It's a sad day, but the official manufacturer of plastic pink lawn flamingos stopped making them in June, and closed their plant doors on Wednesday.

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Show 67 is stuffed with:

• Baseball is over, and the worst team won it all
• Who will you be for Halloween?
• Vin: 2003 Sebastiani Cabernet Sauvignon
  
• Tune 1: Vast Majority by Eye Level
• Political scum and how to get in touch with them
• Tune 2: Feels Like Home by John Hutson
• On Film:
• The Aviator
• Heading South

Sorry folks, we were not able to do a show this week.  Some stuff came up and we were not able to make it happen.

See you next week. 

I just got back from a smokin show at Utica's Stanley Theatre featuring trumpeteer Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.  These guys can really play.  If you're into dense New Orleans style jazz, then this band will be a treat for you.

I had the fortune of seeing Irvin Play a few winters ago when his band Los Hombres Calientes came to the MWPAI for their Concerts In The Court series.  Except that night their Pianist got delayed in D.C. from the crazy winter storm that day, and didn't make it to the show.  So world-class trumpeteer Irvin showed us his world-class piano chops that night.

I always love going to the Stanley to see a show.  It's such a grand venue that going to see any event in that beautiful theatre is a special treat.  It really does feel like a night out on the town.

One of my favorite television shows ever is (was?) Northern Exposure.  It was customary in their little town of Cicely Alaska to celebrate the first snow flakes of the season by gathering in the street and sincerely wishing one another "Bon Hiver," which simply means "Good Winter."

While at work today I witnessed the first snow flakes of the season, so to you all, I wish you Bon Hiver! 

On Tuesday October 17th, 2006, the 300 millionth citizen of the united states was born.  Good job people, keep up the good work.   :-)

Show 66 is laden with:

• Yes, Floyd Landis has a case - see it online
  
• Origins of band names
• Tune 1: Cast That Ballot by the Lascivious Biddies
  
• Votes...ugh!  Good God!  What are they good for?  Absolutely nuthin'!
• Squeezing the middle class
• Jub numbers are up - salaries are down
• What next?  Watch Fight Club and see.
• Tune 2: Spop by The Four Bags
• On Film: Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos

Show 65 is almost solo.  We hope you enjoy:

• Brief explanations, and a little baseball
• Tune 1: More Dollars Than Sense by The Badly Bent
• We discuss the HBO series Rome
• The IMDB entry for Rome
  
• Tune 2: Wingless Angels by the Asylum Street Spankers
• On Film: Half Nelson
• C Ya!

OK, here are my answers to John's music meme.  I guess this meme starts here!

1.  Have you found a song running through your head on more than one occasion?  What is it?

 I can't think of one song in particular.  Usually it's just a song that someone at work was singing, or perhaps the song that I was listening to when I turned to car off before I went into work.

2. If you've gone through a particularly bad breakup, what song do you associate with it?

 I can't recall a song that I associate with a bad breakup, but I do have a song that I associate with my high school sweetheart, and that's She's Got A Way by Billy Joel.

3. What's your musical guilty pleasure?  A band, song, or genre that you enjoy but are ashamed to admit it?

 As I said on the show, I've been know to enjoy an Abba tune or two.  And hey, who doesn't like The Partridge Family and the Monkees?

4.  Name a song that makes you sing out loud when you're alone in the car?

 There isn't one song or one band in particular.  But if it's a song that I like that happens to be on a CD that I'm listening to, I'll sing along, or sing harmonies.  If On Reflection by Gentle Giant were playing, I would definitely be singing.

5. Name a song, band, or genre that forces you to change radio stations and possibly even rip the knob off?

 Most classic rock makes me want to gouge my eyes out with rusty spoons.  Barracuda by Heart, Dream on by Aerosmith, Stairway... you get the idea. 

6. Is there a song that can make you cry?

 As John pointed in in a previous show, I'm a very closed person, so little makes me cry.   :-)  But when my aunt Gee (Genevieve) died last fall, the CD in my player at that time was Simon Fox, and I played his song The Fisherman OVER AND OVER, and it now reminds me of my aunt, and puts me into a special frame of mind.

7. Is there a song that always cheers you up?

 Not one in particular.  But there are many songs in the Steve Morse catalog that can affect my moods in different ways.  Typically one of his songs composed for Nylon String Classical Guitar and Violin will cheer me up. 

8. Is there a single song that reminds you of high school?

Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics totally reminds me of the summer year between my Junior and Senior years in HS.  China Girl by David Bowie does as well.  One record I thought of after we got done taping was the first album by the band Asia.  When ever my friends and I would get together and have a pizza party, we would literally ALWAYS be playing that record.

And so now I pass the first BV Music Meme torch to Kirsten at Enjoy Every Sandwich.  Enjoy!

I don't know about you, but I associate music with all sorts of moments and emotions in my life.  To see how music affects us and surrounds us, answer the following questions:

1. Have you found a song running through your head on more than one occasion?  What is it?
   Yes, for me it's Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4, especially the opening bass riff.  Da da da da da...da da da da da...da da da da da...da da da da...da da da da...
   
   
2. If you've gone through a particularly bad breakup, what song do you associate with it?
   The Police, Roxanne
   
   
3. What's your musical guilty pleasure?  A band, song, or genre that you enjoy but are ashamed to admit it?
   For some reason, techno and dance music is great to listen to while I work.  Very odd.
   
   
4. Name a song that makes you sing out loud when you're alone in the car?
   Anything by Radiohead, but especially Paranoid Android
   
   
5. Name a song, band, or genre that forces you to change radio stations and possibly even rip the knob off?
   Ugh!  Bob Seger.  Classic rock stations lean way too heavily on him.
   
   
6. Is there a song that can make you cry?
   Two, actually.  Epitaph by King Crimson and Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin.
   
   
7. Is there a song that always cheers you up?
   Two, actually.  Crosstown Traffic by Hendrix and The Red Hot Chili Peppers version of Fire.
   
   
8. Is there a single song that reminds you of high school?
   Upon further review, I think Jukebox Hero by Foreigner.  "...One guitar!!!..."

Show 64 is fortified with:

• Floyd Landis is a hipster
• Tune 1: Take a Little Time to Say Goodbye by Maria De Angelis
• Music Meme
• Vin: 2003 The Lucky Country Barossa Valley
  
• Tune 2: Wind Song by Trespass
• On Film: Who Gets to Call it Art?