Ozarks At Large

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Thursday, August 15, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: when you think of fertile ground for jazz you may think of New Orleans, Europe, New York City…but, Azerbaijan? Amina Figarova grew up listening to jazz in her childhood home in Baku, Azerbaijan. She’s released a dozen albums and will close the KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series this weekend. We'll hear from her later on the show. Plus…that extra "A" in Lake Atalanta in Rogers. Why the lake is called that isexplained in the latest edition of our series "What's in a Name?" And a wilderness water trail inside the Fort Smith city limits.
Maser, an artist from Ireland, was back in Arkansas to work on another new piece of public art.
"Red Meets Blues" by Matt Mertz
Here are our 11 clips (listen closely) for our montage devoted to courts, lawyers and juries... 1) The Long Ryders (a much under appreciated band) rev it up on Tell it to the judge on Sunday. 2) Jack Nicholson prepares to tell Tom Cruise the truth in A Few Good Men. 3) Julianna Margulies holds her own, and then some, on The Good Wife. 4)Warren Zevon asks for Lawyers, Guns and Money. 5) Peter Boyle, Craig T. Nelson and Bill Murray in the courtroom in Where the Buffalo Roam. 6) The theme from Night Court, an NBC sitcom in the 80s. written by Jack Elliott and featuring Ernie Watts on sax. 7) Michael K. Williams as the best (the best!) character in the history of television, Omar Little, in The Wire. 8)Blossom Dearie sings My Attorney Bernie, written by Dave Frishberg. 9) Henry Fonda holds his ground in 12 Angry Men. 10) The Law & Order sound. 11) Jackson Browne sings about Lawyers in Love. Apologies to: Harry Hamlin and the cast of L.A. Law, The Paper Chase, Fall Out Boy, Atticus Finch and Inherit the Wind. Maybe next time.
Huntsville resident, Tobe Bohannan just turned 100. But instead of being idle like most of his peers, "Mr. Tobe" continues to work full time-- as a security and maintenance man at a local primary school. Plus? In the summer, he operates his own private concrete finishing business. And he has a handshake to prove it.
Becca says that there's quite a lot of theatre happening in the area today.
Block Street Hot Club performs its rendition of Django Reinhardt's "Douce Ambiance."