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KAOS Olympia Community Radio

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About Me

Hello, I am KAOS. Pleased to meet you. The name is befitting, no? Oooh la la, I am as cute as a button!

KAOS can be found at 89.3 FM in the south sound and other remote Washington regions, and online at www.kaosradio.org
I love all sorts of music: Hip-hop, world, jazz, free jazz, experimental/avant, women artists, power pop, Celtic, classical, bluegrass, funk, soul, blues, reggae, Latin, pop oracles, indie rock, folk, dreamy pop, no wave, lo fi, live and local music, metal, oddities, dub, psychadelic, old time blues, old time country, Native American music, punk, thrash, rock n fuckin roll, garage, drone, ambient, noise, rambling, R & B, roots rock, show tunes, comedy, absurdist mixing, etc etc.

We also offer for you a variety of public affairs/news shows such as This Way Out, Justice Talking, CounterSpin, Democracy Now!, Free Speech Radio News, National Native News, Earth & Sky, Alternative Radio, Between the Lines, WINGS, Your Own Health & Fitness, Workers Independent News Service, Time of Useful Consciousness, Progressive Radio, etc.

From the mission statement:"KAOS promotes music from new artists, small record companies, and material that receives little (if any) airplay in the United States. KAOS is committed to ensuring that 80% of the music played on the station comes from independent record label and distributors."


Send your music to the following address:
KAOS Olympia Community Radio
2700 Evergreen Parkway - CAB 301
Olympia WA 98505
To email KAOS, write [email protected]

To contact our Music Directors, write [email protected]


Locally produced KAOS Shows

Retroactive
One Chord to Another
Super Secret Lodge Show
Dark Woods Casino Party
The Think Tank
Laugh Tracks
Radio 8 Ball

My Interests

All forms of independent media, critical thought, lost cats, rambling, prank and drunken callers, dance dance dancing to the radio

I'd like to meet:

Fellow community/independent radio stations.
Musicians, revolutionaries, purveyors of the D.I.Y ethos.People who want to do all night radio shows!

Music:

Far too much to possibly list, but overall I like local music, politically-minded music, and adventerous music.

Movies:

UHF, Roadhouse, The Sadist

Books:

Last Night a DJ Saved My Life

Heroes:

Amy Goodman, Stephen Merritt, Sandman, Beat Happening, Steve Fisk, John Foster, Toni Holm, Calvin Johnson, Lois Maffeo, Steve Peters, Dave Rauh, Margaret Thompson, and all the KAOS djs past and present

My Blog

kaos and the red square concert series at green week

As part of Green Week at the Evergreen State College, the Musicians Club is presenting a concert series at Red Square with live bands from noon to 2pm. KAOS will be broadcasting live from noon to 1pm...
Posted by KAOS Olympia Community Radio on Wed, 14 May 2008 03:20:00 PST

John Trudell at Evergreen

In cooperation with KAOS Olympia Community Radio, world renowned Indigenous musician, actor, poet and activist, John Trudell will be speaking Thursday May 1st, 7:00 pm in the Longhouse at The Evergree...
Posted by KAOS Olympia Community Radio on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:25:00 PST

Jim Hightower in Olympia to benefit KAOS and the Olympia Film Society

On Saturday April 12th at 7:30pm, hard-hitting populist, writer, public speaker, national radio commentator and author Jim Hightower will appear at Olympia’s historic Capitol Theater in a benefi...
Posted by KAOS Olympia Community Radio on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:13:00 PST

live broadcast on march 14-16 from the winter soldier gathering

KAOS to Broadcast Pacifica Radio’s live coverage of the Historic Winter Soldier Gathering: March 14th - 16th in Washington D.C.From March 14th to 16th, KAOS 89.3fm Olympia Community Radio will p...
Posted by KAOS Olympia Community Radio on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:53:00 PST

Free Things Are Cool

Free Things are Cool is hosted by Diana Arens and Jenny Jenkins, who are both talented djs... Check it out, my dears: Every Wednesday night at 9pm to 11pm on KAOS! www.kaosradio.org...
Posted by KAOS Olympia Community Radio on Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:43:00 PST

Gimme Indie Rock with Jon Moon

Jon Moon's show is on Saturday nights at 10pm and he features mostly really skewed rock n'roll, lopsided and as if it had been throught the wash a few times... In other words, you could call it avant-...
Posted by KAOS Olympia Community Radio on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:40:00 PST

Sonidoz del Tierra!

"Sonidoz del Tierra," brings all things Alternative Latin to the south sound and beyond with the occasional live interview with your host DJ KALAMBRE, en las patas. Tune in every Monday @ 10am and We...
Posted by KAOS Olympia Community Radio on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:21:00 PST

How many...

How many of you are actual KAOS listeners and what are your favorite shows/djs, and what can be improved? Love, "KAOS"
Posted by KAOS Olympia Community Radio on Thu, 18 Aug 2005 03:49:00 PST

Shrug Festival

Tuesday, May 24th will be the last episode of the Shrug Festival, as hosted by Paul Shrug. The show starts at 11pm and ends at 1am. I am very sad.
Posted by KAOS Olympia Community Radio on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Excuse All the Blood

From now on this space will be used to highlight a special KAOS show every week (or whenever the creator has time.) Today's edition is on a KAOS mainstay for many years now, Excuse All the Blood, as ...
Posted by KAOS Olympia Community Radio on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST