(First airdate: March 13, 2018) SHIPWRIGHT MARTIN MILLS – A PASSION FOR BOAT BUILDING. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Martin Mills, who is one of the 12 partners in the Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op. Not everyone realizes that there are as many – if not more – people employed down at the Boat Haven than at the Mill. The maritime trades are a key underpinning of the local economy. The Co-op’s business model means these skilled tradesmen share in things like rent, bookkeeping and even many tools. All receive an hourly wage and if there’s an annual profit, it’s shared.
Compass for the Week of 3/12/2018
This week on the Compass we meet Tessa Hulls, a recent Port Townsend transplant who writes biographies for the Atlas Obscura Kick-Ass Women Series and who is, in fact, herself a fairly kick-ass woman. And then we take a look at the roll-out of a world-class bicycle repair teaching institution right here in Port Townsend.
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In Conversation – Kevin O’Brien
(first aired March 6, 2018). Kevin O’Brien, member of the Seattle 7 Writers group and author of 19 thrillers, joins host Sheila Bender to discuss his career and what it’s like penning books about murder and mayhem.
Nature Now #352 The Drama of Beaver Ponds
(first aired March 7, 2018). Host Mary Robson speaks via phone with Fidalgo Island resident Bob Jepperson, author of “Wild Love Story: Vignettes From Forest and Pond,” and discusses beavers, owls, and frogs he observes. Closing music is “The Captain Always Goes Down With The Ship,” recorded by Red Leg.
Community Read 2018
(First airdate: March 8, 2018) Community Read 2018 features Leif Whittaker’s My Old Man and the Mountain: A Memoir. PT Library Director, Melody Sky Eisler speaks about this year’s Community Read with Larry Stein, followed by a replay of Cris Wilson’s 2017 interview with Leif Whittaker about his book and his life in his adventurous family.
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Out of Nowhere / Peter Robinson
Out of Nowhere, airing on Tuesdays from 3-5pm, is Peter Robinson’s indulgence in the freedom KPTZ offers its volunteer DJs to air whatever they want (FCC regulations limiting). His many musical loves include, in no special order: Blues, Jazz (earliest to current), Country, Country-Western, Old-time, Roots Rock, Rockabilly, all the many genres resulting from the amazing African musical diaspora throughout the world, Singer-songwriter, Folk, Latin, Reggae, and more. It’s really about roots. To quote Tony Allen, great Afrobeat drummer, arranger, band leader, composer: “One Tree, Many Roots”. And to quote Earl Lindo, longtime colleague of Taj Mahal: “Music Keeps Me Together”. Email Peter.
Peter Robinson is a lifelong music lover and collector, and closet noodler on guitar, banjo, and drums. He started Out of Nowhere many years ago with the encouragement of Bill Kiely and Phil Andrus, and with tutelage from Mike Schleckser and Nora Petrich. A Port Townsend resident since 1979, he has had the benefit of countless musical pleasures at the Ace of Cups, the Town Tavern, the pubs of Port Townsend, and wonderful Centrum programs to fertilize his already highly addicted love of many genres of what he calls proof of intelligent life in the Universe – harmony and music!
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
(First airdate: March 7, 2018) Fantasy and Science Fiction author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough joins Cris Wilson to discuss her long career and her participation in the resistance writings of Alternative Truths.
Tossed Salad for 3/09/18
In honor of Jeanie Murphy’s guest slot this week, we add a banjo to the Salad.
Join host Phil Andrus and special guests this Friday from 1-5pm on 91.9FM ~ or stream live by clicking the Listen Live arrow at the top left of this window.
1:00 – Chuck Easton and George Radabaugh
1:45 – KCPT, Jeni Mahoney and Richard Dresser, Playfest
2:15 – Jeanie Murphy, “Banjo Tunes, Tunings, and Lore”
3:15 – Tom Jay, “A Word and a Poem”
3:30 – She Tells Sea Tales: Kelley Watson, Kaci Chronkite, Sue Schaffer, Lara Gassland-Tatro and girls project girls
4:30 – Don White, reading …
Deciding What Jazz Is
Spring Cleaning at KPTZ means sorting through accumulated Jazz CDs and separating keepers from the $1 bin. Hard at work here (in this photo by Mike Carroll) are (L to R) Chris Bricker (Morning on the Salish), Dick “Rooster” Keenan (Vinyl Dialogues), Peter Robinson (Out of Nowhere), and Bill Mercier (Jazz Notes).
Earlier this year the Classical music library was similarly sorted by Gail Pruitt (Unlaced Strings), Don Landstra (Early Music), and Nathaniel Walkstein (Entertainment Calendar).
Compass for the Week of 3/05/2018
This week on the Compass we go to the hospital to attend a cooking class taught by Jefferson Healthcare’s celebrated executive chef Arran Stark.
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