Are you shivering in your boots? Huddled around a fire? Ordering flannel sheets on sale? We love seasonal continuity and repetition, don't we? Cuz, as they say, what's the alternative? Well, here are 3 hours of seriously and carefully curated new and older music and some words; among them John Glacier, London Grammar, Thylacine, Christian Loffler, Jay Som, james K, Ula, Smerz, Lizzie Weber, Kate Bush, Milkweed, Rattle, Mei Semones, Kinski, Iniko, Half Japanese, Elijah Minnelli, Nalead, SEVN, So, The "Gaia-Gram," a short segment by Kevin Gallagher about threats to our environment, MONG, Robyn & Jamie xx, Hannes Bieger, Blue Man Group...Wanna hear a spooky cover of Abba's "SOS?" by Portishead...James and Brian Eno, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Ladybug Transistor, Throwing Shapes, The Notwist, Enji, The Weather Station, Thievery Corporation, Rosa Anschutz, Djrum, "We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves." (Patti Smith) Oklou, Ikonika.....Next Miniature World is broadcasting on New Year's Day, January 1, 26 and available HERE! Here's to a better year... You can reach me binniek(at)wpkn.org
What is A Miniature World with Binnie Klein?
My musical tastes swerve through Euro-pop, trip-hop, electronica, indie-rock, singer-songwriters. You might hear Icelandic rock, World music, Radiohead, Bjork, Tricky, Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, The Books, Caroline Polachek, weird cover tunes, Milosh, Stevie Nicks, PJ Harvey, Cat Power, Owen Pallett, Hot Chip, Dandy Warhols, Kae Tempest, In These Trees and Tartie, Perfume Genius, Brian Eno, Karsh Kale, War on Drugs, Moby, Patti Smith, Juana Molina, Peter Gabriel, to name a few. And poetry. And words.
My interviews have included Chris Frantz, Jeff Pevar, Dick Cavett, David Denby, Harry Shearer, Katha Pollitt, Bert Randolph Sugar, Abigail Thomas, Carl Safina, Matthew Klam, Gretchen Rubin, Tig Notaro, Ophelia Eisenberg, and many more! Many will be available on my Interview podcast, coming soon.....