Hardbopjazz

Interesting fantasy...uh scenario. Interesting. If she goes all power hungry killjoy on those of us who've survived and starts issuing proclamations cancelling stuff like the Great Alaska Beer Train 2008 Oktoberfest-Brewhouse Tour (October 4), her days on our new planet are numbered. We need a name for the new planet.

That's one of the greatest movies.

And if it almost happens you can loop Max saying "missed it by that much."

Playing God. A team of biologists and chemists is closing in on bringing non-living matter to life. It's not as Frankensteinian as it sounds. Instead, a lab led by Jack Szostak, a molecular biologist at Harvard Medical School, is building simple cell models that can almost be called life. Szostak's protocells are built from fatty molecules that can trap bits of nucleic acids that contain the source code for replication. Combined with a process that harnesses external energy from the sun or chemical reactions, they could form a self-replicating, evolving system that satisfies the conditions of life, but isn't anything like life on earth now, but might represent life as it began or could exist elsewhere in the universe. Full article.

CERN fires up new atom smasher to near Big Bang By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS, Associated Press Writer Sun Sep 7, 2:52 PM ET GENEVA - It has been called an Alice in Wonderland investigation into the makeup of the universe — or dangerous tampering with nature that could spell doomsday. Whatever the case, the most powerful atom-smasher ever built comes online Wednesday, eagerly anticipated by scientists worldwide who have awaited this moment for two decades. The multibillion-dollar Large Hadron More on this

I guess it wouldn't matter who wins.

Tomorrow CERN will fire up the particle accelerator to recreate the "Big Bang". Some fear we will create a blackhole by doing this experiment. By Elizabeth Landau CNN (CNN) -- Deep underground on the border between France and Switzerland, the world's largest particle accelerator complex will explore the world on smaller scales than any human invention has explored before. The collider's ALICE experiment will look at how the universe formed by analyzing particle collisions. The Large Hadron Collider will look at how the universe formed by analyzing particle collisions. Some have expressed fears that the project could lead to the Earth's demise -- something scientists say will not happen. Still, skeptics have filed suit to try to stop the project. The full article.

Ruby Tuesday Tuesday Wells David Wells

11 for me. I would like to know the reason they were banned.

Eartha Kitt Lee Meriwether Julie Newmar

Big Mamma Ma Rainey Jimmy Raney

James Depriest Leonard Bernstein Zubin Metha

Another one is Gildo Mahones. I didn't think he was around but he is.

I didn't realize that Urbie Green was still around until I saw his name in the Hot House jazz magazine. He is playing in the NY area this September.

Basil Fawlty John Cleese Connie Booth

Happy birthday Horace and many more. Maybe come out of retirement and due one more new album. It's too bad his website has been overrun with porn.

John Lewis Percy Heath Connie Kay

Grace Hopper John von Neumann John Mauchly

Randy Weston Kenny Barron Barry Harris

Derek Jeter Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig

Israel King James Genesis

Froggy (our Gang) Spanky Buckwheat

Morrissey Johnny Marr Johnny Rotten

Patric duBreuil Victor Dubreuil Toussaint Dubreuil

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Allen Ginsberg Jack Kerouac