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The Knotty G’s – AshevilleFM Live Music Sessions – The Getaway River Bar – Wednesday February 21st, 10-11pm at 103.3FM – streaming www.ashevillefm.org
Asheville band “ The Knotty G’s ” will be performing at The Getaway River Bar – show starts at 9pm and will be simulcast live on 103.3FM at 10pm on the..
AshevilleFM Live Music Sessions..
Join us! Wednesday, February 21st
No Cover!!
AshevilleFM and The Getaway River Bar are pleased to present The Knotty G’s live at The Getaway Bar from 9-11PM & broadcast on 103.3 Asheville FM 10-11PM. Please join us in person or tune in!
ABOUT THE BAND: The Knotty G’s
Gill & Chuck Knott are the core of the funky and fun-loving group, The Knotty G’s. They sometimes call on a wide range of musical companions, to form everything from a duo to a full band. Established in Asheville, NC, The Knotty G’s travel the country sharing their Soul-Soaked Americana music, serving up a hearty, original recipe of pan-seared, boot-stomping-upbeat tunes, slow-cooked, captivating ballads, and even a few beaten, battered, deep-fried covers. Nothing short of a stir fry of fun, these characters can certainly satisfy even the biggest of musical appetites.
Stream/All Links: https://linktr.ee/theknottygs
The Getaway River Bar – The Getaway is a laid-back bar with extra chill vibes by the river. With an expanse of outdoor seating and recreations set on the edge of the French Broad River, it welcomes everyone 21+ to loosen up and enjoy a getaway hidden in-between the city center and growing West Asheville.
790 Riverside Drive – Asheville, NC 28801 – (828) 545-6985 https://www.getawayontheriver.com/
Free Alex Stokes + Russian Anti-War Saboteur Ruslan Siddiqui
This week on the show, we’re starting out with an interview with Lo and Meghan, two supporters of Jewish independent journalist, artist and antifascist leftist from Albany, NY, Alex Stokes Contompasis. Alex is serving a 20 year sentence for defending himself and 3 other community members attacked by Proud Boys and Oath Keepers at the New York state capital on January 6th, 2021. For the hour, we speak with Lo and Meghan, two friends and supporters of Alex who talk about Alex’s media work, the politically-charged court case and his ongoing appeal. More on his case can be found at FreeAlexStokes.Com, you can order his artwork to support his case there as well. They mentioned getting support & attention from the International Anti-Fascist Defence Fund.
Then, you’ll hear an interview from our comrades at Frequenz-A in so-called Germany with a recent interview of Anya of the grassroots group called Solidarity Zone that offers legal, media and other support to people facing charges for anti-war direct actions inside of Russia to speak about their work and the case of Ruslan Siddiqui, an anarchist who does not deny railway sabotage against the Russian war efforts in Ukraine. This first aired on episode 75 of B(A)D News: Angry Voices From Around The World from the A-Radio Network.
Solidarity Zone Links
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/solidarityzone
- Telegram: https://t.me/solidarity_zone
- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/solidarity_zone
- LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/solidarity_zone
- Email: solidarity_zone(at )riseup.net
Finally, you’ll hear Sean Swain reading from an incomplete list of people killed by law enforcement in the USA during the month of April 2023. The full podcast can be found at our website, here.
Announcements
Red Onion Hunger Strike Phone Zap
The saga at Red Onion continues, with more than 30 participants. Participants are asking supporters to call the Governor and the Virginia Department of Corrections to demand that the Red Onion follows state restrictions on solitary confinement. Kevin “Rashid” Johnson is additionally requesting his treatment for congestive heart failure and prostate cancer that he be moved from Red Onion to a facility like Sussex I or Buckingham that are near to large medical facilities.
You can hear a recent interview we had with a comrade of Rashid and see a roundtable of comrades of Rashid on Black Power Media recently talking about his situation. Here’s a social media post with all of the pertinent information: https://kolektiva.social/@BlueRidgeABC/111868911724769356
- VADOC Central Administration USPS P.O. Box 26963; Richmond, VA 23261
David Robinson
Phone: 804-887-8078
Email: david.robinson@vadoc.virginia.gov - VADOC Director, Chadwick S Dotson Phone: 804-674-3081
Email: Chadwick. Dotson@vadoc.virginia.gov - VADOC Central Administration Rose L. Durbin Phone: 804-887-7921
Email: Rose. Durbin@vadoc.virgina.gov - Beth Cabell, Division of Institutions Phone: 804-834-9967
Email: beth.cabell@vadoc.virginia.gov - Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin Phone: 804-786-2211
Email: glenn.youngkin@governor.virginia.gov
Sample script: I am calling in support of the hunger strikers at Red Onion State Prison. I am concerned about the serious health effects of long-term solitary confinement and other illegal and brutal methods of confinement including sensory deprivation. Please end the use of these practices. I am also seriously concerned for the health of Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson, as he is being prevented from accessing care for his health conditions. Please move him back to Sussex I or to Buckinghm, near a major medical facility, so that he can resume cancer and cardiac treatment. Thank you.
Support Guarani M’Bya in Brazil
from FireFund.Net:
This campaign aims to support two native land in São Paulo south and also, others in state interior and coastal zones.
Our goals is to restore and expand the prayer house (Opy’i) and communal kitchen, plant native trees and subsistence foodsuch as corn, rice, potato and others, distribute water and generate clean energy collected from surrounding rivers, support the cerimonies, and other constructions such as houses and other demands that the comunitie brings to us.
Also carry out the construction of ecological bathrooms and support the school located in the land. These are some of the missions and commitments we have to native people here in São Paulo.
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Featured Tracks:
- Get It Together (Buck Wild Instrumental) by The Beastie Boys
- High Water Everywhere, Part 2 by Charlie Patton from Complete Recordings 1929-1934
Mohammad Hureini of Youth of Sumud
This week, we’re featuring a conversation with Mohammad Hureini (twitter / instagram), a young activist from Masafer Yatta, an area in the hills south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank in Palestine. Mohammad is a member of a non-violent group called Youth of Sumud that struggles to hold on to the sites and lives of Palestinian villages despite displacement by the Israeli military occupation as well as the illegal zionist settlements (like the neighboring Havat Ma’on) and their routine violence and impunity. For the hour, Mohammad speaks about the work of Youth of Sumud, their recent report co-published with The Good Shepherd on increased settler violence entitled Indigenous Erasure: How the zionist movement is using state sanctioned violence to eliminate the Palestinian communities of the West Bank, the South African genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice and other topics. A transcript of this interview will be available soon, a podcast version of this is available at our website.
Organizations Mohammad names doing on the ground support:
- Defund Racism (https://defundracism.org/): follows NGO connections to settler projects
- recently published a report on Regavim, a pro-settler organization that pulls funding from the US, Canada and elsewhere to displace Palestinians
- Operation Dove /Operazione Colomba from Italy (https://www.operazionecolomba.it/)
- International Solidarity Movement (https://palsolidarity.org/)
- Community Peacemaker Teams (https://cpt.org/)
Recent interviews about the conflict in Palestine
- Yuval Dag, Israeli anarchist military refuser
- Joey Ayoub on the War in Gaza
- Jewish anti-zionist Anarchist in Israel
Announcements
B(A)D News #75 is out!
Check out the January 2024 episode featuring updates on support for antifascists facing charges in Budapest from February 11, 2023; reflections from an Autonomist on the ’80s-’90s journal “Radikal”; a portion of our interview with Israeli refuser Yuval Dag; and an interview from Solidarity Zones on the case of accused Russian war sabateur, Ruslan Siddiqui
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Featured Track:
- Building Steam with a Grain of Salt by DJ Shadow from Entroducing….
Queer Calendar for weekend of Jan. 26
- Karaoke every Thursday with Terraoke at the Getaway River Bar from 9pm to 1am.
- Line Dancing, Country Music and Beginning Two-Step lessons every Thursday at Banks Ave. Bar, with their night called Butts N Boots starting at 6pm.
- This and every Friday it’s Drag Queen karaoke at O Henry’s 8pm to midnight
- Every first thursday Transmission is hosting their monthly Trans Feminine Support Meeting-
A meeting for only transfeminine people/people exploring a transfeminine transition. - Friday,February 9th it’s Comedy at Catawba: featuring Jamie Shriner. Jamie is a comedian based in Chicago, IL. A former theatre kid, current queer, deaf, & mentally ill gig-worker, Jamie uses humorous original songs to discuss her hearing loss and mental illness, as well as her struggles with body image, womanhood, and being queer in Indiana where she grew up. ages 18+ doors at 6:30pm, show at 7pm, catawb
- This and every Saturday, drag shows starting at 11pm and midnight at O.Henrys.
- THIS Sunday, Feb. 11th is Asheville’s Mardi Gras Parade and Queens Ball starting at 3:00 in the South Slope. The annual tradition isn’t a queer event… but it’s pretty darn queer. Queens Ball follows the parade at the Funkatorium.
- Also Sunday Feb. 11th is also the monthly Butch Out Sunday, Funday, Tea Dance at Banks Ave Bar starting at 4pm!
- Every Sunday, Gentle Yoga for Queer & GNC Folks at West Asheville Yoga Studio from 1:30 to 2:30. Learn more at “westashevilleyoga.com”.
- “Life’s a Drag” Brunch Every Sunday at Asheville Beauty Academy. Doors @12, show @ 1pm.
- Following the “Life’s a Drag” Brunch is Drag Appreciation Day every Sunday at the Asheville Beauty Academy from 3pm to 6pm.
- Also this and every Sunday it’s Social Sundays at Banks Avenue Bar from 4-7pm. Music, Dancing and Drinks with the queer community.
- Monday and every Monday, Karaoke hosted by Ganymede at the 27 Club at 10pm.
- Every Tuesday it’s Trivia with a drag queen at Avl Beauty academy at 8pm, followed by karaoke at 10pm.
- This wednesday, february 7th, BRRRRR! Cold hands? Warm hearts! Through February 14th the Beer City Sisters are buying gloves, hats, socks, etc. for the houseless folks in Asheville, NC. BeLoved Asheville will distribute the goods. If you’re interested you can donate items, or make a donation. It’s cold— please think about helping out! They are still needing donations of sleeping bags, backpacks, blankets, sterno, and hot hands. PS- If you’re interested in joining the Beer City Sisters we’d LOVE to have you! Any gender spectrum, any sexuality, any human– as long as you have it in your heart to spread JOY! Learn more at beercitysisters.org
Looking Ahead:
- On Thursday, February15 LaZoom Room presents Comedy with Gabbie Watts a stand-up comic based in Atlanta, GA. She was the winner of the 2023 “Queer of the Year” competition at the P3 Comedy Fest at LaZoom Room Bar & Gorilla at 76 Biltmore Avenue at 7pm.
- Wednesday, February 21, Practice your figure drawing in an inclusive atmosphere. This is a recurring event, happening the third Wednesday of each month from 6:00-8:00pm. Drawing starts at 6:00pm! Sliding scale! Registration in advance helps us plan, but drop-ins are welcome!
- Saturday February 24th Brittany Howard plays the Orange Peel for an 18 and over show at 8pm. She’s probably best known as the lead singer and guitarist for the Alabama Shakes, and has been a proud lesbian for over a decade.
- Saturday, is Trash Talk! At Shakeys. A Queer Dance Party w/ DJ Abu Disarray 10pm-2am and Drag Shows hosted by Priscilla Chambers & Calcutta 11:30pm
- Hendersonville Theatre is presenting Sordid Lives starting Thursday March 21st. Tickets at hendersonvilletheatre.org
Looking Farther Ahead….
- On Thursday, April 25th, the Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) will host the annual Dining Out For Life event. Partnering again with the Asheville Independent Restaurant Association (AIR), Dining Out For Life 2024 will encourage residents of Asheville and Western North Carolina to eat out at Participating Restaurants. This celebration supports both the local restaurants that host the events and raises money for WNCAP’s life-saving services. Now in its 22nd year, Dining Out for Life has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The money raised by WNCAP’s annual Dining Out for Life is more critical than ever. Your donations provide care, rental assistance, and education in our fight against HIV/AIDS. Dine Out. End HIV!
Lua Flora – Live Tonight – The Getaway River Bar – 103.3 AshevilleFM – Live Music Sessions – Wednesday January 17th, 10-11pm at 103.3FM – streaming www.ashevillefm.org
Asheville band “Lua Flora ” will be performing at The Getaway River Bar – show starts at 9pm and will simulcast it live on 103.3FM starting at 10pm on the..
AshevilleFM Live Music Sessions..
Join us! Wednesday, January 17th
No Cover!!
Asheville FM and The Getaway River Bar are pleased to present Lua Flora live at The Getaway Bar from 9-11PM & broadcast on 103.3 Asheville FM 10-11PM. Please join us in person or tune in!
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ABOUT THE BAND: Lua Flora
-Face The Current
“…easy and melodic — a light, laidback recluse from the grind.”
-Top Shelf Music
“Lua Flora shows folk & reggae mix.”
-Grateful Web
https://tiktok.com/@luafloramusic
https://facebook.com/luafloramusic
https://instagram.com/luafloramusic
https://twitter.com/luafloramusic
https://youtube.com/luafloramusic
Stream/All Links: https://music.luaflora.com/lnd
The Getaway River Bar – The Getaway is a laid-back bar with extra chill vibes by the river. With an expanse of outdoor seating and recreations set on the edge of the French Broad River, it welcomes everyone 21+ to loosen up and enjoy a getaway hidden in-between the city center and growing West Asheville.
790 Riverside Drive – Asheville, NC 28801 – (828) 545-6985 https://www.getawayontheriver.com/