[From 7-10 p.m. Tuesday]

Loved the chat tonight with singer/songwriter Ellis Delaney – always fun! She’ll be at Grey Cat Concerts in Vestal at 4 p.m. Sunday; for info on that, e-mail greycatconcerts@gmail.com or go online to www.facebook.com/greycatconcerts. Songs of hers that we played with the interview:
“Everybody Wants to Belong”
“Hurricane”
“How Would It Be”
“Right on Time”
“You Are Royalty to Me”
“Coffee Song”
“No More Running”
“Twisted Roads”
Learn more about her music at http://www.ellis-music.com/news/

Then I premiered the new single “Chalk Lines” from Lo-Fi Resistance, the brainchild of local guitarist Randy McStine.

For the rest of the show, I played two tracks from new CDs I’ve received over the past couple of months and haven’t had time to play because of interviews and etc.
“Welcome to Pittsburgh” and “Down, Down, Down” – River City Extension
“Lazarus” and “Coochy Coochy” – Ray Wylie Hubbard
“Letters from My Lonelier Self” and “City Starts to Bloom” – Amber Rubarth
“Gotta Have Love” and “Breathe Deep” – Tim Snider
“Spin a Yarn” and “Mockingbird” – K.C. Clifford
“Kaleidoscope” and “Move” – jENNiNGS (a.k.a. Mary Jennings)
“Hey My My” and “Million Dollar Smile” – Sweet Wednesday
“Working in the Coal Mine” and “Mind Your Own Business” – Chris Smither

Then I played a couple of tracks from the late, great Michael Burks, a bluesman who died May 6:
“Empty Promises” and “Ashes in My Ashtray”

Finally capped it off with the Kinky Thought of the week, a tribute to all the WHRW DJs who are leaving us this semester:
“Around the Dial” by the Kinks

Next Tuesday at 7, I’ll chat with Broome Community College professor Mary Donnelly about her new biography of cult power-pop band Shoes, and we’ll debut a track (or two) from the new Shoes album. Then I’m sure I’ll find more music to play to round off the rest of the time. Remember, you can follow the show on Facebook:
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CHRIS PLAYED BY CHARLES BERMAN

1. Smallpox has not been completely destroyed. Where can you get it?

2. Where does rubber come from?

3. What does the “frequency” of a radio station refer to?

4. What does silk come from?

5. What is a bialy?

6. Why were “pulp” magazines given this name?

7. What are convenience stores called in Canada?

8. Who is Ma Bell?

9. How do historians know that Nero did not actually play the violin as Rome burned?

10. What used to be known as the British Empire is now known as what?

11. Name a black and white movie from after 1970.

12. In which move does Charlie Chaplin play the leader of a country?

13. What is the function of the Taj Mahal?

14. Describe the plot of the TV show “Beat the Clock.”

15. Why have there been very few visitors to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon since 2003?

16. Who was Patrice Lumumba?

17. Please describe the plot of the play The Cherry Orchard.

18. What causes rain?

19. What is an interrobang?

20. What was Jay Leno’s primetime show called?

21. name something only one of us has read, heard, or seen.

22. Heads or tails?

ALANA WATTS

1. Which Avenger had the most on screen time in the movie The Avengers?

2. Name one celebrity that made a guest appearance on the newest live episode of 30 RocK?

3. Who is the new French president?

3. What is his political affiliation?

4. How many eggs could a snowy owl lay at once?

5. What is the world record for having a ferret in one’s pants?

6. How as the story of the diving bell and the butterfly?

7. How many pups can a Tasmanian devil potentially have although she only has four lactation dispensaries?

8. Why does Robert Daughtery stutter while singing My Generation?

9. Sing “Yakko’s World.”

10. Which version of the CSI franchise was cancelled this week?