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Sounding The Alarm via some Radio Retaliation
The Alarm's Done Been Sounding And it has been for quite some time, though obviously at frequencies most people haven’t been attuned to, whether by nature or by training. Or perhaps more accurately, by conditioning. As the conditions for effectively understanding the situation we’re collectively facing today have been cultivated for a long, long time.
Understanding the conditions Conditioning the understanding
We’re in a full court press of danger with the fascist

Andy Valeri; Big Beef Productions
Jun 27


'Steal This Story' and the Democracy Now! Intersection
The documentary ‘Steal This Story, Please!’ by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal is some truly inspirational work. One that delves into the history of one of America’s greatest journalists, and the independent media juggernaut she was an instrumental force in helping to create. It’s a history that I’ve had some loose connection to over the years, what with my own vocational history in working with, through and for indie media over the decades. Watch The Trailer Seeing this film and r

Andy Valeri; Big Beef Productions
Jun 7


Playlist for “Around The Fringe” - IAH April Edition 4/24/26
Back to my original radio stomping grounds of Around The Fringe, broadcasting from the studios of WYSO 91.3 FM in Yellow Springs. Around The Fringe, has been an iconic part of WYSO programming for well over four decades, my personal involvement including nearly half that time. The program is one of the direct inspirational templates for It’s All Happening, Included among the tunes featured was the brand new 7" vinyl split single by LA's The Electric Ferrets and 900 Pound Go

Andy Valeri; Big Beef Productions
Apr 25


Playlist for “Around The Fringe” - IAH New Spring Studio Edition 3/20/26
A pleasure hosting the first edition of Around The Fringe from the new broadcast studios of WYSO 91.3 FM in Yellow Springs. Around The Fringe , has been a staple of WYSO programming for well over four decades, and one I’ve been helping host for almost half that time. The program is a direct inspirational template for It’s All Happening , and most of the music featured in this program was taken from IAH playlists. The program's creator and regular host the Rev. Cool (aka Jim

Andy Valeri; Big Beef Productions
Mar 20


Total Information Awareness
Before there was Palantir and Five Eyes and Flock and Ring and Alexa, etc etc ad nauseam, there was Total Information Awareness . It was a horrible idea then, and it’s an even worse one now, especially since it’s been turbocharged through privatization and financialization by our tech overlord state. But what is ‘total information awareness’? Isn’t that what the whole concept of God is supposed to be? A figure who has total information awareness? That’s what our tech ove

Andy Valeri; Big Beef Productions
Mar 17


Playlist for “Around The Fringe” - IAH Bob Marley/Ish Ahmed Edition 2/6/26
Returning to my original radio stomping grounds of Around The Fringe , a live radio program that I’ve been helping host for nearly twenty years, and one which is a direct inspirational template for It’s All Happening . The program, created and hosted by my friend and compatriot the Rev. Cool, airs on WYSO 91.3 FM, serving as a cultural fixture among the indie music and media scene in the Dayton, Ohio area and beyond for over four decades now. I was hosting this week’s episode

Andy Valeri; Big Beef Productions
Feb 7
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