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Saturday, February 28, 2009

And now, the bad news

The top five U.K. banks have $10 trillion of assets and their GDP is only $2.13 trillion. The whole country could fall into the ocean. The top five U.S. banks represent only about 60 percent of GDP by comparison.
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  • A tsunami of bad news
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*** JD's FRIDAY MUSIC LIST ***

  • 'Nine' songs
  • 2025 Post-Budget Cheer
  • Akers, Doris (Gospel music)
  • Alehouse Boys, The
  • Allison, Mose
  • Alpha Rhythm Kings
  • Amble
  • Ameruoso, Christopher
  • Amidon, Sam
  • Angels of Venice
  • Apollo's Fire (1)
  • Apollo's Fire (2)
  • Asleep At The Wheel
  • Ayoub sisters, the
  • Bach, Back to
  • Bach, P.D.Q.
  • Band, The
  • Barber, Chris
  • Bartók and Smetana
  • Bartók, Béla
  • Basque (Euskadi) Music
  • Beatles - Sergeant Pepper (50th Ann.)
  • Beatles (orchestral)
  • Beck, Jeff
  • Beethoven Ludwig van
  • Benedetti, Nicola
  • Betjeman, John
  • Blake, Norman
  • Bley, Carla
  • Bloom, Luka
  • Boswell Sisters, The
  • Brothers Comatose, The
  • Brown, Joe
  • Brown, Sam
  • Buckley, Tim
  • Burns Night 2024 and fornication
  • Burns, Robert
  • Byrds, The
  • Calloway, Cab
  • Captain Beefheart
  • Caravan Palace
  • Carolina Chocolate Drops
  • Cash, Johnny
  • Chao, Manu
  • Charles, Ray
  • Chopin, Frédéric
  • Christmas Eve 2024
  • Cinnamon, Gerry
  • Clark, Gene (of The Byrds)
  • Club des Belugas
  • Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
  • Coltrane, Alice
  • Coltrane, john
  • Commander Cody (George Frayne IV)
  • Conway, Zoe
  • Cooder, Ry
  • Corbel, Cécile
  • Corries, The
  • Corvus Corax
  • Cowboy Junkies
  • Cowie, Billy
  • Cowie, Billy 1
  • Cowie, Billy 2
  • Crowley, Niamh
  • Crumb, Robert
  • Cuban music
  • Cutler, Ivor
  • Daines, Maria
  • Davies, Sir Ray
  • Davis, Martha
  • Davis, Miles
  • de Hartmann, Thomas
  • Dead Can Dance
  • Debussy, Claude (1)
  • Debussy, Claude (2)
  • DeMent, Iris
  • des Prez, Josquin
  • Dimucci, Dion
  • Domingo, Placido
  • Donegan, Dorothy
  • Donegan, Lonnie
  • Dowland, John
  • Dr John
  • Duo del Mar
  • Duplessy, Mathias
  • Dutch Swing College Band
  • Dylan, Bob
  • Elle and the Pocket Belles
  • Ellington, Ray
  • Emerson, Keith
  • Eno, Brian
  • Eva-Marie, Tatiana (French jazz)
  • Everly Brothers, The
  • Evora, Cesária
  • Fame, Georgie
  • Faure's Requiem
  • Ferry, Brian
  • Ferry, Bryan - Song for Europe
  • Fisherman's Friends
  • Flanders & Swann
  • Flora Cash
  • Florence + The Machine
  • Flowers, Rachel
  • For King & Country
  • Foxes and Fossils
  • Frampton, Peter
  • Franklin, Aretha and sisters
  • Fripp, Robert
  • Furey, Finbar
  • Gabetta, Sol
  • Gaillard, Slim
  • Gaillard, Slim
  • Gaillard, Slim
  • Galician music - more
  • Gardner, Taimane
  • Giddens, Rhiannon
  • Gimnazija Kranj Great Symphony Orchestra
  • Gipsy Kings, The
  • Gjeilo, Ola
  • Glass, Philip
  • Gould, Glenn
  • Grappelli / Menuhin
  • Griffith, Nanci
  • Gurdjieff, George
  • Haas, Brittany
  • Haggard, Merle
  • Hallyday, Johnny
  • Hamilton, Roy
  • Handsome Family, The
  • Harris, Anne
  • Harrison, George
  • Hartford, John
  • Haslam, Annie
  • Hawkins, Screamin' Jay
  • Heart
  • Herschel, William
  • Hicks, Dan
  • Highwaymen, The
  • Hillbilly Gypsies, The
  • Hillbilly Moon Explosion
  • Hinojosa, Tish (Tex-Mex music)
  • Hiromi
  • Hollow Coves
  • Howard, Brittany (Alabama Shakes)
  • I'm With Her
  • Ibeyi
  • Iglesias, Julio
  • Incredible String Band, The
  • Innes, Neil
  • Innes, Neil - memorial tribute
  • It's A Beautiful Day
  • Ivers, Eileen
  • James, Mean Mary
  • Jansch, Bert
  • Jarrett, Keith
  • Jazz Samba (Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd)
  • Jehosophat and Jones (The Two Ronnies)
  • Joy, Samara
  • Kabanova, Tatiana
  • Karunesh
  • Kelly, Luke & The Dubliners
  • Ketèlbey, Albert
  • KIng, Carole
  • Kirk, Rahsaan Roland
  • Klein, Dani
  • Knacker's Yard
  • Knopfler, Mark
  • Knopfler, Mark
  • Krauss, Alison
  • Kronos Quartet
  • L.E.J.
  • Lake Street Dive
  • Lake Street Dive 2
  • Lanois, Daniel
  • Led Zeppelin
  • Lee, Albert (session musician)
  • Lee, Amos
  • Lennon Sisters, The
  • Lennon, John
  • Leonid and Friends (1)
  • Leonid and Friends (2)
  • Lewis, Erika (Lonesome Doves)
  • Lindisfarne
  • Lindisfarne
  • Lord Huron
  • Los 5 del Son
  • Love (band, with Arthur Lee)
  • Loxston, Hetty
  • Luar Na Lubre (Galicia)
  • Lucía, Paco de
  • Luther, Ian
  • Lynne, Shelby & Moorer, Alison
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey
  • Mac Con Iomaire, Colm
  • Madrugada
  • Maier, Michael: Atalanta Fugiens
  • Mandolin Orange
  • Manhattan Transfer, The
  • Marais, Marin
  • Mariza (Portuguese Fado)
  • Marley, Bob
  • Marsalis, Wynton
  • Martyn, John
  • McGarrigle, Kate and Anna
  • McKellar, Kenneth (+ Burns Night 2026)
  • McKennitt, Loreena
  • McLaughlin, John
  • Melly, George
  • Meyer, Edgar (and friends)
  • Modern Jazz Quartet, The
  • Moloney, Paddy (of The Chieftains)
  • MonaLisa Twins, The
  • Monteverdi
  • Moody Blues, The
  • Moriarty
  • Morrison, Van
  • Muldaur, Maria
  • Nachmanoff, Dave
  • Nelson, Willie
  • Neville Brothers, The
  • Niles, John Jacob
  • O'Connor, Mark
  • O'Connor, Sinead
  • Oldtime String Band, The
  • Orbison, Roy
  • Orpheum Madams Jazz Orchestra
  • Osborne, Joan
  • Otava Yo (Russophonia)
  • Otta Orchestra (Russophonia Dva)
  • Parsons, Gram
  • Pärt, Arvo
  • Penguin Cafe Orchestra, The
  • Pentangle
  • Perkins, Carl
  • Petty, Tom
  • Pink Floyd
  • Plant, Robert
  • Pommet, Claire
  • Ponty, Clara
  • Ponty, Jean-Luc (jazz violin)
  • Potato Head Jazz Band
  • Prague Rhythm Kings
  • Presley, Elvis - 40 Years On
  • Preston, Billy
  • Price, Kate
  • Prigent, Denez
  • Purcell, Henry
  • Quebe Sisters, The
  • Rafferty, Gerry
  • Ravel, Maurice
  • Reader, Eddie
  • Reeves, Dianne
  • Reinhardt, Django
  • Richter, Max
  • Ronstadt, Linda
  • Rucker, Darius
  • Runrig
  • Rutles, The
  • Sakamoto, Ryuichi
  • Sant Andreu Jazz Band
  • Satie, Erik
  • Sawhney, Nitin
  • Sawney, Nitin
  • Schnittke, Alfred
  • Scott, Darrell
  • Shade, Will
  • Shaw, Caroline
  • Showaddywaddy
  • Simone, Nina
  • Skipinnish
  • Sosa, Mercedes
  • Sparks Brothers, The
  • Speakeasies' Swing Band, The
  • Spheeris, Chris
  • Springfield, Dusty
  • Springsteen, Bruce (& the Sessions Band)
  • Staple Singers, The
  • Staples, Mavis
  • Starr, Ringo
  • Steeleye Span
  • Stray Cats
  • Strings, Billy
  • Stuart, Marty
  • Sun Ra
  • Swift, Veronica
  • Swingsationals, The
  • Swiss Dixie Jazzer
  • Tavener, Sir John
  • Tejedor
  • Tejedor
  • Thomas, Ray
  • Thompson, Richard and Linda
  • Tickell, Kathryn
  • Tiersen, Yann
  • Tiny Tim
  • Traveling Wilburys, The
  • Trick, Stephanie
  • Tuba Skinny
  • Tuba Skinny 2021
  • Tuba Skinny encore
  • Turner, Tina
  • Tuttle, Molly & Golden Highway
  • Umebayashi, Shigeru
  • Unthanks, The
  • Vance, Foy
  • Venuti, Joe and Eddie Lang
  • Veres, Mariska
  • VOCES8
  • Wagner, Richard: 'Parsifal'
  • Waits, Tom
  • Walker, Albertina
  • Wang, Yuja
  • Waterboys, The
  • Wells, Nicki
  • Wells, Robert
  • West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
  • White Horse Guitar Club
  • White, Jack
  • White, Jim
  • Whitley, Trixie
  • Wickham, Steve
  • Wilson Jr.,, Stephen
  • Wolf, Kate
  • Yeats, William Butler
  • Z - Good Friday procession and music
  • Z - 1950s Golden oldies
  • Z - 2020 Lockdown special edition
  • Z - A Commemoration for her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
  • Z - A Japanese Blend
  • Z - Africa
  • Z - Asturias (regional music)
  • Z - Autumn Equinox 2023
  • Z - Bass players
  • Z - Birth of Rock 'n' Roll
  • Z - Blues, The
  • Z - Boogie-Woogie
  • Z - Breton Lays
  • Z - Britblues
  • Z - Britblues 2
  • Z - Burns Night 2018
  • Z - Burns Night 2019
  • Z - Burns Night 2021
  • Z - Burns Night 2022
  • Z - Burns Night 2025
  • Z - Buskers
  • Z - Calming Music
  • Z - Cathars
  • Z - Celtic Collection
  • Z - Celtic Miscellany
  • Z - Celtic Various
  • Z - Celtic Visionaries
  • Z - Chapman Stick, the
  • Z - Christmas 2016 (Part 1)
  • Z - Christmas 2016 (Part 2)
  • Z - Christmas 2017 (Orthodox)
  • Z - Christmas 2017 (Part 1)
  • Z - Christmas 2017 (Part 2)
  • Z - Christmas 2017 (Part 3)
  • Z - Christmas 2018 (Part 1)
  • Z - Christmas 2018 (Part 2)
  • Z - Christmas 2019 (part 1)
  • Z - Christmas 2019 Yuletide Jazz
  • Z - Christmas 2020 (part 1)
  • Z - Christmas 2020 (part 2)
  • Z - Christmas 2021 (pt 1)
  • Z - Christmas 2021 (pt 2)
  • Z - Christmas 2022 (Part 1)
  • Z - Christmas 2022 (Part 2)
  • Z - Christmas 2025 (1)
  • Z - Christmas 2025 (2)
  • Z - Christmas 2025 (3) plus a story
  • Z - Christmas Selection 2024 (1)
  • Z - Christmas Selection 2024 (2)
  • Z - Christmas Selection 2024 (3)
  • Z - Christmas Selection 2024 (4)
  • Z - Classic Hits of the 50s/60s (1)
  • Z - Classic Hits of the 50s/60s (2)
  • Z - Classic Hits of the 50s/60s (3)
  • Z - Classic Hits of the 50s/60s (4)
  • Z - Classic Hits of the 50s/60s (5)
  • Z - Classic Hits of the 50s/60s (6)
  • Z - Classic Hits of the 50s/60s (7)
  • Z - Contemplative Music
  • Z - Coronavirus panic music
  • Z - Country Music
  • Z - Creature Comforts
  • Z - Cuba's Musical Ecosystem
  • Z - Dance Music
  • Z - Dancing with joy
  • Z - Doo Wop
  • Z - Easter 2019
  • Z - Easter 2020
  • Z - Easter 2023
  • Z - English Folk
  • Z - European Music in the USA
  • Z - Fado
  • Z - Fandango
  • Z - Female Flamenco
  • Z - Folk
  • Z - Folk Songs from the North-East
  • Z - Folk, Transatlantic
  • Z - Four Maestros
  • Z - French Fancies
  • Z - Friday Fusion
  • Z - Funny Songs
  • Z - Fusion
  • Z - Girl Power !
  • Z - Golden Hour of Brexit
  • Z - Golden Oldies
  • Z - Good Vibes
  • Z - Guitar selection
  • Z - Hogmanay 2016 (Part 1)
  • Z - Hogmanay 2016 (Part 2)
  • Z - Hogmanay 2017 (Part 1)
  • Z - Hogmanay 2017 (Part 2)
  • Z - Hogmanay 2020
  • Z - Hogmanay 2021
  • Z - How Tango Took Off
  • Z - January Jazz
  • Z - Jazz From Big Easy Street
  • Z - Jazz Youngsters
  • Z - Jazz-ish
  • Z - Kathak Flamenco
  • Z - Keep Calm And Carry On
  • Z - Latin American
  • Z - Let's Go To Le Hop (French)
  • Z - Masters of War
  • Z - Mathematical sounds
  • Z - Mechanical music
  • Z - Mediaeval Hit Parade
  • Z - Mediaeval Medley
  • Z - Mediaeval Selection
  • Z - Mediaeval, Anonymous
  • Z - Mediaeval, More
  • Z - Mighty Northumbria
  • Z - Miscellany 1
  • Z - Miscellany 2
  • Z - Miscellany on Time
  • Z - Music for Semana Santa
  • Z - Musical Balm
  • Z - My Back Pages
  • Z - Nordic Night
  • Z - Northern Soul
  • Z - Old Roots, New Shoots 1
  • Z - Old Roots, New Shoots 2
  • Z - Originals
  • Z - Pavarotti's granddaughters (not)
  • Z - Piano Miscellany
  • Z - Pop's Golden Age, Part 2
  • Z - Proms and Prokofiev
  • Z - Radio Luxembourg Luxuries
  • Z - Rock 'n' Roll
  • Z - Saat Masaale (Hindi music)
  • Z - Sacred Harp / Shape Singing
  • Z - Salad Days
  • Z - Samhain (aka Hallowe'en)
  • Z - Saxophone pieces
  • Z - Sephardic Music
  • Z - Singer-Songwriter Miscellany
  • Z - Singin' Slutty
  • Z - Songs of Labour
  • Z - Spanish Operetta
  • Z - Spanish Strings
  • Z - Spring Collection
  • Z - St Patrick's Day 2017
  • Z - St Patrick's Day 2018
  • Z - St Patrick's Day 2019
  • Z - St Patrick's Day 2023
  • Z - Summer rags
  • Z - Summer Songs
  • Z - Surfing Songs For Summer
  • Z - Swedish Nightingales
  • Z - Swing
  • Z - Tango
  • Z - Tango: Too Hot For TV
  • Z - The Original Blues
  • Z - Tiddeley-Prom
  • Z - Transatlantic Sessions, The (BBC)
  • Z - Two Sisters (Ravi Shankar's daughters)
  • Z - Violin Selection
  • Z - White Blues
  • Zappa, Frank
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