#Tenor 10 org

[barthel]

I’m off Twitter again, hopefully for good. Nearly anyone who’s actually important is gone now, aside from the super-posters who have so much burn-in to the platform that they can never leave. But everyone’s still acting like what people say on Twitter truly, materially matters. The toxic mismatch was making me feel insane.

Insofar as Twitter was a “public square,” it’s because there were enough journalists, politicians, and rich people there that they would see thousands of people piling on some super-poster’s hot take and write a story about it or hold a hearing or yell at their other rich buddies. Things would happen. “You’re letting twitter write your headlines,” as they used to say.

But that’s not happening anymore. NPR left Twitter six months ago, after Elon tried to label them a propaganda source. It had zero effect on their audience. With Elon trying to drive news orgs away anyway, that’s just going to accelerate.

So it’s an echo chamber. That’s fine; most online discussion spaces are. But there’s too much platform mythos around Twitter being uniquely important; you saw it when Elon bought the platform and users, who’d previously referred to it as a “hell site,” started wistfully saying it had been a bulwark against anti-democratic encroachment. They’re still saying it now, even though the dynamic has totally broken down. It’s not a bulwark against anything anymore, not even itself. It’s the one place where Elon musk truly controls the public conversation. Nothing to do about that except leave.

They’re not wrong insofar as twitter did, for maybe 5 years or so, genuinely have the ability to change things, though whether for good or ill is yet to be determined. Now it’s just a place to have fun and hang out and shoot the shit. Which is fine! But when world events cranked up, this shit-shooting suddenly took on the tenor of a parliamentary debate. Which is exhausting, and manifestly not fun.

So I’m out; I probably should’ve been out sooner, but I kept on pushing the lever, hoping for another pellet. I mean this somewhat literally: I moved that awful “X” icon to the end of my phone’s Home Screen, but I still find myself absent-mindlessly tapping on the location where it used to be. Luckily, that’s now Reddit, where I’ve aggressively refused to follow any important subjects.

This is moderately inconveniencing for me; I can still find fun stuff online, but not with the volume or regularity that twitter provided it. Now I spend 10 mins on Tumblr, 10 on Reddit, 10 on Threads, 10 on Facebook, and it’s a good enough experience. But since I was spending 2 hours a day on Twitter, that’s probably a good shift. I’m losing the audience I had on Twitter, but I think a lot of them have left anyway. Maybe we’ll find each other again.

[gregpoppleton]

Flip Philips Sax from Swing to Stravinsky - Phantom Dancer 10 January 2023

Flip Philips Sax from Swing to Stravinsky – Phantom Dancer 10 January 2023

Flip Philips is this week’s Phantom Dancer feature artist in a broadcast from 1953 with Hank Jones (p/org) and Buddy Rich (d). Joseph Edward Filippelli aka Flip Philips was a jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinettist who played swing, big band and Stravinsky. The Phantom Dancer is your weekly non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV every week. You’ll also hear Louis…

[bigskydreaming]

Speaking of Riley and other friends who are excellent, allow me to take a moment to pimp some of their books if anyone’s got some spare coin and is looking for good reads while on lockdown.

Noteworthy by Riley Redgate

It’s the start of Jordan Sun’s junior year at the Kensington-Blaine Boarding School for the Performing Arts. Unfortunately, she’s an Alto 2, which—in the musical theatre world—is sort of like being a vulture in the wild: She has a spot in the ecosystem, but nobody’s falling over themselves to express their appreciation. So it’s no surprise when she gets shut out of the fall musical for the third year straight. But then the school gets a mass email: A spot has opened up in the Sharpshooters, Kensington’s elite a cappella octet. Worshiped . . . revered . . . all male. Desperate to prove herself, Jordan auditions in her most convincing drag, and it turns out that Jordan Sun, Tenor 1, is exactly what the Sharps are looking for.

Rio’s got two other books you should also check out, I just grabbed this one at random because they’re all great (though its actually ‘7 Ways We Lie’ that’s my personal fave because Reasons).

Forest of Souls by Lori M Lee

Sirscha Ashwyn comes from nothing, but she’s intent on becoming something. After years of training to become the queen’s next royal spy, her plans are derailed when shamans attack and kill her best friend Saengo.

And then Sirscha, somehow, restores Saengo to life.

Unveiled as the first soulguide in living memory, Sirscha is summoned to the domain of the Spider King. For centuries, he has used his influence over the Dead Wood—an ancient forest possessed by souls—to enforce peace between the kingdoms. Now, with the trees growing wild and untamed, only a soulguide can restrain them. As war looms, Sirscha must master her newly awakened abilities before the trees shatter the brittle peace, or worse, claim Saengo, the friend she would die for.

This one is the start of a new duology and doesn’t actually come out until June 23rd, but Lori’s got a couple other books out already that are also worth the read. Her Infinite series starts with Gates of Thread and Stone and has the first two books out, there will be a concluding third volume still to come. But I’m lucky enough to have gotten to read Forest of Souls in advance cuz Nyah nyah (I’m so mature, phear my age and wisdom) and its by faaaaar my favorite of hers to date, including more than just the other two books she’s had published so far, and just look at that cover. Ugh. I love it so much. 

(It wasn’t her original cover, actually, they originally wanted to go with this cover of Suck that made me go umm how do you say “Eww” in polite, and authors have little to no feedback they can give on the cover, but Lori took a shot and sent in some examples of other cover artists she really liked and thought had styles fitting her image of the book better, and they picked one of the ones she sent and commissioned a whole new cover, and voila, ended up going with the above cover in all its spooky, thematically ominous glory.) 

On The Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis

A thrilling, thought-provoking novel from one of young-adult literature’s boldest new talents. January 29, 2035. That’s the day the comet is scheduled to hit—the big one. Denise and her mother and sister, Iris, have been assigned to a temporary shelter outside their hometown of Amsterdam to wait out the blast, but Iris is nowhere to be found, and at the rate Denise’s drug-addicted mother is going, they’ll never reach the shelter in time. A last-minute meeting leads them to something better than a temporary shelter—a generation ship, scheduled to leave Earth behind to colonize new worlds after the comet hits. But everyone on the ship has been chosen because of their usefulness. Denise is autistic and fears that she’ll never be allowed to stay. Can she obtain a spot before the ship takes flight? What about her mother and sister? When the future of the human race is at stake, whose lives matter most?

Cory is actually one of my oldest friends lmao, like, I first met her through another writing friend when we both roleplayed on this messageboard X-Men: Evolution RPG over fifteen years ago, and just....somehow never lost track of each other through all our various hyper-fixations and divergent fandoms and even with years-long ‘vanishing from the internet’ periods by yours truly (I am was mysterious and enigmatic, hear me roar). This is actually her third published novel? Or maybe second, I forget the order....her first, Otherbound, is great too, she’s written a Guardians of the Galaxy tie-in novel for Marvel, and she’s got her next book, “The Art of Saving the World” coming out this September, and its soooo good and head-trippy and the premise is so mindfucky that I have no idea how she pulled it off as well as she did and its great and you will love it or you will answer to me (lol no you won’t, I am all talk, I bruise like a peach, don’t doxx me yo). But On The Edge of Gone remains my personal fave of hers, Denise is an in-text disabled autistic black girl and suuuuuuch a fantastic main character, and her love for her family against the backdrop of an apocalypse actually in its on-going stage, no post about it, is like.....unfortunately a little too prophetic in various ways, lolol, but like, timely as hell and resonates. 

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

Welcome to Andover, where superpowers are common, but internships are complicated. Just ask high school nobody, Jessica Tran. Despite her heroic lineage, Jess is resigned to a life without superpowers and is merely looking to beef up her college applications when she stumbles upon the perfect (paid!) internship--only it turns out to be for the towns most heinous supervillain. On the upside, she gets to work with her longtime secret crush, Abby, whom Jess thinks may have a secret of her own. Then theres the budding attraction to her fellow intern, the mysterious “M,” who never seems to be in the same place as Abby. But what starts as a fun way to spite her superhero parents takes a sudden and dangerous turn when she uncovers a plot larger than heroes and villains altogether.

I actually met C.B. on tumblr here, via this account, thanks to a mutual mutual, which just goes to show you never know who you might end up meeting on tumblr dot hellsite dot org, and only after that fact did we find out that we had various other mutual friends from our writing/publishing circles of friends, including Cory, lolol, so y’know....small world. But this series has three books out, with a fourth to come, and its such awesome fun, with superpower hijinks galore, an Asian protag and tons of LGBTQ+ supporting characters, trans superheroes, and compelling plots. She’s also writing Ben 10 comics for Boom! Studios, a comic book company that does original content but also publishes a ton of licensed properties like various other cartoons like Ben 10, the Power Rangers, etc, etc. And this reminds me there’s a certain story she was working on the last time we met up for coffee like, lololol probably three years ago now, which means I am way overdue to bug her about it and ask “Is it done yet is it done yet can I read it yet is it done yet” because I am a paragon of patience and a bastion of self-control, obvsly.

Anyway, here endeth the pimping of my friends, go forth and buy ye their novels, verily and such. Or y’know. Don’t. If you don’t want to be cool, I guess. Nerds. (LOL no but if you like my content and posts and topics I think you stand a better than average likelihood of enjoying at least one of the books by the aforementioned ladies, and you’d be supporting LGBTQ+ authors as there’s nary a straight among them. LOL, like I would ever have straight friends, hahahaha could you imagine, what would we even do).  

[outweek30]

OutWeek crossword by Phil Greco, edited by Gabriel Rotello, OutWeek Magazine No. 14, September 24, 1989, p. 80.

Clues:

ACROSS

1. Davis of Querelle 5. My ___ Sal 8. Wilde's Lord Douglas 14. Rake 15. Anus: comb. form 16. Comfort 17. Gay statesman/scientist 20. Too Little, Too ____ 21. Actress Balin 22. Sherman play 23. Otherwise 26. Actress Scala 28. Tenor who had a gay affair 36. Canadian prov. 37. Black org. 38. Therefore 39. Mention 41. Jacket 44. Actress Shaw 45. Uterus: comb. form 47. Crucifixion letters 49. Crimson 50. Queen who loved women 54. Regret 55. Women's army div. 56. Peak 60. Dental deg. 62. ____ Redding 65. Gay actor 70. Gay author Melville 71. Ovum 72. Slave 73. Work by 17-across 74. "In excelsis ___" 75. Fume

DOWN

1. Brass abbr. 2. Disturb 3. Halo 4. More skilled 5. Former gay org. 6. Ms. Miller 7. Places 8. Attack 9. Propel 10. Fat 11. Contest 12. Economics abbr. 13. New Yanks' coach 18. Antique 19. Playwright William 24. Bus ____ 25. ____ Pound 27. Alas (Ger.) 28. Substitute 29. Anti-gay Bryant 30. Say 31. Deserve 32. Leave ___ to Heaven 33. _____ gas 34. Piece for eight 35. Walter _____ 40. Silkworm 42. Wot 43. "Un bel di," e.g. 46. Poetic contraction 48. Disguised 51. Gay poet W.H. and family 52. Gay composer Rorem, et al 53. Williams or Rolle 56. Pain 57. Guevera's namesakes 58. NY disco 59. Ms. Bombeck 61. Rosebud, e.g. 63. ____ Gift 64. Torch ____ Trilogy 66. Have sex with? 67. Era 68. Tognazzi of La Cage 69. Born

[hammondcast]

Hammond Report October 23 2020 From Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond

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Hammond Report October 23 2020 From Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond

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 Jon Hammond 

Hammond Report October 23 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about playing my tune 'Melody Without Name' in The Ellington Room with my friends on the band, Chuggy Carter congas & percussion, Joe Berger guitar, Todd Anderson is the tenor saxophonist, Ray Grappone drums and yours truly Jon Hammond at my 1959 Hammond B3 organ - thanks Bill Walters for assist on org-move. I recorded the date on a Maxell Type II Audio Cassette on my Nakamichi 550 field recorder that I bought in 1976 from Harvey Electronics on 45th Street with 3 Sennheiser microphones. The day after final debate, let's put this one away and get on with presto-change-o folks! Stay safe and and keep masking up in public, come back tomorrow for another Hammond Report,

Jon Hammond 

#HammondReport

#23October2020

#hammondb3

#melody

#sennheiser

#Nakamichi

#stories

#music

#byebyenow 

Publication date

 2020-10-23

Usage

 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

Topics

 Hammond Report, 23 October 2020, Musician Stories, Melody, Audio Cassette, Type II Cassette, Nakamichi, Hammond B3, Jazz combo, Music, Sennheiser, organist, bye bye now

Language

 English 

Addeddate

 2020-10-23 17:15:44

Identifier

 hammond-report-october-23-2020-from-pandemic-quarantino-jon-hammond 

Hammond Report, 23 October 2020, Musician Stories, Melody, Audio Cassette, Type II Cassette, Nakamichi, Hammond B3, Jazz combo, Music, Sennheiser, organist, bye bye now

[nbnoticias]

📰 NB NOTÍCIAS

🗞 *Ano 2 – Nº 416*

🗺 *Notícias do Brasil e do Mundo*

🗓 *Quarta-Feira, 8 de abril de 2020*

⏳ 99º dia do ano no calendário gregoriano

🌕 Lua Cheia 99% visível

💭 *Frase do dia:* “A curiosidade é uma das características certas e permanentes de um espírito vigoroso.” - Samuel Johnson

✅ *Hoje é dia...*

🔹 da Astronomia

🔹 do Cigano

🔹 do Combate ao Câncer

🔹 dos Correios

🔹 da Natação

🔹 do Sistema Braille

😇 *Santos do dia:*

🔹 Santa Julia Biliart

🔹 Santo Alberto

🎂 *Municípios aniversariantes:*

*Fonte: IBGE*

• Amparo-SP

• Caém-BA

• Coroatá-MA

• Cuiabá-MT

• Iguatemi-MS

• Nioaque-MS

• Quaraí-RS

• Santa Cruz do Arari-PA

• Santo André-SP

• Timbaúba-PE

🇧🇷 *BRASIL* 🇧🇷

✍ Brasil negocia com a China equipamentos contra covid-19; Negociação envolve máscaras, ventiladores, macacões e insumos do país asiático

✍ Mandetta diz que vai comprar 100% das máscaras da 3M no Brasil

✍ Ministério agora diz que isolamento só será flexibilizado quando rede de saúde estiver estruturada

✍ Governo começa a pagar auxílio emergencial de R$ 600 amanhã

✍ Governo federal lança programa de arrecadação de doações

✍ Governo tenta MP para permitir empresa endividada tomar empréstimo, diz Mansueto

✒ Câmara aprova ampliação de validade de receita médica durante pandemia

✒ Câmara corta R$ 150 milhões em despesas e reverte os recursos para o combate à Covid-19

✒ Maia defende plano de curto prazo para ajudar estados

✒ Alcolumbre diz que covid-19 não é uma gripe e apoia isolamento social

✒ Senado aprova linha de crédito para micro e pequenas empresas

⚖ STF: estados têm 72 horas para apresentar ações de combate à covid-19

⚖ Juiz decide que dinheiro de partidos deve ir para combate à covid-19

⚖ Ecovias faz acordo com MP e terá que devolver R$ 650 milhões

⚖ Ministro do STJ concede prisão domiciliar ao doleiro Dario Messer

⚖ PGR denuncia desembargadora da Bahia por venda de decisões

⚖ Recurso de Flávio Bolsonaro não tem fundamentação, diz MP do RJ

⚖ PGR diz que não é possível acusar Bolsonaro de crimes contra a saúde pública e arquiva denúncia

📌 Militares trabalham na fabricação de máscaras, toucas e aventais

📍 Rio define 30 municípios que poderão retomar atividades comerciais; em MG, 150 cidades já flexibilizaram distanciamento social

📍 Navio Costa Fascinosa tem 40 casos suspeitos de covid-19 em Santos-SP

📍 Idosa de 85 anos busca 'namoradinho' após ser eleita 'Miss' em São Vicente-SP

🚑 Festa de aniversário pode ter infectado família e matado 3 irmãos em Itapecerica da Serra-SP

🌎 *INTERNACIONAL* 🌍

🇺🇸 EUA diz que não dificultaram envio de insumos para o Brasil

🇺🇸 Trump ataca a OMS e diz que vai suspender contribuição financeira

🇺🇸 Pastor que chamou epidemia de 'histeria' morre com covid-19 após festa nos EUA

🇬🇧 Boris Johnson recebeu oxigênio, não foi intubado e continua na UTI

🇪🇸 Atriz volta a ser enfermeira para ajudar pacientes com covid-19 na Espanha

🇺🇸 Disney pensa em verificar a temperatura dos visitantes que forem aos parques

🇧🇴 Prefeito boliviano é preso por permitir festa que propagou coronavírus

🇬🇶 Guiné Equatorial expulsará pastores brasileiros em meio a contenção da Covid-19; Evangélicos são acusados de celebrarem cultos não autorizados em pleno alerta contra coronavírus

🖤 *MORTES* 🖤

✝ Forrest Compton, ator, por complicações do coronavírus, aos 94 anos

✝ Black The Ripper, rapper, aos 32 anos

✝ Hal Willner, produtor musical, de coronavírus, aos 64 anos

✝ James King, participante de reality sobre obesidade mórbida, de sepse e cirrose hepática, aos 49 anos

✝ Serginho Trombone, grande músico que fez a MPB cair no suingue, de complicações intestinais, aos 70 anos

✝ John Prine, músico, de coronavírus, aos 73 anos

🧫 *CORONAVÍRUS (Covid-19)* 😷

😷 Ministério da Saúde informa que Brasil registra 667 mortes por coronavírus e 13,7 mil casos; nas últimas 24 horas, 173 pessoas internadas tiveram alta

😷 França é 4º país a ultrapassar marca de 10 mil mortes por coronavírus

😷 Itália tem menor nº de novos casos em 25 dias e queda nas mortes

😷 Espanha tem 140 mil infectados; 94 médicos morreram na Itália

😷 EUA têm quase 2 mil mortos em um único dia e registram recorde

😷 Termina a quarentena em Wuhan, cidade chinesa onde surgiu a pandemia

💰 *ECONOMIA* 💲

💰 Ibovespa fecha em alta de 3% em meio a alívio com o coronavírus, mas petróleo preocupa; dólar cai a R$ 5,22

💰 Governo vai criar MP que destinará recursos para bancar conta de luz de famílias carentes

💰 Ambev fabricará e doará 3 milhões de máscaras de proteção facial feitas com pet

💰 Caixa cadastrou 10 milhões de benefícios emergenciais em seis horas

💰 Ajuda emergencial não pode ser debitada para quitar dívidas, diz Caixa

💰 INSS define regras para antecipar pagamento de auxílio-doença

💰 Receita libera consulta a lote residual de restituição do IRPF

💰 Varejo se torna ponto fraco de economia brasileira durante pandemia do coronavírus

💲 Kapitalo reduz risco das carteiras em cenário de incertezas globais

💲 S&P rebaixa rating da Argentina de CCC- para default seletivo

📊 *Indicadores:*

🏦 Ibovespa 76358 pontos 📈

💵 Dólar Canadá R$ 3,74📉

💵 Dólar Comercial R$ 5,226📉

💵 Dólar Turismo R$ 5,50📉

💶 Euro R$ 5,684📈

💷 Libra R$ 6,436📉

💸 Bitcoin R$ 37.962,56📉

💸 Bitcoin Cash R$ 1.424,17📈

💸 XRP R$ 1,03📉

🔶 Ouro (g) R$ 276,88 📈

⚪ Prata (g) R$ 2,5173 📉

💰 Poupança 0,245% a.m.

💰 Selic 3,75% a.a.

💰 CDI 3,65% a.a.

💰 IPCA a.m. fev/20 0,25%

💰 IPCA a.a. 2020 0,4605%

💰 IPCA acum. 12m 4,0049%

⛽ Petróleo Brent (barril) US$ 32.415📉

⛏ Minério de Ferro 62% US$ 82,49 📈

🐂 Boi (@) R$ 199,90📉

💨 Algodão (@) R$ 000 📈 📉

☕ Café (sc) R$ 588,37📈

🌽 Milho (sc) R$ 57,47📉

🥚 Ovos (30 dz) R$ 117,30↔️

🥜 Soja (sc) R$ 101,21📉

🔬 *CIÊNCIA, TECNOLOGIA & SAÚDE* 💓

💓 Fiocruz divulga possível eficácia de medicamento contra covid-19

💓 SUS recebe da ANS repasse recorde de R$ 1,15 bilhão

💓 Pacientes com cardiopatias devem manter check-ups durante quarentena

💓 Empregados voluntários da GM fazem conserto de respiradores

💓 São Paulo terá mais um hospital de campanha

💓 Poluição pode ser fator agravante para mortalidade por Covid-19 na Itália

💓 Tratamento para depressão reduziu sintomas de 90% dos pacientes em testes

🔭 Astrônomos detectam estranha emissão de matéria por quasar pela 1ª vez

🖱 Picape mais vendida do Brasil, Fiat Strada vira 'Torinho' após 22 anos

🖱 Fundador do Twitter doa

R$ 5,2 bilhões para luta contra coronavírus

🖱 WhatsApp limita reenvio de mensagens a 1 destinatário por vez em meio à crise do novo coronavírus

🏆 *ESPORTES* 🏆

☑ Ronaldinho Gaúcho e irmão vão ficar em prisão domiciliar no Paraguai

☑ Vasco lança nova camisa para obter recursos para CT e hospital público

☑ Antônio Lopes é apresentado como novo coordenador técnico do Vasco

☑ Gatito Fernández manifesta desejo de permanecer no Botafogo

☑ Temporada de basquete na Itália é suspensa definitivamente devido à pandemia

☑ Pai e avô de Montillo, ex-Cruzeiro, morrem com suspeita de coronavírus

🎭 *ARTE & FAMA* 🌟

🎙 Anitta diz que não fará live para os fãs durante quarentena

🎙 Tenor Andrea Bocelli cantará na Catedral de Milão vazia no domingo de Páscoa

🎙 Marília Mendonça faz live nesta quarta-feira (8) e recebe sugestões de repertório

🌟 Danilo Gentili terá que indenizar mulher por piada sobre leite materno

🌟 Bruna Marquezine processa internautas por posts caluniosos nas redes

📺 Netflix lança mais recursos para controle dos pais

📺 CNN contrata jornalistas envolvidos em pol��micas de racismo que foram demitidos da Record

📺 Dudu Camargo se atrasa e repórter assume jornal do SBT de última hora

📺 Marcela é eliminada do 'BBB20' com 49,76% dos votos

🎞 60ª edição do Festival de Cinema de Animação de Annecy é cancelada

🔎 *#FAKENEWS:* Não é verdade que Denílson é flagrado em briga com travesti após programa não pago. *Fonte: Boatos..org*

🛳 *TURISMO* ✈️

🎒 *Conheça Pirapora-MG:* A cidade não vive exclusivamente do passeio do Rio São Francisco, existem muitas outras atrações como as corredeiras e cachoeiras que chegam a 30 metros de queda e do Turismo Religioso. No artesanato figuras tradicionais, as carrancas são entalhadas e vendidas na Casa do Artesão. As águas limpas para a prática do rafting, as trilhas nos arredores de fazendas da região também atraem os ecoturistas, que as exploram através de caminhadas e cavalgadas. Pirapora está situada no norte do estado, às margens do rio São Francisco. Seu nome tem origem no povo indígena que habitou as margens do Rio São Francisco onde fica a cidade e significa salto do peixe. Isso se deve ao fato de, no período de reprodução dos peixes, eles saltarem para vencer as corredeiras do rio à procura de locais calmos para a desova. A ponte é um símbolo da cidade e por ela passam carros e pedestres. Pirapora é o segundo maior polo de industrialização do norte de Minas Gerais, sendo classificada, portanto, como uma cidade de porte médio em relação à sua estrutura e funcionalidade dentro de sua microrregião, isto é, sua capacidade de produção e prestação de serviços. Cidade turística, famosa pelas romarias que recebe, onde ciclistas, pedestres, charreteiros, cavaleiros e veículos motorizados chegam para reverenciar a imagem do Bom Jesus. Na cidade, o visitante encontra o primeiro Santuário Cristocêntrico do Brasil, cuja origem teve início em 1725, quando foi descoberta, em uma corredeira, a imagem do Bom Jesus. A capela inicialmente construída no local deu lugar à outra feita de madeira. Em 1845 iniciou-se a construção da atual igreja, que abriga a famosa escultura de Cristo, com cabelos naturais. A escultura está localizada no altar-mor, protegida por uma redoma de vidro a prova de balas e é acessada pela lateral da igreja. Até hoje, a cidade continua recebendo um número bastante significativo de romeiros tanto em datas religiosas quanto em fins de semanas como nas férias. *Fonte: Guia do Turismo Brasil*

📚 *FIQUE SABENDO...*

*...Por que algumas pessoas funcionam melhor pela manhã e outras preferem aproveitar a noite?*

⁉️ Cada um tem uma disposição de genes diferente, e isso afeta o funcionamento do ciclo biológico. Algumas pessoas têm um ciclo biológico mais longo do que o normal, e isso faz com que elas fiquem acordadas até mais tarde, como as corujas. As que, assim como as andorinhas, acordam com o raiar do sol, têm um relógio biológico mais curto. Quando chega a noite, elas já estão prontas para se recolher. E você, é coruja ou andorinha? *Fonte: O Guia dos Curiosos*

📖 *BÍBLIA:* Não andem ansiosos por coisa alguma, mas em tudo, pela oração e súplicas, e com ação de graças, apresentem seus pedidos a Deus. *Filipenses 4:6* 🙏

☕ *Que seu dia seja como a vontade de DEUS: bom, perfeito e agradável!!* 🥖

📝 *Fazendo diferente e a diferença* ✨

🤓 *LEIA E COMPARTILHE* 📤

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Massive Stage Show set for Jon Hammond's All Star Band on occasion of 31st Annual Musikmesse

Massive Stage Show set for Jon Hammond's All Star Band on occasion of 31st Annual Musikmesse and ProLight + Sound Center Stage - Der größte Stand der Technik Soundstage und Lichter noch! #soundstage Announcing Special Guest Lee Oskar for big Center Stage at musikmesse First Day 12 Noon on Jon Hammond All Star Band Folks, I'm happy to announce that our friend Lee Oskar will be joining us onstage on the big Center Stage at musikmesse first day Wednesday April 5th with Joe Berger, Peter Klohmann Giovanni Totò Gulino! See you there, my 31st consecutive year - Jon Hammond *Showtime: High Noon 12PM! http://jonhammondband.com/blog.html/jon_hammond_all_star_band_at_the_musikmesse_2017_center_stage_wednesday_april_5_at_12_noon/ White Onions! (orig. shuffle) with spcl. guest Lee Oskar - Jon Hammond Band in jazzkeller *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: White Onions Instrumental With Special Guest Lee Oskar Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/WhiteOnionsInstrumentalWithSpecialGuestLeeOskar Youtube http://youtu.be/zy8OSck8_TA Jon Hammond Band original "White Onions" with special guest Lee Oskar harmonica - Jon's annual musikmesse Warm Up Party in the famous Jazzkeller Frankfurt - Joe Berger on guitar playing his custom JJ Guitars, Tony Lakatos tenor saxophone by PMauriat Saxophones Pmauriat Albest, Giovanni Totò Gulino drums, Jon Hammond at the organ ©JON HAMMOND International ASCAP

Hammond B3 Of The Future XK5 Slated to Make Daily Appearances Jon Hammond Organ Group Winter NAMM Musikmesse ProLight + Sound Jon Hammond Organ Demo Hammond B3 of The Future XK-5 as seen at Tokyo Big Sight Japan Musical Instruments Fair 11月 4日 (金)〜6日（日） 東京ビッグサイト「楽器フェア」スズキブースにてデモ演奏 各日、ハモンドオルガンの河合代介さんとJon Hammondとそれぞれデュオで演奏します♫ Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondShowPreview1126FromTokyoJapanFunkSoulMusicNewXK5HammondOrganAndB3 Youtube https://youtu.be/uY7y-uLol2o Tokyo Japan — Jon Hammond Broadcast for MNN TV Cable Access, 34th year Friday nights at 01:30AM (Sat.) Channel 1 - first segment from Tokyo Big Sight Japan -- Very special dedication at Musical Instruments Fair Japan Second Day to my good friend Waichiro Tachikawa aka Tachi - reprising 10 years later Mercy Mercy with the great Suzuki Chromatic harmonica masters Koei Tanaka and Tokuichi Inoue (Stevie Wonder's friends and harmonica makers!), Joe Berger playing custom guitar built by Tor Arne Engdal and Jon Hammond at the exciting new Hammond organ product, the XK-5 aka XK5 presented in the full blown version Heritage Pro System with high power model 3300 Leslie Speaker daily onstage in the Suzuki Musical Instruments stand - enjoy this Full High Definition Film that will bring you right there to the bi-annual fair in the Big Sight convention and exhibition center in Tokyo, Japan - the largest one in the country! See you again in 2018 folks! These instruments are available now from your local Hammond Suzuki representitives - Jon Hammond *Note: We will also be appearing at Winter NAMM Show, Frankfurt musikmesse Prolight + Sound and Summer NAMM Show 31st year - this is the New B3 of the Future, now! “The New Original” - JH Jon Hammond is playing the New Hammond XK-5 Organ product from Suzuki Musical Instruments with “Modelled Tone Wheel 1” (MTW1) Tone Generator. MTW™ (Modeled Tone Wheels) Second segment: Japan Music Fair LIVE Get Back in The Groove XK5 featuring Koei Tanaka and Joe Berger plus special guest Tokuichi Inoue chromatic Harmonica Masters from Suzuki Musical Instruments - Jon Hammond is playing the new XK-5 Hammond organ and high power Leslie Speaker, the new standard in Hammond B3 digital organ, best modern Hammond organ in history, enjoy! Jon Hammond photo Steve aka Shunichi Horiuchi! Third segment: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo -- LATE RENT Theme Song in famous Hammond orgasm​ #Hammondorgasm Rock Club Tokyo Japan - Hammond B3 organ lounge where the late great Keith Emerson used to hang out - MUSICIANS: KOEI TANAKA harmonica, - Koei Tanaka​ JOE BERGER guitar, - Joe Berger​ KIMIAKI TOBE drums, - Kimiaki Tobe​ JON HAMMOND B3 organ - Jon Hammond Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondSuzukiWorldHeadquartersInHouseConcertJonHammondPt3of3 Looking forward to playing with my good friend again, Koei Tanaka | Chromatic Harmonica & Blues Harp master! *Clip: Suzuki Headquarters and factory concert special for President Founder Manji Suzuki with introduction by Waichiro 'Tachi' Tachikawa, Jon Hammond at the new B3mk2 organ with Koei Tanaka chromatic harmonica http://www.tanakakoei.com/?p=2502 11月のスケジュール Filed under: ライブ情報 — koei @ 23:28:47 詳細は「ライブ・セミナー情報」まで。 みなさまのご来場お待ちしております！ 11月 3日 (木・祝) 新宿「Hammond orgasm」Jon Hammondセッション アメリカからJon Hammondが楽器フェアで来日するので、 前日にセッションします♫ 11月 4日 (金)〜6日（日） 東京ビッグサイト「楽器フェア」スズキブースにてデモ演奏 各日、ハモンドオルガンの河合代介さんとJon Hammondとそれぞれデュオで演奏します♫ 11月 11日 (金) 沼袋「Organ Jazz 倶楽部」河合代介（ハモンドオルガン）Duo 楽器フェアでも一緒だった河合さんとデュオでライブします♫ コメントはまだありません。 Suzuki Headquarters and factory concert special for President Founder Manji Suzuki with introduction by Waichiro 'Tachi' Tachikawa, Jon Hammond at the new B3mk2 organ with Koei Tanaka chromatic harmonica Part 3 of 3 "Mercy Mercy" in Hamamatsu Japan. Special Thanks Mr. H. Ono, Mr. M. Terada, Mr. S. Ohtaka, Mr. Y. Beniya, Tachi Tachikawa, President M. Suzuki and entire Suzuki Musical Instruments Team ©JHINTL Suzuki Musical Instruments Hamamatsu partial group shot after Koei and Jon played Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/HammondPartyNightPocketFunkShakingOutTheNewXK5OrganInNashville Vimeo https://vimeo.com/hammondcast Jon Hammond Band at the Hammond Party for the new XK-5 Hammond organ, playing Jon's tune Pocket Funk in Full HighDef on the new prototype organ with Kayleigh Moyer on the Sleishman Drum Co Mothertone drums, Chuggy Carter congas GON BOPS, Joe Berger guitar, Jon Hammond at the XK5 (plays just like a B3 with Multi Contact keys!) first night of Summer NAMM Show Nashville, Tennessee at the famous studios of SoundCheck Nashville- Pocket Funk as seen on Jon's TV show Jon Hammond Show 34 years on Manhattan Neighborhood Network channel 1 - special thanks to Hammond Organ USA Gregory Gronowski & Scott May, Ray Gerlich long-time Hammond Technical Supervisor since 1976! also Mark Prentice M.D. for the evening, known as "Sound Soul Summit V" fine players all night long on the new org - Thanks to my friend Chuck Rainey the great studio bassist for coming and hanging with us all night long! And the Suzuki Musical Instruments Team makers of Hammond Organs and Leslie Speakers *from Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan http://www.HammondCast.com ‪#‎XK5‬ ‪#‎NAMMShow‬ ‪#‎Nashville‬ ‪#‎SummerNAMM‬ ‪#‎HammondOrgan‬ Messe Frankfurt and Messeturm "The MesseTurm (English: Trade Fair Tower) is a 63-storey, 257 m (843 ft)[5] skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is the second tallest building in Frankfurt, the second tallest building in Germany and the third tallest building in the European Union. It was the tallest building in Europe from its completion in 1991 until 1997 when it was surpassed by the Commerzbank Tower, which is also located in Frankfurt." Massive Stage, Soundstage, All Star Band, Musikmesse, ProLight + Sound, Jazz, Blues, #Frankfurt #Messeturm #HammondOrgan

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What's Happening Cousin Albert?! Jon Hammond and Albert Einstein, Supermarket Tabloids du jour by Jon

What's Happening Cousin Albert?! Supermarket Tabloids du jour by Jon Hammond Supermarket Tabloids du jour by Jon Hammond Accordion Radio http://www.accordionradio.com/blog.html/jon_hammond_show_06_10/ with Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, P!nk, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Megyn Kelly, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Ariana Grande, Steve Harvey, and Jon Hammond Funk Unit! + Life Magazine #WATCHMOVIE HERE: Jon Hammond Show 06 10 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondShow0610 Jon Hammond Show public access TV show broadcast channel 1 on Manhattan Neighborhood Network -MNN Air Time: 01:30 AM EST on 06/10 First segment "Lydia's Tune" from 1st Jon Hammond​ album (Late Rent) written in Paris 1981 after flying aboard the Concorde jet - JFK to CDG in 3 hrs. 26 minutes supersonic - performed here at Jon Hammond's 19th annual musikmesse​ Session in Jazzkeller Hofheim with the tenor saxophonist Peter Klohmann​, Giovanni Totò Gulino​ drums, Joe Berger​ guitar, Jon Hammond at the Sk1 Hammond organ ©JON HAMMOND International ASCAP http://www.HammondCast.com "The Jon Hammond Accordion Traveling Routine" - USA Due to heightened security measures at airports, accordionist Jon Hammond has now refined his method of travelling with his accordion, hence "The Jon Hammond Accordion Traveling Routine". It goes like this: *Jon arrives at the airport with a soft piece of luggage and his instrument in its hard case. *When checking in he explains to the Customer Service Agent that his instrument is essential to his work, irreplaceable, fragile, and worth several thousands of dollars. *He then displays the instrument, removes it from the case and places the soft luggage inside the accordion case, then proceeds to the security check. *He sends the accordion through the x-ray machine wrapped in his jacket. Sometimes the security people ask him to play it for them to demonstrate that it is a working instrument. *He then boards the aircraft with his accordion slung over his shoulder and carefully places it in the overhead bin (it fits!), covered with a blanket or jacket so other passengers don't throw their stuff on top of it! Works every time! http://www.accordionradio.com/blog.html Excelsior Accordions Like Count Basie said folks: "One more time!" only this time it's Jon Hammond & Cab Calloway - enjoy this priceless docu I personally shot & produced circa May 7th 1990 - declared "Cab Calloway Day" by the honorable David N. Dinkins then Mayor of New York City *LINK: https://www.facebook.com/hammondcast/videos/10154396629622102/ - MC'd by Bill Cosby & Phil Schaap remembering the great Arnie Lawrence and so many of the musicians on the film who are no longer with us, i.e. Eddie Barefield, David "Panama" Francis, Milt Hinton, Earle Warren, Little Jimmy Scott, Eddie Bert, Donald Byrd, Britt Woodman and many more - Jon Hammond @JON HAMMOND Intl. Jon Hammond plays Excelsior Accordions at Times Square, New York City #WATCHMOVIE HERE: Beacons In Jazz Award Concert Cab Calloway Bill Cosby Historic Movie New School NYC May 7 1990 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/BeaconsInJazzAwardConcertCabCallowayBillCosbyHistoricMovieNewSchoolNYCMay71990 by Jon Hammond Historic evening hosted by Bill Cosby, honoring Cab Calloway with legendary musicians and graduating musicians from New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music - filmed by Jon Hammond at the request of Arnie Lawrence - this documentary is for historical purposes Commercial Use Strictly Prohibited - from the New School Archives: *Note: Revisions to metadata notes will follow soon - Jon Hammond: – 4th Beacons in Jazz Awards Ceremony & Concert May 7, 1990 in the little theatre on 13th St., Mayor David N. Dinkins proclaimed May 7th as Cab Calloway Day in New York – and Cab was presented The Beacons in Jazz Award by jazz historian Phil Schaap – an incredible evening with concert including Jazz Survivors Band with Panama Francis, Milt Hinton, Eddie Barefield and more legends – then a large ensemble powered by the rhythm section of Bernard Purdie with Reggie Workman bass – horn section including the late great Arnie Lawrence, also Eddie Bert, Donald Byrd – many of these cats have passed on sadly, special appearance by Little Jimmy Heath conducting and playing soprano saxophone. Julian Junior Mance at the piano with Billy Harper on tenor sax – graduating saxophonist Walter Blanding Jr. played his old saxophone held together by rubber bands for the last time that night, as Cab Calloway personally presented him with a new Yamaha tenor saxophone which he immediately played “You’ve Changed” joined by the all-star band and Little Jimmy Scott vocals – Bill Cosby hosted the entire night and participated in the music with gusto – incredible historic evening that I personally documented – the project is now back in-progress 27 years later, Jon Hammond — with Bernard Purdie and Bernard Purdie at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music *Note from Jon Hammond: Bud DiFluri from Yamaha presented the special Yamaha tenor saxophone to Walter Blanding Jr. - which was inscribed from Cab Calloway, but actually bought and paid for by Bill Cosby. Walter eventually sold the saxophone. Anyone who knows where the instrument is or has it please contact either Jon Hammond or Bud DiFluri - Mr. DiFluri is now Professor of Marketing teaching at Nyack College. Appears in my movie - Jon Hammond: Cab Calloway possibly Chuck Schumer to the right of the women - Jon Hammond Bobby Johnson trumpet legend takes the stage - Jon Hammond Ira Gitler American Jazz Journalist, Elaine Ellman documentary photographer looking on - Jon Hammond woman reading program, Bobby Johnson Arnie Lawrence, drummer Bernard Purdie in tuxedo - Jon Hammond MC's Bill Cosby, Phil Schaap, Bobby Johnson trumpet and Earle Warren Count Basie Orchestra alum alto saxophone - Jon Hammond Bill Cosby, Red Richards, Milt Hinton, Eddie Barefield, Bobby Johnson & Earle Warren checking out Cosby - Jon Hammond LaJazzO M-V Concert with Jon Hammond at the Zeughaus Wismar Youtube https://youtu.be/mN36dsQEFPo 149 views #149 Usage Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Topics Meckelnburg Vorpommern, Landesjugendjazzorchester, NDR Archive, Big Band, Michael Leuschner, Heinz Lichius, Camera, Zeughaus Wismar, Landesmusikrat, Jon Hammond, #HammondOrgan #Jazz #Wismar download 1 file H.264 download download 1 file MPEG4 download download 1 file OGG VIDEO download download 1 file TORRENT Organ Meets Bigband in The Zeughaus Wismar - Camera: Heinz Lichius Am 30.07.2015 ist das Landesjugendjazzorchester Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (LaJazzO MV) mit seinem diesjährigen Solisten Jon Hammond in der Hansestadt Wismar zu Gast. https://www.facebook.com/events/1625578051045838/ Nachdem sich in den vergangenen Jahren das LaJazzO MV mit den in der Big Band vorkommenden Instrumenten musikalisch auseinandersetzte, wird in 2015 die Jazzorgel musikalisch thematisiert werden. Unter dem Titel "Organ meets Big Band" wird dieses sehr traditionsreiche Instrument der Jazzgeschichte in den Mittelpunkt der Konzertreihe im folgenden Jahr gestellt. Als Jazzinstrument wurde es von Fats Waller in den 30er Jahren eingeführt und hatte seine Hochzeit in den 50er Jahren durch seine Vertreter wie Jimmy Smith. Der international renommierte New Yorker Jazzorganist Jon Hammond wird zusammen mit dem LaJazzO MV unter der Leitung von Michael Leuschner den besonderen Charme dieses Instrumentes wieder zum Leben erwecken. Im Programm sind unter anderem Titel von Jimmy Smith, arrangiert von Steve Grey - eine Leihgabe aus dem Archiv der NDR-Bigband. Jon Hammond studierte in den siebziger Jahren am Berklee College of Music und am City College San Francisco. Konzertreisen führten ihn quer durch die Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada. In seiner eigenen 'Jon Hammond Show' spielte er mit Musikern wie Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Butterfield, Jaco Pastorius, John Entwistle, Sammy Davis Jr., Percy Sledge und vielen anderen. Auch in Europa fand und findet seine Musik unverändert viele Anhänger. Die Medien berichten wiederholt von einem unverwechselbaren und prägenden Sound. Jon Hammond hat u.a. auf der 20. Frankfurter Musikmesse mitgewirkt und tritt vornehmlich in Hamburg auf. "The Jon Hammond Show" is a funky, swinging Jazz instrumental revue, featuring notable international soloists and reflecting the influences of Miles Davis, The Crusaders and Jimmy Smith. Programm: "Organ meets Bigband" Leitung: Michael Leuschner Donnerstag, d. 30.07.2015, 19:00 Zeughaus Wismar with Elli Soosz, Jan Rolle, Daniel Be, Leon Saleh, Gabriel Rosenbach, Michael Leuschner, Heinz Lichius, Matthis Rasche, Hörni Thorun, Paul Gramkow, Marie Birkholz, Jan Boge, Ole Si, Elisabeth Guericke, Nane Schüßler, Henning Schiewer, Noah Jens, Oliver Herlitzka, Anne-Katrin Meyer and Al Tobias at Zeughaus Wismar Producer Jon Hammond Language German Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/6842260423 AFM Local 6 Member Jon Hammond https://afm6.org/member-profile/jon-hammond-wheres-the-gig/ JON HAMMOND: “WHERE’S THE GIG?” - Alex Walsh Jon Hammond is a musician, composer, bandleader, publisher, journalist, TV show host, radio DJ, and multi-media entrepreneur. He currently travels the world, playing gigs and attending trade shows.

“Every time I see a musician walking down the street I say, ‘Hey, where’s the gig?’ Because it doesn’t matter what kind of music you play, if you’re carrying an instrument–going to a rehearsal, or coming back from a repair shop, whatever it is–we all need our gigs. And that’s what the union is all about. Hopefully, we can all keep working and be supportive of everybody’s gigs. There’s room for everybody.” THE EARLY YEARS Jon Hammond was born in Chicago in 1953. His father was a doctor and his mother was a housewife. They both played the piano. In 1957, his parents moved Jon and his four sisters to Berkeley, CA, where his father worked in a hospital as head of the emergency room. When he was nine, Jon started accordion lessons. “In those days, they had studios where parents would drop their kids off after school for tap dancing and accordion lessons. There were accordion bands and they would compete against each other.” Jon played his first gig at a senior citizens luncheon when he was eleven. Not only did he get a free lunch but he was paid $25 –a lot of money in those days. Jon says his father was supportive, but did not want him to pursue a music career. “He told me that music was a great hobby. He got me a wonderful professional accordion for my Bar Mitzvah, directly from John Molinari, one of the greatest accordionists who ever lived. It was a Guilietti Professional Tone Chamber accordion. That’s the accordion I won Jr. Jazz Champion on in 1966.” In high school, Jon attended a private boys school in San Francisco. He was a class clown, and when it got to the point where he was going to be expelled, Jon took his accordion and ran away from home. He immersed himself in the San Francisco music scene and started playing organ in several bands. By 1971 he was in a four piece rock group called Hades which shared a rehearsal space with Quicksilver Messenger Service. “I was friends with their manager, Ron Polte, who also managed guitarist John Cipollina. We got to open for his band, Copperhead.” Jon continued to play gigs in the Bay Area in different configurations, including a few gigs with a young Eddie Money. By this time Jon had become frustrated with the Bay Area scene. One night while playing a biker bar he got into a fight and his band didn’t come to his defense. “That was the last straw. I was angry and I said I wasn’t coming back.”

Jon in the early 70s Jon moved to Boston in 1973 to attend the Berklee School of Music. He also got a gig playing in Boston’s Combat Zone backing up burlesque shows. When Jon saw one of his idols, pianist Keith Jarrett play in New York he told him he was going to Berklee and asked him for advice. “Keith looked me right in the eye and said ‘Berklee can be very dangerous for your music.’ It was like he popped this huge bubble. Years later I came to understand what he was talking about. You have to learn the fundamentals, but the music itself comes from a much deeper place. They can’t teach that, you have to find it yourself.” When Jon’s teachers began sitting in on his gigs in Boston, he questioned why he was in school if the teachers were coming to play with him. He quit school, moved to Cape Cod and started playing with bandleader Lou Colombo. “He did all the private parties for Tip O’Neill. We played what they used to call the business man’s beat. On the gig it was forbidden to swing. It was like swing cut in half. So if you tried to go with the four, Lou would say, ‘Don’t swing it, don’t swing it.’ He pounded it into my head night after night.” LATE RENT In 1981 Jon took a trip to Paris where he broke through his writers block and wrote some of his best music. He returned to New York with his new tunes and started a production company with the idea of getting a record deal for a friend that had played on a #1 hit record. After months of pounding the pavement with no results, Jon realized he had better work on his own music before his money ran out. He took the last of his savings, including his upcoming rent money, and went into the studio to record what came to be known as “The Late Rent Sessions”. The session had Todd Anderson on tenor sax, Barry Finnerty on guitar, Stephen Ferrone on drums, and Jon on B3. They recorded at Intergalactic, the last studio that John Lennon recorded in. Jon had no luck getting a record deal for his new project, but he did get gigs in New York with his band Jon Hammond and the Late Rent Session Men.

Jon Hammond Band Onstage at NAMM, 2014: Joe Berger, Dom Famularo, Alex Budman, Koei Tanaka, Jon Hammond In 1982, Jon found out about public access television and the idea that anyone could produce a show and get it on TV. He started broadcasting on Manhattan’s public station in 1984. “I decided I was going to produce a radio show on TV. The first episodes showed just my tapping foot and my voice. It was a gimmick. We had graphics that were synchronized to go with the music. It worked out well. People dug it.” Within a few weeks, Jon was interviewed and featured in Billboard Magazine. The Jon Hammond Show was considered an alternative to the clips on Cable TV. “MTV was still in its infancy. We had a concept that was revolutionary. My phone started ringing and we were the hot kids on the block.” LIVING ABROAD Jon continued to play gigs in New York and produce his TV show. In 1987, he went to his first trade show (NAMM) where he was introduced to Mr. Julio Guilietti, the man who built his accordion. He then began traveling to trade shows and making contacts with musicians and companies around the world, including Hammond Suzuki. “They gave me the Hammond XB-2, the first really powerful portable Hammond organ. Glenn Derringer, one of my all-time heroes, presented it to me. I got one of the first. Paul Shaffer from the Letterman Show got the other. At the time there was only one EXP-100 expression pedal–we had to share the pedal. I used the pedal for my gigs and when Paul needed it I would bring it over to him at 30 Rockefeller Center on my bicycle.” In the early 90s, when his New York gigs began drying up, Jon was encouraged to go to Germany. “It was a hard time. My father had just died and there were very few gigs. I got the XB-2 organ right when I needed it, so I decided to take a chance. I bought a roundtrip ticket to Frankfurt with an open return. I went with 50 bucks and stayed for a year. When I came back, I had 100 bucks.” Jon stayed at a friend’s house and played a borrowed accordion on the street until he could get a band together. “I played on the street until my fingers turned blue and would collect enough money to get some fish soup. After about two weeks I got a call—I had put a band together and had 3 gigs coming up. A TV show had heard my story and wanted to do a story on me. At the first gig 19 people came; the second only 15 people came. Then I got the little spot on TV. When I came to the third gig people were lined up down the street. When I walked up I thought they were having an art exhibit. When they said, ‘No, they’re waiting for you.’ I choked up, I couldn’t even talk. So I’ve been playing there every year since. The people in Germany really saved my musical career at a time when very few things were happening for me in New York or San Francisco. I have a really good following in Europe. I keep busy as a musician in the States, playing hospitals and assisted living places, but my band dates I pretty much play overseas.” Jon’s Late Rent Sessions was eventually released on a German label and received modest airplay. During the 90s he travelled back and forth to Europe, spending a year playing gigs in Paris, and eventually settling in Hamburg. Since then he has released two more albums and has played gigs in Moscow, Shanghai, and Australia. With the help of the internet, Jon is able to produce his TV show anywhere. PRESENT DAY In the mid-2000s Jon produced Hammondcast, a radio program for CBS that aired in San Francisco at four in the morning and was rebroadcast before Oakland A’s games. “When the baseball games played in the afternoon, my show would play for about 20 minutes and then it was pre-empted. I had a lot of fun with that.” His guests included Danny Glover, Barry Melton from Country Joe & the Fish, and many local people. “It took me awhile to figure out that I had permission to broadcast anything I wanted. I could play the London Philharmonic or Stevie Wonder. My tag line was ‘Hello, Hello, Hello! Wake up or go back to sleep…’” Today, Jon continues to visit tradeshows and is determined to keep doing everything he does as long as he can. “I made a pact with my longtime co-producer, guitarist Joe Berger, that we are going to go to these trade shows until we are little old men with canes.” Jon has released four CDs

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