Transcripts 44-54

Podcasts 44 – 54
Radical Songs, Jazz in New York City, Family, Fortune Telling,
Knitting, Burlesque, Thieves and Rogues

  • 44 – Radical Songs from the 60’s
    Spanish Civil War Songs, Union Songs and a Country and Western version of the International.

  • 45 – My Parents Visit Me in New York City
    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.

  • 46 – All That Jazz
    Jazz in New York City in the 60’s

  • 47 – Tara, the cat, and Knitting
    I have a cat-sized hole in my life that knitting, in part, helps to fill

  • 48 – My Aunt Gertie
    My Aunt Gertie was a stickler for perfection. She had standards and let you know it.

  • 49 – Fortune Telling
    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

  • 50 – Knitting
    Adventures in yarn. Knit I must and I find it is a very sociable pursuit.

  • 51 – Danny Marks Interview
    I guested for several years on Danny Marks BLUZ FM on https.//jazz.fm
    Here’s an interview with Danny which included 3 song tracks.

  • 52 – Diabetes
    I discovered I had Impaired Glucose Tolerance which is a fancy way of saying I was on my way to Diabetes 2.

  • 53 – Burlesque
    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 drum-rolls etc. needed by the comedians for their punchlines

  • 54 – Thieves & Rogues
    Thieves and rogues I have know including the story of the saddest small thief.