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After a decade i finally got around to joining the station in '92, did some time in the library and production, worked on Film Close-Up, and was Public Affairs director for a spell. As a DJ I was fond of my 3-6 PM afternoons, though I did some of my best programming alongside Snappy the Alligator in the mornings.

Somehow, this native Californian has found himself very comfortable in New England blogging, reviewing children's literature, and working on an MFA in creative writing.

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Blog: excelsiorfile.blogspot.com

When I first moved to Berkeley I worked at Manuel's where we either blasted KALX or the jukebox (all us burrito makers had keys to the jukebox and my first 7" to go on it was "Oh Bondage" that I bought at Universal Records). I fell in love with KALX in general, and Rick Miller, Johnny Myers and Audio Vidya in particular, and started working there in the Fall of 1980. The station was up at the Lawrence Hall of Science at the time, and many of us used to walk up there because we didn't have cars or bikes. Over the years I worked in pretty much every department but have fond memories of being on the PRC and getting in lots of near-homicidal arguments about what is and is not good radio! Oh, to be young, loud and snotty! I finally got my degree in Nursing and have been doing that for about 12 years. I currently live in Austin TX (if someone from the Bay Area has to live in Texas it better be Austin or you will kill yourself) and work as a recovery room nurse. But, I never lost that radio bug and now have a radio show here on KOOP Austin called "Things That Go Rock" where I start every show with Motorhead and remain true to my attitude.

I do not wear a Stetson or Wrangler's but am told I sometimes talk with a drawl, and I love Lone Star beer.

KALX forever! What a great place, and what great memories!

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Web site: myspace.com/missnovak

Started out in the Public Affairs department where in '84 the first "KALX public affairs drop" I did was a five minute profile on New York graffit artist Chico. Soonafter created "Words On Entertainment" - a half-hour, weekly variety show that, with a rotating staff of about ten, did short interviews with artists of all stripes plus reviews/previews, and ticket giveaways. By '85 was doing DJ music shows, playing mostly punk, rap, reggae, industrial, and sample based material. In Fall 1986 produced the KALX Bay Area Rap Contest and, following the overwhelming response with emerging very underground rappers, immediately realized that Bay Area hip-hop was a new music force to soon be reckoned with. Hence I decided to dedicate myself to the hip-hop with an emphasis on Bay Area rap, which included having a weekly guest hip-hop DJ (Rhymeo Rob) come in a do a live half hour set. In 1988, when I got a Sunday noon to 3pm show following Davey D and the Sunday Morning Cultural Affairs show, I changed the format to strictly hip-hop (of all stripes) with co-host G-Spot (currently on KPFA) join me in the weekly 3 hour, new music & guest heavy show that was called "Hip Hop Slam." The show also featured the popular listener-freestyle "Call In Raps" segment that I had begun in '86. In 1991 I created the weekly Public Affairs half-hour show "Talk Of The Town" which typically featured two opposing viewpoints on topics ranging from City of Berkeley to the Gulf War. Around this same (war) time I began a music show called "Scud Attack (I Want My Money Back)" and (after the war ended) "Techno Attack." This coincided with the Bay Area's burgeoning rave scene and show featured more techno and other electronic music than any other genre (Note I had taken Hip-Hop Slam to KUSF by this stage). Vitamin B, who did the "Rave Guide" and special techno mixes, was my co-host for much of Techno Attack's run. Stopped doing regular shows on KALX around start of '93 but would stop by other shows and always keep in touch with the station and its DJs. Returned in 2003 to become part of the Cultural Affairs department working on the Sunday Morning Show and stayed until June 2005 when relocated to NYC. There I began doing a weekly show, Put The Needle on the Record, on WFMU (a great station) which is a freeform hip-hop based weekly program. It is the most fun I have had in radio since KALX.

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Web site: hiphopslam.com
Blog: amoeblog.com

I got the nickname "California Kid" in High School because everyone said I had to get out of Connecticut and go to California where I belonged. Being on the air at KALX was the California of my mind: Surf music, Bubblegum music, Cartoon Music, The Partridge Family, Pop-Punk, American Graffitti, The Summer Of Love. The thing I loved best was doing research on a new topic of music (pre-internet!) and going into our library and finding virtually EVERYTHING I was reading about! it was, and is, amazing. We were all part of something truly spectacular.

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Web site: www.teaseorama.com, www.bardotagogo.com, www.spacecapades.com

I was the child prodigy KALX DJ. I started hanging out at the station and filing Lisa "Ana Conda" Allbright's records when I was a Berkeley High Student. Next thing I knew I was offered a 2-6 a.m. training slot when I was in 10th grade, and my dad even drove me and picked me up. I paid my dues by scheduling public service announcements on the big grid on the wall in the studio with dry erase markers.

The highlight of my years at KALX was meeting Elvis Costello when he came by for an interview during the Punch the Clock tour. My show was on Thursdays 3-6 p.m. for quite a while, right after Michael "Too Dread" Finnie -- I just worshipped that man. I lived in Los Angeles for 15 years and worked as a Reference Librarian an an arts college for most of that time. Now I live in Amsterdam with my husband, who is Dutch.

Web site: www.facebook.com/coco.nijhoff

I worked in the production department in KALX. I now own a record label in SF (a few actually) and am a consultant. My favorite colors are forest green and redwood brown.

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Web site: www.birdmanrecords.com

I still pine for my midnight to 3 am slot at KALX. It was a total blast digging through the library, learning about weird music, and subjecting other people to the triple CD player and three turntable pile-ups that resulted. After working at KALX while getting both my undergraduate degree and my PhD at Berkeley, I am currently an assistant professor in the English Department at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and I'm still in a band called Matmos with boyfriend M. C. Schmidt.

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Web site: www.brainwashed.com/matmos

1985-1988: Had a blast and caused trouble at KALX

On Air Personality: Most often heard trying out on Munday 3-6 am training shows, later got some great Sunday mid-night to 3 am shows (other on-aiir staff's jealousy grew in pace with my devoted listenership).

Hallmark: Real short songs with some silence in between.

Founder: DADD: Drunks Against Dads Driving - our slogan, "If you can go straight, then go slow; if you can turn, then do it when everything is okay... if you fuck up, then you're not a member of DADD anymore!"

Overlooked volunteer: Outstanding leadership skills mostly unnoticed by everyone.

Editor Program Guide: The high water mark before or since. Went totally mad with the charge of editing the quarterly KALX program guide for 86-87. Enlisted the help of Dore Seda, Kristien Kritter (my girlfriends) and others. Finally published pornographic issue that left the station without a program guide for years (Probably why station manager lost his job. Sorry Bill, but you went on to better things. Thanks for standing up for principles.)

Event organizer: Staged some "program guide" fund-raisers. One featured Fang and the Dwarfs. I don't remember the others.

Brightest bulb in the room: (see above, "overlooked").

Reason left KALX: Had to finish graduate degree at Stanford - also had to go raise daughter to be a punk.

Currently: Please see www.usdoj.gov/oip/

Mostly I can report success in my life.

Thanks KALX!

I filed records and read public service announcements for DJs in the late '60s, and returned to KALX as a full-fledged volunteer in 1977. I served as production director; engineered, kept score and answered angry phone calls during the Oakland A's broadcasts; picked up the weekly imports from Rather Ripped Records; DJ'd from studios in Eshleman, LHS, Bowditch and Barrows Hall; produced public service announcements and other continuity; reviewed and filed more records; wrote and recorded "The Alternative News" and "Thunderteam" with Don Joyce; pulled cables at live remotes; climbed the transmitter tower (thanks for reminding me, Ron); reviewed and filed CDs.

At other times I've worked at KFJC, KPFA, KCMU and KUOW, and I write sporadically for the East Bay Express, No Depression and Country Standard Time.

I worked at KALX from around 83 - 89; did a number of shows on a number of slots, where I was very much into indie and pop music. I now have a more catholic taste ... still lots of current stuff, also French pop from througout the ages, Krautrock, dance music, dub/reggae, Messaien, weird old stuff, big band and so on. I am not making or playing it anymore though.

I have lived in London for 20 years now, and just became a joint UK/USA citizen. Just voted in my first local election here! Am married to the wonderful Kieron, who many of you know. We live in North London with three cats and too many lps. I work (have worked for 11 years) as head of continuing education at the Royal Institute of British Architects. I love my job ... it enables me to travel, even more so in the next few years when I will be working on a project that will take me throughout Africa. It also took me to Texas, where I met up with Anaconda! See what we do at www.architecture.com

And if you are ever in London, let's hook up! Especially in 2009, when some intersting projects will be happening.

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One Sunday morning in 1992 around 7am, I took the station off of the air. The 6am DJ hadn't shown; and I was too new to know any better. When I wasn't taking the station off of the air, I worked on Publicity. At the time I also worked at the Express and I started an advertising exchange between KALX and the Express that I think might still be going today. Now I'm a realtor, but not like Annette Bening in "American Beauty."

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Web site: www.hylandbaron.com

Deejaying at KALX was a great privilege, and the most fun I could hope to have with my shoes off and my pants on. Lots of morning shifts, some fondly remembered Friday evening time slots. So much music, so little time... I started at the station working on Film Close-Ups, for several years I was the scrivener for the daily Entertainment Calendar, beyond that I enjoyed reviewing new CDs for inclusion in the massive and unique KALX music library.

I started listening to KALX around 1980, and I'm still a great fan of the greatest station in the world!

Nowadays, aside from trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up, I'm devoting far to much time to my ephemeral pop-culture blog, I'm Learning To Share! . If you remember me on the KALX airwaves, you'll likely recognize the vibe at the blog. Check it out and say 'hi' sometime!

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Web site: learning2share.blogspot.com

I was one of those steady behind-the-scenes KALXers who never had a regular on-air time slot. I subbed lots of shows and spent many hours in the library and on the phone with clubs. KALX is one of the things I miss the most! I'm currently living in semi-rural Hawaii where I frequently lament the lack of good radio and miss my extensive vinyl collection which is being baby-sat in Oakland because it would quickly be eaten by the climate.

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When I add up the hours, I spent more time at 2311 Bowditch than I did in class!

Web site: www.cantstopwontstop.com

I did promotion, production, public affairs, dj training, and chief announcing. I'm now doing shows at WFMU (wfmu.org) in New Jersey, where I've been since 1993. I also manage the bar part of barbes (barbesbrooklyn.com).

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I discovered KALX in the middle of the night the first week I got to Berkeley. I had an asthma attack and went to the hospital where they put me on some kind of med that kept me up all night. I heard Laura in the Living Room and I wasn't alone! The next day I walked over to the station.

I am a big fan of free form radio and that was what KALX offered. I was a fill in DJ and all around hanger outer.

Later I created the band Luscious Jackson and went on to tour the world and make many albums. Now I have two kids, live in Brooklyn, NY and write and produce music.

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Web site: www.jillcunniff.com

Weaned on '70s freeform stations, Casey Kasem, and KFAT radio, I was like a fly on sherbert at KALX. I think I worked in every department at one time or another (even running the board for Sports on a few occasions...) and found some of the best people and the best music in the world. In the News department I was mildly famous for reading "Calvin & Hobbes" as part of my morning newscast (and was eventually reprimanded, after two years of anchoring the Tuesday slot, for being too chatty on the air. Thus I moved into the Music Department.) From, um, 1996-1998 (?) I was Music Director. Also in 1998 I started my music blog/music review website, Slipcue.com, which covers Country, Brazilian, Cuban, Celtic and other kinds of music... My knowledge of rock and indiepop ends around 2001, though, so I am not much fun at parties.

From 2001-2005 I had a day job as country music director for the online radio channels at Spinner.com and Radio@AOL but since then I have dropped out of "the industry" and have started reviewing children's books instead. Oh, and I am the inventor of CyberSmell which is still available for download. Let me know if you have any problems making it work.

Web site: www.readthatagain.com
Web site: www.slipcue.com

I joined KALX in 1991, hoping to find some like-minded music-obsessed souls in Berkeley. KALX became my Berkeley home for the next couple of years while I attended law school there but lived in San Francisco. I had various time slots on the air for a good part of the next couple of years, and was KALX’s interview coordinator for a while. I also DJ'ed occasionally at the Kennel Club, usually accompanied by another KALX-er like Charley Varrick or Vanessa, to support the live shows there. My fondest memories of KALX are of hanging out with the other KALX-ers with whom I became good friends, attending countless fantastic live shows with them, and learning an incredible amount about music and local culture from other folks there in that short time period.

After I left school, I moved on to a demanding job in SF, and found that I didn't have time to make it over to Berkeley on a regular basis so I had to give up working at our beloved KALX. I now work as an attorney for the federal Environmental Protection Agency, and live in Moss Beach, on the coast 20 miles south of SF, with my husband Joe and daughter Nora (now almost 3 years old). I still listen to KALX often when my daughter isn’t demanding that I play her favorite CDs.

Hosted and produced Women in the Arts from 1989-1992. Now a writer/director living in Vancouver.

Web site: www.katrinbowen.com
Blog: www.filmroller.com

I was the best punk rock dj that KALX has ever had. I am still into punk rock and still do record reviews and a monthly top 10 for maximumrocknroll. I do the occassional DJ gig at a bar or wedding or whatever. I still buy vinyl. I am married with two kids, both teenagers. I live in Alameda and work in Frisco (that's right, Frisco) as an insurance broker. All of it's true, especially the first bit.

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I think I did everything at KALX except for news and sports. I was Music Director in the late 80's (?), I worked in Promotions and Publicity. I sat on the PRC for a really long time, and was even the PRC chair once or twice. My latter years were spent in the Public Affairs Dept.

I interviewed a lot of "rock stars" over the years, too. Some were scary but awesome like Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld (and they weren't really scary at all it turned out), some were sublime like Leonard Cohen and Marianne Faithfull, and some were obnoxious like Gang Green. Some of my interview subjects actually became long term friends like Mecca Normal and Kramer. My favorite interview would definitely have to be Nick Cave, although Leonard Cohen did kiss my hand! I've traveled a lot for the love of music too, most notably to Scandinavia and New Zealand.

Now I am working as a Music Librarian at a major university in the Bay Area and I love my job, but it leaves me little time for working at KALX. I miss DJ'ing a lot and perhaps someday will be able to take time to do it again. And I will always and forever call Nick Cave my boyfriend.

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Web site: myspace.com/zoomusicgirl

I volunteereed at KALX while pursuing my still-as-yet-unused Psychology degree, and stuck around a few more years after as well. I had a show on & off for a number of years, reviewed hundreds of records, and briefly served - and performed poorly - as the Publicity Director. I am currently still a music industry hack of a different sort. After graduating from college radio shenanigans and record store work, I continued on working for various labels and distributors. I've been working in San Francisco the last five years for Revolver USA, the anvil of the independent music industry that somehow still manages to float. I run a label when I've got time and play music in a few bands, real true hobby-style.

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Web site: dulcitonerecords.com

I first came to KALX to help create a little show called "Dogtown City Limits," wherein we produced comedy that wasn't funny, drama that was unconvincing and enough in-jokes to last a lifetime (listen for yourself at www.swirlysound.com/dogtown). Eventually, I started doing DJ shifts playing punk rock, old time radio and John Davidson records. I spent many nights drinking beer at Bowditch and sleeping on the couch. I also pretended to do office work, which Xandy was nice enough to sign off on even though she knew I hadn't done a thing, if I'd even shown up.

I left the station in 1994 and devoted myself to full-time touring as drummer in the Parasites, with whom I traveled the globe and North Dakota, too. By the end of the 90s, with my dreams of rock n' roll stardom dashed at my feet, I got a real job.

In 2003, I relocated to Austin, TX, where the beer is cheaper and the bums less annoying. I run an art-house movie theatre and also moonlight with the Austin Film Society and South by Southwest. I volunteer at our local community radio station, KOOP-fm, where I can occasionally be heard on the air (but the John Davidson records stay at home these days.)

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Web site: www.dancofer.com

Let's see, I did a little bit of this and a little bit of that, and played records on the air for most of the time that I was there. I had just about every time slot possible, but my favorite was from noon to three on Fridays, right before Uncle Dan. Those were some good times. I still listen to KALX and wonder how I will ever be able to listen to the hundreds of airchecks I saved all on cassette tape.

Now, I spend my days as a techy librarian, and I spend my evenings knitting and rocking out.

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Web site: www.chelabella.com

When I was at KALX, I had stints as Training Director, and Music Director (neither with distinction) and was a programmer pretty much the entire time I was there (with slightly more distinction). After moving to LA, I continued doing radio at KPFK in Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001, when I was purged, (like many others). I now run a small (inactive) record label and record store (pop con records) that you can access through GEMM. My day jobs are now 1) an HIV epidemiologist at UCLA and 2) a union President for a University of California subsidiary of the Communication Workers of America.

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I came to my first KALX orientation with a demo air check in hand. I didn't know it didn't work that way...I just wanted to be a DJ so badly! Throughout my time at KALX I was a DJ (sundays 12-3), music director, the host/creator of Speakeasy (a spoken word show), and the producer of 3 KALX Poetry Slams. It was a lot of work and a lot of fun and I haven't found anything remotely like it since.

I live in Los Angeles today and have the good fortune to work for Amoeba, where I get to see a lot of KALX folks when they come to town.

I was the hyper femmie DJ that loved new wave and punk rock (New Wave Attack)! Checkered Vans, skinny ties, everything dayglo and a safety-pin through your heart. You either loved me or hated me. Started out working with Cultural Affairs and then Special Events. I mostly Engineered KALX Live while drinking lots of beer, and created their promos. I miss all the great people that I met at the station, and all the stupid, drunken radio shenanigans, but most of all I miss standing on the roof of Bottom of the Hill for live remotes, especially in the freezing rain.

Now I live in the great Northwest happily married with a brand new babe! I still have too many records, I occasionally DJ at a bar and once in a blue moon I'll appear on air as a guest DJ.

I spent most of my time in the Public Affairs Department, though I was known as a pretty bad ass substitute DJ. I still have fond memories of picking up a couple or three shifts on Christmas Day and doing a whole satanic Christmas theme (with Paul Kilduff sitting in as satan himself). I guess my claim to fame there would be as founder of Film Close-ups. That sucker is still on the air!? Anyway, my KALX days were good times - lots of free shows, movies, interesting people and seemingly gallons of cheap beer. Alas, I have sobered up and now am a respectable member of society with a real job with benefits and a pension. Where did I go wrong?

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Web site: www.lazybuddhist.com

Even though I went to Cal, I got involved with the station after graduating. Mostly a behind-the-scenes guy, I subbed shows here and there. At one point, I was subbing two or three shifts a week and started to get lazy, dropping in feature at random without listening to them first and doing the sonic equivalent of "Will It Blend?" with Japanoise tracks. I was the one who came up with (or the one to blame for, however you want to look at it) the very, very short-lived call-in karaoke show. I also did public affairs and production. I still miss splicing reel-to-reels. Something about the crisp sound and feel of a razor blade cutting through acetate.

Since then, I've been living in NYC. I've DJ'ed in little spurts here and there but my 1200's are sadly collecting dust now. Currently, I'm running a one-man software company, at home, in my underwear.

If you're ever in the area (or are already here), drop me a line and we can enjoy a 15 year old together (scotch, that is).

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I had a fabulous time at KALX playing music on-air, doing reviews for the music department and tracking down reissues for the R.A.T. I now do a slightly (ever so slightly) more demure version of what I used to at KALX over at 89.9 FM KCRW Santa Monica / KCRW.com

I was lucky enough to DJ at KALX for 10 years and I miss it every single day. Good times, good times... Now I'm living in LA doing music consultation for hospitality groups and iTunes. And DJing online at Little Radio. (check it: littleradio.com)

photo taken by Lou Guru

Web site: shebmo.blogspot.com

I started volunteering at KALX when I was a sophomore at Cal and worked in almost ever dept. at the station during my time there. The most fun I had off air was being Music Director and later the Operations Manager. I had a show for 4 or 5 years where I was probably most known for my penchant for playing post punk, new wave, brit pop, and (ahem) The Smiths. I live in Seattle now and do radio promotions for Sub Pop records which is super fun, especially 'cos I still get to talk to KALXers on a regular basis when I bug them with weekly calls about our records. :) I'm not currently DJ'ing, though I hope to get back into it soon...and yes I'll still probably start every set with good ol' Moz.

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Web site: www.myspace.com/monamieradio

Then:  Worked at KALX for about 7 years playing records and doing production. It took me at least that long to go through withdrawal afterwards. For years I made tapes of my favorite songs and forced them on my friends. I still have the dream where I can't get a record on the turntable in time and there's dead air. When I left we had one CD player (and about 15 CDs), but I didn't use it because it was too new-fangled and scarey.

Now:  I'm a middle-aged professor at a big Midwestern university. Sometimes I think "if my students only knew..." One spouse, no kids, three cats. Like to road-bike and listen to alt country mostly.

I started out at KALX as an intern in the fall of 1991, thinking it be "cool to check out" and next thing I knew, I had put in 13 years there: on-air, PRC, music, production, et. al. I stopped doing radio in 2004, mostly because the weekly grind got to be too much with a dissertation to finish and baby on her way but I've since filled the void with audioblogging (soul-sides.com). I live/work in Los Angeles now, as a professor at CSU-Long Beach and have thought about getting back into radio but we'll see.

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Web site: o-dub.com

After toiling in the KALX Public Affairs Department producing "drop-ins" during the turbulent mid-1980s, I was tapped to host a Saturday evening talk show. Dubbed "Talk is Cheap," it featured myself and Mary Davis. Primarily because there was little or no supervision at the station on the weekends, we got away with wacky stunts liking taking a live mic out on Telegraph Ave. to beg for spare change during the KALX fundraiser and inviting the entire Cal marching band into the studio. The show was enormously popular and eventually led to a radio job hosting a show in the far east bay aimed at people living in abandoned cars.

Today I reside in San Francisco with my wife and exactly one daughter. I enjoy bowling and am an expert skeet shooter. To relax I listen to the odd Wilco CD until I'm overcome with emotion. My days are taken up with freelance writing projects including my highly regarded Berkeley Monthly Q&A column, "The Kilduff File." I am also credited with the invention of podcasting. Look it up. I have always maintained that my days at KALX were some of the best years of my life -- especially when I lived there.

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Web site: Kilduff File Archives

First started life in the news department, doing rip-and-reads and copywriting, quickly moved into being one of the board-ops for the nightly news cast. Started DJ-ing and working in the production department in 1991. Since I worked about a block away from the old Bowditch studios, I was frequently used as a last minute substitute. My favorite slot was the Saturday 9-Midnight, which I did for nearly two years (nicknamed the Psychoidylliccinemadiversacatessen.) During that time I was also in charge of selecting, and eventually packaging, the Cabinet Tapes that followed my show. I also worked on Film Close Ups in various capacities including segment editor, board op, reviewer, and co-producer.

Currently I work as Broadcast Scheduling Manager for KTEH-TV in San Jose, and live with my wife and two feline overlords in Campbell. I can frequently be seen speeding around town in a old right-hand drive Mini...

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Web site: Dvillage.org

Joined KALX in Fall 1991, my first semester of grad school at Berkeley. Had the RadioactiveMan show at various times over the years, with my famous "RadioactiveMan stinks and poops" promo cart (produced by Anthony). Also was one of the founders of Straightjacket, and Why Baby Why. Was public affairs director for a while too. KALX was one of the most enjoyable parts of living in Berkeley, and I met so many great people and made so many exceptional friends while there. Also got to meet/interview so many of my musical idols.

I left Berkeley in 1997 to move to Paris, and then to Singapore in late 2000. I have been living and travelling between Asia and Europe (with annual treks back to the states) for the past 10 years now. I love living abroad but the thing I miss most about living in the US is being active in the music scenes that I liked, and the constant ability to see lots of live shows of the bands and music that I love.

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I joined KALX in 1989 and along with Danny Phlegming, produced the "Dogtown City Limits" satire show for the Public Affairs Dept., though unlike him, I found it hilarious and thoroughly convincing. I soon got swept into the DJ-side of things and became "Reverend Freeze", along with several other "reverend"'s who had become certified by the $10 Church of Salvation Become-A-Reverend fad (in fact, I performed an actual wedding ceremony with that credential). I miss those crazy times and all the strange people that came in and out of those Bowditch Street doors, plus all the exposure to music and sounds that we had at our fingertips.

In 1995, I got a "real job in the city" at a recording studio making radio commercials, and was playing with my band Smitten a lot, so had to stop KALX. I always thought I would make it back there, but it wasn't to be. In 1998, to avoid obsessing over my 30th birthday, I packed my bags and moved to Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and have been there ever since. I co-own a small recording studio (www.fsastudio.com) doing audio post-production and voiceovers. For a while, I toured around as soundman for Clan of Xymox, and have some "darkwave" music projects, Boudoir (www.myspace.com/boudoirnl) and Jesus Complex (www.myspace.com/jesuscomplex).

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Web site: www.myspace.com/dbfries

I worked at KALX from around 1996-2005 ish. Mostly I worked on the KALX Live program engineering the live bands on saturday nights. My job was to make good bands sound bad and bad bands sound worse, which I'm good at. Occasionally I would interview the bands but mostly I was mixing the show or training people. I also DJ'd the midnight to 3:30am slot directly after KALX Live for a year or two. I've worked in public radio for the last 7 years or so (day job), and sometimes I will record bands in my off time. I also waste my time on earth making horrible music called Militant Children's Hour and have some new projects in the works as well.

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Web site: www.myspace.com/militantchildrenshour

Pleased to say I was one of the folks who did both news and DJ work. I probably wasn't all that great that either one, but I had fun trying. And I met some great folks in the process (you know who you are).

Favorite moment was likely the time that Sandra called down to the studio to suggest that I should probably pot down the obscenity laced rap tune that I was then playing (apparently without having previewed it). Anchoring an evening news cast was pretty cool as well.

Web site: www.SavvyTot.com

DJ, production, live remotes, sports, news, public affairs, conflict, jokes, other stuff...

In my first quarter, I helped a remote from backstage at winterland, survived larry baer's A's adventure, climbed the transmitter, and interviewed or met <list of names>. This probably made me want to stay another ten years.

I started out at KALX working in the office and eventually went through DJ training, started reviewing music that came into the station, and had a couple of 9am-Noon time slots-for awhile it was on Friday, then it shifted to Monday. I really enjoyed my time at the station, made a lot of great friends, and I learned so much about music because of the extensive library and the incredibly knowledgeable people that worked at KALX.

I had to leave because I just didn't have the time anymore - but every once in awhile, I'll be listening to my iPod on shuffle and hear two songs that sounds great together, and I think "damn...now that would be cool to play on KALX". Alas, my job with a large environmental advocacy non-profit leaves me with even less time now than when I left the station. Still, I'm damn happy that I left on a good and appropriate to this day note - "Know Your Rights" by the Clash.

Feel free to get in touch with me anytime.

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I DJ'ed the beginners slot from 3-6am which was very peaceful (except for the occasional speedfreak calling in to request Metallica - love it). It was a great opportunity to explore the awesome KALX library - Looking back I personally experienced so much freedom at KALX - did I know what a lucky dawg I was?. After leaving SF (I drove across country with former station Office Manager Theo (aka Hendricka). I made Brooklyn my home base - I have been in a bunch of bands, made films, was a professional bellydancer and now have picked up DJ'ing again recently under the moniker DJ baby k (no more special k as I am no longer down with the chemical lifestyle). I am house DJ at this wonderful cafe/bookstore/party space called rapture cafe in the East Village - stop by if you are in NYC!

Real name: Miss Kelly Webb
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** this was BEFORE drug of same name which caused me to fall down the Michael Todd Room stairs of NYC's Palladium.

I arrived at KALX figuring on immersing myself in music library duties, but soon got sucked into the DJ thing. Throughout my years at the station (all of them at Bowditch), I had a regular show most of the time. My style never got polished, but I sure played a lot of different styles of music - most of which would never have entered my musical consciousness if it weren't for KALX and the wonderful practice of leaving reviews on albums and CDs. Those years, KALX was truly my second home.

Since leaving the Bay Area, I've settled in Allentown, Pennsylvania, doing chemical process research. I'm married with three kids, and must admit that I've drifted away from music as a focus in life. When, once once in a blue moon, I fill in at local college station WMUH, I feel like a dinosaur, drawing music mostly from my KALX days. Nowadays, my activities tend more to gardening (www.robsplants.com) and editing at the Open Directory Project (www.dmoz.org).

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Web site: www.maxbenlily.com

While at KALX, I nurtured my obsession with 50s blues, r&b and rockabilly, and I reviewed a lotta movies. Since leaving KALX, I finished my PhD in anthropology, wrote a book about Times Square ("Money Jungle", out now!! from Rutgers Univ Press), and became a professional anthropologist-for-hire. I’m currently living in Philadelphia and working as a researcher at the American Board of Internal Medicine.

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Back in KALX days I did some music dept stuff and had various DJ shifts. Also took a lot of naps on the couch and generally hung around and made a nuisance on myself. Main claim to fame was writing "I prefer Foghat" on every record in the new release bins. Nowadays I have a wife, a kid and a "real" job as an intellectual property lawyer. I try to keep some vestige of teenage kicks going by playing la musique rock with some other old dudes in a band called (The Family Arsenal ).

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Web site: www.myspace.com/aaron_rubin

i began spending time at KALX as an escape from the angst of my master of architecture program. it was the spring of 1990. having done 5 years at WBCR and 1 year at WNYE prior to alighting upon KALX's doorstep, i had no intention of doing more radio.

despite my intentions, however, i proceeded to work in several departments at KALX for the next 17 years.

in that time, i ...
... DJ'd until that became work,
... did music library, publicity and promotions until those also felt like a job,
... sat on the PRC for one year,
... LOVED doing KALX Live ... but even that excitement waned with time and
... finished up my time leaving reviews on albums and CDs for the music department.

in the spring of 2007, i left due to an illness and death in the family. i've not returned due to the addition of my hubby and twins to the family. i doubt that i'll be back for a while, if ever. KALX sure was fun!

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Web site: www.feedthegirls.com

well.
In 1991, I was 19 and newly immigrated to Berkeley from SF. I found refuge at the station and stood in silent rapture at my first glimpse of the library. I spent months in the Bowditch basement digging through it, misfiling records. So many DJs turned me on to so much - Last Will, Annie Dangerhouse, Mike Burma, Charley Varrick. just too many to name. I also learned what I hated.

My first real show: Thursday nights, midnight to three am; it went on for years. nurse with wound. swans. les baxter. then i got a bit older and it was tuesday afternoons. i added joyless indie rock to my playlists. and ornette coleman. i worked in production and the music department, coordinating band interviews. I always wanted to work in public affairs. i do very much miss being a part of kalx.

i've lived in Berlin (yes...Germany) since 1999. I have a wife and a three month old daughter. I finished a Masters degree in public health and work as a consultant for the World Health Organization on trying to prevent HIV from spreading.

and i still listen to kalx.

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Web site: www.vincentjwong.com

Designed and edited two issues of the KALX Program Guide, helped Mike Burma with the KALX website, and covered the early morning DJ training slot. These days, I like to write and make silly web stuff like Upcoming.org, the community event calendar that Yahoo! acquired in 2005. See more at my personal site, Waxy.org

Web site: waxy.org

Chris Bruney died on July 8, 2003. He as the voice of the morning news at KPFA for 15 years. While a student at UC Berkeley in the early 1980's, Chris got his first taste of radio at KALX.

Kevin G. Brooks (1958-1996) aka MC KGB was a DJ at KALX who after his diagnosis of AIDS and inspired by Marlon Riggs became known for his safer-sex raps. He was honored in 1992 by the Shanti project.

Mark Rumple (1962-2004) known as the KALX DJ Mr. Peabody passed away on Tuesday, December 7th, 2004. He was also known for being a member of the San Francisco Fog, a rugby football club. Here's a link to a memorial video on YouTube

Thom O'Hair died Jan. 8, 2001, at age 58 of complications from a stroke. O'Hair, who also spelled his name "Tom" and "O'Hare" on occasion, was a radio legend particularly well known for his days at KSAN, KKCY and for founding Hog Ranch Radio. For a flash in the mid-80's, he was the Program Director at KALX.