All mp3’s on this site are believed to be in the public domain and are from the personal collection of the site owner.  If you are the copyright holder on one of the songs listed, please contact me and I’ll remove it immediately.

The following MP3s were added on March 2nd & March 3rd.  All MP3s are posted alphabetically.  Please see category listings.

Also note:  All of the following tracks were originally aired as part of the World War II radio program “G.I. Jive,” and the voice of Jill, the DJ of the show, can be heard introducing each song. 

Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Benny Goodman

Amen – Abe Lyman

Buckle Down Winsockie – Benny Goodman

Casa Loma Stomp – Casa Loma Orchestra

Don’t Cry Baby – Erskine Hawkins

Dukes Idea, The – Charlie Barnet

Eager Beaver – Stan Kenton

Easter Parade – Harry James

Hawaiian War Chant – Tommy Dorsey

I’ll Walk Alone – Martha Tilton

I’m Making Believe – The Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald

It Had to be You – Unknown Artist

Jingle Bells – Glenn Miller

Jumpin’ at the Woodside – Benny Goodman

No Love, No Nothing – Ella Mae Morse

Straighten Up and Fly Right – King Cole Trio

String of Pearls – Glenn Miller

Sweet Slumber – Lucky Millinder

Trolley Song, The – Vaughn Monroe 

You Are My Sunshine – Bing Crosby

I am furious.  Absolutely furious.

This evening was the extremely-publicized and worked-up Miss America Pageant, that was supposed to be completely updated and extremely different from the years and years of big hair, safe answers, glitter, over-glamour, bikinis, and “dancer’s face.” 

So much for that idea.

I guess the only way to win was to sell-out.  The only ones who didn’t sell out was Jill Stevens, miss Utah, and Sadie Quiley, Miss Idaho.  Of course, I am from Utah, but again, she was they were only girls who refused to conform to the world’s new form of beauty — barely-there bikinis, dresses to show off their “best assets” (boobs, butt, back, and thighs — I thought it was supposed to be their brains?), hair that resembles that of a senator’s wife, and makeup that kind of reminds me of how a lot of the girls in Jr. High looked like when they were first allowed to wear makeup and had yet to be educated on the beauty of subtlety.

I’m so infuriated I am giving up on making my sentences coherent.

Miss Michigan (our new Miss America — What a cop-out) sang possibly the MOST SUNG SONG OF AAAALLLLL TIIIIIIME.  Although, it is a fantastic song, if you’re REALLY trying to update the show, SING SOMETHING THAT HASN’T BEEN SUNG TWO MILLION TIMES BEFORE!!!  And frankly, I think she slaughtered it.  I literally cringed and was writhing in pain during most of the train wreck.  Her dress basically looked like she was wearing nothing but glitter in all the right places.  So much for the “cotoure” thing.  Also, they really didn’t need to take the crown off the previous Miss America, because frankly, they could have been the same person.  White, blonde, with hair with enough hairspray in it to create another hole in the ozone layer.  She could also have been Britney Spears:

(for full-size image, go to http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/4/1/26/f_brittneyandm_f074ea1.jpg)

Just goes to prove that if you are white, blonde, use enough hairspray to create another hole in the ozone layer, and wear sparkles in all the right places, even YOU can become famous!

I was very disappointed that America’s choice was eliminated the first chance the judges got.  She was the only one to wear a one-piece (or rather, was able to show it off — Miss Idaho would have worn one too, and fought very hard to be able to, Kudos to her)– a very bold move that apparently scared the judges out of their pants.  “Holy — Wha??  We don’t want America’s women to stop wearing bikinis!!  We want to see those navels!  OFF WITH HER HEAD!”  I have no words to describe my fury…

I believe that the judges should have gone through the reality check.  An especial favorite judge of mine was Jason La Padura — Casting director of the atrocity that is High School Musical, the ridiculously popular Disney movie that is proof that in order to make money in the acting business, you must sell out, and sell out hard, which is exactly what La Padura did.  Thank you La Padura for endorsing selling out to make it big.  You make us proud.

Sergeant Jill Stevens, Combat Medic del 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard. Ex infermiera, veterana dell’Afghanistan, nonche’ Miss Utah 2007. Niente male come curriculum

Photo credits: US Army e Jill Stevens

What a cool girl!

In sella a Sergio (il vecchio e’ invece Pomero). Non vedo la tretasti pero’.

W le Tomboy!

L’album fotografico di Jill: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gijill/

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