This week on I Want You To Know --we close the year, we close the season, and sort of end the show with lots of voices from the past, friends of mine, and people I love and respect—when they tell me their favorite films from the first quarter of the 21st century.

I thought it would be a fitting send off—to hear the wide array of guests sharing their lists. I will also play some tunes from the aforementioned lists, and I give a thorough exit, and info on the future of the show.

My next guest is an art historian, and an educator. I want to talk to her about the culture of art in an academic space, and how folks are digesting art, especially art that predates the student, she’s always had great taste, I mean this as a compliment— but her personality even seems curated of only the best and smartest stuff. To the donors out there, and future donors…I hope you enjoy this elevated conversation about art, this is just a snippet of the kind of programming we strive to bring you—

I Want You To Know Natasha Kleit

This week on I Want You To Know, I take a look at last week, and my nearly complete meltdown mentally and physically, and how this station, here, saved my life…again.

Right in time for pledge month,

We need your donations at KPCR.ORG/JOIN

We neeed ten k for repairs, transmitters, licensing, and just to keep the ship afloat.

I’m going to tell you all about that, and my week from hell, and we have another review by Rachel Walther.

We also spotlight the special kinds of acts and art we amplify here at KPCR.ORG. I talk to the band Beta Voids about juggling multiple bands, and having one foot in the old way of having a band, and one foot in the new way of conducting a band, and we listen to songs from their new EP. It cooks.

This week on I Want You To Know—one of my best friends in the world is getting married, and it got me thinking about music and it’s association with weddings.,

Today, I provide a mixtape about weddings, marriage, husbands, wives, divorce. Songs that put those awful songs— associated with marriage and weddings to shame. You will not hear bland and overcooked songs that are as bland and overcooked as (yet free) a wedding meal—

I Want You To Know-- songs about matrimony

My next guest and I met when I was working at a comedy establishment we both occupied in different capacities. She performed some wonderful pieces within a bigger show. It was great. What wasn’t great was one of those pieces were not captured on video (in my defense I was only indirectly involved in uploading the shows I captured for the theatre). I was pretty bummed because I knew she gave her all, and she offered something special. But, alas, it was gone. BUT, I BECAME A FAN

I offered her a small (but consequential) part in my film, and she was great. (That was her and Matt McCombs, at the top of the show, in that clip from our film Hera’s Devotion)

Recently, my next guest performed a one-woman show. A show filled with bizarre, ordinary, lost, misguided, spiritually thirsty characters—all looking for little purposes and big directions, and vice versa. And, again, all performed by my next guest. I thought it was sharp, funny, I had a great time..and I wanted to know what it takes to put together a big undertaking like this.

I Want You To Know Leah Jereb and her one woman show—Visionary

This week on I Want You To Know I talk with filmmaker/ video director, and musician Dylan Greenburg. We talk about their new comp Music For Gaza Soup Kitchen.

Dylan rallied their musician friends and social network to put together a comp to generate money for Gaza Soup Kitchen ( a grassroots organization committed to feeding Palestinians in the Gaza Strip).

Dylan tells me how any of us can put together an activism fueled music comp, and we discuss Dylan’s film/video work and process. And, of course we play the comp.

Lastly, I spotlight and honor one of the musicians featured on the comp, because its their bday

Purity and authenticity is a tricky thing in life...but it’s especially daunting when it comes to making art. Most of art is balancing a pose and presentation, with purity, and revelation, and confession. So, if you make a wrong turn aesthetically you can dilute the confession, or muddy the waters. But, my next somehow crept out of the conventional place of indie singer songwriter, into real life hip hop artist….is that possible?

Lets find out

I Want You To Know Matt McCombs and his new album

The Sun In Shadow City

My next guest makes music that places you on the fringes, on the outside, rooted in some sort of Americana like story, but also relentless, unhinged, cinematic, in some place we have never seen, but know all to well.

The recordings are personal, intimate, and seemingly losing itself at the seams…I really enjoyed the conversation.

I Want You To Know Puckett Electric and his new record Bone Conduction