In this episode: Ben trusts his instincts and has a little magic happen during a show of “The Patsy”; makes a decision and tries something new when it comes to using a “characteristic” musical mode in scoring Keaton’s “The Cameraman”… Read More »ep. 47: accompanying The Patsy, The Cameraman, and Gilbert Gottfried
Episode 47 Show Notes: accompanying The Patsy, The Cameraman and Gilbert Gottfried Live performances are slowly returning The Patsy with Marion Davies “The Patsy”, which was originally a stage play, recently returned to New York as a one-man show. How… Read More »Episode 47 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
Last week, I played my first in-person show at the Cinema Arts Centre since February 2020. Before the show, CAC regulars whom cinema co-director Dylan Skolnick and I hadn’t seen in 2+ years stopped to say hello and to chat.… Read More »“The Language of Silent Film”, Beyond the Blog
Ernie Kovacs’ ”Albert Gridley” sketch is one of the better-known ones. Its simple premise, a talk-show guest who can’t remember details of the very story he’s being interviewed for, is coupled with Kovacs’ unique, dryly sarcastic prompting. It’s deeply funny,… Read More »Etched Into My Memory Forever
Virtual Cinema, for most art-houses and film viewers, was a stop-gap measure during the pandemic. It was a way to keep going while everyone waited for it to be safe to re-open and to return to movie theaters. It also… Read More »Whither the Virtual Silent Movie Theater
This is one of a series of posts I’m doing on organs that I’ve had the honor to be able to accompany silent films on. In August 2021, as things were starting to re-open, one of the shows I was… Read More »Estey Pipe Organ at Epsilon Spires
The Kansas Silent Film Festival 2022 and other Adventures in Returning to In-Person Performance The Kansas Silent Film Festival 25th Anniversary The Silent Comedy Watch Party at Ben Model’s YouTube Channel Augmenting one’s accustomed patterns of accompaniment The joy of editing… Read More »Episode 46 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
Ben talks about: being a guest accompanist at the 25th annual Kansas Silent Film Festival; playing for Edward Everett Horton in a Cathedral, and the use of a “Bowery waltz”; introducing Marcel Perez to fans at the KSFF; playing for… Read More »ep. 46: Kansas Silent Film Festival…and Other In-Person Shows, plus some new Undercrank Projects
Sitting in the theater of what used to be called The Museum of Broadcasting in 1985 (it’s now the Paley Center), I was transfixed by the interview I was watching. The 1961 television program on screen was an episode of… Read More »Ernie Kovacs on Game/Contest Shows
Video releases, Kickstarters, Marion Davies, and MOMA Ben’s live appearances seem to be increasing in Winter 2022 Festivals are announcing schedules, such as TCM Classic Film Festival in April, Capitolfest in Rome, NY Edward Everett Horton’s silent shorts are breaking out… Read More »Episode 45 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast