Hearing Voices from NPR®:
045 Shortcut Thru 2008— The Year in Speeches, Songs, and Soundbites
Host— Peter Bochan of WBAI-FM
Airdates— 1/07/2009 - 1/14/2009
Audio of program will be posted here 1/14/2009.
An hour-long audio scan of Year 2008, from the the Olympics to oil prices, from the elections to the economy. A memorial to those who passed, including Studs Turkel, Eartha Kitt, George Carlin, Bo Diddley, and Paul Newman. And a tribute to the changing of the presidential guard. (Produced by Peter Bochan of All Mixed Up).
The retrospective includes the collapse of Wall Street, financial and political scandals, the wild fires, the ice storms, and one of most memorable political campaigns in history, ending with a personal tour of the White House (conducted by past, present and future Presidents) all mixed up with answers to the question…
“What will you remember about 2008?”
Had a slew of HV stories on NPR recently, and no time to post ‘em. We’ll put up photos and more info soon, but for now…
The first of Scott 3-part Juarez stories:
A couple by Jake Warga:
And this ZBS 2 Minute Film Noir:
What we know now in the USA, India and China, and what we will know soon. “Did You Know?” by shifthappens:
via Gravity Medium.
One of my favorite performed poems is a New Year’s Eve 1969 memory by John B. Lee, “Jimi Hendrix In The Company Of Cows” (1:49 mp3):
From the compilation of Canadian poets Word Up.
Sweet video my wife found, “Christian the Lion”:
From a movie by the Born Free Foundation (YouTube channel).
Hearing Voices from NPR®:
044 Memory Book— Looking Back at Life
Host— Ceil Muller of KQED-FM
Airdates— 12/31/2008 - 1/07/2009
Memory Book (52:00 mp3):
Recollections, remembrances, and mnemonics for recalling time:
Lester Nafzger recalls his life as a litany of “Lynchpins” (10:19), as told to Joe Frank, excerpted from his hour Performer.
Host Ceil Muller takes us on a tour of her own memory palace, made with bits of unsued of tape recordings she’s gathered over the years, in “Persistence of Memorex” (8:20).
“Death in Venice” (26:30) roams the beach with retired folk in Venice, Florida, finding seashells, shark’s teeth and distant memories; written and produced by Larry Massett, narrated by Joe Frank.
Music: The Moving Star Hall Singers “Remember Me” Been in the Storm So Long: A Collection of Spirituals, Folk Tales and Children’s Games from Johns Island, SC
Drawing: Phrenology Symbolized, © 1895– by Prof. Wm. Windsor: The Symbolical Phrenological Head, Showing the Location of the organs of the Brain; from his book How to Become Rich (1898).
And a happy new you. Guitar by Jesse Boggs, vocals by his son Eli — at 4 years old. “We Wish” (1:41 mp3):
Hearing Voices from NPR®:
043 Go By Train— Riding the Rails
Host— Calvin Johnson of K Records
Airdates— 12/24/2008 - 12/31/2008
Go By Train (52:00 mp3):
Musician Calvin Johnson (of the band Beat Happening, and owner of K Records) hosts train tales:
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