I think if I’m not actually done with my next show, then i haven’t lapped myself — but I’m posting this from the studio just to squeeze by.

I don’t think I’ve mentioned it in this commentary, but Gato Barbieri has really been toasting my bread for the last several months. I came across the double album “Latino America” at Sulzer Library and realized that he puts together all the right ingredients for me. Amazingly, we only have one Barbieri CD at the station, but it’s a good one. I’ll have to get into the vinyl. Other hits of the week: the Steven Bernstein album and the Ronnie Boykins cut, which has since been reasserting itself on the iPod shuffle play, and boy is it good.