From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V7 #144 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Tuesday, June 21 2005 Volume 07 : Number 144 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] How do you get to Carnegie Hall? ["Gene Frey" ] [RS] Funding for NPR and PBS, Dar for free in NYC Wednesday June 22, 7pm [Bobdog25nj@aol.co] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:12:43 -0400 From: "Gene Frey" Subject: [RS] How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Hey you guys, If practice is too much trouble you could just buy tickets to see Richard and Lucy Kaplansky play there, at Zankel Hall on November 18. Tickets just went on sale a couple of hours ago, so there should be excellent seats available. The concert starts at 8:30, so you have time to finish off a pastrami on rye, a Dr. Brown's cream soda, and a slab of cheesecake at the Carnegie Deli before the curtain goes up. Gene F. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:17:34 EDT From: Bobdog25nj@aol.com Subject: [RS] Funding for NPR and PBS, Dar for free in NYC Wednesday June 22, 7pm Hey All: Bob Paterson here. Things have been a bit quiet on the shindell list lately - so I thought maybe it would be alright to bring up the subject of the new threat of a rather substantial cut in funding to all the National Public Radio stations and all the Public Broadcasting Network TV stations. Richard would have a very hard time building a career if it wasn't for radio stations that play contemporary folk music - WFUV out of New York being my favorite example. Anyway, I know some of you have seen this already, but here is a letter I got from Ralph Jennings, the General Manager of WFUV , today: ............................................................................. . ................ June 20, 2005 Dear Robert, If you care about the future of public radio and television, please read on. Your tax dollars have helped ensure a place for independent, non-commercial broadcasting through more than 35 years of federal support through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. That situation is now at risk, which is why we're sending you this urgent message. Congress is considering major cuts to the funding for public broadcasting in this country. In the past week, two subcommittees in the House of Representatives have recommended a 45% cut in funds to public broadcasting for the coming year, followed by zero funding within two years. These cuts include funds for everything from radio station equipment to programming for music and news and even educational television. For WFUV, it would mean a loss of at least $150,000 in the coming year. For the entire public radio and television system, this means a $190 million funding cut in the next fiscal year. Most of our funding comes directly from listeners like you. About 10 percent of our budget is supported by government sources. Over the years, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has been an important part of our funding mix. Well-known national producers of public radio programs, like NPR and Public Radio International, also receive grants from CPB to continue their work. That could affect popular programs like World Cafi and Mountain Stage, as well as NPR's news coverage. All of the funds CPB provides to public radio come through annual appropriations from the Federal government. The proposed funding cuts would reduce federal spending by only one 100th of one percent of a two trillion dollar budget, but would have a significant impact on stations like WFUV. The full House will vote on this issue in the coming week, and Senate consideration is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, June 21. Your voice in our government is a vital part of making those decisions. Please tell Congress how you feel about federal funding for public broadcasting, whether you favor these cuts or favor continued support for public radio and television. Phone calls are the most effective way to reach your Congressional representatives (letters would not reach them in time). You can locate your US Representative by zip code at the _www.house.gov_ (http://www.house.gov) web site, and find your Senators listed by state at the _www.senate.gov_ (http://www.senate.gov) web site. Thank you for your support for WFUV and for the nation's public broadcasting system. Ralph Jennings General Manager, WFUV US Senators: New York: Charles Schumer (202) 224-6542 Hilary Clinton (202) 224-4451 New Jersey: Jon Corzine (202) 224-4744 Frank Lautenberg (202) 224-3224 Connecticut: Christopher Dodd (202) 224-2823 Joseph Lieberman (202) 224-4041 By telephone (202) 224-3121 Or online at _www.senate.gov_ (http://www.senate.gov) US Representatives: By telephone (202) 224-3121 Or search by zip code online: _www.house.gov_ (http://www.house.gov) ............................................................................. . .............. All of the Senators from the New York metropolitan area are Democrats, and will probably NOT support these cuts - but SOME OF YOU live in areas with Senators and Representatives that WILL vote in favor of these cuts - so maybe you could call them? My Representative is Scott Garrett (R) New Jersey 5th - and I will be calling his office tomorrow cause he's exactly the kind of guy who WILL vote for these cuts - though what good it will do I don't know - but it's worth a try. Sorry - hope you all don't feel this is too far off topic - but image what would happen to this music that we all love if all the public radio stations were gone f or some reason? Without a way for large numbers of people to get exposed to an artist for the first time, everything would change. A lot of people would never have bothered to attend their first Richard Shindell concert if they hadn't heard "Fishing" on the radio - or "Transit" - or "Last Fair" - or whichever song was the first one that caught your ear. Without the radio, the folk concert coffeehouse and club scene would change, and CD sales would plummet. The whole folk music scene depends on the radio. Richard might have ended up actually driving a cab. Or a truck. ............................................................................. . ... On a happier note: Go see Dar Williams for free this Wednesday! Dar will be performing for FREE this Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005 at Madison Square Park, which is located between 5th and Madison Avenues and 23rd and 26th Streets. The concert starts at 7pm. I would guess people will leave work and start taking seats as early as 5pm, especially if the weather is nice. More information is available at: _www.madisonsquarepark.org_ (http://www.madisonsquarepark.org/) . see ya... Bob Paterson ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V7 #144 ***********************************