NBC’s “Ubiquitous” Max Jordan – Reporter and Priest
Posted by: Matthew Barton
Max Jordan was an NBC reporter who left the microphone for priesthood.
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Film Night at the Pickford Theater: “The Maltese Falcon” (1941)
Posted by: Matthew Barton
On the eve of "The Maltese Falcon" being screened at the LC's Mary Pickford Theater, Matt Barton looks back at the making of and great legacy of the film classic.
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Jim Metzner: Pulses and Other Sounds
Posted by: Matthew Barton
Every one of us yearns to be heard and appreciated. Yet at the same time, we are surrounded by a wondrous realm of vibrations that are rarely attended to, let alone valued. Listening can open the portal between these inner and outer worlds.—Jim Metzner For the past half century, Jim Metzner has taken the pulse …
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100 Years Ago: President Warren G. Harding Recreates his 1921 World War I Memorial Speech
Posted by: Matthew Barton
On May 24th, 1922, President Warren G. Harding spoke into a recording horn prepared for him at the White House. He recreated a speech he had given a year and a day earlier at a memorial ceremony held at Pier 4 on the Hoboken, NJ waterfront, where the remains of 5,212 Americans killed in World …
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WHO KNOWS? RADIO AND THE PARANORMAL
Posted by: Matthew Barton
Who knows “Who Knows?”? This program was produced for the Mutual Broadcasting System from March 16, 1940 through August 29, 1941. Few sources on old time radio mention it, which maybe a reflection of its short run and somewhat narrow distribution. The weekly 15-minute program explored the world of psychic phenomena. On early broadcasts, announcer …
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Buck Canel–The Voice of Beisbol, Boxeo and FDR
Posted by: Matthew Barton
“…millions this week listened to Buck Canel, a swashbuckling New Yorker, as he broadcast his 27th World Series in Spanish” –Robert H. Boyle, Sports Illustrated, October 14, 1963. “No se vayan que esto se pone bueno!” (“Don’t go away, this is getting good!”) –Buck Canel, during many, many baseball broadcasts Sportscaster Buck Canel’s voice …
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“Charlie Watts: The Beat of Different Drummers” by Matthew Barton
Posted by: Matthew Barton
“Charlie Watts has always been the bed that I lie on musically.”–Keith Richards[i] The death of Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones inspired many heartfelt tributes naming him as one of the all-time great drummer. No one was more aware than Watts himself of the giants on whose shoulders he stood. In 2006, when (I …
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Talking Indy 500 With Sports Byline
Posted by: Matthew Barton
There are more automobile racing-related recordings in the holdings of the Recorded Sound section of the Library of Congress than you might think. They include classic early 1960s songs that celebrate hot rods, documentary recordings made at races from Long Island to California to Monaco, and radio coverage of great early drivers like Wilbur Shaw …
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