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From a recently sent email from a friend of mine, speaking of the recent helpful people of NO and NO Jazz:

To all my friends who are musicians or supporters of us that play music. Hurricane Katrina was a horrible event having an impact on many people in and around the gulf coast. I felt a need to help in a more specific way: find a way to assist our fellow musicians (some of whom came from the Chicago area) who through their efforts, attempt to keep alive the music and culture that we know as Jazz. In this birthplace of Jazz, many musicians are now impacted in ways we can't imagine.

"Do you know what it means, to miss New Orleans?" I certainly do: as does anyone that has spent any time in this unique city. It's hard to imagine!

Below you will find a list of various organizations that are collecting money, and other items in an effort to directly help the musicians of the New Orleans area. Many of these people are not wealthy to begin with, and now may have lost homes, personal possessions, instruments and venues to work. I've collected these through research and referrals from others looking to help.

My challenge to every musician is to take one night of income and help those fellow musicians and performers get back on their feet. Anything you can contribute will be greatly appreciated.

THANK YOU!

{Name edited for privacy, and I haven't asked him for permission to give out his name yet)

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL MUSICIANS AND MUSIC FANS THAT YOU KNOW!

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Preservation Hall - New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Relief Fund

Please donate to the New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Relief Fund.

This fund is established by Preservation Hall to provide musicians with financial support during this tragic time. All of the proceeds raised through this fund will go directly to New Orleans musicians. Thank you for your continued support.

(They also have a great t-shirt for sale where the proceeds go to this fund.)

You can currently only donate by calling 1-888-229-7911 and providing your credit card info over the phone or by sending a check to:

New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Relief Fund
PO Box 9081
Miramar Beach, FL 32550

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Tipitina's foundation

They've relocated to North Carolina and are doing what they can to provide support for musicians. Contact them via http://www.theleaf.com and click on the "support for hurricane Katrina survivors" link at the top. Or e-mail:
tipitinashelp@theLEAF.com

Bill Taylor

Director, Tipitina's Foundation

phone: (828) 686-8742

email: tipitinashelp@theLEAF.com

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MusiCares

The mission of the MusiCares Foundation is to "provide a safety net of critical services for music people in crisis". They have set aside funds for people affected by Hurricane Katrina. This is an organization affiliated with the Grammy Foundation: the organization that organizes the Grammy awards, many educational initiatives and tremendous support for the music community year round.

You can make a donation to them via their website:

http://www.grammy.com/musicares/

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Save New Orleans Music

http://www.savenolamusic.com/help.php

Donations can be made to the SWALHEC/NOMC Relief Fund (a 501 c3 under the Foundation for the LSU Health Sciences Center 72-1115391).

Iberia Bank
Acct 170 700 9057
200 West Congress
Lafayette, La. 70501
Phone: 337-521-4616

This fund goes directly to sustain our NOMC-in-Exile operations until January 2006 and to provide direct assistance to musicians; from purchasing gasoline to school uniforms for their children and everything in between.

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Donate to the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic (NOMC)

The NOMC is a grass roots organization created to provide free medical care to musicians. They do a wonderful job and particularly need help right now. They have relocated to Lafayette, LA and don't even have access to their former bank account because of the flooding. Of course, any type of support they could get from medical companies would be welcome, as well as financial donations. You can find out about the clinic at www.wwoz.org/clinic

You can make checks payable to:

NOMC Emergency Fund

Send to:

Barbara L. Bluffin

Private Banking Assistant

Iberia Bank
200 W. Congress
Lafayette, LA 70501
phone: (337) 521-4646
fax: (337) 521-4121 (fax)

The funds will be administered by:

Julie Shafie, MS
Finance Director
SW LA Area Health Education Center Foundation, Inc.
103 Independence Blvd.
Lafayette, LA 70506
phone: (337) 989-0001

fax: (337) 989-1401

email: finance@swlahec.com

web: http://www.swlahec.com

Or contact: Kathy Richard at (337) 989-0001

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Donate to NOAH (New Orleans and Houston)

They are providing housing and venues, and they have a database of musicians. You can find how to make a donation on their website, http://www.noahleans.org , or you can send a check to:

NOAH
POB 981024
Houston, TX 77098-8024
phone: (713) 805-9118

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Donate to the Jazz Foundation of America

The Jazz Foundation will be addressing the longer term needs of musicians. They are raising funds and distributing money for rent and other financial support and for what musicians may need most: replacements for lost instruments.

Send donations to:

Jazz Foundation of America
322 West 48th Street 6th floor
NYC 10036

Director: Wendy Oxenhorn
phone: (212) 245-3999 Ext. 21
email: joyce@jazzfoundation.org

web: http://www.jazzfoundation.org

web: http://www.jazzfoundation.org/new_orleans.php

Currently serving as the New York area coordinator for the New Orleans Musicians Clinic (NOMC) in the efforts to raise funds, The Jazz Foundation of America is now taking donations through Paypal. You can make donations on their site here: http://www.jazzfoundation.org/donate.php

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Project HEAL

Project HEAL is being coordinated by the Acadiana Arts Council. They are provided services seamlessly integrating artists impacted by Hurricane Katrina into existing Acadiana Arts Council programs which will quickly and directly assist those artists in immediate need of financial assistance.

Acadiana Arts Council
P.O. Box 53762
Lafayette, LA 70505
phone: (337) 233-7060 fax: (337) 233-7062

email: info@acadianaartscouncil.org

web: http://acadianaartscouncil.com/site115.php

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New Orleans Musicians' Fund

The Hillsborough, NC-based Music Maker Relief Foundation has set up the New Orleans Musicians Fund to extend help to the area's fractured music community. They are providing grants that will be for basic living expenses such as gasoline, food, rent, clothing and instrument replacement and are currently sending out care packages of t-shirts and hooded sweatshirts.

The Programs Coordinator will help artists connect with FEMA, the Red Cross, Social Services and Musicares as well as passport replacement, finding performance opportunities and relocation expenses. For more information, contact Tim Duffy - tim@musicmaker.org

http://www.nomrf.org/index.html

http://www.musicmaker.org

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Donate musical instruments

If you have any contacts with musical instrument manufacturers or retailers, send those contacts to Wendy Oxenhorn at the Jazz Foundation of America (see above).

Jazz Foundation of America
322 West 48th Street 6th floor
NYC 10036

Director: Wendy Oxenhorn

phone: (212) 245-3999 Ext. 21

email: joyce@jazzfoundation.org

web: http://www.jazzfoundation.org

web: http://www.jazzfoundation.org/new_orleans.php

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Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation Emergency Fund for Schools Affected by Hurricane Katrina!

The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation supports music education and its many benefits through the donation of new and refurbished musical instruments to underserved school and community music programs and individual students nationwide. The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation is joining forces with NAMM (International Music Products Association). NAMM will match contributions from NAMM members dollar for dollar.

www.mhopus.org

15125 Ventura Blvd. Suite 204, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
phone: 818.784.6787
fax: 818.784.6788
e-mail: donations@mhopus.org

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The Music For All Foundation

The Music For All Foundation is an organization providing relief specifically for New Orleans musicians. Their website is at http://music-for-all.org/hk.html

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Also: if you live in the Chicago area, please support the following performances:

There'll be Katrina benefit gig this Friday, September 23, at 9:00 pm, from 3:00 in the afternoon Friday until 3:00am Sat morning with all the proceeds going to the Red Cross. The Buckinghams perform at 9pm. Here's a link to the site. http://115bourbonstreet.com/special_events_detail.asp?SpecEventsID=158

There'll be a Katrina benefit on Saturday. Hurricane Gumbo, the Chicago-based band that my friend and colleague Joe Sonnefeldt is in, will be playing a special show to raise money for the victims of hurricane Katrina. "Since we owe so much to the people, music & culture of N.O.L.A., this is a gig that the band members initiated and we are very happy that B.J. McMahon's agreed to host it since so many of our most loyal fans are on the south side. At the same time, I hope those of you from the north side and NW suburbs will come out to support this very worthy cause." Sat. September 24; 7:30-11:30pm, B.J. McMahon's, 5432 W. 95th St., Oak Lawn, IL. See www.hurricanegumbo.net for more info.

Some of New Orleans' finest, The Astral Project, will be at The Green Mill on Fri. and Sat. Sept. 23 & 24. They've been regular visitors to the Mill for many years now. Let's show some support to these terrific players from my favorite music city.

Some Interesting Notes:

* Less than 2% of the World's population is connected to the
Internet.

* The average Bangladeshi must work Eight Years to afford a
computer.

* Around 80% of the world's population has never heard a
dial tone.

* There are more Internet accounts in London, than in all of
Africa.

* "Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic
dark. In our obscurity -- in all this vastness -- there is no
hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from
ourselves. It is up to us." -- Carl Sagan (astronomer)

"When It's OK to 'be a Hater' " Links (THIS SECTION OF LINKS ARE NOT FAIR AND BALANCED AND BY THEIR VERY NATURE, NEVER WILL BE)

It's OK to Hate scientology ! (OR: ALWAYS A 40 after oral sex! WE ALL need to de-program Isaac Hayes so we can bring back Chef to South Park)

We have for you now (and our buddies in the UK at the Royal Albert Hall, Frank's Tickets, and Buddy at Artifax) the "controversial" why-Chef-left-SouthPark episode entitled "Out the Closet" (but its not about Chef at all, he's just not in it due to his personal delusions): Starring all your favorite celebrity morons - download the AVI file for pure pleasure.

Cruise cruise's into Our Belov-ed South Park Creator (the AP story is duplicated here just in case strong-arm tactics cause CBSNEWS.COM or Associated Press Wire Services to retract)

'South Park' Battle 'Has Just Begun'

(AP) "South Park" has declared war on Scientology.

Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated satire, are digging in against the celebrity-endorsed religion after a controversial episode mocking outspoken Scientologist Tom Cruise was yanked abruptly from the schedule Wednesday, with an Internet report saying it was covert warfare by Cruise that led to its departure.

"So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun!" the "South Park" creators said in a statement Friday in Daily Variety. "Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies... You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail!"

The Internet Blogger hollywoodinterrupted.com said Thursday that Cruise threatened to not promote "Mission: Impossible 3," a surefire summer blockbuster, if the offending episode ran. Comedy Central is owned by Viacom, as is Paramount, which is putting out the film.

But Cruise's representative, Arnold Robinson, told The Associated Press Friday that the mega-star made no such demands.

"Not true," Robinson said. "I can tell you that he never said that."

A call by The Associated Press to a Paramount representative was not returned Friday.

The episode in question, "Trapped in the Closet," which first aired last November, shows Scientology leaders hailing Stan, one of the show's four devilish fourth-graders, as a savior. A cartoon Cruise locks himself in a closet and won't come out. An animated John Travolta, another famous Scientologist, enters the closet to try to get him out.

The battle began in earnest earlier this week when Isaac Hayes, another celebrity Scientologist and longtime show member, voicing the ladies' man Chef, quit the show, saying he could no longer tolerate its religious "intolerance and bigotry."

"There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," the 63-year-old soul singer and outspoken Scientologist said.

"Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored," he continued. "As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."
Stone and Parker didn't buy that either.

On Monday, Stone told The Associated Press, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith in Scientology...He has no problem, and he's cashed plenty of checks, with our show making fun of Christians."

A Comedy Central spokesman said Friday that the network pulled the controversial episode to make room for two shows featuring Hayes.

"In light of the events of earlier this week, we wanted to give Chef an appropriate tribute by airing two episodes he is most known for," the spokesman said.

THE ABOVE LEVELS ARE ALL DESIGNED TO TRANSFORM ALL OF SCIENTOLOGY INTO A -40 by its own tone scale, thereby rendering it a total failure)

Napoleon Dynamite star, John Heder, says he is ready to take over the reigns of the Mission: IMPOSSIBLE lead character, "Ethan Hunt", as long as Ving Rames agrees to take over the reigns of the character on South Park, known only as, "Chef".

Heder feels he has all the necessary skills that "...one would be required knowing of...", such as, "...you know, like nunchuck skills, bow-hunting skills, computer hacking skills..".... Directors only want actors who have great skills.

It is now time to Join the Hunt and help stamp out the dreaded "SeaB Org". Help find out what the organization known only as F.A.I.L... is trying to do - by way of Public Relations Practices (also called PRPs) - to create what their agents call a Negative Forty Alliance (also called NFA) to infiltrate the SeaB Org and save the SeaB's from the Org.

Signup to become a FAIL agent today! (We don't know where you can sign up, as it is a secret known only to those close to FAIL. Apparently, they'll find you.) BTW, we are also not sure that "joining" this organization will in any way sway the Opinions of Tom Cruise or John Travolta, and in the most humanly loving way, we don't really care. Now, saving Kirsty Ally on the other hand, is an entirely different matter! Help us save Kirsty!

MLMSurvivor.com Headlines and breaking news about Quixtar-Amway and other Multi-Level Marketing businesses. But, why have there been no updates since January 2005?

OUR PROMISE TO YOU: I sure hope our web hoster employees or stock holders aren't Scientologists, because if they are, they are in for several BIG surprises! Let's just say, "Oh, Canada!" for starters. Remember: these links are personal, and I take them personally so you don't have to!

ALSO: The views and opinions stated within this web page are those of the author or authors which wrote them and may or may not reflect the views and opinions of the ISP or account user which hosts the web page - and we don't car if they do or not, because it is none of their business anyway.

To be fair, here's an example of the Like-Us Section (It's OK to Like Michael Jackson, but not.....you know.....)

It's OK to Like John C. Dvorak (but tread lightly, because he hates conspiracy nuts) !

CinemaNow
Watch full-screen, DVD-quality movies whenever you want. Forget late fees, inconvenient start times or waiting for DVDs in the mail. CinemaNow is a safe, legal and simple way to watch your favorite movies on-demand on your computer, laptop or TV.

Movielink
A leading online movie delivery service offering U.S. broadband customers a wide selection of hit movies. Movielink offers hundreds of new releases, Hollywood favorites, classics, foreign films and more. (Okay, light red maybe. This one is quite difficult to download, you may experience having to reboot your machine 2 or 3 times before it is fully installed. On a good note - installing this will fix ANY problems you may have been experiencing with Windows Media Player. Haven't figured out why yet, just so far is a fact on 4 machines tested) BUT, listen to this IDIOT tell his story...

Anyway, back to reality (that story hasn't been updated since November, 2002!) , the download quality is HDTV on a 1280x1024 15" monitor, and ADSL is 100kbps on a GOOD day - who the hell does he think he's kidding with " ...Over a 608-kbps digital-subscriber-line connection,..."Yeah, right! If any line that speed is taking more than 20 seconds for a half-GB, I'll be horn-swiggled.

CinemaPop
Streaming movies for free or pay per view. Also offers Spanish films.

Real One
This high quality Web-TV broadcasting resources features News, Entertainment, and Sports programs from many popular stations, specifically targeting users of the Real One Player. Also consider upgrading to the Real Player SuperPass, for $39.00 a year. (It's in red due to recent - since July 2005 - problems with the RealRhapsody Player 3.0 crashing many systems, including the latest Macs, keep or get the 2.1 instead until further notice)

QuickTime – What’s On
This site offers a complete listing of content providers delivering content exclusively for QuickTime Players.

Yahoo Platinum
This high quality Web-TV broadcasting resources features News, Entertainment, and Sports programs from many popular stations like, ABC, CBS, BBC, National Geographic and the Discovery Channel. (Subscription based – $9.95 - monthly fee)

Web TV LIST
This site has is a bit difficult to navigate, but has one of the most complete listings of Web TV sites, I’ve seen.

Broadcast-Live
Well arranged and easily navigable site with complete listings of Web TV & Web Radio web sites.

TVRadioNetwork at Funsites.com
Another good directory of many live and on-demand world TV and radio stations broadcasting online.

Free Speech TV
This is a national television channel that reflects the diversity of our society, provides perspectives that are under-represented or ignored by the mainstream media, and shines a national spotlight on engaged citizens working for progressive social change.

TV Radio World
Your Internet Broadcast Directory and Listing of Radio Television Stations on the Web.

AtomFilms
Atom's unique programming and distribution business delivers incredible short-form entertainment via a diverse set of technology and media channels.

AdventureTV.com
Explore the world of ecotourism and adventure travel through streaming video. Learn about wildlife, the natural environment, indigenous cultures and adventure destinations worldwide.

BreakTV.com
Streaming video interviews and clips from shows including The West Wing, Star Trek Voyager, and Son of the Beach.

Television Internet
Various internet TV shows, including, "Muscle Beach", starring sexy bodybuilders and models.

relaxingTV.com
The World's largest source of on-demand, relaxing streaming video. Turn on a fireplace, watch a sunset...a sign of the times!

This list was lifted from http://www.webshui.net/dfs/WebTV.htm and reprinted here, because it was convenient and I corrected the spelling errors. And, because the commercialization of Feng-Shui is BULLSHIT. This fact alone will keep them from suing me, since there's no libel when it's true.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce the members of
tonight's band... in fact any band.

"On piano____________:

But first a few words about pianists in general, they are
intellectuals and know-it-alls. They studied theory, harmony and
composition in college. Most are riddled with self-doubt. They are
usually bald. They should have big hands, but often don't. They were
social rejects as adolescents. They go home after the gig and play
with toy soldiers. Pianists have a special love-hate relationship with
singers. If you talk to the piano player during a break, he will
condescend.

"On bass we have _____________

Bassists are not terribly smart. The best bassists come to terms with
their limitations by playing simple lines and rarely soloing. During
the better musical moments, a bassist will pull his strings hard and
grunt like an animal. Bass players are built big, with paws for hands,
and they are always bent over awkwardly. If you talk to the bassist
during a break, you will not be able to tell whether or not he's
listening.

"On drums____________

Drummers are radical. Specific personalities vary, but are always
extreme. A drummer might be the funniest person in the world, or the
most psychotic, or the smelliest. Drummers are uneasy because of the
many jokes about them, most of which stem from the fact that they
aren't really musicians. Pianists are particularly successful at
making drummers feel bad. Most drummers are highly excitable; when
excited, they play louder. If you decide to talk to the drummer during
a break, always be careful not to sneak up on him.

"On saxophone______________

Saxophonists think they are the most important players on stage.
Consequently, they are temperamental and territorial. They know all
the Coltrane and Bird licks but have their own sound, a mixture of
Coltrane and Bird. They take exceptionally long solos, which reach a
peak half way through and then just don't stop. They practice quietly
but audibly while other people are trying to play. They are obsessed.
Saxophonists sleep with their instruments, forget to shower, and are
mangy. If you talk to a saxophonist during a break, you will hear a
lot of excuses about his reeds.

"On trumpet_______________

Trumpet players are image-conscious and walk with a swagger. They are
often former college linebackers. Trumpet players are very attractive
to women, despite the strange indentation on their lips. Many of them
sing; misguided critics then compare them to either Louis Armstrong or
Chet Baker depending whether they're black or white. Arrive at the
session early, and you may get to witness the special trumpet game.
The rules are: play as loud and as high as possible. The winner is the
one who plays loudest and highest. If you talk to a trumpet player
during a break, he might confess that his favorite player is Maynard
Ferguson, the merciless God of loud-high trumpeting.

"On guitar_________________

Jazz guitarists are never very happy. Deep inside they want to be rock
stars, but they're old and overweight. In protest, they wear their
hair long, prowl for groupies, drink a lot, and play too loud.
Guitarists hate piano players because they can hit ten notes at once,
but guitarists make up for it by playing as fast as they can. The more
a guitarist drinks, the higher he turns his amp. Then the drummer
starts to play harder, and the trumpeter dips into his loud/high
arsenal.

Suddenly, the saxophonist's universe crumbles, because he is no longer
the most important player on stage. He packs up his horn, nicks his
best reed in haste, and storms out of the room. The pianist struggles
to suppress a laugh. If you talk to a guitarist during the break he'll
ask intimate questions about your 14-year-old sister.

"Our feature vocalist is the lovely _____________

Vocalists are whimsical creations of the all-powerful jazz gods. They
are placed in sessions to test musicians' capacity for suffering. They
are not of the jazz world, but enter it surreptitiously. Example: A
young woman is playing minor roles in college musical theater. One
day, a misguided campus newspaper critic describes her singing as
"...jazzy." Voila! A star is born! Quickly she learns "My Funny
Valentine," "Summertime," and "Route 66." Her training complete, she
embarks on a campaign of musical terrorism. Musicians flee from the
bandstand as she approaches. Those who must remain feel the full fury
of the jazz universe. The vocalist will try to seduce you--and the
rest of the audience--by making eye contact, acknowledging your
presence, even talking to you between tunes. DO NOT FALL INTO THIS
TRAP! Look away, make your distaste obvious. Otherwise the musicians
will avoid you during their breaks. Incidentally, if you talk to a
vocalist during a break, she will introduce you to her "manager."

"On trombone___________________

The trombone is known for its pleading, voice-like quality. "Listen,"
it seems to say in the male tenor range, "Why won't anybody hire me
for a gig?" Trombonists like to play fast, because their notes become
indistinguishable and thus immune to criticism. Most trombonists
played trumpet in their early years, then decided they didn't want to
walk around with a strange indentation on their lips. Now they hate
trumpet players, who somehow get all the women despite this
disfigurement. Trombonists are usually tall and lean, with forlorn
faces. They don't eat much. They have to be very friendly, because
nobody really needs a trombonist. Talk to a trombonist during a break
and he'll ask you for a gig, try to sell you insurance, or offer to
mow your lawn."

"No one would buy a car with a welded-shut hood, yet we continue
to buy software that way. The Microsoft approach limits a user to
available software. With Linux, a user can grow. If a tool is missing
or awkward, someone can get under the hood and fix the problem."

"Two paths are before us. One leads to increasing proprietary
control, protectionist measures and legal threats, while the other
leads to open source, freedom and accelerated innovation. I, of
course, choose the latter because it is "win-win."

Vital innovation, new markets and vastly improved customer service
win the vote readily over the purveyors of proprietary hoarding."
--- Don Soegaard.

title:	Everyone Wins in “Chef-gate” But The Show’s Fans
date:	March 24, 2006
by:	Jerry Del Colliano

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