TURNTABLE FOR ONE

HINT:

Saturday’s live show will take a lesson and its theme from a boy who is more often than not a girl.

But before you assume the obvious, just how many transgender songs can you think of to fill an hour? Me, too. So that’s clearly not the answer.

More important, perhaps, is the fact that the above hint will only apply to this Saturday’s live show IF there is a live show. Last week’s snow storm knocked out most of WMNR’s Eastern Shore transmitters and its internet streaming. Oh, and more than half of the state of Connecticut, too. So it’s possible the station won’t be all the way back by Saturday; possible, too, that nearly no one will be listening.

How is that different from every other week?

Hope I beat you to that joke…

As long as you’re here, why not click on “Thanksgiving Show” (in the upper right-hand corner) and help me put together the November 26th, “Music To Be Thankful” show?

Talk to you this Saturday, I hope.

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I hope you’re ready this week for the annual Turntable For One Halloween program — so, why do you need a hint to figure out the theme? Because, of course, it’s not that simple nor straight-forward.

HINT:

All of Saturday’s featured Halloween artists are totally and entirely sinister.

So, now in the time left before Saturday, you’ll be left to your own devices to figure it out. Don’t be left in the lurch, nor left at the starting gate, because then you’ll definitely be left out in the cold.

If you think you know the answer, leave me a comment below.

Or, listen for the answer on Turntable For One, Saturday at 10:00 pm. Live radio on WMNR, Fine Arts Radio, and wmnr.org

And by the way…if anyone shows up Saturday night wearing the same costume I’m wearing, I’m going to be very upset.

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Want to guess the theme for Turntable For One this week? Read the hint below.

HINT:

This hint contains many obvious clues, but they’re all pretty obscure, so this is probably way too difficult to figure out. Hey – don’t be a quitter. But it’s important always to be a realist, too. Still, what’s more satisfying than finally mastering a difficult task? But you’ve seen the studies about how repeated failure leads inevitably to frustration, self-doubt, and, depression, right?

Figured out my theme yet? No? Keep at it, though it’s probably futile.

Or, listen for the answer on Turntable For One, Saturday at 10:00 pm. Live radio on WMNR, Fine Arts Radio, and wmnr.org

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I had a bad dream the other night.

I dreamed I was in the WMNR Music Library of The Great American Songbook. I was standing in the “Songs No One Should Ever Sing” aisle, which was one aisle over from “Singers with Undeserved Reputations” (you can tell I’m dreaming because the music is arranged by my opinions, not by alphabet), when the Fine Arts Radio music librarian (played by Billie Burke, of course) appeared in front of me. In fact she blocked my way.

“You can’t use any of this music,” she insisted.

“Why not?” I asked, becoming more exercised. (But isn’t that what my doctor has been advising me to do?)

“Your poetic license has expired,” she said. “You can’t use any of this music for your program.”

“But if I can’t use any of the Great American Songbook, what am I going to play for an hour?” I asked.

Find out how the dream ended this Saturday night at 10:00 PM. Live radio on WMNR-FM, wmnr.org

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What do Mark Sanford, Charles VanDoren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emma Bovary, Tiger Woods, Leann Rimes, Hester Prynne, Mark McGuire, and Bernie Madoff have in common — besides the fact that not one of them will be singing on Turntable For One this week? Tune in Saturday night at 10:00 to find out. Live radio on WMNR-FM, wmnr.org

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