I am writing this from our new computer desk, which my wife and I assembled from a kit this evening. The old desk, which my father bought me as a birthday present some years ago, made its final descent to the dumpster this morning. It disintegrated during the lateral move from one apartment to another in our previous Ann Arbor apartment complex. In our last apartment I was able to piece a few of its fragments together so that it functioned, after a fashion. But once it made its way here the desk would no longer stay in one piece - it was always in danger of sliding apart and sending this whole computer setup crashing to the floor. So when our tax refunds came back we went to Walmart and got a new one. We had to wait until the carpet was in to set it up.
The carpet IS finally in, and it's very nice. I didn't realize how dirty our old carpet was - it actually added a smell to the place which I only notice now that it's gone. Also the padding underneath was completely shot and made the floor uneven. We have a psycho neighbor downstairs who comes up and harasses us for "walking too loud", especially our daughter, who tromps and frolics through our apartment like - well, a kid. This should help our neighbor keep his peace, and likewise keep him downstairs where he belongs.
I do have some Oscar (TM) observations, which I will not share right now, as I am ready to drop from exhaustion. But I willl include that Jazz Till Noon playlist past my signature. On this show you will note that the artists run in A-Z order - this was an unscripted, freeform program and I used the letter order to help determine what was played. In the last 45 minutes I used leftovers from Freeform Monday Morn mixed together with some new release material. The ICP Orchestra was played twice as they are appearing in Ann Arbor at the Kerrytown Concert House this Saturday. I certainly plan to go, and if they come to your town, so should you.
Allisyn has something to say here - I yield the floor to my lovely wife:
Ahhh, there is nothing like the smell of NEW carpet. No matter what Dave says it's divine. The house smells cleaner and finally I don't cringe every time the kid lays on the floor. I know Dave groused a lot about the whole process but I think that he would agree it was all worth it. Now, all we need to do is save up for some furniture and this place will look like a home/record store. I would write more but I am beat, the carpet guys were pretty fast but man, I had to vacuum for something like 3 hours. Laying carpet sure does make a lot of mess, all those little stray fibers and stuff, blech! It would have gone a lot faster but the "super, fantastic" piece of crap Electrolux kept clogging up and I had to keep stopping to unplug the intake area, I'll let Dave tell you the story of how we got snookered into purchasing that worthless "vacuum". Well, no matter what anyone says, I love Dave and am and will always be his biggest fan.
(Allisyn Lewis)
Uncle Dave Lewis
Jazz Till Noon WCBN FM Ann Arbor broadcast 3/24/2003
Guest Host: Uncle Dave Lewis
(the first four minutes were taken up with a station announcement realting to the disposition of Free Speech Radio News, which moved from this morning slot to another. I recorded this entire broadcast on 3 CDRs.)
09:04:00 Cannonball Adderly Sack O Woe Mercy Mercy Mercy Capitol
09:15:00 Count Basie Flight of the Foo Birds Atomic Basie Roulette
09:18:00 Bill Coleman Swing Guitars Bill Coleman Disques Swing
09:21:00 Jimmy Dorsey On the Alamo Uncollected Vol. 3 Hindsight
09:25:00 Billy Eckstine Prisoner of Love Mr. B and the Band Savoy
09:27:00 Ella Fitzgerald Lush Life Duke Ellington Songbook Volume Two Verve
09:34:00 Red Garland Love For Sale Crossings Galaxy
09:47:00 Lionel Hampton Psychedelic Sally Chameleon Glad Hamp
09:54:00 ICP Orchestra Groei Kommer Drafjes Uur Bisoaadje Konijnehol II ICP
09:58:00 James P. Johnson Euphonic Sounds The Original James P. Johnson Smithsonian/Folkways
10:04:00 Rasaan Roland Kirk Rip Rig and Panic Kirk's Works Mercury Emarcy
10:13:00 Ramsey Lewis Trio Felicidade Greatest Hits of Ramsey Lewis Chess
10:17:00 Wes Montgomery Billie's Bounce Beginnings Blue Note
10:21:00 Oliver Nelson & the Berlin Dreamband Checkpoint Charlie Impressions of Berlin Philips
10:32:00 Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band Tin Roof Blues Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 1955 Good Time Jazz
10:38:00 Louis Prima New Orleans Gang In a Little Gypsy Tea Room Little Club Jazz New World
10:42:00 Paul Quinchette Start Here The Kid From Denver Biograph
10:47:00 Boyd Raeburn Boyd Meets Stravinsky Jewells Savoy
10:50:00 Stuff Smith My Blue Heaven The Black Swing Tradition Savoy
10:53:00 Lucky Thompson Blues for Frank Paris 1956 Volume One Disques Swing
11:01:00 The Universal Congress Of Happy Birthday This is Mecolodics SST
11:05:00 Joe Venuti's Blue Four My Honey's Lovin' Arms Little Club Jazz New World
11:08:00 Mary Lou Williams Aquarius Zodiac Suite Smithsonian/Folkways
11:12:00 Lester Young A Foggy Day Lester Young in Washington D.C. Volume III Pablo Live
11:16:00 Joe Zawinul In a Silent Way Zawinul Atlantic
11:28:00 Benny Goodman Sextet Swedish Pastry (6/5/48) At Click, 1948 Dragon
11:33:00 Buddy DeFranco A Bird in Igor's Yard Crosscurrents Capitol
11:36:00 Dizzy Gillespie Cubana Be/Cubana Bop 1947-1949 Classics
11:42:00 Stan Kenton The Peanut Vendor Latin Jazz - La Combinacion Perfecta Smithsonian Folkways
11:45:00 Charlie Parker Quintet A Night in Tunisia One Night in Birdland Columbia
11:50:00 David Fathead Newman Off the Hook The Gift HighNote
11:57:00 ICP Orchestra Hand and Checked Luggage Oh My Dog ICP