09/21/2021
Espejos de Aztlan
7:00 pm, Monday September 20, 2021
89.9 fm kunm amd kunm.org
By Adam Aguirre
The bolts on this guy...
Doesn’t matter where you go, or what you do, or who you do it with, there comes a time when you have to bring it all in for some service. Even herr Doctor Frankenstein had to bring in his flat topped friend to have the oil changed and the bolts in his neck tightened and torqued cada cuándo. There’s no quick lane for that.
And so it is that we’re in the middle of kunm’s semiannual fundraiser, and that’s why you’re reading this: because every so often we have to bring this ol’ station in for some maintenance and upkeep, we are forced to turn to you, the loyal listener, for your help and financial support. We know, ya sabemos muy bien, that times are tough and every little bit helps, and we turn that one right around and we tell you times are tough and every little bit helps. To do the best that we can do we need you to do the least that you can do, and that’s to show your support right now at kunm.org. Go there now.
To perhaps sweeten this deal, we’ve put together an interesting little interview, drawn from the vast personal archives and re-edited for your consideration. You’re asking with whom that could possibly be? Well I won’t ruin that surprise for you but here’s one clue: as a whacky kid he made his first few sales selling “Frankensteins” to tourists at $10 a pop. I’m sure that they’re collectors’ items now but good luck finding one out there.
You’ll have better luck finding this hilarious story on tonight’s very special edition of espejos de aztlan at 7:00 pm on 89.9 fm kunm and kunm.org. While you’re tuned in, take that ten bucks and contribute to our cause. Call some friends and double, triple, quintuple that into a huge show of support for espejos de aztlan and for kunm. Imagine what the last eighteen months without kunm would have been like; we’ve already imagine what that eighteen months without you would have been like and we didn’t like that math at all. So we come to you, again. We count on you, you count on us. It’s a great thing!
Go to kunm.org right now, or better yet, do it during the 7:00-7:30 pm half hour and show your support for this locally-produced show. And then stay tuned because if this edition of espejos de aztlan itself isn’t enough of a thank you, the raices program that follows will be, as will be the next six months of fine shows presented by the raices collective of kunm.
(self portrait by a. a., courtesy of a. a.)