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Interview:--> Marilyn Maye (Legendary Jazz Singer)

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Once there was a time when jazzy-cool nightclubs ruled the school.  Flashy-hot cabarets were still the boss and variety shows were the staple of television. Seasons change, as does the musical climate, and only the strong survive.  And it's also true that what goes around, comes around...and talent will always get first dibs at the refreshment  table. Six decades and beau-coup packed houses later...jazzy-pop vocalist  Marilyn Maye has been making a career of wowing audiences with her gorgeous and exciting interpretations from the G reat American Songbook. From Grammy nominations to H all of Fame inductions.  Plus owning one of the coolest titles ever for appearing on "The T onight Show with Johnny Carson" more times than any other singer, Marilyn Maye  is "surviving" just fine. MARILYN MAYE INTERVIEW  12/18/2014 " Marilyn Maye, Girl Singer" (1970) Casey Chambers:   In your show tonight, you mentioned you were 86 years old.  No one be

A 3-Minute Prop To The Incredible Decade of Alexandre Dumas

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" Time will pass away, Time will guard our secret. I'll return again To fight another day." ~ Wishbone Ash ~ I just finished the entire Dumas saga of " The Three Musketeers" ... and it was worth every page-turning paper cut.  Really good stuff. If you think unabridged "...Monte Cristo" is a hefty volume,  ( and it is. B een there, read that) try fencing with the five novels that comprise this masterpiece.  In other words...if you plan on reading them all at once, better double sack the swashbuckling shit out of'em.   These are the books: 1.   "The Three Musketeers" - (1844 / 700 pages) 2.   "Twenty Years After" - (1845 / 800 pages) 3.   "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" - (1847 / 750 pages) 4.   "Louise de la Valliere" - (1848 / 750 pages) 5.   "The Man In The Iron Mask" - (1849 / 500 pages) There must have been sparks flying off Dumas' pen in the 1840s, because he churned out every o

Interview:--> Lance Threet (Clocks)

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"Summer... gonna make you feel like runnin' away   do it...do it...do it." ~ Clocks ~ In 1982, the Clocks hit the streets with a glorious self-titled album   filled with catchy new wave splash and summer flash.  For fans, it would sadly be the bands only record. (At least until their 2004 reunion.) But mercy, what a tasty piece of shag to leave behind. The album remains both endearing and enduring and begs rediscovery. Not to mention spawning one of the most underrated singles of its era. The Clocks , from Wichita, KS, had their glorious moments in the sun and were a successful rock n roll band, however you want to measure it. I caught up with guitarist Lance Threet and we talked about those times. ~ Lance Threet, Gerald Graves, Steve Swaim, Jerry Sumner ~ Interview - May 13, 2014 Casey Chambers:  Everything has its beginning, so let me ask, how did the Clocks come together? Lance Threet:  Well, we came together in junior high b