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Mambo Jambo

Go back to the very funny Men in Coats video I posted and watch the first three minutes. It’s Mambo music from Cuba. The first tune is “Mambo Jambo,” and here’s a recording of it by Prado Perez, from 1959, the year Castro took over.

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Great stuff! OK, now go back to the K3 New Year video and listen from 0:08 to 0:20. It’s some of the same music used by Men in Coats. See? I said you’d heard it before.

Mambo was big in the late 40’s into the 50’s, and one of its biggest names was this guy, whose studio later gave the green light to Star Trek.

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LeVeille Wants Off The Night Shift

There’s a brief interview with Boston radio personality Steve LeVeille in today’s Boston Herald:

http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/messenger/?p=712

“This is the nature of the business,” said LeVeille, noting that there’s been a lot of layoffs at CBS over the last year-and-a-half. “It wasn’t any big surprise.”

As for his next gig, LeVeille told MediaBiz he’d like to host a morning show in Boston and he plans to hire an agent.

Another version is on this page, that can also be found on Steve’s website.

He doesn’t want his old job back? LeVeille wants a morning gig. I’ll take him at his word and assume he’s not just being a nice guy.

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