maybe You Been Brainwashed
Cage - Perfect World - Hell's Winter
The Mighty Underdogs - Laughing At You - Droppin Science Fiction