Off the Air

Due to a lightning incident, WEFT is off the air until probably Tuesday so there will be no WMW on Sunday June 1. Tune in on June 8 for more womyn's music and music by women.

Kudos to the Programming Committee and WEFT

Last Friday night was the WEFT Volunteer Appreciation Party and it was great. Many wefties attended. The committee provided pizza and beverages and the volunteers (who else) brought dessert. Great fun was had by all...I recommend WEFT volunteering as a source of inspiration and amusement.

We got a preview of the new front studio (it's not quite ready yet) and it is going to totally rock. I'm going to feel like I'm on the bridge of the Enterprise when I sit at the console.

Personal note: I did WMW yesterday from my laptop. I did mostly okay...we were even able to transition from my laptop to the host of "Journey: Music of Greece"'s laptop with scarcely a break. YAY, me!

Connies Hot Flashes on Movies

Two thrillers on DVD from Spain:

The Orphanage is a carefully paced supernatural thriller about a mother who returns to her childhood orphanage to open a home for the disabled. But, her son mysteriously goes missing and mom insists his imaginary playmates had something to do with it. The heart of the movie lies in Laura’s performance, who is grief-stricken and guilt ridden about innocent mistakes from childhood where eerie clues may lead her toward finding her boy. Creepy and moving.

The Devil's Backbone is a major league fear inducing tale with political and allegorical meanings. A boy ghost, an impotent caretaker, his peg legged co-administrator, and an evil gardener will spook you with repeated jolts and unsettled feelings. Will the orphans ever be safe from the evil forces within the orphanage? How about that un-detonated bomb in the garden? Guillermo Dell Toro of "Pan's Labyrinth" offers up a winner from several years back.

Forget chainsaws and gimmicky evil tricksters, these two are the real deal!

Recommendations for reviews always welcome.

connie

barb's playlist may 4, 2008

Track Artist Album

1. Blackbird Evan Rachel Wood Across the Universe
2. Don't Cry for Me Argentina Sinead O'Connor am I not your girl
3. My Mind is Out to Get Me Margie Adam Best of
4. Sunday Morning Elizabeth Cook Balls
5. Eulogy for My Next Lover Brenda Kahn Goldfish Don't Talk Back
6. Tapestry Carole King Tapestry
7. Love is Wide Carrie Newcomer Betty's Diner
8. One Woman and a Shovel Carrie Newcomer Betty's Diner
9. Lost Voices Cathy Winter Breath on My Fire
10. Democrazy Chaka Khan group Come 2 My House
11. Damaged Goods Christine Lavin Future Fossils
12. If You Could Read My Mind Connie Kaldo Beautiful: Gordon Lightfoot Tribute
13. Would You Like to Dance Deidre McCalla With a Little Luck
14. Oscar Song Rebecca Pronsky departures & arrivals
15. Diamonds and Rust Joan Baez Diamonds and Rust
16. Wake Up Little Sparrow Lizz Wright Dreaming Wide Awake
17. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter Madeleine Peyroux Dreamland
18. Lifetime of Song Heather Alexander Everafter
19. Two Tongues at One Time Mariee Sioux Faces in the Rocks
20. For the Benefit of Time Lisabeth Weber Maggie Marshall The Firetower Sessions
21. And So It Goes Priscilla Herdman Ragtime Gal
22. Free to Be Marlo Thomas and Friends Free to Be…You and Me
23. Not Until the Wind Changes Maggie's Farm Glory Road
24. Second Fiddle Mother Folkers Live at the Arveida Center
25. Safe, Strong and Free Judy Fjell Livin' on Dreams
26. As Cool As I Am Dar Williams Mortal City
27. House of the Rising Sun Nina Simone Nina Simone Sings the Blues
28. If I Was the Woman You Wanted Nanci Griffith There's a Light Beyond These Woods
29. Getting Older Katie Moore Only Thing Worse
30. Velveteen Kathy Mar Plus Ca Change; Plus C'est La Meme Chose (2cd set)
31. Little Green Eyes Kathy Mar Plus Ca Change; Plus C'est La Meme Chose (2cd set)
32. Displacement Pamela Hines Trio Return
33. I Just Want to Make Love to You Heart The Road Home

WMW playlist 4/27/2008 barb's playlist

Track Artist Album

1. Xenophobia A'Lea Great Big World
2. How to find a rainbow Adie Grey …how to find a rainbow
3. Beautiful Songs Amanda Mabro Superwoman in the Making
4. Are You Experienced Belly Stone Free-a Jimi Hendrix tribute
5. Matthew Janis Ian Billies Bones
6. One and One Makes Three Jennifer Berezan Borderlines
7. Storms Never Last Jessi Coulter I've Always Been Crazy (tribute to Waylon Jennings)
8. Parlez-moi D'amour Linda Ronstadt Ann Savoy Adieu False Heart
9. Get Together Lizz Wright Dreaming Wide Awake
10. 19 Miles to Baghdad Lizzy West & the New Buffalo Spreading the Seeds-10th Anniversary
11. Living in the Moment Meg Christian Best of Meg Christian
12. Lovin' You Minnie Riperton Best of
13. Song For Rembered Heroes Nanci Griffith There's a Light Beyond These Woods
14. Love Letters Nora O'Connor Til the Dawn
15. Hymn to Her Pretenders Isle of View
16. Little Perennials Indigo Girls Despite Our Differences
17. If I Had a Heart Joni Mitchell Shine
18. Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) Melanie Best of Melanie
19. Gone Rebecca Pronsky departures & arrivals
20. Obviously soNIA No Bomb is Smart
21. The Winter It Is Past Susan McKeown Sweet Liberty
22. Foot of the Bed Tres Chicas Sweetwater
23. Don't Think Twice Waifs Magnetic Love
24. A New Marilyn Vonda Shepard Vonda Shepard
25. Magic Tina Dico Live Sessions (itunes exclusive)
26. May Queen Three Weird Sisters Hair of the Frog
27. Thanking the Universe Nicole Mitchell Black Unstoppable

Connie's Hot Flashes on Movies

Run Time 4:21 minutes- Tuesday 6:30AM Wednesday 7:30AM and Friday 6PM

CANVAS (a free screening at the Virginia on 4-27 at 4:30)

Also an Ebertfest choice, CANVAS looks in on a family dealing with the mother's schizophrenia where a normal home life is impossible because of it. The son is teased at school, the Dad has no emotional support system, and the unstable mom is hospitalized. The family portrays a down to earth slice of reality; the ending is a bit too upbeat to mirror reality, but it's a solid little film about how a family and the world deal with mental illness.

FOUR MONTHS, THREE WEEKS, AND TWO DAYS (at the Boardman)

a tough movie watching experience that directly deals with the abortion topic. Unlike American directors who insist upon happy endings when an unexpected pregnancy surfaces (Juno, Knocked Up, Waitress), this Romanian film takes it on in an unflinching manner- haunting and aesthetically powerful. Won many international awards (Cannes, etc.) but totally shunned by our "wonderful" Oscar Committee. Go figure.

National Women's Music Festival

http://www.wiaonline.org/home.htm

The National Women's Music Festival is right around the corner. This year it is in wonderful Madison, Wisconsin!!!!

June 19-22. Click on the link for more information!!!!