Superhero Sandbox Playlist 11/13/14

The Superhero Sandbox is a weekly program, heard on Royalton Community Radio WFVR

Tupelo Honey/Just Like a Woman (Richie Havens-- Richie Havens On Stage-- Stormy Forest 1972)

Sleep Late, My Lady Friend (Harry Nilsson-- Pandemonium Shadow Show-- RCA 1967)

Day In, Day Out (The Page Cavanaugh Big Band-- Something's Happening At Page Cavanaugh's-- Reprise 1962)

Keep the Customer Satisfied (Simon and Garfunkel-- Bridge Over Troubled Water-- Columbia 1969)

Straighten Up and Fly Right (Sammy Davis Jr.-- The Nat Cole Song Book-- Reprise 1965)

Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby) (Buster Poindexter-- Buster Poindexter-- RCA 1987)

Send Me Some Lovin' (Sam Cooke-- The Best Of Sam Cooke-- RCA 1970)

Pretty Little Angel Eyes (Curtis Lee-- Phil Spector Back To Mono-- Abkco 1991)

Beyond the Sea (Bobby Darin-- The Bobby Darin Story-- Atco 1960)

Exactly Like You (Benny Goodman Quartet-- Trio and Quartet Sessions Vol. 1-- Bluebird 1987)

Lover (Frank Sinatra-- The Voice-- Columbia CL743)

As Long As I Live (Count Basie-- Basic Basie-- MPS 1970)

Bad Days (The Flaming Lips-- Clouds Taste Metallic-- Warner Bros 1995)

My Way (Elvis Presley-- This Is Elvis-- RCA 1981)

I Love Every Little Thing About You (Stevie Wonder-- Music Of My Mind-- Motown 1972)

Cloud Nine (The Temptations-- Cloud Nine-- Motown 1969)

Time Out Of Mind (Steely Dan-- Gaucho-- MCA 1984)

Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers-- And I Know You Wanna Dance-- Liberty)

The Shadow Government (They Might Be Giants-- The Else-- Idlewild 2007)

Once In a Lifetime (Talking Heads-- 

Love's Recovery (Indigo Girls-- Indigo Girls-- Epic 1989)
Me and God (The Avett Bros.-- A Carolina Jubilee-- Ramseur 2003)

Highland Guitar (The Virtues-- Guitar Boogie Shuffle-- Strand SL/SLS 1061)

I'll Tell It (Rev. Claude Jeter-- Gospel Gold-- Q Records 2007)

Music In the Air (Sister Rosetta Tharpe-- Best Of)

On Funding to Support Affordable Public Higher Education

This appeared as an editorial in the Herald of Randolph, November 13, 2014. 

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This is a difficult time for higher education. Declining enrollments, due to what some have called a “demographic iceberg”, have left some colleges and universities struggling to fill classrooms. Student loans, once considered open to all, are more difficult to obtain, making it more difficult for students to obtain funding. Vermont is in a unique situation, as dwindling state appropriations for the Vermont State Colleges have necessitated consistent tuition increases. Now is the time to assess state appropriations for the Vermont State Colleges, the University of Vermont, and the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, to ensure that each is as effective as possible in making available to Vermonters a quality, affordable experience in higher education.

 

Affordable access to a college education is critical. A bill passed in the spring of 2014 (formerly S.40, now Act 148) established a study group to assess Vermont’s investments in higher education, and to find a way to return state funding for higher education back to 1980 levels. This group includes representatives from UVM, VSAC, and the Vermont State Colleges, and has met numerous times at the State House in Montpelier. The only new plan that has been presented to the Act 148 study group was created by AFT VT, in collaboration with representatives from UVM and the VSC Faculty Federation.

 

Rather than reallocating existing monies, and while still calling for increased state appropriations, this plan identified potential new sources of funding for the VSC and UVM, including new taxes on break open lottery tickets, changes to how Vermont taxes funds stored in overseas tax shelters, and how the state uses the federal domestic production deduction.

 

Also, the plan submitted to the Act 148 committee by the AFT VT not only proposes a limit on unrestricted portability of VSAC funds, to encourage more Vermonters to attend college in Vermont, but also increases investment in public higher education in Vermont. Currently, millions of dollars of state appropriations for higher education are provided by VSAC, to students who choose to go elsewhere for college. These funds may be better spent on investing in Vermont’s own institutions, instead of incentivizing college-bound Vermonters to seek higher education outside of Vermont.  

 

In conjunction with dismal state appropriations for the VSC since 1980, declining enrollments have created a major structural problem. The plan proposed by AFT VT caps expenditures on administrative costs at both UVM and within the VSC, increasing investment in instructional costs. The role of the state legislature cannot be underestimated in determining responsibility for the State Colleges.

 

Discussion of how Vermont invests in its systems of public higher education is critical. The public is encouraged to attend and participate in the penultimate meeting of the Act 148 study group, scheduled for November 14^th 2014, at 10 AM in Room 10 of the State House in Montpelier.

Superhero Sandbox Playlist 11/6/14

The Superhero Sandbox is a weekly program heard on Royalton Community Radio, 96.5FM WFVR-LP, and online at royaltonradio.org

Some People (Chuck Berry-- Back Home-- 1970)

Too Much Monkey Business (Steve Forbert-- King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents-- 8/4/82)

Goin' Down To Laurel (Steve Forbert-- King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents-- 8/4/82)

Rat Race (The Revolutionares-- High Note Records-- ???)

Spirit Voices (Paul Simon-- The Rhythm of the Saints-- 1990)

Twelve O'Clock, eh, Sonny (Butch Robbins-- Fragments of My Imagination-- 1977)

Nobody Left to Crown (Richie Havens-- Nobody Left to Crown-- 2008)

Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down (The Temptations-- Puzzle People-- 1969)

America (Simon and Garfunkel-- Bookends-- 1968)

I'm Allright (Little Anthony and the Imperials-- Battle of the Groups Vol. 2-- ????)

Head Held High (Early Version) (Velvet Underground-- Loaded-- 1968)

Jump In the Line (Acker Bilk-- Stranger No More-- 1961)

Mansion Over the Hilltop (Elvis Presley-- Amazing Grace His Greatest Sacred Performances-- 1994)

If He Changed My Name (Nina Simone-- Nina Simone Live at The Village Gate-- ???)

What Is His Name (Lou Ann Harris-- Gospel Gold-- 2007)

What It's Worth (King Curtis and the Kingpins-- King Sized Soul-- 1967)

Harvest (Neil Young-- Decade-- 1970)

Turkey Cobbler (George Barnes and His Orchestra-- Country Jazz-- ???)

Lady Stardust (David Bowie-- Ziggy Stardust-- 1972)

The Word (The Beatles-- Rubber Soul-- Capitol T2442-- 1966)

Mohammed's Radio (Warren Zevon-- The Best Of-- 1986)

Smile (Sammy Davis Jr.-- The Nat Cole Songbook-- 1965)

I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (Les Brown and his Band of Renown-- Moments to Remember-- 2001)

Momma Jive (Charles Kynard-- Your Mama Don't Dance-- ???)

I Can Hear Music (Mark Wirtz Orchestra and Chorus-- Mojo Presents In My Room-- 2007)

Bewitched (Frank Sinatra-- The Concert Sinatra-- 1963)

La Vie En Rose (Louie Armstrong-- On the Road-- 1992)

Blessing Glory and Wisdom (Bach) (PA Music Educators' Association SW District Chorus 1958)

In My Room (