Podcasts 44 - 54
Radical
Songs, Jazz in New York CIty, Family, Fortune Telling,
Knitting, Burlesque, Thieves and Rogues
Knitting, Burlesque, Thieves and Rogues
Spanish Civil War Songs, Union Songs and a Country and Western version of the International.
It's a long trip from the corn and tobacco fields of Chatham, Ontario, Canada to the Lower East Side of New York City. We attempt to bridge the culture gap with mixed success.
Jazz in New York City in the 60's
I have a cat-sized hole in my life that knitting, in part, helps to fill.
My Aunt Gertie was a stickler for perfection.
She had standards and let you know it.
My adventures learning to tell fortunes. Beware what you say it may come true, as in the self-fulfilling prophecy.
(More on Les Deux Megots http://www.chefjuke.com/mom/drop1a.html)
Adventures in yarn. Knit I must and I find it is a very sociable pursuit.
I have guested for several years on Danny Marks BLUZ FM on www.jazz.fm
Here's an interview with Danny which included 3 song tracks.
On learning I had Diabetes 2 and that Diabetes seeks out the weaker parts of your body and produces symptoms there.
I had never been to Burlesque and I wanted to see what it was like. We went downtown to this hall that was like an old movie palace. There was even a pit orchestra, absolutely essential for emphasizing bumps and grinds and for the drumrolls etc need by the comedians for their punchlines.
Keywords: Burlesque, skirt dance, vaudeville
Thieves and rogues I have know including the story of the saddest small thief