Odds & Ends: JazzStage, LCS and more
There are some random thoughts I would like to share with you…
Detroit JazzStage has a new podcast available! Tuesday this week they unleashed an hour-long broadcast with veteran sax player Phil Lasley! I will be listening this weekend and offer a full report next week.
If you have not visited the Detroit JazzStage website yet, you really must. In addition to a discussion about each show there are some valuable links. Check out the website for the upcoming Detroit International Jazz Festival coming up Labor Day weekend. Also, they have a link for the “Jazz Podcast Network”. This includes links to jazz music podcasts from Seattle, Portland and Orange County, California. I cannot wait to carve some time into my schedule to check them all out.
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Recently, I wrote about the NBC program “Last Comic Standing” (hereafter referred to as “LCS”). I both praised the show’s producers for offering viewers a chance to vote for eliminated comics online, and complained that I did not understand the purpose or goal of the voting.
After further investigation, the website states that two of the eliminated comics will battle head-to-head during the finale. So, while we are watching twelve (now ten) comics fight for the title of Last Comic over the course of the next few weeks, those who visit the LCS website will be accessing and voting for their favorites among those comics no longer participating.
It will be interesting to see if they allow back in comics dropped from the show, such as Stella and April Macy. I doubt it, but we will see. Either way, the public will vote to have two eliminated comics come back on the final show to compete against each other (not the comics on the program each week). It is a great idea and I hope the finale has a great turnout!
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At the ABC News website, under the heading “Technology and Science”, there is a discussion on network neutrality titled “Network Neutrality 101”. The article is pretty neutral on the subject so if you are unfamiliar with the subject, take a quick glance. It does not take long to read. This post is probably longer. Check the website, http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2108558&page=1.
If you are familiar with network neutrality and understand how damaging it can be to the freedoms of web surfers, contact the senators in your area. There is a link to the left. Let them know how you feel. Your opinion does count!
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The Cubs lost again last night. Rookie Carlos Marmol looks like he has promise, but this does not look like the Cubs year. If Wood and Prior can come back, Zambrano and Marshall can continue to pitch well and someone like Marmol or Hill can step up, with the improved bullpen headed by Dempster, Eyre and Howry, the Cubs have an excellent chance in 2007. If Hendry can avoid blowing up the team after the disastrous season so far, we can use this year to build the confidence of our young players and score big next year.
Wow. It is still June and I am already saying “Wait until next year”. That is so sad.
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Ozzie Guillen, White Sox manager, has been told to take sensitivity training. Guillen has played and managed for the White Sox for years. Did the tirade on writer Jay Mariotti just take the team by surprise?
There is a fine line between “cute and unique” and “destructive and damaging”. Perhaps Guillen has needed this for a long time.
Final thought on Guillen: Guillen was quoted as using a three-letter word commonly used to describe a male homosexual. After his tirade he stated he did not realize that it was a reference to homosexuality. Considering Guillen’s heritage, I believe this statement. In the British colonies, the word is used to refer to cigarettes. George Carlin, who grew up in New York, has said that, during his growing up, the term meant a “sissy”, but not a homosexual male. It is entirely believable to me that Guillen meant to degrade and foul the name of Jay Mariotti, but not necessarily call him a homosexual male.
Perhaps, upon reflection, this is little consolation.
Detroit JazzStage has a new podcast available! Tuesday this week they unleashed an hour-long broadcast with veteran sax player Phil Lasley! I will be listening this weekend and offer a full report next week.
If you have not visited the Detroit JazzStage website yet, you really must. In addition to a discussion about each show there are some valuable links. Check out the website for the upcoming Detroit International Jazz Festival coming up Labor Day weekend. Also, they have a link for the “Jazz Podcast Network”. This includes links to jazz music podcasts from Seattle, Portland and Orange County, California. I cannot wait to carve some time into my schedule to check them all out.
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Recently, I wrote about the NBC program “Last Comic Standing” (hereafter referred to as “LCS”). I both praised the show’s producers for offering viewers a chance to vote for eliminated comics online, and complained that I did not understand the purpose or goal of the voting.
After further investigation, the website states that two of the eliminated comics will battle head-to-head during the finale. So, while we are watching twelve (now ten) comics fight for the title of Last Comic over the course of the next few weeks, those who visit the LCS website will be accessing and voting for their favorites among those comics no longer participating.
It will be interesting to see if they allow back in comics dropped from the show, such as Stella and April Macy. I doubt it, but we will see. Either way, the public will vote to have two eliminated comics come back on the final show to compete against each other (not the comics on the program each week). It is a great idea and I hope the finale has a great turnout!
-0-
At the ABC News website, under the heading “Technology and Science”, there is a discussion on network neutrality titled “Network Neutrality 101”. The article is pretty neutral on the subject so if you are unfamiliar with the subject, take a quick glance. It does not take long to read. This post is probably longer. Check the website, http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2108558&page=1.
If you are familiar with network neutrality and understand how damaging it can be to the freedoms of web surfers, contact the senators in your area. There is a link to the left. Let them know how you feel. Your opinion does count!
-0-
The Cubs lost again last night. Rookie Carlos Marmol looks like he has promise, but this does not look like the Cubs year. If Wood and Prior can come back, Zambrano and Marshall can continue to pitch well and someone like Marmol or Hill can step up, with the improved bullpen headed by Dempster, Eyre and Howry, the Cubs have an excellent chance in 2007. If Hendry can avoid blowing up the team after the disastrous season so far, we can use this year to build the confidence of our young players and score big next year.
Wow. It is still June and I am already saying “Wait until next year”. That is so sad.
-0-
Ozzie Guillen, White Sox manager, has been told to take sensitivity training. Guillen has played and managed for the White Sox for years. Did the tirade on writer Jay Mariotti just take the team by surprise?
There is a fine line between “cute and unique” and “destructive and damaging”. Perhaps Guillen has needed this for a long time.
Final thought on Guillen: Guillen was quoted as using a three-letter word commonly used to describe a male homosexual. After his tirade he stated he did not realize that it was a reference to homosexuality. Considering Guillen’s heritage, I believe this statement. In the British colonies, the word is used to refer to cigarettes. George Carlin, who grew up in New York, has said that, during his growing up, the term meant a “sissy”, but not a homosexual male. It is entirely believable to me that Guillen meant to degrade and foul the name of Jay Mariotti, but not necessarily call him a homosexual male.
Perhaps, upon reflection, this is little consolation.
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