The discussion pages are no more. There were too many spam hits, plus there weren’t a lot of people visiting the pages anyway. So all news regarding the station and site will be found here from now on.

I purchased a few new things this week from the local used record shop. Some are true gems, others turned out to be duds.

Milt Jackson - Jazz Round Midnight  - Quality music from a quality musician. Very nice cd.

Charles Mingus - In A Soulful Mood - There are some really good tunes on this one. It is a bit more challenging than the normal fare, but likeable just the same.

Betty Carter and Ray Bryant - Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant - I’ve owned the record for years and finally broke down and bought the cd. You will not be disappointed.

Stan Kenton - The Ballad Style of Stan Kenton - Now this cd got a five-star rating on Amazon, so maybe I am missing something. I kept waiting for a little foray into self-expression by the musicians but it never came. I just found this cd kind of bland, but again, maybe I am wrong and if you would like to hear some tunes from it, let me know.

Buck Clayton - Fiesta In Blue - It’s Buck Clayton. Have you ever truly been disappointed by a Buck Clayton album? This one has some really nice ballads on it.

Erroll Garner - Solitaire - The best of the bunch. I love this cd. I become more and more of a Garner fan with each cd I buy. Wonderful music.

I also downloaded a few tunes by the following artists: 

Jimmy Scott and Paul Gayten

Etta Jones

Teddy Charles

Brubeck and Desmond

Bernie Nerow

 

Hope you enjoy.

 

Week in and week out, Grey’s Anatomy continues to prove that it is one of the best shows on television. Tonight’s show was a gem. Great writing, in my opinion. But why…why is Dr. Shepherd so in love with Meredith? She’s a headcase. And his wife is an attractive (more attractive than Meredith), intelligent, loving woman. See what love does? It causes you to make the wrong decisions. But I am glad Kate Walsh is on the show. So hot! I know that sounds juvenile, but who cares. Dr. Shepherd better get on the ball and see Addison for what she is before she’s gone. I know I am talking about these people as if they really exist. But isn’t that what a great show makes you do?

to get over a breakup? Recently, a good friend of mine lent me all of her copies of Sex and the City, giving me a pretty vivid view into the female psyche (I guess). I don’t know if this is how most women think or if it’s just a New York woman kind of thing or if it is at all representative of how women in this country think in terms of men and sex and life. All I know is that a number of things they have said during the shows have been quite thought provoking. The most recent thing is when the Charlotte character states that it takes half the length of a relationship to get over that relationship after it’s over. Hm. How depressing is that? I just got out of a nearly three year relationship. Now it’s going to take me eighteen months to get over it? Is that a joke? Who can bear that much unhappiness?

You look at movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and you think, “How wonderful it would be if we could erase the memories of our heartache.” I love that movie. The only thing wrong with it is that there is one major flaw in erasing your memories. Like the old saying states, “Those who forget history are bound to repeat it.” Sure, it would probably make things a lot easier if one were to erase the memory of a lost love, but then they would forget why that love is lost. One benefit that comes from a breakup is experience. You learn so much about yourself, about people. So, when the next person comes along, unless you’re a completely shattered and dysfunctional person, you are able to take what you’ve learned from the pain you had to endure and use it to your advantage, hopefully avoiding the situations that caused so much hurt in the previous relationships.

What’s funny is that I started the Evening Melancholy radio station for people who felt like I am feeling now. You’re blue, depressed, feeling somewhat hopeless and alone. And you know what? The last thing I feel like listening to right now is other people sing about how miserable they feel. Maybe I approached this project from a completely wrong angle. Maybe I should have named the station Evening Ebullient and played all peppy tunes for the downtrodden.

Things you think about after a breakup:

“I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now”,”I’m Lost”, Let me “Drown In My Own Tears”, “Memories Of You”,”Cry Me A River”,”I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face”,”In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning” that’s the time you miss her most of all., “I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry”

You know what? The thing I just said about the station? Forget it. I know why I started the station. Somebody a long time before I got here had the same feeling I’m having now, only he/she had the ability to make art out of it, and because of that I don’t feel so all alone.