The Hear and Now, for December 1, 2011 - 10:00pm
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Inside OFF: the Old Friends FestivalSteve Horowitz, Pamela Z, Steve Adams, Dan Plonsey, and Marc Weinstein join host Derk Richardson to talk about the fertile and vibrant creative music scene that thrived in such venues as Beanbender's and Olive Oil's in the '90s. And they'll play music and preview what's in store as the Berkeley Arts Festival 2011 presents the Old Friends Festival, Dec. 9 & 10, with Ralphy Carney & Randy Odell, Pluto (the Lost Planet), Gino Robair's Improvcore Orchestra 3000, Pamela Z, Dan Plonsey's New Monsters meet the Manufacturing of Humidifiers, and ROVA Saxophone Quartet plays for Glenn Spearman. Is it possible to be nostalgic for the avant-garde? Tune in and find out.
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Playlist for this Program:
| Artist | Song | Album | Label |
| Show Start | Talk | ||
| The Beatles | Piggies | The Beatles | Capitol |
| Talk | "Interview" with Steve Horowitz, Pamela Z, Marc Weinstein, and Dan Plonsey about OFF: Old Friends Festival | Talk | Talk |
| Glenn Spearman | The Old Book | Blues for Falasha | Tzadik |
| Talk | More about OFF and the Bay Area creative music scene | Talk | Talk |
| Manufacturing of Humidifiers | Nine Months in the Nourishing Sac | Dire Images of Beauty | Yes No |
| New Monsters | New Monsters | New Monsters | Positone |
| Talk | More waxing nostalgic about the 90s | Talk | Talk |
| Pamela Z | Bone Music | A Delay Is Better | Starkland |
| Pamela Z | Baggage Allowance excerpt | new pieces CD-R | n.a. |
| Talk | More about OFF, Dec. 9 & 10 | Talk | Talk |
| Pluto | Resort | Shoehorse Emerging | Rastascan |
| Lost Planet (Pluto) | improvisation | CD-R | n.a. |
| Talk | Wrapping up the roundtable about OFF with Horowitz, PZ, Weinstein, and Plonsey | Talk | Talk |
| Rova Saxophone Quartet | Swang | From the Bureau of Both | Black Saint |
| Trio M (Myra Melford, Mark Dresser, Matt Wilson) | Don Knotts | The Guest House | Enja |
| Talk | Talk | Talk | Talk |
| Sonny Sharrock | Blind Willie | Into Another Light | Enemy |
| Talk | Talk | Talk | Talk |
| Kneebody | Desperation Station | You Can Have Your Moment | Winter & Winter |
| B for Bang | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Rewinds the Beatles | KML |
| Carolyn Beatty | The Flesh Failures | You're Only as Pretty as You Feel | Black Beauty |
| The Beatles | Glass Onion | The Beatles | Capitol |
| Talk | Talk | Talk | Talk |
