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Rundown
for the Week of March 8, 2002
Listen
to the Whole Show
Opening
Of Show
»Featured
Music: Stephen Mikes, "Medium Rara" from "Putamayo Presents
A World Instrumental Collection" Going
Back Home, To Afghanistan
"Many want to start businesses, hoping to create
a fuller, if simpler, life. Some older people want to return so they
can die and be buried in their homeland. As one Afghan-American leader
told me, 'We are a homesick people.'"
--Debra Schifrin, who spent time with three Afghanistan refugees planning
to visit their homeland.
»Featured
Music: Ry Cooder and UM Bhatt, "Isa Lei" from "A Meeting
By The River"
Pushkar
Camel Fair
"He draws a line of black coal around Mona`s
eyes to ward off evil spirits, hangs a dozen brightly colored beads
around his baby neck, and ties a string of small brass bells around
his ankles. Murabi says that's so the camel can walk to his own music."
--Bernice Notenboom, on her adventures to the world's largest camel
fair.
Interview:
Pat Carrier of The Globe Corner Bookstore
"If you're looking for a more wilderness aesthetic
experience while still, perhaps, car camping, these are invaluable guides
that will get you off the beaten track."
--Pat Carrier, talking about just one of the guides for those searching
for travel adventures.
Local
Station Break
»Featured
Music: Portishead, "A Tribute To Monk And Canatella" from
"Sour Times EP"
"Travel
By Design" series -- Interview: Michael Graves
"Their architecture is a living organism. The
Baroque added onto the Renaissance, and the modern added onto the baroque
and nobody thinks anything of it, if it`s done well. So it is a very,
very different spirit in Rome."
--Architect Michael Graves, on how Rome has influenced his work. »Featured
Music: Dave Brubeck, "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" from
"Dave Brubeck Plays Standards" Travelers'
Aid - Rudy Answers Listeners' Burning Travel Questions
--This week, our Travel-Expert-in-Residence Rudy Maxa
answers listeners' questions.
»Featured
Music: Thunderball, "On The Sly" from "Modular Systems"
Local
Station Break
»Featured
Music: John Coltrane Quartest, "Say It (Over And Over)" from
"Ballads"
Postcard:
S.F. Taxi Tours
"Because like Kerouac said, 'Beat' means beatific.
Seeing the face of god, gaining experience while we go through what
he called 'these pangs of travel.'"
--Hank Rosenfeld, who had a Kerouac-like experience himself while driving
a cab in the Bay Area.
»Featured
Music: Charles Mingus, "Haitian Fight Song" from "The
Clown"
Deal of the Week: Airfare Bargains
--Our Travel-Expert-in-Residence Rudy Maxa reveals his
Deal of the Week: a round-trip ticket to Hong Kong and Singapore for under
$600 from LA, San Francisco, or New York. »Featured
Music: Air, "Femme d'Argent" from "Moon Safari"
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