Happy Thanksgiving! Here is the 1976-77 Longmont High School bands again this time performing Richard Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" arranged by Mark Hindsley. This is the same group that brought us "Scaramouch" on the same recording. It's one of the best performances of any high school group I've ever heard! An incredible flute solo along with some of the best ensemble playing between the brass, woodwinds and percussion, an era in Colorado public school music which seems long past. Thank goodness that the performance was recorded and pressed into vinyl for posterity.

Welcome back Montana State University's Soprano, Jane Hevener singing Karl Flaster and Vittorio Giannini's "Tell Me, O Blue, Blue Sky" let's sing along: "Tell Me, Oh Blue, Blue Sky?" Words by Karl Flaster Music by Vittorio Giannini Summer has flown, the leaves are falling, I hear a voice, Your voice, calling, I see a face, Your face, pleading, I feel a heart, Your heart, bleeding. Tell me, Oh blue, blue sky, Why did we part? Tell me, Oh whispering wind, breathe on my heart. Breathe on my lonely heart, that too has bled. Tell what is left in life, since love has fled, since love has fled? [Oh, no!] Tell me, Tell me, Tell me, Oh blue, blue sky, Tell me, Oh blue, blue sky!

Fumbling. And just milking these sounds as far as they go without any effects. I'm still putting these things together intuitively, listening to dozens of "loops" trying to catch something. The nature of the process! You quickly find out that random sounds fall organized under the dictates of the loop. I want to restart this crazy thing. So after six months a new show!! If you will allow me I will air check my microphone again. The University of Iowa Old Gold Singers are returning to sing the bed to a funk drummer with crazy brass and woodwinds accompanying. I"m taking submissions for sounds, interviews, noise, rants and raves contact me via this site!! Thank you.

Welcome back here is one of the great high school jazz bands of the nineteen seventies! Alameda High School Jazz Ensemble - 1970 Bob Montgomery, director playing: "Aftermath" (Polyton Music, inc.) Composed & Arranged by John Einarson

Welcomes and Farewells by John Garraus from his book Poesia and All My Lovin' by Lennon and McCartney!! Something different until I can get more school material.

I finally give thanks to this junior high school group from the late 70's. All is well.

Horace Mann Jr. High School. Slowing down for a little emo.... I did this late last night.. I probably should be more careful..

What's the rush? Take a load off. There's been a lot of bad financial news lately. It's very frightening. We need more poets to intone our intense stubborn need for the truth...

I may have presented next couple of sounds to you. I hope not, but if I did. Enjoy...

I have no explanation. Just old stuff.

A lot has happened lately and a lot more will be happening. Trying to stay positive and trying to stay on track. For those of you who know me... Thank you for the support! I love all of you! You all have been a great help Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! A thousand times thank you!! For you whom don't know, I lost both my cousin and mom within a week of each other; my brother and I (mostly my brother) have huge but manageable logistical tasks in the wake. I'm scared but I'm good as well. Hope all is well with you... I'm just trying to keep this show going, with my weird attitude! I'm still waiting for contributers like John Garraus so please contact me.. rick.rbenjamin@gmail.com. There will be a couple of new voices coming soon! Okay! oxoxox to ALL!!!

So sorry about the lateness!! Take a listen.

Cloudy and a little rain tonight. Somber. Yet the garden is wild and the battle has just begun.