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The Bold Stump reunion brought together John Ruetz, Mike Brusha, Jim Haas, Jeff DeMark, Paul DeMark, Syd Matterrer and myself, and here I provide some background thoughts on preparation of the presentation. In my imagination, it was a little journey on music toward the "castle of heaven." Mars Cheese Castle Hwy I-94 My boy-0’s and I put a lot of effort into the undertaking. It being our 3rd appearance as The Bold Stumps at George’s Tavern on Main St in Racine Wis., more than a few twists and turns had occurred. That's since our 2018 outing at George's . A change in the band this year, as Bob Stepien retired from the grind, and Syd Matterrer took up the bass on this. Twists, turns and Stumbles - not the least of which was the global COVID pandemic. Cue the Blues: “That’s life”. Several of our players are pros - I am not one of them. For me it was a learning experience in collaboration, negotiation and expression. I felt I could deliver the songs if I could inhabit the...

Have a poem yall...two from the Vault combined. Taking vacation - see you there after! - JV i. Waiting for Bob La France to pick me up in the Long Red AMC Marlin All anticipation in the night of Nitty Gritty Playing Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits in the anticipation Eyeballing a zit in the truth-telling mirror Getting psyched When Everybody Needs Somebody shook the radio Entering the long dark dusty archive - Soulville - to get the 45. And I Found a Love. 634-5789 - A Racine Exchange! ii. But the Juke Box at the Lucky Cue is the altar where we share these offerings.  he Lucky Cue was punk for us!  Recall The Cue: You walk in there and the juke box is playing.  Two long rows of greenfelt tables, pinball machines up front, more tables and a mezzanine level in the back.  And the juke box is playing  96 Tears,  Sometimes Good Guys Dont Wear White,  You Gonna Miss Me, and  Pushing Too Hard, by  Question Mark and the Mysterians,  the Standells...

  Al compas del mundo – programa #39 Moon Traveller is honored to host the archival list of old buddy Jim Haas's Mexican Radio Show. Get right with Instant Karma and Learn more about AL COMPAS DEL MUNDO .  And check out the runlist for the latest show... MOON TRAVELLER HERALD WILL BE TAKING A SUMMER BREAK IN AUGUST. CHECK BACK IN SEPTEMBER FOR UPDATES TO THE AL COMPAS DEL MUNDO PROGRAMMING AND MORE! HASTA LA VISTA!  8-4-22 Music from southern Africa – music from northern Africa The List 01 The Movers - Soweto Inn (South Africa) 02 Mbongemi Ngema - Stimela Sasezola (South Africa) 03 Tau Ea Matsekha - Malome (Lesotho) 04 Hallelujah Chicken Run Band - Ngoma Yarira (Zimbabwe) 05 Madosini - Wenu Se Goli (South Africa) 06 Chiwoniso - Zvichapera (Zimbabwe) 08 Udokotela Shange Namajaha - Awungilobolele (South Africa) 09 Wazimbo - Nwahulwana (Mozambique) 10 Jil Jilala - Kouna Kountoum (Morocco) 11 11 Az-Zouhour - Mridh Fani (Tunisia) 12 Mitaal Anawy - Basaal ...

The Sweet Triangle On one level, John Eliot Gardiner's "Bach" is a biography of the most sublime composer J.S. Bach. But it is so much more than a parade of facts. It is endlessly informative and illuminative.  Most of Bach's music was done as part of his work for the Lutheran Church, and according to its liturgical cycle. It is not surprising then that Gardiner deeply explores Bach's spiritualistic bearing. The works are directed to or from heaven, as indicated in the book's subtitle: "Music in the Castle of Heaven." Worth noting it is that Gardiner is penetratingly aware of the abyss between the trusting cantata writer Bach and today's world, mistrustful of such. We may never see another so strong in "imaginative gift, cratsmanship and human empathy." Gardiner is a leader of the original instrument movement that arose in the 1970s He was a driver of a movement that sought a path to re-inhabit music that was becoming something of a lif...

Al compas del mundo – programa #38, 7-29-22  Bluegrass Country (USA) Moon Traveller is honored to host the archival list of old buddy Jim Haas's Mexican Radio Show. Get right with Instant Karma and Learn more about AL COMPAS DEL MUNDO .  And check out the runlist for the latest show... Bluegrass Country (USA) 01 Ralph Stanley - Little Maggie 02 Fruit Jar Drinkers - Sail Away Ladies 03 Levon Helm - Anna Lee 04 Kathy Mattea - Calling Me Home 05 The Sons of the Mountaineers - I Won't Be Worried 06 The Boggs - How Long 07 Jerry Garcia and David Grisman - Shady Grove 08 Iris Dement - Pretty Saro 09 Sarah Jarosz - Fischer Store Road 10 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys - When I Lay My Burden Down 11 Stanley Brothers with Roscoe Holcomb - Village Churchyard 12 Clarence Ashley with Doc Watson - Little Sadie 13 The Reel Time Travelers - Like a Songbird That Has Fallen 14 Bill Carlisle's Kentucky Home Boys - Big at the Little, Bottom at the Top 15 Gillian Welch - SIx White H...

As part of their public debates on physics in the 1920s Einstein and Bohrs did thought experiments. Thre was not the apparatus to separate, observe and manipulate atomic and sub atomic particles, so they used their minds. Bohrs won the debate. But Einstein got his licks in. The underlying bits of the world are both particles and waves, and that has important ramifications. About 100 years later lab researchers can do what Bohrs and Einstein thought of. They are able to manipulate photons, atoms and ions. Some of this work has become part of technologies commonly available. The manipulation of atoms and electrons in electronic engineering and photonics systems are most prominent. These techs moved ahead with meagre understanding of the implicit physics, which didn’t matter as a new world was dramatically forged. Tunable lasers and superconducting circuits are among the important sub-technologies that have made continual, if subtle, progress in recent years. Even today, moving these ...

Al compas del mundo – programa #37, 7-21-22  Music in French  Moon Traveller is honored to host the archival list of old buddy Jim Haas's Mexican Radio Show. Get right with Instant Karma and Learn more about AL COMPAS DEL MUNDO .   Tonight - in French! - Voulez vous coucher avec moi? Excusez-moi! C’est la vie. It’s a big world out there and an awful lot of French gets tossed around. Not all of it easily understood by French speakers. Why, I can imagine the Parisians rolling their eyes trying to make heads or tails of Clifton Chenier’s patois. And don’t get me started on the Canadians! Idir, from Algeria, and his French cohort use Tamazight (“Berber”), Macron’s French, and finally a little English for On the Road Again. Wasn’t Kerouac French-American? The Green Negresses win this week’s award for the best name and what better taste of schmaltz for a Mexican radio program than “Besame mucho” sung in French? Adieu! -J.H. 01 Amadou et Mariam - Beaux dimanches (Mali)...