Gerbil's Giant Gumball Gumbo

The religious warrior of Abu Ghraib

The Drug War and Terrorism

RHAPSODY PLAYLIST FOR MAY 20, 2004

Walk On-Neil Young-Decade
Katie's Been Gone-The Band-Music From Big Pink
Ole Man Trouble-Otis Redding-The Dock of the Bay
Is This Love-Bob Marley-Legend
See The Real Me-Curtis Mayfield/Impressions-The Anthology 1961-1977
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea-Louis Armstrong-This Is Jazz #1
Grandma's Hands-Bill Withers-Lean On Me:The Best of Bill Withers
Pacific-Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey-07.14.2001-Legends Lounge-Las Vegas, Nevada
Romance In Durango-Bob Dylan-Desire
Just As I Am-Willie Nelson-Red Headed Stranger
Moonlight Mile-The Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers
Darkness-The Police-Ghost In The Machine
Se A Cabo Jam>Drums-Umphrey's McGee-05.14.2003-Oasis One-Sixty-Chicago Heights, Illinois
Lonesome Fiddle Blues-The String Cheese Incident-A String Cheese Incident
Calling Elvis-Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing:The Very Best Of
(Tell Me)Have You Ever Seen Me-Small Faces-Small Faces
Start Me Up-The Rolling Stones-Tattoo You
Bajo-Garaj Mahal-03.31.2001-The Rainbow-Seattle, Washington
Five Aquariums-Dirty Dozen(Jazz)-Ears To The Wall
By Chance-Slide Five-Rhode Trip
Rambler's Anthem-Yonder Mountain String Band-Town By Town
It Takes All Kinds-Sly and The Family Stone-It Takes All Kinds
You Can't Always Get What You Want-The Rolling Stones-Singles Collection:The London Years
Faraway Eyes-Gorky's Zygotic Mynci-Spanish Dance Troupe
Remember When-The Dirty Dozen Brass Band-Open Up:Whatcha Gonna Do For The Rest Of Your Life?
Xenoblast-The Jazz Mandolin Project-Xenoblast
Yet To Be-Oregon-Best of the Vanguard Years
Northern Sky-Nick Drake-Bryter Layter
When The Saints Go Marching In-Preservation Hall Jazz Band-Best of Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Canyon Song-Oregon-Best of the Vanguard Years
Mercedes Benz-Janis Joplin-Janis
Way To Blue-Nick Drake-Five Leaves Left
Good Deal Lucille-Tim O'Brien-Hard Year Blues
Poor Boy-The Slip-Aliveacoustic
Elephant Walk-Mickey Hart-Spirit Into Sound
Mahgeetah-My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves
Dancefloors-My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves
Golden-My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves
Masterplan-My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves
One Big Holiday-My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves
I Will Sing You Songs-My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves
Easy Morning Rebel-My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves
Run Thru-My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves
Rollin Back-My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves
Just One Thing-My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves
Steam Engine-My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves

When Bonesmen Fight

This Is Your Government on Drugs:

"In addition, people convicted of drug crimes face a set of invisible punishments beyond prison. They lose access to housing and needs assistance, they are often forbidden from receiving licenses. In one state, they cannot receive a license to be a hairdresser. A particularly self-defeating law prevents people convicted of drug crimes from receiving federal grants or even loans for higher education. Education is the most likely indicator that an individual will not recidivate. "

The Hawks Began Early

Top 10 Conspiracy Theories of 2003-2004

LSD and the No-Hitter

RHAPSODY PLAYLIST FOR MAY 19, 2004

Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa(Sad Song)-Otis Redding-The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
Maybe Your Baby-Stevie Wonder-Talking Book
I'll Be Your Mirror-The Velvet Underground-The Velvet Underground & Nico:Deluxe Edition
Grey Seal-Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Providence-Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation
5D(Fifth Dimension)-The Byrds-Greatest Hits
You Just Can't Smile It Away-Bill Withers-Lean On Me:The Best of Bill Withers
Ain't Life Grand-Widespread Panic-Ain't Life Grand
Fly-Nick Drake-Bryter Layter
There Ain't No Bugs On Me-David Grisman/Jerry Garcia-A Child's Celebration of Folk Music
The FDA Has Made Our Food Worse Than Drugs-Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey-07.14.2001-Legends Lounge-Las Vegas, Nevada
Hey Pocky Way-The String Cheese Incident-Carnival '99
Sugar Magnolia-The Grateful Dead-American Beauty
Feel-Syd Barrett-The Madcap Laughs
Sunday-Nick Drake-Bryter Layter
E Too D-Small Faces-Anthology 1965-1967
Margueritte-Oregon-Best of the Vanguard Years
Waiting for Guiteau/President Garfield's Hornpipe-Tony Furtado-Within Reach
Land's End-The String Cheese Incident-Born On The Wrong Planet
The Arrival-Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey-07.14.2001-Legends Lounge-Las Vegas, Nevada
MLT(My Latin Tune)-The String Cheese Incident-Round the Wheel
Horn-Nick Drake-Pink Moon
Have You Ever Loved A Woman-Derek & The Dominos-Live At The Fillmore
Little Hands-The String Cheese Incident-A String Cheese Incident
My Room-The Slip-Does
Ooh La La-The Faces-Ooh La La
Sugar Magnolia-The Grateful Dead-Bonnaroo Music Festival 2003
Tide Pool-Oregon-Best of the Vanguard Years
Jungle Blues-The Dirty Dozen Brass Band-Jelly
...talking...-Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey-10.24.2001-Temple Bar-Santa Monica, California
Maybelline-Chuck Berry-The Chess Box
Cigarettes And Coffee-Otis Redding-Dreams To Remember:The Otis Redding Anthology
Heaven-Talking Heads-Fear of Music
The Gift-Velvet Underground-White Light/White Heat
Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 1-Pink Floyd-The Wall
Comes A Time-Neil Young-Comes A Time
Body Heat, Pt. 1-James Brown-Star Time
Just Pretend-Ben Folds-The Bens
European Son-The Velvet Underground-The Velvet Underground & Nico
Dinah-Louis Armstrong-This Is Jazz #1
Rita-Los Lobos-The Ride
Don't Go No Farther-Muddy Waters-The Anthology(1947-1972)
Standin' Here Tremblin'-Muddy Waters-The Anthology(1947-1972)
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again-Bob Dylan-Blonde on Blonde
Why Don't You Write Me-Simon and Garfunkel-Bridge Over Troubled Water
Twistin' The Night Away-Sam Cooke-Portrait of a Legend 1951-64

Lou and Betty wake up one morning and Lou says
to Betty, 'What a party I went to last night,
right here in the neighborhood. Good food, good
people, good conversation...and the best thing
of all...they had a golden toilet.'

She says, 'You're crazy. There's no such thing
as a golden toilet.' He says, 'I swear to God.
Right here in the neighborhood. Come on, let's
go check it out.'

They go to one of the houses in the neighborhood,
knock on the door, and a lady answers. Lou
says, 'Excuse me, lady, have you got a golden
toilet?'

She slams the door.

They go to the next house, knock on the door,
and a lady answers. Lou says, 'Excuse me,
lady, have you got a golden toilet?'

She slams the door.

They go to the next house, knock on the door,
and a lady answers. Lou says, 'Excuse me,
have you got a golden toilet?'

She says, 'Hey, Ernie...here's the guy who
wrecked your tuba.'

The Slip...Live in California-A Review

Here was a band that respected no artificial boundaries. For them there is music, plain and true, where one moment might find them space truckin' and the next moving low to the red dirt in Africa, a twisted finger acoustic passage blooms into sunflower pop, which in turn eases into full bore organic boogie. Jazz, rock, folk, all slops for the trough, steam for the engine, links in an unbroken chain that made a room buzz and ask what is that sound high in the air?

Who let bin Ladens leave U.S.?

Fractals

The New Yorker: Fact

Our Government's Stupidity

Why, oh why, Why would you hire someone who comes from the background that McCotter does? Probably because Bush has idiot written on his forehead. Does this guy know anything about anything? He doesn't read the newspapers, he doesn't watch TV. How the hell does he know anything?

RHAPSODY PLAYLIST FOR MAY 17, 2004

Pirates-The String Cheese Incident-A String Cheese Incident
Golden Eagle Hornpipe-Tony Furtado-Swamped
Day Is Done-Nick Drake-Five Leaves Left
Tennessee Jed-Phil Lesh & Friends/Bob Weir-Bonnaroo Music Festival 2002
Sail-Oregon-Best of the Vanguard Years
Cheatin' Women-Lynyrd Skynyrd-Nuthin' Fancy
Chilly Water-Widespread Panic-Space Wrangler
Honey Melon-The Slip-12.17.2000-Astro Hall-Tokyo, Japan
Brown Sugar-The Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers
Poem For Eva-Bill Frisell-Good Dog, Happy Man
(untitled)-Hope Sandoval-Bavarian Fruit Bread
Fly-Nick Drake-Time Of No Reply
Like A Rolling Stone-The Creation-Our Music Is Red-With Purple Flashes

Sitting Here In Limbo
The Baked Hand Watch
Nothing Stirs
Nothing Shakes
A Loosely Based Idea
Permeating From His Brain

Saving Private England by Frank Rich:

"In desperation, some torture apologists are trying to concoct the fictions the administration used to ply so well. Rush Limbaugh has been especially creative. The photos of the abuses at Abu Ghraib 'look like standard good old American pornography,' he said as the story spread, as if he might grandfather wartime atrocities into an entertainment industry that, however deplorable to Islam, has more fans in our Christian country than Major League Baseball."

RHAPSODY PLAYLIST FOR MAY 16, 2004

Black Eyed Dog-Nick Drake-Time of No Reply
8.05-Moby Grape-Moby Grape
Big Spike Hammer-Yonder Mountain String Band-12.30.2002-Paramount Theater-Denver, Colorado
Ten Years Ago-Roy Harper-Hats Off
Mock Morris-Fairport Convention-Some Of Our Yesterdays:Anthology 1985-1995
Come As You Are-The String Cheese Incident-Round the Wheel
Wildewood Drive-Yonder Mountain String Band-Town By Town
Touch of Grey-The Grateful Dead-The Arista Years
Coconut-Widespread Panic-Space Wrangler
Daily Wheatgrass Shots-Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey-07.14.2001-Legends Lounge-Las Vegas, Nevada
Christmas Katie-Widespread Panic-Til The Medicine Takes
Grub Ridge Stomp-Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey-10.24.2001-Temple Bar-Santa Monica, California
Land's End-The String Cheese Incident-Born On The Wrong Planet
Truckin-The Grateful Dead-American Beauty
Deep Pockets-Yonder Mountain String Band-Old Hands
Yellow Medicine-The Slip-06.27.2000-Sculler's Jazz Club-Boston, Massachusetts