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HINT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (4.26.14)

23 Apr

HINT:

This Saturday is Honesty Day, Richter Scale Day, Hug An Australian Day, and this Wednesday is International Jazz Day. Guess which one I’ll be celebrating on the air. 

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals and Live Radio

Saturday Night   10:00 PM  (E.D.T)

WMNR FIne Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

Can never get enough of a good thing? I like the way you think. Check out Turntable For One on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange!

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (4.12.14)

9 Apr

HINT: 

Here’s what you’ll need for listening to this week’s Turntable For One: a radio (or internet radio), 2 ears — but wait!! There’s more: you’ll also need a well-lighted room, comfortable clothes, a warm, engaging smile, and a cell phone. Get the picture? You will Saturday night and I’ll be playing an hour of great jazz vocals to enhance the mood.

 

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals and Live Radio

Saturday Night   10:00 PM (E.S.T.)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming live on wmnr.org

A new show is going up on the Turntable For One series page on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Listen now and avoid the Easter rush!

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY’S THEME (4.5.14)

2 Apr

HINT: What do you call that feeling you get when the team that beat your team in the first round gets knocked out of the tournament in the second round, or that feeling you get when the hedge fund guy who lost all your investments goes to jail for fraud (pretend that could really happen)? It’s the same feeling a radio host feels when he gives you a vague and ambiguous hint about his musical theme and then enjoys watching you struggle and lose sleep trying to figure it out. Whatever you want to call it, I’ve got an hour of songs about it planned for this week. 

TURNTABLE FOR ONE   Jazz Vocals And Live Radio

Saturday Night   10:00 PM (E.S.T.)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming live on wmnr.org

A new Turntable For One podcast has been posted on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Please form one single-file, orderly line to listen.  http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT THEME (3.29.14)

26 Mar

HINT:

For this week’s program, I’m once again delving deep into the vast bowels of the Turntable For One recorded archives. (Perhaps a more elegant metaphor is wanted here). Nevertheless, I hope you’re ready to party Saturday night because on that show I threw an all-singing, all-star, all-out par-teee. 

 

Turntable For One   Great Jazz Vocals and Live Radio  

Saturday Night   10:00 PM  (E.S.T.)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming live at wmnr.org

I’ve posted a new Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. This one’s called Bottoms Up, Face Down: Drinking Again

Listen now and avoid the crowds!  http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S SHOW (3.22.14)

19 Mar

HINT:

A while back I broke the Turntable For One record for the greatest number of singers played on the air during one show. (And I did it without playing the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.) Well, since nobody wrote or called saying, “Don’t ever do anything like that again,” guess what? I’m doing something like that again.

Which record will I try to break this time? Tune in Saturday Night and find out!

Turntable For One  Jazz Vocals and Live Radio 

Saturday Night   10:00 PM  (E.S.T.)

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

By the way, there is a new podcast on the Turntable For One series page on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. And PRX selected this show, “Kick Me: A Musical Tribute To Low Self-Esteem,” as a featured piece. Want to hear what all the fuss is about?

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

 

 

 

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (3.15.14)

12 Mar

HINT: 

March is supposed to come in like a lion and go out like a lamb, or vice versa. What if March decided to come in like a giraffe and go out like a lemur? Or a gibbon? Or a Ford Fiesta? Or a blueberry muffin?? You think this is madness? I wonder what kind of madness there could be in March?  

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals and Live Radio 

Saturday Night   10:00 PM

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

There’s a new podcast on the Turntable For One series page on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Please don’t reveal the shocking surprise ending to anyone or there will be hell to pay.  

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

 

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (3.8.14)

5 Mar

HINT: 

People who possess it try very hard to keep out of sight, but they’re everywhere. People who have this quality don’t want to be noticed because they think they aren’t good enough. Too bad. This week I’m putting them in the spotlight and arguing that the Great American Songbook wouldn’t be the same without them and this special quality. Want to hear my arguments? Talk to you Saturday night!

TURNTABLE FOR ONE   Jazz Vocals and Live Radio

Saturday Night   10:00 PM

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

Need more than just the minimum weekly requirement of Turntable For One? Check out the PRX podcast page. 

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (3.1.14)

25 Feb

HINT: 

What do Drew Barrymore, Dexter Gordon, Dakota Fanning, George Frederic Handel, Steve Jobs, Joe Lieberman, George Harrison, Bernadette Peters, and Tommy Tune all have in common – besides the fact that none of them will be listening to my show this Saturday along with practically everyone else. 

Come on…Aren’t you even a little bit curious?

Turntable For One  Jazz Vocals & Live Radio

Saturday Night   10:00 PM

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming live at wmnr.org

Can’t wait for Saturday?  Listen to Turntable For One Podcasts on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

 

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (1.22.14)

19 Feb

HINT:

It’s been a rough winter to deal with, so let’s try a Mindfulness exercise. Imagine you’re someplace warm, someplace cozy, even small. No one but you is in this warm, cozy, even small room and you seldom leave. There are people nearby, but they don’t talk to you, don’t acknowledge your presence, even though many of them are just like you — oh wait! That’s Bernie Madoff. Crap! There’s got to be a better fantasy escape. What do you bet I come up with one by Saturday night? 

Hey, this blog has been getting a lot of international visitors these days. Leave a message and say, Hi. I’d love to hear from you. 

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals and Live Radio 

Saturday Night   10:00 PM  

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and streaming on wmnr.org

 

Want to do some binge-listening? Try the Turntable For One podcast page on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange.  

(And special thanks to WNMU-FM for picking up an episode.)

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

HINT FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT’S THEME (2.15.14)

12 Feb

HINT: 

Okay I know that Saturday is the day AFTER Valentine’s Day, but surely you wouldn’t mind some songs about the myriad marvelous, memorable (and sometimes misguided) machinations of maintaining a meaningful relationship, right? What? You would? And stop calling you Shirley? Uh-oh…

Turntable For One   Jazz Vocals and Live Radio

Saturday Night   10:00 PM

WMNR Fine Arts Radio and wmnr.org

Puzzling over the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for someone special?

Go to the Turntable For One podcast page. It’s perfect for killing time while you procrastinate about shopping. 

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one