WUSB Radio, Bob Longman, 29 June 2008

06/29/08, 12:30-2:30 pm. WUSB Stony Brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

title -- Artist -- album N=New/Current Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
R=Request
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Leaves Don't Drop -- Carrie Newcomer -- Geography Of Light -- N
Island In the Sun -- Harry Belafonte
Zombie Jamboree (politmix) -- Harry Belafonte
Even Trade -- Terence Martin -- Even Trade -- N
Beyond the Great Divide -- Emmylou Harris -- All I Intended To Be -- N
Beatitudes -- Sweet Honey In the Rock -- -- Lp
Get It, Get It -- Janiva Magness -- What Love Will Do -- N
I Feel So Good Today -- David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
City of Gold -- Dixie Hummingbirds
Maybe It's You -- Dixie Hummingbirds
You've Got to Hurt -- Kenny Neal
Night Life -- Willie Nelson
Ready -- Jo Williamson -- Wake On the Hudson -- N
No One to Blame -- Brooke Annibale -- the In-Between -- N
Grace -- Brooke Annibale -- the In-Between -- N
No Fear In Love -- Iona UK
Our World -- Maire Brennan
Ankle Deep In the Atlantic -- William F. Gibbs -- My Fellow Sophisticates -- N
Home To Me -- Phil Minissale -- Home to Me -- N
Can You Hear Me Now -- Robin Rogers -- Treat Me Right -- N
Tune In -- Tim Blane
Just the Way -- Tim Blane
How Am I To Be -- Watson Twins -- Fire Songs -- N
Peasant Of the Wreck -- Kaydi Johnson -- Peasant Of the Wreck -- N
Stay With Me -- Al Green -- Lay It Down -- N
Iphel' Emasini -- Ladysmith Black Mambazo -- Ilembe -- N
Hush -- Joe South -- -- Lp
Dodo's Bounce -- James Carter -- Present Tense -- N

Back to back, belly to belly, hahahaha! Belafonte's fun even when he's serious here.
Still more 'Birds!
Yet another Tim Blane track. His stuff has a great feel, accessible but not overly so.

WUSB Radio, Bob Longman, 28 June 2008

06/28/08, 9:00am-11:10 am. WUSB Stony Brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

title -- Artist -- album N=New/Current Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
R=Request
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Prayer Wheel -- Dixie Hummingbirds
Matilda -- Harry Belafonte
My Baby Needs A Shepherd -- Emmylou Harris
I Overlooked An Orchid -- Carl Smith
Springtime Indiana -- Sandra McCracken
the Nighthawk -- Jory Nash
Adelaide -- Tim Miller -- Adelaide -- N
Turn! Turn! Turn! -- Pete Seeger
the In-Between -- Brooke Annibale -- the In-Between -- N
Love Is Everywhere I Go -- Sam Phillips-Burnett
On the Way -- Abra Moore
Drifting -- Bebo Norman
Rasslin' Jacob -- Dixie Hummingbirds
Heavenly Grocery Store -- Dixie Hummingbirds
God's Radar -- Dixie Hummingbirds
Just Keep Goin' On -- Dan Smith
It Makes No Sense -- Kenny Neal
Don't Worry Baby -- Beach Boys
Ride On -- Ben Wise -- Beside the Dial -- N
Al 'N Yetta -- Allan Sherman
Theme From Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Scramblin' -- Jo Williamson -- Wake On the Hudson -- N
What Other People Lose -- Terence Martin -- Even Trade -- N
Not the End -- Natalie Walker
Two Toasts -- Carrie Newcomer -- Geography of Light -- N
Christian's Automobile -- Dixie Hummingbirds
Have a Talk w. God -- Dixie Hummingbirds w. Stevie Wonder
I'll Never Forget -- Dixie Hummingbirds
Slow Moving Train -- Dixie Hummingbirds

This show was dedicated to Ira Tucker, the lead singer of the Dixie Hummingbirds, who had just passed away.
Side note : Dan Smith was the writer of 'God's Radar', which the 'Birds covered.

Bob Longman WUSB Radio, 22 June 2008

06/22/08, 12:30-2:30 pm. WUSB Stony Brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

title -- Artist -- album N=New/Current Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
R=Request
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Everywhere I Go -- Willie Nelson -- One Hell Of A Ride sampler
Shallow Water -- Tom Kimmel
Hide and Seek -- Return To the Dream -- RTTD -- N
I'm Glad You're Mine -- Janiva Magness -- What Love Will Do -- N
What Other People Lose -- Terence Martin -- Even Trade -- N
Donald Of Glencoe -- Cara Dillon
No Fear In Love -- Iona UK
Grace -- Brooke Annibale -- the In-Between -- N
Passing Of the Dark -- Sandy Simpson
Empty Chairs -- Harry Belafonte
Dreamer -- Sergio Mendes w. Lani Hall & Herb Alpert -- encanto -- N
Let the Church Say Amen -- Charles Beck -- Folkways Classic Afr-Am. Gospel -- 'N'
Prayed and I Prayed -- Mainline Gospel Trio
Blue Creek Hop -- Rene Hall Sextet
I'm Wild About You -- Al Green -- Lay It Down -- N
That's Enough -- Dorothy Love Coates
Ashrey Ha'ish -- Sheva
Adelaide -- Tim Miller -- Adelaide -- N
Rise -- Miles To Dayton
Waves -- Watson Twins -- Fire Songs -- N
Transfiguration -- Sufjan Stevens
Forgive Me Lord and Try Me One More Time -- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Pride -- Soweto Gospel Choir
We're Five -- Real Group
Leave It to Me -- Vox One
Pourquoi Le Monde est sans Amour-- Le Bande Magnetik
Rapid Shave -- James Carter -- Present Tense -- N, I

James Carter's new album is simply superb sax-based jazz.

Bob Longman WUSB Radio, 08 June 2008

06/08/08, 12:30-2:30 pm. WUSB Stony Brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

title -- Artist -- album N=New/Current Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
R=Request
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Fort Worth Blues -- Steve Earle
Summer's Voice -- Arlon Bennett
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall -- Steve Tilston
You Were Here -- Jack's Waterfall
Too Much of Everything -- Tinsley Ellis
Broken Things -- Julie Miller
Children -- Chris & Meredith Thompson
No Words -- Neil Diamond -- Home Before Dark -- N
Every Little Thing She Does -- Ali Campbell
the Backbiter -- Cephas & Wiggins
Flip Flop & Fly -- Cephas & Wiggins -- Flip Flop & Fly -- N
Too Fat Polka -- Frankie Yankovic
It's Time to Make A Change -- Madison's Lively Stones
Red's Blues -- Red Prysock
I'm Still In Love With You -- Al Green
I'm Wild About You -- Al Green -- Lay It Down -- N, R
Shamma Lamma Ding Dong -- Mocean Worker w. Rahsaan Roland Kirk
In This Temple -- Sufjan Stevens
Prince of Peace -- Ladysmith Black Mambazo -- Ilembe -- N
Only You -- Watson Twins -- Fire Songs -- N
Superstition -- Just 4 Kicks
Un-Wishing Well -- Rajaton -- Out Of Bounds -- N
Since I Met You Baby -- Kenny Neal -- Let Life Flow -- N
Downstairs Room of You -- Jeff Coffin & Charlie Peacock -- Arc Of the Circle -- N
Aura Lee -- Vox One

Bob Longman WUSB Radio, 01 June 2008

06/01/08, 12:30-2:30 pm. WUSB Stony Brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

title -- Artist -- album N=New/Current Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
R=Request
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Be My Guide -- Alathea
Right On Time -- Eric Bibb
Pattern -- Le Bande Magnetik
Blackbird -- Mocean Worker w. Nina Simone
You've Got to Hurt Before You Heal -- Kenny Neal -- Let Life Flow -- N
Bring It Home -- Bonerama -- -- I
Where Dreams Are Bound -- Ben Wise -- Beside the Dial -- N
War Out Of Peace -- Tristan Prettyman -- Hello
Ya No Te Veria Mas -- Rocha -- "The Hottest State" soundtrack
Whose Hands Are These -- Neil Diamond -- Home Before Dark -- N
Somewhere In the Hills -- Sergio Mendes w. Natalie Cole -- encanto -- N
I Need A Cup Of Coffee -- Steve Tilston
Martha -- Brooks Williams -- Time I Spend W. You -- N
Things About Coming My Way -- Ruth Brown -- "the Honeydripper" strack -- N
It Ain't No Fun to Me -- Al Green
Take Your Time -- Al Green w. Corinne Bailey Rae -- Lay It Down -- N
Take Me Out To the Ballgame -- Vox One
Summer's Voice -- Arlon Bennett
Voice & Guitar -- Graham MacRae -- Graham MacRae -- N
Angels' Prayer -- Miwa Gemini -- This Is How I Found You -- N
The New Love Song -- Joshua James -- the Sun Is Always Brighter -- N
Between Joy & Sorrow -- Jeff Coffin & Charlie Peacock -- Arc Of the Circle -- N
Only You -- the Watson Twins -- Fire Songs -- N
Edge Of the World -- Iona (UK)
Arc Of the Circle -- Jeff Coffin & Charlie Peacock -- Arc of the Circle -- N,R

Finding Spirithome's Demographics

Earlier this year, I was at a conference and two on-line market researchers overheard me saying I only have vague ideas about who uses the Spirithome site. I knew more about what it was five years ago, but not now. Each offered to send some free data that comes 'off the sides' when they measured general market conditions. (Not stealing someone else's data, but rather digging into the unused stuff.)

The first report came in last month. It said that Spirithome's US audience had some clear characteristics :

The US was 82% of the site's users.
The gender/age group which used it most (proportionate to the Net population) was females between 35 and 55.
African-Americans used the site at triple their Net rate -- with a sharp gender difference, in that males only used it at a proportionate rate.
The users were mostly working-class, with household incomes $50,000 - $80,000.
The average degree was a BA.
About 75% of the site's users are visitors, not regular users.
About 25% were not members of any local congregation.
About 10% said they were something other than Christian, most of those being agnostic. (The Ns were a bit too low for me to be comfortable with that as a stat.)
Of those who were college students (any level), that rate rises to about 20%. (The Ns were a bit too low for me to be comfortable with that as a stat.)
Of those who claimed a particular Christian belief, 40% were Catholic, 35% Pentecostal. (That doesn't leave much for mainline Protestants, Evangelicals, and Orthodox.)

Then a week or so ago, I received a report sheet on Australia and New Zealand. All these Ns are low, so it's best to use them only for general impressions. ( I say that. The researcher said otherwise. They always overestimate a data set's accuracy. Remember that when you see a poll on TV or on line.)

The main picture resembles that of the US usership : 30-45 year old working-class women with some kind of college degree. Pentecostalists were the largest group, followed closely by Catholics and Protestants (in this case, I suspect the latter were mostly Anglicans). Non-Christians were almost one in five, mostly of "Asian religions". There was also a side note, from a survey from India, and based on Google Analytics, it's no surprise : the site showed up in a survey on belief in the paranormal, for use of the hypnosis page.

I'm thankful for the information. It tells me I'm not quite getting the audience I seek. And I will have to do some thinking as to why, and how to change it. But I don't live on the data -- in the end, it is just data. The more important thing is to tell the honest truth as clearly as I can.

Bob Longman WUSB Radio, 26 May 2008

7:00-10:00 am. WUSB Stony Brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

title -- Artist -- album N=New/Current Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
R=Request
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Windemere -- Jeff Johnson
Eyes Of a Child (radio edit) -- Moody Blues
The Light Was Worth the Candle -- Eric Bibb
Not the End -- Natalie Walker
Shine On You Crazy Diamond -- Viktor Krauss w. Shawn Colvin
We Walk In a Fog -- Rajaton w. Real Group
You're Gonna Need This Memory -- Pierce Pettis
Ain't Love Grand -- Jan Krist
Shadow Of Doubt -- Tinsley Ellis
Nobody's Fault But Mine -- Toby Walker
One -- Keziah Jones -- In the Name Of Love (U2 trib.) -- N
Lift Me Up -- Real Group
Breathe -- Keller Williams
Prosciutto E Meloni -- Le Bande Magnetik -- A Kappella -- N
Lord Deliver Us -- Alton Ellis
Vikingman -- Rodrigo Y Gabriela -- R
If I Fell -- the Essentials
South American Getaway -- Burt Bacharach
Hallelujah I Love Her So -- Maceo Parker -- Roots & Grooves -- N
Funky Bahia -- Sergio Mendes w. Will.I.Am -- encanto -- N
Pata Pata -- Miriam Makeba
O Mmu Beno Mmu -- Ladysmith Black Mambazo -- Ilembe -- N
Dancin' In the Son -- Tracey Harris -- R
I Can't Make It Alone -- Lou Rawls
Where Dreams Are Bound -- Ben Wise -- Beside the Dial -- N
Ride On -- Ben Wise -- Beside the Dial -- N
I Get Around -- Beach Boys -- Lp
Lovable -- Sam Cooke
Victory At Sea -- Bill Morrisey
Your Long Journey -- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
WHY -- Phil & Ian Keaggy -- Dream Again -- N
More -- Charlotte Doreen Small
Come Sunday (a cappella) -- Mahalia Jackson w. Duke Ellington
No Words -- Neil Diamond -- Home Before Dark -- N
Half of It -- Tim Blane
Lullabye -- Tim Blane
Clean Edge of Change -- Carrie Newcomer -- Geography of Light -- N
Undone -- DeVotchKa -- Mad & Faithful Telling -- N
Michael James Anderson -- So Much More --
Wake Up For the Shakedown -- N
All Mine -- Five Satins

Bob Longman WUSB Radio show, 25 May 2008

12:30-2:30 pm. WUSB Stony Brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

title -- Artist -- album N=New/Current Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
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Feel Like Going Home -- Charlie Rich
Sounds Of the Morning -- Carrie Newcomer
Woke Up This Morning -- Eric Bibb
It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace) -- Kenny Neal -- Let Life Flow -- N
Tell Me -- Alathea -- My Roots Go Deeper -- N
Blue Orchids -- Sun Kil Moon -- April -- N
If I Had My Way (Sampson & Delilah) -- Gary Davis
Won't Stand the Light -- Stan Hedges -- Two Mule Parade -- N
Flip Flop & Fly -- Cephas & Wiggins -- Flip Flop & Fly -- N
Farther Along -- Mississippi John Hurt
Arrowhead -- Richard Shindell
Everybody's Talkin' -- Fred Neil -- Lp
the Hidden Moon -- Antoine Dufour -- Existence -- N, I
Morning In a Strange City -- Jesse Harris
Everything Is Broken -- Duke Robillard
No Words -- Neil Diamond -- Home Before Dark -- N
The Way We Do -- Ladysmith Black Mambazo -- Ilembe -- N
Dreamer -- Sergio Mendes w. Lani Hall & Herb Alpert -- encanto -- N
Half of It -- Tim Blane -- Clockwork -- N
Geese -- Joshua James -- The Sun Is Always Brighter -- N
Beside the Dial -- Ben Wise -- Beside the Dial -- N
You Can Give But You Can't Take -- Aaron Neville
Crying Won't Help -- Lowell Fulson
Stardust -- Nat King Cole

Cephas & Wiggins cut loose on their take on this early rock classic.
Diamond finally got his #1 album - now that #1 in the download era doesn't mean what it used to.
Do I really have to say anything about Nat or Stardust? You just know.

Bob Longman WUSB Radio show, 27 April 2008

12:30-2:30 pm. WUSB Stony Brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

title -- Artist -- album N=New Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
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Blowin' In the Wind -- Odetta
Beautiful Lazy -- Urban Hillbilly Quartet
Nebraska -- Bruce Springsteen
A Kappella -- Le Bande Magnetik -- A Kappella -- N
Sky Maps -- Iona (UK)
Vision of Hope -- Terl Bryant
Where Dreams Are Bound -- Ben Wise -- Beside the Dial -- N
One -- Keziah Jones -- In the Name of Love (U2 trib) -- N
Not the End -- Natalie Walker -- Urban Angel -- N
Friends Again -- John Sebastian
If I Were An Angel -- Marc Cohn
Half Of It -- Tim Blane -- Clockwork -- N
Leave It to Me -- Vox One
Just Keep Goin' On -- Dan Smith
On his Southern roots -- Brooks Williams -- interview 1993
Statesboro Blues -- Brooks Williams -- Time I Spend w. You -- N
Spend My Life With You -- Phil Keaggy
St. George & the Dragonet -- Stan Freberg
High School Cadets -- Meredith Willson Marching Band
Being Alive -- Barbra Streisand
There Was Love -- Charlie Peacock
How Little -- Rajaton -- Out of Bounds -- "N"
Un-Wishing Well -- Rajaton -- Out of Bounds -- "N"
Do Nothing Til You've Heard It From Me -- Nat King Cole
Disappear -- Michael Korb -- Ghosts -- N
King Harvest -- Jack Williams -- Don't Let Go -- N
Lovesick Blues -- Jack Williams -- Don't Let Go -- N
Maria -- Ben Webster & Coleman Hawkins

Odetta does Dylan songs that noone else does -- majestic and strong, invested with much meaning.
Freberg's oddball takeoff on Dragnet.
Yes, I played a marching band song not from Stony Brook's band. The familiar name here is Willson, who wrote Music Man (Till There Was You, 76 Trombones, etc.). He apparently served under Sousa himself for about 2 years! (He followed that with time in the New York Philharmonic.)
Rajaton (Finnish acappella) reminds us that we may not want what we wish for.

WUSB Radio Show, Bob Longman, 20 April 2008

12:30-2:30 pm. WUSB Stony Brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

title -- Artist -- album N=New Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
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Hang Out With the Moon -- Diana Jones
Keeper Of the Earth -- Chuck Pyle
Sailing -- Chuck Pyle
All That I Am -- Tom Griffith
Prosciutto E Meloni -- La Bande Magnetik -- A Kapella -- N
Illia -- La Bande Magnetik -- A Kapella -- N
I Still Haven't Found... -- Cheikh Lo -- In the Name of Love (U2 trib) -- N
Not the End -- Natalie Walker -- Urban Angel -- N
We Walk In A Fog -- Rajaton -- Out Of Bounds -- "N"
Sunshine -- Jonathan Edwards
With or Without You -- Les Nubians -- In the Name of Love (U2 trib) -- N
Ride On -- Ben Wise -- Beside the Dial -- N
Simple Gifts -- Vox One
Gathering of Spirits -- Carrie Newcomer
61 Highway -- Brooks Williams -- Time I Spend w. You -- N
I Think It's Gonna Rain Today -- Judy Collins
Adrift -- Iona (UK)
Jeremiah's Prayer -- Mark Broussard
One -- Keziah Jones -- In the Name of Love (U2 trib) -- N
Set U Free -- Take 6
Improv 2 -- Vox One
Leave It To Me -- Vox One -- -- R

Why does this song from the Magnetik ones make my tummy yearn for an Italian sub?
If you're looking for great NGOs/nonprofits/charities to be involved with, check out the ones described in the booklet for this U2 tribute CD, and its online site. These are the real deal. (Some of them are already listed to the left of this posting, and linked from the Spirithome.com site.)

WUSB Radio Show, Bob Longman, 04 April 2008

12:40-1:50 pm Sun, http://wusb.fm/

title -- artist -- album N=New Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
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Beaumont Rag -- Brooks Williams -- Time I Spend W. You - N
The Night Inside Me -- Jackson Browne -- Solo Acoustic vol. 2 - N
Don't Ever Want To Be Without You -- Pierce Pettis
Inside Of My Face -- Chuck Pyle
Humble Me -- Norah Jones
Things About Coming My Way -- Ruth Brown -- Honeydripper s.track -- N
So Fine -- Johnny Maestro
the Cross -- Blind Boys AL
Ugly Baby -- Flip Wilson
Chalice -- Phil Keaggy
Last to Die -- Bruce Springsteen
Undone -- Devotchka -- A Mad & Faithful Feeling -- N
Vision -- Jack's Waterfall -- -- R
My Babe -- Dion -- Son of Skip James -- N
I'm Just A Singer -- Moody Blues
Drums of War -- Chris Cairns -- Hello Blue -- N
All I Could Do Was Cry -- Etta James

WUSB Radio Show, Bob Longman, 09 March 2008

12:30-2:30 pm. WUSB Stony brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

title -- Artist -- album N=New Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental
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This House -- Christopher Williams
The Dragonfly Races -- Ellis Paul -- the Dragonfly Races -- N
(title track) -- Brooks Williams-- The Time I Spend With You -- N
Desperate For Love -- Over The Rhine
Much Farther to Go -- Rosie Thomas
Those Kind of Things -- Jim Lauderdale -- Honey Songs -- N
Love Hurts -- Everly Brothers
Leaving the Life -- Lori McKenna
Last to Die -- Bruce Springsteen
I Can Laugh At It Now -- Dion
The Song Sings Itself -- Gerry O'Beirne -- the Bog Bodies.... -- N, I
Oh Darlin' -- O'Kanes
Returning -- Buddy & Julie Miller
Unchained -- Johnny Cash
Let's Go Out -- Devon Sproule
Lullabye -- Tim Blane -- Clockwork -- N
Somewhere Somebody -- Jennifer Warnes
If I Could Help Somebody -- 5 Blind Boys AL -- Down In New Orleans -- N
Hallelujah -- Fairfield Four
It Happens Every Day -- Dar Williams
Fire -- Iona (UK) -- -- I
Stoned Soul Picnic -- New York Voices -- A Day Like This -- N
I Can't Make It Alone -- Lou Rawls -- the Essential... -- "N"
Dead End Street -- Lou Rawls -- the Essential.... -- "N"
One -- Harry Nilsson

I've been catching up again with Rosie Thomas tracks lately, they wear well.
Exhibit B in the case for Lou Rawls as a top-level soul singer (Exhibit A was with Sam Cooke, in Bring It On Home to Me).

Jazz On the Air, WUSB 90.1 FM, 09 March 2008

(Yeah, I know; it took longer to get the playlist back....) ;)

track-- artist -- album (if new) N=new *: especially good
============================================

* Them That's Got -- Maceo Parker -- Roots & Grooves, cd1 -- N
Tempus Fugit -- Miles Davis
Two Bass Hit -- Miles Davis & John Coltrane
Compassion -- John Coltrane
Parker's Mood -- James Carter
Atonement -- Ron Blake -- Shayari -- N
Can't Buy Me Love -- Ella Fitzgerald
Impulsive -- Clark Terry
Keyhole Blues -- Louis Armstrong Hot 9
* Wave -- Sarah Vaughan
Lluvia Azul -- Gato Barbieri
Song For Bilbao -- Michael Brecker
If I Should Lose You -- Mulgrew Miller
Count Basie -- Count's Place
China Cat Sunflower -- Sabertooth -- Dr. Midnight -- N
* Petit Pays (Little Country) -- Cesaria Evora
Just A Blues -- Virginia Mayhew Septet -- A Simple Thank-You -- N
Thieves In the Temple -- Herbie Hancock
Vibraphone Blues -- Lionel Hampton
Blues On the Corner -- David Brandom -- No Way Out -- N
* HIMM -- Don Byron
Around the Corner - Eero Kolvistoinen - Jazz fr. Finland '08 (compil.) - N
Back To Basics -- Bellson & Terry -- Louie & Clark Expedition 2
Well, You Needn't -- Tigran Hamasyan -- New Era -- N
Who Walks In (When I Walk Out) -- Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald
In A Mist -- Clark Terry

Maceo made the first CD of the set a celebration of Ray Charles (incl. this track); the second CD of the set went funk to the floor.
A classic Vaughan vocal, 'nuff said.
Sabertooth, a brass-kicking band, is bold enough to play anything, even Grateful Dead.

Bob Longman radio show, 16 March 2008, WUSB 90.1 FM

track-- artist -- album (if new) N=new *: especially good
============================================

Everywhere -- Brooks Williams -- The Time I Spend With You -- N
Peace In the Valley -- Sam Cooke / Soul Stirrers
Sentenced to Life With the Blues -- Andy Falco -- Sentenced... -- N
You Better Mind -- Blind Boys of AL -- Down In New Orleans -- N
I Can't Make It Alone -- Lou Rawls
I Know My Love -- the Chieftains w. the Corrs
The Irish Blessing -- Twin Shores Chorus
* Lullabye -- Tim Blane -- Clockwork -- N
Book of Dreams -- Dion
All Mine (w. band) -- Five Satins
* Caravan of Love -- the Housemartins
Today -- Birmingham Sunlights
Dese Bones Gonna Rise Again -- Golden Gates
Think of You -- Five O'Clock Shadow
Shishumayel'ivangeli -- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Down By The Old Mill Stream -- 139th Street Quartet
Jackie -- New York Voices -- A Day Like This -- N
Farmer's Market -- Lambert Hendricks & Ross
I'll Never Forget -- Dixie Hummingbirds
I Have A Dream -- the Persuasions
Walking Down the Street -- Real Group
People Change -- Rockapella
It's Sure Gonna Flop -- Sabertooth -- Dr. Midnight -- N
Bayou Betty -- Bonerama -- Bringing It Home -- N
Death Don't Have No Mercy -- Jorma Kaukonen
Death Don't Have No Mercy -- Toby Walker
Wide River to Cross -- Levon Helm -- Dirt Farmer -- N
Lamb Of God -- Take 6

Jackie is from the Annie Ross catalogue (as in Lambert Hendricks and..)
Tim Blane sings to someone he hasn't met, but she's already crossed his mind.
Sabertooth and Bonerama are two of a new breed of brass-kicking bands.

a month off... whoa! too long.

I've been so busy with my own woes and those of others that I haven't posted in 6 weeks. Ouch!

I haven't forgotten. I'm coming!

Much of that time has been dedicated to my finances. Mine are a bit messy. (Like a lot of folks.) I'll have to find a new revenue stream to better support my lifestyle. (Living in a cubicle apartment, minimized expenses, no luxuries.) And, of course, it was tax season, when America's average blood pressure rises by about 15%. Some of the time left over was in the interminable search for a woman to love. And the first week or so of my 'break' was decompressing from the trip to California. No, I didn't see a single celebrity. (Rick Warren doesn't count...:) ) Nor did I get any job offers. But it was great being with my father's side of the family.

Not much was done with the Spirithome.com site in the past month. Some duplicate content was removed. Only two pages took big drops during that time. One of those is seasonal -- angels.html, which drops down search lists when baseball season starts due to the sites related to the Los Angeles Angels team. The other is a puzzler, prayersp.html, which is the main page on prayer. (The other prayer pages are doing quite well.) I'll be doing an emailing in a few weeks to those who asked for it. And there are a few new word definitions, most notably on atonement, expiation, and propitiation.

Please keep me in prayer -- I'll need all of the divine attention I can get.

More from La-La Land

Went to a number of the local churches this past weekend. ('Local' my butt -- it's like driving to Jersey or Connecticut from Long Island, everything's so far apart and still LA.)

First stop was West Angeles COGIC, Crenshaw Blvd, where two women were gleefully describing what it is to sing worship there. (One of them does solos on occasion, the other's a choir singer.) Super smiles! It was just a hello stop, but a good one. As always, some spending in the neighborhood, picking up an accessory and lunch at El Pollo Loco.

At night, it was Saddleback Church. Moving stuff about forgiveness, reconciliation, and Rwanda, with a Rwandan church leader speaking. Rick Warren is on message, giving a teaching sermon on the whys of forgiving. I never seem to get used to worshipping in auditoriums, even when they're called worship halls. (That applies to many old-style cathedrals, too, for some reason.) I had brief chats with people involved in educational ministries. I was a bit surprised how quickly things wrapped up after the service -- longer than LI churches, but shorter than they let on, all the special tent areas and such were picked up and the worship building being locked up around 8:30. No hanging here. It was also not much of a 'worship service'. To me, it was a very good basic seminar class framed by music and dotted with a prayer at the end.

Next up was Sunday morning, which was started at Lutheran Church of the Master ELCA - Lancaster. They were friendly and had a pretty good supply/temporary pastor, but not much membership. Next after that, Mosaic - West LA. They had to fudge their setup; usually, they are at Beverly Hills High, but they had to switch to an elementary school for this one service. Again, not as much of a worship service as I was expecting; basically some songs followed by an Erwin McManus message, then another song and some hanging out. It felt much looser and less rushed, and I got to talk to some more people. None of those emergent-type worship elements like art, ancient practices, questions, rock music, etc., but then this was on the fly.

None of it really felt like worship. Part of that was me (the phone call that took me out of LC of the Master before Communion, and the fact that this is a vacation). Part was the services (songs - teachings - songs is not, to me, much of an act of worship). But at least I was there. I tried not to go in with expectations, but of course I had them anyway. What was more impressive than the worship was how involved these churches are. Each has made commitments to large-scale projects in LA and in other countries. In the case of Saddleback and Mosaic, they took on large projects involving many volunteers, and working with government and other churches. I'm used to having little money and even less volunteers. Time will tell if this will have any impact on such a big place as LA.

Report from Antelope Valley

The second full day here in SoCal. So far, a job interview or two, meeting relatives, and a lot of driving and learning the lay of the land. One of the 'stretching' things I'm doing is that I'm using what is for me new technology. For instace, a wireless phone. (Never had one before.) I'm driving a hybrid car (new to me), with a GPS (new to me). Oddly enough, it's all been easy so far, no bizarre electronic fubbs to report. Too easy. The GPS is doing wonders for getting around a strange city.

I've been to the Valley now for a fifth time, but each time is different because each time the place has changed. More houses, more shopping centers, fewer joshua trees. All according to a plan - even if it resembles helter-skelter. (But more of that some other time.) It's not as dry this time, there's more moisture in the air. And there's more fog/smog at the foot of the south mountains. Homes are still being planned, though few are actually being built at the moment. No, it does not yet resemble LA, yet it also resembles its desert roots less and less.

I had a fun time at the Desert Toastmasters tonight, an unplanned pleasure on a busy schedule. I hope I can visit more parts of the LA church scene in the next few days.

More later....

Fun Links

Some fun-links to try out.

• Humor columnist Tim Bete


• Bruce Cameron, a good humorist; his stuff translates well over the Web.


• Funology, a site just for fun, for all ages.


• horn+swaggled blog, that dabbles in religion-world satire


• Laugh and Lift :)


• The Leviathan, which puts the 'fun' back in fundamentalism. (Y'mean there was some?)


• MyHumor.org. Try it just for laughs.


• Peggie's Place, Peggie Bohannon's pleasant place to stop off during a long
  hard night's Netsurfing. (Bohannon also is one of the pioneer Christian believers on the Web.)


• the Phantom Tollbooth. (Not easy to describe; you have to dig into it to get a grasp of it. Enjoy!)


• the long-running Ship of Fools satirical magazine. I'd never even heard of them until I stumbled onto this web home for the bizarrly faithful. Also, their digital Church of Fools, and their version of the history of saints, Loose Canons.


• one version of the origin of April Fool's Day.


• Snopes.com, a good resources for checking over those on-line hoaxes and 'urban legends'.


• A check-up for your attitude, with
  Dr. Thorson's Humor Scale

Radio Show, WUSB 90.1 FM, 17 February 2008

Bob Longman Sun 12:30-1:45 pm 17 February 2008
WUSB Stony Brook NY 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/

Ghost Radio -- Pat Wictor -- R
Wandering Shepherd -- Dan Fogelberg
Light Years -- Caroline Peyton
Walk Among the Stones -- Kate Campbell
Swingin' For Pappy -- Wild Bill Moore -- I
Dyna-Flow -- Jack Cooley
Lady Love -- Lou Rawls
Blues Boy -- Phil Minnisale -- L, N
Hometown - Jan Krist
I Own My Part -- Jan Krist
Death Don't Have No Mercy -- Toby Walker -- L
You Brought the Sunshine -- Clark Sisters -- R
The World Keeps You Waiting -- New York Voices
Veil of Gossamer -- Dave Bainbridge -- R, I
Breathe -- Keller Williams -- N
Flip Our Wigs -- the Treniers
As -- Stevie Wonder

1:45 pm : Seawolves Men's Basketball vs. Vermont

N = New L = Local R= Request I = Instrumental

Radio Show, Bob Longman WUSB 90.1 FM , 03 February 2008

Bob Longman Sun 12:30-2:30 pm 03 February 2008
WUSB Stony Brook NY, 90.1 FM, wusb.fm
Track -- Artist -- Album

She's Killing Me -- Bob Wills/Texas Playboys -- Legends of Country Music
Gone Gone Gone -- Robert Plant/Alison Krauss -- Raising Sand -- N
Voyeurs -- Jason Harrod -- Bright As You
Your Own Worst Enemy -- Bruce Springsteen -- Magic -- N
Breathe -- Keller Williams -- Breathe -- N
Black Sheep Wall -- Innocence Mission
Lonesome Valley -- Eric Bibb
the Deep -- Claire Holley
A Common Thread -- Michael Kelly Blanchard
Fallen Splendor -- Jeff Johnson -- Fallen Splendor -- I
Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song) -- Take 6
Java Jive -- Manhattan Transfer
None of Us Are Free -- Solomon Burke
Buffalo Soldier -- the Persuasions
Dead End Street -- Lou Rawls
Five Guys Names Moe -- Louis Jordan/Tympany 5
the Voice -- Five Satins
Masterpiece Theatre -- Jean Joseph Mouret -- -- I
Blessing Wind -- Bill Miller -- -- I
Seahouses -- Dave Bainbridge -- -- I
Ambergris March -- Bjork -- -- I
My Babe -- Dion -- Son of Skip James -- N
Chamego (Betty's Bossa) -- New York Voices -- A Day Like This -- N
The Man Who Would Be King -- John Stewart
Abiola -- Ellis Paul -- Dragonfly Races -- N
Lullabye For Later -- Tim Blane -- Clockwork -- N
I Could Have Been Your Best Friend -- Viktor Krauss -- N
Holding On To the Earth -- Sam Phillips-Burnett -- Indescribable Wow
When Luther Played the Blues -- Hans Theessink -- Slow Train -- N
Change -- Gospel Hummingbirds
By Athenish -- Bonerama -- Bringing It Home -- N