Oue Funky Cheese Shack Girls Take San Miguel de Allende

Annalena and Hannah at the mercado on our recent trip to Mexico.

Three Cheers for the Splatto Festival Chorus

There was some seriously inspired and mysterious free jazz juju emanating live from the WBCR studio in Great Barrington yesterday. For more photos and a link to a recording of the broadcast, click here.

The Players:
Dave Barrett (saxophones)
Michael Bisio (bass)
Ed Mann (vibes, percussion, electronics)
Todd Reynolds (violin and laptop)

The Visionary:
Paul Rapp

Dave Blows His Horns

My husband, Dave Barrett (right), with the Splatter Trio.

After a too-long hiatus, Dave is dipping his toe back into free jazz musical mayhem. He will improvise with Michael Bisio - bass (Charles Gayle, Joe McPhee), Ed Mann - percussion (Frank Zappa), and Todd Reynolds - violin (Ethel, Bang on a Can All Stars, Silk Road Ensemble) this Friday, September 19th from 3 pm to 4:30 pm Eastern. The concert will be streamed live on WBCR-LP. Seeing the line-up of incredible players, his old friend Gino wrote, "That's not dipping your toe in -- that's diving off a cliff."

Our Funky Cheese Shack Girls in Action

Another fun shot from Paul. Annalena just forbade me from posting any more pictures of her with braces, so this is the last one...for now.

The girls, by the way, were the top earners during the radio station's recent fund drive, raising $1300 during their hour on air. They were, as usual, hilarious and relentless.

For the Love of Our Funky Cheese Shack, Part Two

This fabulous new poster for WBCR was designed by Karen Skelton. I love it that Our Funky Cheese Shack and Democracy Now! get equal billing.

For the Love of Our Funky Cheese Shack

My daughter and husband made me promise not to blog about them, but since their radio shows are public, I think I'm safe. Our Funky Cheese Shack, co-hosted by Annalena and her friend Hannah, can be streamed live on WBCR Friday afternoons from 4:30pm to 5pm EST. It's like Wayne's World, only they're 8th grade girls. Doctor Dave's Saxophone Power Hour features saxophone music from around the world. It happens every other Saturday from 2pm to 4pm, though the doctor may take the summer off.