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American Archives Month: We Interrupt This Program….

In 1967, WSYR in Syracuse, NY issued the following message, an interruption to their scheduled broadcast.

October 26, 2020
Billie’s Blues

Wait, they banned what?

October 1, 2020
How High the Moon

So…how the high the moon? Depends on the time of year.

September 3, 2020
Sweet Home Chicago

A song as synonymous with the Windy City as, well, the nickname itself.

September 1, 2020
Casey At the Bat…How About That?!

How about that?!

August 14, 2020
The Peat Bog Soldiers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2-hTItnpuU From Wikipedia: Die MoorsoldatenWohin auch das Auge blicket. Moor und Heide nur ringsum. Vogelsang uns nicht erquicket. Eichen stehen kahl und krumm. Wir sind die Moorsoldaten und ziehen mit dem Spaten ins Moor. Wir sind die Moorsoldaten und ziehen mit dem Spaten ins Moor. Auf und nieder geh´n die Posten, keiner, keiner kann hindurch. Flucht wird nur das Leben kosten, vierfach ...

August 12, 2020
Copland’s Jesse James

Copland's Jesse James

August 5, 2020
Slow and Low

Barbecue is the best thing to happen to picnics since sliced bread…though if you want to get technical about it, you’d reverse the two.

August 3, 2020
Not Fade Away

February 3rd, 1959 will forever be known as the Day the Music Died. One account of the tragedy remained secret for years.

July 30, 2020
Gone Fishin’

It’s summer…time to celebrate.

July 1, 2020