- protest against genetically-modified plants
- Chimpanzee conservation in Sierra Leone
- dam removal near Portland, OR
- Burmese pythons as invasive species
- the difficulties of radical environmentalism
- Grand Canyon development issues
First Side includes stories about:
- liberation of Canadian minks
- the battle around the continuation of whaling
- the cause of Colorado mule deer decline
- whale entanglements in fishing lines
- the tri-colored bat emergency
- denial of protection to fishers
- Wildlife Agency slaughter
- rare salamander protection
A Message from DJ Matter Embryo
...my life in Santa Cruz for 14 years and general artistic development would be hard to imagine without Free Radio Santa Cruz and FRSC is hard to imagine without the work and vibes of Uncle Dennis...calm, rational, very intelligent, ever-helpful and really the main person knowledgeable about the technology we were all using to do radio...a fine and polished DJ properly focusing on the 60s/70s, a golden age for music (and film); listening to one of his shows right now (w/ focus on environmental issues)...in 1995, lacking $ and the know-how, FRSC made possible the work we were doing for over a decade (Clatterbox, The Technical Difficulties Radio Show)...our style was/is based more on density and maximalism rather than a minimal or quiet approach and music made now outside of the radio studio is influenced by its possibilities...so thank you Uncle Dennis (and others) for actually making this free speech/art/radio possible: in my daily role as performing musician, I will continue to play music of the 60s and 70s, the good stuff all the way from the cream to the dregs.
Technical Difficulties: a live radio show on Free Radio Santa Cruz from 1998-2006, from insurrectionary to irreverent...a blend of musics, writings, rants, guests, soundscrape-action + eclectic expositions.
credits
released May 5, 2019
Voice + Earth First News by Uncle Dennis
Music by the Dixie Dregs from Free Radio Santa Cruz's 'From the Cream to the Dregs'
Mixing by DJ J-gi wizz + DJ Matter Embryo
Produced + recorded at Free Radio Santa Cruz by Uncle Dennis
Edited/mixed/produced by DJ Matter Embryo
Cover photo of Uncle Dennis at undisclosed location
Mastered by Steve McDonald at the Octagon
this is an audio movie; sometimes to be heard at one time, as one experience; headphones good.
see lyrics, visuals, and/or liner notes by clicking on individual tracks.
for seamless play, please download.
<name your price> is the digital equivalent of <no one turned away for lack of funds>, sliding scale $0-?, small amounts appreciated.
all $ generated by this album will go to the Davie family + FRSC.
A Work In Progress Records is an independent record group concerned with do-it-yourself releases distributed on an anti-profit/donation basis.
Matthew Embry/The Technical Difficulties Radio ShowFresno, California
Upcoming ME-related Shows:
4/27...Tower PorchFest (w/ Tony Imperatrice, Chris Janzen Trio, Blake Jones,
Chelsea Jones, Ruth and the Kernel)
4/29...Oakwood Gardens
4/30...Nazareth House
5/2...Nazareth House
5/4...private party
5/7...Compass Pointe
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