Millard Fuller and what's real

I just heard about the passing of Millard Fuller. It was even mentioned in the front bottom of the New York Times (directing us to the obits). Fuller was founder and for three decades the leader of Habitat for Humanity. To me, that's worth a lot of attention.

Habitat was one of those strange groups. It was formed at first with a bunch of Christians in Americus GA in 1976, and was based among the Christian community at Koinonia Farms there. (This base had already built their first home in 1969, and in 1973 in the Congo.) The vision went way beyond Americus, or even America, that home ownership (and the related pride, security, and asset value) would not be outside the reach of the poor. One of the elements of genius is how they get people from the community involved in building the houses -- many who got involved that way caught what Fuller called "Habititis", getting deeper into the cause.

Americus had some notoriety already, through Clarence Jordan's popular Cotton Patch Gospel. Indeed, in many ways Jordan's work led to Habitat. But just as important was the ties that Fuller and Habitat made with its neighbors. That included a peanut farmer from nearby Plains, who became President, Jimmy Carter. Carter's continued support gave a solid platform to expand Habitat. And a lot of people heard Fuller share his vision. And Habitat continued to be blessed, growing to the point where its impact was no longer small.

I heard that vision, too. I met Fuller when the Christian Community Development Association had its annual conference in Baltimore. Fuller led a tour of the community of Sandtown, where Habitat has a major housing rehab project. Back at the conference, Fuller spoke with clarity and straightforward faith about what he termed the economics of Jesus. When we extend ourselves to strengthen others, especially those in poverty, God will provide, we can trust in that. I can't argue with him on that, because God has sure provided for Habitat and its cause. When I spoke with him briefly before he left the conference, he was clearly energized to meet so many CCDA people who were totally sold on Christ as found in Scripture -- just like him -- be so actively involved with the poor in some of the toughest neighborhoods in the nation.

Millard Fuller had a passion that ignited a movement. It will -- it must -- now continue without him. But let's stop for a moment to thank God for having gifted him so strongly. And to pass it on to others.

Check here for Habitat's page on Fuller.

regarding Baptism

I'm right now in the midst of re-writing Spirithome's materials on Christian baptism. But there's something I need to know, because it's not something I can see from where I'm at.

This is for those of you who are not a committed Christian, attend only occasionally, are agnostic, or just find such things puzzling. Most of you have at least a passing familiarity with it -- you've been to a friend's child's baptism, or you've seen it in movies or on the media, read about it, or heard a colleague talk about it. I'm inviting you to write in about what baptism (the act, the ceremony, the talk about it) seems like to you.

To give you an idea, I'll start with a few items others have already told me. (You don't have to be this brief.)

-- a ceremony to mark the arrival of a baby
-- symbols that have been robbed of much of their real-ness
-- another occasion for collecting money
-- a way to pay homage to one's traditions and forebears
-- a way to enhance the power of ordained ministers
-- a mother's moment of honor in public or before the rest of the family

Do you have something more to add to these? A story to describe it? An entirely different reaction? Whatever it is, I want to hear it. Just write it as a blog comment to this note.

Thank you, in advance.
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Bob Longman show, 2008 year-end list

as heard on WUSB 90.1 fm Stony Brook NY, and wusb.fm, Sun afts 12:30-2:30 pm
rank -- song -- artist

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(1) No Words -- Neil Diamond
(2) Seven Steps to Heaven -- Take 6/Al Jarreau/Jon Hendricks/Till Bronner
(3) Breathe -- Keller Williams
(4) Half Of It -- Tim Blane
(5) Unburden -- Julia Brown
(6) Lullabye -- Tim Blane
(7) Not the End -- Natalie Walker
(8) the World Keeps You Waiting -- New York Voices
(9) It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace) -- Kenny Neal
(10) I Remain -- Carolann Ames

(11) Adelaide -- Tim Miller
(12) Dreamer -- Sergio Mendes/Lani Hall/Herb Alpert
(13) Flip Flop & Fly -- Cephas & Wiggins
(14) Grace -- Brooke Annibale
(15) One -- Keziah Jones
(16) Ride On -- Ben Wise
(17) Take Your Time -- Al Green w. Corinne Bailey Rae
(18) The Way We Do -- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
(19) Where Dreams Are Bound -- Ben Wise
(20) You've Got to Hurt (Before You Can Heal) -- Kenny Neal

(21) A Deeper Meaning -- Phil Roy
(22) AKA Papa Funk -- Jimmy McCracken
(23) Ashrey Ha'ish -- Sheva
(24) Bass Blues -- Belinda Underwood w. Nancy King
(25) Chamego (Betty's Bossa) -- New York Voices
(26) Disappear -- Michael Korb
(27) Dodo's Bounce -- James Carter
(28) Even Trade -- Terence Martin
(29) Get It, Get It -- Janiva Magness
(30) Hard to Lie -- Brooke Annibale

(31) Hide and Seek -- Return To the Dream
(32) Home To Me -- Phil Minissale
(33) I Can't Make It Alone -- Lou Rawls
(34) I'm Glad You're Mine -- Janiva Magness
(35) I'm Wild About You -- Al Green
(36) Last to Die -- Bruce Springsteen
(37) My Babe -- Dion DiMucci
(38) October Dance -- Seven Octaves
(39) Only You -- Watson Twins
(40) Prosciutto E Meloni -- La Bande Magnetik

(41) Rapid Shave -- James Carter
(42) Scramblin' -- Jo Williamson
(43) The Secret -- Toby Walker
(44) Summer Place -- Kaydi Johnson
(45) Things About Coming My Way -- Ruth Brown
(46) Thoughts and Prayers -- Ron Sexsmith
(47) Two Toasts -- Carrie Newcomer
(48) Un-Wishing Well -- Rajaton
(49) WHY -- Phil & Ian Keaggy
(50) Your Protector -- Fleet Foxes

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Advent-Christmas-Epiphany

Tell us about what you experience as the good parts of the holiday season,
the traditions that mark it, the practices you find most beneficial.

Bob Longman, Spirithome.com

Stark cold truth

In his book *What Americans Really Believe*, Rodney Stark also made a critical, crucial mistake in his reading of the data on church attendance and membership. Or, just as important, the Baylor study itself made the mistake, and he followed it to prove his point.

The extremely critical mistake? They asked the respondents about it.

Why is that a mistake? Because even people who don't go to church want to be seen as if they're part of a church. Or, they want to see themselves as someone who goes. On image questions of this kind, there's just too much lying. And they'll do it even when the information is to be kept confidential; many people don't trust that, either. So it is not something that is accurately studied by way of self-reporting.

The truth? According to those who look at actual counts, actual church attendance and membership are down overall. Attendance has been dropping noticeably for the last 10 years or so, with a brief interruption for 9/11. (Before that there was about two decades of 'shuffling', largely of folks leaving mainline churches for Pentecostal ones.) Many people, even those with strong Christian beliefs, don't bother with church at all anymore. Being an actual member of an actual congregation or church body isn't as important to their identity as in past generations. The drop isn't as large or as deep as the doomsday folks are saying, but it is real, and the churches must take action about it now. They must give a clear answer to the question, "what good does it do for Christians to gather together?"

The best way to measure such subjects by surveys? Indirectly. By creating a scale of indirect questions and doing a cluster analysis of them in relation to the other questions on the survey. By running a cross-check on it by looking at an area's actual attendance counts. By having enough respondents on these specific questions that you can have a high enough number of respondents (Ns) to be in effect a statistically-significant survey for each issue breakdown.

Stark et al.'s sunny analysis about current church attendance has no ground in fact except for the distorted 'self-reported' attendance and membership. This is one of the two instances in the book where the Baylor data was, from the start, not what it seemed to be.
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Gallows Humor on Spiritual Gifts

( as found in Cybersalt, http://www.cybersalt.org/cleanlaugh/ )

During the French Revolution, there were three Christians who were sentenced to die by the guillotine. One Christian had the gift of faith, the other had the gift of prophecy, the other had the gift of helps.

The Christian with the gift of faith was to be executed first. He was asked if he wanted to wear a hood over his head. He declined and said he was not afraid to die. "I have faith that God will deliver me!" he shouted bravely. His head was positioned under the guillotine, with his neck on the chopping block. He looked up at the sharp blade, said a short prayer and waited confidently. The rope was pulled, but nothing happened.

His executioners were amazed and, believing that this must have been an act of God, they freed the man.

The Christian with the gift of prophecy was next. His head was positioned under the guillotine blade and he too was asked if he wanted the hood. "No," he said, "I am not afraid to die. However, I predict that God will deliver me from this guillotine!" At that, the rope was pulled and again, nothing happened. Once, again the puzzled executioners assumed this must be a miracle of God, and they freed the man.

The third Christian, with the gift of helps, was next. He was brought to the guillotine and likewise asked if he wanted to wear a hood. "No," he said, "I'm just as brave as those other two guys." The executioners then positioned him face up under the guillotine and were about to pull the rope when the man stopped them. "Hey wait a minute," he said. "I think I just found the problem with your guillotine."
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Feedback on Church Words

What applies to words about the Bible also applies to churchly words. The definitions at Spirithome.com are my best attempt to make sense out some of the most important words of the Christian tradition, including words that are better not to use at all, or only when addressing specialists.

I need to hear from you if the Spirithome definitions are right, or most importantly, what they miss. So go ahead. Make my day....

Words About the Word

A year or so ago I had to think a lot about how to describe Scripture's place in the lives of Christians. I sensed something wrong with much of what I was reading about it.

(1) There was an important discrepancy between what what we say we believe about it and what our thoughts and actions showed we really believed about it.

(2) The vocabulary we used was clearly too narrow, and damaged by abuse and misunderstanding.

I had already put up some definitions on Spirithome.com, but they needed to be clearer, more systematic, and the vocabulary needed to be wider-ranging. I have a new appreciation for the limits of using words to describe the Bible, but I'm even more convinced that we need to try.

I'm inviting more comment about this. Read the pages linked through the title of this note. I'm looking for real insight from you-all. Fire away!

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Surveys on Religion : More of the Expected

I finally got a chance to read Rodney Stark & his crew's take on the Baylor Religion Surveys, most of which is found in Stark's book "What Americans Really Believe".

Before I go on, I should be honest about my own split feelings about Stark. On the one hand, his work with Glock in the late '60s-early '70s, notably American Piety and Christian Beliefs and Anti-Semitism, are seminal works in applying survey techniques to religious belief and practice. Those studies dispelled many fables. And Stark himself has been a part of the birth and growth of multivariate methods of sociological data analysis. On the other hand, in his own books the conclusions he writes are often very opinionated, and he doesn't think through the possible different slants on the data and account for them, as a good statistical analyst should do. His method is to set up straw men of popular beliefs about belief, then knock them down with the stats. (The only thing that makes the approach somewhat acceptable is that, unfortunately, most Americans' beliefs about other Americans' beliefs are based on the same straw men. But one could hope for more insight than that.)

One of the key things supported by the studies is something I've written and spoken about many times over the years : Christians on the whole are not credulous people. We don't believe in most stuff that seems mysterious or supernatural, and a lot of non-believers do believe in such things. Yes, I know where the general public image comes from : the fuss over weeping statues of Mary or gold glitter on the skin or the latest strong-talking preacher. But on the whole, most of us aren't into that. Stark's data shows that most Americans believe in dreams that foretell the future or reveal hidden truths, and large proportions believe in the existence of lost ancient civilizations, in ghost hauntings, and UFOs. This is especially true of those who are "spiritual but not religious". Next to all that, attending to a crying statue seems downright level-headed. The studies also show that Christians, across the board, even of a less-intense variety, are significantly less likely to believe such things.

Then, there is the existence of angels and demons. According to this study, and every other statistical or subjective-case study I've ever read on the matter (including a very recent Pew Center study), not only do most Americans and most Christians believe in angels, most "spiritual but not religious" folks do, too, by 2 to 1. Who's credulous?

Interpretation, of course, should account for the different ways people perceive angels. Also, belief in angels as a measure of credulousness goes one way if there really aren't any, but an entirely different way if there really are some. It's as wrong to believe something doesn't exist that does as it is to believe something does exist that doesn't. The key to which way it goes depends on what the truth is.

To me at least, there were very few surprises in the data. And, predictably, Stark and his coworkers ripped apart the straw men. Hopefully, in future studies they'll take down some more vigorous misperceptions.

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Twisted world

Here's one of many ironic twists on the Mumbai bombings, according to a report published online by AFP :

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British actor Joey Jeetun was caught up in the violence when the Leopold cafe , a restaurant popular with expatriates, was attacked.

The 31-year-old, who played a suicide bomber in a British television documentary, said terrorists assumed he was dead because he was covered in other people's blood. He was then detained as a possible suspect and held for 13 hours in a police cell.

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Let's pray that India does not go ballistic (figurative or literal) on Pakistan. It's rather clear so far that the Pakistani government had no way of preventing this group from doing it, since there's too much of Pakistan that's not in their control. (That is a problem Pakistan must fix, but it won't be easy.)

Sad News

Spirithome.com extends its sympathies to the people at Synchronicity in Virginia, and to the Lubavitcher community worldwide, who have lost loved ones and friends during this murderous assault in Mumbai.

For all the talk about targeting American, British, and Israeli citizens, it must be noted that so far as can be told from the current information, the two Synchronicity dead were killed in the initial assault at the Oberoi, when they were two of many who were unfortunate enough to be eating in the restaurant where the terrorists' bullets first struck. They were apparently not part of any special 'targeting'. No other Americans have been reported dead (so far), except the US/Israeli rabbi at the Chabad center. A British/Cypriot charter boat/yacht magnate was also killed, and several Israelis at the Chabad center. Several Australians, an Italian, and a Japanese natural gas businessman were also killed; possibly one from China and from Singapore as well, though that's very unclear at this chaotic point. Meanwhile some 90% of the dead were citizens of India, and South Mumbai is awash with British and Americans living there and doing business there. So if the terrorists were 'targeting certain foreigners', as reported in the press, they were dreadful at it. (Unless, as is likely, Hindi are 'foreigners' to them. But what do they care -- they're terrorists. More blood, more bombs, more fires, more fear. Which is the whole point.)

India must know that Americans are with them 100% on this. We need to make person-to-person contacts with those who we know from Mumbai, and let the immigrants and the students in the US know too. They do not stand alone.

Obama, and other notes

I'm still debating in my mind whether to keep celebrating Barack Obama's victory, or cringing in fear of what could be happening before his January 20 inauguration. That's two months in which W. is still the President. He's already disapproved sensible Democratic economic proposals, continues to speak against any particular regulation of businesses, still thinks nothing of ordering strikes into other countries, and has done nothing to keep track of how the bailout monies are used nor to make the banks use it to give out loans. Also, I wonder who'll be on his list of pardons; every administration puts up a bad pardon or two, but I smell a raft of them for folks involved in government cover-ups and business corruption.

It won't be fun.

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As usual, I stunk at guessing the baseball playoffs. I've picked the winner twice in five years, 3 times in the last eight. This year was my usual miss. Next : football playoffs and NCAA basketball. I do a lot better with football, though I was as surprised as everyone else at the Giants' rise last year. I got to watch their conference championship game against Favre and the Packers last year on a big-city bar's big screen. (Even though I was more interested in the Amazing Race finals, which was what I was there to watch.) The Giants look even better this year. So far, so do the Titans -- however, they get to face Favre and the team that used to be known as the Titans. The Jets should use the throwback uniforms in this game, to add more to the battle of the Titans. Except that would be titanic. Which would give us that sinking feeling.

Re the Race : Nick and Starr vs. Toni and Dallas. (And the winner is : Starr and Dallas??) The rest don't count. This year's crop had many poorly-picked teams, but really great tasks and locations. I know some TAR fans are sick of seeing India, but it is probably the single most different, strangest, and most varied country in the world. They could go there every year, and not exhaust the many facets India offers. I hope next time they go there, they try Chennai. Frankly, I'm sick of Moscow, their next stop. Let's hope the tasks stay this good.

Way Too True to be Good

This is as good an excuse as any to read the Cerulean Sanctum blog (and there are many good reasons).

Dan Edelen posted a picture from a Cindy Jacobs - related prayer event. On the one hand, it's not what it seems. On the other hand, maybe it ultimately is what it seems, considering who so many CBN-types kiss up to.

http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/10/the-american-religion-on-parade.html

(Enjoy the photo. Then, go ahead -- explore the rest of the blog site.)

WUSB Radio, Bob Longman, 10 August 2008

08/10/08, 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, L=Local
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Sweet Dreams of You -- Everly Brothers
Postcard From Gulfside -- Brooks Williams
Scramblin' -- Jo Williamson -- Wake On the Hudson -- N,L
Geodes -- Carrie Newcomer -- Geography of Light -- N
Hard to Lie -- Brooke Annibale -- The In-Between -- N
Love Is Everywhere I Go -- Sam Phillips Burnett
Hold On -- Emmylou Harris -- All I Intended to Be -- N
A Deeper Meaning -- Phil Roy -- the Great Longing -- N
Green Rolling Hills -- Rosalie Sorrels -- Strangers In Another Country -- N
Breadline Blues -- Bernard 'Slim' Smith -- Moneyland comp. -- N
Moneyland -- Del McCoury Band -- Moneyland comp. -- N
I'm Glad You're Mine -- Janiva Magness -- What Love Will Do -- N
Move Across the Water -- Phil Minissale -- Home to Me -- N,L
Adelaide -- Tim Miller -- Adelaide -- N
Summer Place -- Kaydi Johnson -- Peasant Of the Wreck-- N
Homecoming -- Don Latarski & Ru D'Acoustic -- Acoustic Rainbow comp. -- N
The Song Within -- Phil Keaggy -- the Song Within -- 'N'
Can't Find My Way Home -- Return To the Dream -- self --N,L
A Father and Two Sons -- Rory Block
My Piano -- Katie Brennan -- Slowly -- N,L
Hold Me For a While -- Five O'Clock Shadow
It's Only Time -- Mark Curry
Days Go On -- Greg Laswell -- 3 Flights fr. Alto Nido -- N
Meet You In the Middle -- Joan Osborne -- Little Wild One -- N
Telephone Talking -- Real Group
Exodus -- Bob Marley
Beijing (Widescreen Mix) -- Iona UK

Really early Brooks, superb even then.
the Moneyland CD is a sequence of songs by different artists which act as a scream against the current culture of greed and economic b.s.. McCoury's populist credentials have never been in doubt.
A cool track, with what passes in Scandinavia as levity, from the Group whose harmonies are for Real.

WUSB Radio, Bob Longman, 03 August 2008

08/03/08, 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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The Pool -- Daniel Amos
Hide and Seek -- Return To the Dream -- RTTW -- N
Sound of Silence (electric mix) -- Simon & Garfunkel
Grace -- Brooke Annibale -- the In-Between -- N
The Price of Love -- Everly Brothers
No Place For Me -- Willie Nelson
Story Of A Broken Heart -- Johnny Cash
Summer Place -- Kaydi Johnson -- Peasant Of the Wreck -- N
If A Song Could Be President -- Over the Rhine
Moon Song -- Emmylou Harris -- All I Intended to Be -- N
Get It, Get It -- Janiva Magness -- What Love Will Do -- N
Guava Jelly -- Johnny Nash
Maidin Luan Chincise -- Karan Casey -- Ships In the Forest -- N
New Romance -- David Brighton & Promise
Freeway -- Aimee Mann -- Smilers -- N
Hallelujah -- Leonard Cohen
I Will Have My Portion -- Susan Werner -- Gospel Truth -- N
Dream On Dreamer -- Jo Williamson -- Wake On the Hudson -- N
I Remain -- Carolann Ames -- Acoustic Rainbow comp. -- N
I Me Mine -- the Beatles
You Were There For Me -- Phil Roy w. Antje Duvekot -- the Great Longing -- N
Great Big World -- Pierce Pettis
Homecoming -- Don Latarski -- Acoustic Rainbow comp. -- N
Fool That I Am -- the Ravens
Love Me Like You Mean It -- Percy Sledge
One Day I Walk -- Brooks Williams
Sweet Lorraine -- Nat King Cole
Simple Gifts -- Vox One

Carolann Ames shows she knows how to touch the heart.
At this early age, Brooke Annibale's got a sense of where her music's going.
Susan Werner, with less of the bitters, shines on this one.

Playoff predictions

Baseball playoff predictions, September 29 2008, made at an online sports site that will go unnamed (but many of you saw it posted).

AL :

Angels vs. Red Sox : Angels in 5
Rays vs. White Sox : Rays in 4

Angels vs. Rays : Angels in 5

NL :

Cubs vs. Dodgers : Cubs in 5
Phillies vs. Brewers : Phillies in 3

Cubs vs. Phillies : Cubs in 6

World Series :

Angels vs. Cubs : Angels in 6

Best Manager in Baseball : Mike Sciosia.

Scoring per hit : Ryan Howard, Phillies.

Players most likely to be tarred and feathered in their team's home town :
Scott Schoeneweis and Aaron Heilman, NY Mets.

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