A Miniature World with Binnie Klein

There's a mug I lost that was totally me/with its jewel tones and thick crockery/and a handle that held my trembling hand/if i ever find another/i'll know it's mine/my cup for all time.Music from Gabriel Yared, Nicolas Jaar, Faithless, Jamie xx, Daft Punk, Costanza, Daft Punk, Odile Ohms, Kerala Dust, angel corpus christi, The Last Dinner Party, Maddie Ashman, Ofir Ganon, Damon Albarn, Bo Harwood & Bobbie Permanent, The Tragically Hip, Laurie Anderson, Paul Weller, Steven Wilson, Marnie Weber, Abigail Snail, alice does computer music, Ed O'Brien, Jefferson Airplane, The Veils, David Bowie, poem by BK, Ohama, Ane Brun, Gary Numan, Catherine Elms, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Sparks, Bell Orchestra, Girls in Trouble, GaiaGram by Kevin Gallagher, January, Boom Bip, Brothers Page, poem by BK, Steve Nieve, Sia....back with you May 21, 2026I saw a small childWith unkempt hairAlonePlaying with a Yellow pool noodleOn dry land -- Binnie Klein, May 2026

Shake it up. Get out of the house. Live in the in-between. We could all use a good scream. Get underway with Gabriel Yared, Future Islands, swelt, Band of Horses, REM, Juana Molina, Lemoncello, Emma Ruth Rundle, Tori Amos, Five Green Moons, Camille Camille, Rosenau & Sanborn, Elisapie, Erika Angell, Tara Clerkin Trio, Snail Mail, Black Dog, Wu-Lu, Simon & Garfunkel, Gregory Alan Isakov, Wendy Eisenberg, Martha Skye Murphy, "Reservoir," by Tova Gannanna, The New Yorker, March 23, 2026, Steen Jorgensen, D'En Haut, the FVL, Liva Lumpe, Heilung, Lettie, Anna Calvi & Laurie Anderson, Hi! CAPABARAS, Elori Saxl, Yor, Devision Redux, GaiaGram from Kevin Gallagher, Chelsea Wolfe, Sarah Nixey, Black Box Recorder, Idus Abra, Tribute to Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall, Birute Galdikas, Stevie Nicks. Back with you Thursday, April 16, 2026!!!!

When I was starting to write poetry in earlier years, especially the 1970s, I had more conviction than I have now. Sounds strange, I know! I was convinced of how to shape images, tell small stories, or at least there was passion and confidence guiding me. Creativity hasn’t stopped, thank goodness – it’s a vital nutrient….but to be able to “sum anything” up about the wider world and what we’re going through in these times…..I know I don’t have to, but it’s a powerful impulse….to pull something together! BUT – what I’ve got is this: we are battered and exhausted, minds chock-full of contradictory meanings, disillusionment and fear…..Thank goodness for alternative radio! Hold musicians in high esteem…They often soothe, stimulate, embrace, provoke…Thank you, WPKN…. We these 3 hours together. I got a bit wild and woolly with this episode! Gabriel Yared, Voka Gentle, A Lot Like Birds, Charlie xcx, Lana Del Rey, Bjork, Cosmo Sheldrake, Alan Sparhawk & Trampled by Turtles, Bebe Stockwell, Puma Blue, Phosphorescent, Saint Sappho, Meg Go, Ganavya, Procol Harum, Isabel Pine, Mitski, Voice Coils, Alabaster deplume, Laurie Anderson, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Cosmo Sheldrake, Lust for Youth & Croatian Amor, Yndling, Hazlett, Elliot Moss, Moonheart, young people, Jessi Robertson, Annahstasia, Celeste, Sam Phillips, GaiaGram, Donovan, Julia Holter, Tom Greenwood, Joanne Robertson & David Cunningham, Vashti Bunyan, Ott, Nightingale Floor, ugne&maria, Courtney Barnett..Back again March 19!

I want what I can't handle/I want what I can't see/I want a second ending/where you envelope me.. A Miniature World - Shrinking it down and mixing it up for Gabriel Yared, Jeff Beck, Dot Allison, Monomome, Boards of Canada, Nightmares on Wax, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Lucinda Williams, Ferron, David Bowie, Walter Verdin, Kula Shaker, V/Z, Alien Cowboy, Bill Callahan, Absent Music & Jan Van Den Broeke, Daniel Lanois, RIP Bob Weir, Robert Wyatt, Lana del Rey, Juana Molina, Stella Donnelly, GaiaGram (Environmental news from Kevin Gallagher), Winona Oak, Melody's Echo Chamber, Arnold Dreyblatt & Horse Lords, The Doors, MO, Juana Molina, Adan & Ilse, The French Pop Dream, Olek Yaro, Nalead, Burial-Four Tet & Thom Yorke, Rosa Anschutz, Four Tet, Thom Yorke, Laurie Anderson, Walter Verdin, Annabel Lamb....next show is February 5. Get in touch: binnie@wpkn.org

Are you shivering in your boots? Huddled around a fire? Ordering flannel sheets on sale? We love seasonal continuity and repetition, don't we? Cuz, as they say, what's the alternative? Well, here are 3 hours of seriously and carefully curated new and older music and some words; among them John Glacier, London Grammar, Thylacine, Christian Loffler, Jay Som, james K, Ula, Smerz, Lizzie Weber, Kate Bush, Milkweed, Rattle, Mei Semones, Kinski, Iniko, Half Japanese, Elijah Minnelli, Nalead, SEVN, So, The "Gaia-Gram," a short segment by Kevin Gallagher about threats to our environment, MONG, Robyn & Jamie xx, Hannes Bieger, Blue Man Group...Wanna hear a spooky cover of Abba's "SOS?" by Portishead...James and Brian Eno, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Ladybug Transistor, Throwing Shapes, The Notwist, Enji, The Weather Station, Thievery Corporation, Rosa Anschutz, Djrum, "We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves." (Patti Smith) Oklou, Ikonika.....Next Miniature World is broadcasting on New Year's Day, January 1, 26 and available HERE! Here's to a better year... You can reach me binniek(at)wpkn.org

"Authenticity sweet spot: when the music resonates with you" -- Susan Rogers, This is What it Sounds LikeHere on A Miniature World it's indie music, outie, inner, outer, sideways, byways, all the ways. Something old, something new, something blue, impressionistic, spoken words, shared emotions, happy/sad, glorious/remarkable...terrestrial...streaming...beaming...podcasting and dreaming...Sevadliza, Alec Benjamin, brux XTN, Yukimi, MILCK, Regina Spektor, Radiohead, Quilt, Pyeng Threadgill, Yo La Tengo, Hauschka, Nits, Pumuky, The Pogues, Altered Images, Donovan, Makk, Brian Kelly, Camper Van Beethoven, The Cavemen, A Silent Film, Nation of Language, Will Swinton, Marisa Anderson, Julia Holter, Lael Neale, Hannah Cohen, Juana Molina, Lo-Fang AND MORE! Next episode December 4, 2025! Be happy to hear from you: binnie(at)wpkn.org

"Only connect" (E.M. Forster) For what else can be done in these times? I can reach you with this curated show of sound and words. Will you open your heart like a flower and be receptive? Music from Beach House, Ivy, Yellow House, Daphne's Demise, Hibou, Peter Gabriel, poem M.C. Escher by Binnie Klein, Basia Bulat, Futurebirds, etc.

I walk in the woods with my small dog. I talk about a new hybrid bird species. Music includes Ladytron, Not for Radio, Ponybird, Automatic, Antelope, SAULT, The Marias, Winona Oak, In These Trees and Tartie, Christopher Mir, Kate Bush, Lord Huron, etc...