Archive | June, 2012

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (6.30.12)

26 Jun

HINT:

“Though we gotta say goodbye for the summer, Baby, I promise you this: I’ll send you all my love every day in a letter sealed with a kiss…”

Song lyrics or a note to juror #6 from John Edwards? Find out the answer to that and more than you ever asked to know on the season finale of Turntable For One!

Turntable For One     Saturday night     10:00 PM   Live Radio on WMNR Fine Arts Radio and wmnr.org

PLAYLIST FOR “SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS” (6.23.12)

24 Jun

So much new music, so little time. (Only two shows left in this season.) So here are some listening suggestions (mostly new CDs) for your summer break. And, yes, there will be a quiz.

Next week, the season finale. Whimper or bang? Fire or Ice? Tune in to find out.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD or Album Title

  • AGUA DE BEBER / Connie Evingson / “Sweet Happy Life
  • IF I WERE A BELL / Stacey Kent / “Dreamer In Concert”
  • YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME / Delicatessen / “Goodnight Kiss”
  • DANCING ON THE CEILING / Frank D’Rone / “Double Exposure”
  • IF I TELL YOU I LOVE YOU / Melody Gardot / “The Absence”
  • BABY’S REQUEST / Paul McCartney / “Kisses On The Bottom”
  • WHAT IF / (Mystery Vocalist) / Kate Winslet / “Christmas Carol: The Movie Soundtrack”
  • MAS QUE NADA / Veronneau / “Jazz Samba Project”
  • BASSDRUMSAXBONE / Juliann Kuchocki / “Broken Compass”
  • GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE / Jamie Cullum / “Meet The Robinsons Soundtrack”
  • I’VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE / Lorez Alexandria / “Alexandria The Great”
  • BITTERSWEET / Maud Hixson / (Promo CD)
  • SMILE / Melissa Stylianou / “Silent Movie”
  • PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine / (Unreleased Master)

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (6.23.12)

20 Jun

Hint:

No more pencils, no more books! School’s out for the summer. Oh, yeah? Think again!

Turntable For One    Saturday night    10:00 PM   Live radio on WMNR Fine Arts Radio and wmnr.org

PLAYLIST FOR “TRIBUTE TO THE DSM” (6.16.12)

17 Jun

This week’s program was a musical tribute to a book to which we can all relate…if not resemble…sometimes in unfortunate ways. In addition to the song title, artist, and album title, I’ve included the DSM Diagnosis so that you might self-diagnose. Just doing my job.

(DIAGNOSIS) / SONG TITLE / Artist / Album or CD Title

  • TWISTED / Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross / “Twisted: The Best of Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross
  • (OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER) / NIGHT AND DAY / Frank Sinatra / “A Swingin’ Affair”
  • (NARCISSISM) / I FEEL PRETTY / Sarah Vaughan / “Live In Copenhagen”
  • (CLINICAL DEPRESSION) / MOOD INDIGO / Nat Cole / “Big Band Cole”
  • (SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY) / YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME / Delicatessen / “Jazz + Bossa”
  • (MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER) / ME MYSELF AND I / Tony Bennett / “Tony Bennett on Holiday”
  • (RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME) / I CAN’T BE BOTHERED NOW / Nicole Henry / “The Very Thought Of You”
  • (BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER) / AFTER YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT YOU DON’T WANT IT / Julian Yeo / “You And The Night”
  • (OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER) / EVERYBODY SAYS DON’T / Melora Hardin / “All The Way To Mars”
  • (ASPERGER’S SYNDROME) / HOW INSENSITIVE / (Mystery Vocalists) / The Monkees / “Missing Links: Volume 3”
  • (PARANOIA) / THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES / Irene Kral / “Second Chance”
  • (BIPOLAR DISORDER) / SOMETIMES I’M HAPPY / Jessica Molaskey/John Pizzarelli / “Sitting In Limbo”
  • (ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPER-ACTIVITY DISORDER) / DAT DERE / Rickie Lee Jones / “Up From The Skies”
  • (SCHIZOPHRENIA) / I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER / Paul McCartney / “Kisses On The Bottom”
  • (OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER) / SAY IT / Kurt Elling / “Flirting With Twilight”
  • PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine / “(Unreleased Master)

HINT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (6.16.12)

13 Jun

HINT:

How much time do you spend every day routinely  analyzing, evaluating, diagnosing, and categorizing your closest friends, family, and acquaintances? Aren’t you embarrassed? Well, you should be if you’re doing this in a totally casual and unscientific way. But wait.  I have good news: This week the jazz vocals on Turntable For One will give you all the tools you’ll need to call your friends, family, and acquaintances the names they truly and properly deserve.

Turntable For One    Saturday Night    10:00 PM      Live Radio on WMNR Fine Arts Radio and wmnr.org

PLAYLIST FOR “OUT-SOURCING” (6.9.12)

10 Jun

These are perilous times, especially for anyone who hates cliches. However, to show my true patriotic stripes, tonight on Turntable For One in a demonstration of economic  austerity, I out-sourced all of the vocalists — to Canada. Not one of these vocalists was born in the U.S. of A., although many of them do have certain facial resemblances to actual Americans. Stay vigilant.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

 

  • MATCHMAKER MATCHMAKER  /  Sophie Milman  /  “Make Someone Happy”
  • THE BEST THING FOR YOU  /  George Evans  /  “Live At The Cellar”
  • SURREY WITH THE FRINGE  /  Emilie-Claire Barlow  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • TWENTIETH CENTURY  /  Joe Coughlin  /  “Thing Turn Out That Way”
  • DEVIL MAY CARE  /  Diana Krall  /  “When I Look In Your Eyes”
  • WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I?  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  William Shatner
  • WELCOME TO MY LIFE  /  Nikki Yanofsky  /  “Nikki”
  • CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE  /  Michael Buble   /  “Call Me Irresponsible”
  • FOR NO ONE  /  Veronneau  /  “Joy Of Living”
  • NOW THAT MY BABY’S GONE  /  Michael Kaeshammer  /  “Lovelight”
  • LARGER THAN LIFE  /  Holly Cole  /  “Holly Cole”
  • THIS CAN’T BE LOVE  /  John Alcorn & Molly Johnson  /  “Quiet Night”
  • MOON RIVER  /  Melissa Stylianou  /  “Silent Movie”
  • LONELY TIME  /  (Theme Music)  /  Maynard Ferguson  /  “A Message From Birdland”

HINT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT’S PROGRAM (6.9.12)

6 Jun

HINT:

In keeping with Turntable For One’s persistent mission to speak TRUTH to POWER, even though we usually just get its voicemail, this week’s show will be wholly, entirely, completely and unabashedly UN-AMERICAN. The reality checks (and the subpoenas) are in the mail!

TURNTABLE FOR ONE            SATURDAY    10:00 PM        Live Radio on WMNR Fine Arts Radio and wmnr.org

 

In other news:

This Friday at 10:00 PM, I’ll be sitting in for Will Duchon and guest-hosting in The Night Cafe.  If you’ve ever wondered what I look like in a waiter’s apron and only a waiter’s apron, tune in on Friday night. Here’s a link to Will’s FB page. 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friday-Evening-ClassicsThe-Night-Cafe-with-Will-Duchon/282954118397857

 

Don’t forget: For a behind the scenes look at WMNR Fine Arts Radio, check out this new video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tlzek6IcTU

PLAYLIST FOR “A TRIBUTE TO BLACK AND WHITE THINKING” (6.2.12)

3 Jun

There was no middle ground, not this week, just a colorful show in the extreme, albeit totally in black and white.  

Talk to you next week.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album or CD Title

  • ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL  /  Chris Connor  /  “At The Village Gate”
  • ALL OF ME  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Swing Easy”
  • ALL THE WAY  /  Nicole Henry  /  “The Very Thought Of You”
  • I DON’T WORRY ABOUT A THING  /  Mose Allison  /  “Mose In Your Ear”
  • I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN  /  Rigmor Gustafsson & Jacky Terrasson  /  “Close To You”
  • I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Professional Dreamer”
  • IT’S YOU OR NO ONE  /  Denise Donatelli  /  “When Lights Are Low”
  • I’M THROUGH WITH LOVE  /  (Mystery vocalist)  /  Jack Lemmon  /  “A Twist of Lemmon”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • YOU’RE NOBODY TILL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “Sunday Express”
  • USELESS LANDSCAPE  /  Morgana King  /  “It’s A Quiet Thing”
  • YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE  /  Mark Winkler  /  “Till I Get It Right”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)