http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/Podcast.html Podcasting from Avalon Farms in Tennessee. Changing the world one “starfish” at a time... hear from Progressive lesbians living on the land. Liberal Political talk from the heart of the “bible-belt,” farm “goodies” from the garden, training tips from the horse arena and thoughts on documentary films and filmmaking. All this and more... iWeb 1.1.2 http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/Podcast_files/logo.png http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/Podcast.html 60 yes AVALON FARMCAST AVALON FARMCAST avalonfarms@hughes.net Podcasting from Avalon Farms in Tennessee. Changing the world one “starfish” at a time... hear from Progressive lesbians living on the land. Liberal Political talk from the heart of the “bible-belt,” farm “goodies Podcasting from Avalon Farms in Tennessee. Changing the world one “starfish” at a time... hear from Progressive lesbians living on the land. Liberal Political talk from the heart of the “bible-belt,” farm “goodies” from the garden, training tips from the horse arena and thoughts on documentary films and filmmaking. All this and more... http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/628AD656-118D-49B4-8F76-169883C6BC12.html http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/628AD656-118D-49B4-8F76-169883C6BC12.html Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:37:46 -0600 <a href="http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/628AD656-118D-49B4-8F76-169883C6BC12_files/show%2350feb08.mp4"><img src="http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/Images/harley.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:150px; height:150px;"/></a>Show Notes: On this show I sat down with Kimmie Satin before a Nashville Drag Show. A former Miss Tennessee and with 25 years on the Drag Show circuit, Kimmie shares tips, political thoughts and stori 00:59:05 Show Notes: On this show I sat down with Kimmie Satin before a Nashville Drag Show. A former Miss Tennessee and with 25 years on the Drag Show circuit, Kimmie shares tips, political thoughts and stori Show Notes: On this show I sat down with Kimmie Satin before a Nashville Drag Show. A former Miss Tennessee and with 25 years on the Drag Show circuit, Kimmie shares tips, political thoughts and stories from the stage. We covered topics from family and community to Gay Pride and Stonewall. Also, Tennessee Equality Project held a reception at The Tribe the night before Equality Day on the Hill. Emily and I attended both events and I spoke with several folks there. Music on the show is a brand new song from Jill Sissell with The Paint Sisters! Show links: Photos of Kimmie Satin TEP (Tennessee Equality Project) TTPAC (Tennessee Transgender Political Action Committee) TVALS (Tennessee Vals) The Paint Sisters (Jill Sissell) Vickie Davis Blog The Victory Fund Peace and Love, Val Join in the discussion! (Avalonfarm blog) http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/2F97E483-5217-4E1D-9B81-7F7FA1371932.html http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/2F97E483-5217-4E1D-9B81-7F7FA1371932.html Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:40:01 -0600 <a href="http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/2F97E483-5217-4E1D-9B81-7F7FA1371932_files/show%20%2349%20Jan%2019th%202008.mp4"><img src="http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/Images/19-0284a-sm.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:150px; height:150px;"/></a>Show Notes: Our grandparents knew how to grow food for themselves. They had to during World War II. Our current president in time of “war” told us to “go shopping.” Could you feed yourself and your fa 00:46:43 Show Notes: Our grandparents knew how to grow food for themselves. They had to during World War II. Our current president in time of “war” told us to “go shopping.” Could you feed yourself and your fa Show Notes: Our grandparents knew how to grow food for themselves. They had to during World War II. Our current president in time of “war” told us to “go shopping.” Could you feed yourself and your family if you had to? Relying on huge corporations to be our sole provider of food is risky these days. Worries about cloned beef, growth hormones, antibiotics, genetic engineering, processed meals, terrorist threats and bare shelves in an emergency fill the news these days. Do you really know what’s on your table? There are dozens of reasons to eat &amp; buy local. If something isn’t “in season” then you know it has been shipped in thousands of miles. One benefit of growing homegrown vegetables is taste. Factory farms can not compete with the juicy plump taste home grown organic tomatoes. Corn fed feedlot cows don’t even come close to grass feed beef. Buying local also cuts down on transportation so it helps reduce carbon in the atmosphere. Growing heirloom varieties and saving the seeds helps protect a dwindling diverse selection that we are losing to big agribusiness. On today’s show I found a WWII government movie of how to grow a victory garden. On my blog I’ve added links to find your local organic food suppliers. It doesn’t matter if you live in the city or the country. Your food choices make a difference. Find out what you can do to help your local farmers, your health, the environment &amp; your own family’s food security. Show Links: Watch the WWII movie about Victory Gardens Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara Kingsolver http://www.animalvegetablemiracle.com/ More Food Links Music Links: Music on the show is from the Podsafe Music Network “Food” Bio: Deirdre Flint hangs out at the intersection where stand up and acoustic music collide. She sings about homicidal bridesmaids, the metric system and fondue. She's been a solo performer for six years and is the bass player in The Four Bitchin' Babes. She has a podcast called podcast fondue. http://www.deirdreflint.com/ “Dinnertime Waltz” gilly slinn Twenty years as a support artist in various bands in the United Kingdom http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=c0568c1a74855cacc5a8692d6b331ce4 “Just Tell Me You Can Cook” Melissa Sigler Winner of New Orleans 2001 Off Beat Magazine’s Best of the Beat Best Emerging Blues Artist Award. http://www.thepaintsisters.com Peace and Love, Val Join in the Discussion on my blog! Important food links http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/FDE5C051-C555-43A6-9FB2-617518E0BF73.html http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/FDE5C051-C555-43A6-9FB2-617518E0BF73.html Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:04:17 -0600 <a href="http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/FDE5C051-C555-43A6-9FB2-617518E0BF73_files/FCC%20show.mp3"><img src="http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/Images/blogad.png" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:150px; height:150px;"/></a>Show Notes: On this week’s show the upcoming move by the FCC chair to further big media conglomeration is under way. He hopes to vote on new rules by December 18th. More big companies owning more stat 00:55:03 Show Notes: On this week’s show the upcoming move by the FCC chair to further big media conglomeration is under way. He hopes to vote on new rules by December 18th. More big companies owning more stat Show Notes: On this week’s show the upcoming move by the FCC chair to further big media conglomeration is under way. He hopes to vote on new rules by December 18th. More big companies owning more stations and papers in large markets. The time to contact your senator and say NO to more big media is now. There’s a bill in the Senate to help stop the FCC in it’s tracks. The Media Ownership BILL OF 2007 addresses the issue and needs your support. The PUBLIC airwaves are not serving the people anymore. Listen to the discussion and then tell your representatives how you feel about it. www.beyondguantanamo.org paid for by the center for constitutional rights audio from psa with Danny Glover about torture Rickie Lee Jones Have You Had Enough? Lee Harris Santa please go to New Orleans Billy Jones Revolution Blues The neo-con plan all laid out... project for the new american century http://www.newamericancentury.org/ A great site for finding out what bills are in the house &amp; senate track bills in congress http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:activebills A must read. Also there’s a short film on her site Naomi Klein the shock doctrine http://www.naomiklein.org/main Al Gore assault on reason http://www.amazon.com/Assault-Reason-Al-Gore/dp/1594201226 val's reading list freepress.org stopbigmedia.com us constitution http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html http://www.freepress.net/news/28782 Dingell: FCC Appears to Be Broken Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) said the FCC "appears to be broken ... The victim in this breakdown at the agency is a fair, open, and transparent regulatory process. The real loser, of course, is the public interest and the American consumer." House Committee on Energy and Commerce - December 6, 2007 Racial and ethnic minorities make up 34 percent of the U.S. population Yet they only own 7.7 percent of full-power radio stations 3.15 percent of television stations The Media Ownership Act of 2007 would force the FCC to address this 'disgrace' Urge Your Senators to Support the Media Ownership Bill » Peace and Love, Val click here to Join in the discussion on my blog! http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/33A232EE-44DC-4556-9AF8-D1C9F8CF8F0A.html http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/33A232EE-44DC-4556-9AF8-D1C9F8CF8F0A.html Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:57:47 -0600 <a href="http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/33A232EE-44DC-4556-9AF8-D1C9F8CF8F0A_files/show%20%2347%20gatlinberg.m4a"><img src="http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/Images/PICT1282.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:150px; height:150px;"/></a>Show notes: This is the week Emily &amp; I make our annual fall pilgrimage to the smokey mountains. We shop for the holidays, see the fall colors and purchase fudge in Gatlinburg for our Christmas buf 00:45:08 Show notes: This is the week Emily &amp; I make our annual fall pilgrimage to the smokey mountains. We shop for the holidays, see the fall colors and purchase fudge in Gatlinburg for our Christmas buf Show notes: This is the week Emily &amp; I make our annual fall pilgrimage to the smokey mountains. We shop for the holidays, see the fall colors and purchase fudge in Gatlinburg for our Christmas buffet. We also celebrate a friends’s birthday and share a beautiful cabin in the woods for the weekend. I found an interview I did with Emily about Gay Marriage from last year’s trip. It was right after we lost the fight to block a constitutional amendment to the Tennessee Constitution declaring that marriage would only be recognized in the state if it was a man and a woman. Music on today’s show is from Holly Light http://www.hollylight.com Gatlinburg Info Incredable Chocolate Fudge from The Fudgery Gattlinburg, Tennessee For more on the issue of gay marriage go to Evan Wolfson’s site at: http://www.freedomtomarry.org Gatlinburg Photos Peace and Love, Val Join the discussion! http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/F97D2EC3-5BD8-4582-9FB2-532DD56B5DC2.html http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/F97D2EC3-5BD8-4582-9FB2-532DD56B5DC2.html Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:26:22 -0500 <a href="http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/F97D2EC3-5BD8-4582-9FB2-532DD56B5DC2_files/show%20%2346%20chamber.mp4"><img src="http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/Images/PICT1243.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:150px; height:150px;"/></a>Show Notes: Coming up on this show I have the latest farm news and interviews from Expo ’07. Nashville’s GLBT Chamber of Commerce held the third annual Expo last week. 43 booths featured gay owned and 00:55:17 Show Notes: Coming up on this show I have the latest farm news and interviews from Expo ’07. Nashville’s GLBT Chamber of Commerce held the third annual Expo last week. 43 booths featured gay owned and Show Notes: Coming up on this show I have the latest farm news and interviews from Expo ’07. Nashville’s GLBT Chamber of Commerce held the third annual Expo last week. 43 booths featured gay owned and/or gay friendly businesses and non-profits in town. I spoke with several people there including those from Out and About, Queer Radio, Vanderbilt Aids Clinic and more. Show Links: GLBT Chamber Out and About inside out nashville T-Vals http://www.tvals.org/ Church Street Freedom Press/Diversity Guide nashville cares Books by John Dean Music on today’s show: Mary Ann Kennedy Album: Hoof beats, Heartbeats and Wings Songs: Jack Russell, Horsin’ around Website: www.maryannkennedy.com Valerie Reynolds Album: Good Woman Blues Songs: Tribute to Paul, A New Kind of Lover Website: www.cdbaby.com/cd/valerier Demo: A new kind of lover Sung by: Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva website: www.youtube.com/avalonfarms Peace and Love, Val Join in the discussion on the the blog! http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/B65018E3-28E5-48C8-9E0F-8FE0A38773E9.html http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/B65018E3-28E5-48C8-9E0F-8FE0A38773E9.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:14:09 -0500 <a href="http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/B65018E3-28E5-48C8-9E0F-8FE0A38773E9_files/show%2345%20ptown.mp4"><img src="http://www.avalonfarmcast.com/avalonfarms/Podcast/Images/wwguide2007_cover.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:150px; height:150px;"/></a>Photo: Cover of <a href="http://www.womeninnkeepers.com/ww.html">this year’s program</a> Show Notes: Emily and I went to Boston and spent 2 nights on Cape Cod for Provincetown’s annual women’s week. We had a great time and thanks to all the great women 00:59:40 Photo: Cover of this year’s program Show Notes: Emily and I went to Boston and spent 2 nights on Cape Cod for Provincetown’s annual women’s week. We had a great time and thanks to all the great women Photo: Cover of this year’s program Show Notes: Emily and I went to Boston and spent 2 nights on Cape Cod for Provincetown’s annual women’s week. We had a great time and thanks to all the great women that gave of their time so I could bring you this show. I interviewed Susan Souza, President of KISS: Kickass Independent Songwriter Showcase. She produced several shows throughout the week bringing in some hot songwriters for Women’s Week. We met Singer/songwriter Holly Light at one of the KISS shows and she blew me away with her music. Blues and lots of gutsy soul she reminds me of Bonnie Raitt and Melissa. She’s got her own unique style and it ROCKS! She sat down with me after her show to talk politics, living in California, music and the independent music scene. Alix Olson called our daughter Jen on the cell phone (her biggest fan) before sharing her thoughts with Emily and I about her experiences on the road as an activist slam poet and feminist. Jen had flipped when she heard we were interviewing Alix. Here’s a tiny sample...An example of the kind of press Alix is getting... "Onstage, Alix Olson works the mike like a weapon, launching scathing epithets against injustice, ignorance, and intolerance…Her voice rises fast and furious and then falls to a whisper, keeping the audience engaged even with silence. Sprinkled with emphatic obscenities, her poetry inspires audiences and challenges them to think, leaving many dizzy and breathless." Minnesota Women’s Press Virginia based singer/songwriter Julie Clark and I talked about her songwriting, growing up and recovering from food addiction and surviving an older brother. I shared my experiences growing up with one of my own. I so loved her set and she was so sweet. I tried putting the Nashville bug in her ear so you guys here can see her live. We’ll see if it works... L.A. Comic Jennie McNulty took time out with me to share her recent experience entertaining the troops in Iraq and filming for an upcoming comedy show episode on LOGO. Before the interview Emily and I saw her show and laughed so hard my sides were hurting. Very funny stuff! All in all Women’s Week is a blast and next time I hope we get to stay the whole time. We stayed at The Bayberry Inn and loved it. Fireplace in the room, our own bathroom, antiques through, walking distance to Commercial Street and one of the owners (2 lesbians run it) is a baker. Each morning she made something very VERY tasty. We brought 2 friend very dear friends with us and we all had a great time. In Ptown we ran into a fellow nashvillian, Paula, and had dinner together too. Now we’re back home on the farm and back to chores. Sweet memories and my head is full of new music. Music on the podcast: Red, White and Blues Holly Light Julie Clark Show Links: Alix Olson Left Lane DVD "Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution" Women’s KISS (Women’s Kickass Independent Songwriters Showcase) Jennie McNulty The Bayberry Inn Provincetown’s Women’s Week Peace and Love, Val Join the Discussion on the blog! Photos from P-Town and Boston Trip