For recent arrivals, especially those without TVs to watch (West Block), there are a few specialty evening programs on the radio you may find worth a visit over the weekends.
Starting on Friday from 10 p.m. to midnight on FM 94.1, KPFA, is The History Of Funk, with Ricky Vincent. Ricky studied music history at UC Berkeley in 1987 and found a gaping hole called Funk. His professor, Roy Thomas, encouraged his research, which led to a campus radio program, and then into KPFA for the last 10 years. Recent guests have been Larry Graham, bassist for Sly and the Family Stone.
George Clinton of Parliament took an evening to play various versions by other artists of one of his biggest hits, Atomic Dog. Clinton’s book, “Funk,” is in the San Quentin library with photos and history of the groups that made it happen. The locator number is 781.64 VIN.
Saturday at midnight on the strong AM 910 station are two-hour original episodes of The Twilight Zone, dramatized for radio broadcast where you just close your eyes and see it all unfold.
For those who enjoy 60 Minutes, the audio version is aired Sundays at 7 p.m. on FM106.9 CBS Radio.
If there are other specialty shows that stand out, please write up a short story and bring it to the S.Q. Journalism Guild meeting at 9 A.M. in the red roofed building behind Education. No ducat is required.
