December 7th Music Digest

A visit with a Honolulu DJ, "Mento Mele" Apana

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091206/COLUMNISTS02/912060356/Radio+star+brings+bit+of+nostalgia+to+show

A belated B-day shout out to Dave Brubeck

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/b/dave-brubeck.html

A new twist on "Nutcracker"

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/1609326.html

The Chicago Jazz Ensemble trips back to 1959

http://nwitimes.com/entertainment/music/article_7e44c484-515a-5e6a-a7b1-33964328de5b.html

Software to make you sing perfectly in tune

http://www.tmcnet.com/viewette.aspx?u=http%3a%2f%2fwww.tmcnet.com%2fusubmit%2f2009%2f12%2f06%2f4517442.htm&kw=0

A Weezer gets in a bus accident

http://pitchfork.com/news/37303-weezers-rivers-cuomo-hospitalized-following-bus-accident/

A New Orleans Christmas in Monterey

http://www.montereyherald.com/travel/ci_13939513?nclick_check=1

A new spin-off of Dinosaur Jr.

http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/features/36531.html

Music review-Feinstein meets Charles Emerson Winchester

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/arts/music/07pierce.html?_r=1

And the story of Ethio Jazz

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13678-new-york-addis-london-the-story-of-ethio-jazz-1965-1975/