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  • West Coast Live is happy to announce that KCLU, the winner of more Golden Mikes for news and public affairs than any other Southern California radio station is the newest venue for West Coast Live. KCLU is found on two frequencies: 88.3 FM in Ventura County and 102.3 FM in Santa Barbara, and West Coast Live airs there Saturdays 7pm - 9pm. KCLU also streams on the internet, so you can catch West Coast Live at another time, too, if you can't hear all the live show at 10AM on Saturdays.
  • James Fallows, National Editor of the Atlantic Monthly, wrote about West Coast Live. (link working again)
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    LIVE SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6th Broadcast from the New Freight and Salvage theatre in Downtown Berkeley

    at the Freight and Salvage Coffee House , 2020 Addison Street near Shattuck, with breakfast snacks and drinks available. Parking garage two doors down, Downtown Berkeley Bart stop half-a block around corner on Shattuck.
  • AMY BLOOM, author of Where The God of Love Hangs Out and Away and Come With Me.
  • TANGO Number 9, life played well.
  • NANCY IVERSON, with RICHARD IRON CLOUD and LISA WATERS, featured in the documentary From the Badlands to Alcatraz featured at the San Francisco Oceans Film Festival. Life swum well.
  • Other great guests TBA
  • FRANK FERREL, fiddler of renown, out from the down east coast for a west coast weekend.
  • J. RAOUL BRODY, peregrinating pianist in for the wandering minstrel Mike Greensill (he's at Carnegie Hall, we think).
  • FEBRUARY 13th 2010 from the WCL archives. TBA

    LIVE SATURDAY February 20, 10 AM- Noon - at the San Francisco Ferry Building, site of CUESA's San Francisco Farmers' Market -- . As for ways to get to the show, here's a map. Sedge welcomes:

  • T.C. BOYLE, novelist and chronicler of American foibles and curiosities and twisted genius. His new book is a collection of stories, Wild Child.
  • MARTIN HAYES & DENNIS CAHILL, the Irish fiddler and the American guitarist make bridges, ferry tunes, and transport us with their music.
  • PASCAL TOUSSAINT, male soprano from Paris.
  • Others TBA .
  • The presidential MIKE GREENSILL, with the Mike Greensill Trio today.
  • LIVE SATURDAY February 27, 10 AM- Noon - at the San Francisco Ferry Building, site of CUESA's San Francisco Farmers' Market -- . As for ways to get to the show, here's a map. Sedge welcomes:

  • ALEXANDRA NATAPOFF, whose new book Snitches, investigates the moral, political and practical dilemmas of people who squeal.
  • Others TBA .
  • The genial MIKE GREENSILL, with the Mike Greensill Trio today.
  • LIVE SATURDAY March 6th, 10 AM- Noon - at the San Francisco Ferry Building, site of CUESA's San Francisco Farmers' Market -- . As for ways to get to the show, here's a map. Sedge welcomes:

  • CHRISTOPHER MOORE, author of books with a certain fascination for the neck and blood supply, but always with an eye on the laugh-o-meter.
  • WINIFRED E. EYE, Aaron Calvert's band, which backs up his voice which has been up all night.
  • Others TBA .
  • The toothsome MIKE GREENSILL.
  • LIVE SATURDAY March 13th, 10 AM- Noon - at the San Francisco Ferry Building, site of CUESA's San Francisco Farmers' Market -- . As for ways to get to the show, here's a map. Sedge welcomes:

  • GINA OCHSNER, novelist from Keizer, Oregon, and Seattle. Her new novel: The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight.
  • LIVE SATURDAY March 20th, 10 AM- Noon - at the San Francisco Ferry Building, site of CUESA's San Francisco Farmers' Market -- . As for ways to get to the show, here's a map. Sedge welcomes:

  • CHANG-RAE LEE , author of A Gesture Life and The Surendered
  • The outstanding offerings know as TBA, or check back often!.
  • The nimble MIKE GREENSILL, with the Mike Greensill Trio today.
  • LIVE SATURDAY March 27th, 10 AM- Noon - at the San Francisco Ferry Building, site of CUESA's San Francisco Farmers' Market -- . As for ways to get to the show, here's a map. Sedge welcomes:

  • The outstanding offerings know as TBA, or check back often!.
  • The genial MIKE GREENSILL, with the Mike Greensill Trio today.
  • LIVE SATURDAY April 3rd, 10 AM- Noon - at the San Francisco Ferry Building, site of CUESA's San Francisco Farmers' Market -- . As for ways to get to the show, here's a map. Sedge welcomes:

  • ANCHEE MIN, novelist.
  • WALTER MOSLEY, whose new book Known to Evil, brings Leonid McGill back to his noir pages.
  • Others TBA .
  • The mysterious MIKE GREENSILL, with the Mike Greensill Trio today.
  • LIVE SATURDAY April 10th, 10 AM- Noon - at the Skywalker Ranch, Lucas Valley Road, Marin County. Details TBA.

    Other Dates, Venues to be announced:

    April 17

  • Ð TBA.
  • April 24

  • Ð Mark Kurlansky, Anne Lamott.
  • May 8

  • Ð Anna Quindlen, Roddy Doyle.
  • May 15

  • Ð Norris Church Mailer.
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