Bones!

'Nuff said.

Playlist, November 26, 2006

Set One
Club D'Elf; Bass Beat Box; Now I Understand (2006 Accurate)
Toon Tunes; Top Cat; Funny Bone Favorites (2001 Rhino)
Wictor Wooten; Miller Time; Live in America (2001 Compass)
Russell Gunn; Epistrophy; Ethnomusicology Vol. II (2001 Justin Time)
So Percussion; July; Amid the Noise (2006 Cantaloupe)
Ray Charles + The Count Basie Orchestra; How Long Has This Been Going On?; Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006 Concord)
Ray Charles + The Count Basie Orchestra; Every Saturday Night; Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006 Concord)
[mic break 10:50 a.m.]

Set Two
Papa John DeFrancesco; House of the Rising Sun; Desert Heat (2006 Savant)
Louis Hayes & the Cannonball Legacy Band; This Here; Maximum Firepower (2006 Savant)
Sonny Rollins; Duke of Iron; Milestone Profiles (2006 Milestone)
Sonny Rollins; Remembering Tommy; Sonny, Please (2006 Doxy)
Jimmy Ponder; TNT; What's New (2006 HighNote)
[mic break 11:24 a.m.]

Set Three
John Pizzarelli; The Shadow of Your Smile; Knowing You (2005 Telarc)
Lea Delaria; People Are Strange; Double Standards (2005 Telarc)
Typhanie Monique & Neal Alger; Riders on the Storm; Intrinsic (2004 Tymoni)
Typhanie Monique & Neal Alger; Light My Fire; Intrinsic (2004 Tymoni)
Miles Davis; Shhh/Peaceful; In A Silent Way (1969/2002 Columbia)
[mic break 12:07 p.m.]

Set Four
Deep Blue Organ Trio; Light My Fire; Deep Blue Bruise (2004 Delmark)
Rodney Jones; Light My Fire; Soul Manifesto Live! (2003 Savant)
Shirley Bassey; Light My Fire; Diamonds Are Forever...The Remix Album (2001 EMI)
Club D'Elf; Quilty; Now I Understand (2006 Accurate)
Club D'Elf; Vishnu Dub; Now I Understand (2006 Accurate)
Love Tank; Mossforten Tthann; Bestial Glow (2006 Phasepacket)
Ben Allison; Ruby's Roundabout; Cowboy Justice (2006 Palmetto)
John Pattitucci; Soaring; Line by Line (2006 Concord)
Toon Tunes; Popeye the Sailor; Action-Packed Anthems (2001 Rhino)
[mic break 1:02 p.m.]

Set Five
Frank Zappa; Chunga's Revenge; 12/26/75 Oakland
Big Neighborhood; Anthem for Jolyon Wagg; 11:11 (2006 Origin)
Marian McPartland & Steely Dan; Things Ain't What They Used To Be; Piano Jazz(Radio Broadcast) (2005 Concord)
Marian McPartland & Steely Dan; Chain Lightning; Piano Jazz(Radio Broadcast) (2005 Concord)
[mic break 4:47 p.m.]

Set Six
Mike LeDonne; Bones; On Fire (2006 Savant)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, November 19, 2006

Set One
Yes; A Venture; The Yes Album (1971 Atlantic)
Gary Wofsey and his Jazz Orchestra; Perpetual Change; In Stereo (2000 Ambi)
Phil Kelley & the SW Santa Ana Winds; Pleading Dim Cap; My Museum (2006 Origin)
Chad Rager Groove; Whippin' Post; 21st Century Groove (2006 Strokeland)
Milton Friedman; Pencil; From the PBS series "Free to Choose"
[mic break 10:37 a.m.]

Set Two
Milton Friedman; The Four Ways to Spend Money
Sonny Rollins; Someday I'll Find You; Sonny, Please (2006 Doxy)
Frank Morgan; Don't Get Around Much Any More; Raising the Standard (2005 Highnote)
Christian McBride; Sonic Tonic; Live at Tonic (2006 Ropeadope)
Christian McBride; Hibiscus; Live at Tonic (2006 Ropeadope)
[mic break 11:14 a.m.]

Set Three
Sherrie Maricle & the DIVA Jazz Orchestra; Titter Pipes; TNT: A Tommy Newsom Tribute (2005 Lightyear)
Gary Wofsey and his Jazz Orchestra; The Firebird; In Stereo (2000 Ambi)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; A Pound For A Brown; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
Paul Dunmati Big Band; Part One; I Wish You Peace (2004 Cuneiform)
Joe Gallant & Illuminati; The Music Never Stopped; The Blues for Allah Project (1996 Knitting Factory)
[mic break 12:05 p.m.]

Set Four
Count Basie & His Orchestra; Five O'Cock Whistle; America's #1 Band (2003 Columbia)
Count Basie & His Orchestra; Broadway; America's #1 Band (2003 Columbia)
Count Basie Octet; Neal's Deal; America's #1 Band (2003 Columbia)
Count Basie Octet; Bluebeard Blues; America's #1 Band (2003 Columbia)
Count Basie & His Orchestra; Swingin' the Blues; America's #1 Band (2003 Columbia)
Count Basie & His Orchestra; Rock-a-Bye Basie; America's #1 Band (2003 Columbia)
[mic break 12:30 p.m.]

News Summary

Set Five
Wycliffe Gordon; Shhh!!! (The Band Is Trying To Play); Cone's Coup (2006 Criss Cross Jazz)
The Jazz Circle; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Joshua (2006 Jazz Circle)
Cedar Walton; Seven Minds; One Flight Down (2006 HighNote)
Wayne Escoffery; I Should Care; Intuitiion (2004 Nagel Heyer)
Billy Hart; Mellow B; Quartet (2006 HighNote)
Miles Davis & John Coltrane; On Green Dolphin Street; The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 (2004 Sony)
[mic break 1:34 p.m.]

Set Six
Zoot Sims; The Red Door; Tenorly (2001 TIM)
Houston Person/Bill Charlap; If I Ruled The World; You Taught My Heart to Sing (2006 HighNote)
Yes; Perpetual Change The Yes Album (1971 Atlantic)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Train Wreck

The Three Amigos--Bob Dylan (vocals & recorder), Peter Himmelman (guitar), Harry Dean Stanton (vocals & harmonica)--perform "Adelita" at the Chabad TV studio in 1989.



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Playlist, November 12, 2006

Set One
Ray Brown Trio; Sister Sadie; Bassics (2006 Concord)
Sonny Rollins; Stairway to the Stars; Sonny, Please (2006 Doxy)
Larry Vuckovich Trio; Come Rain or Come Shine; Street Scene (2006 Tetrachord)
Joan Hickey; The Man I Love; Between the Lines (2006 OA2)
Javon Jackson; Chief Blackwater; Now (2006 Palmetto)
[mic break 10:39 a.m.]

Set Two
Phil Kelly & the Santa Ana Winds; Jeannine; My Museum (2006 Origin)
Osland Sqxophone Quartet; Concerto for Alto Saxophone & Wind Orchestra; Commission: Impossible (2006 Sea Breeze)
Kenny Burrell; Mark I; Blue Muse (2003 Concord)
Interview with Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell; Bemsha Swing; Midnight at the Village Vanguard (1995 Evidence)
Kenny Burrell; Little Sunflower; Midnight at the Village Vanguard (1995 Evidence)
[mic break 12:05 p.m.]

Set Three
Frank Zappa; Inca Roads; The Lost Episodes (1995 Ryko)
Ed Palermo Big Band; Mom and Dad/Oh No; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
Frank Zappa; Zoot Allures; 7/7/82 Milano
Frank Zappa; King Kong; 7/7/82 Milano
Frank Zappa; Kung Fu; The Lost Episodes (1995 Ryko)
Frank Zappa; RDNZL; The Lost Episodes (1995 Ryko)
[mic break 12:55 p.m.]

Set Four
Ben Allison; Tricky Dick; Cowboy Justice (2006 Palmetto)
Mike LeDonne; Bones; On Fire (2006 Savant)
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band; Hot House; Dizzy's Business (2006 MCG Jazz)
Charnett Moffett; Parade; Planet Home (1995 Evidence)
Cedar Walton; Little Sunflower; One Flight Down (2006 HighNote)
Wayne Escoffery; Is This the Same Place I'm In?; Intuition (2006 Nagel Heyer)
[mic break 1:42 p.m.]

Set Five
Henri Rene and his Orchestra; Hansel And Pretzel; Space Age Pop vol 2: Mallets in Wonderland (1995 RCA/BMG)
The Three Suns; Autumn Leaves; Space Age Pop vol 2: Mallets in Wonderland (1995 RCA/BMG)
Uncle Moon; Thank Heaven for Little Girls; Homestyle (2006 Uncle Moon)

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Playlist, Sunday, November 5, 2006

Set One
Barbara Sfraga & Center Search Quest; Hang On, Fly Home; Timelessness Frozen in Time (2006 SyncTinCity)
One O'Clock Lab Band; Doktor Creepface; Lab 2006 (2006 North Texas Jazz)
Eric Dolphy; The Baron; Out There (2006 Concord)
Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau; Find Me in Your Dreams; Metheny Mehldau (2006 Nonesuch)
Mike LeDonne; Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing; Night Song (2005 Savant)
[mic break 10:42 a.m.]

Set Two
Barbara Sfraga & Center Search Quest; Tell Me Something Good; Timelessness Frozen in Time (2006 SyncTinCity)
Ronnie Laws; Tell Me Something Good; Pressure Sensitive (1975/1995 Blue Note)
Jim Hall; Alone Together; Hallmarks: The Best of (2006 Concord)
Bill Frisell/Ron Carter/Paul Motian; Monroe; Bill Frisell/Ron Carter/Paul Motian (2006 Nonesuch)
Miles Davis; All Blues; The Best of Seven Steps 1963-1964 (2006 Columbia)
Chad Rager Groove; Whippin' Post; 21st Century Groove (2006 Modern Groove/Strokeland)
[mic break 11:31 a.m.]

Set Three
Joe Jewell Quartet; While We're Young; Every Note Counts (2006 joejewell.com)
Radam Schwartz; Slow Burner; Conspiracy for Positivity (2006 Blue Ark)
Cecil Brooks III; Bird of Beauty; Double Exposure (2006 HighNote)
Liam Sillery; Slow Joe; On the Fly (2006 OA2)
Dr. Lonnie Smith; Trouble Man; Jungle Soul (2006 Palmetto)
[mic break 12:12 p.m.]

Set Four
Bill Anschell; Alone Together; More to the Ear Than Meets the Eye (2006 Origin)
Joe Jewell Quartet; Alone Together; Every Note Counts (2006 joejewell.com)
Joan Hickey; Black Magic Woman; Between the Lines (2006 OA2)
Return to Forever; Captain Señor Mouse; Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973 Polydor)
The Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra; Autumn Mist; In Progress (2006 Pony Bay)
[mic break 12:51 p.m.]

Set Five
Don Aliquo; Spiral Staircase; Jazz Folk (2006 Young Warrior)
Freddie Hubbard; Suite Sioux; Red Clay (1970/2002 CTI)
Jan Garbarek-Bobo Stenson Quartet; Witchi-Tai-To; Witchi-Tai-To (1974 ECM)
Frank Zappa; Alien Orifice; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More vol. 6 (1993 Ryko)
Jim Hall; Stern Stuff; Hallmarks: The Best of (2006 Concord)
[mic break 1:30 p.m.]

Set Six
Rabih About-Khalil; Shrewd Woman; Journey to the Centre of an Egg (2005 ENJA)
Frank Zappa; Drowning Witch; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More vol. 3 (1988 Ryko)
The Who; Won't Get Fooled Again; Who's Next (1972 Polydor)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Why I never joined a fraternity

First thing is, it just didn't seem that appealing. I have always been a loner, and accepting a group of strangers as my "brothers" made no sense. Every now and then, I read something like this:

Pledges In Apparent Hazing Ritual May Have Been Sexually Assaulted

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at UCF was suspended by its national office and has become the subject of a police investigation after three students were recently found so drunk that they had be rushed to a hospital. ..."There were some things confiscated by police inside the SAE fraternity house that leads them to believe that they may have been sexually assaulted," Local 6's Samantha Knapp said. ...Officers said the common area had a strong smell of urine and vomit.

Nice, huh? My recollection of fraternities is that TKE was the "classy" frat at my college. Several of the elected student body leaders were members. They also had a couple of enforcers who threatened to break my legs and vandalize my car.

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