TODAY we will chat about anti-intellectualism with GEOFF BRACKETT, Exectutive Vice President, Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY.

Dr. Brackett is new to Marist after having served 20 years at Pace University in many capacities, most recently as Provost for and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs from 2007 to 2010. He oversaw the launch of the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies and is published extensively. GEOFF is currently editing a textbook of collected writings on the Hudson River, and has recently completed a travel memoir about his trips to Alaska and Antarctica. Beyond his academic achievements, he is a songwriter and a musician and member of BMI. http://www.marist.edu/about/gb.html

J. David Gray will join us for another segment of our SYNERGY project. he will read his essay inspired by the image "family on holiday” - be sure to view the image at http://tinyurl.com/lvgvsr or http://www.jimlynchphotography.com check out David's other writings at http://word-smith.typepad.com/wordsmith

We are featuring singer/songwriter CHRIS SMITHERS. http://www.smither.com; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Smither

REAL HIPHOP ..SPECIAL GUESTS PMD FROM EPMD and steve 1989 plus the neurologists REAL HIPHOP ..BOOM BAP

Ticket giveaways for Built to Spill and Talvin Singh at the Highline Ballroom

requests : #4, #11, #18

Donovan "with new ears" #25
Abbey Road 41 years

Autumn Has Arrived...still feels like Summer!!

Kevin Kovarik fillin

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1) LIMES – Vacation / Rusty Old Clock
2) BORN RUFFIANS - Come Back
3) DARKER MY LOVE - New America / A Lovely Game / Maple Day Getaway
4) AUCTIONEERS - Straight On Til' Morning
5) THESE UNITED STATES - What Lasts
6) ELK CITY – 2010
7) JOE STRUMMER AND THE MESCALEROS – Johnny Appleseed
8) SHANNON STEPHENS - So Gentle Your Arms
9) CARISSA'S WIERD (sic) - Drunk with the Only Saints I Know
10) QUIET SCIENCE - Cumulus
11) DREAMEND - Magnesium Light
12) BROKEN BELLS - Trap Doors
13) RA RA RIOT - Foolish
14) TOKYO POLICE CLUB - Breakneck Speed [band actually *not* from Tokyo... go figure!]
15) HOT HOT HEAT - Zero Results
16) INTELLIGENCE - Mom or a Parking Lot
17) THERMALS - Not Like Any Other Feeling
18) PAUL WELLER - Wake Up the Nation [ex- The Jam, The Style Council]
19) BOOM BOOM SATELLITES - Kick It Out [Electronica duo from Japan]
20) WAVVES - Take on the World
21) DEAD HEART BLOOM - Strange Waves / Sentimental Cures
22) FRANKIE ROSE AND THE OUTS - That's What People Told Me / Must Be Nice