Bob Ness
Bob Ness - Wrote & read poetry
on air and played avant-garde jazz & rock CKLG-FM Vancouver 1968-1976; jazz
show CBC-FM Vancouver 1975; host/interviewer of major jazz musicians CKVU-TV
Vancouver 1975-76; Downbeat writer Georgia Straight Vancouver; KJAZ-FM San
Francisco 1977-81; apartment building manager San Francisco/Oakland
1981-current; writer unpublished novel Clean Coffee about the CKLG-FM
experience and The Snakefighter & Other Stories
for publication 2004
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"I was hanging out with Bob
Ness who did a radio show called Street Theatre on CKLG-FM. These were the last
days of so-called "underground FM" when Bob had free rein to unleash
his wild imagination on the airwaves. We did a number of shows together where
we'd take his Uher out in the
A couple of mornings later Bob
called. He was on the air. "Dick's here. Come on down." I turned on
the radio and there he was, yakking with Bob. I gulped my coffee, got dressed
and headed down to the studio. In all, Dick was on the show for three hours
talking about any number of things, most of which I've forgotten"
Brian Nation