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Weekly Report from Boulder
Interesting week last week - a friend moving to another state, a friend with a new baby, a friend getting married. Life is just full of transitions isn't it? It always interests me how people handle the communications, some just do it better than others. So am I really invited to the wedding when I haven't heard from the bride herself but her mother? And do I really want to be in Long Island in the middle of the summer?

Tuesday night I went out with a group of friends to catch Star Wars. It was fun, though I think the allure is missing from the very first film. Of course Lucas still holds on to the most dramatic special effects for himself and the opening sequence was amazing! But after a while their ability to have lots of activity in the background became annoying, just because you can have caucophony and constant motion doesn't mean you have to. Our favorite line, of course, was the "Either you are with us, or you are with the enemy!" I look forward to then getting my own "Darth Dubya" or "W is a Sith" bumper-sticker.

The weekend was spent up in the mountains, where it was actually warmer than Boulder! But the tulips are still going strong and the lilacs and flowering trees in bloom. I got in some bike rides in the morning, enjoying some new and improved bike trails, returning home just before the rain hit. Then out to lunch with mom, an afternoon nap and some reading, and an evening walk in between thunderstorms. All in all very restful and enjoyable. So much better than last year when it was snowing up there! Back in Boulder I came into town along Broadway to see throngs of people ahead. I'd left early hoping to avoid the I-70 crowds, not thinking about the crowds in town after the Bolder Boulder. Everywhere people were wandering around with their little orange bags. I cut east and away from the throngs to be greeted by the sight of truckload after truckload of port-a-potties heading south.

Elaine C. Erb. KGNU Music Director. <º))))><
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KGNU Top 30, Week Ending 5.31.05
1. The Books Lost And Safe Self Produced
2. Dub Gabriel Bass Jihad Azra
3. Various Artists Africa Remix: Ah Freak Iya Milan
4. Thievery Corporation The Cosmic Game Esl Music
5. Various Artists Verve Remixed 3 Universal Egg
6. Transglobal Underground Impossible Broadcasting Triloka Records
7. Cheb I Sabbah La Kahena Six Degrees
8. Abdullah Ibrahim - Remixed Re: Brahim Enja Records
9. Beck Guero Interscope
10. Celia Cruz The Rough Guide To Celia Cruz World Music Network
11. Dj Spooky That Subliminal Kid & Dave Lombardo Drums Of Death Thirsty Ear Communication
12. Various Artists Golden Afrique Vol. 1 Network Medien Gmbh
13. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Naturally Daptone
14. Gogol Bordello East Infection Rubric
15. Marcia Ball Live! Down The Road Alligator Records
16. Various Artists Turntables On The Hudson, Volume 2 Rhythmlove
17. Jack De Johnette & Foday Musa Suso Music From The Hearts Of The Masters Koch
18. Orishas El Kilo Surco Records
19. Richard Thompson Live From Austin, Tx New West
20. Ali Farka Toure Red & Green Nonesuch Records
21. Dj Nu-Mark & Pomo Blend Crafters Up Above Records
22. The Raveonettes Pretty In Black Columbia Records
23. Niyaz Cd Six Degrees
24. Mice Parade Ben-Vinda Vontade Bubble Core
25. Robert Earl Keen What I Really Mean Koch
26. Graves Brothers Deluxe Light Good Forks Records
27. Lyrics Born Same !@#$ Different Day Quannum Projects
28. William Parker Quartet Sound Unity Aum Fidelity
29. Latin Alternative Music Conference 5th Edition Throw Your Hands In The Air Nacional Records
30. Charles Lloyd Jumping The Creek Ecm Records
Adds: Celso Fonseca Rive Gauche Rio Six Degrees
Adds: Waldemar Bastos Renascence Times Square
Adds: Negativland No Business Seeland
Adds: Architecture In Helsinki In Case We Die Bar None
Adds: Matisyahu Live At Stubb's Or
New World Charts For Week Ending 5.31.2005
1. Various Artists Africa Remix: Ah Freak Iya Milan
2. Cheb I Sabbah La Kahena Six Degrees
3. Celia Cruz The Rough Guide To Celia Cruz World Music Network
4. Various Artists Golden Afrique Vol. 1 Network Medien Gmbh
5. Jack De Johnette & Foday Musa Suso Music From The Hearts Of The Masters Koch
6. Ali Farka Toure Red & Green Nonesuch Records
7. Various Artists Love's A Real Thing Luaka Bop
8. Various Artists Rough Guide To Dub World Music Network
9. Mamadou Diabate Behmanka World Circuit
10. Los Camperos De Valles El Ave De Mi Sonar Smithsonian Folkways
Jazz Charts For Week Ending 5.31.2005
1. William Parker Quartet Sound Unity Aum Fidelity
2. Charles Lloyd Jumping The Creek Ecm Records
3. Abdullah Ibrahim A Celebration Enja Records
4. Mike Ladd Negrophilia Thirsty Ear Communication
5. Pickpocket Ensemble Fingerpainting In Red Wine Odd Shaped Records
6. William Parker Luc's Lantern Thirsty Ear Communication
7. Dave Douglas Mountain Passages Green Leaf Music
8. Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith Yo Miles! Upriver Cuneiform Records
9. Ravish Momin's Trio Tarana Climbing The Banyan Tree Cleanfeed Records
10. Nina Simone Fodder On My Wings Sunnyside
Rpm Charts For Week Ending 5.31.05
1. Dub Gabriel Bass Jihad Azra
2. Thievery Corporation The Cosmic Game Esl Music
3. Various Artists Verve Remixed 3 Universal Egg
4. Transglobal Underground Impossible Broadcasting Triloka Records
5. Abdullah Ibrahim - Remixed Re: Brahim Enja Records
6. Niyaz Cd Six Degrees
7. Dierdre One Six Degrees
8. Cirque De Soleil Solarium Delirium Self Produced
9. Various Artists Brazil Remixed 2 Groove Gravy
10. Midival Punditz Midival Times Six Degrees
Americana Charts For Week Ending 5.31.2005
1. Marcia Ball Live! Down The Road Alligator Records
2. Robert Earl Keen What I Really Mean Koch
3. John Prine Fair & Square Oh Boy Records
4. Eddie Turner Rise Northern Blues
5. Rory Block From The Dust Telarc Blues
6. Tish Hinojosa A Heart Wide Open Valley
7. Buddy Guy Damn Right, I've Got The Blues: Expanded Edition Zomba/Verity
8. Tracy Grammer Flower Of Avalon Signature Sounds
9. Various Artists The Rough Guide To Bottleneck Blues World Music Network
10. Dr John The Best Of The Parlophone Years Emi
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