Dennis Shulman was one of the best of the candidates we found running for office in 2008 and we sure do hope he'll run again in 2010. New Jersey deserves better than Scott Garrett. Dennis has a rich life outside politics, of course-- as a teacher, a psychologist, a writer, a rabbi-- and a drummer. When we first started communicating I was fascinating that a blind person would take up drumming. ...
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__"Robin Hunt walks across Europe this spring and summer. He explores, in the mid-Jacobean era of our own technological renaissance, the state of Europe, travel, cities, the country, art, love, literature, mirrors and printing presses."__(Robin at my local bar, Voxx, photographed by my friend H.)*This week was supposed to be a 'work' week,* with us making our DIY theremins/website and returning...
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Dennis Shulman was one of the best of the candidates we found running for office in 2008 and we sure do hope he'll run again in 2010. New Jersey deserves better than Scott Garrett. Dennis has a rich life outside politics, of course-- as a teacher, a psychologist, a writer, a rabbi-- and a drummer. When we first started communicating I was fascinating that a blind person would take up drumming. ...
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Now that she'd been dead at least ten years, the U.S. Postage Service released a new stamp yesterday (actually, the first new stamp of 2007) celebrating Ella Fitzgerald! Interestingly, it was released as part of the "Black Heritage" series instead of the Jazz series of stamps. I can't help what wonder what Ella would have thought. Would she rather be recognized as a Jazz Singer or for being Bla...
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Today, the USPS unveiled it's Ella Fitzgerald stamp at Lincoln Center in New York. You can read about the stamp more "here":http://mog.com/lesterjonze/blog_post/37522, thanks to lesterjonze. Along with the stamp, Mayor Bloomberg announced today as Ella Fitzgerald Day. So to celebrate, everybody cue up your favorite Ella song tonight at 7pm EST. I don't know what that will accomplish, but ev...
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"Lady Ella" a.k.a. "First Lady of Song" probably recorded more albums than any Jazz Vocal artist I know of. The last time I checked, I own about 50 of her albums. And I mean legitimate albums, not compilations.This particular album on a Verve re-issue was originally recorded in 1958 and directed by the great Norman Granz. ALL (I say again, ALL) of the songs are upbeat and can't help but make th...
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Continuing the "New Jersey" Jazz music theme, here's an oldie performed by Lady Ella. I'm only guessing here, but I believe that this tune started out as an instrumental for the Big Bands, and lyrics might have been added later...Anyone familiar with Jersey will recognize this songs references to Journal Square and other New Jersey lingo...As far as I can tell from my collection, Ella recorded ...
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Like a rusty dagger dragged across new silk, each makes the other seem more miraculous: how does the former not fall apart? how can the latter even exist in the first place? Usual gender roles are inverted: the trumpeter's frailty makes his every move appear daring, while the singer provides infallible strength. Or maybe those are the usual roles.
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A couple of months ago, I wrote an entry that said it was time for some more jazz-themed stamps. Well, I guess there was one in the pipeline while I was writing that. A stamp featuring the great Ella Fitzgerald debuted a couple of weeks ago. When I went to the post office shortly after they were released to pick up a couple of sheets, they told me they had quickly sold out them! A tribute to t...
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Since July 12 2007, according to lastfm◄, I just crossed the 100,000 songs listened to threshold. It was Ella Fitzgerald with A Sunday Kind Of Love doing the trick in turning over my listening odometer.This works out to about 152 songs a day. This seems like a lot, because it also includes my wife's listening to her ipod during that period . Since I load her ipod there isn't too much skewed in .
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...I posted this track for two reasons. My Way Back Machine is still malfunctioning. & You gotta listen To Chick Webb & His Orchestra on this track. His airy supple arrangement is the perfect vehicle for this song. Its not Ms Fitzgerald's finest hour, but hey.......it ain't a bust by any means.Whatever, the song's a lot of fun.
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Outside of a few luminaries (Joni,Janis,Grace)Classic Rock was dominated by male artists. So here's a Clasic Rock Mix, that attempts to right that wrong. To some this mix falls under the category: If you can't beat 'em Join 'em. To me it sounds more like ladies first. Millie Jackson vs.70's Rod Stewart or Toto-I'll take Millie, both times. Nina Simone Vs.Eric Burdon, that's a no brainer. Ella v...
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| 1 The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) |
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| 2 Cry Me a River |
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| 3 Over the Rainbow |
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| 4 Miss Otis Regrets |
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| 5 Let's Fall in Love |
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