SENATE RACE COVERAGE

My package of stories o the U.S. Senate race appears in The New Mexican today. The main story is HERE.


The Tom Udall profile is HERE.

The Steve Pearce profile is HERE.

A look at both candidates' campaign contributions is HERE.

And don't forget my story on John McCain's appearance in Albuquerque yesterday. That's HERE.

Kate Nash covered last night's Obama appearance in Albuquerque last night. You'll find that HERE.

I'll be covering the final Udall/Pearce debate tonight. That's on KOAT, Channel 7 at 6 p.m.

CONE OF POWER

Nine days out and Barack Obama is winning all the opinion polls. But he also won a lesser-known poll last week.

According to the fine folks at Baskin-Robbins, more people voted for their flavor "Whirl of Change" ("Peanut-Nougat ice cream whirled with chunks of chocolate-covered peanut brittle and a caramel ribbon") than "Straight Talk Crunch" ("Caramel ribbon, chocolate pieces, candy red states and crunchy mixed nuts swirled into White Chocolate ice cream.")

The vote was close -- 51 percent to 49 percent. The icecream giant didn't break down the numbers according to electoral college votes.

For the record, unless they make a sugar-free version, I won't be trying either flavor.

McCAIN IN ALBUQUERQUE

John McCain returned to Albuquerque this morning.

Here's the link to my story.

The weirdest thing I heard heard today won't be found in my story. When Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was introducing McCain, he invited New Mexico supporters to visit Myrtle Beach, S.C. There, the senator said, you'll find a new Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not Aquarium, where you can see "Sharks chase Siamese twins."

That might not be an exact quote. Maybe he said the Siamese twins chase the sharks.

Either way, I haven't been able to get that image out of my head since.

THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, October 24, 2008
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org

OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Jerry Lee Lewis
Pick Me Up on Your Way Down by Jimme Dale Gilmore
Bye Bye Blues by Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Honky Tonk Hangover by Miss Leslie
Waiting For a Train by Dickey Betts
Pistol Packin' Papa by Jimmie Rogers
Insane Crazy Blues by The Memphis Jug Band
Jesus Throwed Up a Highway For Me by Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers
Ol' Hen by Gus Cannon
Cluck Old Hen by Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs

Some of Shelly's Blues by Michael Nesmith
That Little Old Winedrinker Me by Sleepy LaBeef
Handcuffed to Love by Johnny Paycheck
Your Atom Bomb Heart by Hank King with Bud Williams & His Smiling Buddies
Sadie's Back in Town by Sonny Burgess
The Wayward Wind by Lynn Anderson with Emmylou Harris
Lawd I'm Just a Country Boy in This Great Big Freaky City by The Bottle Rockets
Medley of Burned Out Songs by Asylum Street Spankers
Mike the Can Man by Joe West

Neck of Tha Woods by Hundred Year Flood
Waiting for the Demons to Die by Boris & The Saltlicks
Your Red Wagon by Paul Burch & His Honkey Tonk Orchestra
I Ain't Got Nobody by Asleep at the Wheel with Don Walser
Last of the Drifters by Tom T. Hall & Johnny Cash
Girl on the Greenbriar Shore by Bob Dylan
Take a Trip by Rev. Utah Smith
Wee Scary Beasties by Wee Hairy Beasties

Railroad Bill by Greg Brown
Blue Wing by Dave Alvin
The Ballad of Jakeleg Judy by The Dolly Ranchers
Wheels by Fred Eaglesmith
Amanda/A Couple of More Years by Waylon Jennings
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

Steve Terrell is proud to report to the monthly Freeform American Roots Radio list

TO AILING FRIENDS

Two musicians I know have had some serious health problems lately.

Jimmy Carl Black, former Mothers of Invention drummer and still the Indian of the group, has been suffering from leukemia for a few years now. He lived in New Mexico for a few years in the early '80s. He had a local band called Capt. Glasspack & His Magic Mufflers. And yes, he did play drums on "The Green Weenie" on my album way back when.

I saw Jimmy play the Outpost in Albuquerque late last year and he seemed to be doing well. But now I understand he's taken a turn for the worse.

He's living in Germany now. Do send your prayers.

Victoria Armstrong, a singer and songwriter who has performed around Santa Fe for years with her husband Don, recently had coronary bypass surgery and is recovering at her home in Tucson, Margaret Burke tells me. "... and of course the bills are astronomical and they are in need of dinero.."

Therefore Margaret and others are organizing a benefit for Victoria, Sunday Nov. 2 at 2nd St. Brewery. It's a four-hour show starting at 2 pm.

Musicians who are on the bill so far include Margaret Burke, Jim Terr, Steve Guthrie, Janice Mohr-Nelson, Sid Hausman, Raj Badri, Jono Manson, Bill and Bonnie Hearne, Joe West, Arne Bey and Sharon Gilchrist.

"We won't be selling tickets- but hopefully people will be feeling generous and we'll have plenty of hat passing!" Margaret says.

If anyone would like to send them a check:

Don and Victoria Armstrong
p.o. box 40994
Tucson, Az 85717