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…an American classic, performed live in front of a Limelight audience at that Greenwich Village nightclub. Watch tomorrow night’s fireworks with this streaming into your ears…

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…this is my second Echoes of a Century production, from February 2005. It contains dramatic readings by Carl Sandburg, Orson Welles, Walter Huston and Agnes Moorehead, as well as The Lonesome Train, the collaboration of Norman Corwin and Earl Robinson referenced in this week’s Audible Scribblings program…

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…first this week, the fascinating history of the cantata “Ballad for Americans” by John Latouche and Earl Robinson (with a title suggested by Norman Corwin), a very popular patriotic piece before and during the United States’ involvement in World War Two…

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…and here is the recording by Paul Robeson and The American People’s Chorus of “Ballad for Americans.” Posting it extra early for Independence Day listening …

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…for this one, you might want to check out http://snipurl.com/2q8f5  first; it’s another series’ podcast about Emmett Miller, with some excellent examples of the man’s music…

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…y’all might like to check out http://snipurl.com/2q89e and http://snipurl.com/2q8a5 before listening to this item. They’re to pages on Roger Ebert’s site that I deal with this week…

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…since the live shows are now done for (I told you to call!) and Sunday’s show was a repeat of the April 13th show, I’m giving y’all a little special bit this week. If you’ve never heard of the scam surrounding a novel called I, Libertine, you’re in for a treat. Jean Shepherd told the story on Long John Nebel’s WNBC New York show in January, 1968. Listen, and then think of what goes on in today’s world of Paris Hilton and “Survivor”…

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…like I say at the end, if you still have a chance to spend time with your dad, do it. I wish I still could…

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…if you never heard of Emile Griffith, maybe it’s time you should find out about the man…

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…from 64 years ago today, this is the coverage from Bob Trout of the first “official” hour of D-Day, starting at 3:00 EWT/Midnight PWT (the official communique announcing it is heard about 33 minutes into the mp3). I just wish he hadn’t talked over Wright Bryan’s report — I’ll try to dig that one up and post it separately…

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