.01: How has the birth of KHOL community radio altered the musical experience in Jackson Hole?

When I get up in the morning, I turn on the radio and make some green tea. Typically, it’s my friends, or someone I know on the air, bouncing killer music off the valley walls. This is a HUGE improvement from the pre-KHOL days. It makes life a lot better. You don’t even need to think about what you might want to listen to … you just turn on the radio and … it’s good!
Then, …

This past Memorial Day evening found me regrouping from a hectic road trip at a motel in Burlington, VT.  Scanning the TV channels I came across a ceremony on CSPAN at the Vietnam War memorial in DC.  A military chaplain gave a solemn speech meant to sound significant.  This was followed by a drab discussion about the importance of refurbishing the foreboding monument.  It was all very official.

What these military officers failed to mention, however, is the declassified documents confirming that the “gulf of tonkin” incident, which was the primary …

If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people.  -Timothy Leary

Wage Peace: the non lethal weaponry solution
Bee keepers use puffs of smoke to pacify angry insects.  If the U.S. Military hopes to win their current struggles against justifiably enraged insurgents who have had their homelands wrongfully invaded then we need to apply a similar non-lethal strategy to the arena of Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond if necessary.  It’s debatable, however, if the goal is to win the deceptive “war on terror” or …

I didn’t intend to open a brewery that only served beer above 8.0% alcohol, it just kind of happened. My beers and the guest taps tended to be strong this winter. All these years living in Wyoming, I always wanted the beers that were tough to get – the ones I had to travel to Belgian or the coasts to taste. So I had to open a brewery and make them myself (dare to dream). And this winter I think I’ve shown the local distributors that there is a market …

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 The budget was signed this morning by the Governor.  Some highpoints of the budget that Rep. Gingery worked on and made sure that they passed
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$2.5 million into the Wildlife Trust Fund
$2 million into the Cultural Trust Fund
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$685,000 for telepsychiatry — Rep. Gingery serves as the Co Chair of the Select Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse and worked to get this provision in the budget.  Many communities do not have psychiatrists and by allowing patients to access psychiatrists through teleconference will expand patient care and reduce costs considerably.
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$5.5 million …