Tues Apr 07
Greetings. Day going alright for you? Or did it go alright for you? Well if I promise not to kick my legs up and sing, would you let me entertain you for a few minutes?
**The Best in Music History for Today**
(myway.com/billboard.com)
~1998 Carlos Vega, a Los Angeles drummer best known for his work with James Taylor, dies of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
~1995 Airport police seize a loaded pistol from Eddie Van Halen’s carry-on luggage. No charges are filed against the guitarist.
~1974 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Bennie and the Jets,” Elton John. The song is first released as the B-side to “Candle in the Wind,” an ode to Marilyn Monroe.
~1970 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Let It Be,” The Beatles. The song enters the Hot 100 at No. 6, higher than any previous entry on Billboard’s pop singles chart.
~1968 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Honey,” Bobby Goldsboro.
~1951 Folk star Janis Ian (Janis Eddy Fink) is born in New York City. She has a No. 3 hit in 1975 with “At Seventeen.”
~1920 Sitarist Ravi Shankar is born.
**Today’s Lunch Suggestion**
(taken from my iGoogle page, not sure of resource)
1781. Garden Souvlaki
~What’s in it? Lettuce (romaine and iceberg combo) Onion Cucumber Tomato Plain yogurt Feta cheese Vinaigrette
~What should we know? Slice the lettuce into 1/4 inch strips. Thinly slice the onion, cucumber, and tomato. Put it in a bowl and crumble feta cheese on top. Add some yogurt, vinaigrette and salt and pepper. Mix well and roll in a pita. This is based on a classic from Towne Red Hots (Greek diner) in Buffalo, NY.
~Bread Type? pita
**Awesome Excuses-The Conclusion**
(appreciated reading http://lettheloveflow.wordpress.com)
“Really wish I could but…”
~I’m giving nuisance lessons at a convenience store.
~I’ve got a Friends of Rutabaga meeting.
~I changed the lock on my door and now I can’t get out.
~My yucca plant is looking really yucky.
~I just picked up a book called “Glue in Many Lands” and I can’t put it down.
~I promised to help a friend fold road maps.
~I have to rotate my crops.
**Your Really Big Smooth ‘n’ Jazzy Headline**
~1915 Jazz singer Billie Holiday (Eleanor Gough) is born in Baltimore. She is posthumously given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987 and three of her recordings receive Grammy Hall of Fame Awards: “Strange Fruit” (1939 recording), “God Bless the Child” (1941) and “Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)” (1945). The 1972 film “Lady Sings the Blues” is based on her life.
**Headlines**
(Best of the Web/wsj.com)
~”North Korea Launches Rocket, Defying World Pressure”-FoxNews.com
(Also known as gravity)
~”Mesiah Is Appointed to City Control Board”-Buffalo News
(Come again?)
~”Local Bloodstock Agent, Jeweler Named in Horse Suit”-Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY
(Which one is the rear?)…wait for it….yeah! These guys at WSJ are funny!
~”Cemetery Is a Venue to Enjoy”-Toledo Blade
(We spent an eternity there one day)
**A Moment for Us-Just You and Moi**
~Yes, as you may have realized by now, I’m a lover of smooth jazz music. Of course, all most music has it’s time and place for me. But the past few years have found that “sj” is a real genre, and was so thrilled that music that I had come across and liked, actually had its own market, listeners, and radio stations! Would like to introduce you to a great internet station…www.sky.fm. It has multitudes of genres, but there is a Smooth Jazz Channel, AND (PTL!) an Uptempo Smooth Jazz Channel. A guy named Jimi King, out of London, England, seems to be a major player in this station. He also streams live video from the London studio on Sundays (12noon-2EDT). You can check out his Facebook page too-www.facebook.com/skysmoothjazz. Just wanted to share that with you.
**And Finally…**
If I can do this properly, would like to send you a picture of “confused, snow-covered spring flowers in Buffalo”…from stephenjames716 on Twitter-
Thanks for swinging by today. Keep it real…keep in smooth ‘n’ jazzy…
Tags: Jimi King, skysmoothjazz
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