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Top Releases week ending 12.5.2005

Weekly Report from Boulder
Weekly Reports For 12/5/2005

Last week the Persuasions came to town for a KGNU benefit concert. They stopped in the station and I mentioned how bummed I've been not to find their old album with Drip Drop on it. So they spontaneously started singing it for me there in the hallway. A very fun moment! The Friday afternoon DJs usually bring their 4-year-old daughter in with them and she didn't know what to make of them at first. But when they started On the Good Ship Lollipop she was sold and ran in to watch them sing.

Over the weekend my boss Marty and I went out to see Good Night, and Good Luck. I highly recommend it. Not only are there great performances but the authentic footage adds some veracity to the story. The film opens with Murrow, back in the 50s, commenting on how the change of news towards entertainment and distraction was such a disgrace. Imagine if he were alive to see the shape of TV "News" today. After watching the film it's not a surprise to note that he lost his left lung two years before he died of cancer.

It's been snowing here in Colorado but it's very cold! I'm hoping to finally get out skiing this week, after all, I finally have some new, short skis to get used to! I've moved from 190 cm skis to 153, it only took me ten years to get caught up with the shaped ski revolution.

Elaine C. Erb. KGNU Music Director. <º))))><
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KGNU Top 30, Week Ending 12.05.05
1. Various Artists Sound Of The World Wrasse
2. Various Artists Creative Musicians Vol 2 Perfect Toy
3. Either/Orchestra Live In Addis Buda Musique
4. Calexico/Iron And Wine In The Reins Overcoat Records
5. Bettye Lavette I've Got My Own Hell To Raise Anti/Epitaph
6. Various Artists Asian Lounge Putumayo
7. Various Artists Another World Is Possible Koch
8. Konono No 1 Congotronics Crammed Discs
9. Amadou & Mariam Je Pense A Toi Circular Moves
10. Wilco Kicking Television Nonesuch Records
11. Les Nubians Nubian Voyager Triloka Records
12. Various Artists Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked Impulse!
13. Seu Jorge Cru Wrasse
14. Kate Bush Aerial Columbia Records
15. Amadou & Mariam Dimanche A Bamako Nonesuch Records
16. Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Sixty Six Steps Rca/Victor
17. Devendra Banhart Cripple Crow Xl
18. Bass Nectar Mesmerizing The Ultra Organic Records
19. General Elektriks Cliquety Kliqk Quannum Projects
20. Thelonious Monk W/ John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall Blue Note Records
21. Neil Young Prairie Wind Reprise Records
22. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Grand Opening And Closing Seeland Records
23. Various Artists Rockabilly Lives Hightone Records
24. Animal Collective Feels Fat Cat
25. Patti Smith Horses/Horses Legacy
26. Nina Simone The Soul Of Nina Simone Legacy
27. Various Artists Rolas De Aztlan: Songs Of The Chicano Movement Smithsonian Folkways
28. Chuck Pyle Romancing The Moment Self Produced
29. Blockhead Downtown Science Ninja Tune
30. Sambasunda Rahwana's Cry Network Medien Gmbh
Adds: Various Artists Screaming Masterpiece One Little Indian
Adds: Various Artists Our New Orleans Nonesuch
Adds: Coco Rosie Noah's Ark Touch And Go
Adds: Robert Fripp Love Cannot Bear Dgm
New World Charts For Week Ending 12.05.2005
1. Various Artists Sound Of The World Wrasse
2. Various Artists Asian Lounge Putumayo
3. Various Artists Another World Is Possible Koch
4. Amadou & Mariam Je Pense A Toi Circular Moves
5. Konono No 1 Congotronics Crammed Discs
6. Seu Jorge Cru Wrasse
7. Amadou & Mariam Dimanche A Bamako Nonesuch Records
8. Various Artists Rolas De Aztlan: Songs Of The Chicano Movement Smithsonian Folkways
9. Sambasunda Rahwana's Cry Network Medien Gmbh
10. Emmanuel Jal & Abdel Gadir Salim Ceasefire Riverboat Records
Jazz Charts For Week Ending 12.05.2005
1. Either/Orchestra Live In Addis Buda Musique
2. Thelonious Monk W/ John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall Blue Note Records
3. Nina Simone The Soul Of Nina Simone Legacy
4. Various Artists Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar Legacy
5. Eyal Maoz Edom Tzadik
6. Herbie Hancock Possibilities Self Produced
7. Miami Saxophone Quartet Midnight Rumba Fourtitude Records
8. Jenny Scheinman 12 Songs Cryptogramaphone
9. The Bad Plus Suspicious Activity? Columbia Records
10. Barbara Morrison Live At The Dakota Self Produced
Beatbox Charts For Week Ending 12.05.05 (Based On All Shows Reporting)
1. Various Artists Creative Musicians Vol 2 Perfect Toy
2. Bettye Lavette I've Got My Own Hell To Raise Anti/Epitaph
3. Les Nubians Nubian Voyager Triloka Records
4. Blockhead Downtown Science Ninja Tune
5. Sam Cooke Night Beat Legacy
6. Sound Directions The Funky Side Of Life Stones Throw Records
7. Breakestra Hit The Floor Ubiquity
8. Various Artists Searching For Soul Luv 'N Haight
9. The Perceptionists Black Dialogue Definitive Jux
10. Dr John Sippiana Hericane Blue Note Records
Rpm Charts For Week Ending 12.05.05
1. Various Artists Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked Impulse!
2. Bass Nectar Mesmerizing The Ultra Organic Records
3. Various Artists Bar Brasilia Globesonic
4. Ripple Effect: De Johnette Hybrids Kindred Rhythm
5. Mr Scruff Mrs. Cruff Ninja Tune
6. Meat Beat Manifesto Off-Centre Thirsty Ear Communication
7. Scavenger Quartet We Who Live On Land Self Produced
8. Goldfrapp Number 1 Mute Corp
9. Alarm Will Sound Acoustica Cantaloupe Music
10. Mike Ladd Mike Ladd Presents Father Divine Roir Records
Americana Charts For Week Ending 12.05.2005
1. Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Sixty Six Steps Rca/Victor
2. Chuck Pyle Romancing The Moment Self Produced
3. Johnny Cash The Legend Sony/Bmg
4. Jimmie Dale Gilmore Come On Back Rounder
5. John Juke Logan The Truth Will Rock You Mocombo
6. Mary Flower Bywater Dance Yellow Dog Records
7. Jerry Douglas The Best Kept Secret Koch
8. Delbert Mcclinton Cost Of Living New West
9. Pieta Brown In The Cool Valley
10. Arlo Guthrie Live In Sydney Rising Son International
Ñ - Alternative Charts For Week Ending 12.05.05
1. Seu Jorge Cru Wrasse
2. Various Artists Rolas De Aztlan: Songs Of The Chicano Movement Smithsonian Folkways
3. Nortec Collective The Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3 Nacional Records
4. Various Artists Latin Travels, Vol. 2 Six Degrees
5. Vocal Baobob Sueno Yoruba (Yoruba Dream) Arc
6. Various Artists Cronicas Palm Pictures
7. Various Artists From Earth To Sky Dos Manos
8. Various Artists The Rough Guide To Latin Music For Children World Music Network
9. Las Malas Amistades Jardin Interior Self Produced
10. Curumin Achados E Perdidos Quannum Projects
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