KSHE Klassics Show, March 26, 2016

Quotation du jour ~ Sheryl Crow: I'm standing in the middle of the desert, waiting for my ship to come in. (From the song "Leaving Las Vegas.")

Welcome to my weekly tale of computer problems and, incidentally, the playlist on this Sunday's edition of the best radio program i know of, the Sunday Klassics Show on KSHE95.

But, praise be, i had no computer woes. I was able to connect to my VPN with no difficulty at all, my Internet connection remained solid all morning, and i wasn't troubled with any netio.sys failures (and the resultant Blue Screen Of Death). I must live right.

Good Rats -- Back To My Music

Charlie Daniels -- Uneasy Rider
Billy Joel -- Captain Jack
Michael Stanley -- One Good Reason
Traffic -- Light Up Or Leave Me Alone
Chilliwack -- Arms Of Mary
Head East -- City Of Gold / Fly By Night Lady
Jackson Browne -- Rock Me On The Water
Firefall -- Livin' Ain't Livin'
Triumvirat -- Partacus
Franke & The Knockouts -- Running Into The Night
Heartsfield -- Shine On
Couchois -- Roll The Dice
Poco -- Crazy Eyes
Danny Spanos -- Hot Cherie
The Who -- The Kids Are Alright
Mama's Pride -- Can I Call You A Cab
Arlo Guthrie -- Coming In To Los Angeles
Thin Lizzy -- Showdown
Bruce Springsteen -- The Promised Land
Bob Dylan -- Lay Lady Lay
Kansas -- Play The Game Tonight
Paice Ashton Lord -- Remember The Good Times
Rare Bird -- Turn Your Head
Prism -- Spaceship Superstar
Creedence Clearwater Revival -- Sweet Hitch-Hiker
Santana -- All I Ever Wanted
Robin Trower -- I'm Out To Get You
Pete Townshend -- Rough Boys
The Grateful Dead -- U.S. Blues
Rare Bird -- Beautiful Scarlet
Rod Stewart -- Blondes (Have More Fun)
Aldo Nova -- Fantasy
Stillwater -- Women (Beautiful Women)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer -- Still ... You Turn Me On
Jay Ferguson -- Shakedown Cruise
Kantner / Slick / Freiberg -- Across The Board

And my own personal playlist for the week:

Fairport Convention – Rarities 1973-1974
Peter Gabriel – Us
Rory Gallagher – Notes From San Francisco
Chuck Berry – The Great Twenty Eight
Dan Fogelberg – Nether Lands
Cream – The Very Best Of Cream
Dead Can Dance – Spleen And Ideal
The Beatles – Yellow Submarine
Genesis – Duke
Robin Trower – Day Of The Eagle: The Best Of Robin Trower
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – In The Hot Seat
John Hiatt – Walk On
Howard Skempton – Lento
Jeff Beck & Jed Leiber – Frankie's House
Sheryl Crow – Live From Shepherd's Bush Empire
Lisa Gerrard & Jeff Bona – A Thousand Roads
Steeleye Span – Dodgy Bastards
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior – Summer Solstice
Rory Gallagher – Jinx
Dan Fogelberg – The Wild Places
The Faces – Long Player
Free – Tons Of Sobs
Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Colin James – Blue Highways
Jethro Tull – Stormwatch
Genesis – Foxtrot
Procol Harum – Procol Harum

The KSHE Klassics Program, March 19th, 2017

Quotation du jour: Charlie Watts ~ Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken.

I don't know why i have so many computer problems on Sunday mornings. I rarely have trouble connecting to the Internet or to my VPN on any other day of the week, and Sundays are usually the only day the system crashes and i get the dreaded Blue Screen Of Death -- with the same error message each time: System Service Exception: netio.sys. Some Googling (or in my case, DuckDuckGoing) suggests that this is either a driver problem or a registry one, so i ran a driver updater and a registry cleaner, to no avail.

But i was up fairly early on Sunday, i was able to sort it all out before the program began (which involved mainly re-booting ... three times! ... and resetting the modem and the router. And then the listening experience went seamlessly.

< Charlie








Charlie -- She Loves To Be In Love
The Allman Brothers Band -- Wasted Words
Wishbone Ash -- Blowin' Free
Dave Mason -- So High (Rock Me Baby And Roll Me Away\)
Bruce Springsteen -- Jungleland
Creedence Clearwater Revival -- Green River
Utopia -- Love In Action
The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver -- Slipstream
Free -- Wishing Well
Prism -- Julie
Heart -- Dreamboat Annie
Little Feat -- Cold Cold Cold / Tripe Face Boogie
Eric Clapton -- Blues Power
David Bowie -- Young Americans
UFO -- Too Hot To Handle
The Grateful Dead -- Playing In The Band
Michael Stanley -- Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind
Touch -- Don't You Know What Love Is
The Doobie Brothers -- South City Midnight Lady
Kerry Livgren -- Mark Of The Great Deceiver
Captain Beyond -- Sufficiently Breathless
Lou Reed -- Rock And Roll
Nantucket -- Quite Like You
Foghat -- My Babe
Montrose -- Rock The Nation
The Police -- Canary In A Coalmine
Loverboy -- Hot Girls In Love
King Crimson -- In The Court Of The Crimson King
Shooting Star -- You Got What I Need
The Band -- The Weight
Steely Dan -- The Royal Scam
Nick Gilder -- (You Really) Rock Me
George Harrison -- Bangla Desh
Jackson Browne -- That Girl Could Sing
Alice Cooper -- Under My Wheels

And my own personal playlist for the week:

Sheila Chandra – Weaving My Ancestors' Voices
Maddy Prior & June Tabor – No More To The Dance
Enya – Paint The Sky With Stars: The Best Of Enya
Loreena McKennitt – Parallel Dreams
Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg – No Resemblance Whatsoever
Milla Jovovich – The Divine Comedy
Joe Bonamassa – Black Rock
The Byrds – Younger Than Yesterday
Eagles – On The Border
John Lee Hooker – Mr Lucky
Kansas – Leftoverture
David Gilmour – About Face
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Live!
Rory Gallagher – Against The Grain
Big Wreck – Grace Street
The Beatles – Please Please Me
Dan Fogelberg – River Of Souls
Mike Oldfield – Return To Ommadawn
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
Pink Floyd – Works
David Bowie – Hunky Dory
The Move – Message From The Country
Marillion – Holidays In Eden
Procol Harum – Procol Harum
Paul Simon – The Rhythm Of The Saints
Taste – [The Best Of] Taste
Andy M. Stewart – Man In The Moon
Paula Cole – This Fire
Atlanta Rhythm Section – Third Annual Pipe Dream
The Nice – Ars Longa Vita Brevis
The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The KSHE Klassics Show, March 12th, 2017

Quotation du jour: "Vinegar" Joe Stillwell ~ Illegitimati non carborundum (Don't let the bastards wear you down) 

Well, it wasn't exactly a brilliant edition of the show this morning, but still better than anything else on the radio (that I'm aware of), and the highlight of my week nonetheless. And, for a nice change, my listening experience went pretty smoothly. I had no Internet connection problems, and apart from a bit of bother connecting to my VPN at first, all went well after that.

I love Sundays!

< that's Vinegar Joe









Vinegar Joe -- Never Met A Dog
Charlie Daniels Band -- Birmingham Blues
Brave Belt -- Another Way Out
Kansas -- Can I Tell You
Jackson Browne -- In The Shape Of A Heart
Ambrosia -- Time Waits For No One
Lake -- On The Run
The Police -- Invisible Sun
Roxy Music -- Love Is The Drug
Gypsy -- Tomorrow Is The Last To Be Heard
Chilliwack -- Baby Blue
John Waite -- Change
Santana -- Well All Right
Hudson Ford -- Take A Little Word
Rainbow -- Long Live Rock And Roll
America -- Sandman
Dixon House Band -- Sooner Or Later
Genesis -- A Trick Of The Tail
The James Gang -- Midnight Man
Cheryl Dilcher -- High
Golden Earring -- Vanilla Queen
Toto -- I'll Supply The Love
The Byrds -- Turn! Turn! Turn!
David & David -- Welcome To The Boomtown
Elton John -- Take Me To The Pilot
Wings -- Venus And Mars / Rock Show
Blind Faith -- Can't Find My Way Home
Jay Ferguson -- Thunder Island
Dave Mason -- Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave
Michael Murphey -- Wildfire
Patti Smith -- Because The Night
Billy Joel -- Prelude / Angry Young Man
Novo Combo -- Tattoo
Little Feat -- Dixie Chicken
The Grateful Dead -- Sweet Magnolia
Shooting Star -- Bring It On

And my own personal playlist for the week:

James Taylor – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Maddy Prior – Lionhearts
Chantal Kreviazuk – Under These Rocks And Stones
The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Kinks --  Celluloid Heroes: The Kinks' Greatest
Paul McCartney – Flaming Pie
Dan Fogelberg – Phoenix
June Tabor – Some Other Time
Genesis – Selling England By The Pound
Manfred Mann's Earth Band – The Best Of Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Dan Fogelberg – Souvenirs (twice)
Maddy Prior & June Tabor – Silly Sisters
Various Artists – The Acoustic Folk Box
Mike Oldfield – The Millennium Bell
Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
Muddy Waters – The Best Of Muddy Waters
Brand X – Unorthodox Behaviour
Trigger Hippy – Trigger Hippy
Various Artists – What's Shakin'
Jane Siberry – The Speckless Sky
Chicago – Chicago VII
Richard & Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Marc Cohn – Marc Cohn
Fairport Convention – 50:50@50
Rory Gallagher – Rory Gallagher
10 c.c. -- The Original Soundtrack
Afro Celt Sound System – Volume 2: Release
Various Artists – Peter And The Wolf
Rory Gallagher – Live! In Europe
Joan Osborne – Love And Hate
Van der Graaf Generator – Do Not Disturb

Sending Flowers

I have two friends in Toronto, a married couple called Paul and Imogen, people i've known for forty years. I've stayed with them a few times over the years when i've visited Hogtown and they are wonderful, eccentric and highly-evolved, and both very dear to me.

Anyway, the thing is, it's Imogen's 70^th birthday next week and there's a big beano being held for her on Saturday which, unfortunately, i won't be able to attend. So i decided to send her some flowers.

I haven't sent flowers to anyone since i've lived in this small Southwestern Ontario town, and i didn't know where to begin. There simply aren't many florists here and those i tried either couldn't or wouldn't. I Googled Interflora, but they don't seem to have a Canadian branch. (I couldn't find one, anyway,,,,)

At a bit of a loss to know what to do, i asked Roxanne at work – cos she's a girl and should know about flowers and schtuff – and she told me that the floral department at the local supermarket can do it for me. Eureka!

Or so i thought. But they don't do out of town deliveries. But at least the man made a constructive suggestion: order online at https://www.tidysflowers.com/

So i did. It was a pretty tedious process as i don't have an account with them – why would i? -- but i finally arranged everything and was on the verge of hitting “place order now” when didn't the @%$!*&$ laptop crash! Argh, fuck me blind, why me, etc.

So i had to start all over again. Which i did, submitted to the tedious process all over again, and actually managed to place the order: $107 worth of anthuriums (anthuria?). Yikes! Flowers are expensive!

And then Victor, from Tidy's Flowers 'phoned me. They would like to have Imogen's telephone number in case of any difficulties. Why is my life so difficult? I know i have the number here somewhere but it's tricky when, with my shambolic file system, virtually everything's under M for Miscellaneous. I couldn't find it.... Eventually i messaged a mutual friend, got the number, and called Tidy's, so now all should be good.

Enjoy the ease of online ordering, they say. It's fun, they say. I need a drink.

KSHE Klassics Show, March 5th, 2017

Quotation du jour: Thomas Jefferson ~ He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

Unfortunately, this is not the complete playlist. There were a couple of songs (maybe three) that i didn't recognise. This happens quite often -- some of what Uman plays is pretty obscure -- but usually it's not a problem: KSHE lists what they've played recently on their website. But today when i checked, i found that they hadn't updated since 1:30 a.m.

Otherwise it was as good as always and, remarkably, the listening experience was as smooth as could be. My Internet connection was solid throughout and i had no difficulty whatever establishing a connection to my VPN. Rock on!

(Just an aside about the probs i've had with connecting to my VPN, which have been chronic lately. The other program i listen to on KSHE is The Rock Magazine, which is hosted by my Facebook friend Tommy T., and which is an hour-long mini-version of the Sunday Klassics show. It comes on at 4 a.m. [my time] every weekday morning and i'm usually up early enough to listen to most if not all of it. One morning last week, i was up half an hour before the show was to begin and i still hadn't established a connection, so, rather than saying “what the hell is wrong with this thing???” over and over, i went into Task Manager, discovered a compatibility setting that needed to be changed et voila! I was able to connect immediately. It's easy when you know what to do.) (Which doesn't describe me, btw!)

Brownsville Station -- The Martian Boogie

Little Feat -- Time Loves A Hero

Rod Stewart -- Gasoline Alley

Grinderswitch -- Kill The Pain

Wiggy Bits -- Oh Captain

Wet Willie -- Everything That You Do (Will Come Back To You)

The Kinks -- Tired Of Waiting For You

Flame -- Beg Me

Pete Townshend -- Pure And Easy

Dr John -- Right Place, Wrong Time

Graeme Edge with Adrian Gurvitz -- Paradise Ballroom

Zebra -- Who's Behind The Door?

UFO -- Cherry

Joe Vitale -- Lady On The Rock

Michael Stanley Band -- Heartland

Good Rats -- Injun Joe

Heart -- Kick It Out

Mott The Hoople -- All The Way From Memphis

The Kings -- This Beat Goes On / Switchin' To Glide

.38 Special -- Wild-Eyed Southern Boys

Canned Heat -- Going Up The Country

Greg Kihn Band --The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em Like That Anymore)

Charlie -- Killer Cut

The Band -- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Utopia -- Love Is The Answer

The James Gang -Must Be Love

Diesel -- Sausalito Summernight

Dan Fogelberg -- Illinois

Henry Gross -- One More Tomorrow

Crawler -- Stone Cold Sober

ZZ Top -- A Fool For Your Stockings

It's A Beautiful Day -- White Bird

Jefferson Starship -- Can't Find Love

Crosby, Stills & Nash -- Marrakesh Express

Todd Rundgren -- Can We Still Be Friends?

Rare Earth -- Get Ready

Gary Wright -- Love Is Alive

Mama's Pride -- She's A Stranger To Me Now

Badfinger -- Day After Day

And my own personal playlist for the week:

Dan Fogelberg – The Wild Places

Graham Nash – Songs For Beginners

Soft Machine – Third

Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy

The Psychedelic Furs – Greatest Hits

The Byrds – 5D

Joan Osborne – Pretty Little Things

Mike Oldfield – Platinum

Hothouse Flowers – Born

Rory Gallagher – Stage Struck

Peter Hammill – In Camera

Fotheringay – Fotheringay

Home – The Alchemist

Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard – Music From The Motion Picture Gladiator

Art – Supernatural Fairy Tales

Cat Stevens – The Very Best Of Cat Stevens

Marillion – F.E.A.R.

The Jeff Beck Group – Rough And Ready

Ray Davies – Return To Waterloo

Rory Gallagher – Fresh Evidence

Van der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts

The Allman Brothers Band – Idlewild South

Dan Fogelberg – Full Circle

The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night

Paul Simon – You're The One

Saga – Images At Twilight

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country

Bruce Springsteen – Working On A Dream

Donovan – A Gift From A Flower To A Garden

Harmonium – L'Heptade XL

Renaissance -- Scheherazade And Other Stories

KSHE Klassics Show, February 26th, 2017

Quotation du jour ~ Abraham Lincoln: If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

Man, i love Sundays.

Not only because it's my only day off, but this program lifts my heart and eases my soul. What a shame i usually have so many computer problems on Sundays. I was able to connect to the VPN fairly easily this morning but then something caused a problem with ye olde laptop: netio.sys (whatever that is) shut me down. Twice. (It's some sort of NVIDIA driver conflict, i believe, although i haven't investigated much further.)

The second time i got the dreaded BSOD, i could no longer connect to the VPN at all and in fact wound up listening to the last 45 minutes of the program on my iPad (with earbuds, of course). And it was great. As always.

Dan Fogelberg – Part Of The Plan

Ian Hunter – Cleveland Rocks

The Band – Up On Cripple Creek

Charlie Daniels – Reflections

UFO – Doctor Doctor

Fleetwood Mac – Danny's Chant

Kansas – It Takes A Woman's Love (To Make A Man)

Sammy Hagar – (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

Budgie – Sky High Percentage

Kenny Loggins – Easy Driver

The Byrds – Mr Tambourine Man

Shooting Star – Hang On For Your Life

Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story

Mama's Pride -- Merry-Go-Round

Strawbs – Lay Down

The Allman Brothers Band – Melissa

Ian MacLagan -- Little Troublemaker

Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic

Eagles – James Dean

Santana – Open Invitation

The Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Hoedown

Ten Years After – I'd Love To Change The World

Neil Young – Like A Hurricane

The Who – Happy Jack

Mistress – China Lake

Poco – You Better Think Twice

Gary Wright – Silent Fury

The Rolling Stones – When The Whip Comes Down

707 – I Could Be Good For You

Alice Cooper – Hello Hurray

Horslips -- Sure The Boy Was Green

Loggins & Messina – Vahevala

Dave Mason – Mystic Traveler

String Driven Thing – Circus

Grinderswitch – Pickin' The Blues

Off Broadway – Full Moon Turn My Head Around

Crosby, Stills & Nash – Dark Star

David Bowie – The Jean Genie

Jackson Browne – Boulevard

Wet Willie – Keep On Smilin'

Nantucket -- California

And my own personal playlist for the week:

Dan Fogelberg -- Souvenirs*

The Byrds -- Mr Tambourine Man

The Beatles -- Let It Be... Naked

Terje Rypdal -- Descendre

Memphis Minnie -- The Essential Recordings

Hothouse Flowers -- The Platinum Collection

Peter Hammill -- Enter K

Zap Mama -- Sabsylma

Roy Wood -- Starting Up

Thunder -- Behind Closed Doors

The Beatles -- Live At The Hollywood Bowl

Bonnie Raitt -- Silver Lining

Steeleye Span -- Dodgy Bastards

Elvin Bishop -- The Best Of Elvin Bishop

The Byrds -- Turn! Turn! Turn!

Renaissance -- Scheherazade And Other Stories

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity -- Open

The Faces -- Long Player

Jon & Vangelis -- The Friends Of Mr Cairo

Eric Clapton -- Me And Mr Johnson

Big Wreck -- Grace Street

Kate Bush -- The Sensual World

Brass Monkey -- Sound And Rumour

Sheryl Crow -- 100 Miles From Memphis

Mike Oldfield -- QE2

Various Artists -- Blues Breakers!

Peter Gabriel -- Peter Gabriel

Mike Oldfield -- Return To Ommadawn

Van der Graaf Generator -- Do Not Disturb

The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver -- The Beat Of The Street

Dan Fogelberg -- Live in Colorado

The Baltimore Consort -- On The Banks Of Helicon

*odd that the first CD i played this week includes the first song that Uman played on this morning's program!

KSHE Klassics Show, February 19th, 2017

Quotation du jour ~ Dan Fogelberg: There's a magic every moment / There's a miracle each day /There's a magic every moment / Oh won't you let the music play.

As i've mentioned previously, KSHE doesn't stream their audio to Canada and in order to listen i have to connect to a VPN, and some weeks i have a very difficult job connecting. This week, i did some research. My firewall and AV software weren't hindering it, but i found a couple of settings under Control Panel => Administrative Tools that i changed (remote access options) and i had no trouble at all. And i'm ever so glad i spent some time on the problem: this morning's show was absolutely wonderful! (In fact, I ordered an Elvin Bishop CD that “Travelin' Shoes” appears on, right after the song ended.) Anyway, here's the complete playlist:

Traffic – The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys

Little Feat – Rocket In My Pocket

Eric Clapton – Let It Grow

Z.Z. Top – Heard It On The X

Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes

Rush – Time Stand Still

Spirit – I Got A Line On You

Queen – Bicycle Race

Rick Derringer – Don't Ever Say Goodbye

Santana – Everybody's Everything

Manfred Mann – For You

Billy Joel – Say Goodbye To Hollywood

Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers

Bruce Springsteen – Cadillac Ranch

Elvin Bishop – Travelin' Shoes

Yes – Time And A Word

Pat Travers – Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)

Jimi Hendrix – Crosstown Traffic

Real Life – Send Me An Angel

Jeff Beck – I Ain't Superstitious

Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill

Jethro Tull – Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young To Die

Dan Fogelberg – As The Raven Flies*

The Doobie Brothers – Natural Thing

The Babys – California

Jefferson Starship – Miracles

Steely Dan – Any Major Dude Will Tell You

Michael Bolton – Fool's Game

Detective – Recognition

The Byrds – Eight Miles High

Stanley Clarke – School Days

Cheryl Dilcher – Together

Blind Faith – Sea Of Joy

John Mellencamp – Ain't Even Done With The Night

J.Geils – Looking For A Love

Status Quo – Is There A Better Way

Stephen Stills – Love The One You're With

George Harrison – This Song

Point Blank – Nicole

Bob Dylan – Highway 61

* Last year, when this program's host John Ulett (a.k.a. Uman) celebrated his 40^th anniversary at KSHE, he put together a list of his forty favourite albums, and the album that this song comes from, “Souvenirs,” was included. I have to agree! His full list is here: http://www.kshe95.com/museum/uman-wing/content/umans-40-favorite-albums

And my own personal playlist for the week:

Oysterband -- Trawler

Jennifer Warnes -- Famous Blue Raincoat

June Tabor -- Angel Tiger

Dan Fogelberg -- Love In Time

Jeff Beck -- Beckology

Donald Fagen -- The Nightfly

Lucinda Williams -- World Without Tears

Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble -- Live At Carnegie Hall

Various Artists -- Stone Free: A Tribute To Jimi Hendrix

The Incredible String Band -- U

Peter Hammill -- Fireships

Rory Gallagher -- Jinx

Colin James -- Take It From The Top: The Best Of Colin James

Various Artists -- City Of Angels (O.S.T.)

Big Wreck -- Grace Street

Steeleye Span -- Dodgy Bastards

Mike Oldfield -- Return To Ommadawn

Genesis -- Nursery Cryme

The Albion Dance Band -- The Prospect Before Us

Dan Fogelberg -- River Of Souls

Chicago -- Chicago V

The Hooters -- Hooterization: A Retrospective

Steely Dan -- Pretzel Logic

The Chieftains -- The Ballad Of The Irish Horse

Mike Heron -- Smiling Men With Bad Reputations

Peter Gabriel -- Ovo

Runrig -- The Story

Vanilla Fudge -- Vanilla Fudge

Chantal Krevaziuk -- Under These Rocks And Stones