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Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2013-01-15 by Tarik

Tarik — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:44:17 +0000

I’m working on a senior thesis that analyses Ghanian Highlife and remnants of American jazz in Ghana. Our resident musicologist here at Northwestern suggested that I get in touch with you because of some of the material that you’ve got here. Would you be able to point me in the direction of some of these recordings or send me individual mp3s? I’d really appreciate it as my thesis is due in about three weeks and some of these tracks would be a big help.

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2013-03-05 by Joe

Joe — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:44:03 +0000

yes, unfortunately there were problems with the WNUR stream service when I was on the air. Fortunately, there are over 200 other shows you can listen to until the new one is up :)

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2013-03-05 by Randy Baxley

Randy Baxley — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:20:51 +0000

There is not an mp3 arrow.

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2013-02-05 by Joe

Joe — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:04:21 +0000

I don’t know for sure, but I found this
http://www.whosampled.com/forum/topic/2873/Steinski—Funk-construction-(prodigal-son-mix)/?page=1#post-10436
and it sounds right to me

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2013-02-05 by Pablo

Pablo — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:42:29 +0000

Hi,
That’s a very eclectic program indeed.
I have a question though. What is the afro sample on Steinski: “Funk Construction (Prodigal Son Mix)”?
Thanks,
Pablo

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-11-27 by Mark Weiss

Mark Weiss — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:32:50 +0000

Thanks for linking to my Don Cherry at Dartmouth story.
I visited WNUR once with Dao Strom, on tour, summer of 2009.

This is a random segue but the Dartmouth performing arts center had a Sam Rivers poster framed in their cafe for a whiles — it’s surprising when the ultra-straight college gets a lil bit funky…

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-06-19 by Matthew Tolzmann

Matthew Tolzmann — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:32:05 +0000

Thanks for posting, Joe! And for you or anyone else, here is a short video of our performance last weekend.
the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzsVI6t_RRw

Come for a finely crafted beer. Stay for a finely crafted show.
We’d love to see you there on Friday night at Quenchers.

Thanks Again,
Matthew

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-06-19 by Matthew Tolzmann

Matthew Tolzmann — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:34:52 +0000

Hi Joe,
I love your show and I loved hearing a song of ours on COTB a while back. I wanted to inform you of a concept piece we’ve written with another local composer that will be performed twice this month. We’d love to see you there. Here’s all the info on the 2 shows. Thanks and keep up the good work!

The Modern Brain
written and performed by HardArt groop + Jumpsuit (John Elmquist, Grant Sutton, Nathan Tolzmann and Matthew Tolzmann)

Saturday, July 14th, 7:30pm
Temple Gallery
1749 S. Halsted

Second Show Added!

Friday, July 20th, 9:00pm
Quenchers
Fullerton and Western

Each performance will begin with a short set by Jumpsuit. Then HardArt groop micro edition will perform new works by John Elmquist, followed by the world premier performances of “The Modern Brain” featuring both groups combined plus horns.

“The Modern Brain” is HardArt groop + Jumpsuit’s follow up to their 2007 collaboration “Cowtown: The Musical: The Opera”.

HardArt groop is: “A rollicking synthesis of contemporary classical, cool noir and freewheeling improvisation…” -Ben Taylor, Time Out Chicago

“[Jumpsuit’s] got a sense of humor and playfulness and… they’re able to bring a little bit of their party right to your door… Addictive. “ –The Sentamentalist

HardArt groop + Jumpsuit’s Cowtown: “…with songs about milk, football, eating meat, breathing meat, Siamese-twin-love… it was very mooooooving.” -Blue Beer River

http://therockandtheroll.com/
http://hardartgroop.com/

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-02-14 by Joe

Joe — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:28:09 +0000

Thanks! Hope you find some more to enjoy. At some point I should try to make a greatest-hits index or something.

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-02-14 by JP

JP — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:26:51 +0000

I can’t believe I’ve never listened to your show before – lovely!

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2010-09-28 by Levi Stahl

Levi Stahl — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:21:19 +0000

This was a great show, just what I needed to get me through a really intense couple of hours at the office first thing this morning. Thanks!

Comment on Ubu Hubbub by Joe

Joe — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:06:36 +0000

@Jordan: fantastic! Thanks for the tip.

Comment on Ubu Hubbub by Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:11:13 +0000

The original text can be found at:
http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/bok/bok3a.html

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-04-26 by Joe

Joe — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:55:47 +0000

Thanks for listening, and for commenting!

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-04-26 by technivore

technivore — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:19:13 +0000

Another fantastic show, thanks Joe!

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-01-04 by Joe

Joe — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:04:30 +0000

Thanks! We try to mix it up on CotB. How did you come across this show?

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-01-04 by LD

LD — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:24:05 +0000

That’s a heck of a lineup – talk about varied tastes. You don’t see tunes like these together very often. Thanks.

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Comment on The Filesystem as Database by Symen Timmermans

Symen Timmermans — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:01:50 +0000

Your link to the linux solution is not working anymore. Can you repair that?

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2010-08-03 by Joe

Joe — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:57:20 +0000

Hey, Cinnamon! I have a 'downloads' category which is just shows that have accompanying audio. There's a built-in player so you can listen in your browser, or right-click/ctrl-click to download them for use in iTunes or other players. I'd love to hear what you make of the music, good, bad, or other!

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2010-08-03 by Cinnamon

Cinnamon — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:05:45 +0000

Bessie Smith was a naughty, fun, wild, amazing lady. Are your shows archived for listening to online later? Cause there is a lot in here I’ve never heard of but am pretty sure I’d like.

Comment on Chicago Summerdance iCalendar by brianray

brianray — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:32:37 +0000

This would name a nice Chicago User Group http://chipy.org presentation. Join the list if you would like to present.

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2009-08-18 by Cosmo Vitelli

Cosmo Vitelli — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:11:10 +0000

:-)
Thank you for all this beautiful music! Relly a pleasure and a good work. Saluti from Italy.

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2009-09-15 by HAR-YOU Percussion Group & Gato Barbieri Airplay on WNUR

HAR-YOU Percussion Group & Gato Barbieri Airplay on WNUR — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:20:45 +0000

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Comment on links for 2009-08-31 by Escaped Notice

Escaped Notice — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:34:49 +0000

So what’s up with science journalism? Don’t expect funding on the definitive study. My theory: Shorter word counts or attention spans (which came first?) rule out even Popular Mechanics-grade discussion of most topics, and lack of visuals kill off the rest.

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2009-08-18 by Joe

Joe — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:03:03 +0000

Hey, Chuck:

Glad you are digging it! You can download every show just by right-clicking on the link and choosing “save as”. You could then load it up in any MP3 player and jump around to specific time-points.

In iTunes (and maybe in some other players), you can set up individual tunes to “remember playback position” — it’s more often used for audiobooks and podcasts. In iTunes you find it by opening up “get info” for a tune and going to the “options” tab.

Hope you hear more stuff you like!

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2009-08-18 by Charlie Braun

Charlie Braun — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:37:25 +0000

Joe,

Great show. Is there a way to download it and/or skip ahead? I listen to about 30-45 minutes and then want to hear the end of the show next time and I can’t figure out how to do that…

Charlie

Comment on links for 2009-07-13 by Brian Barker

Brian Barker — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:59:14 +0000

Concerning Arika’s new book.

I think that the choice, realistically, for the future global language lies between English and Esperanto, rather than an untried project. As a native English speaker I would prefer Esperanto.

It’s unfortunate, however, that only a few people know that Esperanto has become a living language.

After a short period of 121 years Esperanto is now in the top 100 languages, out of 6,800 worldwide, according to the CIA factbook.

It is the 17th most used language in Wikipedia, and in use by Skype, Firefox and Facebook. Native Esperanto speakers,(people who have used the language from birth), include George Soros, World Chess Champion Susan Polgar, Ulrich Brandenberg the new German Ambassador to NATO and Nobel Laureate Daniel Bovet.

Further arguments can be seen at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU Professor Piron was a translator with the United Nations in Geneva.

A glimpse of Esperanto can be seen at http://www.lernu.net

Comment on links for 2009-07-14 by Jason Guthartz

Jason Guthartz — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Alvin Lucier did the brain-wave thing years ago:
http://emfinstitute.emf.org/exhibits/luciersolo.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uuYNKVQNMU

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2009-07-07 by Jason Guthartz

Jason Guthartz — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:02:51 +0000

C.P. = Charlie Parker

Comment on WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2009-07-07 by aruzin

aruzin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:37:59 +0000

C.P. is Charlie Parker, it seems.

Comment on Chicago Summerdance iCalendar by Joe

Joe — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:13:08 +0000

I asked my friend Mike and he assures me they are happening, and their absence from the calendar is an oversight.

Comment on Chicago Summerdance iCalendar by leek

leek — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:41:03 +0000

so do you think the 2 extra events aren’t actually happening?

Comment on Chicago Summerdance iCalendar by hallie

hallie — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:30:41 +0000

Thanks, Joe, for saving me an entire summer’s worth of tedious, sweaty manual input. Lots of tempting stuff! All neatly downloaded in its own nice, fresh candy-colored calendar.