Playlist, July 12, 2009

Set One
Geof Bradfield; Urban Nomad; Urban Nomad (2008 Origin)
Charles Tolliver Big Band; I Want to Talk About You; Emperor March: Live at the Blue Note (2009 Half Note)
Louis Armstrong; Willie the Weeper; Hot Fives and Sevens Volume Two (2005 JSP)
The Wiyos; Promenade; Broken Land Bell (2009 The Wyos)
Pat Metheny Group; (Cross the) Heartland; American Garage (1979 ECM)
Frank Sinatra; You're the Top; Greatest Hits (1993 Classic Sound)
The Duhks; Toujours Vouloir; Fast Paced World (2008 Sugar Hill)
Laika; How Deep is the Ocean; Misery (2008 Plus Loin)
Cedar Walton; The Man I Love; Seasoned Wood (2008 Highnote)
[mic break 11:02 a.m.]

Set Two
Gerald Clayton; Casiotone Pothole; Two-Shade (2009 self)
Gerald Clayton; One Two You; Two-Shade (2009 self)
Claudio Rotiti; Pro Zeca; Brazilliance (2009 Resonance)
Elli Fordyce; Pick Yourself Up; Sings Songs Spun of Gold (2009 Fordyce Music)
John Coltrane; Invitation; Standard Coltrane (2009 Concord)
Warren Byrd/David Chevan; Avadim Hayinu; Avadim Hayinu (1998 Reckless DC)
[mic break 11:45 a.m.]

Set Three
Rubber Souldiers; Day in the Life > All My Loving > Rain; Live at Todos Santos Plkaza 2009-07-09
Fareed Haque + the Flat Earth Ensemble; The Chant (2008 OwlStudios)
Mark Karan; Fools in Love; Walk Through the Fire (2009 Dig)
Great Caesar's Ghost; Bird Song; Better Off Dead (2009 self)
Bob Weir & Ratdog; Ashes and Glass; Weir Here: The Best of Bob Weir (2004 Hybrid Recordings)
[mic break 12:25 p.m.]

Set Four
Bud Powell; Buttercup; Bud in Paris (1975 Xanadu)
Ana Popovic; Steal Me Away; Blind for Love (2009 Eclecto Groove Records)
Andreas Öberg; Valdez in the Country; My Favorite Guitars (2008 Resonance)
Mark Elf; A Tune for Double "D"; Trickynometry (1998 Jen Bay Jazz)
kenry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith; Big Fun/Hollywuud; Yo Miles! (1998 Shanachie)
Don Byron; Dark Room; You Are #6: More Music for Six Musicians (2001 Blue Note)
[mic break 1:05 p.m.]

Set Five
Bob Mintzer Big Band; Chant; Latin from Manhattan (1998 DMP)
Cyril Neville; Cream Them Beans; Brand New Blues (1009 MC Records)
Pressure Drop; Theme for the Outcaste; Untouchable Outcase Beats Vol. 1 (1997 Outcaste)
Easy Star All-Stars; Breathe; Dub Side of the Moon (2003 Easy Star)
The Bad Plus; Comfortably Numb; For All I Care (2009 Heads Up)
Guster; Keep it Together; Keep it Together (2003 Palm/Reprise)
[mic break 1:40 p.m.]

Set Six
Golem!; Come to Me; Citizen Boris (2009 JDub)
Balkan Beat Box; Hermetico; Nu*Med (2007 JDub)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, July 5, 2009

Set One
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band; Birks' Works; I'm BeBoppin' Too (2009 Half Note)
Charles Tolliver Big Band; Emperor March; Emperor March (2009 Half Note)
[mic break 10:26 a.m.]

Set Two
Sexmob meets Medeski; Willisau Suite 3; Live in Willisau 2006 (2009 Thirsty Ear)
Omar Sosa; Gabriel's Trumpet; Across the Divide (2009 Half Note)
Andy Narell and Relator; Food Prices; University of Calypso (2009 Heads Up)
Amanda Shires; Whispering; West Cross Timbers (2008 Amanda Shires)
Loreleis of UNC; Magic Man; On the Record (2008 Loreleis)
Carmen Lundy; Free as a Child; Solamente (2009 Afrasia)
[mic break 11:05 p.m.]

Set Three
Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker; Eleanor Rigby; Work to Do (2009 Mack Avenue)
Rob Thorsen; Dance of the Freaky Circles; Lasting Impression (2009 Pacific Coast Jazz)
Etta Jones; Fine and Mellow; Sings Lady Day (2001 Highnote)
Pat Metheny Group; The Search; American Garage (1979 ECM)
Rod McGaha; Honeysuckle Rose; A Gentle Man
[mic break 11:40 a.m.]

Set Four
Katie King; Across the Universe; Harry's Fight (2008 OA2)
Jethro Tull; Working John, Working Joe; "A" (1979 Chrysalis)
Eddie Harris/Ellis Marsalie; Two Piano Louisiana; Homecoming (2009 ELM)
Rick Wakeman; Starship Trooper; Out of the Blue (2006 Music Fusion)
[mic break 12:13 p.m.]

Set Five
Gary Wofsey; Perpetual Change; In Stereo (2000 Ambi)
Kyle Asche Organ Trio; Nite Vidual; Blues for Mel (2009 Tippin' Records)
Katie King; Here Comes the Sun; Harry's Fight (2008 OA2)
Dave Glenn; Roberto Clemente Bridge; National Pastime (2009 Origin)
Ben Webster; The Duke and the Brute; Big Ben (2006 Proper)
[mic break 12:44 p.m.]

Set Six
McCoy Tyner; Search for Peace; Quartet (2007 Half Note)
Stanley Clarke Trio; 3 Wrong Notes; Jazz in the Garden (2009 Heads Up)
Hiromi's Sonicbloom; Real Clock vs. Body Clock = Jet Lag; Time Control (2007 Telarc)
David Fiuczynski; Sakura - Ying Hua; KiF Express (2008 FuzeLicious Morsels)
Voicedude ; Santana vs Michael Jackson - Black Magic Thriller
Mr Fab; Michael Jackson vs The Doors - Forty Days and Forty Nights (v2)
DJ Paysano; Temptations vs Michael Jackson - Papa Was a Billie Freak
[mic break 1:32 p.m.]

Set Seven
Oliver Nelson; Stolen Moments (Telefon Tel-Aviv Remix); Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked (2005 Impulse!)
STS9; Tokyo Shinjuku Flashback Mix (Bill Laswell); Artifact: Perspectives (2005 SSA)
Ben Webster; Palm Springs Jump; Big Ben (2006 Proper)
Frank Zappa; Whippin' Post; Them or Us (1984 Barking Pumpkin)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Kerplunk - Common sense from Down Under: Obama - slow to support real democracy, quick to support autocracy

Kerplunk talks about Obama's support for would-be Honduran dictator Zelaya.

Isn't it remarkable that the person who was meant to re-establish America's moral authority in the world would throw his hat in with Chavez, Castro, Morales et al?

So who are they supporting?

In Honduras they have a one term limit for the position of president. The limit was introduced to ensure that the country did not go down the path of other Latin American countries that historically have seen democratically elected leaders usurp power for themselves in the same way that Chavez has in Venezuela.

Zelaya was trying to circumvent the Constitution by ensuring he could get elected for further terms.

Read it all.

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Playlist, June 28, 2009

Set One
Matt Ulery; The Duel; Themes and Scenes (2009 Woolgathering)
Harry Skoler; Giorgio's Theme; Two Ones (2009 Soliloquy)
Kobie Watkins; Third Pew; Involved (2009 Origin)
Tim Davies Big Band; Dialmentia; Dialmentia (2009 Origin)
[mic break 10:29 a.m.]

Set Two
Stanley Clarke Trio; Paradigm Shift; Jazz in the Garden (2009 Heads Up)
Kevin Deitz; La Contessa; Skylines (2009 Origin)
Portino Trio; Satin Doll; Vinho do Porto (2008 Manchester Craftmen's Guild)
The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra; Parisian Thoroughfare; The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra (2009 151 Records)
Etienne Charles; Dance with La Diablesse; Folklore (2009 Etienne Charles)
[mic break 11:03 a.m.]

Set Three
The Juicy Grapes; Get a Hand Up; For Sale (2008 Juicy Grapes)
Jen Durkin; Frontier; Equinox (2009 Lotus Soundworks)
Meryl Romer; This Is Always; So Sure (2008 LadyPearl)
Shaynee Rainbolt; Charmed Life; Charmed Life (2008)
Irma Thomas; These Honey Dos; After the Rain (2006 Rounder)
[mic break 11:24 a.m.]

Set Four
Bobby Broom; In Walked Bud; Plays for Monk (2009 Origin)
David Fiuczynski; Almond Pear; KiF Express (2008 Fuze)
John McLaughlin/Chick Corea; Raju; Five Peace Band (2009 Concord)
Yonder Mountain String Band; Ruby>Robots!>Ruby; Moutain Tracks Volume 4 (2006 Frog Pad)
[mic break 12:18 p.m.]

Set Five
Frank Zappa; Why Don't You Like Me?; Broadway the Hard Way (1989 Barking Pumpkin)
The Mystix; Walkin' the Dog; Down to the Shore (2009 Mystix Eyes)
Mark Karan; Think It's Gonna Rain; Walk Through the Fire (2009 Dig)
The Bad Plus; Feeling Yourself Disintegrate; For All I Care (2009 Heads Up)
Grateful Dead; Scarlet Begonias>Fire on the Mountain; 4/23/77 Springfield, MA
[mic break 1:09 p.m.]

Set Six
Sting; Fortress Around Your Heart; The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985 A&M)
Frank Zappa; Peaches en Regalia; Hot Rats (1969 Bizarre)
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band; I Can't Get Started; I'm BeBoppin' Too (2009 Half Note)
Carmen Lundy; The Out Crowd; Solamente (2009 Afrasia)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[1:30 p.m.]

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The connection between the Beatles and Michael Jackson

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Michael Jackson

He was a freak show, and possibly something much worse, but tonight it's the music I remember. From elementary school through college, from "I'll Be There" to "Billie Jean," his music was part of the soundtrack of my life.

Rest in peace.

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Mayhem in Iran

I haven't posted anything about the violence in Iran following the election, although I've been retweeting some dispatches from inside Iran. JammieWearingFool has a good post today about the situation. Some of the descriptions I've seen on Twitter are far more gruesome than what he describes.

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