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Voodoo Fest Time Machine

Sat, 10/24/09
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
On Halloween night, both the Voodoo Festival and Daylight Savings Time come together. Consider that New Orleans has always been the Petri Dish of music so tonight we'll turn back the clock not just one hour but one generation as we focus on the music of this unusual city. ... Read more

Wild Jimmy Spruill

Sat, 10/17/09
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
In honor of this weekend's spectacular blues festival in Lafayette Park, tonight's show will feature Wild Jimmy Spruill. Who? You've not only heard Wild Jimmy Spruill tart ultra-twangy guitar, you loved his music. Unfortunately you probably heaped your praise not on sidema... Read more

Shooting the Moon!

Sun, 10/04/09
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
This Week's Show Themes: A couple topical themes to tie the music and sound clips together during the fund drive show. Starting with a tragic case of domestic violence between the Earth and its Moon. Read more

Fabio's Instructional Tape

Sat, 09/26/09
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
I believed the 4am infomercial. And only $29.99 for a Life-Coach-In-A-Box seemed like a steal. Then when they threw in a collection of mystery soul artist music, I took the bait. Unfortunately, when the cassette tapes(!) arrived, the coach was Fabio and the music was tha... Read more

????? Riddle Me This ??????

Tue, 09/15/09
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
In a dream, the Riddler and Alex Trabek asked for this Saturday night's drunk drive time shift theme - songs and quotes that ask a question. Oh you big baby, don't reach for the TV remote and give up on this theme. New Orleans greats Lloyd Price and Allen Toussaint lead th... Read more

Reflections on The Detroit Jazz Festival

Sun, 09/13/09
Authored by Charles Burchell
Last week I had a "killing two birds with one stone" trip. I got a chance to visit with one of my oldest friends, Leon Anderson and his family, in Detroit, Michigan. And I also got the advantage of attending all four days of the Detroit Jazz Festival. Unlike our very famous... Read more

You Lie!

Sat, 09/12/09
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
Another not-so-special show by Jamie using topical sound clips and music about "lying" to prove ... Well wait, this requires some background before the blockbuster news story of the year: During the last week's joint session of Congress, Congressman Joe Wilson heckled Pre... Read more

NUMBER NINE, NUMBER NINE, NUMBER NINE. ENIN REBMUN, ENIN REBMUN, ENIN REBMUN

Tue, 09/08/09
Tune in Wednesday night September 9th (09-09-09) for a special "Number 9" show celebrating the number nine. Join us at a special time of 9:00 p.m. as we play music with a NINE association. We may even spin some backwards. Does this make it a 6 association????????? We will... Read more

HUH!!! Shout it loud - HUH!

Tue, 09/08/09
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
It started with that HUH! that was worked your core better than Pilates. It was the key ingredient in mambo music and the mambo was so popular that it worked itself into every musical style imaginable. R&B, blues, jazz and yep plenty of New Orleans music including the cla... Read more

Everything He Did Was Funky: Lee Dorsey - a radio documentary produced by David Kunian

Wed, 08/19/09
Authored by David Kunian
Everything He Did Was Funky: Lee Dorsey - a radio documentary produced by David Kunian has its rough mix premiere tonight - Wednesday 8/19/09 10 PM CST - on WWOZ 90.7 FM www.wwoz.org. The documentary features Dorsey's many hits and should-have-been hits and commentary from... Read more

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