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Schedule in brief, scroll down for details:
Thursday 9 p.m.-12 a.m.: DETROIT TECHNO on the Thursday Night Feature
Sundat 1-2 p.m.: LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS on Hell or High Water
Sunday 2-3 p.m.: The PIANO SOLOS OF ERIK SATIE on the Classic Inside Track
Sunday 5-7 p.m.: a discussion of the ACADEMIC LABOR MOVEMENT on Northern
Hemisphere Live

DETROIT TECHNO on the Thursday Night Feature, Thursday 9 p.m.-12 a.m.
Join DJs Aaron and Matt for an exhaustive three-hour aural
odyssey through the origins, development, and current incarnations of
Detroit techno. Journeying from pivotal influences such as George Clinton,
Giorgio Moroder, and Kraftwerk into the vintage dystopian soundscapes of
originators such as Derrick May, Juan Atkins, and Kevin Saunderson,
followed by the visceral minimalism of contemporary innovators such as
Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, and Carl Craig, the Thursday Night Feature for
Thursday, November 1st will provide a comprehensive showcase for the music
of the future, today.

LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS on Hell Or High Water, Sunday 1-2 p.m.
Tune in to hear the best of Houston's best blues guitar player, Lightnin'
Hopkins. Born Sam Hopkins in 1912 in Centerville, TX, Hopkins had an
auspicious start to his career when, at the age of eight, he met and
performed with Blind Lemon Jefferson at a picnic.  Over the span of his
career (essentially spanning from the post-WWII years to his death in
1982), he recorded for over 20 labels, and became popular not just among
blues lovers but also among the folk-revival crowd of the 1960's, as his
authentic, improvisational, and often humorous blues caught on.  This
program will attempt to cover as much ground as possible of Lightnin'
Hopkins' long and prolific career.

THE PIANO SOLOS OF ERIK SATIE on the Classic Inside Track, Sunday 2-3 p.m.
This week's classic inside track features the ambient classical music of
Franco-Scottish composer ERIK SATIE (1866-1925). Described by Stravinsky
as "the oddest person he had ever known," Satie's simple yet subtly
surprising pieces were no less eccentric than the "velvet
gentleman" himself. An important influence on both Debussy and Ravel,
Satie drew inspiration from a variety of influences including Gregorian
chants, Parisian cafe tunes, and -- curiously enough -- the tales of Hans
Christian Andersen. Our introduction to Satie's extensive catalog will be
THE PIANO SOLOS OF ERIK SATIE as performed by Bill Quist (formerly of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra). This album was released in 1979 on Windham
Hill Records.    

The ACADEMIC LABOR MOVEMENT on Northern Hemisphere Live, Sunday 5-7 p.m.
This week on NHL, hosts David Jordan and Kristen Johnson will be talking
about the academic labor movement.  Our guests will be Marc David of the
UNC-CH Graduate Employee Union, and Greg Meyerson and Amy Suzanne Martin
of NCSU's Faculty Association for Campus Equity, and we'll discuss why
nationally an increasing number of graduate students, adjuncts and
contract teachers are joining unions, the issues and obstacles of campus
organization, and what's being done on local campuses.

Also this week and every week:
-THE INSIDE TRACK:  a new release played in full Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, 9 p.m.
-ORANGE COUNTY SPECIAL: folk music of all countries and cultures Sunday 10
a.m.-1 p.m
-HELL OR HIGH WATER: music from UNC's Southern Folklife Collection Sunday
1-2 p.m. 
-BROKEN MUSIC: longer, more "difficult" pieces Sunday 3-4 p.m.
-MAKING CONTACT and COUNTERSPIN: news programs from F.A.I.R. (Fairness and
Accuracy In Reporting) Sunday 4-5 p.m.
-NORTHERN HEMISPHERE LIVE: call-in discussion of current issues Sunday 5-7
p.m.
-BACKYARD BARBEQUE: North Carolina music culled from the fresh produce
from Chapel Hill's finest, as well as older records from
NC bands of the past, Sunday 7-8 p.m. 
-THE NEW MUSIC SHOW: spotlight on new releases right out of the mail bin,
Sunday 8-9 p.m. 
-SPORTS RAP: live UNC sports talk, Sunday 9-10 p.m.
-NEW SCIENCE EXPERIENCE: a live electronic mix, Sunday 10 p.m.-12 a.m.

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