DESCRIPTION:
Outside Pleasures, Vol. 1 featuring Tom Landis and Dennis Palmer.

BACKGROUND:
From 1988-1995, the Shaking Ray Levi Society (http://www.shakingray.com) produced the weekly radio program Outside Pleasures, which provided access to innovative, multi-ethnic and adventurous music. The show was broadcast live each Saturday from 10 PM to 1 AM on WUTC 88.1 FM (http://www.wutc.org) at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The enthusiastic staff of announcers consistently presented poets, storytellers and live original music, creating the largest and most loyal radio audience of original improvisation in the South.

ABOUT THE SHAKING RAY LEVI SOCIETY (http://www.shakingray.com):
Founded in 1986, the Shaking Ray Levi Society (SRLS) is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization dedicated to challenging audiences with extraordinary music, film, and performance art. Its activities are propelled by the idea that art is always changing and growing, and that some of the most fascinating and vital art today may be found outside of the mainstream and doesn't necessarily follow tradition. Its purpose is not to stand apart from the community as outsiders but instead to engage the community, provoke interest, and invite the curious to experience something new, stimulating, and rewarding.

MISSION:
The mission of the Shaking Ray Levi Society is to nurture and support music, film, and performance art that is challenging, non-traditional, and falls outside the mainstream, in order to help nourish the cultural growth of Chattanooga. This is done by sponsoring shows by artists recognized on a national and international level, supporting original work by area musicians and filmmakers, and engaging the community through workshops and educational programs.

The Shaking Ray Levi Society is a funded agency of Allied Arts of Chattanooga: http://alliedartschattanooga.org