Welcome To Our Companion Weblog

This is your source for news, links and notes from our program celebrating the life and career of the Entertainer of the 20th Century.

New Time Slot On Sirius

Join us every Wednesday evening at 8:30 Eastern Time for an extended version of the show (with complete music tracks) on Sirius Satellite Radio Stars Channel 102 as part of Adam Curry's Podshow Lineup. This is one-half hour earlier than our old time slot. Of course, you can still get the Podcast version of the show right here on the Weblog, at iTunes, at Podshow Plus, or through our RSS feed.

Show #51: For Bill Miller

Bill Miller passed from this life on July 11th. We mourn the loss and celebrate his life and music on this show.

Direct Download

http://media.libsyn.com/media/noebie/FT-051-2006-07-25.mp3

Shownotes and Links
(Podcast of July 25th, 2006 - Sirius Broadcast of August 2nd)

• New York Sun Obituary
• Sinatra! The Song Is You - A Singer's Art
• United Press International
• Associated Press Report at NPR
• New York Times
• Washington Post

Songs

• One For My Baby - Frank Sinatra (from Only The Lonely)
• The Lady Is A Tramp - Frank Sinatra (from A Swingin' Affair)
• Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra (from Live In Paris)
• Spice - Frank Sinatra, Jr. (from That Face)
• One For My Baby - Frank Sinatra (from Sinatra At The Sands)
  

The musical selections on this show are abbreviated in the Podcast version to comply with fair use of copyrighted material. We encourage you to purchase and enjoy legally distributed music.

Rest In Peace, Charlie Suntan...

I've been out of touch this week and missed the sad news that Bill Miller, Frank Sinatra's longtime pianist, collborator and friend, passed from this life last Tuesday.

Though he is missed by those who knew and loved him, they may take comfort in the knowledge that his musical legacy will live on for generations to come.

Bill Miller
February 3, 1915 - July 11, 2006

Luck Be A Lady

Here's the paraphrase of a conversation outside Bellagio last Sunday night.

Him: Do you want to get coffee now?

Her: No, let's watch the next show.

Him: I thought you were falling asleep?

Her: I am, but I need to get the stink from that Celine-Bocelli crap they just did off me.

Lucky thing for us that they stayed. Here's Dave's video of the next fountain show.

Thanks to David Lifton of the Wings for Wheels Weblog and the Screaming Eagles Podcast for sending it to us. I'm also looking forward to a brand new music show from Dave (coming soon to an earbud near you).

We'll have a new FT for you in the next week or so. Keep in touch!

For The Kids

Thanks to Jersey Todd for drawing our attention to this.

Here's the video of the kids.

Please do what you can. Buy the song here.

Frank Truth Five-0

It's our 50th show and we've got a hodgepodge of news and tunes.

Direct Download

http://media.libsyn.com/media/noebie/FT-050-2006-07-06.mp3

Shownotes and Links
(Podcast of July 6th, 2006 - Sirius Broadcast of July 12th)

• Thoughts and Prayers for Adam and his Family
  
• Give Life
  
• Sinatra 2007 Calendar
• Five Hundy By Midnight
  
• Ride To The Wall
• Morrissey
• The Lascivious Biddies
• 3 Million Visits to Sinatrafamily.com
• Listener Contacts
• Rob Yanok's Blog
• The Tracy-Hepburn Podcast
• Frappr Update
• Alan's Review of Sinatra at the Palladium

Songs

• Hawaii Five-0 Theme - The Vodkanauts
• Let Me Kiss You - Nancy Sinatra
• I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over - Frank Sinatra, Jr.
• It All Depends On You - Frank Sinatra
• Train Out Of Hollywood - Judith Owen

Some of the music on this show is abbreviated in the Podcast version to comply with fair use of copyrighted material. We encourage you to purchase and enjoy legally distributed music.