Bones!

'Nuff said.

Playlist, November 26, 2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Playlist, November 19, 2006

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

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

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

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

News Summary

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

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

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Train Wreck

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



Technorati tags: Bob Dylan, Chabad

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.]

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

Me and the boy

Originally uploaded by kimyo.

Drumming at the WPKN drum circle.

Premiums for today's program

CDs - $50 pledge:

James Moody - Homage
Jackie McLean - Demon's Dance
Charles Mingus - Tonight at Noon
Sonny Stitt - Autumn in New York
Charlie Parker - The Story of Jazz
Ella Fitzgerald - Montreux 1975
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in London

Playlist, October 29, 2006

Set One
Dr. Lonnie Smith; Freedom Jazz Dance; Jungle Soul (2006 Palmetto)
Big Neighborhood; Mad Harold's Tea Party; 11:11 (2006 Origin Records)
Bobby Hutcherson; Dialogue; Dialogue (2002 Blue Note)
Pierre Favre; Girimella; Window Steps (1996 ECM)
[mic break 10:31 a.m.]

Set Two
Horace Silver; The Hippest Cat in Hollywood; The Hardbop Grandpop (1996 Impulse)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
Frank Zappa; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance; The Lost Episodes (1996 Ryko)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers; I Hear a Rhapsody; Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (1961/1996 Impulse)
[mic break 10:58 a.m.]

Set Three
Carla Marciano 4tet; Pennies From Heaven; A Strange Day (2005 Black Saint)
The Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra; Harper's Choice; In Pursuit of the 9th Man (2006 hipnotic com)
Paul Agranoff; The Ballad of the Sandman; The Modern Folk Musician (1993 Mike Agranoff)
Rush; The Spirit of Radio; Permanent Waves (1980 Mercury)
[mic break 11:37 a.m.]

Pledge Break
1:00 p.m.
Live from...Where? with the Robert Silverman Trio
2:00 p.m.

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Zappa Plays Zappa video

Four tasty little suckers from the Zappa Family Trust.

Two very recent solos, one from Steve Vai and one from the Dweez.
Also a couple of spring tour snippet.

Playlist, October 22, 2006

Set One
Dave Holland; Four Winds; Conference of the Birds (1973 ECM)
James Moody; Lazy Afternoon; Homage (2006 Savoy)
Matt Marshak, Did You Know; Groovosphere (2006 Nuance)
Osland Saxophone Quartet; Saxophone Quartet #2; Commission: Impossible (2006 Sea Breeze)
[mic break 10:44 a.m.]

Set Two
Dr. Lonnie Smith; Blue Moment; Jungle Soul (2006 Palmetto)
station ID 10:57 a.m.
Mike LeDonne; Could It Be I'm Falling In Love; On Fire (2006 Savant)
Ron Levy; Some Sorta Blue; Best of B-3 Organic Grooves (2004 Levtron)
Papa John DeFrancesco; Pokuscabadabra; Desert Heat (2006 Savant)
[mic break 11:23 a.m.]

Set Three
Frank Zappa; Goblin Girl; You Are What You Is (1982 Barking Pumpkin/RYKO)
Frank Zappa; Theme From the 3rd Movement Sinister Footwear; You Are What You Is (1982 Barking Pumpkin/RYKO)

Pledge break (11:30 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.)

Mal Waldron Quintet; The Git Go; The Git Go - Live at the Village Vanguard (1987 Soul Note)
Station ID 1:07 p.m.
Grateful Dead; Scarlet Begonias>Fire on the Moutain; 1978-10-22 Winterland
[mic break 1:37 p.m.]

Set Four
Grateful Dead; We Can Run; 1989-10-14
Dizzy Gillespie; Manteca; The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995 Bluebird)
Dizzy Gillespie; Anthropology; The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995 Bluebird)
Dizzy Gillespie; Oop-Pop-A-Da; The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995 Bluebird)
Dizzy Gillespie; Cubano Bop; The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995 Bluebird)
Dizzy Gillespie; Victory Ball; The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995 Bluebird)
Dizzy Gillespie; That Old Black Magic; The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995 Bluebird)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, October 15, 2006

Set One
Sue Pasquale & the Windy City Be-Bop Trio; Stolen Moments; Molstly Bop (2006 Pasquale Music)
Jimmy Smith; C Jam Blues; Milestone Portraits (2006 Milestone)
Mort Weiss; Autumn Leaves; The B3 and Me (2006 SMSJazz)
Joan Hickey; Herbris; Between the Lines (2006 OA2)
The Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra; Autumn Mist; In Progress (2006 Pony Boy)
[mic break 10:41 a.m.]

Set Two
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Mom and Dad/Oh No; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Inca Roads; Bonn 12-JUN-2004
Phil Kelly & the Santa Ana Winds; Bluelonious; My Museum (2006 Origin Records)
Mingus Big Band; Free Cell Block F; Live in Tokyo (2006 Sue Mingus)
[mic break 11:17 a.m.]

Set Three
Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau; Unrequited; Metheny/Mehldau (2006 Nonesuch)
Pledge break 11:35 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Wallace Roney; Mystikal; Mystikal (2005 HighNote)
George Russell; Othello Ballet Suite Part II; Othello Ballet Suite (1981 Soulnote)
Frank Zappa; The Torture Never Stops; 10/19/80 Dallas
Grateful Dead; Scarlet Begonias; 10/14/89 Meadowlands
Lovetank; Home; Bestial Glow (2006 Phasepacket)
Vijay Iyer; Imagine; Reimagining (2006 Savoy)
Marylin Harris; They're Gonna Love Me; Round Trip (2006 Wrightwood)
[mic break 1:41 p.m.]

Set Four
Charles Mingus; Ode to Bird and Dizzy; At UCLA 1965 (2006 Sue Mingus)
[2:00 p.m.]

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The Ed Palermo Big Band live!

Ed Palermo on NPR's Weekend Edition.

The arrival of Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, the Big Band's latest CD, prompted a recent visit by Palermo and more than a dozen band members to NPR's Studio 4A for a performance -- and a conversation with Andrea Seabrook.

There are some tasty audio tracks here.

Update: Ed will be on WPKN with Tom Makucevich this Thursday, October 19 at 2:00 p.m.

Technorati tags: Zappa, Ed Palermo

Playlist, October 8, 2006

Set One
Flat Earth Society; Hilton's Heaven; Psychoscout (2006 Bonk/Crammed)
Mark Egan; As We Speak; As We Speak (2006 Wavetone)
Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood; Tequila and Chocolate; Out Louder (2006 Indirecto)
[mic break 10:33 a.m.]

Set Two
Don Braden; You Can't Hide Love; Workin' (2006 HighNote)
Mort Weiss; Love Letters; The B3 and Me (2006 SMSJazz)
Dr. Lonnie Smith; Witch Doctor; Jungle Soul (2006 Palmetto)
[mic break 11:00 a.m.]

Set Three
Barbara Sfraga; Angel Eyes/Sunshine of your Love; Oh, What a Thrill (1999 Naxos)
Interview with Barbara Sfraga
Michael Brecker; Arc of the Pendulum; Time is of the Essence (1999 Verve)
[11:30 a.m. -12:45 p.m. Pledge break]

Set Four
Cedar Walton; Seven Minds; One Flight Down (2006 HighNote)
Billy Hart; Charvez; Quartet (2006 HighNote)
Jerry Berzonzi; Stumbelina; Tenor of the Times (2006 Savant)
[mic break 1:13 p.m.]

Set Five
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Dwarf Nebula Processional March; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; A Pound for a Brown; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
The Taylor Fidyk Big Band; When Johnny Comes Marching Home; Live at Blues Alley (2006 OA2)
Flat Earth Society; Snaggletooth; Psychoscout (2006 Bonk/Crammed)
Frank Zappa; Fire & Chains; Make A Jazz Noise Here (1991 Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa; Strictly Genteel; Make A Jazz Noise Here (1991 Barking Pumpkin)
[2:00 p.m.]

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"Speaking truth to power" = heckling

Let's see...elite, top-shelf Ivy college hosts a controversial speaker (invited by a student group). People who oppose the speaker heckle, interrupt, and rush the stage. End of [civilized] discussion.

The best part is the self-serving statement from the hecklers:

We celebrate free speech: for that reason we allowed the Minutemen to speak, and for that same reason we peacefully occupied the stage and spoke ourselves. Our peaceful protest was violently attacked by members of the College Republicans and their supporters, who are the very same people who invited the Minutemen to our campus in the first place. The Minutemen are not a legitimate voice in the debate on immigration. They are a racist, armed militia who have declared open hunting season on immigrants, causing countless hate crimes and over 3000 deaths on the border. Why should exploitative corporations have free passes between nations, but individual people not? No human being is illegal.

Huh? Slowly now, line by line:

We celebrate free speech: for that reason we allowed the Minutemen to speak, and for that same reason we peacefully occupied the stage and spoke ourselves.

No, you rushed the stage, interruped the speaker and took over. That's not allwoing them to speak.

Our peaceful protest was violently attacked by members of the College Republicans and their supporters,

As opposed to your own act of violence, which you fail to see as such.

The Minutemen are not a legitimate voice in the debate on immigration.

"I disagree; therefore they have no right to speak."

They are a racist, armed militia who have declared open hunting season on immigrants, causing countless hate crimes and over 3000 deaths on the border.

Sources, please? It's easy to say someone has caused "countless" hate crimes when you don't have to count them. Don't forget to provide your sources tying them to over 3000 deaths.

Why should exploitative corporations have free passes between nations, but individual people not?

That's a red herring. You were discussing your behavior before you changed the subject.

No human being is illegal.

Human beings are not illegal, but sometimes their actions are. Congratulations. You hit all the talking points and slogans. You shut down speech that you found objectionable. G-d help us all if you come into power. Now go read The Gulag Archipelago.

Technorati tags: Columbia, Minutemen, Jim Gilchrist, thugs

Male Restroom Etiquette

An important public service documentary. Learn it well; our civilization depends on it.

Playlist, October 1, 2006

Set One
McCoy Tyner; Sama Layuca; Milestone Profiles (2006 Milestone)
John Coltrane; I Hear a Rhapsody; Lush Life (2006 Concord)
Coleman Hawkins; I'll Never Be The Same; The Hawk Relaxes (2006 Prestige)
[mic break 10:26 a.m.]

Set Two
Sonny Rollins; St. Thomas; Saxophone Colussus (2006 Prestige)
Charnett Moffett; Rain Drops; Internet (2005 Piadrum)
Mike Stern; Leni Goes Shopping; Who Let the Cats Out? (2006 Heads Up)
Mike Stern; Roll With It; Who Let the Cats Out? (2006 Heads Up)
Pat Metheny Group; San Lorenzo; Travels (1984 ECM)
[mic break 11:07 p.m.]

Set Three
Geri Allen; Portraits and Dreams; Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006 Telarc)
Barbara Sfraga and Center Search Quest; Hang On, Fly Home; Timless Frozen in Time (2006 Sync TimiCity)
Sue Pasquale & the Windy City BeBop Trio; How High the Moon/Ornithology; Mostly Bop (2006 Pasquale Music)
[mic break 11:27 a.m.]

Pledge break

Set Four
Flat Earth Society; Anthem 2004; Psycho Scout (2006 Bonk/Crammed)
The Taylor/Fidyk Big Band; Maiden Voyage; Live at Blues Alley (2006 OriginArts)
Barbara Sfraga and Center Search Quest; Love Breaks Free; Timelessness Frozen in Time (2006 Sync TimiCity)
Eric Alexander; Typhoon 11; It's All In The Game (2006 HighNote)
Cedar Walton; Billy Strayhorn Medley; One Flight Down (2006 HighNote)
Houston Person with Bill Charlap; If I Ruled the World; You Taught My Heart to Sing (2006 HighNote)
Cedar Walton; Dolphin Dance; One Flight Down (2006 HighNote)
[mic break 1:43 p.m.]

Set Five
The Ed Palermo Big Band; RDNZL; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006 Cuneiform)
[2:00 p.m.]


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Musical premiums for today's program

The following CDs are available during the pledge break:

• Casey Driessen, 3-D
• Sam Bush, Laps in Seven
• James Moody, Homage
• Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jungle Soul
• Larry Vuckovich Trio, Street Scene

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Confirmed: I am humor-challenged

I responded to a snarky headline in the New Haven Independent, saying in essence that I didn't think a mugging was something to joke about.

I must be humor-challenged. "Just Don't Take the Pooch" seems very light-hearted for a crime headline. I'm sure the mugging victim is laughing it up after four thugs took his stuff. Maybe Melissa Bailey, Paul Bass, and the Independent readers think a "spontaneous redistribution of wealth" is an acceptable form of urban tzedakah, but there are still some people who think of it as crime.

I have it on good authority -- well, as much authority as an Independent reader can carry -- that I am indeed humor-challenged. There must be some government grant money available to rehabilitate me, or at least buy me a copy of Zinn's History.

Yes, you are humor-challenged.

I take my dog to the Edgewood run frequently, and could easily have been in that victim's place. Even so, I don't object to a little humor in the Independent's reporting of non-violent crime.

Things in our fair city are a little tense. Curmudgeony is not the answer.

The crime may only have been non-violent because the victim was outnumbered 4-1 and he gave up his stuff without a fight. I have a scar on my face because I did fight for my property the last time a group of yutes tried to rob me. It's good for a laugh every time I look in the mirror.

Technorati tags: snark, yutes, leftist, geek

Cognitive dissonance

The only explanation I can think of is that this geek joined the cause to get laid. Something tells me he's not succeeding.

Technorati tags: Hizballah, Manchester, leftist, geek