In Oakland, Lower Grand Radio is the city’s go-to community net radio, founded by Alexander Shen (Marbled Eye). Victoria Porter (Vanity Crystal, Repetitive Strain) & AS made a long distance call and caught up with him.

Back in 2020, I submitted this potted history of punk rockers on the idiot box for Dusty Digest‘s lockdown zine swap – along with thoughts on those first months where we panicked and started learning what OBS was. Brass Tacks to Snub TV, LuckyPDF to The Artsy Vice Show…