On our second visit with Grandpa we focus mainly on his solo work, along with two salient interview clips from he and his better half Ramona . The albums that I used for this episode were: An Evening with Grandpa Jones, Grandpa Jones: The Man from Kentucky, The Other Side of Grandpa Jones , and Strictly Country Tunes . TRACKLIST: 01 Falling Leaves ( Family Album version) 02 Daylight Saving Time 03 Grandpa's Getting Married Again 04 The Rain is Still Falling 05 Don't Bring Your Banjo...
Topics: wART FM, Grandpa Jones, Louis Marshall Jones, Niagra KN, Ramona Jones, Falling Leaves
Here we find another visit with the 40-years-old-and-counting experimental noise band Big City Orchestra , this time highlighting their 1988 cassette release on Ralph Records made entirely from animal sounds. I transferred it from my copy of the actual K7 and not from the master (which I don't possess), so the sound is a bit murky, but I did my best to perk it up for broadcast. Enjoy this slice of prime cassette madness from BCO ! Extra Images: Scandalous promo fliers and Ralph catalog entry...
Topics: wART FM, Robo, dAS, Big City Orchestra, Ubuibi, Ralph Records, cassettes, 1988
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Celebrating the 40th anniversary of this particular comic book issue we jump right into the series in the second installment. This very stylized 1980s Kirby is not for everyone, but looking at it again prior to scanning after not having read this series in a long while I felt it was worth the effort of the panel-by-panel treatment. Certain panels and pages really jump out at me. Some lovely late-period Kirby imagery abounds in this series, and I may come back to it again in the future....
Topics: Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, Mike Thibodeaux, Steve Oliff, Pacific Comics, 1982
This episode features almost all of disc one of six from this excellent 1968 release retelling Classical Greek mythology.
Topics: wART FM, Spoken Arts Records, Richard Kiley, Julie Harris, 1968, Greek Mythology
This episode contains the 2005 transfers to computer that I mixed direct from two old four-track cassettes (" # 7 " and " Jungle ") from around 1989-1990. The 4-track recordings were a collection of "backing" or "sound design" experiments made for use in a variety of contexts, live and in-studio. Listening to them a few months ago, I found them compelling enough on their own (and wonderfully lo-fi and retro) to warrant being heard finally by the public as...
Topics: Drew Evan Dobbs, Auricular Records, Robo, Tascam, four track cassette, wART FM
Actually my fourth show featuring Mr. Cash, but somewhere along I lost count! Anyhoo, it is a solid set of yummyness! TRACKLIST: 01 Sugartime 02 Cowboys and Ladies (w/ June Carter Cash) 03 Oh Lonesome Me 04 Heavy Metal (Don't Mean Rock and Roll to Me) 05 In September When It Comes (w/ Roseanne Cash) 06 Tears in the Holston River (w/ The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 07 Paradise 08 The Best Part of Waking Up (ad) 09 Far Banks of Jordan (w/ June) 10 The Wayworn Traveler (w/ John...
Topics: wART FM, Johnny Cash, John Carter Cash, June Carter Cash, Roseanne Cash, The Nitty Gritty Dirt...
The later Folkways double lp release of this was in1962, but I suspect that this Decca edition dates from many years earlier. In any case, another of my VERY dry, or particularly scholarly shows, with mainly very old vocal / choral musics as it works towards the 18th Century. I do so love to torture my local listeners with very peculiar records from time to time. Many cuts from this project had to be dropped due to extreme surface noise, but the whole thing wouldn't have fit into an hour...
Topics: wART FM, Folkways, Decca, Dr. Curt Sachs, 2000 Years of Music
Front end of show features this nutty 1950 comedy record, with the hour filled out by tracks from an odd children's record for which I could find no release date (unusual these days) called The Best in Children's Literature - Series 2: "Self Image" ; which I used because it has a cut written by Maud and Miska Petersham , whose illustrated children's books I have been posting in the Internet Archive of late.
Topics: wART FM, Drew E Dobbs, Max Asnas, The Stage Delicatessen, The Best in Children's Literature: Self...
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Dec 15, 2022
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Another edition of this odd little series of Kirby's . There are some interesting moments throughout his late 1970s Marvel books, particularly in this one and The Eternals . Enjoy! CREDITS: Cover: Pencils: Jack Kirby Inks: Frank Giacoia Interior: Supervising Editor: Archie Goodwin Edit/Script/Pencils: Jack Kirby Inks/Letters: Mike Royer Color: Petra Goldberg
Topics: Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, FrankGiacoia, Petra Goldberg, Archie Goodwin
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Dec 10, 2022
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Dec 10, 2022
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I've been meaning to do a Ditko edition of the Panel-by-Panel series and thought that this great issue would be a nice start. So many fine, moody panels and great Spidey poses in this outing. I knew that Steve Ditko refused to allow sound effects lettering to be used in his Dr. Strange stories, but for some reason I had never noticed that the same ban applied to his Spider-Man pieces; it sets his work apart from the rest of the company product. Note: enjoy the goof from page eight of the story...
Topics: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee, Artie Simek, John Duffy, Stan Goldberg, Stan G
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Nov 13, 2022
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Nov 13, 2022
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Here we have excerpts from this delightful 80 Page Giant collection of stories involving Lex Luthor , one of my favorite Supey villains. Also a nifty Monogram model kits ad. Enjoy! CREDITS: Cover: Pencils: Curt Swan Inks: George Klein Letters: probably Ira Schnapp "The Story Behind the Cover" Pencils: Curt Swan Inks: George Klein "The Superman Family" Pencils: Curt Swan / John Forte (Legion of Super-Heroes figures) Inks: George Klein "The Conquest of Superman"...
Topics: Curt Swan, George Klein, John Forte, Mort Weisinger, Bill Finger, Jerry Siegel, Kurt...
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Oct 25, 2022
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Oct 25, 2022
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Complete live performance, missing only the first sentence or two as we were getting seated. A very fun night.
Topics: David Sedaris, Asheville NC, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 2022
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Oct 22, 2022
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Oct 22, 2022
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I had originally planned for the next Metamorpho Panel-by-Panel feature to be issue # 1, but when scanning it I discovered to my dismay that I had forgotten that my copy was missing the center spread, and thus four story pages, and so we move on to issue # 2. So much for the value of my #1! A fun and weird book as always, though. The interior lettering is familiar, but I can't recall the name of who might have done it. The Grand Comics Database thinks that it is by Ira Schnapp , but I strongly...
Topics: Ramona Fradon, Bob Haney, Charles Paris, Ira Schnapp, Jack Schiff, Sheldon Moldoff, 1965
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Oct 21, 2022
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Oct 21, 2022
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Another of my collection of 15 Petersham books, with their lovely 5-color stone engraved illustrations. Back to the subject of food again, and more colonialism as a result. Enjoy!
Topics: The Story Book of Sugar, Maud and Miska Petersham, 1936, The John C. Winston Company
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Oct 18, 2022
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Oct 18, 2022
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Continuing my fastidious reproductions of the lovely Maud & Miska Petersham books that were donated to my library, with their delicious stone lithography in five colors. This one comes from 1935, whereas most of the ones I own (15 in all) are from either 1933 or 36. Enjoy.
Topics: The Story Book of Gold, 1935, Maud and Miska Petersham, The John C. Winston Company
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Oct 15, 2022
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During my Panel-by-Panel series, I originally intended to feature at least one issue each from the four titles in Jack Kirby 's so-called Fourth World series of books, and here we find the first issue of Jimmy Olsen inked by Mike Royer . Unfortunately, some of my favorite parts of the Olsen storyline were inked by Vince Colletta , who I don't really care for, so I skipped ahead in Kirby's run on that book to # 146, putting us rather deep into the already-complex plotline. Royer is still...
Topics: Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, Murphy Anderson, Gaspar Saladino, 1972
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Oct 13, 2022
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Oct 13, 2022
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Here we find the epic conclusion of the four-issue storyline that began in Mystery in Space # 87. And what a team-up tale it is! Hawkman and Hawkgirl at last solve the mystery of their associate archaeologist Adam Strange and save two planets from destruction in the process. Oh, and Adam finally proposes to Alanna ! This cool issue teams up a couple of my favorite DC artists, Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson , who split the pencilling chores, an unusual move. I included some nice house...
Topics: Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson, Ira Schnapp, Aurora Plastics Corp.
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Oct 8, 2022
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Oct 8, 2022
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I felt like turning back to Jack Kirby for this latest Panel-by-Panel study, and the second issue of Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth caught my eye as a nice subject, as it further sets up the general plotline after the first issue introduces him. Another fine inking and lettering job by Mike Royer. CREDITS: Cover: Pencils: Jack Kirby Inks:Mike Royer Interior: Edited, written and penciled: Jack Kirby Inks and letters: Mike Royer Colors: possibly Jerry Serpe
Topics: Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, 1973
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Oct 3, 2022
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Oct 3, 2022
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Continuing my panel-by-panel study of the four-issue arc of Hawkman 's return to comic book pages in Mystery in Space #s 87-90. More excellent Adam Strange and Hawkman fun on display. By the way, the (unknown by me) letterer must have been overworked or very tired during work on the Adam Strange installment as there are two glaring mistakes in panels 84 and 96 which could have been in the original typed script, but someone should have caught them. I'll be getting along to Mystery in Space # 90...
Topics: Murphy Anderson, Gardner Fox, Sid Greene, Carmine Infantino, 1964
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Oct 2, 2022
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Here's a particularly salient trip into my comic book collecting past. Back in the 1970s, before reprints of the early comic-book-format 1950s Mad Magazine were available (except for a single wonderful hardcover book that I used to check out from the library over and over), during the summer, Mad Magazine began to include a smaller comic book-sized insert into the larger black-and-white magazine that one could carefully remove and have a sweet selection of stories and features, complete with...
Topics: Mad, Mad Super Special, Basil Wolverton, Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Marie Severin,...
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Sep 24, 2022
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Sep 24, 2022
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I love giant-size annuals, and here's a fun one. First off, though, a note that I mis-labeled the files as " Batman Giant #13 ", when in fact it is #12, but I am too lazy to go in and re-type all 146 file names! Enjoy the three stories I selected for the Panel-by-Panel treatment! CREDITS : Cover art: Win Mortimer, Sheldon Moldoff Letters: Ira Schnapp Stories: The Caveman Batman Script: Edmond Hamilton Pencils: Dick Sprang Inks: Charles Paris Letters: Pat Gordon The Three...
Topics: Win Mortimer, Sheldon Moldoff, Ira Schnapp, Edmond Hamilton, Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Stan Kaye,...
Here's an anomaly in my radio show archive - an episode that I decided not to run on the air, but went ahead and completed as a stand-alone Internet Archive -only episode just for the fun of it. I luckily read the liner notes of this record The Groupies (1969) before I got near to putting it into my show schedule and found that it had some pretty raw dialog and upon listening, some four-letter words as well, not suitable for my generally-open-minded station (I'm restricted from doing political...
Topics: Turning the Tables, Alan Lorber, The Groupies, 1969, Earth Records, Frank Zappa, The Mothers of...
Well, finally, after transferring it to digital from the vinyl 19 years ago, I found a project well suitable for the vocal intros from the Alfred Hitchcock album Music to Be Murdered By (1958) - here put to lovely use as spoken bits in this special tribute to both Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann , whose music we hear exclusively (excepting the music heard behind Hitch's vocals, which is by Jeff Alexander , with the script by James Allardice , who wrote Alfred's lines on the Alfred Hitchcock...
Topics: wART FM, Alfred Hitchcock, Bernard Herrmann, Jeff Alexander, James Allardice, 1958, North by...
Our featured artist this week is the wonderful Duke Ellington , and a focus on this particular 1958 record of his (seen above). Also we hear a couple of interview clips and a solo piano recital. A nice visit with Edward Kennedy Ellington .
Topics: wART FM, William Shakespeare, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Such Sweet Thunder, 1957, 1958
The featured album on this episode is Bert and I: Stories from Way Down East , which apparently influenced the creation of the much later Lake Wobegon stories of Garrison Keillor . An interesting little curiosity that spawned a number of follow-up albums and books. As usual, I interspersed it with musical pieces to break up the talking and extend the show to full length. Some more information about the writer/actors in the piece here .
Topics: wART FM, Maine, New England, Marshall Dodge, Bob Bryan, 1958, Bert and I: Stories from Way Down East
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Sep 7, 2022
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Sep 7, 2022
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That dynamic duo from the Neighborhood Bass Coalition and Big City Orchestra known as Rob & Robo when they play "solo" here are billed in (one of) their DJ names used in 2003. Recorded live to computer in Grove Street Studio in San Francisco, with no edits or alterations whatever. Never released back in those days, I recently put it on and was very entertained by the layers upon layers of loops, samples, cds, and vinyl through effects being employed. Quite a complex mix, it...
Topics: DJ Freshstep, DJ Skippy, Rob Wortman, NBC, Neighborhood Bass Coalition, Big City Orchestra, Grove...
Not much to say - one of my favorite bands of the late 90s and early 00s, and a big influence on my music and production in those days. I tried to emulate their artwork with this poster, and I think it captures a bit of the flavor. Turn It Up! (and step back from the SUBS to the proper distance for those delicious wave forms to hit you!)
Topics: wART FM, Scorn, Nicholas James Bullen, Mick Harris
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Sep 4, 2022
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Sep 4, 2022
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Working through my collection of 15 of the many Petersham non-fiction storybooks. This is the sixth in the series, I believe. They came into my life as donations to the public library I managed, and the full story and specifications can be read here , on the Archive page for the first book I posted. More information about the Petershams can be obtained here . There are more books available by them in the Internet Archive , but the ones I have visited so far seemed to have restrictions against...
Topics: The Story Book of Transportation, Maud & Miska Petersham, The John C. Winston Company, 1933
I have been fascinated for some time by Jacqueline Cochran , after learning about her through a documentary film about pioneering women astronauts, which led me to seek out and purchase her autobiography, which is one of my favorite autobios EVER, and aside from being written in her very unique voice, contains oral accounts of her from friends and associates (not always complimentary!). Recently I happened across an audio recording of her good friend Amelia Earhart, which got me to thinking...
Topics: Jackie Cochran, Jacqueline Cochran, Floyd Odlum, Chuck Yeager, NASA, WWII, Lyndon Johnson, Dwight...
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Aug 29, 2022
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Aug 29, 2022
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This is the fifth in the series of 15 Petersham books in my collection that I hope to reproduce here to archive for posterity. The full story of how I acquired them and more info can be found here . This time there is an extra file at the end showing some of the checkout history for this book when it was once in a public or school library. There was such a card in the back of a previous one that I scanned, but I forgot to include it then, so this time I made sure to put it in! As always, lovely...
Topics: Maud and Miska Petersham, The Story Book of Houses, 1933, The John C. Winston Company, stone...
I decided I needed a little more Old English Beowulf after I happened to play some late one night accompanied by one of my favorite 'bands', SCORN . Their music goes well with vocals layered on top, and the hypnotic and weird epic poem Beowulf is a particularly good fit. Another episode that will torture casual listeners of my beloved local radio station. Read by: Kemp Malone . Turn It Up!
Topics: Kemp Malone, Beowulf, Old English, wART FM, Caedmon Records, 1967
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Aug 23, 2022
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Aug 23, 2022
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The fourth in a series of 15 non-fiction books (that I possess) by these artist/authors. See this page for more information about these lovely books.
Topics: Maud and Miska Petersham, The John C. Winston Company, 1933, The Story Book of Clothes
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Aug 23, 2022
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For the next panel-by-panel study, I present the second Murphy Anderson -illustrated tale of Hawkman from Adam Strange 's book Mystery in Space . Two Hawkwomen are definitely better than just one! CREDITS: Cover: Art: Murphy Anderson Letters: Ira Schnapp Stories: Adam Strange: Script: Gardner Fox Pencils: Carmine Infantino Inks: Sid Greene Hawkman: Script: Gardner Fox Art: Murphy Anderson Public Service Page: Script: Jack Schiff Art: Sheldon Moldoff Letters: Ira Schnapp
Topics: Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino, Sid Greene, Murphy Anderson, Sheldon Moldoff, Jack Schiff, Ira...
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Aug 22, 2022
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Aug 22, 2022
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An amusing little children's book, allegedly to educate, but with many peculiar touches typical of late 19th century kiddie materials. No author or illustrator credits. The engraver(s) did not sign their work either. Measuring 11.5 x 17 cm, and 63 pages long. No date, but going by the book ad on the back cover I will place it at 1877 (the date of that books publication). Published by D. Lothrop & Co., Boston. There is another book from this publisher in the Archive here . Note: I had this...
Topics: Birds and Fishes, D. Lothrop & Co., Boston, 1877, The Adventures of Miltiades Peterkin Paul,...
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Aug 19, 2022
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Aug 19, 2022
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The third of 15 in the group of these non-fiction books of the Petershams that I own.
Topics: Maud and Miska Petersham, The Story Book of Iron and Steel, 1935, The John C. Winson Company, stone...
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Aug 17, 2022
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Here is the second of my 15 Maud & Miska Petersham books. At the Internet Archive page where I posted my first entry " The Story Book of Ships ", I give the full story of how and why I'm posting these, and other specifications. The original book measures approximately 20 x 21 cm. By the way, I love how this book rolls along through food groups and then gets to vegetables and sort of stops, like "Oh, and yeah - here are vegetables"...Perfectly written for kids.
Topics: Maud and Miska Petersham, The John C. Winston Company, The Story Book of Food, 1933, stone...
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Aug 17, 2022
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I hesitated at first to begin scanning my collection of these, as due to the dimensions (approx. 20 x 21 cm) I would have to do extra photoshop work to assemble the many scans, but because of their beauty and age, I have decided to go ahead and go through my batch of 15 of Maud & Miska Petersham non-fiction books. While I was managing my local public library branch for several years, I often got donations of vintage books, and many old children's books, which I collected and loved already,...
Topics: Maud and Miska Petersham, The Story of Ships, 1935, The John C. Winston Company, stone lithography
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Aug 14, 2022
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Aug 14, 2022
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Here again I present one of my favorite childhood comic books, this four-story special issue, from which I am excerpting the last three stories that had originally appeared in 1966. This three-story arc began in Tales of Suspense #s 79 and 80, and concluded over in Sub Mariner 's home book, Tales to Astonish #82. Terrific art all around, from the cover to the stories themselves, with the climax occurring during the epic battle at the end, with over-the-top action by Jack Kirby . That last part...
Topics: Stan Lee, Artie Simek, Marie Severin, Bill Everett, Gene Colan, Jack Abel, Roy Thomas, Jack Kirby,...
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Aug 11, 2022
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Aug 11, 2022
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Up until only recently I had mistakenly thought that Hawkman was awarded his own series right after the tryouts in The Brave and the Bold , where he was drawn by Joe Kubert . I was delighted to find that, instead, he had four MORE tryouts in issues 87-90 of Mystery in Space , a title I already loved. Naturally, as a Hawkman nut (and Adam Strange fan)- I had to acquire those! So here we go with the first of these issues featuring both Hawkman & Hawkwoman and Adam Strange. CREDITS: Cover art:...
Topics: Gardner Fox, Ira Schnapp, Carmine Infantino, Sid Greene, Murphy Anderson
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Aug 8, 2022
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This is the visual record of several families, mostly told from my maternal (Rubottom) family side, as I have a limited number of the Dobbs' family photos and ephemera in my possession. I have listed the people involved above in the TOPICS section. I have carefully curated these photos and paper ephemera for many years, knowing that eventually I would undertake the massive project of going through thousands of images to select the final edited batch that you find here. This is actually the...
Topics: Drew Evan Dobbs, Ray Carl Rubottom, Lucille Laura Thompson, Lucille Laura Rubottom, Maurice...
While raiding the stacks over at the Boston Public Library record collection I came across this gem, which seemed perfect during this time when the Ukraine is still being invaded and harassed by Russia. It's from 1964 and is as much about polka as country music. Enjoy!
Topics: wART FM, Ukraine, 1964, country music
Spotlighting this wacky 1959 record, and as usual filling up the last half hour with more goodies.
Topics: wART FM, Tony Schwartz, 1959, New York City, taxi drivers
The poster pretty much sums it up: this is the 1960 Caedmon recording of Jean Cocteau 's 1928 The Human Voice , a play for one actor.
Topics: wART FM, Jean Cocteau, Ingrid Bergman, 1928, 1960, Caedmon Records
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Jul 28, 2022
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This particular 80 page giant book goes way back in my memories to when some kids next door had a copy of it and I coveted it greatly. In the late 1980s when my collecting took a huge upturn I finally got my own copy, which was later sold along with half of my collection. A few years ago I decided to buy it once again as I missed it. Even though I have a nice paperback collection of Bizarro stories, there are some in this old comic that aren't in the paperback version. Here we find two stories...
Topics: Bizarro, Curt Swan, Jerry Siegel, John Forte, George Klein, Ira Schnapp, Jack Adler, 1968, 1961
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Jul 21, 2022
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I'm back with some more Hawkman -pal and his lovely wife Shiera and some high-altitude thrills! Sadly, this issue is a bit blurry in spots, as it seems to be from near the end of its print run and the plates were almost fully worn out, that said, it is still nice to look at, and even has one panel which is a reduction of the cover art, unusual for DC to do, most times the cover scene is re-drawn for the interior. This issue also sports TWO "Bird Facts" pages instead of the usual one...
Topics: Gardner Fox, Murphy Anderson, Ira Schnapp, Julius Schwartz, 1964
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Jul 20, 2022
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Ahhh! Now we swing around to another one of my favorite comic series, The Doom Patrol ! I decided to start with this issue since it deals with the origin of their leader, Niles Caulder , or, " The Chief ". As an artist myself, I am a huge fan or the fellow that drew all of these books, Bruno Premiani . An amazing draftsman. The guy can draw ANYTHING well. Just wonderful. His inking is also superb and stylish. I imagine I'll do more panel by panel studies of this series in the future,...
Topics: Arnold Drake, Bruno Premiani, Bob Brown, Stan Starkman, Ira Schnapp, 1964
For the past two years I have been recording episodes of the Sirius XM program Ranger Doug's Classic Cowboy Corral and this show is a sampler of songs from that great and informative program. The full list of artists is in the TOPICS section above.
Topics: wART FM, Ranger Doug, Ranger Doug's Classic Cowboy Corral, The Sons of the Pioneers, Tex Fletcher,...
I've been on a binge of CAEDMON records this year, and here's a particularly mad one from 1967. Here is most of the first hour of the four-hour/four record set of the complete Beowulf as read by scholar Kemp Malone , described as a "medievalist, etymologist, philologist, and specialist". Here's another episode that probably none of my listeners could make it through the whole thing. Enjoy!
Topics: Beowulf, Kemp Malone, Caedmon Records, wART FM, 1967, Old English
Spotlighting the 1966 soundtrack album shown above, along with several other fun tracks. The full list of artists featured is found in the TOPICS section above.
Topics: Renfro Valley Barn Dance, John Lair, Jo Fisher, Red Brigham, Jeanie Gibson, The Farmer Sisters,...
This show features two classic and fun records, first the 1974 lp by Bob B. Blue " Are UFO's a Reality ?", followed by the obscure and amazing 7 inch single from 1967: " Universal Brotherhood Confederation / Flying Saucers: We Wish a Word with You? (sic) / Oh, People of Earth " by John Hoffman & Henry Maday . Strap yourself in and let's blast off into a pretty spacey episode! And a tip of the hat to Taylor Jessen , from whom I downloaded these gems!
Topics: Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Bob B. Blue, UFO's, 1974, Universal Brotherhood Confederation, Oh People of...
Not much more needs to be said - I've done several Hazlewood -centric shows, now lets let Nancy get in on the action. This includes a number of B-sides and rarities. Enjoy! TRACKLIST 01 Lightnin's Girl 02 Love is Strange 03 You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin' 04 Lady Bird 05 Jackson 06 You Only Live Twice (single mix) 07 Sand 08 I've Been Down So Long (It Looks Like Up to Me) 09 My Elusive Dreams 10 These Boots are Made for Walkin' (extended mix-custom for this show) 11 Storybook Children 12 Sorry...
Topics: Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood, Billy Strange
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Jun 25, 2022
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I've been meaning to get around to Metamorpho , one of my childhood favorites and an odd hero indeed. I had intended to start with Metamorpho #1, the issue following this second tryout for him, but in the midst of editing the scans I found to my horror that my copy was missing the center-spread, depriving me of four pages of story. So, out came this issue instead and I started all over. Unfortunately I don't own The Brave & the Bold #57, his origin story, it is too pricey for me to get now....
Topics: Ramona Fradon, Charles Paris, Bob Haney, Win Mortimer, Jack Schiff, Ira Schnapp, Stan Starkman
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Jun 13, 2022
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Jun 13, 2022
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Here we find the lead 13-page story from this 1961 issue, with a super- Batwoman and good ol' Lex Luthor along with Supes and Bats . CREDITS: Cover: Pencils: Curt Swan Inks: Stan Kaye Letters: Ira Schnapp Inside Front Cover: Letters and Art: Ira Schnapp Interior: Script: Jerry Coleman Pencils: Curt Swan Inks: Stan Kaye House Ad: Script: Jack Schiff Art: Bernard Baily Letters: Ira Schnapp
Topics: Jerry Coleman, Curt Swan, Stan Kaye, Ira Schnapp, Bernard Baily, Jack Schiff
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Here's the last Fantastic Four " Annual " made before Jack Kirby departed from Marvel for the first time. It basically reprints a great deal of the 1963 Annual plus the back half of The Fantastic Four #1. Here I am just presenting the great Doctor Doom stories contained in it, plus the four page photo feature at the end. Kirby also created a lovely new cover for this 'Special'. I used to own the actual 1963 Annual, along with all of the other FF Annuals that Kirby participated in, but...
Topics: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Marie Severin, John Verpoorten, Chic Stone, Sam Rosen, Stan...
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It's the third tryout for the return of The Spectre in Showcase and apparently the reactions were positive as he soon gets his own book, with artist Murphy Anderson only hanging on for one more issue before the switch to Neal Adams on penciling chores. This story is unusual for Anderson in that he uses a large number of over-sized panels, with many pages having only three panels or less. The letters page is included here as it features a missive from the famed DC fan Irene Vartanoff and future...
Topics: Murphy Anderson, Gardner Fox, Ira Schnapp, Gaspar Saladino, Irene Vartanoff, Mike Friedrich, 1966
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Jun 2, 2022
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Jun 2, 2022
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Here we go with the third chapter in the ongoing story of Mr. Machine , right before he spins off into his own book, thus ending the " 2001 " run. I hope to offer more stories of this character as I recall it gets even better. It has been a while since I read these, so we'll see. I included the letters page as now they are getting some reader reactions to this new character of Kirby 's. CREDITS: Cover: Pencils: Jack Kirby Inks: Mike Royer Letters: Gaspar Saladino Interior: Story and...
Topics: Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, George Roussos, Gaspar Saladino, 1977
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May 26, 2022
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May 26, 2022
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Ah - now we come to the Chic Stone period, one of my favorite Kirby inkers of the 1960s. This comes from my 1969 reprint of this book, so I imagine it isn't as sharp as an original 1964 edition would be. Enjoy! CREDITS: Cover: Pencils: Jack Kirby Inks: Chic Stone Letters: Sam Rosen (original 1964 cover) Interior: Script: Stan Lee Pencils: Jack Kirby Letters: Art Simek
Topics: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Art Simek, Sam Rosen, Chic Stone
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May 23, 2022
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May 23, 2022
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Here we have the second chapter in the evolution of Machine Man , soon to take over the 2001 title and convert it to his own book. I hope to showcase a few more stories from this odd series in the future. CREDITS: Cover: Pencils: Jack Kirby Inks: Frank Giacoia Letters: Danny Crespi Interior: Script & Pencils: Jack Kirby Inks & Letters: Mike Royer Color: George Roussos Back Cover Ad: Jack Davis
Topics: Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, Frank Giacoia, George Roussos, Jack Davis, 1977
A spotlight on one of my favorite bands of the period (1977-1981), who released four studio albums and one live one in their prime, from which the tracks in this show come. Turn It Up! TRACKLIST: 01 Definitive Gaze 02 About the Weather 03 Feed the Enemy 04 Rhythm of Cruelty 05 Twenty Years Ago (live) 06 Because You're Frightened 07 Model Worker 08 Philadelphia 09 Shot by Both Sides 10 The Great Beautician in the Sky 11 Come Alive 12 I Believe That I Understand 13 Give...
Topics: Magazine, wART FM, Howard Devoto, Dave Formula, John McGeoch, Barry Adamson, Martin Jackson, Bob...
Featuring the entire 1957 Folkways lp " Robert Graves Reads From His Poetry & From The White Goddess ". More about Mr. Graves here . Enjoy!
Topics: The White Goddess, Robert Graves, Folkways Records, 1957, poetry
A spotlight on this Folkways record from 1952. Original recordings by Leo A. Verwilghen .
Topics: Bantu, Western Congo, Africa, Folkways Records, 1952, Leo A. Verwilghen
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May 14, 2022
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May 14, 2022
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I've been interested in Fletcher Hanks ' peculiar comic book work ever since discovering it in RAW Magazine #5 way back in 1983. Thanks to Paul Karasik 's excellent collections of his work, they can now be enjoyed in their entirety. Almost. I suspected when I bought the two volumes of Hanks' work that due to the obscurity of his work, and the many assumed names that he used, that more "lost" stories by him might turn up over the years in little-collected and less-desirable old comic...
Topics: Fletcher Hanks, Seymour Reit, Sy Reit, Raw Magazine, Paul Karasik, 1940, 1941, Moe M. Down, Big Red...
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May 13, 2022
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May 13, 2022
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Here we find Hawkman at last in his own book in 1964. Apparently the earlier tryouts in The Brave and the Bold did not provoke as strong a positive reaction as they hoped, but the letters must have kept coming in, and I'm glad as I loved this series as a kid. As always, there's a " Strange Bird Lore " page at the end for you strange bird lovers. CREDITS: Cover: Art: Murphy Anderson Letters: Ira Schnapp Interior: Script: Gardner Fox Art: Murphy Anderson Letters (first story): possibly...
Topics: Gardner Fox, Murphy Anderson, Ira Schnapp, Gaspar Saladino, Julius Schwartz, Nicholas Waldinger,...
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May 10, 2022
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May 10, 2022
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Another study of a Fantastic Four book (from my 1969 reprint), and a pretty exciting one at that - here we find the first cross-over appearance by Doctor Strange AND a guest star story for Namor , the good ol' Sub-Mariner . Lots of action in this one, mainly between Subby and Reed Richards , who duke it out through a lot of the story. Jack Kirby created a lovely re-draw of the original 1964 cover for this reprint, and as a bonus I have included four pages of original art (from a Heritage...
Topics: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, John Verpoorten, Sam Rosen, George Roussos
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May 9, 2022
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May 9, 2022
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I felt like dipping into this fun series by Kirby, as I like the Machine Man character, so I'll be doing a panel-by-panel study of some of these. Here we find the introduction of the fella that will go on to briefly star in his own series. CREDITS: Cover: Pencils: Jack Kirby Inks: John Verpoorten Letters: Danny Crespi (?) Story: Script/pencils: Jack Kirby Inks/letters: Mike Royer Color: Petra Goldberg
Topics: Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, John Verpoorten, Petra Goldberg, Danny Crespi
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May 7, 2022
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May 7, 2022
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Here we find the story wherein Hawkman wins his "Honor Wings", an addition to his helmet that becomes a permanent fixture. This tale is also unusual in that it all takes place on their home planet of Thanagar . I scanned the letters page after I had finished all of my photoshop editing because I noticed in the Grand Comics Database listing that the issue had letters from future comic book luminaries Paul Gambaccini , Jerry Bails , and Donald A. Thompson , so that is a late addition....
Topics: Gardner Fox, Gaspar Saladino, Ira Schnapp, Joe Kubert, Paul Gambaccini, Donald A. Thompson, Jerry...
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May 4, 2022
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May 4, 2022
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Because I wanted to do panel-by-panel installments of this series that were NOT superhero books, here's a goofy one. This post only features the second story in the issue, and the cover story. The story is by famed Scooby writer Mark Evanier and art by the great Dan Spiegel . CREDITS: Script: Mark Evanier Art: Dan Spiegel
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Topics: Gold Key, 1974, Mark Evanier, Dan Spiegel
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May 1, 2022
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May 1, 2022
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Here we find the first issue drawn AND scripted by Neal Adams . Adams had also been doing his own color guides on his books, and in this issue he began to play around with adding color to the gutters between panels, an experiment that didn't take (correction: apparently it was DC-wide at the time-I'll look into this more...), and the engravers who had to execute it must have hated having to lay in those extra areas with long straight lines, I would imagine they used rubylith tape or something...
Topics: Neal Adams, Gaspar Saladino, 1968
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Apr 30, 2022
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Apr 30, 2022
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With the passing of famed artist Neal Adams yesterday (April 29th, 2022) at age 80 I'm pushing this issue ahead on my schedule of postings here. This is Adams' first issue illustrating The Spectre after the previous premiere number by Murphy Anderson . Quite a change in art style and Adams as always delivers the goods! Note the cute text page with a custom illustration by Adams wherein Spec "interviews" his artist. CREDITS: COVER: Art: Neal Adams Letters: Ira Schnapp INTERIOR: Art:...
Topics: Neal Adams, Gaspar Saladino, Ira Schnapp, Gardner Fox, 1968
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Apr 29, 2022
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Apr 29, 2022
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Because I plan in the near future to do studies of some Murphy Anderson -illustrated issues of Hawkman (since it was a favorite childhood book), I thought that we should start with some stories from his first re-appearances in The Brave and the Bold in the early '60s. I'm also a big fan of Joe Kubert and his work here is quite lovely. Note that in this story we see Hawkman in his original Silver age helmet, as he hasn't won his ceremonial 'wings' that are added in issue # 42 shortly ahead - and...
Topics: Joe Kubert, Gardner Fox, Ira Schnapp, Jack Schiff, Gaspar Saladino, Bernard Baily, 1961
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Apr 26, 2022
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Apr 26, 2022
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Another memorable comic book from my childhood, and the only issue of The New Gods that I owned as a kid (and this is photographed from my tattered original copy). I was always very impressed with this one and after having read them all many times later on I realized that it was indeed an outstanding number from that short run of books. The famous double-page spreads in this are here shown separately and also joined together for the full effect. Included also is the issues final two-page...
Topics: Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, Gaspar Saladino, Joe Simon, Howard Ferguson, 1946, 1972
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Apr 22, 2022
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Apr 22, 2022
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This was one of my favorite books when I was a little kid of seven and that copy is long gone, so when I saw a this one for sale in an antique store a year ago I couldn't leave it there. Now that I'm currently doing a lot of comic book scanning I decided to go ahead and scan this beast, which proved to be a LOT of scanning and then photoshop editing. It was funny, I had always wondered about how the art was created for the book, as it was probably done in-house at Marvel Comics to maintain...
Topics: Big Little Book, Whitman Publishing, Western Publishing Company, William Johnston, Jack Kirby, Herb...
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Apr 20, 2022
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Apr 20, 2022
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Highlights from volumes 1 - 3 of the Western Publishing reprint books of Star Trek comics from the last edition of 1977. For the two main story fragments I picked ( Kirk & Spock's "Psycho-Files" ) there are no known writer or artist credits, and they are obviously not drawn by the regular series artists. I've always enjoyed these thick $1.95 reprint books (which must have gotten a boost in sales in these post- Star Wars editions); my copies are pretty beat (from a flea market, I...
Topics: Star Trek the Enterprise Logs, Western Publishing, Gold Key, Star Trek, Alberto Giolitti, Arnold...
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Apr 19, 2022
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Apr 19, 2022
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Mr. Spectre returns for his second outing after returning to the comics world in 1966. And again, we have a 'public service' house ad drawn by original Spectre artist/co-creator Bernard Baily on the inside front cover. CREDITS: Cover art: Murphy Anderson Letters: Ira Schnapp INTERIOR: HOUSE AD: Script: Jack Schiff Art: Murphy Anderson Letters: Ira Schnapp STORY: Script: Gardner Fox Art: Murphy Anderson Letters: Gaspar Saladino "CLOUD 9" cartoon page: Script: Mort Drucker Art: Mort...
Topics: The Spectre, Bernard Baily, Murphy Anderson, Ira Schnapp, Jack Schiff, Gardner Fox, Mort Drucker,...
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Apr 16, 2022
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Apr 16, 2022
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The third issue of the Deadman saga, cover-dated December 1967. Adams' amazing cover won an Alley Award that year for best cover art and he colored it as well. Adams was one of the rare artists back then that often did his own interior coloring design, too. One of the few Silver Age comics I owned as a kid (I never had much comic-buying money in the 1960s) and a favorite. It made quite an impression. By the way, many of the faces on the cover were actual people (and one Adams' representation of...
Topics: Neal Adams, Carmine Infantino, Ira Schnapp, Jack Miller, Milt Snapinn
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Apr 12, 2022
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Apr 12, 2022
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Here we find the second installment in the Deadman saga, cover-dated November 1967. And now Neal Adams comes in as series artist, and I discover right away that his layouts do not lend themselves easily to a panel-by-panel study - lots of diagonal frames. But I like his early DC work, so we'll have more of these in the future, I imagine. On the next-to-last page in this story I gave up altogether and left the whole page intact. As a child of six I didn't care for the George Roussos inks in this...
Topics: Mike Sekowsky, 1967, Deadman, George Roussos, Neal Adams, Ira Schnapp, Jack Adler, Jack Miller,...
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Apr 10, 2022
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Apr 10, 2022
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Well, here comes another Panel-by-Panel breakdown of a classic silver Age book. I must say I didn't expect that this one would be as handsome-looking as it is. First appearance of Deadman . Say no more. It was interesting to re-consider this story frame by frame - Infantino's work was stronger than I had remembered! By the Way: Arnold Drake laid out the front cover design and it was finished by Carmine Infantino . Also, Drake had a hand in designing Deadman himself and Infantino refined those...
Topics: Drew Evan Dobbs, Carmine Infantino, Arnold Drake, Ira Schnapp, George Roussos
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Apr 7, 2022
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Apr 7, 2022
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Here we find the big re-introduction of The Spectre in Showcase #60, cover dated February 1966. Not the best subject for a panel-by-panel study, due to the crazy page layouts; but I love The Spectre and Murphy Anderson, so here we go! As an extra bonus: I have included the inside-front-cover 'public service' house ad by editor Jack Schiff , as it is drawn by Bernard Baily , who of course originated the Spectre character back in 1940 with writer Jerry Siegel . I'm sure that they picked this...
Topics: The Spectre, Showcase, Murphy Anderson, Gardner Fox, Gaspar Saladino, 1966, Bernard Baily, Jerry...
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Apr 4, 2022
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Apr 4, 2022
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The fourth in my series of Panel-by-Panel studies. One inspiration for this flurry of panel by panel pages in the Archive is my reading the huge two-volume set of collected Marvel monster stories by Jack Kirby from the early 1960s, which segued into the publication of the first Fantastic Four book in 1961. Many storytelling elements from the monster/fantasy/sci-fi books of that time continued to run through the early FF issues until they began to develop the formula of the book on its own. I...
Topics: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Art Simek, 1963
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Mar 31, 2022
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The Fantastic Four number four, May 1962 (this is shot from my 1966 re-print). I love Kirby and Lee's handling of Subby's re-introduction and the subsequent drama wrung out of it. Good ol' Bill Everett sure gave everybody a great character to play with back in 1940! CREDITS: Script: Stan Lee Plot/Art: Jack Kirby Inks: Sol Brodsky Letters: Art Simek
Topics: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Sol Brodsky, Art Simek, 1962, Bill Everett
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Mar 27, 2022
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Mar 27, 2022
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The second in my Panel by Panel series, shot at 600 DPI from my 1966 reprint of this story. So much I could say about this material - but I'll let it speak for itself. Enjoy! Credits: Script: Stan Lee Co-plotter/Art: Jack Kirby Inks: Sol Brodsky Letters: Art Simek
Topics: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Sol Brodsky, Art Simek, 1962
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Mar 24, 2022
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Mar 24, 2022
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Because I got such a kick out of the 2021 book Fantastic Four # 1 : Panel by Panel (Chip Kidd & Geoff Spear) , and felt that the technique used in it would look great applied to other famous comic book issues, it occurred to me that I had some good quality reprints of early Fantastic Four issues, and I could create more 'books' of panel enlargements using the copies at hand. It is purely a personal project, done for my own amusement and for those out there who are big Jack Kirby scholars...
Topics: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, George Klein, Art Simek, 1962
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Mar 23, 2022
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Mar 23, 2022
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Another donation to my library branch -destined for the dumpster, and rescued by me. Published in 1932 by The Harter Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH. Scanned at 600 DPI. COMPLETE BOOK.
Topics: The Alphabet That Was Good to Eat, Louise Price Bell, Dorothy Whidden, 1932, The Harter Publishing...
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Mar 23, 2022
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Mar 23, 2022
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Here we find extracts from the 1952 edition of a 1949 children's educational book, focusing mainly on the color plates. One of six volumes. By Illa Podendorf , published by The Child's World, Inc., Chicago.
Topics: The Childs World:Vol 3:Plant and Animal Ways, Illa Podendorf, 1949
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Mar 23, 2022
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Authors: Oliver Read & Walter L. Welch. When I used to manage a public library branch, this book came in as a donation, and at 524 two-column pages plus NUMEROUS illustrations/patent drawings/photographs, it is an incredible resource volume. It even has a chapter that covers sound for movies. Another bonus is the cover and sheet music to the 1878 popular piece The Song of Mr. Phonograph . I don't have the gumption or time to scan the entire book, which deserves to be here in the Archive...
Topics: From Tinfoil to Stereo:Evolution of the Phonograph, Thomas Edison, 1959, phonograph, record player,...
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Mar 12, 2022
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A salute to that great guy from Tiptonville, Tennessee, Mr. Carl Perkins . Full tracklist (I didn't even back-announce during the show - saving all space for the music alone) below. TRACKLIST 01 Step It Up and Go 02 Sorry, Charlie 03 Restless 04 Mean, Mean Martha 05 Blue Suede Shoes 06 Rise and Shine 07 Daddy Sang Bass 08 Born Equal 09 Turn Around 10 Superfool 11 Baby, What Did You Do to Me? 12 Love, Sweet Love 13 Champaign Illinois 14 Goin' to Memphis 15 (Let's...
Topics: wART FM, Carl Perkins, Blue Suede Shoes, Matchbox, Bob Dylan
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Feb 26, 2022
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Two episodes of the 1952 radio show The Lives of Harry Lime , starring Orson Welles . This is the second time I've visited this series on my show. Enjoy!
Topics: wART FM, Orson Welles, The Lives of Harry Lime, The Third Man, Anton Karas, 1952
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Feb 26, 2022
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This show features the entire 1969 re-release of the 1955 recording originally titled Poetry of the Negro , changed for obvious reasons. Celebrating Mr. Poitier, who we lost this year of 2022. We fill up the remainder of the hour with three cuts from Babatunde Olatunji.
Topics: wART FM, Sidney Poitier, Babatunde Olatunji, Doris Belack, Brooks Male Chorus, 1955, 1969
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Feb 21, 2022
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Feb 21, 2022
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Yay! A whole hour show of nothing but Fred Rogers ! What could be pleasanter? Turn It Up!
Topics: wART FM, Fred Rogers, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, Won't You Be My Neighbor?, 1967, Gabby Hayes, Johnny...
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Feb 21, 2022
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Feb 21, 2022
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Herein we find the classic 1956 adaptation of Aldous Huxley 's Brave New World , as narrated by the author, with original music composed and conducted for the radio by Bernard Herrmann . I had to very slightly edit about one minute out of this vintage broadcast to fit it into my show, but sacrificed none of the story material. The full cast is listed in the Topics section above. Enjoy!
Topics: wART FM, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, Bernard Herrmann, radio, 1956, William Conrad, Hugh...
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Jan 29, 2022
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The featured record (from 1966) cover sums up most of the contents of this episode. Mazel tov! Enjoy!
Topics: wART FM, yiddish, Hebrew, Fred Kogos, Maria Karnilova, Zvee Scooler, 1966, Tikva Records, Allen B....
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Jan 29, 2022
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Jan 29, 2022
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A one hour tribute to vintage sound effects records. I've included a few really old ones from 78 rpm discs, but mostly long-players from the 1950s and 60s. This was a bear to put together, the result of many downloads of old records and then hours of sifting sounds out of them and assembly. The final result features at least 75 tracks - a new record for my show! Turn It Up-! It is after all Doctored for Super-Stereo!
Topics: wART FM, sound effects, doctored for super sound
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Jan 20, 2022
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Jan 20, 2022
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During my time making a weekly television show in San Francisco (1999-2007) I got into the habit of using an old TV broadcasting gimmick that I call the "Clip Show", in which elements of already-shown episodes are re-cut to make a "new" installment of a show. Whilst trolling through my archive of past radio shows recently, it occurred to me that some disparate episodes might be fun to jumble together in an unfamiliar way, thus creating a "Cut-Up" show, in an almost...
Topics: wART FM, Turning the Tables, Drew Evan Dobbs, Paul Williams, Boris Karloff, Reddy Kilowatt, Ray...
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Jan 3, 2022
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Jan 3, 2022
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Featuring all things Bill Monroe , along with brother Charlie and Doc Watson guesting as well. I had recently read a good biography of Monroe , and with a fresh appreciation of the man I thought it was time to revisit his music in detail. TRACKLIST: 01 Blue Moon of Kentucky 02 Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms (w/ Charlie Monroe) 03 Uncle Pen 04 Footprints in the Snow 05 Get Up John (w/ Doc Watson) 06 Rawhide (w/ Doc Watson) 07 What Does the Deep Sea Say (w/ Charlie Monroe) 08 My...
Topics: wART FM, Bill Monroe, bluegrass, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson
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Dec 18, 2021
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Here we have the new 2021 remake of this 2008 Holiday CD of mine. It is all original music and features a LOT of nutty holiday vocal samples. Enjoy! Cheers! Turn It Up!
Topics: Drew Evan Dobbs, Mindwrecker, Robo, DJ Freshstep, Christmas, 2008
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Nov 27, 2021
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Featuring one of my favorite drummers, and a big influence on me as a percussionist. I included a lot of clips of Mr . Bruford talking about music, from a 1979 interview. Turn It Up!
Topics: wART FM, Bill Bruford, Yes, National Health, Gong, Genesis, UK, Bill Bruford Band
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Nov 20, 2021
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Now comes the "fifth" episode featuring only music composed by me . Herein we find pieces from the period of 2008 up to 2021, including unfinished sketches for songs and some rarities from compilations and collaborations. At this point, let's go back and link to many of the previous shows that spotlight my weird musics: TTT # 37 TTT #57 TTT #58 TTT #92 TTT #128 TTT #159 TTT #232
Topics: wART FM, Drew Evan Dobbs, Big City Orchestra
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Nov 19, 2021
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Seeing as I'm the expert at flogging THIS dead horse, here comes a NEW Beatles Holiday selection of goodies. See the TOPICS section above for a partial list of the stars within, along with a nice batch of actual Beatle cuts.
Topics: wART FM, Mae West, Paul Frees, Tich, De Bieteltjes, Judy & the Duets, Bob Dylan, The Residents,...
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Nov 19, 2021
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It took five+ years, but I finally got around to doing a whole episode featuring Disney records. I tried to find as many little-played and obscure ones as I could, and some personal faves. I accidentally repeated one piece (the second iteration sung by Fess Parker ), but other than that - this one came out really good, after a LOT of pre-production work. Just picking out the albums and the pieces from same took some time! See the TOPICS section for a list of the films that I took songs and...
Topics: wART FM, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Cinderella, Disneyland, Westward Ho the Wagons, Jungle Book, Winnie the...
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Nov 19, 2021
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It felt like it was time for another all- Prine show in my radio series, so here it is! Turn it Up!
Topics: wART FM, John Prine
Live Music Archive
Librivox Free Audio
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Internet Arcade
Console Living Room
Books to Borrow
Open Library
TV News
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