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Worn Velveteen. The Voice was worth all the buildup. It sang slowly, more slowly than most popular singers dared to sing, but it kept a heavy, heartbeat rhythm. Says one critic: "He never let go of that old Balaban & Katz beat.'' Other critics compared the sound of his...
Two composers who serve on the advisory committee of the series are paired on one LP. String Quartet No. 2 (1932), by Composer Virgil Thomson, is a smooth-gliding composition that would be more fun if it contained more of the surrealist ambiguity of Thomson's later style. William...
One listener he did not take by storm was Novelist-Playwright J. B. Priestley, who analyzed his first experience of Evangelist Graham (on TV) for the New Statesman & Nation, a journal that distrusts Heaven almost as much as it does the United States of America. Socialist-minded Observer Priestley, who...
Constant Companion. One reason for the fabulous success of local stations is the post-TV development of a new average radio listener. He treats his radio like a constant companion who is pleasant to have around but can be comfortably ignored. The dial twister listens intermittently while getting up, before...
¶During a propaganda meeting in Hungary, one listener kept shaking his head during the speaker's explanation of Communist successes in supplying more goods at lower prices. "Why are you shaking your head like that?"demanded the speaker. "Well," said the listener, "I was around to all the...