 Culture Club, one of the many podcasts offered by Texas Public Radio, is for the young and the young at heart. Each program will feature stories about arts, music and culture in San Antonio and the surrounding areas. From time to time, there will also be interviews and music reviews of local bands and musicians.
About the Host
Abra Schnur was born and raised in San Antonio. While attending San Antonio College, she spent three years working for their college radio station KSYM. Upon graduating she began working for Texas Public Radio as a part time announcer. Currently Abra is part of the Texas Public Radio news department and reports mainly on arts and culture. Abra is dedicated to attracting younger generations to public radio. While not working at Texas Public Radio, Abra is working at CD Exchange as a “wannabe” music snob, walking her dog, Mira Radar, enjoying friends and attending local and national concerts.
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Program Archive:
Episode 011  Windows Media  MP3 Download
September 17, 2007 · On the final episode of Culture Club, host Abra Schnur goes back to her disc jockey roots to play us a mix of various San Antonio bands she interviewed over the past year. Bands include Buttercup, Hyperbubble and Girl in a Coma, plus many more. It's the "I Heard it on Culture Club" episode.
 Related Links:
www.girlinacoma.com
www.hyperbubble.net
www.buttercult.com
www.snowbyrd.net
Ernest Gonzales
www.myspace.com/findelmar
www.myspace.com/fireisthesky
www.myspace.com/pinataprotest
Episode 010 Windows Media MP3 Download
August 1, 2007 · July was officially contemporary art month here in San Antonio. Now for over 20 years, the CAM Festival has aimed to highlight San Antonio's ever growing and diverse arts community. On episode 10 of Culture Club, host Abra Schnur speaks with artists Jason Willome, Robert Rehm, a group discussion with the artists from Out of Generica, and music by Ernest Gonzales.
Related Links:
www.camsanantonio.org
www.jawil.net
www.antipop.net/artists/
Episode 009 Windows Media MP3 Download
June 28, 2007 · On episode nine, host Abra Schnur talks with artist Zane Lewis about his religious and pop icon figures. Mass transit in San Antonio, is it working? With rising gas prices and continued congestion on the streets, is VIA a vaulable alternative? And the blending of cultures — interviews with Mexican punk rock group Pinata Protest and grassroots media group the Lab Kids.
Episode 008 Windows Media MP3 Download
May 29, 2007 · On episode eight, host Abra Schnur gets Eco friendly with Big Grass Bamboo Furniture Company, talks with San Antonio band Snowbyrd about Taco Land, North by North East and if any of their past 13 bass players have ever spontaneously combusted, and travel through the life and times of Mark Mothersbaugh. His postcard diaries exhibits his zany experiences over the past 30 years.
Related Links:
www.biggrass-bamboo.com
www.myspace.com/snowbyrds
www.mutatovisual.com
Episode 007 Windows Media MP3 Download
April 29, 2007 · On episode six of Texas Public Radio's Culture Club, host Abra Schnur interviews DJ Jester, voted this year as San Antonio's best DJ in the Current's Best Of San Antonio, and shares highlights of this year's Fiesta.
Related Links:
www.myspace.com/filipinofist
www.txsaaf.org
www.humansocietyspca.org
Episode 006 Windows Media MP3 Download
March 23, 2007 · On episode six of Culture Club, host Abra Schnur takes you to the McNay Art Museum and speaks with Chief Curator Rene Barilleaux about the Factory Work Exhibit showing the works of Andy Warhol, Jamie Wyeth and Jean Michel Basquiat. Then it's on to lunch at San Antonio's only vegetarian restaurant, Green. Chef and owner Mike Behrend serves her up their version of the chicken fried steak. She ends the show with an inside look into San Antonio band Buttercup. Their unique take on performing shines at this year's South by Southwest and they teach Abra a thing or two about life. It's a day in the life of a San Antonian on Culture Club.
Related Links:
greensanantonio.com
buttercult.com
mcnayart.org
Episode 005 Windows Media MP3 Download
February 22, 2007 · On episode five, Culture Club host Abra Schnur talks to up and coming indie rock group, Girl in a Coma, pretends to do laundry with electro-pop duo, Hyperbubble, and discusses a monumental music festival happening in San Antonio.
Related Links:
girlinacoma.com
hyperbubble.net
saindie.com
Episode 004 Windows Media MP3 Download
January 21, 2007 · On episode four, host Abra Schnur interviews the classical music sensation the 5 Browns, she speaks with San Antonio band, Big Soy, and gets an ear full on the set of As Filthy as it Gets, a diverse show for the diverse listener.
Episode 003 Windows Media MP3 Download
December 22, 2006 · Episode three features an interview with San Antonio band, Fire in the Sky, and a inside look at roller derby and the Alamo City Roller Girls.
Related Links:
www.alamocityrollergirls.com
www.myspace.com/alamocityrollergirls
www.myspace.com/fireinthesky
Episode 002 Windows Media MP3 Download
November 27, 2006 · Episode two features an interview with San Antonio band Fin Del Mar. Their new album, Rising and Crashing, was released on November 17th. San Antonio singer/songwriter Rachel Laven could be the world's "Next Big Thing." And Culture Club looks at alternative Thanksgiving dishes. Episode 001 Windows Media MP3 Download  View the short film Mocha
November 8, 2006 · Episode one features a story on the Emmy Award winning Film School of San Antonio, a inside look into independent record stores in San Antonio and an interview with lead singer and guitarist, Britt Daniel of the band Spoon.
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