This is a must hear.

Artists confronted with the destruction of all they hold dear by the current appointed administration use their skills and creativity to voice their anger and frustration. Writers write, singers sing, and bloggers blog. But what is a poor DJ to do?

At 11 o'clock weekday mornings, Alaska time, Jim Kloss rolls out of bed and does his morning rant. It's webcast from his bedroom in Talkeetna, Alaska. It's a 12 foot by 12 foot bedroom that is the entire second floor of a 12 foot and 12 foot cabin he shares with electric mountain dulcimer goddess Esther Golton. The 24/7 webcast is called Whole Wheat Radio and is the best place for indie music on the web. But at 11 o'clock, Talkeetna time, Jim rants. Sometimes he screams, sometimes he is posessed by Mr. Rogers, and sometimes he sleeps in after being up all night re-writing the Whole Wheat Radio software.

Last Friday was different. When Jim is late, or sleeps in, the music continues to play. But this music was different. It was a mixture of audio clips and songs. It was an audio collage of anger and outrage. It started with JFK asking not what you country can do for you and ended up 1 hour and 41 minutes later with the atomic bomb and then a little hope that this nightmare will end. It was one of the most powerful statements about the state of this world that I have heard or seen.

As this amazing audio collage of frustration was coming out of my speakers I wondered at how much time Jim must have spent to put all this together. It turned out that he was putting it together live. After the show, he had this in the WWR chat:

"Thank you all for listening this hour. I had no idea it was going to happen this way. I had started pulling Yahoo links, and then the "Amaze Me - Songs In The Key Of Peace" CD special came on. And it took me away from my 'normal' theatrical place of ranting. So, this was the only way I could try and relieve some of the anger and outrage. As I've said before, when I'm ranting, I'm not really pissed. When I'm quiet ... that's when the real anger is raging."

This "rant" can still be heard. Fortunately, WWR listener Miata2K records Jim's rants and streams them. Here is the link for last Friday's rant:

Listen to the rant. (MP3 streaming. And a *big* thank you to Miata2K for doing this.) And then go to Whole Wheat Radio and listen to the music!