RIP Sneaky Pete

Steel pedal guitarist "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow, a founding member of The Flying Burrito Brothers and contributor to FZ’s Waka/Jawaka album, has died.

(by way of Kill Ugly Radio)

Wow! Talk about insanely great...

Apple unveils iPhone

After more than two years in the making, Apple CEO Steve Jobs Tuesday announced the company’s intention to enter the mobile handset market, unveiling the new Apple iPhone. The iPhone brings together several features of the iPod, digital camera, smart phones and even portable computing to one device, with a widescreen display and an innovative input method.

I followed the liveblogging of the keybote speech this afternoon with my jaw on the floor. It was my good fortune to be in a room with two other Mac enthusiasts. The device is pricey--$500 $600, but it will change the mobile communications industry by the time it ships in June.

“Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything,” Jobs said.

Absolutely.

Playlist, January 7, 2007

Set One
War; Low Rider; The Best of War...and More (1991 Rhino)
Christian McBride; See Jam, Hear Jam, Feel Jam; Live at Tonic (2006 Ropeadope)
Christian McBride; Out Jam/GIve it Up or Turnint Loose; Live at Tonic (2006 Ropeadope)
Tom Waits; Step Right Up; Used Songs (2001 Rhino)
Victor Wooten; Bass Tribute; Soul Circus (2006 Vanguard)
[mic break 10:58 a.m.]

Set Two
Geri Allen; La Strada; Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006 Telarc)
Jason Moran; Refraction 1; Artist in Residence (2006 Blue Note)
Manu Katché; Lullaby; Neighbourhood (2005 ECM)
Taylor/Fidyk Big Band; My One and Only Love; Live at Blues Alley (2005 OriginArts)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; RDNZL; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
[mic break 11:35 a.m.]

Set Three
Roberta Gambarini; Multi-Colored Blue; Easy to Love (2006 Groovin High)
Charlie Hunter; Frontman; Copperopolis (2006 Ropeadope)
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones; Weed Whacker; The Hidden Land (2006 Columbia)
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones; Couch Potato; The Hidden Land (2006 Columbia)
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones; Chennai; The Hidden Land (2006 Columbia)
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones; The Message; Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1993 Warner Brothers)
Weather Report; Madagascar; Night Passage (1980 CBS)
[mic break 12:21 p.m.]

Set Four
Don Braden; You Can't Hide Love; Workin' (2006 HighNote)
Vincent Herring; Norwegian Wood; Ends and Means (2006 HighNote)
The Shook-Russo Quartet; Waltz for Nanami; The Shook-Russo Quartet (2006 Summit)
John Hicks; One Peaceful Moment; Sweet Love of Mine (2006 HighNote)
Ray Charles + Count Basie Orchestra; The Long and Winding Road; Ray Sings Basie Plays (2006 Concord)
Ray Charles + Count Basie Orchestra; Look What Theyve Done To My Song; Ray Sings Basie Plays (2006 Concord)
[mic break 1:01 p.m.]

Set Five
Miles Davis; 'Round Midnight; Cool & Collected (2006 Columbia)
Sonny Stitt; Put Your Little Foot Right Out; Low Flame (1999 Prestige)
Eric Alexander; Open and Shut; It's All in the Game (2006 HighNote)
Alpendub vs. The Man Cable; Jaga Ode (Dubtronik); The Rough Guide to Yodel (compilation) (2006 World Music Network)
Steve Turre; Da Blues; Keep Searchin' (2006 HighNote)
Vincent Herring; Caravan; Ends and Means (2006 HighNote)
[mic break 1:47 p.m.]

Set Six
Hasidic New Wave & Yakar Rhythms; Spirit of Jew-Jew; Belly of Abraham (2002 Knitting Factory)
[2:00 p.m.]

Technorati tags: WPKN, playlist, Morning Maniac Music, radio

Playlist, December 31, 2006

Set One
Miles Davis; So What; Kind of Blue (1997 Sony)
John Hicks; One Peaceful Moment; Sweet Love of Mine (2006 HighNote)
John Hicks; Blue in Green; Live at Maybeck Recital Hall (1991 Concord)
John Hicks; It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing); Friends Old and New (1992 BMG)
John Hicks; Impact; After the Morning (1979 West 54)
[mic break 10:41 a.m.]

Set Two
The Carla White/Manny Duran Band; Fats Flats; Andruline (1984 Stash)
Ray Barretto; Song for Chano; Ancestral Messages (1993 Concord Picante)
Ray Barretto; Freedom Jazz Dance; Ancestral Messages (1993 Concord Picante)
Johnny Lytle; Caravan; Moonchild (1992 Muse)
Freddie Hubbard; Little Sunflower; Backlash (1966/1985 Atlantic)
Hilton Ruiz; A Night in Tunisia; Cross Currents (1985 Stash)
[mic break 11:27 a.m.]

Set Three
Greg Abate Quintet; Nutville; Horace Is Here (2004 Koko Jazz)
Rashaan Roland Kirk; Donna Lee; Aces Back to Back (1998 32 Jazz)
Rashaan Roland Kirk; Arrival; Aces Back to Back (1998 32 Jazz)
Hilton Ruiz; On Green Dolphin Street; Live at Birdland (1993 Candid)
Hilton Ruiz; Round Midnight; Hands on Percussion (1995 TropiJazz/Sony)
[mic break 11:02 a.m.]

Set Four
Lou Rawls; Stormy Monday; Live! (1966 Capitol)
Lou Rawls; Tobacco Road; Live! (1966 Capitol)
Lou Rawls; I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues; Portrait of the Blues (1992 Capitol)
Lou Rawls; My Kind of Town/Chicago; Rawls Sings Sinatra (2003 Savoy)
[mic break 12:24 p.m.]

Set Five
James Brown; Think/I Don't Mind; Live at the Apollo vol. 1 (1962 King)
James Brown; Sex Machine/It's a Man's Man's Man's World; Hot on the One (1980 Polydor)
[mic break 12:51 p.m.]

Set Six
Dewey Redman; I Should Care; In London (1997 Palmetto)
Dewey Redman Quartet; As One; Living on the Edge (1980 Black Saint)
Keith Jarrett; Inflight; Backhand (1975 impulse)
[mic break 1:19 p.m.]

Set Seven
Jay McShann; Jumpin' the Blues; The Big Apple Bash (1979 Atlantic)
Malachi Thompson; Freebop Now!; Freebop Now! (1998 Delmark)
Jackie McLean; The Breakout; Hipnosis (1967/1978 Blue Note)
[mic break 1:41 p.m.]

Set Eight
Grateful Dead; Samba in the Rain; 8/1/94 Auburn Hills MI
John Hicks; Sunset Blues; Sweet Love of Mine (2006 HighNote)
[2:00 p.m.]

Technorati tags: WPKN, playlist, Morning Maniac Music, radio

Playlist, December 24, 2006

Set One
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention; "Absolutely Free" suite; Absolutely Free (1967/1988 Ryko)
The Mothers; Call Any Vegetable; Just Another Band From L.A. (1970 Reprise)
Frank Zappa; Duke of Electric Prunes; Orchestral Favorites (1979 DiscReet)
[mic break 10:33 a.m.]

Set Two
Frank Zappa; The Downtown Talent Scout; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More vol. 5 (1992 Ryko)
Frank Zappa; Charles Ives; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More vol. 5 (1992 Ryko)
Mothers of Invention; Are You Hung Up?; We're Only In It For The Money (1968/1995 Ryko)
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention; Who Needs the Peace Corps; We're Only In It For The Money (1968/1995 Ryko)
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention; Holiday in Berlin; Ahead of Their Time (1993 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention; The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves the Stage; Ahead of Their Time (1993 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention; Undaunted, the Band Plays On; Ahead of Their Time (1993 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa; "This Town is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich" suite; 200 Motels (1970 MGM/Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa; Bogus Pomp; Orchestral Favorites (1979 DiscReet)
[mic break 11:21 a.m.]

Set Three
Frank Zappa; Piano/Drum Duet; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More vol. 5 (1992 Ryko)
Jean-Luc Ponty; Music for Electric Violin & Low-Budget Orchestra; King Kong (1970 Liberty)
[mic break 11:49 a.m.]

Set Four
Frank Zappa; A Pound For A Brown; The Yellow Shark (1973 Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa; A Pound For A Brown; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More vol. 5 (1992 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention; A Pound For A Brown; Ahead of Their Time (1993 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention; Sleeping in a Jar; Ahead of Their Time (1993 Rykodisc)
Frank Zappa; A Pound For A Brown; 11/21/1981 U of Illinois
Frank Zappa; A Pound For A Brown; 2/26/1978 Brussels
The Ed Palermo Big Band; A Pound For A Brown; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention; Legend of the Golden Arches; Uncle Meat (1968 Bizarre)
[mic break 12:51 p.m.]

Set Five
Frank Zappa; T'Mershi Duween; 1/10/1975 Vancouver
Frank Zappa; Zoot Allures/Sleep Dirt/Black Napkins; 1/10/1975 Vancouver
Frank Zappa; Ship Ahoy; 2/3/1976, Osaka
Frank Zappa; Sleep Dirt; Sleep Dirt (1979/1991 Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa; Zoot Allures; The Best Band You Never Heard In Your LIfe (1991 Barking Pumpkin)
[mic break 1:36 p.m.]

Set Six
Frank Zappa; "The M.O.I. American Pageant"; Absolutely Free (1967/1988 Ryko)
[2:00 p.m.]

Technorati tags: WPKN, playlist, Morning Maniac Music, radio, Zappa

Playlist, December 18, 2006

Set One
James Moody; A Message to Moody; Homage (2006 Savoy)
Mark Applebaum; Agitprop; 56 1/2 Ft. (2005 Innova)
Frank Zappa; Welcome to the United States; The Yellow Shark (1993 Barking Pumpkin)
[mic break 2:39 p.m.]

Set Two
Rashied Ali Quintet; Sidewalks in Motion; Judgment Day Vol. 1 (2006 Survival)
Arthur Blythe; And One; Bluthe Byte (2001 Savant)
McCoy Tyner & Jackie McLean; Hip Toe; It's About Time (1985 Blue Note)
Dexter Gordon; More Than You Know; Nights at the Keystone (1985 Blue Note)
[mic break 3:15 p.m.]

Set Three
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman; Friend of the Devil; Grateful Dawg (2001 Acoustic Disc)
Andy Statman & David Grisman; Der Rebbe; Songs of our Fathers (1995 Acoustic Disc)
John McLaughlin; Anna; Remember Shakti (2000 Verve)
Zakir Hussain; Nines Over Easy; The Rhythm Experience (1991 Movement)
Grateful Dead; Not Fade Away>Playin' (reprise); Dick's Picks Vol. 10 (2000 Grateful Dead)
[mic break 4:04 p.m.]

Set Four
Mark Egan; Spirals; As We Speak (2006 Wavetone)
Afro-Celt Sound System; Éireann (remix by Mass); Pod (2004 Real World)
Dhamaal; Chalan; Soundsystem (2004 Surya Vault)
DJ Cheb i Sabbah; The Mount Kailash Mix: Waiting for Parvati; Shri Durga (1999 Six Degrees)
DJ Cheb i Sabbah; The Prakriti-Purusha Mix: River of Mercury; Shri Durga (1999 Six Degrees)
[mic break 4:46 p.m.]

Set Five
Henry Kaiser/Wadada Leo Smith; Sivad>Gemini Double Image>Little Church; Yo Miles! Skygarden (2004 Cuneiform)
Vijay Iyer; Revolutions; Reimagining (2005 Savoy)
Sue Pasquale & the Windy City Be-Bop Trio; Honeysuckle Rose; Mostly Bop (2006 Pasquale Music)
Mickey Hart; Tall Grass; Supralingua (1998 Ryko)
Huun-Huur-Tu; Sygyt: "Lament of the Igil"; 60 Horses in My Herd (1993 Shanachie)
Spike Jones; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Frank Zappa; What's New in Baltimore; FZ Meets the Mothers of Prevention (1985 Ryko)
[mic break 5:37 p.m.]

Set Six
Mike LeDonne; French Spice; Smokin' Out Loud (2004 Savant)
Frank Zappa; The Black Page; You Can't Do That on Stage Any More vol. 5 (1992 Ryko)
[6:00 p.m.]

Technorati tags: WPKN, playlist, Morning Maniac Music, radio

Playlist, December 17, 2006

Set One
Weather Report; Cucumber Slumber; Mysterious Traveler (1974 Columbia)
The Crusaders; Sweet 'n' Sour; Free As the Wind (1977 ABC)
The Crusaders; Production Techniques (interviews); The Crusaders Story (1996 GRP)
The Crusaders; So Far Away; The Crusaders Story (1996 GRP)
Steely Dan; Kid Charlemagne; The Royal Scam (1976 ABC)
[mic break 10:43 a.m.]

Set Two
Milt Jackson; Killer Joe; Live at the Kosei Ninkin (1977 Pablo)
J.A.T.P. in Tokyo; Tokyo Blues; J.A.T.P. in Tokyo (11977 Pablo)
[mic break 11:21 a.m.]

Set Three
Tony Bennett/Bill Evans; Young and Foolish; The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (2006 Fantasy)
Keith Jarrett; Part Vii; The Carnegie Hall Concert (2006 ECM)
Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau; Ring of Life; Metheny Mehldau (2006 Nonesuch)
Ahmad Jamal; Billy Boy; A Jazz Piano Anthology (1973 CBS)
Red Garland; Billy Boy; A Jazz Piano Anthology (1973 CBS)
Miles Davis; Surrey With the Fringe on Top; Steamin' (1956 Prestige)
[mic break 12:03 p.m.]

Set Four
Red Garland; Billie's Bounce; The Best Of (2005 Prestige)
Ahmad Jamal; The Night Has a Thousand Eyes; Live in Concert (2000 Just Jazz)
Milt Jackson; Opus de Funk; Goodbye (1973 CTI)
Milt Jackson; Stolen Moments; Live at the Kosei Ninkin (1977 Pablo)
Cedar Walton; Strayhorn Medley; One Flight Down (2006 HighNote)
[mic break 12:52 p.m.]

Set Five
Bill Frisell/Ron Carter/Paul Motian; Eighty-One; Bill Frisell/Ron Carter/Paul Motian (2006 Nonesuch)
Joe Pass; I Never Knew (That Roses Grew); Virtuoso in New York (2004 Pablo)
Mike Stern; Tumble Home; Who Let the Cats Out? (2006 Heads Up)
Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood; In Case the World Changes its Mind; Out Louder (2006 Indirecto)
Al DiMeola; Tao; Consequence of Chaos (2006 Telarc)
[mic break 1:23 p.m.]

Set Six
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers; Blue Moon; Three Blind Mice (1972 United Artists)
Frank Morgan; Solar; Reflections (2006 HighNote)
Charles Mingus; Moanin'; The Art of Charles Mingus (1972 Atlantic)
Billy Hart; Moment's Notice; Quartet (2006 Jazz Depot)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Sleep Dirt; Take Your Clothes off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
[2:00 p.m.]

Technorati tags: WPKN, playlist, Morning Maniac Music, radio

When old buildings were new

I found an interesting digital collection of maps at the N.Y. Public Library. I have always been fascinated by maps, and to a lesser degree, aerial photographs and urban architecture. As I was browsing, I came across a collection titled "Classic Six:" New York City Apartment Building Living, 1880s-1910s.

Here are two adjacent buildings on the same block, the west side of Broadway between 136th & 137th Streets. The buildings went up in 1907, with rents from $480 (probably for the first floor behind the storefronts) to $1,500 (probably the two front corner apartments).

Leslie Court, 137th & Broadway.

The Saxonia, 136th & Broadway.

Here is an aerial view of the two buildings as they stand today. You can clearly make out the plan of the Leslie Court building in the photograph.

Technorati tags: Manhattan, Harlem, architecture, apartments

Victim Worship

One of these is real; one is satire. Which one is funnier?

World Society of Victimology

Dr. Sanity's Practical Guide to Victimhood

Technorati tags: victimhood, victimology, Marxism, fetish

Lynne Stewart, Ward Churchill, and other festivities

Urban Infidel reports from a moonbat party in New York City:

We crashed Lynne Stewart's 'GLOAT PARTY' last night at the Judson Memorial Church downtown across from Washington Square Park. It was a rousing affair to say the least. It came as a complete surprise to the Lynne Stewart folks who were throwing a celebration called 'Ode to Joy and Struggle' thanking everyone for their support over the 4 years of her trial and also to 'unite for the struggle ahead'. 'Struggle' they say? As in 'Mein Kampf' maybe? As in 'jihad' too perhaps..?

The photos speak for themselves.

Technorati tags: Lynne Stewart, Ward Churchill

Playlist, December 10, 2006

Set One
Mike LeDonne; Night Song; Night Song (2005 Savant)
The Mike Longo Trio; All Or Nothing At All; Still Swingin' (2001 Consolidated Artists)
Dave Valentin; Enciendido; Come Fly WIth Me (2006 HighNote)
Dave Valentin; Mind Games; Come Fly WIth Me (2006 HighNote)
Martiro & Chano Domínguez; Torre De Arena; Acoplados (2006 RTVE)
Ottmar Liebert; Night Traveling Raindrops; One Guitar (2006 SSRI)
Tony Bennett; The Very Thought of You; Duets (Sony)
John Hicks; Hold It Down; Sweet Love Of Mine (2006 HighNote)
[mic break 10:43 a.m.]

Set Two
Jimmy Ponder; TNT; What's New (2006 HighNote)
Scenes; Stay Right There; Along The Way (2006 Origin)
Big Neighborhood; Sometimes; 11:11 (2006 Origin)
Christian McBride; Out Jam/Via Mwandishi; Live at Tonic (2006 Ropeadope)
Maria Aurigema; Miracle Man; Take Me (2006 Silvacity)
Medeski, Martin & Wood; Hermeto's Daydream; Notes From The Underground (2004 MMW)
Oregon; Rainmaker; Winter Light (1974 Vanguard)
Mothers of Invention; Little House I Used To Live In; Burnt Weenie Sandwich (1969 Reprise)
[mic break 12:04 p.m.]

Set Three
Joey DeFrancesco; Teach Me Tonight; Plays Sinatra His Way (2004 HighNote)
Jimmy Ponder; That's All; What's New (2006 HighNote)
Wes Montgomery; The Girl Next Door; Impressions of Paris (2000 Recall)
Wes Montgomery; 'Round Midnight; Impressions of Paris (2000 Recall)
Wes Montgomery; Blue 'n' Boogie; Full House (1987 Riverside)
[mic break 12:52 p.m.]

Set Four
Bette Midler; O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Cool Yule (2006 Columbia)
Loreena McKennitt; Sacred Shabbat; An Ancient Muse (Quinlan Road)
Professor Louie & the Crowmatix; Winter Morning; Holiday Time (2006 Woodstock)
Brubeck Brothers Quartet; Parade du Funk; Intuition (2006 Koch)
Tony Bennett/Bill Evans; Some Other Time; The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album (2006 Concord)
Ahmad Jamal; Aftermath; Olympia 2000 (2001 Birdology)
[mic break 1:28 p.m.]

Set Five
Buddy Rich/Lionel Hampton; Fum; Transition (1974 Groove Merchant)
Steve Turre; Faded Beauty; Keep Searchin' (2006 HighNote)
Don Braden; Code Blue; The New Hang (2004 HighNote)
de Grassi/Manring/Garcia Trio; Paint It Black; de man ia (2006 Tropo)
Mothers of Invention; Little House I Used To Live In; Burnt Weenie Sandwich (1969 Reprise)
[2:00 p.m.]

Technorati tags: WPKN, playlist, Morning Maniac Music, radio

MF'n Grinches

From Seattle:

All Holiday trees at Sea-Tac Airport were removed this morning after several community member complaints. They say the trees don't represent all cultures and religions...The trees will not go up again...the airport policy on decorations will be reviewed after the holidays.

I don't celebrate Christmas, but this is beyond stupid. The Winter Solstice is a time to celebrate the return of sunlight, whether or not the trees are associated specifically with Christmas. I enjoy the decorations. The complaining community members would do well to impale themselves on a nice, sharp tree. Does anybody know who they are? Does anybody CAIR?

UPDATE: The person complaining was identified as "a Seattle rabbi with the Central Organization for Jewish Learning who hired an attorney and threatened to sue if the airport did not erect an eight-foot menorah...." I couldn't find an organization by that name, but I did find Chabad-Lubavitch Central Organization for Jewish Education. Chabad puts up those humongous menorahs on town greens. They're usually pretty cool, but somebody is not playing well with others.

UPDATE: CNN has more. Even Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky, who made the original request, is upset. (It didn't help that he lawyered up.) The Port of Seattle apparently fears problems with identity politics and grievance mongering, and decided to remove all decorations.

Technorati tags: Chabad, Seattle, Sea-Tac, identity politics

The high school popularity contest continues

I got the latest email from Classmates.com today. I have had 23 visits to my profile.

Lifetime.

I registered about ten years ago.

The funniest part is viewing my profile. It lists my various communities, and there are a couple of stretches not associated with anything. They list the range of years and ask "Where were you?"? Believe me, if I could either remember or wanted to admit to it, I would have posted it.

I've Googled some of my high school classmates. The comparison is not pretty. Some of them are successful. Then there are others whose claim to fame lies within the grimy studio walls of an obscure noncommercial radio station. I may be an unpopular fuck-up, but I certainly enjoy doing radio at equally unpopular WPKN.

Don't forget to hit the tip jar.

Technorati tags: classmates

Playlist, December 3, 2006

Set One
Stone Jazz; As Tears Go By; Stone Jazz (2003 Lightyear)
Danilo Perez; Overjoyed; Till Then (2003 Verve)
Danilo Perez; Trocando em Miúdos; Till Then (2003 Verve)
The Brubeck Brothers Quartet; Bullwinkle's Revenge; Intuition (2006 Koch)
Taylor Eigsti; Giant Steps; Lucky to be Me (2006 Concord)
Paul Carlon Octet; The Spirit Calls; Other Tongues (2006 Deep Tone)
Mayra Casales; Take the Time; Woman on Fire (2006 Afrasia)
[mic break 10:54 a.m.]

Set Two
Mark Egan; Depraw; As We Speak (2006 Wavetone)
Rashied Ali Quintet; The Big Push; Judgement Day vol. 1 (2006 Survival)
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio; Big M; Big M: A Tribute to Malachi Favors (2006 Delmark)
Dom Minasi Trio; All Blues; Goin' Out Again (2002 CDM)
Rodney Jones; Five For The Duck; Dreams and Stories (2005 Savant)
Gordon Johnson; Canzone Por Nino Rota; Trios Version 3.0 (2004 Tonalities)
Joe Jewell Quartet; Alone Together; Every Note Counts (2006 Joe Jewell)
[mic break 11:53 a.m.]

Set Three
John Patiticci; Circular; Line By Line (2006 Concord)
Lynne Arriale; Arise; Live (2006 In+Out)
Lynne Arriale; Come Together; Live (2006 In+Out)
Frank Rosolino; Misty; The Last Recording (2006 Sea Breeze Jazz)
[mic break 12:38 p.m.]

Set Four
Osland Saxophone Quartet; Cityscapes; Commission: Impossible (2006 Sea Breeze Jazz)
Joe Jackson; Loisaida; Body and Soul (1984 A&M)
Club D'Elf; Vision of Kali; Now I Understand (2006 Accurate)
Tabla Beat Science; Tala Matrix; Live in Stan Francisco (2002 Axiom)
Christian McBride; Ab Minor Jam; Live at Tonic (2006 Ropeadope)
Grateful Dead; New Minglewood Blues; Ladies and Gentlemen... (2000 Arista)
Delta Moon; Baby Please Don't Go; Live (2003 Delta Moon)
[mic break 1:40 p.m.]

Set Five
Cosmis Jibaros; Te Veo; Yo Soy Del Mundo (2006 Cosmic Jibaros)
Joe Jackson; Heart of Ice; Body and Soul (1984 A&M)
[2:00 p.m.]

Technorati tags: WPKN, playlist, Morning Maniac Music, radio

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.]

Technorati tags: WPKN, playlist, Morning Maniac Music, radio

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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