KPCC to launch 'Pacific Drift'

Sunday night at 9, KPCC begins a new hour-long weekly arts and culture program. "Pacific Drift" is created, produced and hosted by Benjamin Adair, who had produced The Savvy Traveler when it aired on American Public Media. I missed the first wave of PR, but it's not every day you get a local radio program that makes room for both Charlie LeDuff of the New York Times and the Suicide Girls. From the station's press release:

In its January 30 premiere, Pacific Drift will feature, among others: Miss Vaginal Crème Davis, a mainstay of L.A.'s avant-garde performance scene; Paul Chihara, a world-renowned classical music and film composer; Charlie LeDuff, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist; and Erika Rothenberg, a public artist and sculptor with many works across the region.

Future shows will feature: Dr. Jim Gimzewski, a cutting-edge UCLA chemist; John Cameron Mitchell, a playwright and film director; Ruben Ortiz-Torres, a prominent visual artist; Tony Tetro, a convicted art forger; and Sam Stern, a blogger and filmmaker. Also in the works are documentaries about the Los Angeles Women's Building, a center of U.S. feminist art from 1976 to 1991; the House Ear Clinic, a research facility doing pioneering work on deafness and hearing disorders; and SuicideGirls.com, an adult-oriented website and online community.

KPCC airs at 89.3 FM.