Excellent listening from BBC Radio 3. This programme should be available for another few weeks. The piano concerto was performed on a period instrument, like those that Beethoven heard… while he could still hear.
Ol’ ’55
Old magazines provide some of the best views and insights into 20th century America. With the impermanence of digital storage, along with the constant change in digital formats, will there be anything from the 21st century for far-flung future generations to study?
Here’s a look at September, 1955, when I was less than a month old. After a while, you might prefer watching with the Jean Shepard wannabe muted.
The Men’s Clubs
Trump refused to say what nobody was asking, about Arnold Palmer’s swinging club, but of course he said it anyway.
And I refuse to say it, but when he took showers with the other pros, they came out of there, they said, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.'”
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/20/g-s1-29100/trump-pennsylvania-rally-arnold-palmer
Who else should Trump be praising for their legendary mighty manhood?
Political Stunt Man
Stupid and shameless. He’s never worked an honest day in his life.
There was nothing honest about this staged event.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/20/trump-mcdonalds-minimum-wage/
The restaurant was closed to the public during Trump’s visit, and the motorists whom Trump served were screened by the U.S. Secret Service and positioned before his arrival. No one ordered food. Instead, the attendees received whatever Trump gave them.
A Tax by the Name of Tariff
Trump has never met a tariff he didn’t like and, good golly gosh, The Wall Street Journal of all things has something negative to say about that.
Men without a college degree are a large part of Trump’s constituency. They have been disproportionately affected by income inequality over the past 40 years. Because income inequality is a Democratic issue, you won’t hear Trump use that term when speaking to the working class men at his rallies.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/14/politics/the-biggest-predictor-of-how-someone-will-vote/index.html
Tripping Down the Lanes
Here’s a good comparison of groovy British vs. American sounds from 1967, with America having the harder edge.