Category: Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
Love In America 1955 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
– Love In America – Conversation 1955 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Love in America in 1955. It didn’t seem like such a hot-button topic, but people were starting to question things; the status quo, the reason why some traditions were the way they were. In
Charles Munch And The Boston Symphony Rehearse Music Of Tchaikovsky – 1949 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– NBC Radio – Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, cond. Dec. 19, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Continuing our Boston Symphony in Rehearsal this week, Charles Munch once again leads the BSO through a rehearsal of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony Number 6 (or, according to announcer Olin Downes –
Sophie Tucker Story 1953 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
– Sophie Tucker Story – October 16, 1953 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sophie Tucker – a name completely unfamiliar to most people. She was one of the biggest stars of the Vaudeville stage in the early years of the last century. And later became a
The Exurbanites – Leaving The City Behind – 1956 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
The Exurbanities – CBS Radio Workshop – March 30, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As far back as post-World War 2 America, the idea of leaving the city, living the bucolic life in the country – getting as far away from noise and crime and smog was a
Dorothy Thompson, Carl Van Doren, Pearl S. Buck, Lin Yutang – 1939 World Congress Of Writers Dinner – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
– May 10, 1939 – World Congress Of Writers Dinner – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Unless you are an English Major or a Writer or reader with a voracious appetite, the above names may mean nothing to you. In 1939 they represented the vanguard of established writers in the
James Simon Kunen Talks About The Strawberry Statement – 1970 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
James Simon Kunen – Interview from On Screen – WBAI-FM – June 26, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Some things age well – some things age not at all and some things age poorly. In the Arts it’s a matter of subjectivity. Music we’ve heard and books we’ve
Harold Pinter – A Night Out – 1960 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
– A Night Out – By Harold Pinter – World Premiere – March 1, 1960 – BBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The arrival of Harold Pinter on the Theatrical scene in the late 1950s caused a stir, a sensation and a harbinger of things to come
An Interview With Truman Capote – 1971 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
– For Adults Only: Truman Capote – April 16, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There is certainly no shortage of interviews, recollections, observations, biographies, documentaries and articles on literary legend Truman Capote. A pivotal figure in 20th century American literature, Capote was as much a figure of controversy,
Pablo Neruda Reads Pablo Neruda – 1971 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
– Pablo Neruda – Interview/Poetry reading – Comment – September 5, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Considered by many to be one of the Greatest Poets of the 20th century in any language, Pablo Neruda was especially popular in the early 1970s, around the time of his winning