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CONTACTS: John Ford Audrey Henley
KAOS Development Director Olympia Film Society
360-867-6894 360-754-3635, ext. 3
fordj@evergreen.edu audrey@pioneermusic.org

JIM HIGHTOWER IS AT IT AGAIN… AND HE’S BRINGING IT TO OLYMPIA!!

On Saturday April 12th at 7:30pm, hard-hitting populist, writer, public speaker, national radio commentator and author Jim Hightower will appear at Olympia’s historic Capitol Theater in a benefit for KAOS-FM Olympia Community Radio and the Olympia Film Society. Tickets are available at Phantom City Records, Traditions Fair Trade or buyolympia.com. At 6pm, there will be a pre-show reception at Plenty! Restaurant with limited seating. The reception admission price will include a ticket to the event and a copy of Hightower’s new book Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow!

ABOUT KAOS

Celebrating its 35th year on the air, KAOS 89.3 FM Olympia Community Radio is licensed to the Evergreen State College. KAOS has been the South Sound’s only full-time, full-power commercial-free public radio service since 1973, offering a wide range of local and global news, community information, and independent music. The station streams its broadcasting live on the World Wide Web, at www.kaosradio.org, and can be heard on Comcast cable in Thurston County on TCTV Public Access channel 22 as well as on Comcast Digital Cable channel 982.

Over its thirty-five year history, KAOS has become one of Thurston County’s largest volunteer-based organizations. KAOS is programmed by a staff of nearly 100 student and community volunteers. Their varied perspectives and sensibilities make KAOS a unique resource for information and entertainment often ignored by major media.

ABOUT THEOLYMPIA FILM SOCIETY

The Olympia Film Society is a local non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance film appreciation within the community by promoting alternative films and by aiding and encouraging the development of allied arts. The Society also works to foster, promote and present visual media and performing arts. OFS cultivates a diverse volunteer and membership supported organization and is the largest of its kind in the northwest. Now in its 28th year of operation, they enliven its community by presenting and fostering the development of independent film, music, and other arts in the South Puget Sound.


ABOUT JIM HIGHTOWER

Author of the new book, Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow (Wiley), Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.

As political columnist Molly Ivins said, "If Will Rogers and Mother Jones had a baby, Jim Hightower would be that rambunctious child -- mad as hell, with a sense of humor."

Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower believes that the true political spectrum is not right to left but top to bottom, and he has become a leading national voice for the 80 percent of the public who no longer find themselves within shouting distance of the Washington and Wall Street powers at the top. He broadcasts daily radio commentaries that are carried in more than 150 stations including KAOS-FM, on the web, on Armed Forces Radio, and on Radio for Peace International. He also does a weekly video blog that is carried on many popular websites.

Each month, he publishes a populist political newsletter, "The Hightower Lowdown," which now has more than 135,000 subscribers and is the fastest growing political publication in America. The hard-hitting Lowdown has received both the Alternative Press Award and the Independent Press Association Award for best national newsletter.

Hightower frequently appears on television and radio programs, bringing an acerbic; pull-no-punches populist viewpoint that rarely gets into commercial media. In addition, he works closely with the alternative media, and in all of his work he keeps his ever-ready Texas humor up front, practicing the credo of an old Yugoslavian proverb: "You can fight the gods and still have fun."

Hightower's latest book, Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow, is in stores now, and pre-publication reviews on Amazon.com have already rated it 4 stars (out of 5). He is a New York Times best-selling author, and has written seven books including, Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And It's Time To Take It Back; If the Gods Had Meant Us To Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates; and There's Nothing In the Middle Of the Road But Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos.

During the 90's, Hightower became known as developing his radio commentaries, hosting two radio talk shows, writing books, launching his newsletter, giving fiery speeches coast to coast, and otherwise speaking out for the American majority that's being locked out economically and politically by the elites.

WHO: Jim Hightower
WHAT: Benefit for KAOS 89.3fm & Olympia Film Society
WHEN: Saturday April 12, 7:30pm, doors open at 7pm
WHERE: Capitol Theater, 416 Washington St. SE, Olympia, WA 98501
TICKET COST/LOCATIONS: $20 General Admission/$15 for KAOS or OFS members
CONTACTS: KAOS - John Ford, 360-867-6894 / fordj@evergreen.edu, OFS - Audrey Henley, 360-754-3635, ext. 3, audrey@pioneermusic.org