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Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

50 Years of Jimmy Page

Bob Seger

Bob Seger

Something I Said - Jeff "Boday" Christensen -- Premiere Guitarist

Something I Said - Jeff "Boday" Christensen

Dwight Hobbes - Twin Cities Daily Planet

 

Jeff "Boday" Christensen plays interesting guitar. Clean, inventive. Tasty. Always has.

Way back in the mid-90s, Christensen broke out in the Twin Cities with Stan Kipper, Chico Perez, and Joel "Family Man" Arpin as part of the seminal Twin Cities Afro-Cuban rock crew One World . He could rip off licks fiery as a furnace, lay down chicken-scratch funk, or simply lull you with finesse—depended on what the occasion called for. He played on Straight from the Sun and stayed around long enough to do shows with them when Jenny Sanford (now of Bella Diva) was in the group. Then he jumped ship to go solo. "It was hard," Christensen recalls, "because I loved the band. Stan and Chico and Joel...everybody who was in it. But I wanted to pursue this instrumental music thing. I always wanted to have my music on the radio, like the Ventures. I wanted to see if I could do it. I got noticed."

That isn't saying the half of it. He met with a program director at Cities 97 and brought along a demo of his first smooth-jazz CD Boday (now out of print). She hooked him up with a California connection—radio promoters All That Jazz Agency—and he hasn't stopped getting airplay since. Three albums later (Do You Know, French Vanilla, Butterfly Legs), he's on playlists all over America and is aired over syndicated Canadian outlet Café Jazz. He's done studio gigs for national television and radio; he's featured in ads for Adidas, Discover Card, and Best Buy. Working with the band Jesse Brad, he opened concerts for the likes of Bob Seger, Styx, and Cheap Trick. Here in the Twin Cities, he did session work for years at Prince's Paisley Park Studios.

Nowadays, he occupies himself with a recently developed project, a cover band with vocalist Danielle Zenner. He calls it "a jazz duo and a pop, rock, R&B band. We're all over the map." The idea is to take in some of what money corporations can't resist frittering away on entertainment in even these troubled times. "The band is a four-piece, with Danielle fronting. [She's] really steeped in the standards. Anything from ‘Summertime' to ‘Misty', all of them. And she can sing the Heart bag, can do her Aretha [Franklin] thing."

Highly recommended off Butterfly Legs are the rich original "Bright Nites" and a sterling rendition of Sade's "Hang On To Your Love." For Do You Know, Boday (that's the name he records under) went to hell with himself, knocking out a true tour de force. "Central Park," straight from the Wes Montgomery school of swinging sophisticato, is an irresistibly jaunty strut that will have you tapping and nodding along before you know it. For the bridge, Christensen caps things off nice with a judicious taste of funk. "Since I Met You (The Ebony Mix)" mesmerizes: a dark, beautiful turn on acoustic guitar. If you enjoy the best jazz has to offer, you are going to love listening to this album.

Even in the Twin Cities locale, which is known for musicians with monster chops, the guy is a standout.

Dwight Hobbes is a writer based in the Twin Cities. He contributes regularly to the Daily Planet.

 

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Patti Page

Patti Page

Can We Trust the Florida Aquifer?

The Florida Aquifer has always been our most valuable natural resource. One of the most productive aquifers in the world, the Florida Aquifer produces over 8 billion gallons of water each day providing water for drinking, residential, industrial and agricultural use. It is also one of the largest aquifers, underlying much of the southeastern U.S. - approximately 100,000 square miles of south-eastern Georgia, southern Alabama, southern South Carolina, and all of the state of Florida.

Today, the Florida Aquifer is suffering. Contamination is making its way into our water supply. Numerous contaminants have been found in various locations throughout the state of Florida. Everything from agricultural chemicals, gasoline, MTBE, pesticides, herbicides and many more contaminants have been found. Leaking gasoline tanks, industrial wastes, septic tanks, agricultural runoff, and street sewers are just a few sources of contamination.

Imagine the huge amount of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides used on golf courses, farms, and lawns in Florida. Now imagine what takes place when it rains.

These chemicals, and others from different sources are washed into the soil making

their way into the groundwater, then through the permeable rock into the water of the

aquifer itself.

Many of these chemicals are known to have negative effects on human health. Cancer,

birth defects and many other ailments have been proven to be caused by contaminants found in drinking water today.

Our cities and towns here in Florida do all they can to provide tap water safe to drink.

Demand has increased drastically within the past few decades as populations are growing

rapidly. Many of our older water plants are not able to handle the huge demand.

Proper filtration at point of use is the only safe solution as many bottled waters are nothing but tap water.

Public awareness is growing in regards to this issue, but many Florida residents still

believe the aquifer is pure. This is a major concern because even if the contamination is found to be at a low level, long term use can be detrimental to ones health. Infants, young children, older people and people with compromised immune systems can suffer illness and possible death due to ingesting contaminated water.

Patti Wilson

St Augustine, Fl

Florida resident since 1993

For more information regarding drinking

water contamination see the “Water Today”

page at www.supremedrinkingwatersolutions.com

The Tennessee Waltz - singer Patti Page 1950

Blige Mary

Blige Mary

faith evans vs mary j blige who do u think is a better singer?

and sexier ill take faith on both counts faith is not to be messed with her voice is awesome!!!!!!!! who agrees?

I actually like the both of them, however Faith easily wins this one hands down. While they both put so much emotion into their songs, Faith has the vocal prowess that really puts her performances on a different level.

Mary J. Blige - Be Without You