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Our episode this week will feature two magnificent recordings of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” along with some accompanying commentary about the renowned 1904 opera. We then fast-forward about 50 years with a passage from Richard Yates’ novel of suburban frustration, “Revolutionary Road.” Along the way, we’ll have some great music and poetry to lead you through. Enjoy!
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We are back this week with a brand new episode designed to transport you to yet another time and place, this time 16th Century Mantua, Italy. Joe explores the rough lawmakers of the time, in particular the Duke of Mantua, through commentary on a glorious recording of Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” We then move to a more modern telling of Italian-American history, and take a look at another tough bunch, the Corleone family of Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather.” Through some film clips and a couple of pieces of Nino Rota’s indelible score, Joe will draw parallels between the monarchs of hundreds of years ago and the mobsters of the 1940s.
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Travel back to a bygone time with host Joe Weber, as he explores some of the legends and tales of the Old West through music and storytelling. Resident Western expert Jim Dunham returns to teach Joe about Wyatt Earp’s gunfights and why it probably wouldn’t have been smart to ask Doc Holliday for a refund if you weren’t satisfied with your dental work. We’ll feature some wonderful country tunes, and also a more modern take on rough and ready outlaws with a clip from the Coen Brothers’ early classic “Raising Arizona.”
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This week, your host Joe Weber takes you back on a tour of the Old West with poetry, some classic Western tunes and a fascinating interview about the rivalry between Sheepherders and Ranchers with Cartersville, GA-based expert Jim Dunham. You’ll also be treated to the very first visit to the AM1690 studio of Stephan Fllambeau, Atlanta’s “premiere” performance “artist”, a long running sketch that Joe produced with actor Larry Larson over several years. Please enjoy!