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  New York Noise - Radical Jewish...

  Tamar Barzel

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  An up-close view of the 1990s music scene that brought us neo-klezmer bands, Tzadik Records, and a new vision of Jewish identity. 
   
  Coined in 1992 by composer/saxophonist John Zorn, “Radical Jewish Culture,” or RJC, became the banner under which many artists in Zorn’s circle performed, produced, and circulated their music. New York’s downtown music scene, part of the once-grungy Lower East Side, has long been the site of cultural innovation, and it is within this environment that Zorn and his circle sought to combine, as a form of social and cultural critique, the unconventional, uncategorizable nature of downtown music with sounds that were recognizably Jewish. 
   
  Out of this movement arose bands, like Hasidic New Wave and Hanukkah Bush, whose eclectic styles encompassed neo-klezmer, hardcore and acid rock, neo-Yiddish cabaret, free verse, free jazz, and electronica. Though relatively fleeting in rock history, the “RJC moment” produced a six-year burst of conversations, writing, and music—including festivals, international concerts, and nearly two hundred new recordings. During a decade of research, Tamar Barzel became a frequent visitor at clubs, post-club hangouts, musicians’ dining rooms, coffee shops, and archives. Her book describes the way RJC forged a new vision of Jewish identity in the contemporary world, one that sought to restore the bond between past and present, to interrogate the limits of racial and gender categories, and to display the tensions between secularism and observance, traditional values and contemporary concerns. 
   
  Includes links to audiovisual content

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  Greatest Drama Shows Volume 5 -...

  Various Various

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  OASIS AUDIO CLASSIC RADIO SHOWCASE SERIES   Oasis Audio has gone into the vaults and dusted off the very earliest form of audio book, old time radio shows, for our listeners. Introduced episode by episode by Jim Engel, old time radio authority and board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, this series of classic radio shows is sure to have something for everyone. Celebrity casts and top-notch writers made the 1920s through the early 1950s, the golden era of radio. The series features seven exciting themes with 100 episodes in each. That is 700 classic radio programs in all.   Greatest Drama Shows   Cling to the edge of your seat for the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Green Hornet, The Third Man. Hear classic stores brought to radio by celebrity casts such as Brave New World with William Conrad, The Pickwick Papers starring Orson Welles, and so many more. 100 great Drama classics in ten volumes. Volume 5 Ford Theatre 10-5-47 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court with Mason AdamsThe Unexpected 9-5-47 Fools Silver with Barry SullivanGang Busters 1-5-46 The Case of The Rumbold Vault Robbery with Arnold MossGang Busters 1-24-48 The Case of The Horse-Race Hijackers with Larry HainesGeneral Electric Theatre 7-23-53 Penny Serenade with Irene DunneGeneral Electric Theatre 8-27-53 Sometime Every Summer with Dorothy McGuireThe Green Hornet 3-7-43 The Corpse That Wasn’t There with Al HodgeThe Green Hornet 5-28-46 Polarized Glasses with Robert HallHollywood Star Playhouse 4-27-52 Nor Gloom of Night with Alan YoungHollywood Star Playhouse 9-7-52 The 10th Planet with Joseph Cotton

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  Kahlo

  Gerry Souter

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  Behind Frida Kahlo’s portraits, lies the story of both her life and work. It is precisely this combination that draws the reader in. Frida’s work is a record of her life, and rarely can we learn so much about an artist from what she records inside the picture frame. Frida Kahlo truly is Mexico’s gift to the history of art. She was just eighteen years old when a terrible bus accident changed her life forever, leaving her handicapped and burdened with constant physical pain. But her explosive character, raw determination and hard work helped to shape her artistic talent. And although he was an obsessive womanizer, the great painter Diego Rivera was by her side. She won him over with her charm, talent and intelligence, and Kahlo learnt to lean on the success of her companion in order to explore the world, thus creating her own legacy whilst finding herself surrounded by a close-knit group of friends. Her personal life was turbulent, as she frequently left her relationship with Diego to one side whilst she cultivated her own bisexual relationships. Despite this, Frida and Diego managed to save their frayed relationship. The story and the paintings that Frida left us display a courageous account of a woman constantly on a search of self discovery.

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  The Official Only Fools and...

  Dan Sullivan, John Sullivan, Jim...

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  The book has been written by Dan Sullivan and Jim Sullivan, who, as sons of the creator of the series, are uniquely placed to use their knowledge of the show to set such brain-teasers as: What is the title of Rodney's prize winning painting? At what train station do Del and Raquel first meet? According to Trigger he once owned a hat. What colour was it? What does the 'A' on Del's O-level exam results stand for? What is Joan Trotter's middle name? It s a lovely jubbly stocking filler which will entertain all the family and remind them of many classic moments from the much-loved comedy series.

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  The Whole Heart Solution

  Carl Amari

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  This week, we will be listening to episodes of Mu Favorite Husband, The Cinnamon Bear and The Screen Guild Players. Carl and Lisa interview Dr. Joel Kahn, MD - author of The Whole Heart Solution, and Sarah Adamson reviews Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and Whiplash.
  A Falcon Picture Group audio production.

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  Billy Eckstine

  Wink Martindale

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  Billy Eckstine didn’t consider singing a potential profession until he earned $5 as second prize in an amateur competition. He was bit by the showbiz bug after working as an MC and singer in his hometown of Pittsburgh while on summer break from college. He decided not to return to college and eventually began working in clubs throughout Buffalo, New York; Detroit and Chicago. Eckstine sat down with Wink Martindale for an interview in May of 1973. He discusses the early days of his career, his recordings, live performances and love for what he does to make a living in this fascinating conversation.

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