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Listening now - Good selection of music. Guess I missed Clay Grossman. The host is Peter Kostakis. Still a good show. Probably the first time I've heard Bob & Ray on a jazz show. kostakis and art lange are on at that time every week. langes knowledge of recorded jazz and love for its many facets is seemingly unending. i'm unsure how he came by it. he's got to be in the production business. in the last few weeks, wnur has added some VERY knowledgeable 6 to noon jazz hosts to their weekday jazz schedule, many with broad historical perspective. frankly, for a couple of years, they weren't were the listening, except for a few dedicated veteran hosts.

sadly no http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazz/jazzlibrarya-z.shtml#h

brother aloc was 63 then. brother jim is 55 & change now...neither one of us should be trying to do in this heat what we did when we were younger. Nowadays, I don't even try. Don't need to, so don't try to. Now, if you would have been in this heat when you were 25 or so, you'd have kicked ass, I'm sure, and enjoyed plentiful beerage and bodacious barbequeage after you did. In the air-conditioning, of course! sad to say, the ears and brain, as well, slightly lose their ability to react to, comprehend, absorb, and emote to remarkable music performance.

the rangers are fast BECOMING the class operation of baseball.

Pics or it didn't happen! TOGTFO! ..thinking that the man with the golden palm has recently increased his clothing and grooming budget. we've all been there, goldy. perhaps someday we'll have a thread for coworkers who overly fumigate them selves.

pardon the sensitivity to heat and athletics. 5 years ago in sunny 95 degree heat, aloc was playing, outside at 2pm, full court basketball with a bunch of in shape young bucks well less than half his 63 years he, 3 days later, found that he had suffered a mini stroke during the game. his shots all were missing the basket 2 feet to the right and he got a bad headache. texans are athletically superior, it seems; brother aloc is not.

why can't politicans keep their mouths shut?? http://www.mansfield...gItemsPerPage=5

Ben watching every game, enjoyinh the outcome and evolution, mostly, but still reserving judgement on the teams' overall character (which is what matters most to me) until the regualr season has wrapped up. Yoo many chances in the schedule betweennow and then to take a nap, look away, and UH=oh, how did THIS happen. Then there's the upcoming off-season, do we make the effort to resign C.J. Wilson or do we do the FA shuffle? Me. I like CJ, but with the moves made at the deadline, JD has shown that he knows what his team needs and will find a way to get it as shrewdly as possible, so if CJ gets made an offer he can't (or doesn't want to) refuse, I want to see what's taking his place. Funny thing last night, though. Beltre (get that hammie mended up, bro!) was somehow right up by some mike in the dugout and was louder than hell all through the Rangers 5th. When Cruz hit his homer, there was a loud OH SHIT that was heard over the airways, louder than the announcers. Another one was heard when Mike Napoli followed right up with a solo shot, another SUPER loud OH SHIT out of the dugout and on to the airways courtesy of Adrian Beltre. But yeah, too much time between now and then to get all fanboy and just LOVE the Rangers, but...they went through too long thinking that things would just "happen" for them like they did last year, and no, things don't just "happen" you have to work to get them. Starting to see more and more of that as the end draws nearer, and when Beltre, who I've longed viwed as the wok-ethic "soul" of this team gets back (early Sept., most likely), that is when the tale will be told - will CJ bump it up and lock it in? Will Colby lose the vestiges of Bad Colby that still pop up at eh least expected places? Will Matt Harrison finally decide that all the drama of one rough/dangerous/bad inning just isn't worth it any more? Will Derek Holland just freakin' GROW UP? Will Alexi Ogando manage to keep zooming through this uncharted territory w/o one day just...breaking? Lots more questions to see answered between now and the end of September, but I've been most very happ with watching them get worked out, and am very happy at the preliminary answers. Been to the ballpark for seven games this year, most I've been to since...ever? Probably got a game or two left in me before it's all over too. I want to commit to this team, an almost have. But after years of Cowboys & Mavericks style-over-substance, and too many years of Rangers Tease, I need to know that there's more than just "sports entertainment" going on in Arlington. With all the injuries this year, if we can win the division in a convincing manner (i.e. - keep the Angels at bay ourselves w/o having to depend on the kindness of strangers) and win the West, I'll be satisfied. After that, either Yankees or Red Sox have the more veteran team, and a veteran-type patience with at bats is the one thing the Rangers have yet to learn, and I think that will be their downfall in this years' playoffs, should they make it. But just making it, even more than last year, will be a triumph, because there has been no "lightening in a bottle" this year. This year has been all about work - full team work - in the face of adversity, key players out for long stretches, wildly inconsistent pitching, a team just now starting to look like they're finally going to "click on all cylinders", well, ok, let's see. They've been winning enough to lead the west all season, but they could also have had a record by now that would have been SCARY good, easy. At least 10-15 of their losses were due to a laxity of mental character, the inability to just make the plays that needed to be made, and that could/should have been made. But that's getting better now. I'm willing to be convinced, but they're going to have to convince me. .....playing baseball in that intense heat would wipe out, or seriously diminish, any team by season's end. although your stadium is fabulous, your team would be better in a dome.

miss 5 x 5 a blues singer with a very pleasing voice. she was on some kid ory releases in the 40s. info is hard to come by.

jim thome hit 2 homers in detroit last night. the second was #600, cementing a key tiger loss. tiger fans gave him a rousing lengthy standing ovation. that says as much for tiger fans as it does thome. i was listening to the tiger radio broadcast at the time. what a classy crew!!! (the very inexpensive mlb app (about $10/yr) allows me to listen to any and all mlb radio broadcasts live. they are usually synched with the tv broadcast or very very close. given the choice, i, most times, listen to the radio feed leaving the hdtv off. our imaginations are brighter and skilled baseball wordsmiths paint better pictures than the brightest screen).

for christ sake, don't tell her you are a jazz fan.

Yeah, I am too. All things considered, one of the better deals out there, I also laugh at those who bitch & moan about hos slow the lines are at the post offices. If I had a dollar for every time I listened to somebody in line bitch and moan about how slow the lines were, only to finally approach the counter and then unpack unaddressed letters, unpacked packages, unseals bulk envelopes, etc. and then ask the clerks "how do I DO this", only to have the clerks graciously go ahead and do it for them while some other maroons in the line with simularly unprepped items in tow were simularly bitching and moaning about how slow the lines were, if I had a dollar for every time I saw and heard that, hell, I could probably buy the freakin' Post Office, ya' know? I'm sure we all got some isolated horror stories, but all things considered, make mine USPS. amen, and amen, brother jim.

i'm fine with the u.s. mail http://www.mansfield...gItemsPerPage=5 whatever happened to melody?

how about those creeps(like you and me) who insisted on playing free jazz, or any jazz, or any music requiring living brain cells at the office?

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2011/08/five-best-monday-columns/41266/ The Chicago Tribune on Irritating Office Workers "Office politics can be deadly. Now there are numbers to prove it," declares the Chicago Tribune editorial board. The board points to a Tel Aviv University study that tracked 820 people for 20 years and found that those with lower peer support on the job were more likely to die. "Surprisingly, having a jerk for a boss doesn't seem to have an effect on longevity. It's the clown who wants to be your boss that you need to watch out for," they write. "Countless studies have shown that a toxic work environment zaps productivity, drives away talent, increases turnover and absenteeism, inhibits creativity and problem-solving, and destroys team cohesion." The board points to self-help books and seminars that help workers rant about their annoying co-workers and potentially find solutions. "Alternately, you could visit annoyingcoworker.com and let 'er rip in an anonymous email, or even send one of the pre-written screeds helpfully provided on the site, though this wouldn't be a particularly collegial gesture on your part. Remember, co-workers can kill. It's safer for everyone if we all play nice."

drummer clay is again doing a shift on the radio. http://www.wnur.org/

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=59765e993e204111b3346127254f17b2&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=59765e993e204111b3346127254f17b2&plckPostId=Blog%3a59765e993e204111b3346127254f17b2Post%3adcb04813-1611-4815-a407-fce33e6cc1f2&plckBlogItemsPerPage=5 pete franklin talks to the great swami

that would be humanity's gain, my friend.

it may be we are in our greatest danger when we are enjoying ourselves most.

http://indianapublic...ous-casualties/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjqbILvFl0g

amen, brother jv. cbs radio does sports really well. my bet is that soon cbs sports radio will move up the fm dial to the more powerful 98.5.

aint nuttin' but air ....no sound is quite so majestic and piercing as distant airchimes on a faraway locomotive, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, in the quiet damp cool early am air. it's even more better than a choir of bass trombones or a bruckner symphony. kenton could have used a few. http://www.mansfield...mod|blogs||news nathan airhorns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Excxz76TR_U

I remember John Sterling doing braves games...don't recall Dale Murphy , or Bob Horner getting text messages, or being called Grandymen, Swishalisious, etc, etc... It was also Skip Carey's birthday yesterday! Bill Tush did have some odd humor, didn't he??? Ok by me... my memories of sterling's atlanta sportscasting stint were that he was the dullest, most bland major broadcaster ever. i think john has slightly overcompensated. john sterling homerun call.

one can but imagine the crimes against the weak and innocent when the bright lights of public scrutiny were certain never to shine on this sort of thing.

great great news for the beleagered cleveland area sports talk radio fan!!!!! veteran national favorites adam the bull(recent of wfan-ny) , kevin kiley, and chuck booms, will do local broadcasts for a cbs-cleveland .sportstalker. cbs radio stations invariably end up flagships for major league sports tems in their area. WKRK-FM will be no exception. http://www.crainscle...FREE/110809897# CBS Radio to enter Cleveland market with 'The Fan' on WKRK-FM, 92.3 By JOEL HAMMOND 11:12 am, August 4, 2011 The long-rumored entry of another sports-talk radio station into Cleveland's media market is official. "What we are launching is literally a radio station for 'The Fan,'" Mr. Roth said in the release. "For Clevelanders who live and breathe sports 24/7, this will be the place to get the best insight, most in-depth coverage and a well-rounded balance of listener participation, all presented in an entertaining forum."CBS Radio announced in a news release that 92.3 The Fan, on 92.3 WKRK-FM, will launch Aug. 29. Andy Roth, a veteran of sports radio in New York City, Philadelphia and Buffalo, was named the station's program director. The station will compete with Cleveland's other all-sports station, ESPN 850, WKNR-AM. In an instant coup, 92.3 will be home to Westwood One's coverage of the NFL, formerly played on WKNR. Kevin Kiley and Cleveland native Chuck Booms will occupy 92.3's morning-drive slot, competing against ESPN's "Mike and Mike in the Morning." In the afternoon, Adam "The Bull," formerly of WFAN in New York, will fill the afternoon drive-time slot from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. CBS Radio owns 14 other all-sports stations. They are in New York (WFAN-AM), Washington, D.C., Charlotte, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Detroit, Riverside, Calif., Houston, Tampa, Sacramento, Philadelphia and Baltimore.