Mark Cornick @mcornick@mastodon.sdf.org

On the bus back from an NBA game, there is a couple who were also at the game, who look to be only slightly older than me (I’m 49) and the woman is wearing a black vest covered nearly 100% with metal band patches. Rock on, middle aged metal loving basketball fans. 🤘🏻

Giant Steps Episode 24: https://markcornick.com/jazz/2021/10/22/episode-24/

Freshmaker Show Episode 40: "This Has Been The Freshmaker Show": https://markcornick.com/show/2021/10/19/episode-40/

Coming up at 0000 UTC on @tilderadio is the final (for now) episode of the Freshmaker Show. Be there, or don't.

Da-dun da-duh, duh, dunnnnnnn

This Has Been The Freshmaker Show: https://markcornick.com/blog/2021/10/16/this-has-been-the-freshmaker-show/

Giant Steps Episode 23: https://markcornick.com/jazz/2021/10/15/episode-23/

Freshmaker Show Episode 39: "The Kids Are Coming Up From Behind": https://markcornick.com/show/2021/10/12/episode-39/

Giant Steps Episode 22: https://markcornick.com/jazz/2021/10/08/episode-22/

Tonight's Giant Steps show will be prerecorded, but will still contain all the jazz goodness you have come to expect. 0000 UTC at https://anonradio.net - brought to you by @SDF

Freshmaker Show Episode 38: "Let's Be Undecided": https://markcornick.com/show/2021/10/05/episode-38/

While there are plenty of people that are gleefully happy that Facebook went down, I take a different view. I'm thinking of the engineers at Facebook who were suddenly under immense, superhuman pressure to get things up and running again. I've been in that situation before, and it sucks.

Spare me the "they chose to work at Facebook" lecture. The only people who sign up to fight fires are firefighters. They're as human as me and they had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Three people were shot on my block last night. One died. Am finding out now that the fatality was a career firefighter out in the burbs, with the department that helped save my life after I was hit by an out-of-control driver on the Beltway in 2007.

So very sad and senseless. Gun violence is the American disease. We need the cure.

Giant Steps Episode 21: https://markcornick.com/jazz/2021/10/01/episode-21/

Freshmaker Show Episode 37: "An Eastern Star Is On": https://mcornick.com/show/2021/09/28/episode-37/

Giant Steps Episode 20: https://mcornick.com/jazz/2021/09/24/episode-20/

- Clifford Brown & Max Roach - I Get a Kick Out Of You
- Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
- Sonny Rollins - Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
- Yusef Lateef - Love Theme From Spartacus
- John Coltrane - Lush Life
- Cannonball Adderley - Hurricane Connie
- Oliver Nelson - Cascades
- Elvin Jones - Lady Luck

I've got a system upgrade for $work to be involved in tonight during my usual Giant Steps showtime, but I've recorded a new show with some tasty jazz tunes for you to enjoy. Tune in on https://aNONradio.net at 0000 UTC.

Pop/gaze sounds for your dreams/shoes tonight on the Freshmaker Show 0000 UTC @tilderadio (yes, that's coming up in just a few minutes)

Episode 19: "Giant Steps": https://mcornick.com/jazz/2021/09/17/episode-19/

Nine versions of "Giant Steps", as performed by:

- John Coltrane
- Woody Herman
- Iiro Rantala & Ulf Wakenius
- Bugge Wesseltoft
- Panzerballett
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- Poncho Sanchez
- Steve Smith/Scott Henderson/Victor Wooten
- Joey Alexander

Changes At The Freshmaker Show: https://mcornick.com/blog/2021/09/16/changes-at-the-freshmaker-show/