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WHAT LISTENERS ARE SAYING

Lou Winant, Seattle, WA: " I spent an entire undergraduate career staying up late to listen to Tangents. These were heady days of massive musical exposure--Rabih Abou-Khalil (learning what an 'oud' is!), Ali Farka Toure (when his catalog was still on Mango and relatively unknown), Michael Hedges (RIP), Mouth Music (well before ethno-techno was big). This was my soundtrack to education and an education in itself.

Since then...my own chance to explore live on radio via a world music show on KCBX (San Luis Obispo)...deciding that I had to further with this thing and entering an ethnomusicology program in Seattle...and now almost done with a Masters.

Thanks for broadening my perspective and even giving me a path to follow. Three cheers for musical diversity. La "Tangents" viva!

Mary Connors, SF: Dore Stein has been gifted with a vision. And, because I live in the Bay Area, I am one of the fortunate recipients. Long before there was so much discussion about the healing force of music, Dore was choosing pieces that dipped into the well of our hearts, stirred our imaginations, expanded our sensitivity and knowledge of other cultures, and last but certainly not least, excavated our passion. In just one evening, I can experience the spirit of Finland, the journeying of Tuvans, the innocence of Estonia. My only wish at this time would be for Tangents to be available nationally for all of my friends and family to partake. I have sent tape recordings across the country but they don't add up to Tangents live and so fully alive.

Jeffrey Porter, SF: "Your show is the only music show I tune into on a regular basis on the radio. There is nothing like it! The abundant information, resources and education regarding music not typically heard on the airwaves is so rich. It is one of the high-points of living in the Bay Area. KALW is permanently dialed into my car radio because of programs like Tangents!"

Louisa Spier, Oakland: "An exquisite blend of genres"

Todd Semo, SF: "Thank-you for an eye-opening show."

Chris Matzner, Berkeley: "I really enjoy Tangents -- it's a great way to find out about music that I'd have no exposure to otherwise."

Lynda "Lulu" Winslow, Berkeley: "Thank-you for such a quantum leap in understanding different types of music."

Carla Power, SF: "The first time I heard Tangents I was immediately drawn to it. When Tangents ends I begrudgingly turn off my radio and return to the same cd's I always hear. That is why I love the radio - it is something new to listen to that you don't own."

Dan Ciccaroni, SF: "I was mesmermized."

Mimi Heft, SF: "You have the record collection of my dreams, and I think Tangents is the very best there is on the radio. Thank you so much for providing all of us--musicians and listeners alike--with exposure that would otherwise be unavailable."

Pamela Stagnaro, Alameda: "It is very important to me to have a station that plays eclectic, multicultural music. I look so forward to the show. I am not aware of any other show in the area that compares (when I travel to LA I catch "The Other Side" on KCRW out of Santa Monica). Anything you can do to keep Tangents on the air is greatly appreciated."

David Swope, SF: "I don't think I can live without Dore Stein's Tangents show. There's no other program that gives us such variety, depth and special attention to world music and to all the eclectic musical tastes of San Franciscans."

Bob Bogard: "Tangents is such an amazing show -- you have a truly excellent talent for finding really stunning pieces and choosing songs from all cultures and music styles that fit together nicely."

Peter Scott: "You are a music mixing maestro. You care about the music you play and their combinations are great and sometimes bordering on the sublime. But hush now. One should stand back and become more objective in praise and appraisal. But the man can put some shit together."

T.H. (SF): "Boadens my horizons"

Amy Hanks, SF: "The shrinking of boundaries between nations and ethnicities which is so important for peace in the next century necessitates learning about many aspects of other cultures. Mediums such as music that allow us direct access to the hearts and sensibilities of other peoples are an invaluable part of this process, and Dore does an admirable job of selecting works of this nature that are both interesting and enjoyable. I am also consistently impressed by his ability to accentuate the synthesis of cultures that has already taken place in some musical circles thrugh his selection of works by artists in the West that incorporate ideas, sounds, and rhythms from other traditions."

Lilinah Biti-Anat, Oakland: "Thank you for your wonderful shows. Even better than Free Form Radio of the '70's. Your shows are truly unique (although i realize this word is much abused and misused)."

Stewart Caskin, Sausalito: "Tangents is a holiday in my heart everytime I hear it."

Suzanne Ayriss, SF: "I must say, I really do love your show and your hard work."

Mary Small, Corte Madera: "Everytime I turn on the radio I wish it was Tangents. It's one of the best things in my life"

Bethany Richardson, Fairfax : "I've never heard anything like it."

Hanafi Russell: "Dore creates a feeling in his listeners of their being part of an exciting, elite community. He brings us along on the quest for the kind of new music that is welling up between cultures just like the volcanoes that form where the continental plates meet. New technology is allowing different musics to ricochet off all sorts of aesthetic surfaces, each time taking on new spins and going off on new tangents. We are both being exposed to many kinds of indigenous music that are just now being made available and hearing new blends and mergings that are forming where they meet western culture. This is an exciting time, and Dore is there tracking and bringing it to us.

Dore does not just spin the music. He cares about the musicians and his listeners. He informs us about the musicians, promotes worthwhile local events, and carries on a lively connection with us listeners through concert giveaways and amusing contests. I once responded to a contest question when Dore was asking for an obscure word beginning with "e" and meaning "warm praise." The word I thought of, eulogy, was not the one that he was thinking of, encomium, but he said he "would put it to the judges" in the studio. It was that kind of good spirit that makes the show a lot of fun."

Cheryl Cohen, SF: "You have great musical antennae."

Cici Kinsman, Oakland: "World's best radio is Tangents!"

Kendall Hoffman, SF: "I love this show because it feeds my soul."

Bruce Averill, Petaluma: "Intellectually and in my heart I'm loving it."

G.S.: "Thanks for a consistently enjoyable show: thanks for playing a track from Eno and Byrne's "My Life In the Bush of Ghosts on Saturday (?) I remember buying that album (vinyl) at Rasputin's in Berkeley a looooong time ago. Keep up the good work. Your show is invariably interesting and challenging and I appreciate the fact that it features stuff I've never heard next to stuff I haven't heard in a long time."

Rashmi: "Penetrating my cloud and making me clear inside."

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