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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