Playlist For Sunday, April 28, 2024: Only Venn I'm On The Street (where you live)!

As a handful of you may know, I used to be a math tutor. This was long ago and far away, on another planet about 450 miles away. I did it for about 25 years, and given the number of private schools and well-heeled parents (think Mama Rose, aiming Louise at Harvard instead of The Palace), I was able to support a family of four on what that employment provided. 

Growing up, I wasn't such a confident math student...not the one whose hand would immediately pop up with  "47! The answer is 47!" Nope. I might well have had "47" in my mind and on paper, but I had no firm belief in "47" and would NEVER want to embarrass myself if "47" was wrong. That made me a perfect math tutor, actually. Especially with girls. Been there, embarrassed by that...so I propped up those gals' confidence levels, boosted that 13 year old's math-ego, and in general had a swell time doing it.

And I still feel a bit math-y now, even though I retired from it all when I left NYC. Hence my love of all things Venn. :)

 

 

 

I also like diagrams. And charts.

For the best view, click on. Zoom in.

 

I think I need to invent a few Venns of my own. Like a Sondheim vs Schwartz take. I mean they share first names, birthdays, and timely successes...and don't share ME liking both of them. Etc. I can visualize it now...

All that to say, there are no Sondheims or Schwartzes or MATH in this edition. In fact it's all about Streets. Boulevards. Roads. One Highway. And no expressways. Streets of Dreams, Roads to Hell, Avenues of Fifth, Park, and Q: Yes, another wacky (if desperate) theme. Plus birthday salutes to Sheldon (Harnick) and Carol (Burnett). (She'll be 92? Huzzah!)

But tune in...and heads up for a new Broadway Venn (or 7). Guess I've got some charting to do!

Every Street's A Boulevard In Old New York (Jack Whiting, Hazel Flagg)

Wall Street (Tamara Long, Dames At Sea)

Christopher Street (Warren Galjour, Ensemble, Wonderful Town)

Henry Street (Ensemble, Funny Girl)

On The Street Where I Live (Jordan Donica, My Fair Lady)

Street Of Dreams (Peggy Lee, Dream Street)

Easy Street (Elaine Stritch, Stritch)

Easy Street (Dorothy Loudon, Robert Fitch, Barbara Erwin, Annie)

It's Good To Be Back Home (Carol Burnett, Fade Out - Fade In)

Little Girls (Carol Burnett, Annie)

Shy (Carol Burnett, Once Upon A Mattress)

Fifth Avenue (Shirley Temple, Young People)

Confession To A Park Avenue Mother (Charles Nelson Reilly, Parade)

Grant Avenue (Pat Suzuki, Flower Drum Song)

So Long, 174th Street (Robert Morse, So Long, 174th Street)

Don't Forget About 127th Street (Sammy Davis, Jr., Johnny Brown, Golden Boy)

The Streets Of Miami (Allan Sherman, My Son The Folk Singer)

The Avenue Q Theme (Company, Avenue Q)

If You Were Gay (John Tartaglia, Rick Lyon, Avenue Q)

There's A Fine, Fine Line (Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q)

Walking Happy (Louise Troy, Norman Wisdom, Walking Happy)

Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk (Eddie Albert, Allyn McLerie, Miss Liberty

Elegance (Charles Nelson Reilly, Eileen Brennan, Jerry Dodge, Sondra Lee, Hello, Dolly!)

Let's Take A Walk Around The Park (Ella Fitzgerald)

To Life (Zero Mostel, Michael Granger, Fiddler On The Roof)

Ice Cream (Barbara Cook, She Loves Me)

Little Tin Box (Howard DaSilva, Ensemble, Fiorello!)

Highway 57 (Jim Wann, Ensemble, Pump Boys And Dinettes)

Ease On Down The Road (Stephanie Mills, The Wiz)

Road To Hell II (Chris Sullivan, Hadestown)

42nd Street (Wanda Richert, Company, 42nd Street)

Playlist for Sunday, April 21, 2024: Save the Oomph!

I've always loved the opening number of Paint Your Wagon. "Where am I going? I don't know...When will I get there? I ain't certain...All I know is I am on my way." Doesn't that just say it all? We're all careening about, like bumper cars, not a straight line in our progress to be seen, but in this song, those dopey miners seem to feel pretty positive about it. "I'm on my way." Confidence, in the face of Confusion. It'll work out. I'll still get to "the gold".

Clint, Jean, and Lee...this is their hopeful (bathed) look.

Maybe that's why I love Julian Marsh in 42nd Street..."you're going out a youngster, but you're gonna come back a star!" And Ethel/Mamma Rose (the definitive stage mom/monster) with "Everything's Comin' Up Roses". Okay, so you're playing Paducah (on a pole) this week, but next week??? The Palace. Why not?

 

"And you say Allentown?"

Jerry Orbach and Karen Ziemba in 42nd Street

 

 

Mamma Rose sees roses in Sandra Church's future.

I guess Broadway is the ultimate paint on your wagon. Emblazoned in red, hope and passions running high. It's all gonna work out. Stand by and watch. That's the hook. Just wait and watch what happens!

As you can tell, I'm waxing a tad philosophic because it's Jazz90.1's pledge drive, and we have to "make the donuts" (and enough donuts) to last another 6 months. Some folks don't believe we'd fade out and off the airways without a financial injection twice a year, but we would. You are our only support! No big brothers with nasty cigars out there, holding us up. So if you want more Broadway Oomph in your life on a weekly basis (or jazzy drives to work, or bluesy all-nighters, or big band memories to swing with in your kitchen), show us some love. Jump on Jazz901.org...and throw us some moola. 

We only need enough to keep the wagon painted (and hopes high). :) 

 

Lullaby Of Broadway (Jerry Orbach, Wanda Richert, Company, 42nd Street)

Bells Are Ringing (Ensemble, Bells Are Ringing)

On My Own (Syd Chaplin, Bells Are Ringing)

I'm Going Back (Judy Holliday, Bells Are Ringing)

Watch What Happens (Kara Lindsay, Newsies)

Carrying The Banner (The Newsboys, Newsies)

Consider Yourself (Bruce Prochnik, Davy Jones, Ensemble, Oliver!)

As Long As He Needs Me (Georgia Brown, Oliver!)

You've Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two (Clive Revill, Ensemble, Oliver!)

I'm On My Way (Ensemble, Paint Your Wagon)

They Call The Wind Mariah (Rufus Smith, Ensemble, Paint Your Wagon)

Wandrin' Star (Lee Marvin, Ensemble, Paint Your Wagon)

The Yodel Blues (They Talk A Different Language)(Mary Hatcher, Kenny Delmar, Texas, Lil' Darlin')

By The Mississinewah (Ethel Merman, Paula Lawrence, Something For The Boys)

Way Out West (Judy Kaye, Babes In Arms) 

Back On Top (Patti LuPone, War Paint)

Fire And Ice (Eric Liberman, Ensemble, War Paint)

Pink (Christine Ebersole, War Paint)

I Got Rhythm (Ethel Merman, Girl Crazy)

Eadie Was A Lady (Ethel Merman, Girl Crazy)

Everything's Comin' Up Roses (Ethel Merman, Gypsy)

Deep Beneath The City/Not There Yet (Company, In Transit)

Saturday Night Obsession (Erin Mackey, In Transit)

A Little Friendly Advice (Moya Angela, In Transit)

Shuffle Off To Buffalo (Carol Cooke, Joseph Bova, 42nd Street)

A Quarter To Nine (Tammy Grimes, Wanda Richert, 42nd Street)

We're In The Money (Karen Pruczik, Jeri Kansas, Ginny King, Ensemble, 42nd Street)

Playlist For Sunday, April 14, 2024: Spend a little dime on ...Jazz90.1!

So how was it for YOU? 

In my neck of the woods: Clouds, mosquitos, not half the people invasion that was predicted...and then dark, followed by darker dark. I had no idea how DARK it was going to get, until the street lights popped on and the bugs came out (and one goose seemed horribly confused, by the sound of it), but now I understand why those pagan dudes cowered, freaked out, and/or sacrificed to the gods. Impressive event. So even with typical upstate weather, I say Huzzahs to the Cosmo and...Encore! 

 

Meanwhile, our SPRING PLEDGE DRIVE rolls on. Last Sunday I had help with co-host Mary Ziarniak fielding calls (and ringing bells). THIS Sunday I'll be on my own, playing Broadway Blockbusters that love making an appearance this time of the year. Dollys, Seymours, Mormons, Lost Boys, and Charity. And all of them hoping that you'll be a charitable "Big Spender" and donate. See what I did there? Of course you did. 

 

 

 

Old-timey radio shots...our studio is edgy and buzzin' in comparison

(I do love the blue accents, tho. They go with my hair.)

 Below...a ship-to-shore radio on show at the Sun Studio in Memphis.

When in Memphis, eat ribs and fried chicken and get thee to the 

Sun and Staxx!

 

Now this is more like it!

Not fancy, but practical...just enough buttons (on the console, not me)!

 

And of course to help grease the GIVING gears, we offer oodles of Thank You Gifts. To see all of those goodies, plus the levels of giving, "pay" our website a visit. Want a mug? We got mugs. Want a fleece jacket to sport about town? We got fleece jackets. Want to give monthly? We got monthly options. What's not to like? :)

And please don't take "Mr. Rochester" for granted. He's got a Jazz Fest, an RPO, an Eastman, a Geva...and a Jazz Radio Station. Support your music of choice, whatever the genre, and keep them AND US alive and playing.

 

Hello, Dolly! (Carol Channing, Ensemble, Hello, Dolly!) 

Friendship (Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Anything Goes)

Friend (David Garrison, Company, Snoopy The Musical)

Old Friends (Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along)

Skid Row (Downtown) (Company, Little Shop Of Horrors)

Da-Doo (Hunter Foster, Little Shop Of Horrors)

Suddenly Seymour (Kerry Butler, Hunter Foster, Little Shop Of Horrors)

Two By Two (Andrew Rannells, Josh Gad, Company, The Book Of Mormon)

I Am Here For You (Andrew Rannells, Josh Gad, Company, The Book Of Mormon) 

Morning In New York (Instrumental, New York, New York)

A Major Chord (Colton Ryan, Clyde Alves, New York, New York)

A Quiet Thing (Colton Ryan, New York, New York)

If My Friends Could See Me Now (Gwen Verdon, Sweet Charity)

Rich Man's Frug (Instrumental, Sweet Charity)

The Rhythm Of Life (Arnold Soboloff, Ensemble, Sweet Charity)

Big Spender (Helen Gallagher, Thelma Oliver, Ensemble, Sweet Charity)

Out Of Your Head (Bobby Thornton, Ariana DeBose, A Bronx Tale)

Lady In The Long Black Dress (Joey Treacy Egan, Caesar Samayoa, Demond Green, Sister Act)

Still Hurting (Sherie Rene Scott, The Last Five Years)

Someone To Fall Back On (Jason Robert Brown, Wearing Someone Else's Clothes) 

What Kind Of Man (Debra Monk, Edward Hibbert, Jill Paice, Ensemble, Curtains)

Thataway! (Karen Ziemba, Ensemble, Curtains)

I've Gotta Crow (Mary Martin, Peter Pan)

Never Never Land (Mary Martin, Peter Pan)

So Long Dearie (Carol Channing, Hello, Dolly!) 

Put On Your Sunday Clothes (Charles Nelson Reilly, Carol Channing, Company, Hello, Dolly!) 

Playlist For Sunday, April 7th, 2024: I think I hear a turtle?

What's that turtle quote? I typed that exact question into a Google Search box and I got Solomon talking about "the voice of the turtle is heard in our land." My daughter makes fun of me when I do that, phrase a search in terms of a question. (Back in the day, I "Asked Jeeves". I'm still asking!) Like when is the #42 bus coming to a stop near me? Why isn't my nail polish dry yet? How do you sync your Libby with your phone with your car with...the #42 bus? Stuff like that. But you know, it often works. :)

 

Anyway, the VOICE of the TURTLE is HEARD, says Solomon! Or maybe that's the sound of my irksome generator as it goes thru its weekly (weakly?) test. Whatever. But it IS here. I have seen 5 robins so far (or it's the same robin 5 times) and that proves it. Tis Spring. Well... at least once we get past this last predicted snowstorm/rain event/eclipse fever?

Maybe The Turtle is like The Groundhog. Both of 'em Oracles of Climate. Weather Harbingers. Yet why do we ask seasonal reports of these bossy, unscientific creatures? Isn't Science enough (I ask of Google/Jeeves/The Cosmos)? 

 

Must be Science (cuz jelly don't shake like that).

But along with amphibians and Spring comes our Jazz 90.1 pledge drive. That, at least, is a certainty. And this coming Sunday (April 7th) starts my part of it, driving that pledge car first with Otto (from noon to 2pm that day), and second with Mary Ziarniak, avid Jazz 90.1 listener and a pal o' mine. (Not a palomino, which is very close, but no cigar.) She'll be bringing in a bevy of Broadway favorites, and will basically take over the show with all of her "requests". That's OK. It's the least I can do for her, as she'll be taking over the phone answering and donation duties of the day. She's only a bit bossy. :)

 

Mary, just before she pushed her plethora of requests upon me.

 

So as you can see by the playlist, The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie (her hubby's name is Conrad), West Side Story, and Kinky Boots will dot our landscape. 

 

I actually took this photo of Billy Porter's Kinky pair,

at the Museum of Broadway. Impressive! 

But please give us a call during the show! We'd love to chat with you, as opposed to you donating online. And worry not re the size of your contribution...$5, $50, $500...we judge not the size! It all adds up to another season of Jazz, Blues, Fusion, Big Band, Computer help, annnnnd Broadway, for you and yours. Because without that support, there will be no Another Op'nin'. No Another Show. Just country music and talk radio. Ughsters on that.

 So keep me spinning the MUSICALS! Like I wanna be. Drown out that damn turtle. He has no Broadway belt at all.

 

 

Another Opnin', Another Show (Ensemble, Kiss Me Kate)

A Healthy, Normal American Boy (Dick Van Dyke, Chita Rivera, Bye Bye Birdie)

Kids (Paul Lynde, Bye Bye Birdie)

Wells Fargo Wagon (Ensemble, The Music Man)

Ya Got Trouble (Robert Preston, The Music Man)

Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little (Ensemble, The Music Man)

All The Things You Are (Ella Fitzgerald)

The I'm Too White To Sing The Blues Blues (Ann Hampton Callaway, Jazz Goes To The Movies)

Cool (Tucker Smith, Ensemble, West Side Story)

Dance At The Gym (Instrumental, West Side Story)

Eskimo Dog (The Smothers Brothers)

Sarah Jackman (Allan Sherman, Christine Nelson, My Son The Folk Singer)

I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair (Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific)

A Musical (Brian d'Arcy James, Brad Oscar, Something Rotten!)

You'll Be Back (Jonathan Groff, Hamilton)

Dear Theodosia (Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton)

Wait Till We're 65 (William Daniels, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever)

70, Girls, 70 (Company, 70, Girls, 70)

When I'm Sixty Four (The Beatles)

A Beat Behind (Bernadette Peters, The Goodbye Girl)

Dance: Ten; Looks: Three (Pamela Blair, A Chorus Line)

Sex Is In The Heel (Billy Porter, Stark Sands, Kinky Boots)

Puttin' On The Ritz (Clark Gable, Idiot's Delight)

Puttin' On The Ritz (Fred Astaire, Blue Skies)

Puttin' On The Ritz (Roger Bart, Shuler Hensley, Young Frankenstein)

Playlist For Sunday, March 31, 2024: Frozen Cadburys?

As I type this, we are in the last week of March, and "extra, extra, read all about it, Gypsy newsboys!", we made it. We made it through the 91 days of Upstate Gulag. To be fair, it wasn't a horrid Gulag experience this year. I can't remember 1 white-knuckled drive home in the dark, or more than 2-3 shoveling events. Just cold. Just unfashionable parka days. Just the THEORY of Winter is what I hate.

 

 

I know a 60 year old woman who marvels at every snowfall, be it December White Christmas-y flakes or an Ides of March nor'easter. 60 going on 8, you mean, cuz that's 3rd grader stuff. That's the stuff of snow globes, Frosty The Snowman, and youth. I mean, don't get me wrong: I've built my share of snow forts, I've snowmobiled, attempted to skate/ski/snowshoe, and once helped construct a snow bar (where we undergrad Oswegonians sat on snow stools and served slo-gin-fizzes or something like that)(that's where I learned to like Black Russians). But no more. GIMME WARMTH! 

 

 And yet it seems to be Easter ANNNND Spring...no matter the temps/mud/ice/plastic grass/candy eggs and/or thermal socks slid into Mary Janes! So we'll do it up, no matter what Mother Nature bestows on us, with Ella's brown and yellow basket, Judy's Easter bonnet, Fred will be putting all of HIS eggs in 1 basket, plusssss Something Rotten! (could it be the eggs?), The Band Wagon, and a bunch of super poignant Spring ballads. Tra La, it's (not quite) May! 

 

And then in about a half hour, it'll be the Equinox and the Spring Pledge Drive. May Day, Memorial Day. Ice creams by the shore, sand between your toes, picnics with assorted bugs, parades, and sunburns. Huzzah. We're turning the corner, so don't blink!

 

Easter Parade (Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Easter Parade)

I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket (Fred Astaire, Follow The Fleet)

It's Eggs! (Ensemble, Something Rotten!)

A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Ella Fitzgerald)

Shakin' The Blues Away (Ann Miller, Easter Parade)

Mr. Monotony (Judy Garland, Easter Parade)

We're A Couple Of Swells (Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Easter Parade)

Cherry Pies Ought To Be You (Barbara Ashley, William Redfield, Charlotte Greenwood, David Burns, Out Of This World)

How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life (Jane Powell, Fred Astaire, Royal Wedding)

You're Awful (Betty Garrett, Frank Sinatra, On The Town)

They Say It's Spring (Blossom Dearie)

Later Than Spring (Elaine Stritch, Sail Away)

Spring Can Really Hang You Up (Ann Hampton Callaway, Blues In The Night)

Meet Me In St. Louis (Judy Garland, Ensemble, Meet Me In St. Louis)

The Boy Next Door (Judy Garland, Meet Me In St. Louis)

Under The Bamboo Tree (Margaret O'Brien, Judy Garland, Meet Me In St. Louis)

Spring Is Coming (Laura Benanti, In Constant Search Of The Right Kind Of Attention)

That's Entertainment (Jack Buchanan, Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant, The Band Wagon)

Welcome To The Renaissance (Michael James Scott, Ensemble, Something Rotten!)

Right Hand Man (Heidi Blickenstaff, Something Rotten!)

Bottom's Gonna Be On Top (Brian d'Arcy James, Christian Borle, Company, Something Rotten!)

Spring, Spring, Spring (Ensemble, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers)

Younger Than Springtime (Matthew Morrison, South Pacific)

Spring Is Here (Carly Simon, Torch)

You Must Believe In Spring (Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Sibling Revelry)

A Shine On Your Shoes (Fred Astaire, Leroy Daniels, The Band Wagon)

Triplets (Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray, The Band Wagon)

I Love Louisa (Fred Astaire, Oscar Levant, The Band Wagon)

Louisiana Hayride (Nanette Fabray, The Band Wagon)

Something Rotten/Make An Omelette (Brian d'Arcy James, Something Rotten!) 

Easter Parade (Clifton Webb, Leo Reisman Orchestra)

Playlist For Sunday, March 24, 2024: Blow Out The Candles, Robert (Steve)...and make a wish!

So having owned a new(to me) car, for 2 days now, I think I understand about 1/20 of it. Bells. Whistles. Screens. Automatic everything. At least I know how to basically drive it. And honk the horn.

Having "owned" a 2nd tattoo, for 5 days now, I think I've got enough to last the rest of my life. This one was tough. Digging into collar bones? They're like speed bumps with teeth. This time I thought another big eagle claw was in order (my therapist is concerned as to what that means), wrapping from my neck to the chest. All good in theory. Drugs schmugs. And rather silly, I guess. I had to wait 68 years to jump on a trend. Old ladies with tattoos?? Not pretty.

This is Lydia, not me. More power to her.

All I see is pain.

 

And having played alto sax for 2 months now, I think I still suck and am still stuck at 2 octaves and errant sharps and flats. And I do mean errant. I mean sometimes they're there. Sometimes not. Dynamics? Always loud. Tempo? A beat behind. But my music folder is alphabetized, my reeds ready, and my mood motivational! (Perky, if not Pitch, is my middle name.) 

 

But one thing I don't have to learn/evaluate/suck at is Sondheim. It would be "Steve's" 94th birthday come this Friday (3/22), so it's gotta be a birthday extravaganza in honor of him this Sunday. With bells and (Sweeney factory) whistles...and all the organ stops pulled out to do so (Beadle Bamford Approved). So you can expect the Follies and the Forums, the Companys and the Woods to come out of the Wood-work. My kinda show. :) 

 

I guess Spring (brought to you by peeps)

can really hang you up the most.

And remember...Spring is coming. Next week at 3. Along with Easter, that'll make an appearance, too. Baskets, bonnets, eggs, Fred, Judy, and a Bandwagon or 7. Tune in for that as well. 

(And now to bake a Sondheim "cake"!)

 

 

Prelude/The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd (Len Cariou, Angela Lansbury, Company, Sweeney Todd)

Company (Dean Jones, Ensemble, Company)

Sorry - Grateful (Charles Kimbrough, Charles Braswell, George Coe, Company)

Another Hundred People (Pamela Myers, Company)

Who's That Woman (Mary McCarty, Follies)

The Story Of Lucy And Jessie (Alexis Smith, Follies)

Broadway Baby (Elaine Stritch, Follies)

The Advantages of Floating In The Middle Of The Sea (Mako, Company, Pacific Overtures)

A Bowler Hat (Isao Sato, Pacific Overtures)

Someone In A Tree (James Dybas, Mako, Gedde Wantanabe, Mark Hsu Syers, Pacific Overtures)

Pretty Little Picture (Zero Mostel, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum)

Impossible (David Burns, Brian Davies, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum)

Finale (Company, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum)

Uptown, Downtown (Craig Lucas, Marry Me A Little)

I'm Still Here (Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch At Liberty)

The Worst Pies (Angela Lansbury, Sweeney Todd)

Johanna (Victor Garber, Sweeney Todd)

My Friends (Len Cariou, Angela Lansbury, Sweeney Todd)

Agony (Robert Westenberg, Chuck Wagner, Into The Woods)

Every Day A Little Death (Patricia Elliot, Victoria Mallory, A Little Night Music)

Not A Day Goes By (Jim Walton, Merrily We Roll Along)

Losing My Mind (Barbara Cook, Follies)

Color And Light (Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Sunday In The Park With George)

I Remember (Charmian Carr, Evening Primrose)

The Ladies Who Lunch (Elaine Stritch, Company)

Anyone Can Whistle (Lee Remick, Anyone Can Whistle)

Send In The Clowns (Glynis Johns, A Little Night Music)

Being Alive (Bernadette Peters, Sondheim, Etc.)

Side By Side (Dean Jones, Company, Company)

Playlist For Sunday, March 17, 2024: As Mandy Patinkin would sing, "More Green!"

So my exhaust pipes are corroded? My brake pads challenged? Well, I guess you could take that figuratively and apply the concept to Me and My Life. Aging, yet a possibly decent trade-in value for (the other) parts? All that to say, I need a new car and/or a new life, or preferably a softly USED car or life...that's kinder to the checkbook and the heart.

 

Look at the old girl now.

In fine fettle, prior to the wages of war (aka snow/salt/feather fiascos/basic atrophy), and in a parade, no less.

 

But the new one is white? Me, who never washes her car? (Those eyelashes would break or wash away, if I subjected my old Subaru to Sonic!) But WHITE? Chartreuse, yes. Obnoxious magenta, bien sur. But white? Well, if this lack of color is easier on the wallet, I'll go with it...IF I can add my own stamp on it. Let the seasonal buying of bumper stickers begin.

 

I think Toyotas look meaner. Grill vibes.

 

But what other color is appropriate THIS time around? Green, of course.

Because this Sunday we simply must "give it up" to the celebration of Saint Patrick...with Irish-y musicals, traditional pub songs, tin whistles, hurdy gurdies, and a couple of wild colonial boys (in the past, I could name quite a few). I am about 1/16th Irish, but I feel the call. And I will answer.  

             

 Harold Arlen wrote this musical with Leprechauns.

He wrote another one with Munchkins.

Coincidence? I think not.

 

The Dubliners, outside of a pub.

 

The Secrets Of Roan Inish...the secret has something to do with

Selkies (shhhh!).

 

So that means Juno, Finian's Rainbow, A Man Of No Importance, Once, Irene...plus a good helping of The Irish Rovers, The Dubliners, and The Clancy Brothers. Man, I can almost taste the Guinness. You might be at a parade, you might be bellying up to a bar, you might be cozy at home watching "The Quiet Man" and eating colcannon, but behave as you will, and keep 2 On The Aisle serenading you in the background. 

  

Above, colcannon, for the uninitiated.

Below, Maureen and John...after a short "stretch of the legs"

in The Quiet Man.

  So tune in and slainte! My "Irish" Eyes will be smiling.

 

The Wild Colonial Boy (The Dublin Screen Orchestra, The Quiet Man)

It's A Great Day For The Irish (Judy Garland, Little Nellie Kelly)

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (Chauncey Olcott, Isle O'Dreams)

An Irish Girl (Debbie Reynolds, Irene)

The Wearing Of The Green (Peggy Lee, Sea Shells)

Whiskey In The Jar (The Dubliners, More Of The Hard Stuff)

A Jug Of Punch (The Clancy Brothers, Live At Carnegie Hall)

The Rattlin' Bog (The Irish Rovers, The First Of The Irish Rovers)

We're Alive (Company, Juno)

Daarlin' Man (Melvyn Douglas, Jack MacGowran, Juno)

Song Of The Ma (Shirley Booth, Juno)

Old Sayin's (Shirley Booth, Melvyn Douglas, Juno)

My Wild Irish Rose (Chauncey Olcott)

Cooley's Reel (Tagoror)

Black Velvet Band (The Dubliners, A Drop Of The Hard Stuff)

Reverse Dance (Andrey Vinogradov)

Return To Roan Inish (Instrumental, The Secret Of Roan Inish)

Fiona's Walk (Instrumental, The Secret Of Roan Inish)

How Are Things In Glocca Morra? (Ella Logan, Finian's Rainbow)

The North Strand (Instrumental, Once)

The Hill (Cristin Milioti, Once)

Gold (Company, Once)

Old Devil Moon (Ella Logan, Donald Richards, Finian's Rainbow) 

A Touch Of The Irish (Betty Garrett, Juliet Lambert, Donna Kane, Meet Me In St. Louis) 

Harrigan (James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Yankee Doodle Dandy) 

Look To The Rainbow (Ella Logan, Ensemble, Finian's Rainbow)

Going Up (Charles Keating, Ensemble, A Man Of No Importance)

Princess (Sally Murphy, A Man Of No Importance)

Love's Never Lost (Steven Pasquale, A Man Of No Importance)

The Auld Triangle (The Dubliners, More Of The Hard Stuff)

Wild Rover (The Dubliners, Wild Rover) 

Raglan Road (The Dubliners, Home Town)

The Wild Colonial Boy (The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem, In Person Live At Carnegie Hall) 

The Fields Of Athenry (The Dubliners)