KCTS is what's going on

I let out the biggest gasp at work just now and when people asked what was up, I just pointed to this image.


I knew I signed up for PBS for this moment. Granted, it's a national program, but I can get a DVD copy of the show after it airs ahahahaha. Part of PBS' American Masters series, this is going to be an hour long feast of Marvin-goodness. Marvin Gaye's What's Going On album is in Rolling Stone's Top 10, out of their Top 500 albums of all time. It's in my Top 10 of all time as well, and the title track is definitely my number one soul/funk song of all time. if you don't have a copy of the album, for shame. It's on TONIGHT! So you Seattle TV owners, tune into channel 9 at 9pm!!



Synopsis: A great, enduring figure of American music, Marvin Gaye combined gospel, rhythm and blues, soul and jazz to create his own intimate style -- reflecting his "path of the heart" and, essentially, giving us his autobiography in lyrics and sound. He was a glamorous, sometime flamboyant, performer, a Motown star who challenged and changed the face of popular music with records such as "What's Going On" in 1971 -- full of honesty, vulnerability and integrity. Yet, his life was tainted by the bizarre -- full of torment, constant battling of demons and, ultimately, death at the hand of his own father -- a preacher and a cross-dresser, who seemed to have "a grudge against his son" from the day he was born. The program includes extensive performance footage and insight from Mary Wilson, Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight and Mos Def, among many others.

Air Schedule:
Wednesday, May 7, 9:00 pm on KCTS (Analog/DT)Seattle
Future Airs: 05/11/08, 3:00 am KCTS (Analog/DT)Seattle; 05/11/08, 3:00 am KYVE (Analog/DT)Yakima

check out KCTS.org for more future showings