Fascinated, mesmerized, transfixed, the state of my musical world since I got my hands on the WSP "Wood Tour" show from 1/25/2012. 1st and second sets have been in steady & exclusive rotation in the cd player. I have the 1/24 show as well as NYE, but have yet to examine these thouroughly.

- 1st set Standouts: Bad ass "Ride Me High" as well as a really solid "Jack".

- 2nd set gets cooking 5 songs in with a superkind "Space Wrangler", "Don't be Denied"(n.young cover), "Airplane", "Ballad of John & Yoko"(beatles cover). This 30 minute+ mind & time bending segment hits heights I didnt think possible in an acoustic setting.

A retrospective of the late Etta James' work. The rumored illegitimate daughter of Minnesota Fats certainly put her own stamp on some R&B (or whatever label one cares to place on her style) classics. She could sing rings around the current crop of pop divas whose careers have more to do with good looks than singing ability.

little500 wrote:A retrospective of the late Etta James' work.

"Etta James Rocks The House," is simply the best live recording I have ever heard of any genre, in terms of re-creating the immediacy of the performance as well as the intimacy of the venue. It makes me feel like I'm in the same smoky club as Etta, downing rye whisky libations as I worship at her feet. What an electric voice.

wishing it was Friday,

got my mind right, then popped in a few tunes off the first set of the 1/25/12 WSP "wood tour" show, & then switched to part of the magnificent 2nd set of the 10/28/11 WSP CHicago Theatre Show:

1/25/12: Ride me High > C. Brown, Stop Breakin' Down Blues, Jack
10/28/11: All Time Low > Papa's Home > Tie Your Shoes > Ride me High

I am amazed at how much easier it is to accumulate live music from bands that support such a thing nowdays, thanks to the internet. It took me forever to gather the 1,500 hours of live Grateful Dead shows back in the late 90's, nowdays I would easily have double that if I was interested.

Restaurant Review 2012
Food critics Penny Pollack, Michael Nagrant & Chuck Sudo talk about Chicago's best dining options

http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/ext720/wg ... 07.mp3file

Panic in La Playa(the boys played 4 smokin' nights between a couple of all inclusive beach resorts in Mexico earler this month ). listening to the 1/31/2012 show over the weekend and today.

The 2nd sets: Surprise Valley > Lets Get the Show on the Road > Space Wrangler are filthy.

gotta get into the last 3 nights over the next weeks.

Extension 720 Classic: A Chefs Life
Chefs Anthony Bourdain and Paul Kahan talk about food, life, and the rewarding and sometimes hectic restaurant business.(10/10/05)
http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/ext720/wg ... 61.mp3file

Hotels are mini-universes: so said the original Alphonse Ritz. The managers and/or assistant managers of three of the outstanding Chicago hotels--namely the Wit, the Waldorf-Astoria and the Palmer House--join us tonight to share stories of their adventures and misadventures "serving" all conceivable human types.

Extension 720 on WGN-AM
http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/ext720/wg ... 21.mp3file

I own a cat or perhaps she simply agrees to live with me. I found this podcast pretty interesting, I listened twice:

Queen of Cats Pam Johnson-Bennett
She's is the anointed Queen of Cats, my friend and certified cat behavior consultant Pam Johnson-Bennett. Spending an hour with Pam is like spending an entire lifetime with a cat (all nine of those lives). Pam is the most popular cat book author ever, including the newly revised, Think Like a Cat. That's exactly what Pam does, she thinks like cats. After her visit, all the mice our in studio dispersed.

http://www.wgnradio.com/lifestyle/pets/wgnam-pam-johnson-bennett-cats-steve-dale-petcast-032312,0,908037.mp3file

I own a cat

Surely you meant "My cat owns me"

The Shins on Spotify

hoppy2468 wrote:

I own a cat

Surely you meant "My cat owns me"

The Shins on Spotify

I cannot disagree.

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Sunday Night Radio Special-The Steak House Ladies
Bob and Marianne chat with 5 ladies who work at different Chicagoland steakhouses and chat about their constant communication with each other.

http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/sundaynig ... 56.mp3file

'Weed Forestin' reissue by my friend Lou Barlow.


IMG_6212 by tmeyer, on Flickr

http://sentridoh.bandcamp.com/album/weed-forestin

Dennis Foley, The Drunkard's Son
Dennis Foley to talk about his new book, The Drunkard's Son.
sidestreetpressinc.com

http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/sundaypap ... 06.mp3file

Foley has a prior book: The Streets and Sans Man's Guide to Chicago Eats.

"Parted Ways" by Heartless Bastards
"Wanderluster" by Band of Skulls
"Respectable" by the Stones
"Connection" by Keith Richards
"Drag Racing the Devil" by Angry Johnny & the Killbillies

just put Itunes on shuffle and let 'er rip

Dan Zanes & Friends "Catch That Train" w/ my 8 week old daughter. So far her favorite song is "Let's Shake," followed closely by "Walkin' the Dog."

How I loved the Del Fuegos in the early '90's.

Um... I meant early 80's. Jeez I'm old. Way too old to have an 8 week old baby.

LynnB wrote:Dan Zanes & Friends "Catch That Train" w/ my 8 week old daughter. So far her favorite song is "Let's Shake," followed closely by "Walkin' the Dog."

How I loved the Del Fuegos in the early '90's.

HI,

Wait until she is 12 weeks old, endless smiles and giggles!

Congratulations on the new babe!

Regards,

Admittedly it's a cover and probably lightweight for a lot of folks tastes, but this is hitting the spot on a frenetic Friday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrYntgFr-s0

Walk off the Earth - Cheers (I'll Drink to that)

"Let the Jameson sink in..."

Davooda

"Sinful Nature" by Bear in Heaven and "Immigrant Song", the old Led Zep tune covered by Karen O and Trent Reznor.

"Doc" Emrick calling the Rangers/Capitols Stanley Cup Playoff Game.

He does such a great job and with Eddie O doing color they are a great team
of announcers.

Nothing says Good Morning like Crazy Clown Time.

The Life of Bill Veeck
Veeck biographer Paul Dickson decribes how the former White Sox owner (and all-around nice guy) made the game more enjoyable for fans.

http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/ext720/wg ... 41.mp3file

(Tuesday, May 8) When eating, stay away from : fats, processed comestibles, calories---and dose up on vitamins, milk and protein. Or is it the other way around? The "experts" keep changing the game and ultimaterly, according to Harvey Levenstein, author of "Fear of Food," we worry far too much about what we eat.

http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/ext720/wgnam-x720-levenstein-may8,0,6943650.mp3file

I would love to hear this:


http://www.amazon.com/Sauerkraut-Wurst- ... B001G555SK

Brad Mehldau: Places

Bootsy Collins: "Funk Capital of the World."

In the words of the late MCA, "Oh my god, that's some funky-shit!"

Dresden Dolls, who I still enjoy immensely. I'll be in Dresden next week, thinking of what that must have been like.

Ben Frost and Daniel Bjarnason-Solaris

also, DH, I wrote to the Dresden tourist board as part of my introduction to the German language in middle school before the Wall fell. I still have the cool package they sent me full of photographs and stickers and ephemera. I've visited Mainz, Frankfurt, and Ingleheim!, but have yet to make it to Dresden

The Bataan Death March

Jan Thompson & several US WWII vets (& former Bataan POWs) describe atrocities committed by the Japanese on POWs in the Philippines during the war.

http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/ext720/wg ... 98.mp3file

Cathy2 wrote:The Bataan Death March

Jan Thompson & several US WWII vets (& former Bataan POWs) describe atrocities committed by the Japanese on POWs in the Philippines during the war.

http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/ext720/wg ... 98.mp3file

I dunno C2. Doesn't sound very danceable.