Playlist, August 2, 2009

Set One
Jimi Hendrix; All Along the Watchtower (Isle of Wight); The Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set (2000 MCA)
Anthony Branker & Ascent; Never Lone; Blessings (2009 Origin)
The Hanuman Sextet; The Notebooks of Mahmoud Darwish; 9 Meals from Anarchy (2009 radio i-ching)
Grateful Dead; St. Stephen>The Eleven; Two From the Vault (2007 Rhino)
The Wiyos; Roll on Down the Road; Broken Land Bell (2009 The Wiyos)
[mic break 10:47 a.m.]

Set Two
AJ Kluth Quintet; Litha; Twice Now (2009 OA2)
Raul de Souza; Crystal Silence; Colors (1975 Milestone)'
Clark Woodard/Joe Farrell; 500 Miles High; Clark Woodard/Joe Farrell (2006 BCS)
Blue Wisp Big Band; Tones for Jones Bones; 20th Anniversary (2001 Sea Breeze Jazz)
Chick Corea & Bela Fleck; Menagerie; The Enchantment (2007 Concord)
Chick Corea & Gary Burton; La Fiesta; The New Crystal Silence (2008 Concord)
[mic break 11:38 a.m.]

Set Three
Roni Ben-Hur; A Flower is a Lovesome Thing; Anna's Dance (2001 Reservoir)
Avishai Cohen; After the Big Rain; After the Big Rain (2007 Anzic)
Olatunji; Mbira; Drums of Passion (2009 Columbia Legacy)
Joe Locke/David Hazeltine Quartet; Pharoah Joy; Mutual Admiration Soceity 2 (2009 Sharp Nine)
[mic break 12:08 p.m.]

Set Four
Katie Pearlman Band; Don't Let Them Go; FloydFest7 (2009 self)
The McLovins; Sea of Wisdom; Conundrum (2009 Triple J)
The Point; Octagon Sun; Live from WPKN (2008 myspace.com/duckandadot)
[mic break & news summary 12:30 p.m.]

Set Five
Ricky Sweum; It's Indicative; Pulling Your Own Strings (2009 Origin)
Kyle Asche; Forget New York; Blues for Mel (2009 Tippin')
Frank Zappa; Farther O'Blivion; Imaginary Diseases (2008 Zappa)
[mic break 1:00 p.m.]

Set Six
The Electric Prunes; I Happen to Love You; Underground (1967 Reprise)
Toon Tunes; Woody Woodpecker Theme; Funny Bone Favorites (2001 Rhino)
Phish; The Divided Sky; 2009-06-09 Asheville NC
[mic break 1:28 p.m.]

Set Seven
Ana Popovic; Steal Me Away; Blind For Love (2009 Eclecto Groove)
Woody Herman; Where is the Love; Children of Lima (1975 Fantasy)
Phil Upchurch; Long Gone Bird; Tell the Truth! (2001 Evidence)
Jeff Coffin Mu'tet; Tag; Mutopia (2008 Jeff Coffin)
Frank Zappa; Trance Fusion; Trance Fusion (2006 Zappa)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, July 19, 2009

Set One
S.M.V.; Thunder; Thunder (2008 Heads Up)
Victor Wooten; Bass Tribute; Soul Circus (2005 Vanguard)
Jaco Pastorius; The Chicken; Stuttgart Aria (1987 Jazzpoint)
[mic break 10:27 a.m.]

Set Two
Alexa Weber Morales; The Goddess of War; Vagabundeo (2007 Patois)
Andy Narell & Relator; Love in the Cemetery; University of Calypso (2009 Heads Up)
Michelle Burke; Ballad of the Sad Young Men; Pulling Threads (2009 Michelle Burke)
Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra; The Tulip Wonder; Meeting of the Waters (2007 OA2)
AJ Kluth Quintet; Wi Fi?; Twice Now (2009 OA2)
[mic break 10:55 a.m.]

Set Three
Claudio Roditi; Gemini Man; Brazilliance x 4 (2008 Resonance)
Avishai Cohen; Afterthoughts (Mozartine); After the Big Rain (2007 Anzic)
Jemimah Puddleduck; Fools in Love; 2009-07-04 Nelson Ledge Quarry
[mic break 11:22 a.m.]

Set Four
Mark Karan; Think It's Gonna Rain; Walk Through the Fire (2009 Dig)
11:30 a.m. Interview with Mark Karan
Mark Karan; Time Will Tell; Walk Through the Fire (2009 Dig)
[mic break 11:56 a.m.]

Set Five
The Duhks; The Fox and the Bee; Migrations (2006 Sugar Hill)
The Devil Makes Three; All Hail; Do Wrong Right (2009 Milan)
Professor Louie & the Crowmatix; Life is a Carnival; Spirit of Woodstock (2004 Woodstock)
The Ren & Stimpy Show; Toon Tunes (2001 Rhino)
Grateful Dead; Candyman; 1979-11-29 Cleveland, OH
Grateful Dead; Crazy Fingers>Other One>Sage and Spirit; One From the Vault (2007 Rhino)
[mic break 12:41 p.m.]

Set Six
Kobie Watkins; Expressions; Involved (2009 Origin)
Daniel Sadownick; Softly as a Morning Sunrise; There Will Be a Day (2008 In Time)
Diverse; D-Day Song; Diverse (2009 Origin)
Vida Blue; Fresh Tube; Vida Blue
Frank Zappa; Chunga's Revenge; Trance-Fusion (2006 Zappa Records)
The Seeds of Evolution; Wake Up; The Seeds of Evolution
[mic break 1:25 p.m.]
Interview: Seeds of Evolution
The Seeds of Evolution; Another Holiday; The Seeds of Evolution
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band; One Bass Hit; I'm BeBoppin' Too (2009 Half Note)
Jaco Pastorius; Satin Doll; Live in Italy (1986 JazzPoint)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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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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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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Two WPKN benefit concerts coming up

Friday, June 26th: Equinox at the Fairfield Theatre Company
Reserve your tickets now!

Friday, July 10th: The Juicy Grapes at the Acoustic Cafe
Food collection for Strangers Helping Strangers--show us your cans!

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Playlist, June 21, 2009

Set One
Tim Davies Big Band; Hanging By A Thread; Dialmentia (2009 Origin)
Igor Stravinsky; Tango; Conducts Music for Chamber and Jazz Ensembles (1999 Sony)
Medeski Martin & Wood; Junkyard; Radiolarians II (2009 Indirecto)
John McLaughlin/Chick Corea; New Blues, Old Bruise; Five Peace Band (2009 Concord)
[mic break 10:45 a.m.]

Set Two
Joey DeFrancesco; Take Me Out to the Ball Game; Joey D! (2008 HighNote)
Either Orchestra; Slow Mambo for JJ; More Beautiful Than Death (2000 Accurate)
Albert Ammons; Bass Goin' Crazy; Picking the Blues: Boogie Woogie Pioneers compiled by John Mayall (2006 Document)
Interview with Matt Detroy 11:06 a.m.
Jen Durkin; Evermore; Equinox (2009 Lotus Sound Works)
The Mystix; Get Right; Down to the Shore (2009 Myxtix Eyes)
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Blues Barrel; Where I Come From (2009 Woodstock)
Calaveras; A City and a Life and a Girl; Green Girl (2009 Fennel & Mustard)
Eddie Harris/Ellis Marsalis; Homecoming; Homecoming (2009 ELM)
[mic break 11:33 a.m.]

Set Three
Kyle Asche Guitar Trio; I Thought About You; Blues For Mel (2009 Tippin')
Frank Potenza Trio; Ode to Billie Joe; Old, New, Borrowed & Blue (2009 Capri)
Elli Fordyce; In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning; Sings Songs Spun of Gold (2009 Fordyce Music)
Matt Ulery; Light Sleeper; Themes and Scenes (2009 Woolgathering)
Chick Corea; Children's Song No. 6; Children's Songs (1984 ECM)
John McLaughlin/Chick Corea; In A Silent Way/It's About That Time; Five Peace Band (2009 Concord)
[mic break 12:22 p.m.]

Set Five
Wake the Dead; My Marianne/The Wheel; Wake the Dead (2000 Arista)
Sunday Brunch Concert: The Harris Brothers Balkan Band
Live from Kasbah Garden Cafe in New Haven
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, June 14, 2009

Set One
The Bad Plus; Comfortably Numb; For All I Care (2009 Heads Up)
Charles Tolliver Big Band; I Want to Talk About You; Emperor March: Live at the Blue Note (2009 Half Note)
Dave Siebels; The Cat; With Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (2008 PBGL)
Shaynee Rainbolt; Go Slow; Charmed Life (2008)
Lynne Arriale; Yada Yada Yada; Nuance (2009 Motema Music)
Kobie Watkins; Short Story; Involved (2009 Origin)
[mic break 10:38 a.m.]

Set Two
Mike LeDonne; Manteca; FiveLive (2008 Savant)
Mike LeDonne; After the Rain; Early Trane: The John Coltrane Songbook (compilation) (2008 HighNote)
Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars; I Cover the Waterfront; The New York Sessions (2007 JSP)
Rob Thorsen; Giant Steps; Lasting Impression (2009 Pacific Coast Jazz)
Rod McGaha; Happy Together; A Gentle Man (2009)
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band; 'Round Midnight; I'm BeBoppin' Too (2009 Half Note)
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band; Manteca; I'm BeBoppin' Too (2009 Half Note)
[mic break 11:30 a.m.]

Set Three
Scotty Barnhart; Con Alma; Say It Plain (2009 Dig)
Tim Davies Big Band; Counting to Infinity; Dialmentia (2009 Origin)
The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra; Flamenco Sketches; The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra (2009 151 Records)
Chad McCullough; Lock Down; Dark Wood, Dark Water (2009 Origin)
Enrico Pieranunzi; K9/Impro K9; Plays Domenio Scarlatti (2009 CamJazz)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Mom and Dad/Oh No; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
[mic break 12:26 p.m.]

Set Four
Phish; Backwards Down the Number Line; 6/9/2009 Asheville, NC
Phish; Kill Devil Falls; 6/9/2009 Asheville, NC
Phish; Twenty Years Later; 6/5/2009 Wantagh, NY
Ozric Tentacles; Spyroid
Pink Floyd; Careful With That Axe, Eugene; Live 1970
Gentle Giant; Playing the Game; Live 1978
[mic break 1:16 p.m.]

Set Five
Bob Dylan; Beyond Here Lies Nothin'; Together Through LIfe (2009 Columbia)
Mark Karan; Easy Wind; Walk Through the Fire (2009 Dig)
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women; California's Burning; Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women (2009 Yep Roc)
Steve Earle; Where I Lead Me; Townes (2009 New West)
Steve Earle; Lungs; Townes (2009 New West)
[mic break 1:45 p.m.]

Set Six
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Carl Perkins Wears the Crown; Where I Come From (2009 Woodstock)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]


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LiveNation & Aramark: sticking it to the customer one show at a time

Really?!?
Jones Beach: $6.50 for a bottle of water.
Great Woods: $6.00 for a bottle of water.
Really?!?

The same bottle of water that goes for $1 outside the venue. WTF?

LiveNation and Aramark should eat a bag of dicks.

UPDATE: I wrote to both companies asking for an explanation. If either or both write back, I'll post it.

UPDATE: Welcome, Aramark readers! I see you've discovered my blog. Would you care to explain why LiveNation allows your company to charge $6.50 for a bottle of water that retails for $1 outside the venue?

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Sunday Brunch Concerts

Come down and be part of our live studio audience!

Sunday, June 7th, 12:00 noon
WPKN Studio 207, Bridgeport
The Juicy Grapes

Sunday, June 21st, 1:00 p.m.
Kasbah Garden Cafe, 105 Howe Street, New Haven
The Harris Brothers Balkan Band

Admission is free, and everyone is welcome. For reservations and directions, call 203-331-9756.

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Playlist, May 31, 2009

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Set One
Grateful Dead; Playing in the Band; Dick's Picks Volume 18 (2000 Grateful Dead)
Miles Davis; Directions (Friday 12/18, 2nd set); The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (2005 Legacy)
War; Slippin' Into Darkness; War Live (1973 United Artists)
Henry Cow; The Tenth Chaffinch; Henry Cow (1973 Virgin)
Grateful Dead; The Wheel>Playing (reprise); Dick's Picks Volume 18 (2000 Grateful Dead)
[mic break 11:17 a.m.]

Set Two

David Gans; Down to Eugene; The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best (2008 Perfictible)
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Panama Red; The Best of the New Riders of the Purple Sage (2006 Columbia)
Interview with Buddy Cage
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Down the Middle; Where I Come From (2009 Woodstock)
[mic break 12:02 p.m.]

Set Three

Susan Tedeschi; Back to the River; Back to the River (2008 Verve)
Arizona State University Pitchforks; Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da; Chunk (self)
Umphrey's McGee; Spires; Mantis (2009 SCI Fidelity)
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble; Chippie; Forked Tongue (2008 Cuneiform)
Miami Saxophone Quartet; Blue Rondo a la Turk; Fourtified (2008 Fourtitude)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; RDNZL; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
The Count Basie Orchestra; Out of the Window; Basically Basie: Studio Dates 1937-1945 (2005 JSP)
[mic break 12:38 p.m.]

Set Four

Vito De Modugno/Mariella Carbonara; Light My Fire; Il Basso e la Voce (2006 Fo(u)r)
She'koyokh Klezmer Ensemble; Odessa Bulgar - Dem Monastrishter Rebns Khosidl; Sandanski's Chicken (2008 ARC)
The Bobs; Late Model Love; I Brow Club (1997 Rounder)
The University of Arizona Wind Ensemble; Quiet Scream; Towers of Power (2009 Albany)
Dr. Lonnie Smith; A Matterapat; Rise Up! (2009 Palmetto)
[mic break 1:07 p.m.]

Set Five

The Juicy Grapes; Walkashame; For Sale (2008 Juicy Grapes)
Jen Durkin; Heart on a Chain; Equinox (2009)
High Ceiling; High & Lifted; Illusions (2008 High Ceiling)
The TIptons Sax Quartet; Fallout; Laws of Motion (2008 Zipa!)
David Fuiczynski; Shiraz; KiF Express (2008 Fuze)
Susan Tedeschi; Revolutionize Your Soul; Back to the River (2008 Verve)
[mic break 1:39 p.m.]

Set Six
Phish; Bathtub Gin; Hampton Comes Alive (1999 Elektra)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, May 24, 2009

Set One
Time Davies Big Band; Caravan-dalized; Dialmentia (2008 Origin)
Scotty Barnhart; Con Alma; Say It Plain (2009 Dig)
Dexter Gordon; Fried Bananas; The Very Best of Prestige Records (compilatiion)(2009 Prestige)
[mic break 10:35 a.m.]

Set Two
John Coltrane; Spring Is Here; Standard Coltrane (2009 Prestige)
Eric Alexander; Pearls; Prime Time (2008 Jazz Depot)
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band; Chance Encounters; Act Your Age (2008 Immergent)
Duke Ellington; Daybreak Express; 1933-1938 The Cotton Club to Sweden (2007 JSP)
Jimmie Lunceford; Chickasaw Stomp; Strictly Lunceford (2007 Proper)
Louis Armstrong; Struttin' With Some Barbecue; King Louis (2005 Proper)
Nat SImpkinsl; Our Love is Here to Stay; Cookin' With Some Barbecue (1995 Muse)
Don Braden; Never Can Say Goodbye; Gentle Storm; 2008 HighNote)
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band; September; Act Your Age (2008 Immergent)
[mic break 11:36 a.m.]

Set Three
Randy Brecker; Olhos Puxados; Randy in Brasil (2008 MAMA)
New York Electric Piano; Too New to Know; King Mystery (2008 Buffalo Puppy)
The Juicy Grapes; So Long; For Sale (2008 Juicy Grapes)
Q-Burns Abstract Message; Leela; Feng Shui (1998 Astralwerks)
Russell Gunn; Bitches Brew; Plays Miles (2007 HighNote)
Tabla Beat Science; Trajic (2002 Axiom)
Frank Zappa; Thirteen; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More volume 6 (1992 Barking Pumpkin)
Fareed Haque & the Flat Earth Ensemble; Big Bhangra; Flat Planet (2008 Owl Studios)
[mic break 12:26 p.m.]

Set Four
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Ghost Train Blues; Where I Come From (2009 Woodstock)
Ozric Tentacles; Astro Cortex; Arborescence (1994 Dovetail)
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe; How Fine Is That?; The Bridge (2002 Relaxed)
Jimmy Smith; Sum Serious Blues; Milestone Profiles (2006 Concord)
The Neville Brothers; Junk Man; Live on Planet Earth (1994 A & M)
The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra; Ballad of the Sad Young Men; The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra (2009 151)
Frank Sinatra; I Get a Kick Out of You; Gold! (1989 Capitol)
John Burnett Swing Orchestra; Struttin' with Some Barbecue; West of State Street/East of Harlem (2008 Delmark)
[mic break 1:21 p.m.]

Set Five
Wake the Dead; Christmas Eve/China Cat Sunflower/Bank of Ireland/The Bear/Bertha/Cliffs of Mostar; Wake the Dead (2000 Arista)
Umphrey's McGee; Turn and Run; Mantis (2009 Sci Fidelity)
The Industrial Jazz Group; Void When Detached; City of Angles (2002 Innova)
Harry Skoler; Alpine Sunset; Two Ones (2009 Soliloquy)
Miles Davis; In Your Own Sweet Way; Collectors' Items (2009 Prestige)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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I have an ear worm!

I'm gonna slash my wrists if I can't get this corny hippie stuff out of my head.

Playlist, May 17, 2009

If the station actually had a working internet connection I would have posted my playlist today and tweeted every set. How hard is it to have equipment that works?

Thanks to The String Band for coming down to play our Brunch Concert. I enjoyed your set.

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Ed Palermo CD Release Party at Iridium

Big Band arranger and Zappa enthusiast Ed Palermo has a new CD out. Eddy Loves Frank is available on Cuneiform. A short message from Ed:

The CD release party is all set for Wednesday, June 3 at NYC's Iridium night club. I have a killer show planned, so I hope you can make it. We don't play out that much, so it's a rare opportunity to see this band in action.

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Sunday Brunch Concerts

This Sunday, May 17th, 12:00 noon
The String Band

Come to our living room studio and join our live audience. The music begins at 12 SHARP, Admission is free and everyone is welcome. For reservations or directions, call 203-331-9756.

Upcoming dates:

Sunday, June 7th, 12:00 noon
The Juicy Grapes

Sunday, June 21st, 1:00 p.m.
The Harris Brothers Balkan Band
This concert will be at the Kasbah Garden Cafe, 105 Howe Street, New Haven

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Playlist, May 10, 2009

Thanks to Janet Golden for filling in this morning while I coached tee-ball.

Set One
Papa Grows Funk; Slapjack; Mr. Patterson's Hat (2007 Funky Krewe)
Lake Street Dive; Death on Pluto; Promises, Promises (2008 Fyo)
Denise Donatelli; Crystal Silence; What Lies Within (2008 Savant)
Anthony Branker & Ascent; Ascent; Blessings (2009 Origin)
[mic break 1:13 p.m.]

Set Two
Christopher Roberts; Hornbills; Trios for Deep Voices (2009 Cold Blue)
Corona Guitar Kvartet; Astor Piazzolla, Fuga y Misterio; Bach, Ravel. Morley, Hseuh-Yung Shen, Piazzolla (2008 Albany)
David Gans; Echolalia; The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best (2008 Perfectible)
The Roches; Losing True; Keep on Doing (1982 Warner Bros)
The Duhks; This Fall; Fast Paced World (2008 Sugar Hill)
[mic break 1:38 p.m.]

Set Three
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Down the Middle; Where I Come From (2009 Woodstock)
Mark Taylor; Opaque; Spectre (2009 Origin)
Barney McClure Trio; Spot; Spot (2007 OA2)
John Stetch; Sanford & Son; TV Trio (2008 Brux)
[2:00 p.m.]


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WBAI continues melting down

Pacifica's Interim Executive Director Grace Aaron replaced Tony Riddle, WBAI's General Manager, on May 4th by kicking him upstairs to a no-show position with Pacifica's national office. Pacifica's Interim Chief Financial Officer, LaVarn Williams, takes over. The NYC IMC published the leaked letter from Grace Aaron. The comments, as usual for Indymedia, speak for themselves. 

* You will be reassigned from your current position as station manager of WBAI to the national office as
Development Director.
* Your salary and benefits will remain the same.
* You will work out of your home until further notice, and will report to me as your immediate supervisor.

That's not a bad job offer for someone who nearly ran WBAI into the ground, including allegedly 4 months rent not paid on the studio and 2 months not paid for the antenna.

Speaking of Pacifica, former CFO Lonnie Hicks is suing the Pacifica Foundation. The wrongful termination suit alleges that

Pacifica Radio governance factions use guerrilla warfare to coerce those who are different from themselves along racial and political lines, and "acts in an intolerant, capricious, discriminatory, retaliatory, prejudicial and coercive manner" and "believe that the ends ... justify the means."

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Ayn Rand's message to the GOP candidates

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Playlist, May 3, 2009

Set One
Grateful Dead; Brown Eyed Woman; Dick's Picks 14 (1999 GDP)
Lynne Arriale; Crawfish & Gumbo; Nuance (2009 Motema)
Matt Ulery; The Farm; Themes and Scenes (2009 Woolgathering)
Roni Ben-Hur; Bachianas Barsileiras No. 2, Aria; Signature (2005 Reservoir)
Jon Hassell; Courtrais; Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street (2009 ECM)
Russell Gunn; Love for Sale; Love Stories (20098 Highnote)
[mic break 10:47 a.m.]

Set Two
Jorma Kaukonen; Cracks in the Finish; River of Time (2009 Red House)
David Gans; Like a Dog; The Ones That Look The Weirdest Taste the Best (2008 Perfectible)
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Where I Come From; Where I Come From (2009 Woodstock)
Jackie Greene; Uphill Mountain; Giving up the Ghost (2008 429 Records)
JJ Grey & Mofro; Orange Blossoms; Orange Blossoms (2008 Alligator)
[mic break 11:15 a.m.]

Set Three
George Russell Sextet; Tune Up; In K.C. (1961/2009 Jazz Collectors)
Pnuma Trio; Ending 10 Seconds; Character (
The Bad Plus; Comfortable Numb; For All I Care (2009 Heads Up)
Daniel Sadownick; Bronx Bop; There Will Be A Day (2008 In Time)
[mic break 11:44 a.m.]

Set Four
High Ceiling; Politicians Lie; Illusions (2009 High Ceiling)
Lonnie Smith; Witch Doctor; Jungle Soul (2006 Palmetto)

WPKN Brunch Concert with The McLovins

Set Five
James Moody/Thad Jones; Buster's Last Stand; The Legendary 1963-64 Sessions (2007 Lone Hill Jazz)
Stan Getz/Gerry Mulligan; A Ballad; Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi (2009 Jazz Track)
Clayton Brothers; Walking Bass; Brother to Brother (2008 ArtistShare)
[mic break 1:16 p.m.]
Shaybnee Rainbolt; What to Do; Sings Russell Garcia (2009)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Live music with The McLovins this Sunday!

Sunday, May 3rd, 12 noon
The McLovins

Be part of our studio audience. Admission is free, and everyone is welcome. Call 203.331.9756 for reservations & directions.

Please spread the word to your friends on Facebook.

As always, admission is free and everyone is welcome to attend.
From Rolling Stone:

Meet the McLovins, a jam band that covers Phish, the Meters and Weather Report and improvises extensively on their original tunes.

The trio is comprised of Jake (Drumlovin), Jason (Basslovin) and Jeff (Axlovin).

Jeff is still in middle school!!!

These shredders from Hartford, Connecticut, gained notoriety after a fan posted a YouTube video of them performing Phish's "You Enjoy Myself" on the Phish Phantasy Tour message boards.

Check out the video for "You Enjoy Myself" below, and click here to listen to a full live-set recording from one of their gigs in the Hartford area.

Added bonus: Janet Golden will interview the "McLovin Moms" on Morning Mommy Update at 1:30 p.m.

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Playlist; April 26, 2009

Program started at 1:00 p.m. Thanks to J.F. for covering the first three hours.

Set One
High Ceiling; Reality; Illusions (2009 High Ceiling)
The Disco Biscuits; M.E.M.P.H.I.S.; 4/19/09 The Klein, Bridgeport CT
[mic break 1:26 p.m.]

Set Two
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Rockin' with Nona; Where I Come From (2009 Woodstock)
New Riders of the Purple Sage; Pour House Jelly (bonue track); Where I Come From (2009 Woodstock)
[mic break 1:41 p.m.]

Set Three
The Dead; Looks Like Rain (acoustic); 4/24/09 Nassau Coliseum
White Roses; My Little Star; Spark the Chain (2009 Retro Rocket)
Lynne Arriale; Wrapped Around Your Finger; Nuance (2009 Molena)
[2:00 p.m.]

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The plague of the jam band scene

This video is from the Nassau Coliseum lot last night. You can hear the tanks hissing in the background. Look at all the balloons on the ground. Nitrous oxide, a.k.a. hippie crack, is a plague on the scene. It was out of control at the Klein in Bridgeort when the Disco Biscuits played there, and apparently Nassau had the worst gas scene of the Dead 2009 tour.

The nitrous dealers are organized thugs, and they must be stopped.



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Tee-Ball Opening Day

Noah getting a hit on opening day.

Redneck Deadhead hybrid

Wow. Just...wow.



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Music that will give you teh ghey

Love Gods Way has the definitive list of bands that will make your children gay.

We Strongly recommend that you burn the CDs. Make sure your child is watching. Make sure they can feel the heat. It is crucial that the image remains emblazoned in their young minds. They need to know that if they continue to listen to these bands they may Burn eternally as well.

On the gay list: Phish, The Jonas Brothers, Frank Sinatra and Cole Porter.

Included in the list of "Safe Bands": Cyndi Lauper, Cheap Trick and Blondie.

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Playlist, April 19, 2009

Set One
Hendrik Meurkens; Mountain Drive; Samba to Go! (2009 Zoho)
Tom Harrell; The Sea Infinite; Prana Dance (2009 Highnote)
Charles Mingus; Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul; Fire Into Music: The Best of Impulse! vol. III (1989 Impulse!)
[mic break 10:32 a.m.]

Set Two
Arizona State University Pitchforks; Saturday in the Park; Chunk '94 (?)
Art Blakey; Mayreh; The Prime Source (2005 Proper)
Electro Lounge; Caravan (The John Buzon Trio/Eat Static Remix); Electronic Excursion in Hi-Fi Stereo (1999 The Right Stuff)
Max Creek; Something is Forming; Spring Water (1998 Wranger)
Jackie Greene; Downhearted; Giving Up the Ghost (2008 429 Records)
[mic break 11:03 a.m.]

Set Three
The Bobs; Hit the Road; Greg; Get Your Monkey Off My Dog (2007 Bobs)
Sarah Vaughan; Day In, Day Out; Imcomparable (2000 Just Jazz)
Joey DeFrancesco; Take Me Out to the Ball Game; Joey D! (2008 Highnote)
Joey DeFrancesco; Let's Get to the Nitty Grity; Finger Poppin' (2009 Doodlin')
Duke Ellington; Sweet and Pungent; Blues in Orbit (2004 Sony)
[mic break 11:30 a.m.]

Interview with Amy Bob Engelhardt of The Bobs

Set Four
The Bobs; Get Your Monkey Off My Dog; Get Your Monkey Off My Dog (2007 Bobs)
Illinois Jacquet; Bow Jest; The New York Sessions (JSP)
Dave Siebels; Not That There's Anyhting Wrong with That; with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (2008 PBGL)
Brick; Dazz
The Crusaders; Street Life; The Crusaders Story (1996 GRP)
Jaco Pastorius; The Medley: Purple Haze/Thrd Stone From the Sun/Teen Town; Heavy'n Jazz (1986 JazzPoint)
[mic break 12:42 p.m.]

Set Five
King for a Day; Mile After Mile; GOTV 2007
Thin Lizzy; The Boys are Back in Town
Grateful Dead; Weather Report Suite>Dark Star jam>Eyes of the World; Dick's Picks 14
[mic break 1:55 p.m.]

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Steely Dan are out of practice

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Playlist, April 12, 2009

UPDATE: Welcome, Deadheads. The 4/12/09 Greensboro show is here.

Sorry for the delay. I don't know WTF is wrong with our network, but again there was no internet connection and also no audio stream. Here's today's program.

Set One
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
Henry Kaiser/Wadada Leo Smith; What I Say; Yo Miles! Upriver (2005 Cuneiform)
Miles Davis; Walkin'; In Europe (2005 Sony)
[mic break 10:43 a.m.]

Set Two
Miami Saxophone Quartet; Wapango; Fourtified (2008 Fourtitude)
Tipton Saxophone Quartet; Yugo A Go Go; Laws of Motion (2008 Zipa!)
World Saxophone Quartet; Hal's Blues (2006 Justin Time)
[mic break 10:58 a.m.]

Set Three
Tipton Saxophone Quartet; Sind'; Laws of Motion (2008 Zipa!)
Steve Elson; Heaven in Your Eyes; Mott & Broome (2008 Lips & Fingers)
Dave Siebels; I Wish; With Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (2008 PBGL)
Charles Tolliver Big Band; I Want to Talk About You; Emperor March (2009 Half Note)
Colleen McNabb; Who Needs Forever; Don't Go to Strangers (20008 Zucca)
Gene Ammons; You Talk That Talk; Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today? (compilation) (2001 Label M)
[mic break 11:33 a.m.]

Set Four
Ernestine Anderson; This Can't Be Love; A Song for You (2009 High Note)
Bob Sniter/Joe Locke FIlm Noir Project; Last Tango in Paris; Nocturne for Ava (2009 Origin)
Jaco Pastorius; Continuum>Fannie Mae; Live in Italy (2001 Jazzpoint)
Umphrey's McGee; Cemetery Walk; Mantis (2009 Sci Fidelity)
[mic break 12:08 p.m.]

Set Five
Karl Denson; Dance Lesson #2; Dance Lesson #2 (2001 Capitol)
J.P. Delaire; Gotta Keep the Funk Alive; In My Life (2009 jpdelaire.com)
Funkatronic; Electica; Up from the Underground (2006 Higher Synthesis)
James Brown; The Payback; The Payback
CCC; Sunshine a Go Go; Revolved
George Duke; Dukey Treats; Dukey Treats (2008 Heads Up)
Russel Gunn; Because I Love You; Love Stories (2008 Highnote)
[mic break 12:55 p.m.]

Set Six
Joey DeFrancesco; Blues Up and Down; Joey D! (2008 Highnote)
Tom Harrell; Marching; Prana Dance (2009 Highnote)
White Roses; My LIttle Star; Spark the Chain (2009 Retro Rocket)
[mic break 1:13 p.m.]

Set Seven
The Disco Biscuits; World Is Spinning>Voices Insane; The WInd at Four to Fly (2006 Diamond Riggs)
Dave Siebels; The Coupe With Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (2008 PBGL)
Wayne Wallace; Straight Life/Mr. Clean; Infinity (2008 Patois)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Interview with The Barber

Sunday, April 12th, 1:30 p.m.

I'll be interviewing Jon Gutwillig of the Disco Biscuits.

Uniting elements of electronic dance music with more traditional forms of American rock, the Disco Biscuits have long established themselves as one of the most exciting - and influential - touring bands in the country. In the late 90s, the band pioneered a unique style of music, often referred to as "trance-fusion," that distinguished them from their peers, while heavily influencing an entire generation of younger "livetronica" acts.

The Disco Biscuits will be playing The Klein in Bridgeport on April 19th.

UPDATE: For whatever reason, the interview didn't happen. If I can reschedule it I'll post a note.

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Playlist, April 5, 2009

Sorry for the delayed posting. I couldn't get an internet connection at the studio this morning.

Set One
Matthew Shipp Trio; Mel Chi 2; Harmonic Disorder (2009 Thirsty Ear)
Hriomi; Old Castle, by the river, in the middle of a forest; Spiral (2005 Telarc)
Larry Willis; TD's Tune; The Offering (2008 Highnote)
[mic break 10:27 a.m.]

Set Two
Bill Evans; Letter to Evan; The Last European Concert (2009 Gambit)
Bill Evans; Yet Ne'er Broken; The Last European Concert (2009 Gambit)
[mic break 10:44 a.m.]

Set Three
Stan Getz/Gerry Mulligan; Too Close for Comfort; Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi (2009 Jazz Track)
Stan Getz/Gerry Mulligan; That Old Feeling; Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi (2009 Jazz Track)
Benny Golson; Grove's Groove; New Time, New 'tet (2009 Concord)
Bob Sneider/Joe Locke; I Want to Live Main Theme; Nocturne for Ava (2009 Origin)
Roger Kellaway; Someday My Prince Will Come; Live at the Jazz Standard (2008 IPO)
Amanda Carr; Good Bait; Soon (2007 OMS)
Bethany Smith Staelens; All Or Nothing At All; The Big Band Theory (2008 Kotteb)
[mic break 11:31 a.m.]

Set Four
Sloleak; Katie Mae; Sloleak (1996 Pure)
Deep Banana Blackout; Homo Lingo; Live in the Thousand Islands (1995 Artkin Touchya)
Mojo Morgan; Red Light (Roxanne); Got Mojo? (2009 Gedion Soldiers)
KJ Denhert; Message in a Rainbow; Dal Vivo a Umbria Jazz (2008 Motéma)
Danny Green; Panic Nap; With You in Mind (2008 Alante)
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic; An Afternoon with Mr. Bowie; Collective Creativity (2008 3Sixteen)
DJ Zebra; Roxanne Should be Dancing
[mic break 12:16 p.m.]

Set Five
Umphrey's McGee; Made to Measure; Mantis (2009 Sci Fidelity)
Umphrey's McGee; Preamble; Mantis (2009 Sci Fidelity)
Umphrey's McGee; Mantis; Mantis (2009 Sci Fidelity)
[mic break 12:35 p.m.]

Set Six
Joey DeFrancesco; Strollin'; Finger Poppin' (2009 Doodlin')
Julia Fordham; I Keep Forgettin'; China Blue (2009 Little Boo)
Benny Golson; Whisper Not; New Time, New 'tet (2009 Concord)
Take 6; Someone to Watch Over Me; The Standard (2008 Heads Up)
Colleen McNabb; Save Your Love For Me; Don't Go To Strangers (2008 Zucca)
[mic break 1:06 p.m.]

Set Seven
Anthony Branker & Ascent; Never Alone; Blessings (2009 Origin)
Tom Heasley/Toss Panos; Zephyr; Passages (2007 Full Bleed)
Mark Taylor; Maia; Spectre (2009 Origin)
Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra; I'll Be Around; Where or When (2008 Owl Studios)
James Moody/Thad Jones; Great Day; The Legendary 1963-64 Sessions (2007 Lone Hill Jazz)
[mic break 1:41 p.m.]

Set Eight
Wayne Wallace; Love Walked In; Infinity (2008 Patois)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, March 29, 2009

Sorry, no playlist this week. We're in the middle of fundraising, and I was told to follow a format, read a script and play the CDs we were offering as premiums. So much for WPKN's long tradition of unformatted radio and programmer autonomy.

Griping aside, go to their web site and donate. Despite the crap sandwich they're serving for this pledge drive, it's still one of the last bastions of decent radio left and they deserve your support.

Just to save you the trouble of tuning in, here's WPKN, Inc.'s fundraising script as rendered in GarageBand.

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Playlist, March 22, 2009

Set One
Joey DeFrancesco; Come Dance With Me; Joey D! (2008 Highnote)
Reuben Wilson; Slick Willie; Movin' On (2006 Savant)
Joe Zawinul; Fast City/Two Lines; 75 (2009 Heads Up)
[mic break 10:31 a.m.]

Set Two
KJ Denhert; Little Problems; dal Vivo a Umbria Jazz (2008 Motema)
Lake Street Dive; Be Cool; Promises, Promises (2008 FYO)
The Bad Plus; Lock, Stock and Teardrops; For All I Care (2009 Heads Up)
Café Musette; Besame Mucho; Café Musette
[mic break 10:54 a.m.]

Set Three
John Stetch; Sanford and Son; TV Trio (2008 Brux)
Interview with Amanda Carr
Amanda Carr; Mais Que Nada; Soon (2008 OMS)
The James Moody and Hank Jones Quartet; Good Bait; Our Delight (2008 IPO)
Mads Tolling Trio; Black Dog; Speed of Light (2008 Mads Tolling)
David Fiuczynski; Phoenix Rising; KiF Express (2008 FUZE)
CCC; She Said Traffic; Revolved
Rez Abbasi; Bazaar; Bazaar; 2008 Zoho)
[mic break 11:58 a.m.]

Interview with Jen Durkin & Matt Detroy


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Spring Brunch Concert Series

Updated March 17th:

I'm still working on this, but I'm pleased to announce the following:

• Sunday, May 3rd, 12 noon - McLovins
• Sunday, May 17th, 12 noon - The String Band
  

Please spread the word to your friends on Facebook.

As always, admission is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

The March 22nd concert with Jen Durkin & Equinox is cancelled because of her performance schedule, but Jen & Matt are scheduled to stop by the studio for an interview around noon.



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Help Zach Deputy save the show!

Zach Deputy needs your help!

On Friday the 13th, at about 10:40pm, Zach Deputy had his tour truck with all of his gear and equipment stolen from a La Qunita parking lot in Paramus, NJ. Zach performs more than 250 shows per year throughout the Eastern United States and Canada, and is on the road about 300 days a year, thus all of his clothing and every other item one can imagine for his personal life was also in the truck. Zach was on his way to a recording studio in Woodstock, NY at the time, and-- in addition to the instruments and electronic gear needed to perform and record this record-- many tracks that had been previously recorded were in the computer he lost in the theft.

If you can, please visit the link above and help stimulate the Zach Deputy economy with a little good-hearted spending. 




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I'm all a-Twitter

@davidgolden99

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Playlist, March 15, 2009

Set One
Daniel Sadownick; Softly as in a Morning Sunrise; There Will Be a Day (2008 In Time)
University of Houston Percussion Ensemble; Eckhard Kopetzki: Exploration of Time; Not Here, But There (2009 Albany)
Hiromi; Old Castle, by the river, in the middle of a forest; Spiral (2005 Telarc)
Corona Guitar Kvartet; Astor Piazzolla: Fuga y Misterio; Bach, Ravel; Morley; Shen; Piazzolla (2009 Albany)
Joe Friedman; Who's That Lady; Cup O'Joe (2006 NAS Music)
[mic break 10:39 a.m.]

Set Two
Joe Friedman; Blowin' the Blues Away; Cup O'Joe (2006 NAS Music)
Charles Earland; Blowin' the Blues Away; Blowin' the Blues Away (1997 Highnote)
The Bad Plus; Long Distance Runaround; For All I Care (2009 Heads Up)
Jeannie Tanner; C'est Bon, C'est Bon; Promise Me the Moon (2008 Tanner Time)
[mic break 10:59 a.m.]

Set Three
Steve Kimock & Friends; That's What Love Will Make You Do; 3/7/2009 The Norva, Norfolk, VA
Steve Kimock & Friends; Footprints; 3/7/2009 The Norva, Norfolk, VA
Steve Kimock & Friends; Something's Goin' Down; 3/7/2009 The Norva, Norfolk, VA
[mic break 11:34 a.m.]

Set Four
Joey DeFrancesco; Take Me Out to the Ballgame; Joey D! (2008 Highnote)
Russell Gunn; Love For Sale; Love Stories (2008 Highnote)
Anthony Branker & Ascent; Crystal Angel; Blessings (2009 Origin)
[mic break 11:59 a.m.]

Interview with Larry Urban from Café Musette

Set Five
The Miles Davis All-Stars; Four; Broadcast Sessions 1958-59 (2008 Acrobat Music)
Miles From India; So What; Miles From India (2008 Four Quarters)
Gary McFadden; Blue In Green; Shades of Gray (2002 GGM)
Tom Beckham; Grillin'; Rebound (2008 Apria)
[mic break 1:22 p.m.]

Set Six
Diane Marine; Groovin'; Just Groovin' (2008 M&M)
John Stowell; Friendly Giant; Solitary Tales (2009 Origin)
Umprey's McGee; Higgins; The Bottom Half (2007 SCI Fidelity)
The Juicy Grapes; So Long; For Sale (2008 Juicy Grapes)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, March 8, 2009

Set One
Steely Dan; The Last Mall; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
The Bad Plus; Comfortably Numb; For All I Care (2009 Heads Up)
Matt Ulery's Loom; Slow and Awake; Music Box Ballerina (2008 Woolgathering)
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band; September; Act Your Age (2008 Immergent)
Rob Parton's Jazztech Big Band; Joy Spring; Just One of Those Things (2007 Sea Breeze)
[mic break 10:30 a.m.]

Set Two
Phish; Fluffhead; 3/6/2009 Hampton VA
Phish; Stash; 3/6/2009 Hampton VA
[mic break 11:04 a.m.]

Interview with Jerry Vigorito of Band Together

Set Three
Joe Zawinul; Orient Express; 75 (2008 Heads Up)
Dave Fiuczynski; Almond Pear; KiF Express (2008 FUZE)
Geoffrey Keezer; Leucadia; Áurea (2008 ArtistShare)
[mic break 11:58 a.m.]

Set Four
The Subdudes; Light in Your Eye; Live At Last (1997 High Street)
Interview with Jimmy Messa of The Subdudes
Donna the Buffalo; There are Better Days; Life's a Ride (2005 Wildlife)
Les Claypool's Frog Brigade; Shine On You Crazy Diamond; Live Frogs Set 1 (2001 Proawn Song)
[mic break 12:47 p.m.]

Set Five
Charles Earland; Dolphin Dance; Blowing the Blues Away (1997 HighNote)
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[1:03 p.m.]

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March 8th interviews

We have a full slate of interviews today.

• 11:00 a.m. - Jerry Vigorito, talking about the March 21st Band Together concert in Milford
• 12:00 noon - Jimmy Messa of the Subdudes
• 1:00 p.m. - Janet Golden with a Morning Mommy Update double header: marine biolgist Anna Marie Salvato and fitness expert Geralyn Coopersmith

Plus...a little bit from the first Phish concert in almost five years.

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Counting Crows: Friend of the Devil

Playlist, March 1, 2009

Set One
Steely Dan; The Last Mall; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
Jimmy Herring; Only When It's LIght; Lifeboat (2008 Abstract Logix)
Vida Blue; Electra Glide; Vida Blue (2002 Electra)
Medeski, Martin & Wood; Professor Nohair; Radiolarians I (2008 Indirecto)
McCoy Tyner; Contemplation; Guitars (2008 Half Note)
[mic break 10:32 a.m.]

Set Two
James Carter; Rapid Shave; Present Tense (2008 EmArcy)
The James Moody/Hank Jones Quartet; Lady Bird; Our Delight (2008 IPO)
Eddie Floyd; 'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone; Eddie Loves You (2008 Stax)
Frank Sinatra; Introductoin & Theme; On the Radio: The Lucky Strike "Lite-Up Time" Shows 1949-1950 (2008 Acrobat Music)
Carmen McRae; Body and Soul; Live at the Flamingo Jazz Club (2008 Acrobat Music)
Tuck & Patti; A Foggy Day in London; I Remember You (2008 T & P)
[mic break 11:06 a.m.]

Set Three
Ratdog; Corinna; 8/22/08 Canandaigua, NY
Phish; Weekapaug Groove; New Year's Eve 1995 (2005 Rhino)
[mic break 11:45 a.m.]

12:00 noon Brunch Concert
Boris Garcia
Eddy & Kim Lawrence

[2:00 p.m.]

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Talking eminent domain

Jeff Benedict, author of the newly released book “Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage,” will participate in a panel discussion March 4th about the legacy of the eminent domain court fight and the effort to develop the Fort Trumbull peninsula.

The [New London] Day-sponsored forum will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at New London High School. The event is free and audience members will get the opportunity to ask questions and make comments.

Other participants include Susette Kelo, lead plaintiff and owner of the pink house that became synonymous with the controversy; Tom Londregan, city attorney and an advocate for the use of eminent domain to generate economic development; former New London Mayor Beth Sabilia; and Dana Berliner, attorney with the Institute of Justice, which provided legal representation to the homeowners.

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New Sony Product (NSFW)

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Brunch concert with Boris Garcia & Eddy Lawrence

Sunday, March 1st, 12:00 noon

Boris Garcia with special guest Eddy Lawrence
Live at the WPKN studio

Bands happen because they're meant to be...because they contain an energy that simply must find expression. To be clear, Boris Garcia isn't a person, it's a band. Inspired by their predecessors: The Grateful Dead, The New Riders of the Purple Sage, Railroad Earth and Yonder Mountain String Band, Boris Garcia has cleverly twisted the free form spirit of the Jam Band scene with folk, jazz, blues, and the joyous fluidity of bluegrass music to forge their own sound: Jam Grass.

Eddy Lawrence is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with nine solo albums to his credit. Dirty Linen calls his album, “Inside My Secret Pocket”, “a pure delight”, and says “With a cynical eye and wry sense of humor, Lawrence exudes a world-weary attitude that is reminiscent of John Prine at his smarmy best.”

In concert, Lawrence is known for his humorous way with a story and his fluid flatpicking and fingerstyle guitar work. He is accompanied by his wife Kim, who plays upright bass. The Lawrences have recently released a new all-acoustic album of original songs, “My Second Wife’s First Album”.

The performance begins as 12 noon and everybody is invited. Admission is free. For directions or reservations, call (203) 331-9756.


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RIP Louie Bellson

We regret to announce the unexpected passing of Louie Bellson on Feb 14, 2009.
Tenative plans are for an L.A. area funeral, followed by funeral and burial in Moline, Illinois, his boyhood home. Details forthcoming.

Referred to by Duke Ellington as “not only the world’s greatest drummer...(but also) the world’s greatest musician!”, Louie Bellson has expressed himself on drums since age three. At 15, he pioneered the double bass drum set-up. At 17, he triumphed over 40,000 drummers to win the Gene Krupa drumming contest.

He has performed on more than 200 albums with such greats as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Louie Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Joe Williams, Wayne Newton and Bellson’s late wife Pearl Bailey.

In March 2007, Bellson and 35 other jazz greats received the Living Jazz Legends Award from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. In June 2007, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers inducted Bellson as a Living Legend in the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame ceremony, Jazz at the Lincoln Center, New York City.

His new big-band CD with trumpeter Clark Terry, "LOUIE & CLARK EXPEDITION 2" was released in early 2008.

Here's Louie on the Tonight Show playing "Don't Get Around Much Any More."



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Playlist, February 15, 2009

Set One
Nellie McKay; Ding Dong; Get Away From Me (2004 Sony)
Isaac Hayes; Theme From Shaft; Shaft Original Soundrack (1972 MGM)
Frank Zappa; The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution; Sleep Dirt (1991 Barking Pumpkin)
[mic break 10:22 a.m.]

Set Two
Hal Galper; Blue in Green; Art-Work (2009 Origin)
Buddy Rich; Boucin' With Bud; Time Out (2007 Lightyear)
Sonny Rollins; I Want to Be Happy; Sax Symbol (2007 Proper)
Miles Davis; Joshua; Seven Steps to Heaven (2005 Sony)
Nicholas Payton; Drucilla; Into the Blue (2008 Nonesuch)
Art Blakey; Lady Bird; The Prime Source (2007 Proper)
[mic break 11:11 a.m.]

Set Three
The Rocco John Group; Bach to Bird; Devotion (2009 COCA)
Don Braden; Speed Ball; Gentle Storm (2008 HighNote)
Vince Norman/Joe McCarthy Big Band; Tadd's Delight; Words Cannot Express (2007 OA2)
Vince Norman/Joe McCarthy Big Band; South of Capricorn; Words Cannot Express (2007 OA2)
Deep Banana Blackout; Breakfast at Volo's; Live in the Thousand Islands (1994 Artkin Touchya)
Deep Blue Organ Trio; Cafe Regio's; Deep Blue Bruise (2004 Delmark)
[mic break 11:55 a.m.]

Live Music: Caravan of Thieves

Set Five
McCoy Tyner; Mellow Minor; Quartet (2007 Half Note)
McCoy Tyner; Amberjack; Guitars (2008 Half Note)
Bob Sneider/Joe Locke; Black Dahlia; Nocturne For Ava (2009 Origin)
Boris Garcia; Scootch; Once More Into the Bliss (2008 Dig)
[mic break 1:47 p.m.]
Steely Dan; Everything Must Go; Everything Must Go (2003 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]


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Live music on the air!

Sunday, February 15th, 12:00 noon

Stretching the parameters of acoustic swing, Caravan of Thieves has been winning immediate praise for their new and unique brand of gypsy flavored song writing and their high intensity show. The vocal harmonizing, acoustic guitar spanking husband and wife duo Fuzz and Carrie have now extended their family to include fiery violinist Ben Dean and double bass madman, Brian Anderson to complete their colorful vision. Our live broadcast at the WPKN studio is free and all are welcome.

Coming up on Sunday, March 1st:
12:00 noon - Boris Garcia - A self-styled "jamgrass" band with some great songwriting and playing
1:15 p.m. - Eddy Lawrence - This Alabama-born, New Jersey-based songwriter creates wry and insightful songs with an urban but Southern sensibility.

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Playlist, February 8, 2009

Set One
Grateful Dead; Crazy Fingers>The Other One>Sage and Spirit; One From the Vault (2007 Rhino)
Lisa Sokolov; Lush Life; A Quiet Thing (2008 Laughing Horse)
Frank Zappa; Bacon Fat>Stolen Moments>Murder By Numbers; Broadway the Hard Way (1989 Barking Pumpkin)
Liam Sillery; Prana; Outskirts (2009 OA2)
Benny Powell; Best People; Nextep (2008 Origin)
[mic break 10:52 a.m.]

Set Two
Sonny Rollins; Blossom; Road Trips Vol. 1 (2008 Doxy)
Marc Rossi Group; Fatwa in Carbondale; Hidden Mandala (2008 Gravity)
McCoy Tyner Trio; Passion Dance; Guitars 2008 Half Note)
Louis Armstrong; West End Blues; King Louis (2005 Proper)
Mark Rapp; 'Nuff Time; Token Tales (2009 Paved Earth)
Miles Davis; Orange; Aura (1989 Columbia)
[mic break 11:39 a.m.]

Set Three
Miles Davis; Walkin'; Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1963-1964 (2005 Columbia)
Miles Davis Quintet; It Never Entered My Mind; The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions (2006 Concord)
Larry Coryell; Like Sonny; Early Trane: The John Coltrane Songbook (2008 HighNote)
Frank Morgan; Monk's Mood; Reflections (2006 HighNote)
Denise Perrier; You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To; The Second Time Around (2008 Chez Perrier)
Jack Walrath; Blues in the Guts; Gut Feelings (1991 Muse)
[mic break 12:29 p.m.]

Set Four
Ray Levier; Song for Nury; Ray's Way (2009 Origin)
Buster Williams; Prism; Crystal Reflections (1976 Muse)
John Stetch; Sanford & Son; TV Trio (2008 Brux)
Gary Peacock & Ralph Towner; Flutter Step (1994 ECM)
Rockapella; Here Comes the Sun; Smilin' (2002 Shakariki)
Six13; The Miami Mix; Encore (2007 Sameach Music)
Nico Muhly; The Devil Appear'd in the Shape of a Man; Mothertongue (2008 Bedroom Community)
Urszula Dudziak; Papaya; Urszula (1975 Arista)
Pamela Luss; Bewitched; Magnet (2008 Savant)
The Clayton Brothers; The Jones Brothers; Brother to Brother (2008 Artist Share)
[mic break 1:27 p.m.]

Set Five
Boris Garcia; Other Side; Once More Into the Bliss (2008 Dig Music)
Clifford Jordan Quartet; Lush Life; Live at Ethell's (1993 Mapleshade)
BD Lenz; Here and Now; Straight Up (2007 Apria)
Steely Dan; Bodhisattva; Countdown to Ecstasy (1973 MCA)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Hamas insanity on display in Minnesota

Check out this video report of a rally on the steps of the state capitol in St. Paul. Hamas and Fatah struggle for control of the rally and Rep. Keith Ellison is shouted down. The war between Hamas and Fatah has reached the United States. 



(Hat tip: Power Line by way of Little Green Footballs.)


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Israel Matzav: Gaza's 'great food shortage'?

Carl in Jerusalem has a brief photo essay about Gaza's "great food shortage".

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Playlist, February 1, 2009

Set One
Andreas Öberg; Funky Tango; My Favorite Guitars (2008 Resonance)
The Derek Trucks Band; Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Madni; Songlines (2006 Sony)
Lake Street Dive; Dupont; Promises, Promises (2008 Fyo)
Tim Warfield; Oasis; One for Shirley (2008 Criss Cross Jazz)
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band; Punta Del Soul; Act Your Age (2008 Immergent)
[mic break 10:35 a.m.]

Set Two
Don Braden; Willow Weep for Me; Gentle Storm (2008 HighNote)
Joe Baione; Bag's Groove; Oh Yeah! (2008 Joe Baione)
Clayton Brothers; Walking Bass; Brother to Brother (2009 Artist Share)
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic; Vice Versa; Collective Creativity (2008 3Sixteen)
[mic break 11:08 a.m.]

Set Three
Art Blakey; Nica's Dream; The Prime Source (2007 Proper)
Frank Sinatra; East of the Sun (and West of the Moon); All or Nothing at All (2006 Proper)
Chris Potter 10; Estrellas del Sur; Song For Anyone (2007 Sunnyside)
McCoy Tyner; Slapback Blues; Guitars (2008 Half Note)
[mic break 11:38 a.m.]

Set Four
Ernie Watts Quartet; Hot House; To the Point (2007 Flying Dolphin)
Frank Morgan; Equinox; Early Trane: The John Coltrane Songbook (2008 HighNote)
Colleen McNabb; For All We Know; Don't Go to Strangers (2008 Zucca)
Sherrie Maricle & the DIVA Jazz Orchestra; Andalucia; Live (2008 DIVA Jazz)
Denise Perrier; 'S Wonderful; The Second Time Around (2008 Chez Perrier)
[mic break 12:11 p.m.]

Set Five
Fats Waller; I Got the Ritz From the One I Love; The Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2 (2006 JSP)
Art Tatum; It's the Talk of the Town; Piano Grand Master (2003 Proper)
The John Hicks Legacy Band; After the Morning; Mind Wine (2008 Savant)
John Stetch; The Flintstones; TV Trio (2008 Brux)
Henry Kaiser; Meet the Flintstones; Lemon Fish Tweezer (1992 Cuneiform)
Henry Kaiser/Wadada Leo Smith; Miles Star; Yo Miles! Sky Garden (2004 Cuneiform)
David "Fathead" Newman; Shakabu; Song for the New Man (2004 HighNote)
[mic break 12:59 p.m.]

Set Six
Harvie S; Darn That Dream; Now Was the Time (2008 Savant)
Karrin Alllyson; Help Me; Wild for You (2004 Concord)
Herbie Hancock; Court and Spark; River: The Joni Letters (2006 Verve)
Frank Zappa; Outside Now; Broadway the Hard Way (1989 Barking Pumpkin)
[1:30 p.m.]

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