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Sad news - Johnnie Wright has passed away -- Johnnie was born May 13,1914 -- you know him from his many hits with "Johnnie & Jack" and had been married to the great Kitty Wells since 1937.
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http://www.newser.co...into-grave.html NEWSER) – Not even death can come between a man and his Doritos. Arch West, the Frito-Lay marketing exec credited with inventing the chip brand, died last week at age 97, reports the AP, and his Oct. 1 graveside service will feature the chips he dreamed up after stumbling upon a San Diego snack shop that was frying up tortilla chips in 1961. His family intends on "tossing Doritos chips in before they put the dirt over the urn," it said in a statement. NPR reminds us that there are now 23 different Doritos flavors available in the US; no word on which ones will grace the grave.
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isn't it wonderful the magnificent variety of quality faire available on the web? alas, the short time available to enjoy it, i, sadly, never get enough of your extraordinary programming, or just can't shoehorn it in. the pace and spirit of the big broadcast, with conaty's boundless optimism, knowledge, dynamics, and knowledge are a rare treat. how he manages to earn a living intriques me. i assume him to be fabulously wealthy.
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a longtime personal favorite big broadcast article
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http://www.jazzbash.net/ 38th Annual Jazz Record Collectors’ Bash June 29th – 30th, 2012 Hilton Woodbridge, 120 Wood Avenue South, Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 494-6200 78s, LPs, CDs & memorabilia – PLUS Friday: Jazz collector and film historian David Weiner will present two hours of rare film and TV clips. Saturday: Ron Hutchinson, co-founder of The Vitaphone Project, will present two different largely previously unseen collections of early sound jazz and vaudeville short subjects. Directions By car: Hotel is immediately off Garden State Parkway exit 131A. Commercial vehicles are not permitted on the Garden State Parkway. If you have commercial license plates, please contact hotel for directions. By public transportation: From Penn Station in New York City, take NJ Transit (Northeast Corridor Line / NEC) to the Metropark Station. (Do NOT take train to Woodbridge station.) There are at least two trains per hour outside the peak travel time, with travel time being about 45 minutes. Trains stop at Penn Station in Newark and Newark Liberty International Airport. …From Philadelphia 30th Street Station, take SEPTA to Trenton, NJ and transfer to NJ Transit NEC. Trains from Trenton run approximately once hourly, more frequently after 4 pm. For additional information on schedules and fares, see www.njtransit.com. From Metropark station or any point within a 5 mile (8 km) radius of the hotel, a free shuttle is available to hotel guests and attendees of the Bash. Call the hotel ahead of time for shuttle pickup. Admission & Vendors General admission: $20.00 covers buyer’s admission for two days (Friday & Saturday). After 5:00 pm Friday (including Saturday) and all day Saturday admission is $10.00. Early buyers will be admitted Thursday evening after 7:30 pm for $40.00. Doors open 8:00 am on Friday & Saturday. Vendor space: All tables are 6 ft x 3 ft. Cost in advance is $70.00 per table for 2 days, $45 for Friday only or $30 for Saturday only. A 50% deposit is required. On or after June 23rd, cost will be $80.00 per table 2 days) on a space available basis. Dealer Setup: Dealers may set up on Thursday night after 7:30 pm. The room will not be available prior to that hour. Rare vintage videos each day: Admission free with Bash admission or $5 each for film show only. Friday: Jazz collector and film historian David Weiner will present two hours of rare film, newsreel and TV clips, showcasing jazz and pop artists of the 1920s through the 1960s. Among the featured performers will be the big bands of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ben Pollack, Abe Lyman, Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey and the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra; small jazz groups led by Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory, Bill Coleman, Teddy Wilson and Mezz Mezzrow; soloists Johnny Dunn,Jack Teagarden, Eubie Blake, Johnny Hodges, Stan Getz, Jo Jones, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Payne, Roy Eldridge and Frank Wess; and vocalists Alberta Hunter, Dick Powell, Astrud Gilberto, and the Mills Brothers. Plus “swing” cartoons, comedy and beat poetry! Also, after the films, rare record playoffs / challenges hosted by Henry Schmidt. Saturday: Ron Hutchinson, co-founder of The Vitaphone Project, will present a largely previously unseen collection of early sound jazz and vaudeville short subjects. Two different shows: First show from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM and second show beginning at 8:00 PM. Both shows will include recently restored 1926-30 Vitaphone shorts. To be added to the mailing list for the Jazz Record Collectors’ Bash, contact: Art Zimmerman P. O. Box 158 Jericho, NY 11753-0158 ‘ (516) 681-7102 zimrecords@msn.com www.jazzbash.net Vendor payment in advance by check or money orde. Cash and checks will be accepted at the door. Non-vendors pay only at door.
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the 1976 columbia masterworks vinyl<br style="color: rgb(28, 40, 55); font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(250, 251, 252); ">not classical, not pop, but some glorious indefinable area between...............<br style="color: rgb(28, 40, 55); font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(250, 251, 252); ">the massive impossible streisand ego is repressed for but one album.<br style="color: rgb(28, 40, 55); font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(250, 251, 252); ">one of a kind........... as i listened to that old vinyl recording at dawn, these september dusk images came to mind. the image of 2 beautiful butterflies who have passed away on the gravel during their beautiful life ending mating ritual is sometimes too painful..... <br type="_moz"> <br type="_moz"> a translation from the french--- When streams turn pink in the setting sun,<br style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">And a slight shudder rushes through the wheat fields,<br style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">A plea for happiness seems to rise out of all things<br style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">And it climbs up towards the troubled heart.<br style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">A plea to relish the charm of life<br style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">While there is youth and the evening is fair,<br style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">For we pass away, as the wave passes:<br style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">The wave to the sea, we to the grave. (1024x768) beau soir streisand
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Wendy's changes its burger
alocispepraluger102 replied to GA Russell's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
a friend, mike, writes::: Personally, I used to like Wendy's over McDonalds. These days I'm not real keen on any of the fast food burger places. The food just doesn;t taste that good to me. Mind you I have no problem biting into a high fat juicy burger. But I can't stand McDonalds burgers anymore. I hope all that research and cost Wendy's did for their new burger pays off but I have my doubts. I can go to Subway and get a double meat double cheese foot long for about $7.50 and its really good and enough for both my wife and I. Many, many years ago when I was in in high school I trained for the first McDonalds in Peoria. I recall a bunch of execs coming down from Chicago to train us how to grill the burgers, etc. I suspect one of the execs could have been Ray Kroc as his office was located in Chicago. But I was just a high school kid who wanted to make $1.00 an hour working part time. All I remember is these guys wore suits and ties. In those days McDonalds brought in fresh beef and fresh potatos. The fresh potatos were peeled, sliced, blanched, and then deep fried and then of course salted. Delicious! The fresh beef patties of course were grilled and the buns were warmed and made crispy on the grill - delicious! The burgers were only served one way with mustard, ketchup, pickle and onion. The milk shakes were still made on the old type multi mixer machines (Ray Kroc sold these type machines in California and this how he discovered the two farmers with the burger stand known as McDonald Bros). I was trained to wait on the customers at the window. We were trained to memorize the prices and totals in our head. The first day of the grand opening people were at least 20 people lined up in each of the two windows to see what a 15 cent hamburger tasted like. In those days the customers were outside as there was no inside waiting area or customer facilities inside. Hamburgers were 15 cents, cheeseburgers were 19 cents, milk shakes 20 cents, soft drinks 10 cents, french fries 10 cents, and as I recall hot chocalate was 12 cents. The customers loved the burgers and fries! Mike -
september in the rain (1024x768) the fed came out 2 days ago and did 'operation-twist', which knowledgeable observers have been suggesting for 6 months would happen. the fed also noted 'significant risk' to the economy sliding into another recession, blaming europe, etc. the fed is going to take about 400 billion dollars and shove it from the short side of the curve(the fed owns a lot of short 6 months to a year paper). they are going to sell that and buy 30 year paper instead with the idea of lowering long term mortgage rates so folks can 'better afford.' home mortgages. they are also take the money they are making on the mortgages they already bought and buying more mortgages from the banks. we already have a long term rate of about 3.1%. too high long term interest rates are NOT a problem with this economy. fixing THAT problem wouldn't be high on my agenda. you couldn't write fiction like this. EVERYBODY knows that the mortgage problem is that people can't refinance because the lending rules have changed and housing values have dropped AND people have income problems. it has NOTHING at all to do with the mortgage rate. this is the wrong cure for the wrong problem. are they doing it because they don't know what else to do? the fed is going to buy 30 year treasury notes, sell them at 100, and rebuy them at 144. i call that dysfunctional. then they are going to buy more mortgages from banks(helping them out) that won't give loans to folks like you and me. had the fed missed the boat this time? i think they may have missed this boat. one of the 2 finest new recordings released this year, in my opinion, is by the sardinian(italian) pianist august pirroda, the bassist with the beautiful technique and tone, gary peacock , and the spellbinding american drummer, percussian genius paul motian. the graceful magical rhythms and harmonies they develop are way beyond my capacity to fathom, but i love to hear and try to understand the ever changing patterns, using and unbelievable stretching of space, and just enjoy the sheer beauty of a magnificent majestic piano trio. hopefully, there will be a sequel soon. brribop!!!!!!!
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.3 mm mechanical(drafting) pencils have been a personal favorite for 30 years, since i filled data on tiny lines in manila folders. fat lines are gross. i still write so tiny that most folks can't read it. skinny leads have to be pretty soft, because the hard ones break. writing with .3 mm leads simultaneously requires a delicate and firm even touch. we all have things we wont compromise; i refuse to write with fat leads. coltrane after the rain
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(1024x768) you won't catch me near a crowded stadium or noisy sports bar with the public, or in front of my tv, for that matter, on a nice autumn weekend afternoon, or even a nasty one. i know you can access the broadcasts on your phone, but i enjoy listening to an exciting broadcast by knowledgeable analysts with historic perspectives on radio, where i can enjoy the beauty of an autumn day or do a few errands or chores. wifi radios are the coming rage; they are REAL great, and i own one. a laptop is a great broadcast source, as well. jim donovan is back in the booth doing the browns radio broadcasts. the pittsburgh steeler broadcaster bill hilgrove can be picked up on wwva wheeling on any of these fine little radios, as long as i stay out of a steel building. there are lots of network radio nfl and college radio broadcasts. the bears are received easily in daytime or at night on wbbm radio. a couple of stations carry the indianapolis colts, and on good nights, the redskins and saints games can be heard. the new york giants games are on wfan at night, and night comes earlui in winter. 15 or 20 college football broadcasts, or more, can be heard every weekend. a personal favorite of mine is the exceptional longtime michigan state broaadcaster(detroit pistons, too) george blaha. marv homan, the former ohio state SID, he of original creative language, with his delightful sidekick, kenny keller, who didn't know a football from a grasshopper were absolute delights. if you can find a tiny tiny slide rule tuned am radio with great sound, a fine tuner and selectivity, and great battery life, at least 250 hours, you can enjoy all the beauty and freedom of an autumn afternoon. my grundig boy(1982) is a miraculous little radio. the exceptional ge pocket radios of 1983 have been unmatched today, have matchless performance. that little ge radio has been dropped on cement and asphalt at least 100 times, and is still an incredible performer. for 28 years, the little $5 battered box has been my sidekick, at work and play. the sony srf-59 is comparatively new with a design only going back a dozen years or so. the tuner is just incredible and the sound circuits are the same as in sony radios costing $200. the only knock on this $12 sony, or less radio is that it's nowhere near as durable as the other 3. i dropped one and the sensitive built in antenna disconnected. the radio runs with one little aaa battery for hundreds of hours. i love my little 4 or 5 dollar greybeard radios; with a quality set of headphones, they add immensely to my enjoyment of autumn. family dollar has a great high sensitivity durable phones for 5 bucks. koss portapro headphones cost about $30, with a lifetime guarantee. send the old set, and koss will send a replacement pair. their sound is great for the money, but the wires are thin and flimsy. i've trashed 2 pairs in about 6 months; you can't use them for high stress activities like running. you just cant beat excitement like this.
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David BoykinChicago Modern Orchestra Project Renee Baker’s CHICAGO MODERN ORCHESTRA PROJECT presents Brown Rice Cooker CREATEFEST 2011 Brown Rice 4432 N. Kedzie Chicago, Ill ... Sept 27 3:00 p.m. Chicago Modern Orchestra Project presentation 6:45 p.m. Trio Percussive- Christopher Bruce,Henry Mayer, Eliezer Kaplan 8:00 p.m Chuck Bontrager 9:15 p.m. Savoir Faire Trio 10:30 p.m. David Boykin 11:10 p.m. Alex Wing 12 midnight Jayve Montgomery –AudioVisual Improv on Healthcare Sept 28 3:00 p.m. Chicago Modern Orchestra Project presentation 4:15 p.m. Vincent Davis/Preyas Roy Duo 5:15 p.m. Alpha Bruton, visual artist 6:15 p.m. Greg Blackburn/Elizabeth Diaz Duo 7:15 p.m. Ernest Dawkins 8:15 p.m Savoir Faire 9:15 p.m. Ben Lamar’s MOUNTAIN 10:00 p.m. JoVia 10:50 p.m. Saalik Ziyad Collective 12 midnight Jayve Montgomery/Cliff Ingram Duo Sept 29 3:00 p.m. Renee Baker solo 3:25 p.m. H.V. Cramond, poetry 4:15 p.m. Chicago Modern Orchestra Project presentation 5:00 p.m. jOHANNA wEISBROCK and Abstract Point 6:15 p.m. Charlie Newman, poetry 6:30 p.m. Saalik Ziyad 8:00 p.m. Dee Alexander and the Evolution Ensemble 9:35 p.m. Douglas Ewart Trio 10:40 p.m. Dan Godston, poetry 10:55 p.m. David Boykin 12 midnight Jayve Montgomery-AudioVisual Improv on being Arrested at BNA
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Wendy's changes its burger
alocispepraluger102 replied to GA Russell's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Same here. I knew it was over when I realized I loved salt-free potato chips... fast food workers from other joints have told me many times that wendy's was their fastfood burger of choice--they were made from fresh beef and they were real. .i'm betting the 99cent jr. bacon cheeseburger will be history, too. i'll try one in a day or two, but i'm not expecting much, and i am expecting bad tasting burgers with greater profit margins, no matter what their promos say. -
Science HomePicturesGadgets Gifts and Toys Store LoginFind a Job Dating Wine Our Papers Feedback My Stories Tuesday, Sep 20 2011 3AM 59°F 6AM 59°F 5-Day Forecast Is that your vinyl answer? Old LPs turned into iPhone speakers By ROB WAUGH Last updated at 7:14 PM on 16th September 2011 Comments (15)Add to My StoriesShareWith MP3s ruling the music industry, and CDs almost a thing of the past, most vinyl records are probably gathering dust in middle-aged men's attics. But not for designer Paul Cocksedge, who transforms the 'dead' music format into speakers for smartphones such as iPhone - 'horn'-style speakers of the sort that used to be used on 78rpm record players. ‘The miniaturisation of technology means that speakers aren’t what they used to be - they need volume, they need to be bigger,’ said Cocksedge. Designer Paul Cocksedge has finally found a use for all those old records in your attics - he melts them into £25 'horn' speakers to amplify iPhone's built-in sounds Cocksedge applies heat to the vinyl record until it softens, then moulds it into the perfect shape needed to amplify noise - so no electricity or power is needed. He will be creating speakers 'live' from his customers' own records at London's Design Festival. For £25, audience members can bring in their own records and watch them being converted into a unique funnel-shaped speaker for their smartphone. More... Sound with no strings attachedThe Zeppelin: A stairway to iPod heaven 'We’re mixing the sound from the past with the sound of the new,’ Cocksedge said. The designer applies a gentle heat to the record until it 'melts' enough to become pliable, then moulds it into a speaker The live event will be held on 20th September at Concrete, underneath a pizzeria on Shoreditch High Street. ‘So they’ll be cooking pizzas upstairs while we’re cooking records downstairs,’ laughed Cocksedge. It is part of the London Design Festival, which runs from 17th-25th September, and will see the city transformed by the country’s leading designers and architects. The entrance to the V&A will be surrounded by a giant 12m timber wave by architects AL_A, while at St Paul’s Cathedral, designer John Pawson has engineered an optical illusion that will allow visitors to see as if looking down from the top of the tower - while still firmly on the ground. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2038226/Is-vinyl-answer-Old-LPs-turned-iPhone-speakers.html Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2038226/Is-vinyl-answer-Old-LPs-turned-iPhone-speakers.html#ixzz1YSP0xDD1 Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2038226/Is-vinyl-answer-Old-LPs-turned-iPhone-speakers.html#ixzz1YSP0xDD1
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She recorded with Joe Venuti in 1933. Dolores Hope, Wife of Bob Hope, Dies at 102 - The Hollywood Reporterwww.hollywoodreporter.com The singer and the comedian were married for nearly 70 years.
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speaking of toast, a talented news journal employee bakes some of the most delightful whole grain and sourdough breads i've tasted, and she generously shares them with her community. Holly Harmon Fackler, the mansfield news journal online editor, bakes just a few loaves of her very own special recipe breads weekly for area farm markets and Paul Kemerling's new north main st. premium coffee shop Relax, It's Just Coffee. miss holly was up baking her treasures before dawn this morning. as jim sangrey just wrote, "The bread is smiling at itself for being so damn good. I love it when that happens!" delius the song of the high hills http://www.youtube.c...h?v=sMpElB955hQ