Happy New YEAR!!!! Back in the studio at WUSB after a cross country journey that started on the shores of the Pacific Ocean where the Torrey Pine grows ... up to the Continental Divide where winter reigns ... and back to beloved Stony Brook.

Today's program has three themes relating to the new year thang .... a discussion with Stan White regarding Marijuana Legalization in Colorado; honoring a few of our favorite musicians that passed over the last year (or so); and my xcountry journey.

Today's album side is from Merle Saunders, a gem from 1973 ... Side A of "Fire Up". Featuring Jerry Garcia, Tom Fogerty, John Kahn (on keyborards), Bill Vitt, and many others. truly a wonderful flashback moment.

My Mom's recipe for Homemade Pizza -- a delicious chicken sausage vegetable medley. She served tis to us the other night after a day skiing ,,, and boy oh boy .. it hit the spot. Hope you too can enjoy it!

Go to the Media Awareness Project's website --- http://mapinc.org --- for Stan White's articles on Marijuana Legalization. Marijuana Policy Project , Rob Kampia. http://cannabisnews.com

Have a Healthy New Year & tune in next week on Friday at 11am for "Lunchtime".

Happy New Year!

CHATHAM RISE - Gone 05:26
CHATHAM RISE - Autopilot 04:32
CHATHAM RISE - Border crossing 04:05
BEAR IN HEAVEN - Dust cloud 05:57
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Graze 05:22
NO AGE - Losing feeling 03:55
COMPUTER PERFECTION - Silence is a shadow's dream 03:04
TICKLEY FEATHER - Not a drum 02:59
BEAR IN HEAVEN - Wholehearted mess 03:02
BEAR IN HEAVEN - Casual goodbye 04:11
LITTLE GIRLS - Youth tunes 02:44
XX - Crystalised 03:21
XENO & OAKLANDER - Saracen 04:19
SONNY & THE SUNSETS - Death cream 02:57
REAL ESTATE - Beach comber 04:28
REAL ESTATE - Fake blues 03:40
REAL ESTATE - Green river 02:40
HOLOPAW - The last transmission 04:31
MV & EE - Get right church 06:19
AIRWAVES - Knockout 03:19
COMPUTER PERFECTION - Able archer 04:37
LAMINATED CAT - Aquamarine 04:16
THEE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - Blow my mind 01:51
TIJUANA PANTHERS - Dont shoot your guns 02:25
NO AGE - You're a target 03:22
TICKLEY FEATHER - Trashy boys 04:56
TICKLEY FEATHER - Club rhythm 96 and cell phone 03:28
FLAMING LIPS - Sagittarius silver announcement 02:58
ETIENNE JAUMET - Entropy 06:33
ETIENNE JAUMET - Through the strata 04:43

Susan DeVita joins me for an end of the year bash with a great interview with Elliot Tiber, author of "Taking Woodstock" and talk about 1969.

http://oprahzhandbag.blogspot.com/2009/12/test-purple-mac.html <--PLAYLIST POSTED THERE

Part 2 of The Politics and Economics of College Sports.

OUR FEATURED INTERVIEW is with HOLT HACKNEY, President of Hackney Publications, a leading publisher of sports law newsletters. Among his current titles are Sports Litigation Alert, Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics, Legal Issues in High School Athletics and the Journal of NCAA Compliance. Hackney has spent the better part of three decades writing about sports, business and the law. Hackney pioneered the sports business beat in national business magazines. http://www.hackneypublications.com/

Our resident storyteller, Margaret Meyers will join us with a seasonal story. http://www.storyteller.net/tellers/mmeyers

We will feature music from Sarah Vaughan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan

gimme noise... some faves from the 0-9!

Ray McGovern on U.S Intelligence with the C.I.A

Larry Brins, director of the council on Hemispheric Affairs. He will be talking about Latin America

James Douglas, author of J.F.K and The Unspeakable

Hosted by Mr. Edison and a monstrous headache.

In which Rich K plays Matador, throwing Javelins at Gremlins and Hornets while acting as Ambassador to all Ramblers. Quite the Pacer for a Sportabout.

Favorites from 2009!