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* A Sounds Eclectic Evening
* KCRW Live at SXSW
* KCRW and KCRW.com Presents
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March 2006 Bookworm Schedule

March 9 * JOHN BARTH, Where Three Roads Meet: Novellas (Houghton Mifflin)
John Barth, a hero of the post-modern novel, talks about (among other things) heroism, the name Fred (which mysteriously recurs in all three of these novellas), the nature of the novella, and the nature of stories. He s so graceful that he even tells how a story can be a narrator, describing its own birth, middle, and old age. The essence of virtuosity: long live John Barth.

March 16 * OCTAVIA BUTLER, Fledgling (Seven Stories Press)
*This interview was recorded just a few weeks before Octavia Butler s unexpected and untimely death on February 24 this year.*
As a science fiction writer, the MacArthur Prize-winning Octavia Butler has taken the conventional elements of the genre and transformed them so that they profoundly comment on sex, race, biology and history. Here, she proves that all of her revelations depend on a deep understanding of the characters. Her sympathy for her young vampire heroine is the key.

March 23 * WALTER KIRN, Mission to America (Doubleday)
Walter Kirn uses comedy the way a magician uses sleight-of-hand. His hilarity conceals sadness, his levity masks gravity. Here, we talk about American spirituality and how it often manifests itself as naïve nonsense before transforming into perilous disregard for life.

March 30 * JORIE GRAHAM, Overlord (Harper Collins)
Jorie Graham, whose work is known for its depth and complexity, makes a plea for moral action. She reads a poem that centers on the problem of human responsibility and talks about the desire for poetry that affects our behavior in the world.

Bookworm host, MICHAEL SILVERBLATT, interviews writers of fiction and poetry -- the established, new, and emerging -- with insight and precision. Bookworm airs on KCRW 89.9 FM and KCRW.com on Thursdays from 2:30 to 3:00pm. Each program is archived online and On Demand at www.KCRW.com.

KCRW LIVE AT SXSW

Morning Becomes Eclectic Live and KCRW.com Showcases

KCRW (89.9 FM/Santa Monica and KCRW.com) will broadcast live and present four shows from the annual South By Southwest music festival in Austin, TX from March 16 to March 19. This is the fifth year that KCRW has hit the road to attend SXSW.

Live on Morning Becomes Eclectic:

Thursday, March 16 * From Austin for SXSW, live band to be announced.

Friday, March 17 * Direct from Ireland, THE CHALETS perform their songs as we celebrate St. Patrick s Day on Morning Become Eclectic from SXSW.

For the third year in a row, KCRW is one of only a few radio stations partnering with SXSW for an official showcase. On Thursday, March 16, KCRW.com Presents the Oakland-based band that rocks and harmonizes, Persephone's Bees; the gifted Norwegian musician Evan Johansen as Magnet; Zero 7 singer making it solo Tina Dico; L.A.'s undiscovered crooner AM; after last year's critical acclaim on this showcase JESCA HOOP has an album debuting from Universal; and the UK's most recent export, songstress Corinne Bailey Rae. At the 18th Floor of Capitol Place (formerly Crowne Plaza) on 6th Street. Doors at 7, First band at 8.

KCRW.com Presents the Filter Magazine daytime parties, in association with Amp'd Mobile, Puma, Ben Sherman, & ASCAP:

Thurs, March 16 * Elefant, Metric, The Cribs, The Duke Spirit, Eastern Conference Champions, Duels, and a special noon BBQ with Wayne Coyne. At Cedar Street Courtyard from noon to 6pm. Open to all SXSW badge holders.

Fri, March 17 * Built to Spill, The Elected, Earlimart, Magnet, The Grates, Silverspun Pickups, Illinois. At Cedar Street Courtyard from 11:30am to 6pm. Open to all SXSW badge holders.

Saturday, March 18 * Nine Black Alps, The Subways, Amusement Parks On Fire, The Noisettes, Vega 4, Carina Round and a SURPRISE SPECIAL GUEST At Cedar Street Courtyard from 11:30am to 6pm. Open to all SXSW badge holders.

KCRW in person:

Thursday, March 16 at 4:15pm Nic Harcourt is on the Podcasts Invade Earth panel.
Friday, March 17 at 11am find Gary Calamar on the Superpowers of Music Supervision panel.
Friday, March 17 at 3:30 pm Morning Becomes Eclectic producer, Ariana Morgenstern, will be on the The Next Boom is Latin Music panel.

Saturday, March 18 at noon, Nic Harcourt will be in person at Book People (603 Lamar at 6th) to sign copies of his book, Music Lust: Recommended Listening for Every Mood, Moment and Reason.

KCRW.com Presents

Wed, March 22 * TINA DICO at Boca in San Francisco

Thurs, March 23 * ANIMAL COLLECTIVE at Webster Hall in NYC

Sat, March 25 * THE ARCTIC MONKEYS in a sold out show at Webster Hall in New York City.

KCRW.com Presents... the following live events around Southern CA

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