Ep. 016 — What Is It All About

Some Noise

“And I think it saved the day, because we didn't have any money.”

—Captain Rainbow

About:

No place has tested the currents of change more than the Anderson Valley, a Gaza Strip-sized setting hidden in the hills of Northern California. Home to the language of Boontling, a fast fading past prose of the old frontier, the fate of the area’s kitschy tongue relies not on whether the valley will change, but how.

And why.

Show Notes:

1. [00:40] “Curious” by Blue Dot Sessions
   1. Related: A short video profile of O’Kane busking in New York City
2. [03:10] “Time” by Morgan O’Kane
3. [04:30] Light reading on Wes Smoot (The Anderson Valley Advertiser)
4. [05:35] An alternate definition for the origin of the “buckey walter”
5. [06:00] “Town Market” by Blue Dot Sessions
6. [06:20] Light reading on the discovery of the Anderson Valley
   1. And a step back (Walt Wines)
7. [06:30] A close look at where valley is located (Cleveland State University)
8. [07:05] Boontling: An American Lingo by Charles C. Adams
   1. ...in The Atlas Obscura
   2. ...in TIME
   3. ...in The Daily Mail
   4. ...in The Paris Review
   5. ...in The A.V. Club
   6. ...in Crave
9. [09:20] Some neat articles that dive into the boontling dictionary
10. [11:50] “Lemon and Melon” by Blue Dot Sessions
11. [13:00] Boontling and the Anderson Valley Brewing Company
12. [14:45] Light reading on Bobby “Chimpunk” Glover (The Anderson Valley Advertiser)
13. [15:15] The New York Times’ review of “Bulrusher” by Eisa Davis
14. [16:35] “Milkwood” by Blue Dot Sessions
15. [17:30] Light reading on the Pomo Indians
16. [18:00] Audio from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s fireside chat about the Dust Bowl
17. [18:15] Audio from a newsreel depicting sights and sounds from Victory in Europe Day in 1945
18. [19:00] Light reading on Danny Kuny
19. [22:20] “Ve Main Chori Chori” by Reshma
20. [23:20] “Sunday Lights” by Blue Dot Sessions
21. [23:40] Highly recommend listening to this podcast interview between Russell Brand and Adam Curtis about individualism
22. [31:00] “Don’t Fear the Reaper” cover by the Vitamin String Quartet
23. [31:05] Light reading on Jim Jones (The Atlantic)
24. [31:10] KGO News report of the the massacre at Jonestown
25. [31:50] Light reading on Charles Manson (Wikipedia)
26. [35:05] The Grange
27. [36:15] “Midnight Rider” by the Allman Brothers
28. [36:20] “Fishing in the Dark” by the Nitty Gritty Band
29. [39:30] “Which Side Are You On” performed by Darryl Cherney
30. [40:40] Light reading on the impacts of clear-cutting
31. [40:45] “Algae Tender” by Blue Dot Sessions
32. [43:40] “Brimevil” by Blue Dot Sessions
33. [43:55] Light reading on the Spotted Owl (National Geographic). Audio from xeno-canto.org
34. [44:00] A timeline of the Spotted Owl’s effect on timber and impact on price
35. [44:15] What cutting a redwood looks and sounds like
36. [44:30] An overview of Mendocino County’s timber harvesting
37. [44:34] A deep read on the more recent state of the redwood
38. [45:50] Lousiana Pacific celebrates 40th Anniversary at New York Stock Exchange
39. [46:40] More on Sherry Glaser
40. [47:40] “Earth First” by Darryl Cherney
41. [49:25] Light reading on Redwood Summer and the Cointelpro (The Nation)
    1. Related: Trailer to “Who Bombed Judi Bari?”‚ a documentary that explores the title prompt
42. [49:50] “Who Bombed Judi Bari” performed by Darryl Cherney
43. [49:55] KTVU News report related to Judi Bari bombing
44. [50:20] “Algae Trio” by Blue Dot Sessions
45. [50:35] Related: Judi Bari’s obituary in the New York Times
46. [51:05] Light reading on selling logs to Mexico (Los Angeles Times)
47. [53:35] Lousiana Pacific sells its California assets (CNN Money)
48. [53:40]
49. [56:00] “Felt Lining” by Blue Dot Sessions
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