Cool toy: 88 piano keys mapped to the 88 counties in Ohio

Cartographer Andy Woodruff recently posted a neat little musical Flash toy at his site, Ohio is a piano, that takes advantage of the match between Ohio’s 88 counties and the 88 keys on a piano. From his explanation:

How the keys are mapped to the counties depends on a specified data attribute: the notes and counties are ordered by that attribute and then linked to one another. For example, if the chosen attribute is population, the county with the lowest population is assigned the lowest-frequency piano key, the county with the highest population is assigned the highest-frequency piano key, and so on…In my experience, most of it sounds like crap, apart from the provided simplified bits of actual songs of course. But I would be very interested to hear if anyone discovers any patterns that sound decent.

I think he’s being modest with that last part. It’s a simple concept, sure, but he turned into a fun little toy, and the execution opens up interesting possibilities. Among other things, each multi-county metro area becomes a different chord, and he lets you play with the data in different ways - e.g., hearing a route between different cities. I like using the mouseover option at the top and then creating spare strings of notes, with the occasional Toledo or Dayton-Springfield chord thrown in for flavor. [via Metafilter]

The Latest Nonsense - 08/18/2009


Time Song Artist Album
2pm The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise Les Paul and Mary Ford
  A Helluva Town George Russell
  Hollywood Squares Charo and Peter Marshall
  Socialists P.I.L.
  Keep Your Head To the Sky Earth, Wind & Fire
  Schonerland Pole
  Coat of Colors 3's a Crowd
  Try It Again Bobby Byrd
  In Every Home a Heartache Roxy Music
  Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast Wayne Newton
  Only a Girl Randy Newman
  Oblighetto (Remix) Brother Jack McDuff & J. Dilla
  Sunshine of Your Love Mike Melvoin
  Tonight's the Night Kleer
  Afroswing Gino Conte
  Baltimore Stephen Malkmus

Music in my soul: the legacy and the lyrics - African American quilting group

There is a wonderful exhibit of quilts at the Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, called “Music in my soul: the legacy and they lyrics”. This exhibit features a collection of quilts created by a local group of African-American quilters. This particular group was co-founded by our very own Jereann King, co-host of Ungerground Railroad Love. So, stop by if you’re in the area and check out these fantastic quilts.

www.hayti.org/music-in-my-soul-the-legacy-and-the-lyrics/

taint town live - 08/17/2009


Time Song Artist Album
9pm I Want To Talk About You Steve Kuhn Trio w/Joe Lovano Mostly Coltrane
  Tenderly Billy Eckstine Voices
  Fly Me To The Moon Sergio Salvatore & Christos Rafalides Dark Sand
  I Haven't Anything Better To Do Jackie Ryan Doozy
  I Forgot About You Kevin Deitz Skylines
  Boogablues Gerald Clayton two-shade
  Lost on the Way Louis Sclavis Lost on the Way
  Crosscurrents Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings Renegades
  Ed Blackwell: The Blue Mountain Sun Drummer Wadada Leo Smith & Jack DeJohnette America
10pm Number 7 Yusef Lateef Live at Pep's
  The View from Blue Mountain Dave Douglas Spirit Moves
  Catania Joey Calderazzo Haiku
  Blackbird Chad McCullough Dark Wood, Dark Water
  The Cubist Ted Nash In The Loop
  Pussy Cat Dues Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um
  She's All That The Beat Daddys Delta Vision
  Dropout Boogie Fast 'N' Bulbous Waxed Oop
  Kari Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (Kahil El'Zabar, Ernest Khabeer Dawkins & Corey Wilkes) Mama's House Live
11pm Moon River Brad Mehldau Trio The Art of the Trio, Vol. 2: Live at the Village Vanguard
  Graphite Michael Musillami Trio + 3 From Seeds
  Two Bass Hit Matt Wilson Quartet That's Gona Leave A Mark
  Tiger's Lair Tamir Handelman Playground
  Canary Drums Ralph Bowen Dedicated
  Evidence Bobby Broom ...plays for Monk
  Sex Cog Carl Maguire's Floriculture Sided Silver Solid

Jazz w/o Borders - 08/16/2009

Program #200908c

Produced & hosted by Mitchell Feldman

Time Song Artist Album
3pm In A Silent Way / It's About That Time Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band Live
  Someday My Prince Will Come Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band Live
  Variations On Lonely Woman Miroslav Vitous Remembering Weather Report
  Cobilla Jack DeJohnette / John Patitucci / Danilo Perez Music We Are
  You Must Go Through A Winter Joel Harrison Urban Myths
  The Field Rob Mazurek Quintet Sound Is
  Not So Far (Australia) Brad Shepik Human Activity Suite
4pm Wade Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings Renegades
  Congo Kobie Watkins Involved
  B Day Song Diverse Diverse
  Visionary of an Abstrakt Corey Wilkes & Abstract Pulse Cries From Tha Ghetto
  X Rented Mule X
  Minimus Edward Ratliff Those Moments Before
  Found The October Trio + Brad Turner Looks Like It's Going To Snow
  Nearly Human Fred Forney Chasing Horizons
  Piebald City Ricky Sweum Pulling Your Own Strings
5pm Bottom of the Ninth Dave Glenn National Pastime
  Coisa #10 Helio Alves It's Clear
  New York, U.S.A. Todd Bishop 69 Année Érotique: The Music Of Serge Gainsbourg
  Living Pictures Otmaro Ruiz Sojourn
  Baiao Malandro Egberto Gismonti Alma
  Frevo Egberto Gismonti Alma
  7 Aneis Egberto Gismonti Alma
  Plena Organization Positive Catastrophe Garabatos Volume One
  Contenido Adentro Positive Catastrophe Garabatos Volume One

Congo Square - 08/16/2009

Episode 2
Congo Square was the only place in America where African slaves were allowed to market goods, socialize, and participate in drumming, music making, and dance in the 1700s-1800s, establishing the roots of American music. Although the historic use of the site predates jazz, it is significant because of the role the square played in New Orleans’ musical heritage and as a symbol of the early African-American contributions to the origins of jazz and other musical forms. Hi, I’m Jeff Duperon your host for a three hour journey of musical delights showcasing the music of New Orleans and the surrounding Region. Welcome…to Congo Square on listener-supported…TaintRadio.

Time Song Artist Album
3am Looking Back Johnny Adams Man of My Word
  Congo Square The Troy Andrews Quintet The End of the Beginning
  Nothing Takes The Place of You Toussaint McCall Rhythm & Blues 1967
  Funk Is In The House Walter 'Wolfman' Washington Music Is What We Do
  Ma Brunette Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers My Name is Beau Jocque
  Secret Love Germaine Bazzle & Friends The New New Orleans Music
  Brother John is Gone Wild Magnolias Our New Orleans
  Land of 1000 Dances Chris Kenner Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974
  The Ballad of Chet Kincaid Branford Marsalis Quartet Crazy People Music
  Li'l Liza Jane Kermit Ruffins The Big Butter & Egg Man
  Heterogenity Victor Goins Genesis
4am Butler's Boogie Henry Butler Blues After Sunset
  Baby Won't You Please Come Home Topsy Chapman and the Pros New Orleans
  Next Time You See Me J Monque 'D Joe's Cozy Corner
  Mother-In-Law Ernie K-Doe Rhythm & Blues 1961
  Ride Your Pony Lee Dorsey Rhythm & Blues 1965
  You Go To My Head Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong meets Oscar Peterson
  Back Door Man Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin' Gon' Be Jus' Fine
  Girl Callin' Chocolate Milk Ice Cold Funk
  Laverne Butler A Foolish Thing To Do A Foolish Thing To Do
  Dr. Michael White Crescent City Calypso Blue Cresent
  Walking To New Orleans Fats Domino Rhythm & Blues 1960
  Rebirth Suffle Leroy Jones Back To My Roots
5am Medley: Slow Down-Bony Maroni-Knock On Wood-I Heard It Through The Grapevine-Classified James Booker Resurrection of the Bayou Maharajah
  Freight Train Blues Billie & DeDe Pierce The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Soundtrack
  Sunny Side of the Street Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band 1993
  You Move You Lose ReBirth Brass Band Rollin'
  New Orleans Henri Smith New Orleans Friends and Flavours
  Take Me As I Am Wanda Rouzan It's What I Do
  New Orleans Street Beat Marlon Jordan The Undaunted
  It Ain't My Fault Fred Kemp Quintet The Sounds of New Orleans

taint town live - 08/16/2009


Time Song Artist Album
Midnight We See Ellery Eskelin/Andrea Parkins/Jim Black The Secret Museum
  Comadi CeU Vagarosa
  One Mint Julep Jim Rotondi Blues for Brother Ray
  Night Train World Saxophone Quartet Rhythm and Blues
  I'm Calling/Loose Pajamas Jessica Jones Quartet Word
  Cry Me a River Aaron Neville Nature Boy: The Standards Album
  Kalaam/Dassthaa/Delbasstegi Cyminology As Ney
  Jacobin Club Darcy James Argue's Secret Society Infernal Machines
1am I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Dave Douglas Spirit Moves
  I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Teenage Larvae I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive: Hank Williams Revisited
  Quorum Call Jon Irabagon's Outright Jon Irabagon's Outright
  Foundations, No. 1 William Parker Trio Painter's Spring
  Less Tension Please Greg Osby Nine Levels
  Dwarfs Klang Tea Music
  Crossing Samsara David S. Ware Shakti
3am On Account of a Hat Josh Berman Old Idea
  The Speed of Change Mike Reed's Loose Assembly The Speed of Change
  How Deep Is Your Love The Bad Plus w/ Wendy Lewis For All I Care
  The Door Mathias Eick The Door
  One's Mind's Eye Gilfema Gilfema + 2
  Eleanor Rigby Tessa Souter Obsession
  She Is Standing Lisa Sokolov A Quiet Thing

Congo Square - 08/14/2009

Episode 2
Congo Square was the only place in America where African slaves were allowed to market goods, socialize, and participate in drumming, music making, and dance in the 1700s-1800s, establishing the roots of American music. Although the historic use of the site predates jazz, it is significant because of the role the square played in New Orleans’ musical heritage and as a symbol of the early African-American contributions to the origins of jazz and other musical forms. Hi, I’m Jeff Duperon your host for a three hour journey of musical delights showcasing the music of New Orleans and the surrounding Region. Welcome…to Congo Square on listener-supported…TaintRadio.

Time Song Artist Album
Midnight Heterogenity Victor Goins Genesis
  Looking Back Johnny Adams Man of My Word
  Congo Square The Troy Andrews Quintet The End of the Beginning
  Nothing Takes The Place of You Toussaint McCall Rhythm & Blues 1967
  Funk Is In The House Walter 'Wolfman' Washington Music Is What We Do
  Ma Brunette Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers My Name is Beau Jocque
  Secret Love Germaine Bazzle & Friends The New New Orleans Music
  Brother John is Gone Wild Magnolias Our New Orleans
  Land of 1000 Dances Chris Kenner Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974
  The Ballad of Chet Kincaid Branford Marsalis Quartet Crazy People Music
  Li'l Liza Jane Kermit Ruffins The Big Butter & Egg Man
1am Butler's Boogie Henry Butler Blues After Sunset
  Baby Won't You Please Come Home Topsy Chapman and the Pros New Orleans
  Next Time You See Me J Monque 'D Joe's Cozy Corner
  Mother-In-Law Ernie K-Doe Rhythm & Blues 1961
  Ride Your Pony Lee Dorsey Rhythm & Blues 1965
  You Go To My Head Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong meets Oscar Peterson
  Back Door Man Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin' Gon' Be Jus' Fine
  Girl Callin' Chocolate Milk Ice Cold Funk
  Laverne Butler A Foolish Thing To Do A Foolish Thing To Do
  Dr. Michael White Crescent City Calypso Blue Cresent
  Walking To New Orleans Fats Domino Rhythm & Blues 1960
  Rebirth Suffle Leroy Jones Back To My Roots
2am Medley: Slow Down-Bony Maroni-Knock On Wood-I Heard It Through The Grapevine-Classified James Booker Resurrection of the Bayou Maharajah
  Freight Train Blues Billie & DeDe Pierce The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Soundtrack
  Sunny Side of the Street Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band 1993
  You Move You Lose ReBirth Brass Band Rollin'
  New Orleans Henri Smith New Orleans Friends and Flavours
  Take Me As I Am Wanda Rouzan It's What I Do
  New Orleans Street Beat Marlon Jordan The Undaunted
  It Ain't My Fault Fred Kemp Quintet The Sounds of New Orleans

Coalfired Origami Squid - 07/26/2009

That show recorded live inside a duplex egg carton…Coalfired Origami Squid # 21
Original Broadcast - Wednesday, 12th August, 2009 - 7:00 - 9:00pm
Repeat - Sunday, 16th August, 2009 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

Time Song Artist Album
7pm Images of the Dream and Death - Volume One - Parts 1 & 2 Akos Rozmann Images of the Dream and Death
  Toledo Oregon Prime
  Olvidados Archie Shepp Fire Music
  The Fat Lady of Limborg Brian Eno Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)
8pm These are Odd Times Steve Smith/Tom Coster/Larry Coryell Cause and Effect
  Suite from No Exit Vladimir Ussachevsky Film Music
  Roashamatod Skull Session Rise Above
  Alice in Wonderland John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Jo Kendall, David Hatch I'm Sorry I'll Read that Again
  Alil Pikai Papua New Guinea Stringbands with Bob Brozman Songs of the Volcano

Analog and More - 08/15/2009

Guest Host My Nephew Zaire Portier aka DJ Brown Bear from Brooklyn.
Get out and listen to live local music!!!
www.lincolntheatre.com/
www.the-pour-house.com/
www.primesmokehouse.com/
www.catscradle.com/

Time Song Artist Album
6pm Shadrach Beastie Boys Pauls Boutique
  Season The Veer Union
  Wild and free Curtis Mayfield Curtis
  Everybody But You Dave Barnes
  The Game Motor Head
  Vida Nocturna Willie Colon
  Tijaniyya Youssou N Dour Egypt
  Shakey Ground Temptation Glass House
  Ain't No mkae Believe Stone free Express
  Harlem / Cold Baloney Bill Withers Live Carnegie Hall
  Thuganomics John Cena
7pm Time Travelin Common
  Micheal Jackson Smooth Criminal Dangerous
  Why You Wanna Bring me Down Aranda
  Stephen's Kingdom Djavan Birds of Paradise
  Move On Up Curtis Mayfield Curtis
  There Was A Time James Brown/Dee Felice Trio Gettin Down To It
  Trouble Is My name Don Hines
  Voodo Child
  Sedjedo Angelique Kidjo
  I want Chaka Khan The Woman I Am