The dreaded day is almost upon us, so it’s time to put up my Valentine’s Day program. I get so gloomy at this time of hear year that I find myself chanting my grandmother’s old poem: “Nobody loves me. Everybody hates me. I’m going to the garden to eat worms …” Without further ado, here is Attachments, produced as part of the national, CPB-funded series I did with Adi Gevins which we called A Gathering […]
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‘Tis the Season
How did this happen? It can’t be Christmastime already. But I know it is because there was X-mas Muzak in the Hong Kong airport and now the house down the street has its illuminated holiday sign: “Ho Ho,” it says on the roof. “Ho” it says on the porch just below. So of course I always read it as “Hoho, ‘ho.” Many years ago I produced a half-hour Christmas special for public radio. People tell […]
Read moreBoo!
To get you in the mood for Halloween, here’s a half-hour documentary I produced almost twenty years ago: The Time Between. It was one in the holiday series (A Gathering of Days: An American Holiday Sampler) that I did with Adi with funding from CPB. As always, enjoy the opening theme music written and performed by Hot Combo, featuring the inimitable Sue Schardt.
Read moreSteel Drivin’ Man: The Legend of John Henry
Before I upload my pictures from my recent visit to West Virginia, I’ll tell you about one day in particular: our field trip to Talcott: “The home of the John Henry Legend.” I’d spent a lot of time tromping around there while producing Steel Drivin’ Man. You can read more about the documentary or visit the old Web site I did about it years ago, or read an article I wrote about producing the program, […]
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