Saturday Follies (or Asleep At The Switch)

Lock up the wimmen an chillun, get the canned goods, sound the air raid siiiiiiiirrrreeeeeeeennnns! The Friday Follies IS BACK, a day late though!

1) Source of PHONY Pre-Iraq War Intelligence Found: Amazing!! An Iraqi defector who was failing miserably in his Chemical Engineering major in college AND never even the prominent chemical engineer he tried to pass himself off as, became an "intelligence source" with the intent of seeking asylum in Germany. So, he just started making up stuff to get himself to safety. And our ever so insightful and discerning Bush Administration fell for it. Worse yet these phony reports were passed along second hand by German intelligence officers who fell for this guys nonsense. More details here, and this will also air on "60 Minutes" this coming Sunday night (11/4). Just confirms again how much of a gullible dolt George Dubbaya really is.

2) Bring Down The Curtain on Telemarketing?: Could it be? Maybe, just maybe now that we've had the Do Not Cal List for a few years, and now there looks to be a DO NOT TRACK list for the web, could annoying telemarketing be seeing its final days? One could hope at least, watch this VIDEO for another perspective.

3) In Memoriam: This past week or so we lost Robert Goulet (Broadway/Stage singing star) and country singer Porter Wagoner. The weird thing was, Porter Wagoner's death attracted SO LITTLE media attention, rather odd considering that he was the one who was instrumental in launching Dolly Parton's career. And also, Paul Tibbets, the brave pilot who took the controls of the B-29 "Enola Gay" that dropped the A-bomb on Japan bringing WWII to a close, flew from the planet this week. RIP

4) More Washington Stuff: Condi Rice is about to be subpoenaed in an espionage case, George Dubbaya's pick for Attorney General is barely treading water after his refusal to answer a simple question, is or is not waterboarding a form of torture? Nice going guys!!! Throw out the shovels and switch to a mega-sized diesel powered excavator, you're gonna need it! And under-secretary of state Karen Hughes is handing in her resignation. Good lordy, the body count just rises exponentially with this administration as the train heads for the cliff.

5) Wish I Said This #2281: "King Crimson is the only band I know that can play in 17/8 time and still stay in nice hotels". Bill Bruford

6) More Busted Rhymes: So you think that Rap/Hip-Hop and violent crime aren't connected still? Well check this out, Atlanta based rapper Da Brat just got herself busted for a ANOTHER VIOLENT ASSAULT, this time against a waitress in a nightclub using a rum bottle. You just can't take these rappers anywhere without violence breaking out, can you? (side note, it's not the first time this moron has gotten herself busted for such things, for instance, a pistol-whipping of a club patron in 2000, real class act this girl is).

AND ON THE PLAYER

Stan Getz -The Steamer

A classic quartet session recorded in ONE DAY in 1956 (a shame they don't make records like that anymore) with Lou Levy on piano, Stan Levey on drums and Leroy Vinnegar on bass. Stan's BIG tenor sound is in full evidence as he not just merely states the melody and solos, but really reconstructs the melody as he goes, not to mention his solos are melodic compositions unto themselves. "Too Close For Comfort" is worth the price of admission alone!