May 19 – Steve and I were on the Leonard Lopate Show this afternoon. This was my third time on the show; I’d been on (solo) in 2006 for the MoMA Arbuckle series, and in 2007 as sidekick to Jessica… Read More »Leonard Lopate on WNYC
May 18 — Steve Massa and I were on WFMU tonight for a full hour on “The Speakeasy with Dorian“, hosted by Dorian Devins and co-hosted by Bruce Bennett. Bruce is a great film writer who I reconnected with in… Read More »WFMU radio interview
May 16 (Sat) – Had two great shows of “Museum Trip” in Brooklyn with Parallel Exit, and then got a second crack at Duvivier’s “Au Bonheur de Dames” at MoMA. Made some improvements in the Duvivier score second time around… Read More »Au Bonheur Des Dames – 2nd performance (w/audio)
I’ve now played for all four of the Julien Duvivier films in the series at MoMA, with two repeats to come. So far my favorite is La Vie miraculeuse de Therese Martin, perhaps because its storyline is much more simple… Read More »Au Bonheur Des Dames (1930) – dir Julien Duvivier
I have just scored and uploaded to YouTube a 16mm print I picked up on eBay a year (or so) ago, called Border River (1919) starring and directed by Edgar Jones, who made dozens of films — mainly westerns —… Read More »Edgar Jones in “Border River” (1919)
May 6 – I was back at Radio City Music Hall for some practice time on the Wurlitzer today, in prep for next week’s SVA graduation. Turns out I won’t be using the organ at the ceremony — nothing to… Read More »Radio City Music Hall Wurlitzer (again)
May 4, 2009 – played for “Poil de carotte” again at MoMA this afternoon, without incident. Score went better (for me, anyhoo) as expected. Recorded blogcast and my score, as I did yesterday (see below). Here’s a chance to see… Read More »“Poil de carotte” at MoMA (2nd show)
May 3, 2009 – played for Poil de carotte (“Carrot Top”), the 1925 silent directed by Julien Duvivier. I recorded my blog entry as a blogcast/podcast on my digital recorder while walking home from MoMA after the show (so that’s… Read More »Poil de carrotte
Today Steve Massa and I were at MoMA screening Thanhouser films with Charles Silver for a program we’re working on for October. The program will help the Thanhouser Film Corp. celebrate the company’s centenary; Ned Thanhouser will be doing a… Read More »April update
Just got the PDF of MoMA’s May/June 2009 members calendar, with the full listings for Cruel and Unusual Comedy in it. Am posting the pertinent pages from the calendar here; click on the images below to see them larger. Unfortunately,… Read More »Cruel and Unusual Comedy in MoMA calendar