Jacques Barzun

We attend to Jacques Barzun’s distinction between a pupil, who learns by following directions, and a student, who learns by thinking and experimenting. You are invited to attend. (As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)

rla on April 10th, 2023
Michelangelo’s Jonah

We go back to the story of Jonah, not quite as simple as it has become in the popular mind: more than just being swallowed by a whale and “vomited up” again. You are invited to attend. [First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]

rla on March 27th, 2023
Pan: “sunshiny, lewd, and cruel”

We draw out of the archives a show from 2009, in the first year of Evening under Lamplight, which attends to the coming of Spring, and Spring Energy, with a selection from the Journey through the Seasons CD, Stevenson on “Pan’s Pipes”, Vivaldi, Robert Frost, William Blake, Dylan, the Kinks, and more. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]

Vintage Neil Henry interview, performance galore. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio0

rla on February 27th, 2023

We attend to different aspects of performing. Is it hiding your true self, or revealing something deeper in you? A disguise or an expression? You are invited to attend. [First performed on Cambridge 105 Radio]

rla on February 13th, 2023
Smokey

After a tribute to the late Geater with the Heater, we offer a Smokey Valentine, with a selection of love songs from Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.

The Geater with the Heater, the Boss with the Hot Sauce (Jerry Blavat)

rla on January 30th, 2023

We attend to the story of Rumpelstiltskin, which, like many other fairy tales, depicts a young woman coming of age. Here she discovers her inner gold, and the power of a name. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]

rla on January 16th, 2023
Echo and Narcissus

We attend to the theme of “Erotic Gifts”, defining “erotic” in the words of Lewis Hyde as “the principle of attraction, union, involvement which binds together”. Words and music, as usual, from a variety of sources. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]

We go into the new year with one of the most requested shows from the archives, when Neil Henry and Andrew Ab came into the Cambridge 105 Radio studios for a back-and-forth play of music and discussion/reminiscence/jokes, featuring music from Professor Longhair, The Youngbloods, Randy Newman, Bob Dylan, Afroman, Junior Gorg, Ricky Ranking, The Pincus Sisters, The Who, Danny Kaye, Dr Hook, The Kinks – and Robert Burns to end with. You are invited to attend this hodge-podge of items.

rla on December 20th, 2022

We attend to different kinds of gifts and giving, in the spirit of what Lewis Hyde calls “the erotic life of property”. You are invited to attend.

[First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]