I knew Moondog, sort of. Grimes Poznikov, not so much. Then there is the dog howling at the classical flute question . . .
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How SiriusXM won me over with its “Jzz/Stndrd/Clscl” zone
What won me over is that the service has concatenated a gaggle of music channels into a section that the LED on my SiriusXM interface calls “Jzz/Stndrd/Clscl.”
Places in San Francisco to loiter while listening to classical music
Of late I have been trying to keep track of storefronts that play classical music in San Francisco. They make for excellent locations for classical music lovers to loiter. So far I have found two, briefly videoed in this Youtube clip. (more…)
Leonard Bernstein’s FBI file
Over the course of his career, Leonard Bernstein was relentlessly watched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
On W.C. Fields and Cowboy Bebop
Second Inversion radio has an interesting interview with pianist Nadia Shpachenko. She has a new album that includes a composition by Peter Yates called “Epitaphs and Youngsters.” The piece requires output from a “singing pianist,” who, among other tasks, meditates on W.C. Fields’ famous comment that “On the whole, I’d rather be in Philadelphia.” Apparently Fields hoped […]
National Underwear Day unites all musical forms
Today is National Underwear Day, and radio station WWOZ-FM of New Orleans notes the occasion with a terrific video of the city’s Nat’l Underwear Day celebration from 2016: The New Orleans National Underwear Day Parade rolls again Sunday at 7p, starting and ending at 3610 Toulouse pic.twitter.com/7VoQW2tqk9 — WWOZ 90.7 FM (@wwoz_neworleans) August 5, 2018 […]
Radio remembers Lorraine Gordon, impresaria of The Village Vanguard
Lorraine Gordon has died. She operated the world’s premier jazz club, the Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village, for almost 30 years. Gordon ran the place like clockwork. The New York Times obituary gives you the picture: Ms. Gordon, often nursing a glass of vodka, presided over the scene with a personal brand of tough love. […]
Minnesota’s classical safe harbor hour; cellos and weddings (sacred and profane)
On Wednesday, into my classical/radio newsfeed fell this notification about Minnesota Classical Radio (MPR)’s playlist for May 23, 2018. Through the day you get the usual stuff: Schubert, Elgar, Vivaldi. Then the 10 PM hour arrives, and . . . KABOING: Refuge Baljinder Sekhon Robert McCormick McCormick Percussion Group Gumboots David Bruce Carducci Quartet Julian […]
OMG a radio station actually keeps its classical format after protests
I must tell you that I was shocked to read this story. After protests, a radio station has decided to keep its classical music format. In Provo, Utah, no less. BYU Broadcasting has announced that it will buy an FM signal that will allow it to broadcast a bunch of educational content it planned to […]
Classical music, fear, and the radio
The New York Times has published a nice essay urging people to get over their fear of classical music and just enjoy the genre. The piece does not say anything that doesn’t get said once every five years or so in some prominent venue. But it does say it well. Miles Hoffman notes the existence of […]