links for 2010-08-21

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Joe

(from @derekwillis) @palewire @joegermuska one of my favorites is “You Gotta Pay the Band” http://bit.ly/cgjp9W (in reply to this tweet)
(from @kleinmatic) @palewire @joegermuska Lincoln’s track (No. 6) on It’s Time (by then-husband Max Roach) is really groovy. http://bit.ly/dqs8Kz
@santheo you could set up AudioHijack to record it from the internet. or I could do that for you if you have a time window (in reply to this tweet)
(from @jaquith) @JoeGermuska I also don’t understand those. But “Wayne” is most famous as the middle name of murderers, which doesn’t help things.
@jaquith There are also no states of Kent, Evergreen, Jackson. (in reply to this tweet)
@nickdpi I’ll take one! (in reply to this tweet)
(from @leekatman) @JoeGermuska – i was there with Turkob at the same time! Sorry we missed you. (in reply to this tweet)
@DavidHammond I may go back after work for a beer or two. Probably not another gyro. Would be great to see you! (in reply to this tweet)
(from @karlklockars) @davidhammond @joegermuska Going down there at about 2pm. Just hoping they still have gyros left.
(from @DavidHammond) @JoeGermuska Plan to stop by CND tonight. Don’t expect a line, but who knows… (in reply to this tweet)
I just earned the Instamatic Film Pin on @gowalla! http://gowal.la/r/23HyP
Photo: Don’t be a stranger. Come back soon to C.N.D. — at CND Gyros & Lounge http://gowal.la/r/23Hwb
(from @JimTheBeerGuy) @JoeGermuska damn. Good luck getting that gyro melt. :) (in reply to this tweet)
Line out the door for last weekday lunch. CND closes tmrw after 37 yrs. — at CND Gyros & Lounge http://gowal.la/r/23HrC
@palewire I’m probably as much a fan of her as of her music. I like her on Max Roach’s “Percussion Bitter Sweet” & “Freedom Now Suite” (in reply to this tweet)
(from @palewire) @joegermuska I’ve had a hard time getting into Abbey Lincoln’s music. What would you say is her best stuff?
They’re cool! RT @srobbin Anyone in Chi looking for shared office space? We have opening 9/1 @ reply for more info. http://j.mp/d4K8Hh
“Thelonious Monk said to me, “Don’t be so perfect.” And I said to Max Roach, “What did he mean?” http://j.mp/cOGtuO RIP Abbey Lincoln

links for 2010-08-20

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Joe

(from @HumphreyBakery) @JoeGermuska We take requests…just sayin’. (in reply to this tweet)
(from @justinmassa) @JoeGermuska thanks! (in reply to this tweet)
(from @jennkloc) Investigative reporting lecture focused heavily on database analysis and made me think of @brianboyer and @JoeGermuska
(from @JimTheBeerGuy) @JoeGermuska that and at least a couple months of my life I think. Good as ever though :) (in reply to this tweet)
@JimTheBeerGuy bidding farewell to CND? (in reply to this tweet)
RT @justinmassa attn civic hackers: come work with me. @metrochicagoic is hiring a web and database programmer: http://bit.ly/ahTwPx
This could work for me! RT @onyxfish Watch out @corneliafarms, @humphreybakery is emulating yr magic, adding frosting. http://bit.ly/cg7bRF
New Conference of the Birds: 3 takes on ‘This Little Light,’ 3 babies, 3 Ornette, & more trios plus @EdithFrost Listen: http://j.mp/cPmQ1C
RT @jskin $10 says people who think Obama is muslim are also the people who swore that he was in Rev. Wright’s Church of Christ every week.
(from @JimTheBeerGuy) @joegermuska pretty sure a lot of southern baptists did covert fist pumps when that happened though. still, great article.
“Not all Southern Baptists have ties to the murderers of abortion doctors.” http://j.mp/9QTsvt

links for 2010-08-19

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Joe

(from @MattH) Bap-Tizum.com is an archive of Black-American Christian spiritual music … from the 1930s to the 1980s http://bit.ly/d3ECrA @joegermuska
(from @daveknapik) @JoeGermuska I love the word “abstruse”. We should make an esoteric pastry and dub it the abstreusel. (in reply to this tweet)
(from @HeidiEKMassey) WOW! FYI @PaulSaini RT @JoeGermuska: Grateful to @weightshift for the introduction to @pictory photo magazine. http://bit.ly/cH3uAZ
Grateful to @weightshift for the introduction to @pictory photo magazine. This feature is on bodies of water. http://bit.ly/cH3uAZ
“The abstruse deer was wearing very heavy armor.” http://j.mp/8XolJX I love the internet.
(from @Mayeutik) Haha, nice ^^ RT @EclipsePhase Get your Research Test on. RT @JoeGermuska @harper This document is confidential: http://gg.ly/cmm2sR
(from @EclipsePhase) Get your Research Test on. RT @JoeGermuska @harper This document is confidential: http://gg.ly/cmm2sR
(from @dschleifer) RT @JoeGermuska , @harper This document is confidential: http://gg.ly/cmm2sR
RT @harper This document is confidential: http://gg.ly/cmm2sR

links for 2010-08-18

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Joe

Once again, I love being in a newsroom as news is breaking. Everyone is amped up awaiting the Blagojevich verdict.
“I’d…like to thank George Wein who has taken a great risk on bringing me here twice.” listen to @kenvandermark @ Newport http://j.mp/9icipb
(from @Rubbernun) @JoeGermuska Yeah, but anthropomorphized felt frog is breaking my heart! (in reply to this tweet)
Henson looks triumphant & joyful. RT @paulsmith Wonderfully sad photo, or the most wonderfully sad photo? http://j.mp/9BoiLd
@bwwhite “nothing but pinball for 10,000 square feet” http://j.mp/cZrAij 1610 E. Tropicana (across from Liberace Museum!) (in reply to this tweet)
@amandaruzin I was mostly entertained by the acronym WEIRD – “Western Educated Industrialized Rich Democratic” (in reply to this tweet)
(from @bwwhite) @JoeGermuska can’t say I’ve heard of it. Should I put it on the list? (in reply to this tweet)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2010-08-17

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Joe

“Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives.

This week we have three rather different takes on the gospel/civil rights classic “This Little Light of Mine,” and, in the latter half of the show, an exploration of WNUR’s new music drawer, including several really promising releases from local jazz artists including trombonist Jeb Bishop’s newest trio CD and one from drummer Tim Daisy’s “Vox Arcana” project. Enjoy!

(and while you’re at it, enjoy a “bonus” track from Eric Dolphy, with which Stephen began his show. )

Listen:

download complete program (141 MB, 2 hrs 34 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)

Orchestre Combo Zombi Et Michel Yeye: “Mussieu A Tet’a Poisson La” – Tumbélé! Biguine, afro & latin sounds from the French Caribbean, 1963-74 (Soundway)
Okapi Guitars: “Radio Mali” – Westie (CD Baby)
Rail Band: “Konowale” – Belle Epoque 2: Mansa (Sterns)
Franco et l’OK Jazz: “Mboka Nini Okende” – Merveilles du Passe, Vol 3 (Frochot Music)
Mighty Sparrow & Lord Melody: “Picong Duel” – Calypso Awakening: From The Emory Cook Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)
Desmond Dekker: “Intensified Festival 68″ – Rockin’ Steady: The Best of Desmond Dekker (Rhino)
Alton Ellis: “What Does It Take?” – Mr. Soul of Jamaica (Treasure Isle)
Frankie Beverly: “Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)” – The Cream of Vintage Soul, Vol 1 (Goldmine Soul)
Betty Mae Fikes: “This Little Light of Mine” – Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966 (Smithsonian Folkways)
The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: “This Little Light of Mine” – Freedom Jazz Dance (Delmark)
Mavis Staples: “This Little Light of Mine” – We’ll Never Turn Back (Anti)
Dave Van Ronk: “Willie the Weeper” – The Complete Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways)
Edith Frost: “Easy to Love” – Wonder Wonder (Drag City)
Carla Thomas: “B-A-B-Y” – The Complete Stax/Volt Singles (Stax)
Art Neville: “Oooh-Whee Baby” – His Specialty Recordings 1956-1958 (Specialty)
Gal Costa: “Baby” – Gal Costa (Polydor)
Fred Anderson / Harrison Bankhead / Hamid Drake: “By Many Names” – Timeless: Live at the Velvet Lounge (Delmark)
Karl E.H. Seigfried: “Revolver (for the Velvet Lounge)” – Portrait of Jack Johnson (Imaginary Chicago Records)
Vox Arcana: “The Number 7″ – Aerial Age (Allos Documents)
Jeb Bishop Trio: “11 AM Verti Marte” – 2009 (Better Animal Recordings)
Denison/Kimball Trio: “Lonely Woman” – Soul Machine (Skin Graft)
Ornette Coleman: “Blues Connotation” – Beauty Is A Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Atlantic)
Ornette Coleman: “Mob Job” – Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Polygram)
Mike Reed’s People, Places and Things: “El is a Sound of Joy” – Stories and Negotiations (482 Music)
Dave Holland Octet: “Ebb and Flow” – Pathways (Dare2)
Bill MacKay and Darts & Arrows: “New Song” – Bill MacKay and Darts & Arrows (self-released)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2010-08-17 (complete) [ 2:34:00 ] Download

links for 2010-08-17

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Joe

Finally watched @MarkSelander ‘s brilliant Commutapult talk for Ignite Seattle http://j.mp/axJfJb YouTube comment “it jsut wont happen sry”
(from @amandaruzin) Shocked, shocked I say! RT @JoeGermuska: Psychology Studies Biased toward Western Undergrads (aka the WEIRD population) http://j.mp/ce96xs
(from @JPeep) Privileged group! RT @JoeGermuska Psychology Studies Biased toward Western Undergrads (aka the WEIRD population) http://j.mp/ce96xs
Psychology Studies Biased toward Western Undergrads (aka the WEIRD population) http://j.mp/ce96xs /via @vijayiyer
More cool points for Iceland RT @azaaza Giant high-voltage men to march across Iceland. Creating beauty from industry. http://bit.ly/d5ibAd
@bwwhite I hope you’re going to go to the Pinball Hall of Fame while you’re in Vegas. (in reply to this tweet)
(from @cherylbowles) ha! RT @JoeGermuska: I’m all for safe sex, but i think there’s a misunderstanding here. http://yfrog.com/j2u19vj (just joshing @yquintanar)
I’m all for safe sex, but i think there’s a misunderstanding here. http://yfrog.com/j2u19vj (just joshing @yquintanar)
(from @amandaruzin) @JoeGermuska $8, it turns out. (in reply to this tweet)
@amandaruzin hope those were $10 chinese glasses? (in reply to this tweet)
RT @SazeracLA RIP photographer Herman Leonard: photos – http://j.mp/cICBp3 http://j.mp/9sWhGM http://j.mp/dDm0VL Obit – http://j.mp/anL6cn
OK, a little shocked that a music story on the Root mentions a 23 vol. CD series, “much of it available on YouTube.” http://j.mp/b3EQLA

links for 2010-08-15

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Joe

wow, Oracle has really f$*%d Java. “Your download transaction cannot be approved. Contact Customer Service.” #wtf
from one who knows! RT @justinmassa pro tip: legit, NOLA style muffaletta at jason’s deli, corner of canal and roosevelt. and they deliver.

links for 2010-08-14

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Joe

@jennkloc unless they are the Coctails (RIP) (in reply to this tweet)

links for 2010-08-13

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Joe

(from @chicraftmafia) This is wicked cool! http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2010/08/coloring-book-couture-dressing-between.html Thanks @joegermuska
(from @chronicbabe) RT @JoeGermuska: I know a few ladies who could rock this look RT @nfranus dresses that you get to color in by yourself. http://bit.ly/9RlPVz
LA Now: Judge extends temporary hold on gay marriage http://j.mp/bSWD5k SFGate: Prop. 8 judge lifts stay on gay marriages ½ full or ½ empty?
(from @cherylbowles) Currently on a shuffle tour of @joegermuska‘s iTunes … Nigerian rap, Bjork cover, Al Green, it’s all good. :)
This Brooklyn Groupon appears to be ok for mail order too $10 for $35 Worth of Games from TheGameShop… http://gr.pn/9Qkkzf /via @redeyegames
(from @colinmorris) @JoeGermuska My cousin, @ebencom, drew your avatar. He’s an illustrator who does a lot of work for @slatearticles. Crazy! (in reply to this tweet)
(from @amandaruzin) @JoeGermuska It is a cool concept, but 238 Euros? WTF! My sewing skills are not good enough to make a dress, but maybe a simple skirt… (in reply to this tweet)
I know a few ladies who could rock this look RT @nfranus Cool – dresses that you get to color in by yourself. http://bit.ly/9RlPVz
Many thanks to @MattH for livening things up in the NewsApps world this summer, not to mention the bounty of hot sauces!
(from @MattH) Many thanks to @brianboyer @ryanmark @onyxfish @joegermuska for teaching me quite a lot this summer
(from @jduckles) Congrats! @ryanmark @joegermuska @onyxfish and @brianboyer
(from @jonhew) RT @greglinch: Congrats to @brianboyer @ryanmark @joegermuska @onyxfish at Chi Trib for APME digital innovation award! http://bit.ly/b6TsuC
(from @kleinmatic) Big ups to @brianboyer @ryanmark @joegermuska & @onyxfish on their well deserved award. News apps FTW! http://bit.ly/auj8HM
(from @ryanpitts) @brianboyer @ryanmark @joegermuska @onyxfish Awesome, congratulations you guys! (in reply to this tweet)
(from @amandaruzin) @JoeGermuska It makes so much more sense now! (in reply to this tweet)
Ross Douthat’s Monday NYT column on gay marriage was just implementing item #1 from Onion’s list of pro-prop 8 strategies http://j.mp/brXyMX
(from @kjam) @onyxfish @ryanmark @brianboyer @joegermuska Congratulations!!! :D (in reply to this tweet)
Thanks everyone for kudos on the NewsApps team’s Gannett Digital Innovation Award http://j.mp/bueeE2 http://j.mp/bT8sYf http://j.mp/a1ABcO
(from @jfkeefe) Woo! News apps win Watchdog award. RT @brianboyer Hey, shit, we won something! http://bit.ly/auj8HM Go go @ryanmark @joegermuska @onyxfish!
(from @chronicbabe) RT @elizabethriley Congrats: @brianboyer @ryanmark @joegermuska @onyxfish at ChiTrib for APME digital innovation award http://bit.ly/b6TsuC
(from @amandaruzin) Congrats again to the Chicago Tribune News Apps team! Great work, @brianboyer, @joegermuska, @ryanmark & @onyxfish! http://bit.ly/auj8HM
(from @MattH) RT @brianboyer: Hey, shit, we won something! http://bit.ly/auj8HM Go go @ryanmark @joegermuska @onyxfish!
(from @selfmadepsyche) Cool! Congrats! RT @brianboyer: Hey, shit, we won something! http://www.apme.com/news… [expanded] Go go @ryanmark @joegermuska @onyxfish! (in reply to this tweet)
(from @garethr) congrats to @brianboyer @ryanmark @joegermuska @onyxfish et al for a well deserved journalism innovation award http://bit.ly/auj8HM (in reply to this tweet)
(from @eyeseast) Congrats, all! RT @ryanmark: RT @brianboyer: Hey, shit, we won something! http://bit.ly/auj8HM Go go @ryanmark @joegermuska @onyxfish!
(from @ryanmark) RT @brianboyer: Hey, shit, we won something! http://bit.ly/auj8HM Go go @ryanmark @joegermuska @onyxfish!
This sewer grate on Rogers @ Howard & Greenview needs fixin’ http://yfrog.com/eu6hblj attn @JoeMoore49

links for 2010-08-12

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Joe

Code for America accepting apps for 2011 developers, designers, product managers who want to serve public… http://j.mp/bY5fkt /via @drbarb
@azaaza Google Translate tells me the author is “Shemale spread Committee” Contribute a better translation? 女装普及委員会 (著) (in reply to this tweet)
This week’s Conference of the Birds: zam-rock, tropicália, gospel funk & “Froggy Went A-Courtin” plus lots more—listen: http://j.mp/aUpB2O
(from @AmandaRMichel) RT @JoeGermuska: Ted Rall used @kickstarter to fund a comix-journalism trip to Afghanistan http://j.mp/bXI6D5 http://j.mp/bhRsUU
Ted Rall used @kickstarter to fund a comix-journalism trip to Afghanistan — WaPo: http://j.mp/bXI6D5 — Rall: http://j.mp/bhRsUU
(from @jennkloc) @JoeGermuska that would make sense, but no :) ahhh I am moving on Saturday! (in reply to this tweet)
@stringbot oh no you didn’t (in reply to this tweet)
@jennkloc hah! i thought being in a “milemarker kind of mood” was a poetic turn of phrase related to your upcoming move! (in reply to this tweet)
(from @jennkloc) @JoeGermuska it’s a band! But one I haven’t listened to in a while. Check em out: http://tinyurl.com/3857aaf (in reply to this tweet)
@jennkloc I’m not familiar with the term. elaborate. (in reply to this tweet)
@stringbot Thanks for encouraging a nostalgia playlist. My best find today: Bauhaus’ “Small Talk Stinks” “there’s no idle gossip in braille’ (in reply to this tweet)
@onyxfish um, yeah. I think we need to refactor. (in reply to this tweet)
(from @onyxfish) Just noticed one data loader for @JoeGermuska and I’s current project is 677 lines + multiple metadata files. *yikes*

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