We talk books, movies, and music every Tuesday morning from 7:30 to 8 with Darcie Caswell of Northwest Regional Library, Thief River Falls. Check radionorthland.org for a list of the new items at the library, then go check them out!

This week’s new books:

Fiction:
The Omen Machine by Terry Goodkind
The Drop by Michael Connelly
Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire

Non-Fiction:
100 Yards of Glory:  The Greatest Moments in NFL History by Joe Garner and Bob Costas
How I Got This Way by Regis Philbin
I’d Listen to My Parents if They’d Just Shut Up by Anthony E. Wolf
My Week With Marilyn by Colin Clark

FINAL_Jim_Retka_11-21-11.mp3Jim Retka, Northland Community & Technical College Dean of Aviation and Dean of Workforce and Economic Development was a recent guest on Pioneer 90.1’s “Northland Spotlight.”  Jim talked about the challenges of re-tooling the aviation program and how it has grown over the past several years.  “Northland Spotlight” can be heard every Monday afternoon at 3:05 on Pioneer 90.1!

AlandErik.mp3Listen to an archived performance from Grand Forks musicians Al DeSautel and Eric Smestad on “The Mixtape” with Jeremy Haug.

The Mixtape features local musicians playing original songs live in-studio, and selections from their favorite artists’ recordings. Thursday nights from 6-9PM on Pioneer 90.1 and www.radionorthland.org.

PeatMoss.mp3Listen to an archived performance from Grand Forks musician Greg “PeatMoss” Norman on “The Mixtape” with Jeremy Haug. Greg is a guitarist and vocalist with the band “PeatMoss and The Spreaders.” The group’s new CD is called “Big Stakes.”

The holidays are here! Pioneer 90.1 makes things more festive with a feast of holiday specials Thursday and Friday.

Thursday

9AM – Backstory: American as Apple Pie – A History of Thanksgiving – On this holiday edition of BackStory, the History Guys search for the true roots of Thanksgiving.

10AM – “Earth Eats” Thanksgiving Special – A one-hour program of planning and preparing a terrific thanksgiving meal, with some very foody musical interludes. Try something new this Thanksgiving!

11AM – Has “Thank You” Lost its Meaning? – We all say “thank you” a lot. We thank people for holding doors open for us. We thank the person who hands us our morning coffee. We thank the cashier when she hands us our change. And some people even send thank you notes to people who’ve given them a present. But if you were to keep track of now many times a day you say “thank you,” how often would you really mean it? So we ask the question: has thank you lost its meaning?

Noon – FM Odyssey Thanksgiving Special

6PM – The Last Waltz – We celebrate The Band’s Thanksgiving night 1976 farewell concert.

Friday

9AM – Roseanne Cash: Live From Zone C – Intimate acoustic set by Rosanne Cash and her husband, John Leventhal in their living room (aka Zone C). Includes exclusive live recordings of songs from throughout her career, as chosen exclusively by Twitter requests. Hosted by Lizz Winstead.

10AM – The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams – A one-hour radio special traces how Hank Williams’ “lost notebook” of unrecorded songs were found and set to music for new recordings by Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams, Jack White, Patty Loveless, Merle Haggard, Sheryl Crow and others.

11AM – Holiday Standard Time with Michael Feinstein – An hour-long celebration of the American holiday songbook, with rarely heard recordings from Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney, Louis Prima, and Donny Hathaway, and featuring Michael Feinstein performing three holiday favorites.

4PM – Christmas with the Annie Moses Band – Bringing a remarkable mix of jazz, classical and Celtic sounds, this all-sibling group will inspire you. With a breathtaking mix of holiday classics and originals performed by highly skilled Juilliard musicians.