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That's a hoot!

Data applications developer in the magazine subscription fullfilment biz and composer/microtonal guitarist on the side.

Wasn't he also on WKCR? It seems like I've heard his name for years, but when I met him last Summer at a concert, he said he was only at the Times for about 10 years.

I have noticed new posters and the place seems more busy since the holidays.

"Traffic" drummer Capaldi dies Fri Jan 28, 2005 02:21 PM GMT Printer Friendly | Email Article | RSS By Jeremy Lovell LONDON (Reuters) - Legendary rock drummer and Hall of Fame inductee Jim Capaldi has died after a brief fight with stomach cancer, his publicist says. The 60-year-old Capaldi, born in England of Italian immigrant parents, died in his sleep at the London Clinic in the early hours with his wife and family at his bedside. Capaldi, whose driving rock rhythms and songwriting ability helped make groundbreaking band Traffic a household name in the 1960s and 70s with -- among others -- Steve Winwood and Dave Mason -- also had an illustrious solo career. "Steve rang me when he heard this morning. He is very upset. They were very close and had plans to record and tour again. He was praying Jim would recover from his illness," Winwood's manager Mick Newton told Reuters on Friday. Capaldi was inducted into the U.S. Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame in March 2004, just five months before being diagnosed with terminal cancer. When Traffic finally broke up in 1974 after releasing 11 albums -- including the iconic songs 40,000 Headmen, Dear Mr Fantasy and Paper Sun -- Capaldi was already doing solo work. He moved to solo success with the albums Fierce Heart and Some Come Running while touring with his own band The Contenders. Capaldi was already working on his 12th solo album when Winwood -- who also scored major solo successes -- called him back to collaborate on a new album. One thing led to another and Traffic reformed in 1993 followed by a major five-month tour of the United States in 1994, including appearing at Woodstock and playing alongside The Grateful Dead. In 1998, Capaldi teamed up with fellow Traffic founder Mason to tour again. Capaldi was five times winner of BMI or ASCAP awards for the most played songs in America and cooperated closely with Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Bob Marley, Carlos Santana and the Eagles among others. In 1975 he married Brazilian-born Aninha and spent much time with her helping the street children of her native country. © Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.

She should have Dave's band on her show. Sell some fucking albums.

nice smiley. is that gas or dust? It's a little of both. It brings tears to my eyes either way.

Sand?

And then there's the American version...

nice smiley. is that gas or dust?

I hope connoisseur series500 doesn't chase them away with a comment about "weightlifter's arms".

and:

Yes. I believe she has commented on how she loved Chris Botti's new album. Damm, she should get these:

Thanks, I didn't think I imagined that one!

That was trippy.

Wasn't there a Beatles cartoon in the late '60s? I'm not thinking of the Yellow Submarine, more like a Sat. morning cartoon.

But MFitz wrote:

That's the deal. They broadcast sports on the weekend sometimes. There's been a couple of times I tuned in to find who's on Jazz Profiles on Sun. afternoon and found them broadcasting a game. All I can do is turn off the radio and turn on the CD player. That's life...

plus...the fact that they're even broadcasting sports at all shows that they're serving the community.

Fuck culture, we want to listen to the game? Why not go to the game?

Sounds like Mr. Wallace is a fool.

When I heard the J. Geils Band play in the late '70's in Central Park, the orgone player had stacks of Leslies. I looked a bit for photos, all I can see there may been 4 or 6, but I remember more, like a wall of 20. Sounded pretty cool too. B-)

http://www.pbsfm.org.au/ Looks like a busy schedule, I'll have to check it out.

Fine. But what do you know about Melbourne or its music? Mike's points re WKCR apply equally and fully to my own station. Do you broadcast on the net? What's the url? The WKCR archives are amazing. They've been on the air since 1941. The earliest John Zorn recordings are from live broadcasts on WKCR. I wonder why the archives can't be sold through the station as CDRs. Or to a library with the privilage to access them as needed.

Any thoughts on Trillium R, the four disk opera? I bought it used when it came out, listened to a disk and a half and shelved it. I'm trying it out again this week. I'm not too excited about that style of opera singing...