Google redraws maps, attempts to rewrite history

Zombietime's latest post reports the following:

Google Earth, the zoomable satellite photo program produced by Google, shows the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as not being in Israel, but being entirely as part of the West Bank (Palestinian Territories). In fact, the entirety of East Jerusalem is shown as not being part of Israel.

Israel made a horrible error in 1967 when they gave control of the Temple Mount to the Waqf. What has followed is destruction of antiquities, and obliteration of the archaelogical record of ancient Israel.

After September 2000, the Muslim Waqf closed off the Temple Mount entirely to any archeological oversight by the Israel Antiquities Authority. Then, in order to complete new underground mosques at the site, it removed to city garbage dumps some 13,000 tons of rubble from the Temple Mount that included archeological remnants from the First and Second Temple periods.

The intention is to turn the entire 36-acre Temple Mount compound into an exclusively Muslim site by erasing every sign, remnant, and memory of its Jewish past, including the destruction of archeological findings that are proof of this past.

In a country where construction projects may be held up for months out of concern for the preservation of antiquities, the free hand given the Muslim Waqf to destroy Jewish artifacts at Judaism's holiest site is hard to comprehend.

If Google Earth says it's so, it must be so. Say hello to my little friend.



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Air checks

I recently organized the past few years' air checks and I've been listening to them in order. Every now and then there are some wonderful surprises. Today's gem, from 11 August 2002:

• Jana; Stairway to Heaven
• Dread Zeppelin; Stairway to Heaven
• The Coasters; Charlie Brown

It doesn't translate well to print, but the sequence made for some interesting listening.

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

Frigid at last!

I never thought I'd be happy to feel an icy wind outside, but it's a relief to have some seasonal weather at last. My goth Weather Pixie is taking it in stride.

What Does a Kiss Taste Like?

One day a teacher had a taste test with her students.

She picked a little boy to do the first test. She blindfolded him, put a Hershey kiss in his mouth and asked, "Do you know what it is?"

"No, I don't," said the little boy.

"Okay, I'll give you a clue. It's the thing your Daddy wants from your Mom before he goes to work."

Suddenly, a little girl at the back of the room yelled, "Spit it out! It's a piece of ass!"

R.I.P: Alice Coltrane & Michael Brecker

Two notables left us this weekend: Alice Coltrane & Michael Brecker.

Alice Coltrane, the jazz performer and composer who was inextricably linked with the adventurous musical improvisations of her late husband, legendary saxophonist John Coltrane, has died. She was 69.

Coltrane died Friday at West Hills Hospital and Medical Center in West Hills, according to an announcement from the family's publicist. She had been in frail health for some time and died of respiratory failure.

Though known to many for her contributions to jazz and early New Age music, Coltrane, a convert to Hinduism, was also a significant spiritual leader and founded the Vedantic Center, a spiritual commune now located in Agoura Hills. A guru of growing repute, she also served as the swami of the San Fernando Valley's first Hindu temple, in Chatsworth.

For much of the last nearly 40 years, she was also the keeper of her husband's musical legacy, managing his archive and estate. Her husband, one of the pivotal figures in the history of jazz, died of liver disease July 17, 1967, at the age of 40.

A pianist and organist, Alice Coltrane was noted for her astral compositions and for bringing the harp onto the jazz bandstand. Her last performances came in the fall, when she participated in an abbreviated tour that included stops in New York and San Francisco, playing with her saxophonist son, Ravi.

Saxophonist Michael Brecker dies at age 57

Michael Brecker, a versatile and much-studied jazz
saxophonist who won 11 Grammys over a career that spanned more than
three decades, died Saturday at age 57.

Brecker died in New York of leukemia, according to his longtime friend
and agent, Darryl Pitt.

In recent years, the saxophonist had struggled myelodysplastic syndrome,
a cancer in which the bone marrow stops producing enough healthy blood
cells. The disease, known as MDS, often progresses to leukemia.

Becker, who had a home in Hastings-on-Hudson, was born in 1949 in
Philadelphia and had won 11 Grammys for his work as a tenor saxophonist.
He was inspired to study the tenor saxophone by the work of jazz legend
John Coltrane, according to his Web site.

He and his brothers led a successful jazz-rock fusion group called the
Brecker Brothers. Throughout his career, he recorded and performed with
numerous jazz and pop music leaders, including Herbie Hancock and Joni
Mitchell, according to the site.

His technique on the saxophone was widely emulated and taught. Jazziz
magazine once called him "inarguably the most influential tenor stylist
of the last 25 years."

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Playlist, January 14, 2007

Set One
Frank Zappa; Twenty Small Cigars; Chunga's Revenge (1999 Rykodisc)
Mothers of Invention; Absolutely Free; We're Only In It For the Money (1995 Rykodisc)
Mothers of Invention; Flower Punk; We're Only In It For the Money (1995 Rykodisc)
Joe Jewell Quartet; La Catedral (Prelude)/Estaté; Every Note Counts (2006 Joe Jewell)
Dave Valentin; Come Fly With Me; Come Fly With Me (2006 HighNote)
Bob DeVos; Mojave; Shifting Sands (2006 Savant)
[mic break 10:37 a.m.]

Set Two
Barbara Sfraga & Center Search Quest; Timelessness Frozen in Time; Hang On, Fly Home (2006 SyncTimiCity)
Kyle Eastwood; Every Little Thing She Does is Magic; Now (2006 Candid)
Mark Egan; Plane to the Trane; As We Speak (2006 Wavetone)
Irene Reid; Here's That Rainy Day; Movin' Out (2003 Savant)
Rez Abbasi; Thin Elephant; Bazaar (2006 ZOHO)
Miles Davis; E.S.P.; Cool & Collected (2006 Columbia)
[mic break 11:27 a.m.]

Set Three
Miles Davis; It's About That Time (Remix); Cool & Collected (2006 Columbia)
Miles Davis; Great Expectations; Big Fun (1974 Columbia)
[mic break 12:05]

Set Four
Michael Brecker; Song For Bilbao; Tales from the Hudson (1996 Impulse)
The Brecker Bros.; Skunk Funk; Collection vol. 1 (1990 BMG)
Michael Brecker; Sound Off; Time is of the Essence (1999 GRP)
Brecker Bros #3
[mic break 12:38 p.m.]

Set Five
John Coltrane; Iris; Stellar Regions (1995 impulse)
John Coltrane; Offering; Stellar Regions (1995 impulse)
Alice Coltrane; Translinear Light; Translinear Light (2004 Impulse)
[1:00 p.m.]
Live broadcast from the Pequot Library
[2:00 p.m.]

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

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.]

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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.]

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