TABLETALK WEEK OF 2/24-3/8

Here is this weeks program. The playlist will follow in the next day or so.   Why not scoot over to Facebook and like the Tabletalk page?   Also  drop me a note at tabletal2.com when you can to let me know what you think and and requests you may have,

WFDU AND FUND RAISING COMMENTS

I do believe that a few things have to be addressed re: WFDU, Ron Olesko and Traditions.

I have not tuned in to WFDU for quite some time since all their format changes into total nonsense for listening when there are so many other options in talk (WNYC),music(WQXR) or Sirtius. I did tune in today for a brief 29 or so minutes (other than for a short time to the only 1 of 2 listenable programs---Vintage Rock/Pop Shop---Lise Avery). I tuned in to Ron Olesko and Traditions. I truly despise hypocrisy. He truly presented it ins perfect form. Aside from the fact that he sounded like he never had a co-host for over 20 some odd years on HIS(his term) show he made a comment about how many times he has aired music that was controversial and got complaints from listeners. TRUE! Yet when such a complaint came to him by mistake he forwarded to mgmt. And all the fecal matter hit the fan and that is one of a few reasons I am no longer there.

Don't misunderstand me. I left. Tired of criticism about content and tired of looking at a pouting puss during fund raising time because the money was not coming in.

OK—bottom line---I thank all for my start there and things do change and I truly abhor their hypocrisy and could not abide the new Mgmt and Ron Olesko(and his hypocrisy) anymore

TABLETALK PROGRAM 2/17---2/25/17

Hopefully that this is up your alley---some wonderful new artists, some old favorites, and some comedy that can only be played    here====and with a great point. Here is today's playlist---0

ALEX KARAS	The Third Man (theme)			www
DAVE VAN RONK	Green Green Rocky Road	And The Tin Pan Bended...	Smtsonian Folkways
ANNIE MOSCOW	Someday	Passing Trains	11 Blocks Records	www.anniemoscow.com
ZOE MULFORD	February Thunder	Small Brown Birds	Azalea City	www.zoemulford.com
NOEL PAUL STOOKEY	Impeachable	Single	Download
ELAINE MAHON	Rolling Home	Reach For The Stars	Ind	www.elainemahonmusic.com
KEVIN ROTH	Love Is	Reawakening	Newworld Multimedia	www.kevinrothmusic.com
KEVIN ROTH	The Potter's Wheel	Reawakening	Newworld Multimedia	www.kevinrothmusic.com
CAROL ELLIOT	Rex Rob Lowenstein	The People I Meet	Heart Song Records
CHAIM TANNENBAUM	Brooklyn, 1955	Chaim Tannenbaum	Story Sound Records
FREEBO	Old Blue	Dog People	Poppabo Records	www.freebo.com
JUNIOR BROWN	Sugarfoot Rag	Greatest Hits	Curb
RED FOLEY	Sugarfoot Rag	78 Single	Decca

TABLETALK PROGRAM WEEK 2/917-2/16/17

Some old favorites , a few requests, and a rare unedited Comedy Corner among other things.     The e mail address is tabletalk2@yahoo.com

And the playlist:

ALEX KARAS	The Third Man (theme)
KATE WOLF	Give Yourself To Love	Weaver of Dreams	Rhino
STEVEN BLANE	Old Soul	I Confess	Ind	www.stevenblane.com
ROGER SALLOOM	Playboys & Playgirls	Download Promo	Ind	www.rogersalloom.com
PETE SEEGER	Waist deep In The Big Muddy	A Link In The Chain	Sony
LYDIA SYLVIA MARTIN	Cherry River Line	Chasing The Ghost	Dryad record	www.lydiasylvia.com
JOHN PRINE	Paradise	In Person & On Stage	Oh Boy	www.ohboy.com
JACK E LEONARD & VARIOUS	Friars Club Roast Don Rickles	Private copy
ROSEANNNE CASH	Fair & Tender Ladies	Songcatchedr	Vangaurd
DEANA CARTER	The Cuckoo Bird	Songcatchedr	Vangaurd
MEG BRAUN	The Storms Are On The Ocean	Restless Moon	Ind	www.megbraun.com

TABLETALK PROGRAM FOR WEEK OF 2/3=2/10

It will be mentioned on the program that if you(and 10 others) write to request a 2d hour dedicated to Sunday Simcha (Yiddish) I will do it.    E mail===   tabletalk2@yahoo.com

Now--today's playlist

ALEX KARAS	The Third Man (theme)
JACK WILLIAMS	John Henry	Far Away,Long Ago	Wind River	www.jackwilliamsmusic.com
DC BLOOM	Mean People Suck	Just Another Song & Dance Man	Sunnysky Days	www.dcbloom.com
NAMING THE TWINS	You're Right Everything's Wrong	Turnstyles	Duet Right	www.namingthetwins.com
THE BARTON BROTHERS	Joe & Paul	Music From The Yiddish Radio Project	Shanachie	www.shachie.com
BRUCE ADLER	Rumania	An Evening At The Yiddish Theater	Ind
PETER COOK	Interesting Things	Various tracks	personal copy
ISABEL TAYLOR	Gimme Some Good News	Awake Again	Ind	www.isabeltaylorsings.com
CATHY FINK , MARCY MARXER	Song of Joy	Get Up & DoRight	Community Music	www.cathymarcy.com
IRIS DEMENT	Easy's Gettin' Harder Everyday	My Life	Warner	www.irisdement.com
TOM PAXTON	Outward Bound	Boat In The Water	Pax Music	www.tompaxton.com

SOME COMMENTS ABOUT WFDU AND MY HISTORY THERE

So many postings recently about WFDU---both pro and con but mostly con.

Not to belabor the comments about WFDU, mgmt, hosts, and such I do ask your indulgence for a few final points---positive to start with and you can guess where this is going.

Many years back Ron Olesko asked me to come aboard on Traditions because he needed help and I thank him to this day for the opportunity. He did say I would have to be approved by the Program Director (Barry Sheffield)---great story there---briefly now: I am trying to be impressive in a sport jacket and slacks and in comes a guy in torn jeans(you get the pic).Barry Sheffield, PD. His comment was... “just fill out the forms so we know who to contact in case you drop dead in the studio...”. See—I am overqualified after this test---I am alive. The next 20 or so years were truly enjoyable and a great learning experience thanks to Ron and Barry and so many others at what was once a great station thanks to great management by Carl Kraus . He knew how to deal with leadership---stay distanced and be loyal and fair and not be everyone's “buddy” and then screw them (for want of a better statement).

Well. The years have gone by and like everything times and relationships change.

Over the years Ron had become increasingly sorry to have to share what he considered HIS program. I had now invested many years in it and I urged the “boss”(Carl K) to honor Ron's longevity in a major way. He tried to do that at a famed venue to no avail and no help from Ron.

The years move on and increasingly Ron and I move further apart and his anger with me and sharing the program increases in less than subtle ways---and now here we are. Me on internet radio and Ron delighted on doing HIS show again. In all its pedantic presentations .

Let me not leave out Barry Sheffield who as the new head honcho (replacing Carl Kraus) lead us into this morass by , for whatever reason, deciding that Ron Olesko's time could not be cut back and we return to the old arrangement which I suggested. I disagreed and now you see why I had to leave the place of nepotism, backstabbing , and other well, more than slights. Strange for me to pursue this since no pay was involved and now the place that claims to be a volunteer effort has a paid staff. Many of whom have substantial incomes from retirement benefits, pensions,etc;

SO, now in a bit of self serving posting let me urge you to “like” TABLETALK” --the page==on Facebook and tune in to the very same program plus more I did on WFDU. It will be up there weekly on Fridays. Also on Soundcloud andmy blog-- www.billhahnprogramnotes.blogspot.com

As to fundraising--- none here on the internet and as to WFDU/Traditions===well, let your conscience be your guide. Surely you can guess my thoughts on that matter