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HAUTE CULTURE
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
Double-crossin' dames. Grifters on the make in sleazy
dive bars. Dead men that are heavier than broken hearts. Some think
his novels are just pulp fiction, but to others Raymond Chandler
is one of the greatest American writers of the 20th Century. In
this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, the literary world
of Raymond Chandler. And critic Anthony Lane on the difference between
good trash and bad trash.
SEGMENT 1:
Daniel Goldmark is an assistant professor
of musicology at the University of Alabama. And he's the co-editor
of a book called "The Cartoon Music Book." He talks
with Jim Fleming about the use of music in animation. And we hear
samples. Also, Joseph Epstein is a self-described snob.
He thinks everyone is. He talks with Anne Strainchamps about some
new species of snobbery that have appeared in American society.
His book is "Snobbery: The American Version."
SEGMENT 2:
Authors Pico Iyer and Jonathan Lethem
talk with Steve Paulson about the enduring legacy of noir-writer
Raymond Chandler. They think he's one of the greatest stylists
of the 20th century. And we hear clips from the film version of
"The Big Sleep." Also, historian Michael Kammen
tells Anne Strainchamps that the social distinctions between high-brow
and low-brow culture are not as important as they once were. Kammen's
book is "American Culture, American Tastes: Social Change
and the 20th Century."
SEGMENT 3:
Anthony Lane is the film critic for The New
Yorker magazine. He tells Steve Paulson he loves both classics
and trash - but only good trash. They talk about movies and books
from "Speed" to the romances of Judith Krantz. Lane's
book is "Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker."
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 01-01-19-B.
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Books:
- Joseph Epstein, Snobbery: The American Version
(Houghton Mifflin)
- Michael Kammen, American Culture, American
Tastes: Social Change and the 20th Century (Knopf)
- Daniel Goldmark and Yuvai Taylor, ed., The
Cartoon Music Book (A Cappella Books)
- Anthony Lane, Nobody's Perfect: Selected
Writings from the New Yorker (Knopf)
Music:
- --- Music used in Daniel Goldmark interview...
- -- "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 in D minor/Franz
Liszt Performed by Georgia & Louise Mangos from the CD, "Liszt
for Two" (Cedille Records)
- -- "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor"/Franz
Liszt Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra Antal Dorati,
conductor from the CD, "Liszt and Enseco Rhapsodies"
(Mercury)
- -- Excerpts from "What's Opera, Doc?"
soundtrack...
- - "The Flying Dutchman" (Wagner, Arranged
by Milton J. Franklyn)
- - "Ride of the Valkyries" (Wagner, Arranged
by Milton J. Franklyn)
from the two-CD set, "That's all Folks!: Cartoon Songs from
Merrie Melodies & Looney Tunes" (Warner Bros./Rhino)
http://www.rhino.com/
- -- ""Dance of the Hours" from the
opera "La Gioconda"/Amilcare Ponchielle Performed by
Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra from the CD,
"Walt Disney's Fantasia: Remastered Original Soundtrack Edition"
(Buena Vista Records)
- -- "Russian Dance" from "The Nutcracker
Suite, Op. 71A"/Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky Performed by Leopold
Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra from the CD, "Walt
Disney's Fantasia: Remastered Original Soundtrack Edition"
(Buena Vista Records)
- Music NOT used in Daniel Goldmark interview...
- -- "William Tell Overture"/Fred Lowrey
from the CD, "RE/SEARCH: Incredibly Strange Music, Volume
1"/Various Artists (Caroline Records)
- -- "Minute Merengue"/Harry Breuer from
the CD, "RE/SEARCH: Incredibly Strange Music, Volume 1"/Various
Artists (Caroline Records)
- -- "Main Title" from the 1946 Warner
Brothers film, "The Big Sleep" by Max Steiner Also an
excerpt of dialogue from the film. Both dialogue and music are
from the CD, "Murder Is My Beat: Classic Film Noir Themes
and Scenes" (Turner Classic Movies/Rhino)
http://www.rhino.com/
- -- "Mr. Ghost Goes To Town"/The John
Buzon Trio from the CD, "Ultra-Lounge, Volume 11: Organs
In Orbit" (Capitol)
- -- "My Baby Loves A Bunch of Authors"/Moxy
Fruvous from the CD, "Bargainville" (Atlantic)
- -- "Hillbillies from Outerspace"/The
Vaughan Brothers from the CD, "Family Style" (Epic/Associated)
Distribution dates:
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Questions and comments can
be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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