WA2K Radio is now on the air

Don't forget to solve the jazz man song, edgar.

My word, Texas. I haven't heard the Dave Clark Five in many years. Thanks for the memory. That was good.

Continuing with the Romance languages. (I'm trying to learn about the music)

Here's Italian and Portuguese together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwfbTVzN-fc&NR=1

The Sea and You

WORKING MAN - a tribute to the coal miners of cape breton/nova scotia
sung by rita mcneil .
the mines have all been shut down , but cape breton people have not forgotten the miners .
hbg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-EiwiiAh68

we visited there many years ago - should dig up pictures ...

hbg, your coal mining song reminded me of this.



The history.

Why "Little Canaries"...
From a man who was born and raised in West Virginia, and we know quite a bit about coal mining. In fact, I conducted my dissertation fieldwork in the coal fields of the southern part of the state, deep in the heart of Appalachia. Historically, underground miners worked in the horrible damp, dark conditions of bituminous coal, with the danger of death or dismemberment always lurking behind every new wall they excavated. The continued occupational exposure and respiration of excessive amounts of coal dust manifested as pneumoconiosis or silicosis, often referred to as "black lung." In the early stages of the disease, there are no symptoms. Later, miners will begin to notice a shortness of breath, then their bodies will initiate bouts of coughing in a futile attempt to remove the embedded silica and coal fibers from the lung tissue. Later, every breath will become excruciatingly painful until finally the victim is permanently disabled and dies of suffocation.
Coal dust isn't the only scary part of mining coal. The presence of methane, or C4 gas, is always a worry when digging into coal seams. Methane is combustible between 5% and 15% of the air (2% - 5% when coal dust is present) and needs to be kept at a safe level, under 2%. Any more saturation in the air and it will burn with the slightest spark. Because methane is odorless, tasteless, and colorless, its presence in an underground mine cannot be detected without technology. To prevent a catastrophe in contemporary mines, the face boss generally inspects the mine with a methanometer at the beginning of each shift to monitor methane levels. Long before this technology became available, however, a miner routinely took his own canary or other small animal underground into the mine with him. Anyone who has ever owned a pet canary knows that a canary is much more sensitive than your average bird, and would show his owner that methane levels were way too high for him to survive by, well, dying.

Here's a song a little more upbeat, folks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7QvAUrXNvQ&feature=related

I guess I am just not with it on the jazz question, letty. I don't know the answer. I like the songs you and hamburger played. I know Working in a Coal Mine by someone else. First time I heard that version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwZB8jH-1Y8
Here is James Taylor

coal miners wife and daughter
................................................



we visited cape breton and the coal mines in the early 70's , i believe .
we all had to don proper miner's gear before taken down into the
"exhibition mine" .
at the end of the tour all the women were given a piece of coal by the (retired) miner guiding us .
"keep it in your fridge and it will keep it smelling frseh for many years ! " , he said - and he was right . the coal works much like baking soda absorbing strong odours .

you may find this hard to believe , but i "almost" became a miner in germany .
when i graduated from highschool there was a great demand for miners , and the pay and chance for quick promotion was great for highschool graduates .
my mother wouldn''t hear of it . "you are NOT going down into a mine " , was her final word - and i obeyed and apprenticed for 2 1/2 years as a lowly paid clerk in the harbour .
of course , that's were the bug of going overseas bit me - being around ships all day .

here is some upbeat music from cape breton miners : MEN OF THE DEEPS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0AS6n33UU

we've seen them perform live twice - spectacular !

hey, edgar. Love Sweet Baby James by the real James Taylor. Guess his impersonator wasn't too bad, Texas. Thanks.

Well, hbg. Who is that cute little girl with her mother? She doesn't look too happy. What a marvelous and classical presentation by the choral group and the orchestra. I listened a couple of time, Canada.

I think perhaps strip mining and the notion of acid rain, that may or may not have been caused by the use of coal, is what did in the coal industry.

Never did get the moose man to peek at my questions, but I appreciate edgar's acknowledgement, so here is the song done by another chanteuse. I think she's trying to imitate Billie Holiday. (hard to do)

Peggy Lee did this song, Miss Ella, and others but this one is not bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0mSVp7eps0&feature=related

sorry miss letty, I been fighting a truck and notsamuch winning...

no more snow, ugly winds and coldish.

workin in a coal mine (devo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsLGYD4Gh_4&feature=related

I thought it was Taylor. I admit to not paying much attentionto the man, but my brother loved that song. I was playing it with him in mind.

Hey, moose man. No problem. Devo was a weird group. As I recall they did the robot type thing. Thanks for the mine song, buddy. Don't fight with that truck, buddy, just keep on truckin'

edgar, It doesn't matter who did it, Texas. I understand about your brother. I think about my son when I hear sweet baby James.

Oops, I missed hbg's bit about almost becoming a miner. Glad you didn't. You might "owe your soul to the company store."

Well, here is James Taylor about truck driving. (hmmm. think he may be playing aroung with the words a little)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6gVjMpyi-o

Time for me to say goodnight. We've done all the romance language songs, but need to hear some Castilian Spanish, methinks.

Here is John Williams with a reminder, and my goodnight song, folks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezdOi0C6oWI

Tomorrow

From Letty with love

Good evening, Miss Letty.

Here's some Chopin to begin your Tuesday.

Ballade 1 - Horowitz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhnRIuGZ_dc

Good morning, WA2K folks.

JPB, welcome back. We wondered where you were. Thanks for that lovely sonata by Chopin. That's one that I have never heard. In his short life time, I suspect he was very prolific, however.

Why is it that the three TV shows that I enjoy the most always come on soooo late at night?

Cold Case
Medium
Without a Trace.

Last evening's episode of Cold Case was a rerun, but it was excellent. I have searched for this song several times, and this time got lucky. The entire episode involved the later part of the roaring twenties. The murder of the young woman lead us down the wrong path for a while, and the ending was a true surprise.

Here is the song to which I referred in English with subtitles in French, I think. Odd that we should have the reverse of the Romance languages, no?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuhSZ-B-XE&feature=related

Oops. Wrong again, Letty. The subtitles were in Portuguese since I just found that Arquivo Morto is from Brazil. Ah, the romance connection.

I have never heard 300 Flowers before, letty. Very nice.

Here is In the Mood, boogie woogie style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1-9wLTJTD8

Thanks, edgar, for that boogie woogie mood. Can't believe that Jerry Lee's parents mortgaged their home to buy him a piano. They made the right move.

Today is Jackie Chan's birthday, and there are some moves in this particular kung fu fight that could resemble the boogie woogie, folks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtCGhTcIgNM

Have to smile, 'cause we're back to WA2K FM radio.

Today is Paul Robeson's birthday. Here's a tribute to this marvelous performer.

http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=TicIzpt2tNE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7pcOQoLqBM

I like Jackie Chan and the Kung Fu song. Good video. Paul Robeson. What can I say? Great man, great artist. I have a recording of Water Boy by Belafonte, that I love very much. I think he borrowed much of Paul's arrangement.

By golly, dys; they got to sweep up the ivories from the off the floor after he plays.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMEE9AW94Hs