90 DAYS WITH PAY

By DEBORAH BAKER Associated Press
August 24, 2005

SANTA FE - The state Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily suspended a Santa Fe municipal judge while a disciplinary panel investigates allegations
of misconduct.

Judge Frances Gallegos will be suspended with pay for 90 days as of Monday, the high court ruled following a hearing.

So I'm trying to figure out what I can to at work to get a three-month suspension with pay ...

BACK TO WORK, BACK TO SCHOOL

I returned to work today after a two-week vacation. First time in two weeks that I wore long pants. Luckily it was a pretty easy day.

But tomorrow should be even stranger. I'm going back to school -- and even to my old alma mater, The University of New Mexico.

I'm already feeling like Rodney Dangerfield in Back to School. But instead of "Hot Lips" Houlihan, my professor will be former U.S. Sen. Fred R. Harris, a fellow Okie in exile.

I'm taking Harris' American Politics class. For years I nagged my daughter to take this. Only recently I realized that my real motivation was that I wanted to take it myself.

But the cool thing is that my daughter is going to take the class with me. She'll probably embarass me and get a better grade. But I'll probably be the only student with a direct memory of Harris' jingle when he ran for Senate back in the '60s:

The man from Oklahoma
Is a man that you can trust
A vote for Fred R. Harris
Is a vote of confidence ...

OTIS, MY MAN!

This just in from the Thirsty Ear Festival publicity machine:

OTIS TAYLOR REPLACES ODETTA IN LINEUP:
Due to an injury, ODETTA will be unable to perform at the Santa Fe Thirsty Ear Festival on Saturday, Sept. 3. We have little hard information on the injury, other than it's caused the cancelation of all her pending performances. We're all hoping for a thorough recovery. Replacing her is critically acclaimed bluesman OTIS TAYLOR, a W.C. Handy award winner whom Guitar Player magazine calls "arguably the most relevant blues artist of our time." One of our personal favorites, Taylor and his band play stark, original, hard-hitting, trance-like blues whose stories are often based in sometimes brutal history ...

I'm sorry to hear about Odetta's injury, but the cold hard truth is, I'd much rather see Otis. I'll never forget his performance at the 2001 (Dang, has it been that long?) Thirsty Ear, the year they held it at the Bonanza Creek movie ranch.

Speaking of the festival, I'll be doing a lengthy Thirsty Ear set on Friday night's Santa Fe Opry (10 p.m. Friday on KSFR, 90.7 FM)featuring the music of James McMurtry, Beausoleil, Ricki Lee Jones, Alvin Youngblood Hart, etc.

TERRELL'S SOUNDWORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, August xx, 2005
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
Now Webcasting
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Let Me Take You to the Beach by Frank Zappa
Goin' on Down to the BBQ by Drywall
Garbagehead by Eric "Roscoe' Ambel
Slow Night, So Long by The Kings of Leon
The Wagon by Dinosaur Jr.
Pokin' Around by Mudhoney
Moonraker by Hog Molly

Dog Food by Iggy Pop
Wild Thyme (H) by The Jefferson Airplane
Soul Kitchen by X
Rumble on the Docks by Link Wray
Shady Grove by Quicksilver Messenger Service
Sing Remember Me by James Bilacody & The Cremains
Bumble Bee by The Searchers
The House of the Rising Sun by Frijid Pink

Missed Your Big Chance by Mark Weber & Out of Context
Say I Am (What I Am) by Tommy James & The Shondells
Distant Shore by Robert Cray
Terrorized by Willie King & The Liberators
Government Lied by Otis Taylor
Dope by Stuurbarrd Bakkebaard
El UFO Man by Jonathan Richman

My Baby Joined the Army by Terry Evans
You Are So Beautiful by The Rev. Al Green
The Lion This Time by Van Morrison
Miss Patsy by Richard Thompson
This One's From the Heart by Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, August 19, 2005
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Now Webcasting
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell

OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Back From the Shadows Again by The Firesign Theatre
Diggy Liggy Lo by Doug & Rusty Kershaw
On the Sly by The Waco Brothers
Chaos Streams by Son Volt
Different Drum by Michael Nesmith
Ignorance is the Enemy by Rodney Crowell with Emmylou Harris and John Prine
Whiskey 6 Years Old by Marti Brom
Winter Time Blues by John Hiatt
Violet by Frank Black

Every Morning by Jon Nolan
Trotsky's Blues by Joe West
Meadowlake Street by Ryan Adams
We Sure Make Good Love by George Jones & Loretta Lynn
Railroad Bill by Dave Alvin
Skid Row Joe by Porter Wagoner
Just Because I'm a Woman by Dolly Parton
I Love Nickels and Dimes by Robbie Fulks

VASSAR CLEMENTS TRIBUTE


Dirty Drawers by Vassar Clements with Elvin Bishop
With a Vamp in the Middle by John Hartford
Lonesome Fiddle Blues by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Vassar Clements
Honey Babe Blues by Vassar Clements with Maria Muldaur
Land of the Navajo by Old and In the Way
White Room by Vassar Clements with John Cowan



American Boy by Eleni Mandell
Touch of Evil by Tom Russell with Eliza Gilkyson
Buffalo Skinners by Tim O'Brien
Something Strange is Happening by The Clothesline Revival
Pray For the Boys by Flatt & Scruggs
Sweet Little Bluebird by Grey DeLisle
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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