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While much of the media is compulsively focused on the train wreck that is the White House (easy to understand),  Congress is busy causing all kinds of mischief that may be more damaging to Americans in the long term than the latest falsehood uttered on Twitter.  A currently popular method of quietly overturning much of […]

This Wednesday at 9 a.m. our guest in the studio will be Shirley Brown, one of the five members of the School Board of Sarasota County. We’ll talk about school security and charter schools. For more information about education issues in Sarasota and Manatee counties, go to Protect Our Public Schools Manasota (POPS). There is […]

Todays show features music from Merle Festival 2018.  Happy Monday.

“There Is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!” Grateful Dead Allan Kirby Field House, Lafayette College, Easton, PA May 7, 1979 SBD > Cassette Master > Reel > Dat (48k) All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller Thanks to Rob Eaton for the dats(not sure who the taper was). Keith Godchaux’s last concert with The […]

Steve and Lew thank everyone who contributed so generously to The Surreal News and the station in general. It is gratifying to know that the station’s mission of supporting peace, justice, and truth resonates with others. This week,  Judge Charles Williams, a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Sarasota County Bar Association,  […]

At nine a.m. this Wednesday morning  you’ll have only three more hours to go to givingpartnerchallenge.org to search for WSLR, put in your credit card donation of $25-$100, and have that amount DOUBLED!  This Giving Partner 24-hour opportunity starts Tuesday, May 1 at noon and ends at noon on Wednesday, May 2.   When making your […]

We have aligned our regular Spring On-Air Fund Drive (Wed, April 25 – Wed, May 2) with the Giving Partner Challenge so that you can double the impact of your contribution to WSLR.   Phone lines will be open and volunteers will be taking your pledges starting on Wednesday, April 25th.  You can call 941-894-6469 to […]

“There Is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!” Monday’s “Yesterday’s Dead Today” Mark Binder, Programmer, WSLR Sarasota LPFM Community Radio 96.5 and https://www.facebook.com/groups/testerdaysdead/ www.wslr.org WSLR’s Spring Fund Drive 12pm Wednesday, April 25 – 12pm, Tuesday, May 2 Giving Partner Challenge — May 1 – May 2, Noon to Noon EVERYTHING IS ONLINE! www.givingpartnerchallenge.org This website […]

This Saturday, April 28th, I, Mark Binder, will be sitting in for Bill Ewell on his “Bop And Beyond” show, 3-5pm, on Sarasota’s WSLR 96.5 LPFM Sarasota. Bill had forgotten he had a family commitment and asked me if i could slip into his seat for his stint on WSLR’s Prpring ‘18 Membership Drive. I […]

It is spring fundraising time and The Surreal News is honoring its listeners and contributors with two of the show’s favorite guests covering issues ripped from today’s headlines.  Stephen Spaulding (above)  from Common Cause will be joining Steve and Lew to give us the inside scoop on the Stormy Daniels affair (pun intended) and the […]