Taken For Granted: Overcoming Underwriting

“This week, I imagined a radio station in dire financial straits deciding the only way out of its financial difficulties was to take on underwriting sponsorships, like you hear on NPR or PBS. Now I know that’s a completely hypothetical situation, I know that would never happen at a place like this, Pacifica WBAI…”

Our take on the latest schemes to fund Pacifica.

The Most Difficult Close-Up Card Trick?

If you’re talking about raw sleight of hand, a lot of magicians will pick this card move invented by Ray Kosby called “Raise Rise,” as their choice for the most difficult card trick in the world. It looks like trick photography, but it’s pure sleight of hand, done with an ordinary ungaffed deck. My hat’s off to those who can do it–I sure can’t. The clip above is quite a good version with no cheating or editing. I wish I knew who the magician here was, but I only have the name of the guy’s YouTube channel.

Thanks to YouTuber jekku123

I’ll Never Find Another You

Monday morning we salute Judith Durham of the Seekers who died this month. The 1964 hit featured the Australian singer’s wonderful voice which would ring out from the harmonies of her band mates. They had other hits including the theme song to the film, Georgy Girl, but this song is my favorite of theirs.

Thanks to YouTuber Classic Hits {Stereo}

August’s Actors And Authors

This month in the Arts Express Magazine:

** Veteran Actor Carl Lumbly talks about playing Miles Davis, Gil Scott-Heron, and his new film, I’m Charlie Walker

** Caitlin Johnstone‘s new poems on the latest world madness

** Julia Stein catalogues the city of Los Angeles as a character in modern fiction…and more!

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View online here: August 2022 AE Magazine

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Mary Spender’s Church Bells

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Monday morning, crack guitar player, singer, songwriter, and videomaker Mary Spender takes us behind the scenes to her castle, as she gives us a backstage explanation of how she put together her Romeo-and-Juliet influenced music video with zero crew. A really fascinating look at what talent and resourcefulness can do. Oh, and add camera drone operator to that list.

More at Mary Spender

“If I Were A Man…”

In our Arts Express Playhouse, a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Gilman is best known for her novella The Yellow Wallpaper, but she also wrote hundreds of other short stories. The one I’m reading above, “If I Were a Man,” was written in 1914, before women even had the right to vote in the US, but it seems a whole lot more modern.

Click on the triangle or mp3 link above to hear the story as broadcast today on the Arts Express radio show, heard on WBAI-FM NYC and Pacifica affiliates across the nation.

International Weigh-In

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Monday Morning, Robbie Robertson, Ringo Starr and People for Change come together virtually with musicians from all over the world to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Robertson’s masterpiece.

Thanks to YouTuber Playing For Change