Tonight on A Different Nature we explore experimental progressive music from Italy in the 1970s, with artists like Area, Franco Battiato, Opus Avantra, Talaio Magnetico, Roberto Cacciapaglia, Goblin and more..    

Tonight we welcome The Bagel Soup Radio Theater, who will be  contributing productions. Their first presentation is by Neil Gaimon, and is titled "The Truth About Cassandra". While in college, Stewart Innes made up a girlfriend named Cassandra, so he wouldn't have to admit to his friends or his mother, that he had no girlfriend. Now, years later, Steward is surprised to hear from his friends that his old girlfriend Cassandra has been asking about him.
In our second half, a classic radio drama, The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich and starring Cary Grant.

The Bernie Sanders presidential campaign has injected the term socialism into the political discourse. While calling himself a democratic socialist, Sanders is much closer to a traditional New Deal liberal. Socialism is a political philosophy with a singular approach to structuring the economy. However, in the U.S. in particular, little is actually known about it. It has been reduced to something negative, undesirable and uh-oh, foreign. Some have called Obama a socialist. Should one laugh or weep at this characterization?

Carl Annala is a native Oregonian living in Portland at the foot of Mt Tabor. I am also an arts professional interested mostly in painting and playing guitar! I earned a BFA from PNCA and a MFA from PSU. In the 30 plus years I have lived in Portland I have worn many hats. Carriers like Jeweler, Clerk, Waiter, Cruator, Designer, Manager, and Talent Buyer have come and gone for my but art has been a constant. Music too. Although I have exhibited my art in the portland area since 1985, most of your listeners will know me from my bands like the Hellcows, Ape Grave, Plastic Horn Devil, Eggnapper, Old Paint, Jagula and Hail.