This was a very impressive debut by guitarist Anthony Wilson, the son of veteran bandleader Gerald Wilson. Anthony, who had won the Thelonious Monk competition for best composition ("Karaoke," which is included on this set), is a fine bop-based guitarist who is a particularly inventive composer/arranger. Seven of the ten selections on this disc are his, as are all of the arrangements other than Lucky Thompson's "The Parisian Knights," which was transcribed by Wilson from the original record. His charts utilize such top L.A.-based players as trumpeter Carl Saunders, trombonist Ira Nepus, Louis Taylor on various reeds, tenorman Pete Christlieb, baritonist Jack Nimitz, pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Danton Boller and drummer Willie Jones III. Bennie Wallace takes a guest tenor solo on "Southern Gentleman." The solo stars are Christlieb, Saunders and Wilson, and overall, this is a highly enjoyable effort, a strong start to Anthony Wilson's career.

Joseph Wilson talks about how he had to wear knee braces, and was told he'd never walk normally. Then he proceeds to throw several roundhouse kicks at a target 9 feet high!

Based on the true story of the enduring but troubled love between Lois Wilson, co-founder of Al-Anon, and her alcoholic husband Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.

You hold up an "ordinary" ballpoint pen and challenge your soon-to-be stunned spectators to follow which way it's pointing. No matter how easy it seems, they quickly and repeatedly realize how fun it is to be wrong!

Grace for Drowning is the second studio solo album by Steven Wilson, producer, songwriter, and front man of Porcupine Tree. It is set to be released by Kscope Music Records on September 26, 2011.

Grace for Drowning is the second studio solo album by Steven Wilson, producer, songwriter, and front man of Porcupine Tree. It is set to be released by Kscope Music Records on September 26, 2011.

In this production we sit down with Brad Wilson as he uses Test-driven Development, C# 4.0, and xUnit to create the core of a subscription billing system - just like the one we have here at Tekpub. In fact - we used those exact requirements! Halfway through the episode, we throw a Curveball at Brad - changing up the requirements to see how much of a drag TDD can have on the change process.

In this production we sit down with Brad Wilson as he uses Test-driven Development, C# 4.0, and xUnit to create the core of a subscription billing system - just like the one we have here at Tekpub. In fact - we used those exact requirements! Halfway through the episode, we throw a Curveball at Brad - changing up the requirements to see how much of a drag TDD can have on the change process.