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The Ernie Kovacs Record Collection - Various Artists Ernie was a gifted sight-gag comedian in the early, early days of Television. These cuts were originally foreground music for comedy skits, and most them hold up on their own, even if very dated. Saxophobia is one of my favorites for obvious reasons. I can't imaging playing like that, and I rarely listen to it, but when I do, it always makes me smile.

I have Cakewalk, but still rarely use it, so I'm not a lot of help upstairs. (Don't go in the attic!) I did help someone who was looking to emulate sax vibrato with MIDI, because the emulation techniques apply to all synths. (Running a standard LFO won't work.) Emulating acoustic instruments is an art and a science and I've been doing it a long time. I've learned a lot from others, discovered a lot on my own, and I'm happy to share what I know. I don't do much audio recording, mostly it's MIDI for the backing tracks for my duo The Sophisticats and my Band-in-a-Box aftermarket styles and song business Norton Music I use Master Tracks Pro. It's MIDI only and because of that, the menus aren't cluttered with audio options. All the functions are available from the menu bar and a single click. No sub-menus and sub-sub menus to wait for. It keeps my hands on the musical instruments more and the computer less. The problem with MTPro is that it doesn't work on Win10 very well. The app was abandoned long ago. So until my XP computer dies I'll be using MTPro and then transferring the results to modern computers. When I do need audio, I play the MIDI files out of my XP using a bank of a half dozen or more synth module fed into a mixer. I feed the audio output of the mixer into an Audio->USB interface and record on a newer computer. I'll use Audacity, Power Tracks Pro Audio, or Cakewalk for that. Sadly, Passport, the company that created MTPro was bought by Microsoft for their technology. Microsoft used what they bought to make Power Point better and simply abandoned the MIDI Music apps. GVox bought them and introduced tons of bugs. But GVox was mostly interested in another Passport product, the notation editor Encore. Years later one of the GVox owners bought Master Tracks Pro, named his new company Passport, and tried to revitalize MTPro. He was underfunded and never released a new bug-free version. So I use the old version on my XP computer. The XP doesn't go on-line anymore and all non-essential apps have been deleted. Time and technology marches on. Win10 is a much better OS than XP was, but unfortunately, MTPro and some other apps were just left in the dust bin of progress. Notes

The diet was given to me by a doctor. He said to try this before looking to the medical cures, it can slow or stop the join deterioration. For both arthritis and bursitis, treatment is similar: Try the dietary approach first, and if that doesn't work, take stronger action. Foods that may contribute to chronic inflammation are foods with a high glycemic index (foods that convert to sugar quickly), such as fruit juices, sugars, simple starches, or rice cakes, foods heavy in polyunsaturated or saturated fats, and foods high in arachidonic acid. Some specific foods to avoid are: * Fatty cuts of red meat (high in saturated fats) lean is good * Organ meats: liver, kidney, and so forth (very high in arachidonic acid) * Egg yolks (very high in arachidonic acid) * Poultry - chicken, duck, turkey (very high in arachidonic acid) * Pasta (high glycemic index) * Juices (high glycemic index) * Rice, especially rice cakes (high glycemic index) * White bread (substitute whole grain breads such as rye) * Nightshade Plants bother many people (tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, peppers, paprika) Glycemic index charts can be found on the Internet. Better choices are foods with a low glycemic index and foods that are heavy in monounsaturated fats. Some specific good foods are: * Salmon and other fish * Oatmeal * Low glycemic fresh fruits and vegetables * Olives and olive oil * Peanuts and other nuts * Whey proteins * Lean beef is good, 100% grass fed is better It is restrictive and cheating can negate the healing. Try it strictly for a month or two. I've shared this with friends and it's helped all I've shared it with. I had one neighbor who was walking her dog and using a cane. I printed it out and gave it to her. In a month she stopped using the cane. About 6 months later she was using the cane again. I asked her if the diet stopped working. She replied that she just couldn't give up her pasta and high glycemic fruit. She eventually needed hip replacement. She since moved so I don't know how she is doing with that, but I know from my experience playing for the retirement audience that joint replacements work most of the time, but when they don't the 'cure' is worse than the problem. And the doc who gave me this diet told me that replacement parts wear out and when you are 10 years older, you might not recover from the surgery as well. I chose the ounce of prevention with diet in 2005 (give or take a year) and I'm still pain free. I'd rather walk and play guitar than eat pecan pie, apples, and macaroni. Notes

"Street Life" - The Crusaders

That sounds great! I'm happy for both of you. That is one good thing the nuns taught me, "Always try to be Christ-Like". I guess it was the older version of "What would Jesus do." Whether you believe or not, if you strive to be Christ-Like you end up being kind to others. Notes

"Ugly Woman" - Roaring Lion Roaring Lion, a Trinidadian calypsonian wrote this in 1934, and as time went on, others covered it and adapted it. Jimmy Soul had a hit with an adaptation in 1963.

My sister-in-law's son died in an automobile accident at the age of 32. She wanted Leilani to sing a song from "The Vampire Diaries". It was basically a love song with no mention of Vampires or the occult. The words were definitely non-offensive. I learned it on the guitar (easy) and Leilani was ready to sing. We were 'backstage' behind the altar and the priest said we couldn't sing that song because it was from the Vampire diaries. I told him that's fine with me, but if you don't want us to play it, you'd have to clear that with the grieving mother, as she's expecting it, and I'm not going to be the one to tell her 'no'. The priest backed down. He wasn't about to tell the mother that she couldn't have that song. It's a lot easier to be a Christian than it is to act Christ-Like.

Sleeping Beauty (ballet) - Tchaikovsky

I'm not sure, I think it was "Stripped" (no guarantee) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripped_(film)

Good ol' auto correct :D

And that usually ends with a smile on my face!!

In catholic schools we the most contact with the nuns. Priests at confession, mass and an occasional speech in front of the class. Thankfully I wasn't an altar boy as they are the sad ones that are victims of abuse. Not that abuse is rampant, but it wasn't controlled well by the Vacant. At the first complaint or suspicion a full investigation and if necessary correction should be administered. I'm sure most of the priests were good men. But the nuns--that's another story. Frustrated old witches that hated children. Oh the first two grades were fine, with sweet nuns, but by the 3rd it was that school's philosophy to break the spirit of the children. And I went before corporal punishment over the teacher's desk in front of the class was considered abusive. I wasn't a particularly bad kid, but I wasn't an angel either. Discipline with yelling and a yardstick, all punishment and no rewards is not the best way to bring up children IMHO. Like a puppy, you need to encourage children to do what you want them to do as much as possible, and save the negative discipline for when it's really needed. In the 6th grade I moved to Florida, got into public school and I no longer hated school.

Tired Of Waiting For You - The Kinks

Definitely NOT. I disliked almost everything about Catholic school, including the priests and the nuns.

That's what the Priest in Catholic school said anyway.

Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated Because it's a fun song

When I was in a road band opening for headliners with Marshall amps and Voice Of The Theater PA speakers, it was too loud, but I was too young and too dumb to care. Fortunately I learned about ear plugs when the damage was still classified as very mild. Big thanks goes out to the more experienced musician who warned me.

"Waiting For Waits" - Richie Cole A song by saxophonist Richie Cole and vocalist Eddie Jefferson that is a tribute to the great singer/pianist Tom Waits

Originally an Otis Redding Song. Then Aretha came along with the help of King Curtis who was playing sax and leading the band and IMHO made the cover better than the original. But Otis still needs respect for writing it and singing it first. Aretha might have played piano on that cut, she often did and was a fine pianist. She doesn't get enough respect for her piano skills. For those like myself who know the song well, the "Sock it to him" part was the kicker. I never read Pearls Before Swine until I rented a movie from Netflix about cartoonists. In the Stephen Pastis interview I decided I liked the cartoonist and started reading it. They aren't all funny (nobody score run every time at bat) but some of them are great. A smile is a good way to start the day. Notes

I've never polished sausage. Though I've polished off more than a few.

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This one's so sick it's funny In the last panel, they are beating up Mr. Pastis, the cartoonist. (He deserved it)

When I was a child, I walked into a record store and asked the owner if he could recommend a saxophone record. I was in beginning band at school and didn't know any famous sax players yet. The clerk sent me home with this one. The music was a bit over my head at the time, but I grew to love it. I wore out two vinyl LPs and finally got it in CD. The orchestra was written and arranged, the sax and drum parts are completely improvised. It's not jazz, it's not classical, it's not pop, it's not like anything Stan Getz did before or after, it's in a class by itself, and the sax improvisations are superb. Focus - Stan Getz (entire album)

Satin Doll - Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer - Ella Fitzgerald singing Not my very favorite version but it's one of the most famous

Undun - The Guess Who Burton Cummings sang lead and played the excellent flute solo. Randy Bachman's guitar comping behind the vocals is utterly fantastic IMHO. I wish I could do that!!! (although I play guitar, my primary instruments are saxophone and windsynth)