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Street Games
Street busking is an ancient trade, going back at least to medieval and Renaissance times, with actors and entertainers displaced by enclosure and plague making their living on the streets, dependent on their spectators for their livelihood. Their descendants are still among us today, and modern-day busker Todd Various is one of the best I have ever seen. The cups and balls is the bread and butter of the traveling magician, illustrated in Renaissance woodcuts, but Todd’s execution of it is so sublime, and his manner with an audience is so thoroughly engaging and cunningly crafted, that one wants to reach into the video and put a couple of dollars into his hat.
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“A Spectre is Haunting Europe…”
It’s May, and May brings up thoughts of Mayday and revolution and Karl Marx’s birthday, May 5,1818, so I thought it might be worthwhile to read from the surprisingly readable Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.
Click on the grey triangle or mp3 link above to hear the reading as broadcast today on Arts Express on WBAI FM NYC and Pacifica affiliates across the country.
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Crab Dinner
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The Yellow-crowned Night Heron has returned to Marine Park, digging for the plentiful fiddler crabs by the shore.
Marine Park Salt Marsh
Brooklyn, New York
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That’s Life
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Schenectady Avenue,
Brooklyn, New York
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First Day On The Guillotine
Ventura Highway
Monday morning, Chase Eagleson and Josh Turner so damned mellow that you want to strangle them.
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Every Jack The Ripper Documentary
The versatile and humorous Eleanor Morton takes us down a road we’ve been many times before.
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The Silk Stocking Sisters
In 1954, the Supreme Court issued their ruling on Brown vs. Board of Education, which was supposed to end segregation in US public schools. While that struggle was most visible in the South, it was occurring in different ways up North. In her book, Desegregation of the New York City Schools: A Story of The Silk Stocking Sisters, author Dr. Theresa Canada was part of a desegregation experiment herself as a student in NYC in the early 1960s.Through her own example and the oral histories of others, A Story of The Silk Stocking Sisters provides insight into the slow process of desegregation and eventual re-segregation within the New York City Public Schools during that time and the lessons learned. I was happy to speak with Dr. Theresa Canada about her experiences.
Click on the grey triangle or mp3 link above to listen to my interview with Dr. Theresa Canada as broadcast today on the Arts Express radio program on WBAI FM NYC and Pacifica stations across the nation.
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“The Words Of The Prophets Are Written On The Subaru Walls…”
He Couldn’t Resist…
Ed O’Neill tells a very short story about how comedian Jon Lovitz reacted to the death of Lovitz’s best friend Phil Hartman. (Hartman was shot by his wife who later committed suicide.) Am I a bad person for laughing out loud?
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Mighty May’s Magazine
This month in the Arts Express Magazine:
** Veteran Actor Jim Broadbent on playing a true-life working class hero in The Duke
** Artist Tom Keough shares scenes from his graphic bio about the Irish revolutionary, James Connolly
** Dennis Broe on the constructed media representations of Zelensky in “Mr. Zelensky Goes to Washington”
and more!
View online here: May 2022 Arts Express Magazine
Get your free subscription to the Arts Express Magazine, the companion magazine to Arts Express Radio, by sending an email with the word “subscribe” in the subject line to: artsexpresslist@gmail.com
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pts 1 and 2
Josh Turner with his wife Kelly Oden travelled across the country this summer stopping at several points along the way to reconnect with old friends and make music. Here they are in Denver with Bob Barrick, Valley Lopez, Stu Garney, and Sam Dorrance covering the Flaming Lips and fighting off the evil-natured pink robots.
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How To Get A Seat
There’s no one quite like Todd Robbins, a trained Shakespearean actor who went wrong somewhere and made a career as a magician and carny sideshow performer. Here Todd helpfully illustrates how to guarantee a seat on the subway.
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The Price of Immortality
Some people seek immortality through fame, but others want physical-body-forever immortality. A new book, The Price of Immortality, explores the numerous paths that people have sought to extend their lives—and the hucksters and scam artists who have taken advantage of them. I was happy to have as my guest, the author of The Price of Immortality, Peter Ward.
Click on the triangle or mp3 link above to hear my interview with Peter Ward, as broadcast today on Arts Express radio, heard on WBAI FM and Pacifica affiliates across the nation.
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Purty Flirty
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East 21st Street
Brooklyn, New York
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Ain’t Misbehavin’: Joe Pass
I like Joe Pass because he always has such taste. You know that he could do whatever he wants to do on the guitar, but he holds himself back just a bit, restrains himself from showing off too much.
When I was a teenager I worked on a play as a stage manager with a very good professional older cast who I looked up to. I remember one actor, Gene, who came off stage into the wings where I was, after playing a very emotional scene. He was still crying from the scene, and I was impressed by the real tears. I congratulated him on how powerful the scene was. But he shook his head, and said to me, no, he didn’t get it right; he didn’t want to cry at that point in the play, it didn’t serve the playwright. I never forgot that.
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Abbott and Costello Explain Labor Law
Early Warning System
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East 17th Street
Brooklyn, New York
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It Just May Be A Lunatic You’re Looking For
Rhythm Tap with John Bubbles
John “Bubbles” Sublett, who taught Fred Astaire how to tap, and played Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess, was a master of rhythm tap. He appears in the clip above in the 1937 film, Varsity Show, with his long time partner Ford “Buck” Washington.
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Hee’s Over Here
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This Eastern Towhee was a lifer for me. Though about the size of a large sparrow, it’s not easy to see in the brush–however you can’t miss its call of Tow-HEE; hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee.
Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, New York
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The Company Way
One more lesson in obsequiousness from How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. The late Robert Morse rings every bit of humor from the song. The clever lyrics and music are by Frank Loesser.
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Will Smith And The Magician
That was pretty seamless. Kudos to Mr. Rhodes!
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And thanks to Tom Phoenix at the Magic Cafe for pointing this out.
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Yet Another Evil Car
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Olean Street
Brooklyn, New York
