Friends of the Library Montgomery County (FOLMC) director Ari Brooks is holding a panel discussion on vinyl records on Saturday, July 25th at 1pm.   DJ Mackie will be on the panel along with several other vinyl enthusiasts and moderated by DJ Candy Shannon. This event is the rain date for the actual, in-person Vinyl Day scheduled for April but cancelled because of the pandemic.  Panelists will be discussing vinyl records as well as the value of bookstore communities like FOLMC.
Zoom panel will stream on FACEBOOK Live:

https://www.folmc.org/events-calendar/vinyl-day/

Lost Treasures tribute to George Floyd (1973-2020)

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Gylan Kain + Ice Cube + Big Floyd w/ DJ Screw + PPC + Gil Scott-Heron + Bama the Village Poet + Public Enemy + Max Roach/Abby Lincoln + Amiri Baraka + Marva Whitney + Forrest Whittaker + Curtis Mayfield + John Coltrane + Jose Fiesta + Elizabeth Cotten

On LOST TREASURES this Saturday, March 14th, DJ Mackie will be focusing heavily on recordings by garage and early psychedelic rock bands, circa 1964-1968.   Lost gems from Iggy Pop and the Iguanas, John’s Children (featuring a young Marc Bolan), Ace of Cups, Jerry Cole’s psychedelic guitars, and much more.   Tune in locally at 94.3 FM or on the world wide web at www.takomaradio.org

This Saturday, Lost Treasures celebrates the every-four-year-magic of Leap Day, February 29th, with a curated show focusing on rare and obscure tracks from the formative leap years of 1964, 1968, 1972, and DJ Mackie will pull deep cuts from these special years, with tracks by The Surfaris, a young Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, and other magical groups.    Tune in locally at 94.3 FM or streaming at takomaradio.org

 
      In celebration of Black History Month, DJ Mackie will be digging deep and playing lost gems by African-American musicians from the dirty south.  The playlist for this special LOST TREASURES episode will include obscure tracks from Abner Jay, Eddie Bo, Sister Morgan, and Boozoo Chavis (among others). For the purposes of this show, the “south” is anything south of Washington, DC and east of the Mississippi River.   Tune in Saturday, February 15th at 9am:  locally at 94.3 FM or streaming worldwide at takomaradio.org