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Kann eine Künstliche Intelligenz Romane schreiben? Dieser Frage gehen die Hosts Daniel und Jan nach. Dazu haben sie den KI-generierten Roman ("Berlin, Miami") ihres Gasts Hannes Bajohr gelesen. Das Ergebnis: So richtig Sinn ergibt der Plot nicht, aber Daniel lobt die dadaistische Grundstimmung und den Rausch der Assoziationen. Außerdem kann Jan mit Mosambik ein weiteres Land auf seiner literarischen Weltkarte abhaken und verteidigt die angeblich unmoralische Protagonistin des Bestsellers "Das leise Platzen unserer Träume" vehement vor Daniel. Der wiederum überrascht seinen Kollegen mit einem offenen Grill auf der Wiese vor dem NDR-Funkhaus. Stockbrot als literarische Vorspeise! Fast so gut wie Hermann Hesse als literarische Medizin. Alle Infos zum Podcast: https://ndr.de/eatreadsleep Mail gern an: eatreadsleep@ndr.de Alle Lesekreise: https://ndr.de/eatreadsleep-lesekreise Unseren Newsletter gibt es hier: https://ndr.de/eatreadsleep-newsletter Das Rezept der Folge http://www.ndr.de/kultur/buch/eatREADsleep-105-Stockbrot-und-KI-Romane,eatreadsleep822.html Podcast-Tipp: 11KM: der tagesschau-Podcast https://1.ard.de/11KM_Podcast Die Bücher der Folge (02:37-16:54) Eva Lohmann: „Das leise Platzen unserer Träume“ (Eisele) (17:38-21:36) Mia Couto: „Der Kartograf des Vergessens“ (Unionsverlag) (26:25-41:51) Hannes Bajohr: „Berlin, Miami“ (Rohstoff) (48:36-52:14) Alan Isler: „Der Prinz der West End Avenue“ (dtv, antiquarisch) (21:37-26:26) Leonardo Padura: „Der Mann, der Hunde liebte“ (Unionsverlag) Podcast-Tipp eat.READ.sleep. ist der Bücherpodcast, der das Lesen feiert. Jan Ehlert, Daniel Kaiser und Katharina Mahrenholtz diskutieren über Bestseller, stellen aktuelle Romane vor und präsentieren die All Time Favorites der Community. Egal ob Krimis, Klassiker, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Kinder- und Jugendbücher, Urlaubsbücher, Gesellschafts- und Familienromane - hier hat jedes Buch seinen Platz. Und auch kulinarisch (literarische Vorspeise!) wird etwas geboten und beim Quiz am Ende können alle ihr Buch-Wissen testen und Fun Facts für den nächsten Smalltalk mitnehmen.

Phill Niblock migrated to New York after completing a BA in economics at Indiana University, determined to pursue his passions: photography and film, often documenting jazz and modern dance performances. [Playlist below] But, despite having no formal musical training, he soon found himself inspired by the New York music scene and immersed himself in experimental music, specifically loud sound, microtonal work, minimalism, and drones, producing works of often epic length. Fifty years later we can see how influential he has been in these genres with his copious output of records, videos and films and having won numerous awards along the way.  He has served as director of the Experimental Intermedia foundation for avant-garde music since 1985 and curates the record label XI. Niblock's films includes a series called The Movement of People Working, which features workers at work in mostly rural setting worldwide. Niblock has often collaborated with musicians, which include David First, Lee Renaldo, Thurston Moore, Susan Stenger, Al Margolis, and David Soldier as well as with me.  He just turned 90. He and I first connected in the 1970s when he attended Rhys Chatham's presentation of my Spirit Voices in the Kitchen of the Broadway Central Hotel. He invited me to perform at his loft in Chinatown where he had just begin what has become a historic series. He came to my home sound studio on West End Avenue and West 77th Street for a session. I engineered and removed all the pauses from his solo cello work, making it a drone work. Phill's sunsets shone in our 1987 International TV Solstice. His Glittering Stream graced our Winter Solstice Celebration 2020.  Topics discussed by Morrow and Niblock: immersion, Lenny Tristan, Empress Dowager Cixi, China, rule of thirds, photography, high fidelity, history of hifi, speakers, dark room techniques, New York City water, performances, listening to records as immersion, tenement life, Mingus, Ellington, Monk, alcoholism, loops, file storage, loud sound, tech and gear, sound editing, reel to reel, archives, old trains, wire recorders ...    

Banjo music courtesy of. Banjo HangOut "The very thought of you"Today's avatar -- a fancy doggie fountain in a park with unpaved roads.Don't forget a  book signing by Fran Myers author of When God Speaks -  Listening to the voice of God -- Saturday, September 24th, 11 AM to 1 PM St Mary's Bookstore -- 1909 West End Avenue, Nashville Tennessee.I am reading from a new novella The Trial of Bridget O'Shawnesse By Jerome Cowan.

The second of a three-part program featuring Broadway composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz, known for such celebrated shows as GODSPELL and PIPPIN. Schwartz discusses the creative writing process behind “Love Song” from PIPPIN, as well as the show's overall popularity and critical reception, and developing songs for a potential film adaptation of THE MAGIC SHOW.   Featured songs: “The Good Times Ladies Rag” from PIPPIN, “Love Song” from PIPPIN, “West End Avenue” from THE MAGIC SHOW, “Where Did the Magic Go” from the proposed film adaptation of THE MAGIC SHOW, and “Millwork” from WORKING.   Originally produced and broadcast in 1980. For more information go to AnythingGoesPL.com or BPN.FM/Anything Goes. Theme music arranged by Bruce Coughlin. Backstage with Broadway's Best – is produced and hosted by Paul Lazarus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's Billboard Insider podcast, Blackbird Media CEO Chenault Saunders and President Prentiss Nelson talk about giant digital billboards. Some highlights of the interview The Nashville Sign Blackbird Media owns a spectacular 36' by 38' digital sign in Nashville.  Tell us the story about how it came about. My grandfather...bought that sign in the 50's...It had been a coco-cola perm.  It was a big static thing.  It had a time and temp.  So he operated a business there for many years.  We started to explore the opportunity to take it digital and ended up having ot go and lobby the metro council here in Nashville...and ended up getting a special provision in the code here in Nashville that allowed us to do digital...after looking at a lot of options...we made the decision that we would try to dgo it along.  I started a little company - Blackbird Media.  Me hired a couple of folks from the radio business.  We went up with the sign and it's been quite an adventure...It's at the intersection of West End Avenue and Broadway....It looks right down the middle of the largest, most important street in Nashville... Nashville sign during digital construction. Photo courtesy of Selective Structures, the sign's fabricator The Digital Install. First it was taking a sign down and it was pretty amazing because a lot of it was made of plywood and we peeled back multiple layers, actually got all the way down to the original coca-cola sign that was there.  We had to buttress the structure that was there.  It was very challenging.  The hardest part was that this property had been used for automotive purposes since the 30's.  We were trying to sink these metal pilings into the ground right in between 14 different underground storage tanks which we could not break. Getting city approval I got a call from our land use attorney and he said, look, there's a bill floating through the city council that would outlaw digital billboards in all of these zones and this would apply to you.  We went and we talked to them and we said look, this sign has always been here.  It's a part of Nashville.  It's used as a wayfinder.  Why should Nashville not have the best quality sign.  The Council and everybody was in favor of it... How do you sell a spectacular? These giant signs - if they are in the kind of places where we have ours...they sell themselves...We have a dual selling plan.  We have a national sales plan and a local sales plan.  The local sales plan is where we are out in front of the community reaching out, trying to understand when the big events are...with the nationals it's a different animal. What you think about the automated sales platforms (e.g. blip, onescreen, vistar, adomni, adquick…) We've been kind of dipping our toe into automated stuff.  It has not been particularly effective on our spectaculars...On the rest of our plant that is more standardized we have dipped our toe in with Vistar, Adomni, Place Exchange through Apparatix and our IBO relationship.  We've had some success with that.  We're still figuring out how to optimize...We have used Blip...and we've had great success with that especially as of late...We've been pleased with how that's gone...It's money from the sky that we wouldn't have had otherwise. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Never miss a Billboard Insider article. Join 3,240 subscribers who receive our daily stories for free by sending us your name and email using the form below. *FirstLastEmail *Submit Paid Advertisement  

On today's Billboard Insider podcast, Blackbird Media CEO Chenault Saunders and President Prentiss Nelson talk about giant digital billboards. Some highlights of the interview The Nashville Sign Blackbird Media owns a spectacular 36' by 38' digital sign in Nashville.  Tell us the story about how it came about. My grandfather...bought that sign in the 50's...It had been a coco-cola perm.  It was a big static thing.  It had a time and temp.  So he operated a business there for many years.  We started to explore the opportunity to take it digital and ended up having ot go and lobby the metro council here in Nashville...and ended up getting a special provision in the code here in Nashville that allowed us to do digital...after looking at a lot of options...we made the decision that we would try to dgo it along.  I started a little company - Blackbird Media.  Me hired a couple of folks from the radio business.  We went up with the sign and it's been quite an adventure...It's at the intersection of West End Avenue and Broadway....It looks right down the middle of the largest, most important street in Nashville... Nashville sign during digital construction. Photo courtesy of Selective Structures, the sign's fabricator The Digital Install. First it was taking a sign down and it was pretty amazing because a lot of it was made of plywood and we peeled back multiple layers, actually got all the way down to the original coca-cola sign that was there.  We had to buttress the structure that was there.  It was very challenging.  The hardest part was that this property had been used for automotive purposes since the 30's.  We were trying to sink these metal pilings into the ground right in between 14 different underground storage tanks which we could not break. Getting city approval I got a call from our land use attorney and he said, look, there's a bill floating through the city council that would outlaw digital billboards in all of these zones and this would apply to you.  We went and we talked to them and we said look, this sign has always been here.  It's a part of Nashville.  It's used as a wayfinder.  Why should Nashville not have the best quality sign.  The Council and everybody was in favor of it... How do you sell a spectacular? These giant signs - if they are in the kind of places where we have ours...they sell themselves...We have a dual selling plan.  We have a national sales plan and a local sales plan.  The local sales plan is where we are out in front of the community reaching out, trying to understand when the big events are...with the nationals it's a different animal. What you think about the automated sales platforms (e.g. blip, onescreen, vistar, adomni, adquick…) We've been kind of dipping our toe into automated stuff.  It has not been particularly effective on our spectaculars...On the rest of our plant that is more standardized we have dipped our toe in with Vistar, Adomni, Place Exchange through Apparatix and our IBO relationship.  We've had some success with that.  We're still figuring out how to optimize...We have used Blip...and we've had great success with that especially as of late...We've been pleased with how that's gone...It's money from the sky that we wouldn't have had otherwise. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Never miss a Billboard Insider article. Join 3,165 subscribers who receive our daily stories for free by sending us your name and email using the form below. *FirstLastEmail *Submit Paid Advertisement  

Once again BCR recorded on an UWS street; this time we were set up in front of the stoop where Humphrey Bogart played stickball as a kid -- W. 103rd Street -- just down from Broadway. It was an "Earth Day Celebration" organized by Lisa Orman of StreetopiaUWS. While musicians from the MET Orchestra performed, Jody Sperling's Time Lapse Dance gamboled, and the kids rolled hula hoops into our mics, we spoke with long time proponents of the open streets initiative -- including -- Henry Rinehart: former owner of the fantastically popular HENRY’s Restaurant / Jody Sperling / Robin Schatell a founder and director of Open Culture WORKS / Ken Coughlin a safe streets advocate and member of Community Board 7 / Mark Gorton founder of Open Plans, the non-profit home of Streetsblog, Streetfilms and Streetopia UWS / Sara Lind: a candidate for City Council in District 6 and a member of Community Board 7 / and, Christina Weyl a resident of West End Avenue and active supporter of the WEA Open Streets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Twenty years before he wrote WICKED, Stephen Schwartz talks about GODSPELL, PIPPIN and other early shows. The composer-lyricist explains how he got his start on Broadway with the title song for BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE, and even sits down at the piano to perform some of his most personal songs. Hear about Schwartz’s process as he composed the scores to THE MAGIC SHOW, THE BAKER’S WIFE, and the musical he conceived based on Studs Terkel’s book, WORKING. Featured songs: “Magic To Do,” “Butterflies Are Free,” “Day By Day,” “All Good Gifts,” “Corner Of The Sky,” “Simple Joys,” “West End Avenue,” “Chanson,” “Gifts Of Love,” “I Hear America Singing,” and “Fathers And Sons.” Originally produced and broadcast in 1986. For more information go to AnythingGoesPL.com or BPN.FM/AnythingGoes. Theme music arranged by Bruce Coughlin. Sound mixing by David Rapkin. Associate producer Jeff Lunden. Anything Goes – Backstage with Broadway’s Best – is produced and hosted by Paul Lazarus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Dr. Nena Bowman, Pharmacist and Clinical Toxicologist with the Tennessee Poison Center, who highlights their efforts as a comprehensive poison resource center located on the campus of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The organization is the statewide poison emergency information and resource center for the public and healthcare professionals. All calls to the Poison Help hotline are fast, free and confidential. During the interview, Dr. Bowman discusses their Poison Hotline (1-800-222-1222), their COVID-19 Public Health hotline with the Tennessee Department of Health (1-877-857-2945), valuable tips for protecting yourself and loved ones, and more.The Tennessee Poison Center (TPC) is a comprehensive poison resource center located on the campus of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. We are the statewide poison emergency information and resource center for the public and healthcare professionals.The Tennessee Poison Center is certified as the statewide poison control center by the Tennessee Department of Health and is accredited by the American Association of Poison Control Centers. All calls to the Poison Help hotline are fast, free and confidential.What is a Poison Center?What do we do at the TN Poison Center?Poison exposure questions from home and hospitalsPoison prevention outreachGeneral information about COVID19 testing / vaccinesWho answers the phones at the poison center when I call?Does it cost anything to use it? When can I call?Poison Prevention Week – March 21-27, 2021Ways to Donate - Individual Contributions -Donations should be sent to the Tennessee Poison Center, 3319 West End Avenue, Suite 460, Nashville, TN 37203-1059. Check payable to: Tennessee Poison CenterLearn more:Text:                                       “POISON” to 797979Website:                                https://www.vumc.org/poisoncenter/Poison Help HOTLINE:        1-800-222-1222COVID-19 Public Health information with the TN Department of Health: 1-877-857-2945

In today's show, you'll meet the owner of newly opened restaurant Le Botaniste; find out about West End Avenue and the Open Streets program; and you'll learn about the new curfew for restaurants and gyms that goes into effect on Friday, November 13th.You'll find out about the Broadway Mall Association's final clean-up event of the year. Hint: It takes place on Saturday, November 14th.Host Lee Uehara will also share her notes from Community Board 7's Transportation Committee meeting, and you'll hear from 11-year-old show correspondent Henry A. as he reports on his observations when the neighborhood erupted into cheers when the presidential election was called. You can see some of our photos here.Today's show is jam-packed with so much news. Don't worry, we'll try to keep it shorter going forward. LOL.And, in the Shout-Out corner: Listener Karla Barber - Yay! Thank you for being part of our audience. Please do share the show with at least two -- or three -- other neighbors and friends. And, please do give the show a 5-star rating in your podcast app if you feel it deserves it.Today's sponsor could be YOU! To donate to -- or sponsor -- the show: http://www.UWSCornerTalk.com/support/.Also, submit your corner news and story ideas to: info@uwscornertalk.com. Or, leave a voice memo at the website by clicking on the orange tab: http://www.UWSCornerTalk.com. You can follow the show on social media: Instagram: @uws_cornertalk; Twitter: @uwscornertalk. You can also join the show's Facebook group and like the Facebook page.

It was the day when we learned that the Biden/Harris ticket had won the Presidential election, and the sounds of elation and joy rose in the street outside our Upper West Side apartment windows. We ran down to West End Avenue with our equipment and quickly set-up to get some testimony from our neighbors about how they were feeling. Up the street 150 people had filled the street and were dancing and yelling as passing cars honked on W. 93rd Street. We could breathe and the unifying breath was saying, "Let the healing begin." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This BCR episode recorded in front of the regal Greek Orthodox Church on West End Avenue and W. 90th Street in Manhattan's Upper West Side. Rich Collier -- the “High Exalted Mystic Ruler of the Unusually Smooth Productions” -- joined us out on the street for his brand of fresh-air trivia. Rich is a multi-year Emmy-winning host for “Roll Play” – where guests are challenged with trivia about NYC -- now on Create TV. He was a host and producer of “Subway Q & A” – one of the highest rated series in the unfortunately brief history of The Metro Channel – for which he was awarded a dozen NY Emmy Awards and won three in the category “Outstanding on Air Achievement” awards. The BCR Open Mic attracted several of our neighbors to answer some "Roll Play" style trivia. See how well you can do with Rich's questions -- you are bound to do better than we did. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Once again – Bar Crawl Radio’s portable studio is set up on West End Avenue and 92nd Street -- this time for the "We Walk / Park(ing) Day" on-the-street event. And things were buzzing around as as our UWS neighbors too over the street. Local community organizations working for various socially positive changes were represented."We Walk" was part of the worldwide "Park(ing) Day" celebration in which walkers and bikers take over "metered curbside parking space for “creative experimentation, political and cultural expression, and unscripted social interaction.” It is organized by the” American Society of Landscape Architects.” For this BCR episode we talked with reps from Streetopia, Time Lapse Dance, D3 Green Schools, Public Design Commission, former NYC Parks Commissioner -- Andrian Benepe, and State Assembly member -- Linda Rosenthal. It was a busy day but your BCR hosts handled it and had a great afternoon on the Upper West Side. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bar Crawl Radio is now on the street at West End Avenue and 92nd Street -- bringing in guests and talking with neighbors on our open mic. For Episode #104 Rebecca and Alan talked about the collateral damage of CVD19 and then had a most unusual guest. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

BCR is recording in the middle of West End Avenue -- where it is safe - for a conversation with popular scientist Nathan H. Lents, the author of Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes (2018). Lents also maintains the Human Evolution Blog and writes for Psychology Today under the tagline “Beastly Behavior: How Evolution Shaped Our Minds and Bodies.”Recently, he has been countering supporters of intelligent design who complain about scientific approaches to effective policies on combatting COVID19 pandemic and in April he survived the disease. Nathan was with us for BCR #16 on our first and only Margarita Crawl. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's seems to be the just-right-moment to stock up on all the essentials, preferably canned or irradiated -- find a cozy indoor spot, conveniently chained with a steel door and no windows -- and wait for it to get dark -- so we can listen for the gurgling sounds of the always ravenous walkers of the night. Life has become much like the pandemic films we so love -- Contagion -- Outbreak -- 28 Days Later -- and even -- The Andromeda Strain [Rebecca and I had to pay for this 1971 film getting ready for this podcast. It is not really interesting except to see how strange an old film can look to 21st Century, COVID19-covered eyes].Bar Crawl Radio took to the streets -- West End Avenue and 92nd St. -- to ask our neighbors if they liked pandemic films.If you have an opinion on this question, contact us at barcrawlradio@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

BCR100-PART 2: Our second guest for out outdoor podcast on West End Avenue was former NY City Council Member, Rafael Espinal. Rafael is one of our favorite guests. , He has been with us many times and Alan covered his run for City Advocate a year ago. We have celebrated his many accomplishments as City Council Member for District 37 in Brooklyn. And now Rafael Espinal is the leader of the Freelancers Union. We talked about his many accomplishments with a Council Member, his new job as head of the Freelancers Union and possible future political aspirations. Talking with Rafael is always fun.CONTACT US -- barcrawlradio@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

BCR100-PART 1: This three-part BCR episode celebrated its 100th episode on a Manhattan street. West End Avenue was closed to traffic and so BCR took to the street to celebrate the resiliency of our UWS Neighbors as we face-down a most deadly pandemic. PART ONE: Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer talked about her attempts to guide the mayor and governor to make the wisest decisions for our amazing urban population. Did you know that over a period of time Gale and her husband, Cal Snyder, had 35 foster children?PART TWO: A blast from the past. Former City Council Member, now head of the Freelancers Union Rafael Espinal dropped by, shared a beer, and we caught up with his recent activities as head of the Freelancers Union and looked back on his accomplishments in city government.PART THREE: We talked with two young women running for the NY City Council in 2021 -- Johanna Garcia for District 10 in Upper Manhattan -- and -- Sara Lind for District #6 -- the Upper West Side.Also -- with us were our Upper West Side neighbors on the "BCR Kvetch Mic." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jenny welcomes Andrew to discuss books, and we discuss myth and folk tale retellings, classics, and reading around the world. Andrew finishes every book he starts and has been in the same book group for 20 years. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 194: Squirreling Books Away Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify New! Listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed: Middlemarch by George EliotThese Ghosts are Family by Maisy CardOld School by Tobias WolffThe Book of Longings by Sue Monk KiddSwansong by Kerry Andrew Other mentions:The Corpse Washer by Sinan AntoonThomas HardyD.H. LawrenceThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne BrontëShirley by Charlotte BronteJane AustenBBC Radio 4 - In Our Time podcastLiterary Disco PodcastSilas Marner by George EliotThe Mill on the Floss by George EliotThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerUlysses by James JoyceUlysses dramatisationWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Eighth Life by Nino HarataschwiliSolar Bones by Mike McCormackMilkman by Anna BurnsThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Age 13 3/4 by Sue TownsendPatsy by Nicole Dennis-BennThe Shadow King by Maaza MengisteAn Untamed State by Roxane GayThe Secret History by Donna TarttRobert FrostAyn RandErnest HemingwayNew Yorker Podcast - Tobias WolffThe other Tobias WolfeMarian KeyesThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk KiddThe Gnostic Gospels by Elaine PagelsThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownMolly BrownFolk on Foot PodcastEverything Under by Daisy Johnson (and it's Oedipus, not Hansel and Gretel!)Country by Michael HughesThe Silence of the Girls by Pat BarkerA Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes The Prince of West End Avenue by Alan Isler (not available in USA)IraqiGirl: the Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq Related episodes:Episode 099 - Readalong: The Secret HistoryEpisode 176 - Best of 2019Episode 182 - Reading Slump with Eleanor Thoele Episode 192 - Sly Milieu with Thomas Stalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and LitsyAndrew at GoodreadsAndrew is @andrew61 on Litsy

BCR has gone to the streets -- West End Avenue and 92nd Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- to be precise. We set up an open mic in the middle of the asphalt and have been taking testimony from UWSers about how they are doing. AND -- one of the BCR hosts makes a life-changing announcement -- proving one more time that it is never too late to change your life. It is part of the 'Don't Be a 'Becky' Movement" #amnotbeckyFor her husband of many decades this is going to be difficult, but he has been given a one-person dispensation. He is one lucky guy.Contact us at barcrawlradio@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Becky and I are hunkered down at the Windermere Chateau Bar overlooking beautiful West End Avenue to talk about how social isolation has a positive side. We spent some time earlier in the week at the Street level Bar talking to our neighbors taking a late afternoons stroll -- and asked "How you doin'?" We will continue to collect their testimony for future BCR episodes.Contact us at barcrawlradio@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Once again -- Becky and I are hunkered down in the Windermere Hotel Chateau Bar overlooking lovely West End Avenue. Another large crowd gathered near to the BCR mics as we talked about escaping the tribulations of life. Along the way Becky revealed the truth about our marriage -- and I decided her truth was not fake. This episode features one of my favorite entertainers --Jimmy Durante -- who continues to make me laugh -- a dinka doo.Contact Becky and Alan at barcrawlradio@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WARNING: Corona virus is mentioned -- in passing -- in this podcast.Announcing -- the official opening of the Windermere Chateau Bar and Grill --the new gathering place on West End Avenue. Masks are optional. Stupidity is celebrated. Meet Bob and Delores -- the arguing couple. Betsy -- the pansexual service person. And -- along with Becky and Alan -- consider your inner rage. CONTACT: barcrawlradio@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The much-anticipated film of Cats with its stellar and fur-enhanced cast including Judi Dench and Taylor Swift finally reaches the big screen. Catnip or catastrophe? Spooky offerings in the Christmas TV schedule this year include Martin's Close by Mark Gatiss on BBC 4 and Susan Hill's Ghost Story on Channel 5. How shiver-inducing are they? Nora Ephron's collection of essays on ageing and much else - I Feel Bad About My Neck - is being reissued with a new introduction by Dolly Alderton. It's a book that Alderton recommends giving as a present so Saturday Review suggests some other enduring literary choices that work as gifts. And Gypsy starring Ria Jones is on at the Royal Exchange, Manchester in a new production directed by Jo Davies. Do its songs keep our critics smiling in an age of different sexual politics? Rowan Pelling, Linda Grant and Kerry Shale join Tom Sutcliffe. The books recommended as gifts are: The Book of Jewish Food by Claudia Roden Karoo by Steve Tesich The Prince of West End Avenue by Alan Isler Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote Love Lessons by Joan Wyndham The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson This is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill Haunts of the Black Masseur by Charles Sprawson The Compleet Molesworth by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle This week's podcast choices are: Linda: podcast and Radio 4 programme Fake Heiress Kerry: album If You're Going to the City, a tribute to Mose Allison Rowan: TV series The Young Offenders, BBC3 Tom: TV series Watchmen, HBO

Top story this week has to be the blackout that hit west Manhattan. Coming 42 years to the day after the 1977 blackout from last week's show, this year's power outage was much less dramatic and lasted only a few hours. ConEd CEO John McAvoy described the failure of both the primary and backup protection systems at a power substation at 64th Street and West End Avenue, leading to power outages once the system was interrupted by a subsequent substation at 49th Street. Although the blackout wasn't caused by a spike in electricity usage, the heat is still on in the city, with daily high temps in the 90s. In response, cooling centers have been opened across the city in senior centers, public housing, and public libraries. On July 18th, Mayor de Blasio signed a local state of emergency that calls on city government buildings and all office buildings over 100 feet tall to conserve energy and set their thermostats no lower than 78°. Temperatures are set to rise and humidity will increase, leading to heat indexes over 100° before rain arrives on July 22nd. You can do your part by turning off your air conditioner when leaving your home and using public transportation instead of driving, which will keep the air quality clear during the heat wave. If you'll be opening your windows to get some ventilation, you can install safety devices called vent locks for sash windows or metal clips for sliding windows that make sure windows can't be forced all the way open from the outside. 5 years ago on July 17, 2014 — Eric Garner dies after being put in a chokehold by NYPD officers 12 years ago on July 18, 2007 — A steam pipe explodes near Grand Central, sending debris flying and disrupting Midtown during evening rush hour 1 year ago on July 19, 2018 — A steam pipe explodes near the Flatiron Building, causing a large crater outside 141 Fifth Avenue Be aware of your surroundings during this time of year, as two of city's steam explosions have happened during just this week in history. If you see any bulging pavement or steam escaping through cracks in the ground, stand clear and call 911 to report a dangerous condition. Citi Bike announced they will be expanding their coverage area over the next five years that will eventually triple the number of bikes to 40,000 and double the coverage to include the Bronx for the first time and further expand into Brooklyn and Queens. 5 years ago on July 22, 2014 — Two Berlin artists replace the American flags on the Brooklyn Bridge with all-white replicas 97 years ago on July 27, 1922 — The Hess family installs a mosaic at Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street marking what is probably the smallest plot of land in NYC 7 years ago — Photos of the Derecho Storm Hitting New York City 2 years ago — Top Five Subway Stations Ready for New Sponsored Names 8 years ago on July 28th, Mars Bar's Demolition Begins A Great Big City has been running a 24-hour newsfeed since 2010, but the AGBC News podcast is just getting started, and we need your support. 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Visit agreatbigcity.com/fireworks to see the full calendar and follow @agreatbigcity on social media to receive the alerts Park of the day Father Demo Square Parks Events Celebrate Open Garden Day with the NYC Parks Department's Greenthumb program, where your local community gardens will open their doors and host fun events and information sessions. Concert Calendar This is the AGBC Concert Calendar for the upcoming week: Robyn is playing The Barclay Center on Friday, July 19th. Khemmis and Cloak are playing Saint Vitus Bar on Friday, July 19th. Acid Dad, Static Static, and The Values are playing Baby's All Right on Friday, July 19th. Billie Eilish is playing Radio City Music Hall on Friday, July 19th. 25 Years of Mercury Lounge, The Mooney Suzuki, The Negatones, and The Realistics are playing Mercury Lounge on Friday, July 19th. Mal Blum and adult mom are playing Rough Trade NYC on Friday, July 19th. OzyFest, A R I Z O N A, John Legend, Miguel, and Tove Lo are playing Great Lawn on Saturday, July 20th. Saor, Falls of Rauros, and Wayfarer are playing Saint Vitus Bar on Saturday, July 20th. Coney Island Music Festival, Bane's World, jeanines, Los Wilds, Miranda and The Beat, The Advertisers, The Feelies, and The Mystery Lights are playing Stillwell Stage Coney Island on Saturday, July 20th. The Mooney Suzuki and The Realistics are playing Mercury Lounge on Saturday, July 20th. The Marías is playing The Bowery Ballroom on Saturday, July 20th. The Marias is playing Bowery Ballroom on the Lower East Side on Saturday, July 20th at 8pm. GIMME RADIO PRESENTS Tomb Mold Superstition Ruin Lust Coagula!, Tomb Mold, Coagula, Ruin Lust, and Superstition are playing Saint Vitus Bar on Sunday, July 21st. JoJo Siwa with The Belles is playing Forest Hills Stadium in Forest Hills on Sunday, July 21st at 7pm. Twice is playing Prudential Center on Sunday, July 21st at 7pm. The Protomen and TWRP are playing Elsewhere on Monday, July 22nd. XXL Freshman Tour: XXL Freshmen is playing PlayStation Theater in Midtown on Monday, July 22nd at 8pm. Broadway Rising Stars is playing The Town Hall in Midtown on Monday, July 22nd at 8pm. Dead To A Dying World and Dead to a Dying World are playing Saint Vitus Bar on Tuesday, July 23rd. Godsmack with New Years Day is playing Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side on Tuesday, July 23rd at 8pm. Chase Atlantic is playing Webster Hall in Noho / Union Square on Tuesday, July 23rd at 8pm. Elvis Costello and The Imposters and Blondie, Elvis Costello and The Imposters, and Blondie are playing Forest Hills Stadium on Wednesday, July 24th. Summer Salt, Dante Elephante, and Motel Radio are playing Warsaw on Wednesday, July 24th. Wavves, Sharkmuffin, and SURFBORT are playing Industry City Courtyard on Wednesday, July 24th. JoJo Siwa with The Belles is playing Prudential Center on Wednesday, July 24th at 7pm. Elvis Costello with Blondie is playing Forest Hills Stadium in Forest Hills on Wednesday, July 24th at 7pm. Iggy Azalea is playing Bowery Ballroom on the Lower East Side on Wednesday, July 24th at 7pm. Michael Buble is playing Madison Square Garden in Midtown West / Chelsea / Hudson Yards on Wednesday, July 24th at 8pm. Kurt Vile, Cate le Bon, and Dinosaur Jr. are playing SummerStage NYC on Thursday, July 25th. John Mayer Summer Tour 2019 and John Mayer are playing Madison Square Garden on Thursday, July 25th. Imperial Teen, Liam Benzvi, and Macy Rodman are playing Baby's All Right on Thursday, July 25th. Kurt Vile is playing Rumsey Playfield, Central Park in Midtown East on Thursday, July 25th at 6pm. Find more fun things to do at agreatbigcity.com/events. Learn about New York Here's something you may not have known about New York: In 2016, the MTA's 6,418 subway cars traveled a total of 358,000,000 miles! Weather The extreme highs and lows for this week in weather history: Record High: 104°F on July 21, 1977 Record Low: 55°F on July 20, 1890 Weather for the week ahead: Rain today through Monday, with high temperatures peaking at 98°F on Sunday. Now that summer has arrived, so have warnings about high UV exposure: Now is the time to start protecting your skin and eyes from ultraviolet radiation, which will be higher during the summer months. Look for a skin protectant that is labeled as "broad spectrum" and at least SPF 50 and wear sunglasses with both UVA and UVB protection. Outro Thanks for listening to A Great Big City. Follow along 24 hours a day on social media @agreatbigcity or email contact@agreatbigcity.com with any news, feedback, or topic suggestions. Subscribe to AGBC News wherever you listen to podcasts: iTunes, Google Play, or Overcast, RadioPublic, Player FM, or listen to each episode on the podcast pages at agreatbigcity.com/podcast. 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Alan Isler's debut novel The Prince of West End Avenue (1994) is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining Andy and John to discuss it are novelist William Sutcliffe and playwright and bibliomemoirist Samantha Ellis. Other books talked about in this episode: Fireflies by Luis Sagasti and Love & Trouble: A Mid-Life Reckoning by Claire Dederer.

This week, Note to Self gets in our time machine, back to the court cases that brought privacy from the founding fathers to Google Docs. Stories of bookies on the Sunset Strip, microphones taped to phone booths, and a 1975 Monte Carlo. And where the Fourth Amendment needs to go, now that we’re living in the future. The amendment doesn’t mention privacy once. But those 54 little words, written more than 200 years ago, are a crucial battleground in today’s fight over our digital rights. That one sentence is why the government can’t listen to your phone calls without a warrant. And it’s why they don’t need one to find out who you’re calling. But now, we share our deepest thoughts with Google, through what we search for and what we email. And we share our most intimate conversations with Alexa, when we talk in its vicinity. So how does the Fourth Amendment apply when we’re surrounded by technology the Founding Fathers could never dream of? With Laura Donohue, director of Georgetown’s Center on Privacy and Technology. Supreme Court audio from the wonderful Oyez.org, under a Creative Commons license.   If you want to visit a phone booth, there are four left in New York City. They're all on West End Avenue, and there's even a kids book about them. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.    

This week, Note to Self gets in our time machine, back to the court cases that brought privacy from the founding fathers to Google Docs. Stories of bookies on the Sunset Strip, microphones taped to phone booths, and a 1975 Monte Carlo. And where the Fourth Amendment needs to go, now that we’re living in the future. The amendment doesn’t mention privacy once. But those 54 little words, written more than 200 years ago, are a crucial battleground in today’s fight over our digital rights. That one sentence is why the government can’t listen to your phone calls without a warrant. And it’s why they don’t need one to find out who you’re calling. But now, we share our deepest thoughts with Google, through what we search for and what we email. And we share our most intimate conversations with Alexa, when we talk in its vicinity. So how does the Fourth Amendment apply when we’re surrounded by technology the Founding Fathers could never dream of? With Laura Donohue, director of Georgetown’s Center on Privacy and Technology. Supreme Court audio from the wonderful Oyez.org, under a Creative Commons license.   If you want to visit a phone booth, there are four left in New York City. They're all on West End Avenue, and there's even a kids book about them. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.    

This week, Note to Self gets in our time machine, back to the court cases that brought privacy from the founding fathers to Google Docs. Stories of bookies on the Sunset Strip, microphones taped to phone booths, and a 1975 Monte Carlo. And where the Fourth Amendment needs to go, now that we’re living in the future. The amendment doesn’t mention privacy once. But those 54 little words, written more than 200 years ago, are a crucial battleground in today’s fight over our digital rights. That one sentence is why the government can’t listen to your phone calls without a warrant. And it’s why they don’t need one to find out who you’re calling. But now, we share our deepest thoughts with Google, through what we search for and what we email. And we share our most intimate conversations with Alexa, when we talk in its vicinity. So how does the Fourth Amendment apply when we’re surrounded by technology the Founding Fathers could never dream of? With Laura Donohue, director of Georgetown’s Center on Privacy and Technology. Supreme Court audio from the wonderful Oyez.org, under a Creative Commons license.   If you want to visit a phone booth, there are four left in New York City. They're all on West End Avenue, and there's even a kids book about them. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.    

This week, Note to Self gets in our time machine, back to the court cases that brought privacy from the founding fathers to Google Docs. Stories of bookies on the Sunset Strip, microphones taped to phone booths, and a 1975 Monte Carlo. And where the Fourth Amendment needs to go, now that we’re living in the future. The amendment doesn’t mention privacy once. But those 54 little words, written more than 200 years ago, are a crucial battleground in today’s fight over our digital rights. That one sentence is why the government can’t listen to your phone calls without a warrant. And it’s why they don’t need one to find out who you’re calling. But now, we share our deepest thoughts with Google, through what we search for and what we email. And we share our most intimate conversations with Alexa, when we talk in its vicinity. So how does the Fourth Amendment apply when we’re surrounded by technology the Founding Fathers could never dream of? With Laura Donohue, director of Georgetown’s Center on Privacy and Technology. Supreme Court audio from the wonderful Oyez.org, under a Creative Commons license.   If you want to visit a phone booth, there are four left in New York City. They're all on West End Avenue, and there's even a kids book about them. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.    

This week, Note to Self gets in our time machine, back to the court cases that brought privacy from the founding fathers to Google Docs. Stories of bookies on the Sunset Strip, microphones taped to phone booths, and a 1975 Monte Carlo. And where the Fourth Amendment needs to go, now that we’re living in the future. The amendment doesn’t mention privacy once. But those 54 little words, written more than 200 years ago, are a crucial battleground in today’s fight over our digital rights. That one sentence is why the government can’t listen to your phone calls without a warrant. And it’s why they don’t need one to find out who you’re calling. But now, we share our deepest thoughts with Google, through what we search for and what we email. And we share our most intimate conversations with Alexa, when we talk in its vicinity. So how does the Fourth Amendment apply when we’re surrounded by technology the Founding Fathers could never dream of? With Laura Donohue, director of Georgetown’s Center on Privacy and Technology. Supreme Court audio from the wonderful Oyez.org, under a Creative Commons license.   If you want to visit a phone booth, there are four left in New York City. They're all on West End Avenue, and there's even a kids book about them. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.    

So, I (inadvertently) stood up Adrienne Cooper last month during the super blizzard that wasn't, and I continue to feel awful, but our conversation on the podcast went a long way to building a fun relationship. Adrienne hosts the new and wonderful The Food Funny twice a month at The West End Lounge on 107th & West End Avenue putting comedians against each other in a cooking contest and food professionals against each other at stand-up. You can learn more at TheFoodFunny.tumblr.com! You can also learn more and get a food tour of New York City with Adrienne at FunFoodyNYC.com! Follow the show on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! Check out DHAPshow.com & listen to DHAP Show! at AltSportsTalk.com! #phenomenal

Designer Celerie Kemble offers you an exclusive peek inside the House Beautiful apartment located at 10 West End Avenue