Monday, June 25, 2007
Waterfront Blues Festival Daily Blog Coming!!
I'll be blogging every day from the 2007 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival beginning Tuesday, July 3 and ending Sunday July 8!
A short piece of mine on Brian Davis
Appeared in the Living Section of today's Oregonian. Read it here.
Brian is a percussionist for Pink Martini and the leader of the Lions of Batucada, Portland's Brazilian marching band.
Brian is a percussionist for Pink Martini and the leader of the Lions of Batucada, Portland's Brazilian marching band.
Friday, June 22, 2007
KMHD Playlist 6/16/07
Sorry about not putting up 6/9's. I was out of town.
10:00 PM Wayne Horvitz Duke Monologue
10:06 PM Paul deLay Band All Cried Out The Last of the Best
10:12 PM Dave Milne You Pea Ess Present Tense
10:16 PM Mylab Pop Client Mylab
10:27 PM Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengrs Plexis Three Blind Mice Cedar Walton tune...live at The Rennaisance in L.A.
10:32 PM Shoehorn Jumpin' with Shoehorn Shoehorn Swing
10:39 PM Keith Schreiner Robert's Decsion Unreleased
10:42 PM Dahlia Ease Up Emotional Cycles Jen Folker, vocals
10:48 PM Derek Sims & Keith Schriener Details Unreleased
10:56 PM James Booker Goodnight Irene Junco Pardner
11:07 PM Nancy King & Glen Moore There Is a Small Hotel King On the Road Rob Scheps, sax
11:12 PM Darrell Grant Blues For the Masters Truth and Reconcilliation
11:16 PM Ramsey Embick Nica's Dream Solo Piano
11:24 PM John Callahan Portland Girl Purple Winos In the Rain
11:31 PM John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman My One and Only Love John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
11:37 PM Dr. John More Than You'll Ever Know In a Sentimental Mood
11:41 PM Kronos Quartet Turn Out the Stars Music of Bill Evans Vinyl
11:47 PM Beliss Atahualpa Beliss
11:50 PM Dexter Gordon Ruby My Dear Great Encounters Vinyl
12:00 AM Eric Dolphy Fire Waltz The Great Concert of Eric Dolphy
12:13 AM Eric Dolphy Bee Vamp same
12:26 AM Eric Dolphy Number Eight same
12:40 AM Eric Dolphy The Prophet same
10:00 PM Wayne Horvitz Duke Monologue
10:06 PM Paul deLay Band All Cried Out The Last of the Best
10:12 PM Dave Milne You Pea Ess Present Tense
10:16 PM Mylab Pop Client Mylab
10:27 PM Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengrs Plexis Three Blind Mice Cedar Walton tune...live at The Rennaisance in L.A.
10:32 PM Shoehorn Jumpin' with Shoehorn Shoehorn Swing
10:39 PM Keith Schreiner Robert's Decsion Unreleased
10:42 PM Dahlia Ease Up Emotional Cycles Jen Folker, vocals
10:48 PM Derek Sims & Keith Schriener Details Unreleased
10:56 PM James Booker Goodnight Irene Junco Pardner
11:07 PM Nancy King & Glen Moore There Is a Small Hotel King On the Road Rob Scheps, sax
11:12 PM Darrell Grant Blues For the Masters Truth and Reconcilliation
11:16 PM Ramsey Embick Nica's Dream Solo Piano
11:24 PM John Callahan Portland Girl Purple Winos In the Rain
11:31 PM John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman My One and Only Love John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
11:37 PM Dr. John More Than You'll Ever Know In a Sentimental Mood
11:41 PM Kronos Quartet Turn Out the Stars Music of Bill Evans Vinyl
11:47 PM Beliss Atahualpa Beliss
11:50 PM Dexter Gordon Ruby My Dear Great Encounters Vinyl
12:00 AM Eric Dolphy Fire Waltz The Great Concert of Eric Dolphy
12:13 AM Eric Dolphy Bee Vamp same
12:26 AM Eric Dolphy Number Eight same
12:40 AM Eric Dolphy The Prophet same
Friday, June 01, 2007
Welcome Back Dr. Jack!!
Welcome back Dr Jack!
While you were gone we here in Oregon passed the nation's first and most logical Physician-Assisted Suicide law, the Oregon Death With Dignity Act. Under it, after a process involving two doctors, and a lot of other screening, those who have a prognosis of six months to live or less, can get (usually) a fatal dose of liquid Nembutal and die peacefully, surrounded by family and friends (if they choose) or in solitude.
The religious fanatics who run things in Washington tried to knock out the law, Dr. Jack. It went to the U.S. Supreme Court. We won.
We're sorry you went to jail for the concept of controlling one's death the way one controls one's life.
We wish you had been able to control your own life these past years, when you were locked away.
The vanguard of any movement begins with those who push the limits outrageously. You did that. We understand. We may have disagreed with some of your tactics, but we know where you're coming from…a sense of medical ethics that says, "The patient is the boss. The patient has the right to die as he chooses."
The rest of the country? Consider this. Consider that you have been diagnosed with a terrible lung disease that will cause you to be shorter and shorter of breath, gradually getting worse day after day. You find yourself gasping for breath and know that soon you will suffocate to death…as though someone put a pillow over your head.
Say you knew someone who had had the same disease, and you saw how he deteriorated. You watched him gasp for breath. You knew he was going to suffocate one day soon. And now it's you. You're going to suffocate to death. A long, lingering terrifying death.
What would you want to do? If you were not bound to a rigid and illogical set of religious rules, most likely you would say, "I want out before I get like that. I know what is my fate. Don’t' make me suffer. Please don't let me suffocate."
Right now, the politicians answer is, "Sorry, Charlie. Take a hike."
The dirty little secret is that, all over America, doctors and nurses are conspiring to help such people die. They take the risk of losing their careers and even facing jail time if caught. They don't get caught. They do help people die.
Everybody else looks the other way. Does this make sense to you?
I'm pleading your case, Dr. Jack.
We're glad you're back. I have the feeling we haven't heard the last from you.
I hope not.
this also appears on huffingtonpost.com
While you were gone we here in Oregon passed the nation's first and most logical Physician-Assisted Suicide law, the Oregon Death With Dignity Act. Under it, after a process involving two doctors, and a lot of other screening, those who have a prognosis of six months to live or less, can get (usually) a fatal dose of liquid Nembutal and die peacefully, surrounded by family and friends (if they choose) or in solitude.
The religious fanatics who run things in Washington tried to knock out the law, Dr. Jack. It went to the U.S. Supreme Court. We won.
We're sorry you went to jail for the concept of controlling one's death the way one controls one's life.
We wish you had been able to control your own life these past years, when you were locked away.
The vanguard of any movement begins with those who push the limits outrageously. You did that. We understand. We may have disagreed with some of your tactics, but we know where you're coming from…a sense of medical ethics that says, "The patient is the boss. The patient has the right to die as he chooses."
The rest of the country? Consider this. Consider that you have been diagnosed with a terrible lung disease that will cause you to be shorter and shorter of breath, gradually getting worse day after day. You find yourself gasping for breath and know that soon you will suffocate to death…as though someone put a pillow over your head.
Say you knew someone who had had the same disease, and you saw how he deteriorated. You watched him gasp for breath. You knew he was going to suffocate one day soon. And now it's you. You're going to suffocate to death. A long, lingering terrifying death.
What would you want to do? If you were not bound to a rigid and illogical set of religious rules, most likely you would say, "I want out before I get like that. I know what is my fate. Don’t' make me suffer. Please don't let me suffocate."
Right now, the politicians answer is, "Sorry, Charlie. Take a hike."
The dirty little secret is that, all over America, doctors and nurses are conspiring to help such people die. They take the risk of losing their careers and even facing jail time if caught. They don't get caught. They do help people die.
Everybody else looks the other way. Does this make sense to you?
I'm pleading your case, Dr. Jack.
We're glad you're back. I have the feeling we haven't heard the last from you.
I hope not.
this also appears on huffingtonpost.com
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