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Ep. 5 - Democracy: It's Not Just for Voting Anymore
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For voting rights advocate, Kim Alexander, democracy is more than just a way to run a government; it’s a way to perform music.
C R E D I T S
Bob Waller--Writer, Producer, Co-Host
Dieter Randolph--Technical Director, Co-Host
Linda Easton—Social Networking Director, Announcer
VOICES IN OPENING THEME: Linda Easton-Waller, Zack Waller, Sue Butler, Josh Beckwith, Raelynn DeBone, Sinjin Frazer, Jacqueline Langworthy-Smith
FEATURE STORY: Eternal gratitude to Kim Alexander for coming to the studio to tell us her story and play a couple of songs... and to all the good people of the third-Thursday jam sessions at Old Ironsides in Sacramento for letting the Songland Diaries partake in the good vibes.
FAIR-USE RECORDINGS: The Songland Diaries uses some recordings in accordance with fair use laws and practices. The recordings played in excerpt and commented on in this episode include:
• Pete Seeger’s “We Shall Overcome,” from the Columbia album Pete Seeger’s Greatest Hits
• Dan Bern’s “Jerusalem,” from the album Live in New York
• NPR’s news coverage of Kim’s Pete Seeger story from the show All Things Considered
We also heard Kim’s jam group jamming on the Grateful Dead’s version of the traditional blues song, “I Know You Rider.”
SOUND EFFECTS: This episode included sound effects that were created by the generous contributors to freesound.org. They include:
• radio noise 2.wav by ERH at freesound.org/people/ERH/sounds/30335/;
• radio6.wav by NoiseCollector at freesound.org/people/Empty%20Bell/sounds/180821/;
• beep.wav by Empty Bell at freesound.org/people/NoiseCollector/sounds/61950/;
• Radio.wav by davidou at freesound.org/people/davidou/sounds/88471/
• Clock ticking by Olver at freesound.org/people/olver/sounds/130388/
• Browser Theramin.wav by ThatJeffCarter at freesound.org/people/thatjeffcarter/sounds/220679/
• Seattle Public Market Center by Lengueverde at freesound.org/people/Lenguaverde/sounds/138473/
• Roar of the Crowd.wav by CGEffex at freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/99966/
CLOSING BANTER: Additional thanks to Alan Partlow of Brooklyn’s Caterwaul of Sound and Michael Rennie of San Diego’s Rio Peligroso for recording live with us at Oak and Iron in Brooklyn, NY. Check out Caterwaul of Sound at CaterwaulOfSound.com and Rio Peligroso at riopeligroso.wix.com/riopeligroso.
INDIE OUTRO: This week’s Indie Outro is Dan Bern’s “Terra Haute” from the album “Hoody.” Thank you to Miki at Dan Bern Headquarters for permission.
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