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This American Life #47: Christmas and Commerce
The intersection of Christmas and retail, including David Sedaris’s “Santaland Diaries.” … 47. December 20, 1996. Christmas and Commerce.
Sean Carroll Episode 175 | William Ratcliff on Multicellularity, Physics, and Evolution
Nov 29, 2021 · William Ratcliff received his Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota. He is currently Associate Professor …
Q&A Presidential Recordings Ep. 2 – Creation of the Warren Commission
Calls between President Lyndon Johnson & members of Congress & the administration … Presidential Recordings Ep. 2 – Creation of the Warren Commission Q&A.
The Moth The Moth Radio Hour: Underpinning
The Moth Radio Hour: Underpinning on Apple Podcasts
Longform Rerun: #430 Connie Walker (Feb 2021)
Connie Walker is an investigative reporter and podcast host. Her latest show is Stolen: The Search for Jermain. “For so long, there has been this kind of …
LKT for Patrons Episode 293: Pegasus Spyware
Jul 19, 2021 · The toolkit scans iPhone and Android backup files for evidence of a compromise.
A note I found on my windshield after work one day back when I was part of the team trying to unionize Musicians Institute in the early 2000s.
When this photo popped up in my ‘random movie maker’ with Charlie Parker for a sound track. Robin, and Catherine at Carole’s birthday party 1992.
From a journal. All we packed into a day. Hollywood!
I used to love camping on top of Mount Pinos. For a bunch of years in a row I’d go up for a few weeks in September.
Steve Behrendt (drums, just out of the shot camera left), Les Dudek, Stevie Nicks, Boz Scaggs, Yours Truly. 1981 Bodega Bay Club.
This was a one-off fundraiser for the Bodega Bay. Boz and Stevie were special guests. But our trio rocked. Les had a killer guitar sound and sang his ass off. I don’t know who the photographer was (it could have been that I asked someone to take a shot with my camera), but I imagine there were other shots from that night. It would be fun to find some of those.
This was the image I used to represent my ‘Found‘, collection of soundbites CD in 1996. I had a lot of help with this image from my friend and photographer extraordinaire, Ed Giunca.
James Phillips would have taken the photo. His handy work (the z’s) written in the still-developing Polaroid.
These were the days when The Wild Blue Yonder was playing Lingerie and The Central. Bob and Maryann had an awesome Hollywood crib where they were filming the ‘Couch Concert’ series. Their band, Hollywood Wing Rats, were gigging as well. To keep a roof over our heads a bunch of us, including Danny Carey, were working in the AV Rentals section of Ametron. Oh man, these were some fun and crazy times.
Didn’t know about this! Frank would have been almost 70 when he recorded this and he sounds great! And what a band! George Benson and the Brecker Brothers, just to mention a few. (I haven’t watched the whole doc yet but the IMDB cast list seems a little off, at least it doesn’t mention Ray Brown on bass.) Watch it on Amazon.
Filmed in 1984, Portrait Of An Album follows Frank Sinatra as he records his album L.A. Is My Lady with producer Quincy Jones, who also conducts the sessions.