Teasing the Korean Posted April 27 Report Posted April 27 (edited) 1 hour ago, felser said: Is her show available online? Each show is archived for one magical week, before disappearing forever into the ether, unless an alien civilization picks up the broadcasts in thousands of years. (Radio waves theoretically travel indefinitely.) The show is called Surface Noise on www.wmnf.org, and she just won programmer of the year. Surface Noise primarily focuses on late-70s/early-80s punk and new wave, along with genres that led to this, such as 60s garage and glam, and stuff inspired by this. It also includes a segments titled "Your Weekly Todd" and "The Bowie Votive." Finally there is "The Cocktail Mix" in the last 15 minutes of the show, during which she may spin anything including jazz, standards, Latin, Brazilian, exotica, space age, spy, crime, French Pop, Moog, sitar, outer space. She sometimes does birthday tributes in these segments, hence my question for @GA Russell. But this week's cocktail mix will continue Earth Day recognition with a Brazilian aquatic theme, with Brazilian songs about frogs, ducks, fishermen, little boats, surfboards, and March waters. https://www.wmnf.org/events/surface-noise/ You can listen live on Saturdays 4pm - 6pm EST. Edited April 27 by Teasing the Korean Quote
GA Russell Posted May 18 Author Report Posted May 18 May 18 Ezio Pinza - 1892 Meredith Wilson - 1902 Big Joe Turner - 1911 Perry Como - 1912 Charles Trenet - 1913 Kai Winding - 1922 Gary Paxton - 1939 Jim McNeely - 1949 George Strait - 1952 ***** Mike Whitmarsh - 1962 - my favorite pro beach volleyball player Quote
GA Russell Posted May 21 Author Report Posted May 21 (edited) May 21 Dennis Day - 1916 (I remember asking my mother, "Why are they treating that man like he's a kid?") Bill Barber - 1920 Joe Byrd - 1933 Tony Sheridan - 1940 Hilton Valentine - 1943 Leo Sayer - 1948 Marc Ribot - 1954 Edited May 21 by GA Russell Quote
GA Russell Posted May 22 Author Report Posted May 22 May 22 Richard Wagner - 1813 Sun Ra - 1914 Charles Aznavour - 1924 Kenny Ball - 1930 Peter Nero - 1934 Ian Underwood - 1939 ***** Tommy John - 1943 Quote
soulpope Posted May 23 Report Posted May 23 10 hours ago, GA Russell said: May 22 Sun Ra - 1914 Charles Aznavour - 1924 🎂😍🎂 .... Quote
Gheorghe Posted May 23 Report Posted May 23 I seldom know birth dates, but the Sun Ra birthday is interesting. It was in Alabama. It must have been great influences of early jazz that made him become such a great artist, one of my favourites in my early beginnings of loving jazz. I even might say that I "learned" about traditional jazz thru Sun Ra when they sometimes at the end of a set would play just for fun some late 20´s, 30´s stuff and it really sounded great....., he was an important figure for me, as was Mingus, both having come up in the old jazz tradition and become leading figures to talk jazz beyond the boundaries, exploring new areas. That meant jazz for me in my very beginnings with that music..... Quote
GA Russell Posted May 23 Author Report Posted May 23 May 23 Artie Shaw - 1910 Helen O'Connell - 1920 Humphrey Lyttleton - 1921 Rosemary Clooney - 1928 Robert Moog - 1934 Marvin Stamm - 1939 Ken Peplowski - 1959 Jewel - 1974 ***** Bryan "High Speed" Herta - 1970 Quote
GA Russell Posted May 26 Author Report Posted May 26 May 26 Ziggy Elman - 1914 Moondog - 1916 Peggy Lee - 1920 Miles Davis - 1926 Levon Helm - 1940 Verden Allen - 1944 (I saw Mott the Hoople in '70 and again in '71.) Stevie Nicks - 1948 Hank Williams, Jr. - 1949 ***** Ben Alexander - 1911 Quote
JSngry Posted May 26 Report Posted May 26 Am I supposed to eat cake every day now? I mean, I can do that, no problem, but I'd prefer pie. Cobbler, actually. Please advise. Quote
felser Posted May 26 Report Posted May 26 3 hours ago, JSngry said: Am I supposed to eat cake every day now? I mean, I can do that, no problem, but I'd prefer pie. Cobbler, actually. Please advise. Quote
GA Russell Posted May 27 Author Report Posted May 27 I think there should be birthday ice cream to go along with the cobbler. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted May 27 Report Posted May 27 22 hours ago, GA Russell said: I saw Mott the Hoople in '70 and again in '71. From their biker period! To you prefer the biker band or the glam band? Quote
GA Russell Posted May 27 Author Report Posted May 27 1 hour ago, Teasing the Korean said: From their biker period! To you prefer the biker band or the glam band? I was a big fan early on, when their US albums were on Atlantic. I lost interest when they became involved with Bowie. In '70 they were the warm-up act for Jethro Tull. Tull was boring in comparison, and half the crowd left before the end of Tull's set. Quote
GA Russell Posted May 27 Author Report Posted May 27 May 27 Bud Shank - 1927 Ramsey Lewis - 1935 Cilla Black - 1943 Billy Adamson - 1944 Neils-Henning Orsted Pedersen - 1946 Dee Dee Bridgewater - 1950 ***** Dashiell Hammett - 1894 Quote
JSngry Posted May 27 Report Posted May 27 Dee Dee Bridgewater is still in good shape, vocally and otherwise. Saw here at the Detroit Jazz Festival last year and came away impressed, vocally and otherwise. Happy Birthday indeed! Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted May 27 Report Posted May 27 2 hours ago, GA Russell said: I was a big fan early on, when their US albums were on Atlantic. I lost interest when they became involved with Bowie. Back in my rock days, I always loved the first two Columbia albums, All the Young Dudes and Mott, but I did have at least two of their Atlantic LPs. On her annual Christmas show, Ms. TTK always plays "Death May Be Your Santa Claus." Quote
GA Russell Posted May 28 Author Report Posted May 28 May 28 Andy Kirk - 1898 T-Bone Walker - 1910 Papa John Creach - 1917 Russ Freeman - 1926 Arno Marsh - 1928 Tricky Lofton - 1930 Gladys Knight - 1944 John Fogerty - 1945 Claudio Roditi - 1946 ***** PGT Beauregard - 1818 Quote
GA Russell Posted May 29 Author Report Posted May 29 May 29 Eugene Wright - 1923 Gary Brooker - 1945 Mars Williams - 1955 ***** GK Chesterton - 1874 Quote
GA Russell Posted May 30 Author Report Posted May 30 May 30 Benny Goodman - 1909 Armando Peraza - 1924 Lenny Davidson - 1944 Wynonna Judd - 1960 ***** Mel Blanc - 1908 (I saw Mel Blanc give a speech at Pitt in 1980. He did all of his characters. Great!) Quote
GA Russell Posted May 31 Author Report Posted May 31 May 31 Red Holloway - 1927 Tootie Heath - 1935 Peter Yarrow - 1938 Augie Meyers - 1940 John Bonham - 1948 Paulinho da Costa - 1948 Corey Hart - 1962 Christian McBride - 1972 ***** Tony Pajaczkowski - 1936 (I had his bubble gum card in 1964.) Quote
GA Russell Posted June 2 Author Report Posted June 2 June 2 Edward Elgar - 1857 Charlie Watts - 1941 Marvin Hamlisch - 1944 ***** Larry Pfohl - 1958 (I saw him play for the Alouettes in the 1979 Grey Cup Final. Later, he became a pro wrestler known as Lex Luger.) Quote
GA Russell Posted June 3 Author Report Posted June 3 June 3 Josephine Baker - 1906 Al Harewood - 1923 Boots Randolph - 1927 Dakota Staton - 1930 Ted Curson - 1935 Grachan Moncur III - 1937 Ian Hunter - 1939 Curtis Mayfield - 1942 Michael Clarke - 1944 ***** Kenny Ploen - 1935 (I had his bubble gum card in 1964.) Sam Mills - 1959 (In 1981, Sam Mills tried out for the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL, and didn't make the team. In 1982, he tried out for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL, and didn't make the team. In 1983, he tried out for the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL, and made the team. Today, he is in the Canton Hall of Fame.) Quote
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