Sunday Night Live!

Yes folks, it's Sunday Night, already, and you know what that means!
Lorelai and Steve will be LIVE from Studio B with tonight's special guest:
Chanan ben Ami.
Chanan will tell us all about himself and his musical journey and even play some songs - assuming the mics don't crackle too much, and the upstairs neighbor doesn't get too cranky, the motorcycles outside don't raise too much cain, and we are able to produce some sort of audible representation of the fun i know we'll be having.
We almost invited Jah Levy and Shimshy and the whole "accoustic" reggae gang to come on by, but i think we'll save Jah Levy for Saturday Night - Live from the Khan...
oh my, so much to do, so little time --
Soundcheck?
ok, after we hear some Leon Russell and some Billy Joel - now that we've heard Elton John and John Lennon....we'll be ready to go.
Join us, won't you?

All that Sunday Jazz

We've got Jazz, Jazz and more Jazz - at least until 3PM

Chick Corea and Return to Forever with Flora Purim and Airto,

Chick Corea and the Elektrik Band,

McCoy Tyner plays Duke Ellington,

and then, Duke Ellington's Great Paris Concert

all leading up to a "shot of Shlomo" (around 1:30 pm).

sounds like the making of a nice Sunday to me!

...and don't forget - tonight at 8:00 PM,

Sunday Night Live with Lorelai and Steve and our special guest - Chanan Gans.

Don't you miss a beat!

Shavua Tov, and btw - they say it's your birthday!!!

Shavua Tov - Chodesh Tov -

and Happy Birthday John Lennon.

Where else do you find a Melave Malke turn into the celebration of life we sometimes call a birthday party!

And, in fact, it could be that a Melave Malke is a birthday party -- Dovid Hamelech, every Motzoei Shabbos when he realized that he was still alive had a Seudah to thank HKBH for yet another week of life (he knew he was going to die on Shabbos, so if he made it to Motzoei Shabbos he knew he had another week) -- and maybe we too, when we make it to Motzoei Shabbos, knowing that Shabbos brings down the holiness for the whole week, need to celebrate life. And John, although he was shot down at 40, he's now 70, and through his music he certainly lives on... hey -- through his music Kind David lives on as well -- maybe there are more similarities than meet the eye -- and did I forget Shlomo? Through his Torah and his music he certainly lives on.... what a celebration -- Melave Malke, Shlomo, John -- hey, maybe it's like it says in Instant Karma -- "and we all shine on, and on, and on...." So, let's gather around folks, right here on Radio Free Nachlaot, and tonight, let's celebrate life, and let us all "shine on, and on, and on.....!"

Open the Flood Gates

Whether we find ourselves in the "Wake of the Flood" or "Before the Deluge", just know there is a "light at the end of the tunnel" (and not an oncoming train) - just know there is a "pot of gold" at the end of the rainbow, (and not "brown gold - coffee") -- Just know that the "darkest hour is just before the dawn" and that it's not only Friday - almost Shabbos, but it's Rosh Chodesh -- and there IS nothing to worry about!

We've got Music, Talk and Torah on the Radio, and songs about water and floods coming up all afternoon. We will have our Noon Time "Shot of Shlomo" and our "Not for Kids Only" Childrens' Hour (1:00 PM) - today featuring songs by Susan Salidor (Songs in the Key of Chai) and Yaakov Yisroel (Jim) Costello (Rittenhouse Square) and the Israeli Classic - "The Lion, the Dove, and the Blue Hen." Of course, Jerry will meet Shlomo on the road to Shabbos, 'cause where and when else do you meet good people except when you're walking (or swimming) down a good road.

Good Shabbos, Good Shabbos, Good Chodesh, Good Chodesh, and in the words of Bill Cosby (quoting the Lord ) --

"How long can YOU tread water?"

. . . And How Was YOUR Broadcast Day?

Some days start out the night before, as in this one, which really began around 2am Thursday morning when Lorelai woke up and realized she had no Internet (no Internet= no Internet Radio) and that Steve was planning on throwing the broadcast stream to her at 9am. She went back to bed with a plan - to call HOT, the Israeli Cable TV service provider, exactly at 8am when their "Customer Service" telephone center opened.

After a series of badly bi-lingual irate and tearful phone calls (one which left her on hold for a total of 26 minutes) a technician appeared by 11am and VOILA, we were back in business by Noon, when Steve threw the stream over & Dr. Liebe Schulman showed up to do her "HOLY HEALING" show (which, of course, was a huge success and available for Download from our Download Page .

So really, in the words of Alfred E. Neuman (who, we discovered this week, was a secret kiruv agent for the Lubavicher Rebbe!): "What? Me Worry?"

So we didn't worry when we played Torah from Chaim Richman this afternoon, or the recording of Bill Cosby's "Noah" comedy routine - heck, it's THE time of year to play that one, early and often this week!

We didn't even worry (much) when we announced we were playing Miriam Makeba's "Queen of African Music" album and one of our Facebook Friends went off on a diatribe about Miriam Makeba being married to Stokely Carmichael a.k.a. Kwame Ture, a notorious anti-Semite. No consolation that they separated in 1973 and then divorced, we were suddenly the bad guys. A heated discussion of artist as an artist vs. artist politics/personal life ensued. But we still didn't worry.

Tonight we broadcast live from the first "Regular" Rebbe Nachman Thursday Night Chebura that we've had since before Rosh HaShannah, when Rav Ozer Bergman (and 70,000 of his closest friends) went to Uman.

In fact, this is the first "regular" week we've had since the Chaggim began - we had Reb Moishe Geller on (for a few minutes, at least) our Sunday Night Live Show, Benzion on Monday, Maya (or at least we TRIED to have Maya - darn digital files from hell!) on Tuesday, "Homegrown Hour" on Tuesday night, Dr. Liebe's Holy Healing at Noon on Thursday and Rav Ozer Bergman's Rebbe Nachman class on Thursday night - that's a pretty regular week so far!

And tonight starting at 11pm - What? Me Worry? Of course not - Steve Levine is Cookin' for Shabbos - if that's not comfort food, I don't know what is!!!

HOMEGROWN HOUR - New Music!

Tonight on THE HOMEGROWN HOUR we've got some tasty treats for you!

Steve Levine has been working hard behind the scenes with our friends at JERUSALEM JAMS - and we've got a few tracks from that project (which you'll be hearing much more about very soon) including a song from Noah Solomon and C Lanzbom of Soul Farm titled "Let It All Unwind" (sounds like a good idea, right?)

We'll also hear Y-Love singing "Move On" - another Jerusalem Jams project - boy, the music coming out of this project is awesome!

We've got a track from Noah Lublin called "Nation of Priests" and a special piece from Shoshanna Harrari and Tamar Attias called "Mimkomcha" (Shlomo's Niggun).

We'll also hear some FUN music - Jim Costello's "Shook It In The Sukka" and "Dance Your Tuchas Off" is sure to get you rockin' ... Also we have music from Susan Salidor's "Songs In The Key of Chai" - "What is Peace to You?" and "I've Got Peace in my Fingers." Both Jim Costello and Susan Salidor write songs for children, but hey - we've all got a little inner child within who might want to know how to shake it in the Sukka & have peace in their fingers, right?

We're replaying Paul Robert Thomas' works from "The Lyricist" just because it's so darn pretty, and we'll give Kyra Simone another chance to serve us a "Cup of Coffee."

Topping off our Homegrown Hour - Jerusalem's truly Yerushalmi Home Boy, Dani Meir Maman - sometimes called "the Breslav Jimi Hendrix" - with 3 original tunes (in English!) featuring his signature blazing guitar work. You don't get more homegrown than Dani, although he plays all over the World he calls the Musarra Neighborhood of Jerusalem home and you can hear the wailing of electric guitars coming from his home day and night (except, of course, for Shabbos!)

So much great music, so little time - but enjoy what we've rolled up for you - and don't forget you can send us your MP3 files if you want to share your own Homegrown Music - send them to: radiofreenachlaot@gmail.com - we want to sample your wares!

Festivus For The Rest of Us

OK, it's High Noon in Jerusalem, and I just can't let go of Janis right now - so I think the only cure for what ails the little piece of my heart that hurts thinking about her will be to listen to the full-length audio of the film "FESTIVAL EXPRESS."

If you've never seen the movie, you need to see it TODAY. But if you can't see it today, you can listen to it - all 146 minutes of it! - starting at 12N Jerusalem Time - you won't have wasted your day, not at all!


Wikipedia says:

Festival Express is a 2003 documentary film about a 1970 train tour across Canada taken by some of the world's biggest rock bands, including The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band and Delaney & Bonnie & Friends.^[1][2] The film combines live footage shot during the 1970 concerts, as well as footage aboard the train itself, interspersed with present-day interviews with tour participants sharing their often humorous recollections of the events.
The film was produced by Gavin Poolman (son of the original 1970 film shoot's producer, Willem Poolman) together with John Trapman, and directed by double Grammy Award-winner Bob Smeaton (The Beatles Anthology), with music produced by Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin), and features original footage shot in 1970 by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Peter Biziou (Mississippi Burning, Pink Floyd: The Wall, The Truman Show). The original 1970 footage was filmed by director Frank Cvitanovich. A DVD release followed the film's 2003 theatrical run.

Festival Express was unique among rock festivals - rather than being held in one location, it was staged in three - Canadian cities Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary during the summer of 1970. Montreal was initially to have been the fourth city, but this concert was canceled as the date would have coincided with St. Jean Baptiste Day, and the city felt it couldn't provide adequate security. The idea was that rather than flying in to each city, the musicians would travel by chartered Canadian National Railways train, with the hope of fostering an atmosphere of musical creativity and closeness between the performers. The train rides between cities ultimately became a combination of non-stop jam sessions and partying, fueled by excess alcohol. Among the most memorable scenes depicting these informal jam sessions is a drunken jam featuring The Band's Rick Danko, the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, and Janis Joplin.
As the festival was taking place, there was a movement amongst North American youth centering on the notion that rock concerts should be free. As at Woodstock, many kids showed up with no intention of paying the $14 admission. Despite the financial hardship this caused promoters Ken Walker and Thor Eaton, the train continued on, providing a rich environment in which the traveling bands could jam and interact.

In the film, musician Kenny Gradney, who performed with Delaney & Bonnie, commented on the atmosphere during the tour: "It was better than Woodstock, as great as Woodstock was."
The traveling show highlighted several points in the transitioning effects of music in the post-idealism of the late 60s, as large groups of protesters allegedly incited riots in order to get into the shows for free, and the promoters attempted to bring a traveling festival to a host of cities. Even the intervention of various Canadian police forces couldn't reconcile the resulting chaos.
While the promoters took a major financial hit, the tour was still a success, featuring now legendary performances by the Grateful Dead, The Band, Janis Joplin, and Buddy Guy, among others. The Dead were just transforming their sound from dense, jammed psychedelia to the country/folk harmonies of Workingman's Dead and American Beauty; The Band's performance showed them at the very pinnacle of the their powers; and for Joplin, this would turn out to be one of her last performances, as she died approximately two months later.