Turntable For One is all about problems – certainly not solving them, more like creating them, exacerbating them, and at the very least exploiting them. So this week I tackled the problem of the government shutdown. What did I do? I played music, of course, but I also dedicated the program to the 800,000 federal employees who have gone from figuring out how to live paycheck to paycheck to how to live no paycheck to no paycheck. The President said he didn’t want to call this a shutdown. I agree. How about travesty?
(Government Dept.) /SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? / George Michael / “Symphonica”
- (Interior Dept.) / MOUNTAIN GREENERY / Jackie & Roy / “Echoes”
- (Interior Dept.) / TEDDY BEAR’S PICNIC / Bing Crosby / “Musical Moments To Remember: Bing Crosby”
- (Interior Dept.) / RHODE ISLAND IS FAMOUS FOR YOU / Nancy LaMott / “My Foolish Heart”
- STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER / John Daversa Big Band / “American Dreamers”
- (TSA, FBI) / SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME / Nancy Wilson / “The Very Best Of Nancy WIlson”
- (TSA, FBI) / I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “Sinatra/Basie”
- (Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms) / SCOTCH AND SODA / Amanda Carr / “Carr-Toons”
- (Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms) / SMOKING MY SAD CIGARETTE / Kate McGarry / “Centennial”
- (Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms) / THE CONTINUING STORY OF BUNGALOW BILL / The Beatles / “The Beatles”
- (Treasury Dept.) / WHO WILL BUY / (Mystery Vocalist) / Nancy Sinatra / “Movin’ With Nancy Sinatra”
- (Treasury Dept.) / BUY AND SELL / Mark Winkler / “The Laura Nyro Project”
- (Politician to Lobbyist) / LOVE FOR SALE / Aretha Franklin / “Yeah!!”
- THE NEUTRON DANCE / The Ault Sisters / “Sisters In Swing”
- (HUD) / THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL / Johnny Hartman / “Boston Concert 1976”
- (HUD) / HOME ON THE RANGE / Janet Planet / “Of Thee I Sing”
- (FDA) / FRIM FRAM SAUCE / Vocapella / “Black Coffee”
- (Coast Guard) / MY SHIP / Joanie Sommers / “For Those Who Think Young”
- (Transportation Dept.) / COME FLY WITH ME / Shirley Horn / “Close Enough For Love”
- (Transportation Dept.) / ROUTE 66 / Ann Hampton Callaway / “Signature”
- (Transportation Dept.) / I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU / Keith Jarrett / “Bye Bye Blackbird”
- (State Department) / CHORO POUR LES AMANTS ETERNELS / Sarah Lancman / “A Contretemps”
- (State Department) / WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE / The Real Group / “Unreal”
- (State Department) / APRIL IN PARIS / Connie Evingson / “Gypsy In My Soul”
- AMERICAN TUNE / Kurt Elling / “1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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