spc_wspc_ThymeWarp_0048

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YouTube -> ""
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This is episode 48

I've been converting my 400 or so albums from vinyl to CDs, to MP3s, and you're going to reap the benefits of my vastly expanded iTunes catalog.

This summer, I discovered I could write and assemble a book in a week, spend a month revising it and it could be out for sale before school started.

If you'd like to help me out and get a nice book to read for your trouble, you'll head to Lulu.com and purchase a copy of "Episodes: The story of an MSer and of MSB's Podcast".

The link is "live" on the podcast. [ https://www.lulu.com/commerce/index.php?fBuyContent=7503026 ]

Its also live at MSBPodcast.com.

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Last week I suffered from a major brain fart which wiped out this episode as I was saving the final product.

Yup a major oops. And its "mea culpa."  Something broke in my workflow.

They happen.

Like I spent the week-end frantically preparing for, doing research on and eventually applied for a job on the SPC website with almost two megabyte  of supporting evidence gathered while examining every damn page doing due diligence for the job of "Assistant Director of Web Strategies and Communications."

(Did you know the site consists of 1,890 page, 128 of which are there redirecting people to another page because of a structural problem in the page naming scheme [SPC uses numbers,] there is no versioning system, no galleries for pictures, [they're embedded right on the pages,] and some of the pages are there because test and development are being done in the production environment.

The SPC web site is really amateurish. And that is my professional opinion as someone who did it for banks. You would never entrust building an ATM to these people. )

Turns out that the job had been filled previously some time back, but nobody had thought to take the friggin' posting down.

Grrr. This is the kind of ineptitude that I keep encountering. "Its not my job..." or "I didn't know I had to take that down."

God how do these people keep food on the table, I'm sure I don't know.

The lack of coordination in this college is proof that the staff is almost dysfunctional.

Here comes the last side of record 5  and both sides of record 6 of "The Jazz Singers."

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This episode featured the following music:

"How High the Moon" by: "The Metronome All Stars feat. Billy Eckstine" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"I'm Just a Lucky So And So" by: "Al Hibbler with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"There's a Small Hotel" by: "Joe Williams with Harry Edison & his band" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Dedicated to You" by: "Johnny Hartman and the John Coltrane Quartet" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"It Had To Be You" by: "Ray Charles" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"When Did You Leave Heaven?" by: "Henry "Red" Allen & his Orchestra" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Think Of Me, LIttle Daddy" by: "Trummy Young with Jimmy Lunceford & his orchestra" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Mumbles" by: "Clark Terry with the Oscar Peterson Trio" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Tea For Two" by: "Joe Mooney Quartet" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Dear Bix" by: "Dave Frishberg" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Chinatown, My Chinatown" by: "Slim And Slam (Bulee "Slim" Gaillard & Leroy Elliott "Slam" Stewart)" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Professor Bop" by: "Babs Gonzales" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Cloudburst" by: "Lambert, Hendricks & Ross" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"In The Mood For Love" by: "KIng Pleasure" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Yardbird Suite" by: "Bob Dorough" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Oh What A Night For Love" by: "Mel Torme" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

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The show notes, incuding the complete text of this episode, and any and all links to the artists featured, are on a server ... somewhere.

And this show is also being podcast in m4a format, which means that it you use a compatible player, like iTunes, you get the content divided up into chapters with images and "hot links" to the the web, on the topic of the chapter or to accompany the music.

 wspc_TheDisabilityShow 0014

YouTube video(s):

"Swine Flu Song" by: "PutnamPig"

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Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer!

This show is "not" any kind of a medical show /podcast.

It is by and for the disabled, and if we can help reach across the chasm of questions and indifference to the other side of the rainbow of ability ... well and good.

Its purpose is to keep us entertained, to explain our symptoms, to remark on our discoveries, and to raise the general consciousness about our disabilities.

The path to disability is shadowy, murky and rough strewn.

The path to wellness is lit by the lamp of knowledge.

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Intro

I discovered I could write/assemble a book in a week, spend a month revising it and it could be out for sale before school started.

If you'd like to help me out and get a nice book to read for your trouble, you'll head to Lulu.com and purchase a copy of "Episodes: The story of an MSer and of MSB's Podcast".

The link is "live" on the podcast. [ https://www.lulu.com/commerce/index.php?fBuyContent=7503026 ]

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I just ran across something (a couple of weeks ago as you hear it but this morning as I write this,) about our friend the swine flu.

Its [ http://www.disabilityresourceexchange.com/group/coping/forum/topic/show?id=1535194%3ATopic%3A16493 ] on the Disability Resource Exchange run by one of the sponsors of the MSB series of my shows: Rudy Sims.

I'll get back to Rudy later because he's a great guy and an inspiration. He's sparking of lots of ideas in my febrile little brain. :-)

---- "Wicked Eyed Mule" By: "Maria Daines http://www.maria-daines.com/

Before you get the idea that I don't take swine flu seriously, I do, and I don't.

"All,"  not some but "all," flu viruses begin their existence, mutating in the guts of Chinese ducks.

Swine flu, Spanish flu of 1918, Ethiopian large intestine flue of 1714 (I just made that one up, :-) it doesn't matter. They "ALL" begin life pullulating in the gut of Chinese ducks.

Get rid of Chinese ducks and the flu would be eliminated and we'd have to become prey to something else, like Bolivian hemorrhagic fever (BHF), also known as black typhus, Ordog Fever, or Machupo virus, or the Marburg virus or maybe to the Ebola virus. (They're in Wikipedia, look 'em all up if you wanna gross yourselves out.)

It doesn't matter.

Something going to have our number.

We just happen to be susceptible to something in Chinese duck poop.

And despite the thousands of little tragedies it causes every year, things could be a lot worse.

---- "Too Late"  By: "Maria Daines http://www.maria-daines.com/

The article goes on about hygiene (very important) and contagion (how to avoid catching all of the nasties out there.)

---- "Business Ain't Music" By: "Maria Daines http://www.maria-daines.com/

We should heed the advice to avoid people. Good luck in a school. Its like swimming in a cess pit of germs, disease and infection.  

---- "Pay For This" By: "Maria Daines http://www.maria-daines.com/
 
Frankly, there are so many ways to "cease to be", to ring down the curtain and join the choir invisible, to [expletive deleted] snuff it that its a wonder that we're alive in the first place.

---- "So Many Ways I could Kill You" by: "Madsumo" http://www.madsumo.com/

Outro

The show notes, including the complete text of this episode, and any and all links to the artists featured, are on a server ... somewhere.

This show is also being podcast in m4a format, which means that it you use a compatible player, like iTunes, you get the content divided up into chapters with images and "hot links" to the the web, on the topic of the chapter, or to accompany the music.

spc_wspc_ThymeWarp_0047

Direct link to the episode:

m4a -> http://media.libsyn.com/media/msb/spc_wspc_ThymeWarp_0047.m4a

Video Links

YouTube -> ""
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This is episode 47

I've been converting my 400 or so albums from vinyl to CDs, to MP3s, and you're going to reap the benefits of my vastly expanded iTunes catalog.

This summer, I discovered I could write and assemble a book in a week, spend a month revising it and it could be out for sale before school started.

If you'd like to help me out and get a nice book to read for your trouble, you'll head to Lulu.com and purchase a copy of "Episodes: The story of an MSer and of MSB's Podcast".

The link is "live" on the podcast. [ https://www.lulu.com/commerce/index.php?fBuyContent=7503026 ]

Its also live at MSBPodcast.com.

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I have been busy, busy, busy.

This week I finish off Roy Elderidge before starting with a 4 album series called "The Jazz Singers"

I'm going to pause between the songs to tell you something about who they've actually featuring.

Adelante la musica.

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This episode featured the following music:

"Dale's Wall" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"I Still Love Him So" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Wailing" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"How Long Has This Been Going On" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Hanid" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Undecided" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"My Honey's Lovin' Arms" by: "Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"I Ain't got Nobody" by: "Cab Callowy & His Orchestra" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Love Me" by: "Jack Teagarden" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Baby Won't You Please Come Home" by: "George Thomas with McKiney's Cotton Pickers" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"As Long as I Live" by: "Red McKenzie & The Spirit of Rythm" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"I want a Little Girl" by: "Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie & his orchestra" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"You Set Me On Fire" by: "Pha Terrell with Andy Kirk & his Twelve Clouds of Joy" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

'How High The Moon: by: "The MetronomeAll Stars feat. Bily Eckstine" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

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The show notes, incuding the complete text of this episode, and any and all links to the artists featured, are on a server ... somewhere.

And this show is also being podcast in m4a format, which means that it you use a compatible player, like iTunes, you get the content divided up into chapters with images and "hot links" to the the web, on the topic of the chapter or to accompany the music.

wspc_TheDisabilityShow 0013.5

YouTube video(s):

"" by: ""

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Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer!

This show is "not" any kind of a medical show /podcast.

It is by and for the disabled, and if we can help reach across the chasm of questions and indifference to the other side of the rainbow of ability ... well and good.

Its purpose is to keep us entertained, to explain our symptoms, to remark on our discoveries, and to raise the general consciousness about our disabilities.

The path to disability is shadowy, murky and rough strewn.

The path to wellness is lit by the lamp of knowledge.

----

Intro

I discovered I could write/assemble a book in a week, spend a month revising it and it could be out for sale before school started.

If you'd like to help me out and get a nice book to read for your trouble, you'll head to Lulu.com and purchase a copy of "Episodes: The story of an MSer and of MSB's Podcast".

The link is "live" on the podcast. [ https://www.lulu.com/commerce/index.php?fBuyContent=7503026 ]

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Sorry but this time I was following the lure of a job and the time I would have spent preparing a show was eaten writing up a new version of an old résumé, emailing and snail mailing it.

For the next 49 minutes of so, you're going to hear one of my favorite musicians Aaron English.

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Outro

The show notes, including the complete text of this episode, and any and all links to the artists featured, are on a server ... somewhere.

This show is also being podcast in m4a format, which means that it you use a compatible player, like iTunes, you get the content divided up into chapters with images and "hot links" to the the web, on the topic of the chapter, or to accompany the music.

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YouTube video(s):

"" by: ""

The music this time was:


 album: "none"
 via: http://music.podshow.com/


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 via: http://music.podshow.com/


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 via: http://music.podshow.com/


 album: "none"
 via: http://music.podshow.com/


 album: "none"
 via: http://music.podshow.com/

spc_wspc_ThymeWarp_0046

Direct link to the episode:

m4a -> http://media.libsyn.com/media/msb/spc_wspc_ThymeWarp_0046.m4a

Video Links

YouTube -> "Anita O'Day and Roy Eldridge 1942"
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This is episode 46

I've been converting my 400 or so albums from vinyl to CDs, to MP3s, and you're going to reap the benefits of my vastly expanded iTunes catalog.

This summer, I discovered I could write and assemble a book in a week, spend a month revising it and it could be out for sale before school started.

If you'd like to help me out and get a nice book to read for your trouble, you'll head to Lulu.com and purchase a copy of "Episodes: The story of an MSer and of MSB's Podcast".

The link is "live" on the podcast. [ https://www.lulu.com/commerce/index.php?fBuyContent=7503026 ]

Its also live at MSBPodcast.com.

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I discovered that even if:
• you keep complete backups (and I do,) and
• have spare equipment as backup (and I do,)
 it still takes a lo-ong time to get a 319GB drive image off of the backup and restore it to the active drive.

And the studio is looking at using a terabyte drive.

Nah … I don't think so.

Using a pair of 500GB drives, mirroring each other, and ordering a new pair of drives when, not if but when, a 'live' drive fails is a good strategy to keep the studio running.

You can still be operating on the redundant drive while waiting for the new drives to arrive. (I'd order them then for two reasons:
1) the drives will both be fresh from the manufacturer and
2) the price is likely to drop between my original order and the replacement order.)

Then you're going to have to pull the data off the 'live' drive, make an incremental snapshot backup, roll the all of data onto the new drives, at least, a day or so after you've started the process, be able to swap the new pair in.

320GB of data is not like copying a floppy.  Its more like copying 3,200 floppies. It takes more time than you'd think. A lot more.

500GB of data is just that much more, 180GB more.

And if you're wondering why I'm not just keeping the old drive.

It's matched twin has already failed.

How long do you think the survivor has?

Get ready to use it in some less critical use than keeping a studio up and running.

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Now, here comes some Roy Elderidge

Adelante la musica.

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This episode featured the following music:

"Here Comes Cookie" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Jangled Nerves" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Swing Is Here" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"After You're Gone" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Wabash Stomp" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Heckler's Hop" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"What Shall I Say" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Rockin' Chair" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"The Gasser" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Minor Jive" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Fiesta in Brass" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"St Louis Blues" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Little Jazz" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Twilight Time" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Fireworks" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"I Remember Harlem" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

"Easter Parade" by: "Roy Elderidge" here on WSPC's ThymeWarp with your host Charles Rovira

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The show notes, incuding the complete text of this episode, and any and all links to the artists featured, are on a server ... somewhere.

And this show is also being podcast in m4a format, which means that it you use a compatible player, like iTunes, you get the content divided up into chapters with images and "hot links" to the the web, on the topic of the chapter or to accompany the music.