Good Ideas

This week we musically discover some good ideas - thoughts about life, love, peace on earth and all those other good things that make life so much more fun!

Playlist:
Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Take Time to Wonder - Banana Slug String Band
On the Sunny Side of the Street - Willie Nelson
Let's Face the Music and Dance - Frank Sinatra
To Love and Be Loved - Frank Sinatra
Disney Girls - Art Garfunkel
I Believe (When I fall in love it will be forever) - Art Garfunkel
Rolling Down the Hills - Carly Simon
Take a Chance on Me - Abba
Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
Lean On Me - Sandra Reaves - Phillips and the Cast
Angels on Your Pillows - Michael Feinstein
You've Got to Have Heart - Original Cast Recording, Damn Yankees
Hang On Little Tomato - Pink Martini
I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack
Don't Forget to Breathe - Bitter:Sweet
Relax Max - Dinah Washington
Staying Alive - BeeGees
Peace On Earth - Paul Lloyd Warner
Peace Be With You - Shaina Noll
Teach Your Children - Crosby Stills Nash and Young
Hold On To Your Dream - Louis Armstrong
Imagine - Joan Baez
A Man Needs a Maid - Neil Young
I'm Going Solar - Victoria Parks
Let the Rest of the World Go By - John Barry
There'll be some changes made - Chet Atkins& Mark Knopfler
Other Possibilities - Rachel Portman

Closing Song: Andalucia - Pink Martini

End of Summer, Officially, Technically

Yes, this is the last weekend of Summer for the 2009 calendar. At 2:18 pm Tuesday, September 22, we will officially pass into the autumn season. Grapes are being carted into wineries for crushing, another sure sign of autumn. And we're in for a record heat wave! I guess in Northern California, that too, is a sign of fall. The weather should be hot, sunny, clear and crisp here until around mid October!

Playlist:

Summers End - Craig Chaquico
September in the Rain - Kim Nalley
Autumn Leaves - Eva Cassidy
September Song - Willie Nelson
Falling apples - Nightnoise
Turning of the Leaves - Ralph Towner
Tilliboyo (Sunset) - Kronos Quartet
Autumnal equinox - Peter Willmott
Waltz for Fall - Sarah Jane Cion
The Seasons: Autumn - Apotheosis - Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: autumn: Adagio - Alexander Glazunov
Autumn Colors - Denise Young
Shape of the Land - William Ackerman
September Vision - Zen Garden
Autumn Song - Bill Douglas
Autumn Leaves are Falling - Clannad
Autumn Leaves - Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Harvest - Neil Young
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Shine on Harvest Moon - Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Autumn in Washington Square - Dave Brubeck
Autumn in New York - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong
Autumn Leaves/Indian Summer - Tony Bennett
Lullaby - Pink Martini

Closing song: Andalucia - Pink Martini

BIG WORDS

That's right - why eschew obfuscation when there are dictionaries full of fabulous words, which, while superfluous, can elucidate the point. Get my point? Get out your Thesaurus, we're going to have some fun today! -

ps: I actually found about five hours of programming for this show - looks like we may have Big Words Redux at some point.

Playlist:

Synanthomographs - Katherine Dines
One Hippopotami - Allan Sherman
On The Amazon - Don McLean
Inaudible Melodies - Jack Johnson
Stereotonomy - The Alan Parsons Project
My Prerogative - Bobby Brown
Jambalaya - Gator Beat
Taradactyl - Novak & Haar
Baroquasaurus - U.S. Army Old Guard Fife & Drum Corp
Solipsist - Kaki King
Benevolent Psychopathology - Grismore/Scea Group
Sanctimonious Sam - Horace Silver
Leviathan - John McCutcheon
Capricious Little Farmers - Fusion Andina
Incantation - Cirque Du Soleil
Tintinnabulum - Adiemus
Lacrimosa - Mozart
Enigma Variationss - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Boycott Immorality - Rachel Portman
Oblivion - Matthew Gold, Brian Resnick and the Ahn Trio
Tranquility - Phil Coulter
Metamorphosis One - Philip Glass
Elite Syncopations - Scott Joplin
Ambrosia - Johannes Linstead
Mood Indigo - Sydney Bechet
Begin the Beguine - Sheryl Crow
Charade (Opening Titles) - Henry Mancini
Baubles, Bangles, and Beads - Lee Venora
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive - Willie Nelson

Closing Song: Andalucia - Pink Martini

Minerals

Today we finish the trilogy - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral - it's all about those rock solid minerals.

Playlist:
Rocks and Gravel - Bob Dylan
Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey
Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend - Carol Channing & Company
Sparkling Diamonds - Jim Broadbent, Nicole Kidman
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - Paul Simon
This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Silver Threads and Golden Needles - The Springfields
Oh, Had I a Golden Thread - Eva Cassidy
The Ecstasy of Gold - Ennio Morricone
Isle of Gold and Silver - Himekame
The Golden ball - Clannad
A Thousand Small Gold Bells - David Arkenstone
Crystal Palace - Steven Halpern
Emerald Minarets in a Sea of Stars - Phil Thornton & Hossam Ramzy
Within the Rocks, Fortress Rock - R. Carlos Nakai and Paul Horn
Moon and Sand - The Brian Melvin Trio
Topaz - Journey
Diamond Dance - Bill Douglas
Black Opal - Incendio
The Pearl Fishers - Amici Forever
The Pearls - Jelly Roll Morton
A String of Pearls - Benny Goodman
Salty Air - Bittersweet
Crystal - Fleetwood Mac
Tin Man - America
Heart of Gold - Neil Young
Sand Castles - Wm Koehler

Closing Song: Andalucia - Pink Martini