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COLLECTING

Program 05-01-02-B Listen!

Newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst was extremely afraid of death. So much so that when one of the palm trees at his San Simeon estate died unexpectedly, the gardeners painted its leaves green until it could be replaced while Hearst was away. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll find out more about people like Hearst who try to cheat death by amassing extensive collections.

 

SEGMENT 1:

Brett Milano is the author of "Vinyl Junkies: Adventures in Record Collecting." He talks with Steve Paulson about why some people are obsessed with vinyl recordings, and we hear samples. Also, celebrated children's author Maurice Sendak talks with Steve Paulson about one of his collections.

SEGMENT 2:

Philipp Blom is the author of "To Have and To Hold: An Intimate History of Collectors and Collecting." He tells Anne Strainchamps about some of history's great pack-rats, and what purposes their collections served. Also, we hear sound from Theatre Cryptic's production of "Tunnel Visions" - based on the lives of the Collyer Brothers. And, Franz Lidz is the author of "Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers, New York's Greatest Hoarders." Lidz tells Jim Fleming about the brothers who lived in New York in the early 1900s. They completely filled a mansion in Harlem with everything from newspapers to nine pianos. And Lidz comments on the hoarding habit of his own Uncle Arthur.

SEGMENT 3:

Steve Nieve is best known as keyboard player for Elvis Costello's backing band, The Attractions. Doug Gordon found him Chicago and talked with him about his music and his collection of sounds. And we hear lots of music.

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Books:

  • Philipp Blom, To Have and To Hold: An Intimate History of Collectors and Collecting (Overlook)
  • Franz Lidz, Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers, New York's Greatest Hoarders (Bloomsbury)
  • Brett Milano, Vinyl Junkies: Adventures in Record Collecting (St. Martin's Press)

Links:

Clips:

Music:

  • -- Music used in Brett Milano/"Vinyl Junkies" mix
    1) "You Burn Me Up And Down"/We The People
    from the CD, "Mirror Of Our Minds" (Sundazed Music)
    http://www.sundazed.com
    2) "Understanding"/The Tony Jackson Group
    from the CD, "Watch Your Step!: The Complete Recordings
    1964-1966" (Castle Music UK)
    http://www.castlemusic.com/
    3) "Last Kind Word Blues"/Geechie Wiley
    from the CD, "Crumb: Original Soundtrack" (Rykodisc)
    http://www.rykodisc.com/Catalog/dump/rykoalbums_410.asp
    4) "Ravel: Bolero"/Andrew Kazdin & Thomas Z. Shepard
    from the LP, "Everything You Always Wanted to Hear on the Moog*
    (* but were afraid to ask for)" (Columbia Records)
    5) "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head"/Klaus Wunderlich
    from the CD, "The Very Best of Klaus Wunderlich" (Carlton)
    http://www.klauswunderlich.de
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  • -- "Minnie's Yoo Hoo (Mickey Mouse Theme Song)"
    from the album, "Classic Disney, Volume 1" (Walt Disney Records)
  • -- "Someone to Watch Over Me"/Raymond Scott and The Secret Seven
    from the CD, "The Unexpected" (Basta Records)
    http://www.bastamusic.com
  • -- "House Sounds"/Anthea Haddow
    from Theatre Cryptic's production of "Tunnel Visions"
    Theatre Cryptic's Artistic Director - Cathie Boyd
    http://www.cryptic.org.uk
  • -- "In Another Time"/Anthea Haddow
    from Theatre Cryptic's production of "Tunnel Visions"
    Theatre Cryptic's Artistic Director - Cathie Boyd
    http://www.cryptic.org.uk
  • -- "Window #2"/Steve Nieve
    from the CD, "Windows" (Rapide Epistle)
    http://www.stevenieve.com
  • -- Music used in Steve Nieve mix:
    1) "Window #1"/Steve Nieve
    from the CD, "Windows" (Rapide Epistle)
    http://www.stevenieve.com
    2) "Window #3 (Declan's Window)"/Steve Nieve
    from the CD, "Windows" (Rapide Epistle)
    http://www.stevenieve.com
    3) "Young People"/Steve Nieve
    from the CD, "Mumu" (Zomba Records)
    http://www.stevenieve.com
    4) "Confident Again"/Steve Nieve
    from the CD, "Mumu" (Zomba Records)
    http://www.stevenieve.com
    5) "You'll Never Be A Man"/Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve
    from the CD, "Costello & Nieve (Limited Edition Live Box Set)"
    (Warner Brothers)
    6) "Temptation"/Elvis Costello and the Attractions
    from the CD, "Get Happy (Bonus Deluxe Reissue)" (Rhino Records)
    http://www.rhino.com
    7) "Temptation"/Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve
    from the CD, "Costello & Nieve (Limited Edition Live Box Set)"
    (Warner Brothers)
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  • -- "Window #6 (Mercedes' Window)"/Steve Nieve
    from the CD, "Windows" (Rapide Epistle)
    http://www.stevenieve.com

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week of 02/19/2006 - hour 2
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