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Hey, It’s me Mandy letting you know the waters warming up here in Sarasota FL and I love to swim and listen to WSLR 96.5fm. Tune in today 4-6pm for another addition of “From the Mountains and Beyond” Playing a mix of new and fun tunes.  Happy Monday

“There Is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!” Grateful Dead Compton Terrace Amphitheater Tempe, Arizona 6/5/80 FOB(Sennheiser 421’s)>Master Cassette>DAT>CDR>EAC>SHN DAE(EAC) and SHN Encoding by Jeff M. This is one of many great sounding early ‘80-’81 FOB’s that are making their way around now. Disc 1 – Set 1: 1. Alabama Getaway > 2. Promised Land […]

Nationally broadcast radio talk show host and author Wilmer Leon, Ph.D.  (above) will join Steve and Lew this week to offer his views on the current political landscape. Dr. Leon will discuss his book Politics: Another Perspective and other topics such as the systemic disenfranchisement of African-American voters. Later Lisa Graybill, Deputy Legal Director of Criminal […]

Project 180 was founded in response to the overwhelming need for prisoner reentry programs. Over 30,000 Florida prisoners are released annually and reenter our communities. Many wish to become law-abiding citizens and have the best intention of living a conventional life yet most have few job skills, lack a formal education, and experience discrimination in […]

Today’s music in Honor.  Memorial Day commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. It is a holiday many of us spend doing family gatherings, backyard BBQs or enjoying a nice evening out with friends and family. However we choose to celebrate Memorial Day in Bradenton & Sarasota Florida, we do […]

“There Is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!” I was searching for a tune to open the show tonight honoring our departed troops, and found nothing really i was happy with. But I kept thinking of this: To all those who have given their lives in service of the country, we salute you, and I […]

A detailed version of the proposed Trump budget was released this week and like the sketchy preview shown in March, it is heavy on cuts to programs that help Americans in need, ostensibly the forgotten men and women who will be forgotten no more, and light on taxation of the wealthiest among us.  Diane Yentel […]

“There Is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!” (Almost) Grateful Dead, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA May 22, 1981 AUD>MC>DAT>CDR Audio discs provided by Paul B, EAC/SHN by Willy Another installment of The Music Never Stopped Project! One acoustic set: 1. Intro 2. Deep Elem Blues 3. The Race Is On 4. Friend Of The […]

The Surreal News will be all good this week with guests Pamela Goodman, President of the Florida League Women Voters and former CIA analyst and foreign policy and intelligence expert Mel Goodman (above) joining Steve and Lew.  While it is difficult to not stare in disbelief at the train wreck that is Washington DC, there […]