WBAI 99.5 FM Folio: January 1976

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January 1976 


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. In 1919, two years after Puerto Ricans were granted 
U.S. citizenship, a small number migrated to the 
United States. They left the island to escape the 
deadly tropical diseases and also to improve their 
standard of living. 

At the same time Afro-Cubans left their home for 
America to escape racial discrimination. As the 
American corporate interests grew in Cuba, wealthy 
Americans bought businesses, hotels, tourist resorts 
and hired Americans only. The Cuban legislature 
proposed a law which ‘required that for every 
non-Cuban working in Cuba, two Cubans be 
employed. Afro-Cubans who worked menial jobs 
didn’t have to worry about losing them. The white 
Cuban or American didn’t want it. It was the 
Afro-Cuban musician who lost his because of his 
brown and black skin. The owners of the hotels and 
tourist resorts only employed mulattos that passed 
for white. 


At that time, the 50 silent movie theatres ~ 


throughout Cuba provided employment for the 
majority of Afro-Cuban musicians trained in classical 
music. When the first talking movie arrived in Cuba 
during 1928, the Afro-Cuban musician sensed his 
employment was coming to an end. Many musicians 
came to the United States and resided within the 
Black American community in West Harlem. 

During the early 1920’s, the first Puerto Rican 
colony which resided in Brooklyn became over- 
crowded. Its residents began moving into East 
Harlem which was inhabited by Jewish people west 
of Madison Avenue and Italians to the East. 

- During the mid-1920’s there was only one Latin 
orchestra in New York City and it was directed by a 
Cuban mulatto named Vicente Sigler. 
however, did not work in the Spanish Community; 
his dances were held at plush midtown hotels which 
were always packed. After living a few years in 
Cuba, Rafael Hernandez, Puerto Rico’s most famous 
composer, relocated to Spanish Harlem in 1928. He 
opened “‘Almacenes Hernandez’ the first Spanish 
record store in East Harlem, located on the west side 
‘of Madison Avenue between 113 and 114 Streets. In 


__ the back of his store there was a piano on which his - 


sister Victoria used to teach aspiring musicians. 
$i Every time a student came for a lesson she would 


e out onto the sidewalk, sit down near the edge 
“of the curb, feet in gutter, tune his guitar, and begin 
to sing § and write words on a piece of paper. One of 
ars the reasons Hernandez songs are favorites among 
f Puerto Ricans is their melodic phrases, their 
beautiful lyrics and the emotions they stirred. 
é The melodic phrases and lyrics came from the 
_ heart of this lonely man separated from his beloved. 
It appeared that the only way he could satisfy his 
pangs of.love was through the guitar he held in his 
left arm while the fingers of his right hand searched 


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the strings for the right notes. The lyrics of ‘‘Los — 


Carreteros”’ and ‘‘Lamento Borincano’’ suggest that 
Hernandez was hopelessly in love with an island in 
the Caribbean, its scenery, its folkways, its people, 
the unique aromas of its countryside and cuisines, 
and all of the abstracts and intangibles of Puerto 
Rico impossible to experience in East Harlem. While 


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January 1976, Folio 


The Development of 


LATIN 
MUSIC 


in New York City 


by Max Salazar 


singing and playing his guitar, Hernandez appeared 
to be able to transport himself, vicariously, to his 
beloved Puerto Rico anytime he wished. Lamento 
Borincano, perhaps the most popular of all 
Hernandez’s compositions, was written on the 
sidewalk in front of Almacenes Hernandez in 1929. 

That same year, a few months before the historical 
stock market crash, Cuban bandleader Don Aspiazu 
visited New York to play the RKO Palace Theatre at 
Broadway and 46 Street. His interpretation of the 
tune ‘‘E] Manisero,’’ The Peanut Vendor, made him 
and his vocalist, Antonio Machin, the talk of the 
Spanish communities. The Peanut Vendor is 
classified as a ‘‘pregon,’’ a street vendor’s cry; but it 
was played in the rhythm of ‘‘El Son.’’ El Son was 
invented during the turn of the century in Cuba and 
it has evolved to what we now call “‘El Son 
Montuno.”’ El Son was rhythmically overwhelming. 
During the late 30’s it overcome in popularity the 
Argentinian Tango, which vocalist Carlos Gardel 
popularized. 

By 1930 the livelihoods of Puerto Ricans in New 
York City had not yet improved. Puerto Ricans were 
employed in every menial job this city had to offer; 
but Puerto’ Ricans had already banned together 
politically. They vociferously protested their absence 
in civil service jobs and in other well paying 
employment. One Puerto Rican civic group in East 
Harlem promoted a dance to raise funds. A 
spokesman for the group approached Mrs. Hersh, 
the proprietress of the Park Palace Jewish Caterers 
located at 110 Street and Sth Avenue and rented the 
hall for a Saturday night. The dance was.a financial 
success and it gave a few people ideas about opening 
up their own entertainment establishments. Within 
six months, theatres, dance halls and record stores 
opened for business throughout East Harlem. The 
Photoplay Theatre at 110 Street & Sth Avenue 
became ‘El Teatro San Jose.’’ In addition to 
showing Spanish language motion pictures, it 


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utilized local talent for its stage shows. A great 
number of vocalists, dancers and musicians who 
started on the stage of El San Jose went on to 
national prominence. 

In 1934 Mr. Gabriel Oller, a Puerto Rican, opened 
the Spanish Music Center Music Store next to El 
Teatro San Jose. Besides RCA, Columbia, and 
Decca recordings, he sold pianola rolls and guitars. 
Even so, he just couldn’t compete with Almacenes 
Hernandez. In order to attract customers, he decided 
on a gimmick. He founded the first Puerto Rican 
owned recording company, the Dynasonic label, and 
he recorded in the back of his store. The recording 
studio was a medium-sized room that housed the 
minimum necessary equipment. Mr. Oller recorded 
the music of the neighborhood trios and quartets. 
Each musician received $3.00 for the session. 
Business always picked up prior to the Christmas 
holidays. Puerto Ricans bought every Aguinaldo 
recording. 

As interest in Latin music grew, so did the 
industry. Latin music became a means of temporary 
escape from the daily problems of life. It was an 
indispensible crutch for the determined Puerto 
Ricans and Cubans to survive in an alien city. More 
importantly, the sounds of Bombas, Danzas and 
Aguinaldos reminded one of that ric port in ii: 
Caribbean. One could always tell Puerto Rican 
families with higher incomes. One or more members 
of the family was a musician. Music was a means to 
earn a few more dollars to supplement the primary 
income. Poor families who could not afford to rent a 
hall for a wedding, a baptismal, or a birthday party, 
held it in their apartment. During the 1930’s a house 
party in El Barrio was a ball. The apartment and 
hallway reeked with the spicy aroma of garlic and 
oregano which emanated from the fresh hams in the 
oven. Thin slabs of fresh ham accompanied plates of 
steaming rice and pidgeon peas. The elders drank 
beer that flowed from a wooden keg kept in the 
kitchen sink on top of a 25 cent piece of ice. The 
bathtub, filled with cracked ice, cooled the several 
flavors of soda pop the children drank. Trios or 
quartets consisting of a lead vocalist, a maraca 
player, guitarist and sometimes trumpeter, provided 
live music in the living room. They had the dancers 
swaying to the ballads and swinging to the rhythms 
of El Son, la Guaracha, and the Puerto Rican 
Bombas and Danzas. At the end of the night each 
musician was $3.00 richer. Unemployed Puerto 
Ricans raised rent and food money by holding 
dances in their apartment. They charged the dancers 
a 25 cent fee. The musicians were paid with the 
money earned from the sale of beer, mavi, pastelles, 
alcapurrias and pastellios. 

Despite the great number of proficient musicians, 
English speaking stations refused to air Spanish 
music saying “‘there was no market for it.’’ In 1934, 
Marcial Flores, a wealthy Puerto Rican numbers 
runner, opened El Club Kubanacan at 114th Street 
and Lenox Avenue and gave the house band job to 
Afro-Cuban bandleader Alberto Socarras. Months 
later Flores rented the empty Mount Morris Theatre 
at 116 Street and Sth Avenue and reopened it as El 
Teatro Compoamor. Socarras’ band played the stage 
shows. For the last half of 1934 Hispanic New 

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THURSDAY, JANUARY I, 7AM 
MOZART DAY ; 

Further Adventures with Wolfgang gang 
Amadeus 

Theodore 

Gottlieb Mozart 

child star and master of note. 

Produced by Larry i and Judith 
Sherman. 


FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 7:30 PM 

THE SWEETEST SOUNDS 

Richard Rodgers’ career in the musical 
theater has spanned more than the last 55 
years over the course of which he sustained 
two of the longest and the most successful 
partnerships in the theatre has known. 
First with Lorenzo Hart, he wrote such 
innovative shows as ‘‘On Your Toes”’ 
(which contained the musical theatre’s first 
ballet sequence), ‘‘Pal Joey’’ (in which, for 
the first time a musical character was less 
than goody-two-shoes),.“‘By Jupiter,’ “‘A 
Connecticut Yankee,’’ and many others. 
With Oscar Hammerstein, Rodgers further 
innovated the theatre with ‘‘Oklahoma’’ 
(the first musical to integrate the music, 
songs, dance, and other aspects of 
production into a special unit all of its 
own), ‘“South Pacific,’’ ‘‘The King and I,’”’ 


_ and so many others we have grown to know 


and love. After Hammerstein’s death 


_ Rodgers continues to write for the theatre 


with his current collaborator, Sheldon 
Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof), he is writing 
a musical based on the life of one of the 
‘Henry’s of England to be produced this 


Spring. In all this time, Richard Rodgers’ 
music has that spark of originality, the 


Bem of ce am and fresh- 
_been | nark of the 

Tonite, in the 
“tribute t au Richard Saye we will present 
th tons of music, interviews, with 


ins relatives, associates and the man 
_ himself, readings from his autobiography 


‘ad 


- Musical Stages, a radio broadcast of 


Rodgers and Hart with Andre Kostelanetz 


_ from 1939 and lots more. Produced by Ira 


‘Weitzman and Bruce Kenyon. 


SUNDAY, JANUARY 4th, 2PM 

THE LONE REGER RIDES AGAIN 

Guest producer Ira Braus, assisted by 
musicologist Gerhard Wuensch, unmasks 
the unsung composer who Paul Hindemith 
“owed more than J.S. Bach’’ and Arnold 
Schonberg considered ‘‘A genius,’’ — Max 
Reger. Music and talk. 


MONDAY, JANUARY Sth, 10:15PM 
MAJOR CONTEMPORARY WRITERS 
Donald Barthelme: The Dead Father 
Donald Barthelme reads selections from 


~ his latest novel, The Dead Father, as well 


_ promoter of Puerto Rican descent, 


as his uncollected stories. In the interview 
with Judith Sherman and Charles Ruas 
which follows, Barthelme discusses his 
ideas about writing, and the relationship of 
his work to the visual arts. Executive Pro- 
ducer: Charles Ruas. Producer: Linda 
Rosechild-Harris. 


TUESDAY, JANUARY 6th, !7:30 PM 
NUCLEAR SNOW JOB ~ 


A lot of money is spent by the industry to 


convince the public that nuclear power is 


safe. In November, 1975, Bonnie Bellow 
was taken on a trip by the Atomic Indus- 
trial Forum to visit Salem I and II, the 
nuclear power facility under construction in 
southern New Jersey. Here is the industry 
side of the argument (that nuclear energy 
is safe and cost saving) — mixed with 
responses from the opposition to the 
growing nuclear industry. 


TUESDAYS, JANUARY 6th, 13th, 20th, 
27th, 9:15 PM 
THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE 
For several months we have wanted to 
reach beyond the immediacy of New York’s 
“‘crisis.’’ We have covered the events, the 
machinations of the fiscal crisis, and, of 
course, we will continue providing a variety 
of perspectives on this process. 

What we kept encountering in this 
coverage was the people of New York. 


More than any, other American city, New 


York’s history and essence is shaped by its 
ethnicity — the Ellis Island of America. 

So we wanted to explore that ethnicity 
and that history. We will be interviewing 
old immigrants — Jewish, Italian, Irish, 
Polish, and Black about their experiences, 
memories, their families, relationships and 
work. And we will talk with younger 
immigrants and migrants about their lives 
and hopes for the future. 

This approach to history — called oral 
history — is a recent development in the 
academic discipline of history. It chal- 
lenges the dominant methodology of 
referring to documents and official sources” 
which make history a series of dates, 
events, and statistics. This method often 
gives validity only to the perspective of 
those in positions of power. , 

Oral history, on the other hand, gives 
space to the totality of people’s lives and 
has mostly been conducted with the 
invisible people — working people, poor 
people, etc. 


THURSDAYS, JANUARY 8th, 15th, 22nd, 
29th, 8:30 PM 

POLITICAL ECONOMY: A TEN-WEEK 
COURSE 

A course on political economy conducted 
by economists David Gordan and William 
Tabb. Supplementary materials can be 
obtained by writing to the station. Audi- 
ence participation by telephone is encour- 
aged. Produced by Bonnie Bellow. 


FRIDAY, JANUARY 9th, 7:30 PM 

WBAI THEATER 

A Fable Telling About A Journey 

This collaboration of Claude von Itallie’s 
text, Richard Peaslee’s direction was taped 
live at Westbeth’s Exchange Theater. The 
evening will also feature excerpts from 
rehearsals and interviews with the cast and 
director Chaikin. 


Off Broadway Rhythms Presents: Boy 
Meets Boy 

Tonight we raise the curtain to look in on a 
musical that is rapidly becoming a cult 
favorite. Jeffrey Shaw talks with author Bill 


January 1976, Folio 


Solly about the show that is proving that a 
gay play need not appeal only to gay 
people. Highlights with the original cast 
are featured, as well as a review. Tune in to 
hear about thsi unusual musical. Produced 
by Jeffrey Shaw with technical production 
by David Rapkin. 


SATURDAY, JANUARY 10th, 8:00 PM 
BEYOND THE BEDROOM WALL — 
Author Larry Woiwode reads passages 
from his latest book, Beyond the Bedroom 
Wall, a poetic saga tracing three genera- 
tions of a North Dakotan family, the 
Neumillers. Mr. Woiwode is interviewed 
by Lin Rosechild-Harris. 


SUNDAYS, JANUARY Ith & 25th, 2 PM 
SUNDAY, JANUARY 4th, 10 PM 
GAY ACADEMIC UNION CONFERENCE 


A panel discussion from the Gay Academic 
Union Conference held this past year on 
November 28th-30th. At press time we 
were unable to get listings for the specific 
panels we would broadcast, so please listen 
to the Program Announcements for details. 
Produced by Margaret Mercer and Bill 
Monaghan. 


SUNDAYS, JANUARY 11th & 25th, 

10:00 PM 

FEMINIST CONVERSATIONS 

This ongoing, biweekly series of programs 
considers the theoretical, material. and 
spiritual dimensions of feminism today. 
Produced by Nanette Rainone. Next 
program: February 8th. 


MONDAY, JANUARY 12th, 8:45 PM 
MUSIC OF PRIL SMILEY 

Judith Sherman talks with composer Pril 
Smiley about several of her works. Pril 
shows how she put together an electronic 
piece of theater music from live sound 
sources. 


MONDAY, JANUARY 26th, 10:15 PM 
MAJOR CONTEMPORARY WRITERS 
Donald Barthelme: City Life, Sadness, 
Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts. 


’ Donald Barthelme reads from his short 


works of fiction and essays. In a discussion 
with Charles Ruas and Judith Sherman, 
Barthelme talks about the direction of his 
writing, the relationship of his shorter 
pieces to his novels, and those writers he 
admires. Executive Producer: Charles 
Ruas. Producer: Linda Rosechild-Harris. 


FRIDAY, JANUARY 16th, 7:30 PM 
FRIDAY NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT 


~ Over There: The Expatriate Experience of 


the Twenties 

Profoundly transformed by the Great War, 
Americans and Britons bring their lost 
innocence to the Continent: Fitzgerald, 
Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, Joyce, Rupert 
Brooke, Henry Miller, Gertrude Stein, 
George Gershwin and all that jazz. 
Produced by Errol Selkirk and Rick Harris. 


SUNDAY, JANUARY 18th, 10:00 PM 

AN AFTERNOON WITH ADRIENNE 
LOCKHART 

“In the summer of 1974, I traveled to Bryn 


SIGHLIGHTS 


Mawr College to interview a young woman 
who was interested in talking about her 
struggle in dealing with terminal cancer. I 
was told by a friend that Adrienne Rickard 
Lockhart was an extraordinary woman — a 
writer, a feminist, and most importantly a 
person who would not give in to her 
physically deteriorating condition. I spent 
the afternoon with Adrienne and her 
closest friends talking about death and how 
to go on living in the face of it.’’ Bonnie 
Bellow 


MONDAY JANUARY 19th, 10:15 PM 
MAJOR CONTEMPORARY WRITERS 
Donald Barthelme: The Slightly Irregular 
Fire Engine & Guilty Pleasures. 

Naturally, Donald Barthelme reads the 
children’s book, The Slightly lrregular rize 
Engine, while putting Judy and Charles to 
bed. He reads selections from Guilty 
Pleasures in the course of an interview by 
Charles Ruas and Judith Sherman in which 
the nature of political satire and language 
as well-as his method for teaching creative 
writing are discussed. Executive Producer: 
Charles Ruas. Producer: Linda Rosechild- 
Harris. 


SATURDAY, JANUARY 24th, 11:00 PM 
THE READING EXPERIMENT 
Performing Poets 

An evening with balladeer Helen Reais 
followed by poet-singer-songwriter Patti 
Smith. Taped at the WBAI Free Music 
Store last June. 


MONDAY, JANUARY 26th, 10:15 PM 
MAJOR CONTEMPORARY WRITERS 
Donald Barthelme: Snow White and Come 
Back Dr. Caligari. Donald Barthelme reads 
sections from his first novel, Snow White, 
and his first collection of short pieces. In 
‘the interview with Judith Sherman and 
Charles Ruas, he discusses his social satire 
of the sixties, and his early career as a 
writer. Executive Producer: Charles Ruas. 
Producer: Linda Rosechild-Harris. 


MONDAY, JANUARY 26th, 8:45 PM 
POEM IN CYCLES AND BELS 

Judith Sherman talks with composer 
Vladimir Ussachevsky,. a pioneer in elec- 
tronic music composition, about music and 
technology. 


TUESDAY, JANUARY 27th, 9:15 PM 
FIVE WOMEN AGAINST THE TSAR 
See picture highlight on page 12 


FRIDAY, JANUARY 30th, 7:30 PM 

500 YEARS OF SONNETS 

In, Italian, English and German. Produced 
by Judith Sherman, Michael Lobel, Paul 
Oppenheimer and with the help of a host of 
others. 


SATURDAY, JANUARY 31st, 8:00 PM 
SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL 

Nigel Nicholson, who is currently editing 
the correspondence of Virginia Woolf, 
speaks with Charles Ruas about the period 
of Virginia Woolf's life covered by the first 
volume of letters (1888-1912), when she 
has published her first novel, The Long 


Voyage Out. 


ee eee 


Continued from page 1 


Yorkers were treated to Afro Cuban music every 
evening between 10-10:30 p.m. and 3-3:30 a.m. over 
radio station WMCA. The music was broadcast live 
from El Kubanacan. In early 1935 vocalist Davilita 
and trumpeter Augusto Coen, two Puerto Rican 
musicians, left Socarras’ band to form a group Coen 
wonld direct. Pianist Noro Morales who had just 
arrived in New York from Puerta De Tierra, Puerto 
Rico, joined Coen’s band. Fernando Luis, a dance 
convinced 
Socarras and Coen that a musical battle between 
them would pack a dancehall. They agreed. The 
following day each time the movie ended at El 
Campoamor, messages flashed across the screen. 
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!...WAR! WAR! WAR! 

.. BETWEEN CUBA AND PUERTO RICO...AT 


THE PARK PALACE LOCATED AT 110 STREET 

-AND STH AVENUE...BETWEEN ALBERTO 
SOCARRAS OF CUBA AND AUGUSTO COEN OF 
PUERTO RICO. The financial success of this dance 
paved the way for more musical battles between 
Cuban and Puerto Rican musicians and ethnic pride 
urged dancers to support their man. 

The Machito orchestra, which was formed in 
December, 1940, became the first Latin orchestra to 
play the prominent midtown night clubs and stage 
shows. While World War II raged in the Far East 
and Europe bandleaders Machito, Enric Madriguer- 
ra, Miguelito Valdes, Alberto Iznaga, Marcelino 

—Guerra and Cugat, were blazing the trail for others. 
Latin jazz was invented by the Machito orchestra at 
La Conga Club in midtown Manhattan during 1943. 
During the short respites that followed each tune, 


pianist Luis Varona began to play the introduction of 
the tune ‘‘El Bottellero’’ (the bottlemaker). Julio 
Andino, the bass player, joined in plucking the same 
introduction on his strings. Then one by one the 
saxophones and trumpets joined in and added 
broken chords as if they were practicing music 
scales. The band continued to do this and more 
sounds were added. Mario Bauza, Machito’s 
trumpeter-co-leader, then wrote a melody which the 
band played on top of the broken chords. Thus the 
tune “‘Tanga’’ was composed. 

At this same time Frederico Pagani-Santiago, a 
Puerto Rican who is hailed as ‘‘The Father of Dance 
Promotion,’’ was packing the dancehalls in East 
Harlem. His outrageous promotions attracted 
dancers like a magnet does metal. Zoot suits—the 
suits with the wide shoulders, baggy peg pants 

Continued on page 15 


ne 


Folio, Janu 


Autho 
Writer 


Jonald Barthelme is January’s Major Contemporary 
Aondays at 10:15 pm) 


At the last breakfast after I told her, 


we had steak and eggs. Bloody Marys. 


Three pieces of toast. She couldn’t cry, 
she tried. Balloon man came. He 
photographed the event. He created 
the Balloon of the Last Breakfast After 
I Told Her—a buttercolored balloon. 
“*This is the kind of thing I do so well,’’ 
he said. Balloon Man is not modest. 
No one has ever suggested that. ‘‘This 
balloon is going to be extra-famous 
and acceptable, a documentation of 
raw human riches, the plain canvas 
gravy of the thing. The Pin Lady will 
never be able to bust this balloon, 
never, not even if she hugs me for a 
hundred years.’’ We were happy to 
have pleased him, to have contributed 
to his career. 2 

The Balloon Man won't sell to kids. 

Kids will come up to the Balloon 
Man and say, ‘‘Give us a blue balloon, 
Balloon Man,’’ and the Balloon Man 
will say, ‘“Get outa here, kids, these 
balloons are adults-only.’’ And the 
kids will say, “‘C’mon, Balloon Man, 
give us a red balloon and a green 
balloon and a white balloon, we got the 
money.’’ “Don’t want any kid- 
money,’’ the Balloon Man will say; 
“‘kid-money is wet and nasty and then 
you wipe ’em on your pants and your 
pants get all wet and nasty and you sit 
down to eat and the chair gets all wet 
and nasty, let that man in the brown 
hat draw near, he wants a balloon.”’ 
And the kids will say, ‘‘Oh, please, 
Balloon Man, we want five yellow 
balloons that never pop, we want to 
make us a smithereen.’’ ‘‘Ain’t gonna 
make no smithereen outa my fine 


yellow balloons,’’ says the Balloon — 


Man, ‘“‘your red balloon will pop 
sooner and your green balloon will pop 
later but your yellow balloon will never 
pop no matter how you stomp on it or 
stick it and besides the Balloon Man 
don’t sell to kids, it’s against his 
principles.”’ 

The Balloon Man won’t let you take 
his picture. He has something to hide. 
He’s a superheavy Balloon Man, 
doesn’t want the others to steal his 
moves. It’s all in the gesture—the 


“precise, reunpremeditated right move. 


Balloon Man sells the Balloon of 
Fatigue and the Balloon of Ora Pro 
Nobis and the Rune Balloon and the 


THE 
GREAT 
HUG 


by Donald Barthelme 


Balloon of the Last Thing To Do At 
Night: these are saffron, cinnamon, 
salt, and celerycolored, respectively. 
He sells the Balloon of Not Yet and the 
Balloon of Sometimes. He works the 
circus, every circus. Some people 
don’t go to the circus and so don’t 
meet the Balloon Man and don’t get to 


- buy a balloon. That’s sad. Near to © 


most people in any given city at any 
given time won’t be at the circus. 
That’s unfortunate. They don’t get to 
buy a brown, whole-life-long cherish- 
able Sir Isaiah Berlin Balloon. “‘*I don’t 
sell the Balloon Jejune,’’ the Balloon 
Man will say, “‘let them other people 
sell it, let them other people have all 
that wet and nasty kid-money mito- 
sising in their sock. That a camera you 


got there, mister? Get away.’’ Balloon ° 


Man sells the Balloon of Those Things 
I SHould Have Done ! Did Not Do, a 
beige balloon. And the Balloon of the 
Ballade of the Crazy Junta, crimson of 
course. Balloon Man stands in 4 light 
rain near the popcorn pushing the 
Balloon of Wish I Was, the Balloon of 
Busoni Thinking, the Balloon of the 


Perforated Septum, the Balloon of Not. 


Nice. Which one is my _ balloon, 
Balloon Man? Is it the Balloon of the 
Cartel of the Noose Makers? Is it the 
Balloon of God Knows I Tried? 

One day the Balloon Man will meet 
the Pin Lady. It’s in the cards, in the 
stars, in the entrails of sacred animals. 
Pin Lady is a woman with pins stuck in 
her couture, rows of pins and pins not 
in rows but placed irregularly here a 
pin there a pin, maybe eight thousand 
pins or twelve thousand pins. Pin Lady 
tells the truth. The embrace of Balloon 
Man and Pin Lady will be something to 
see. They’Il roll down the hill together, 
some day. Balloon Man’s arms will be 
wrapped around Pin Lady’s pins and 
Pin Lady’s embrangle will be wrapped 


around Balloon Man’s balloons—even | 


the yellow balloons. They’ll roll down 
the hill together. Pin Lady has the Pin 
of I Violently Desire. She has the Pin of 
Soft Talk, she has the Pin of No More 
and she is rumored to have the Pin of 
the Dazed Sachem’s Last Request. 
She’s into puncture. When puncture 
becomes widely accepted and praised, 


it will be the women who will have the ~ 


sole license to DEERE it, Pin Lady 
says. 


‘their heads with shoppin: ‘3 
_ don’t want to think al 


Pin Lady has the Pin of Tomorrow 
Night—a wicked pin, those who have — 
seen it say. That great hug, when ~ 
Balloon Man and Pin Lady roll down 
the hill together, will be frightening. — 
The horses will run away in all 
directions. Ordinary people will cove 


up all them balloons yourse’ 

Man? Or did you ha 

how come you’re so apricklededee? _ 
Was it something in your childhood? 

Balloon Man will lead off with the 
Balloon of Grace Under Pressure, Do 
Not Pierce or Incinerate. ; 

Pin Lady will counter with the Pin of 
OhMy, I Forgot. 

Balloon Man will produce hae 
Balloon of Almost Wonderful. q 
Lady will come back with the oa of E 
They Didn’t Like Me Much. Balloon 
Man will sneak in. there with the 
Balloon of the Last Exit Before the Toll 
is Taken. Pin Lady will reply with the 
Pin of One Never Knows For Sure. — 
Balloon Man will propose the Balloon | 
of Better Days. Pin Lady, the Pin ofS 
Whiter Wine. Z : 

It’s gonna be bad, I don’t want to : 
think about it. “— 

Pin Lady tells the truth. Balloon 
Man doesn’t lie, exactly. How can the 
Quibbling Balloon be called a lie? Pin — 
Lady is more straightforward. Balloon — 
Man is less straightforward. Their — 
stances are semiantireprophetical. 
They’re falling down the hill together, _ 
two falls out of three. Pin him, Pin — 
Lady. Expand, Balloon Man. When he — 
created our buttercolored balloon, we — 
felt better. A little better. The event — 


~ that had happened to us went floating <1 


out into the world, was made useful to 
others. Balloon Man says, ‘‘I got here 
the Balloon of the Last Concert. It’s 
not a bad balloon. Some people won’t — 
like it. Some people will like it. I got 

the Balloon of Too Terrible. Not every 


» balloon can make you happy. Not — 


every balloon can trigger glee. 
But I insist that these balloons: have 
a right to be heard! Let that man inthe _ 
black cloak step forward, he wants st 
balloon.’ 
The Balloon of Perhaps. My best ES 
balloon. ee 
(Originally appeared in The Atlantic Monthly 
Copyright 1975 by Donald Barthelme.) 


Page S 


January 1976, Folio 


THURSDAY, 
JANUARY Ist 


5:00 A CONSORT OF EARLY MUSIC 
Presented by Ted Cohen. 


7:00 MOZART DAY 


Further Adventures 
-. Amadeus 
Theodore 

_ Gottlieb Mozart 

child star and master of note. — + 


Produced by Larry Josephson and 
Judith Sherman. 


6:30 NEWS 


A report of the day’s events. (January 
2nd.) 


7:00 MORE MOZART 
11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


FRIDAY, 
JANUARY 2nd 


5:00 HOUR OF THE WOLF 


The Friday Morning Science Fiction Ex- 
 travaganza. With Jim Freund. 


7:00 ROOM 101 


of Wolfgang 


~~ 


Live radio with Steve Post. 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


9:05 NEWS, 
Rebroadcast from last night. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 
With James Irsay. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


42:00 ENTHNI-CITY AND THE 
AMERICAN DREAM 


et from December 30th. 
1:00 A edimeinng hee re produced too ais 


g here. For more 
n mat listen to Ascii 
ments. 


. 00 ECHOES IN BLACK MUSIC 


Jazz from past years, with a sprinkling of 
blues, gospel, rock and current releases. 
Presented by Gene Lewis. 


- 4:00 UNSTUCK IN TIME 
Live radio with Margot Adler. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
~ COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
BOARD 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS. 


A report of the day’s events with Marty 
Goldensohn. (January 3rd.) 


7:30 THE SWEETEST SOUNDS 


Richard Rodgers’ career in the musical 
_theatre has spanned more than 55 years 
‘over the course of which he sustained two 
_of the longest and most successful partner- 
ships the theatre has known — with 

Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein. 
Rodgers continues to write with his cur- 
rent collaborator, Sheldon Harnick, and 
together they are writing a musical based 
on the life of Henry VIII of England to be 
produced this Spring. Tonight, in tribute to 
Richard Rodgers, we will present tons of 
music; interviews with friends, relatives, 
associates and the man himself; readings 
from his autobiography Musical Stages; 
and lots more. Produced by Ira Weitzman 
with Bruce Kenyon. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


SATURDAY, 
JANUARY 3rd 


5:00 THE MORNING AFTER THE 
NIGHT BEFORE - 


Live radio with Gary Fried: 
8:00 NEWS 
Rebroadcast from last night. 
8:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


9:00 THE SATURDAY MORNING 
SHOW 


- Produced by Paul McIssac and Jane Solar. 


9:00 IMAGINE! Paul, Bruno, 
Michel, Juan, Alex, Sue and you will 
have more stories, more imagining. 

10:00 RITES OF PASSAGE — with 


David Nasaw “Jocks and Cheerleaders” 


— the sporting life in high school and col- 
lege and some interesting alternatives. 
11:00 DOMINICANO! The music, 

culture and lives of Dominicans in N.Y. 
and the Dominican Republic. 

“11:45 Nina Mende and Gerry Hatch 
continue their Living History of Our 
People. 


12:00 LUNCHPAIL 
Live radio with Paul Gorman. 


2:00 WOMEN’S STUDIES 

Catch today’s program announcements to 
find out what Viv Sutherland shuffled into 
this space in the wake ofthe last Minithon; 
and have patience. If more people like you 
subscribed, we wouldn’t have to have 
Minithons and programs wouldn’t have to 
be rescheduled. 


4:00 LATIN MUSIC 


Sometimes live, sometimes on recording. 
Producers of this series are Max Salazar, 


* Dr. Kenneth Leo Rosa, and Carlos de 


Jesus. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 
With Abraham Aig. (January 4th.) 


7:00 ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS 
A Fluoridation Debate 
New York Senate Bill 7002 would make 
fluoridation illegal in New York State. To- 
night a group of medical professionals de- 
bate the issue. Hosted and produced by 
Richard Harris. 


8:00 MARION’S CAULDRON 


Occult and magical information, including 
the astrological transits for the coming 
month. Presented by Marion Weinstein. 


9:00 THE WBAI FREE MUSICSTORE 
Don MacLean in Concert. 


The singer-songwriter-in concert. You are 
invited to join us Live in studio C, 359 East 
_62nd Street, just West of Ist Avenue. 
“Come early! Produced by Ira Weitzman. 
Broadcast live and in stereo. 


‘11:00 THE READING EXPERIMENT 


John Giorno’s Dial-A-Poet 
Part VII 


This program contains frank lan- 


Steve Post, host of Room n 101, Npatlestas: THUreceye: and Fridays at 7:00 am. 


guage. If you feel you might be offended, 
please tune away for the next hour and 
rejoin us at midnight. 

In conversation with Charles Ruas and 


~ Lynda Perry, John Giorno talks about both 


the concept and the works of the poets 
reading: Allen Ginsberg, William Bur- 
roughs, Tedd Berr, Charles Plymell, John 
Sinclair, Michael Brownstein, John Giorno, 
Heathcote Williams, Harris Schiff. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


SUNDAY, 
JANUARY 4th 


5:00 THE MORNING AFTER THE 
NIGHT BEFORE 


Live radio with Gary Fried. 


8:00 NEWS 
A rebroadcast of last night’s News. 


8:30 HERE OF A SUNDAY MORNING 


Words and music to wake up to on Sunday 
morning. This morning J.S. Bach’s Can- 
tata No. 171 “Gott, wie dein Name, so ist 
auch dein Ruhm,” and Part 9 of our 
monthly series of the Organ works of J.S. 
Bach. Presented by Chris Whent 


‘11:00 IN THE SPIRIT 


Varieties of religious experience. Pro- 
duced by Lex Hixon. For details, listen to 
Program Announcements. 


12:30 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:35 A special program produced too late 
for listing here, For more 
information, listen to Program 
Announcements. 


2:00 THE LONE REGER RIDES 
AGAIN. 


Guest producer Ira Braus, assisted by 
musicologist Gerhard Wuensch, unmasks 
the unsung composer whom Paul Hinde- 
mith “owed more than J.S. Bach” and Ar- 
nold Schonberg considered “a genius,” Max 
Reger. Music and talk. 


4:00 UNSTUCK IN TIME 
Live radio with Margot Adler. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 
With Abraham Aig. (January 5th.) 


7:15 AEC/ALTERNATE ENERGY 
COMMITTEE 


8:15 MISCELLANY 


8:30 GRASS ROOTS OF MUSIC 
Produced by Tom Whitmore. (January 
8th.) 

9:30 THE RADIO 
Original radio drama (December ) 


10:00 GAU CONFERENCE 

A panel discussion from the Gay Academic 
Union Conference held this past year on 
Nov. 28th-30th. At press time we were un- 
able to get listings for the specific panels 
we would broadcast, so please listen to the 
Program Announcements. Produced by 
Margaret Mercer and Bill Monaghan. 


11:15 ECHOES FROM TARA 

Tonight and interview with Irish Folk- 
singer and harpist, Mary O’Hara. Pro- 
duced by Bill Monaghan. 

12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 

Live radio with Bob Fass. 


MONDAY, 
JANUARY 5th 


5:00 COUNTING SHEEP 
Live radio with Jan Albert. 


7:00 TAKING IT EASY — 
TAKING IT! 


Live radio with Larry Cox. 
9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
NEWS 
A rebroadcast of last night’s news. 


9:30 MORNING MUSIC 
The Pipe Organs of London 


Recordings of the organs in Saint-Paul’s 
Cathedral; the Alexandra Palace; the Mer- 


BUT 


chant Taylor’s Hall; Saint Giles’ Cripple- 


gate; Saint Mark’s; North Audley Street; 
Saint Michael’s Cornhill; Westminster Ab- 
bey; Saint Mary’s, Rotherhithe; The Royal 
Naval Hospital in Greenwich; and the 
organ built by Renatus Harris for, and re- 
jected by, the Temple — now in Saint 
John’s Woverhampton. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


12:00 A program of special interest. 
For details, listen to Program 
Announcements. 


1:00 THE FOUNDATION OF 


Ve 


(ay 


[Aas 


De 


—~ 


Folio, January 1976 


AFRICAN HISTORY 


Episodes in North African History, con- 
tinued. Lecturer: Ira Smith, noted histo- 
rian. 


2:00 ADVENTURES IN JAZZ 
Presented by Mickey Bass. 


4:00 IRSAY IN THE AFTERNOON 
Live radio with James Irsay. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
BOARD 


6:30 NEWS 


A report of the day’s events by Marty Gol- 
densohn. (January 6th.) 


7:30 GETTING AROUND 


Discussions, whispers, and guffaws on ar- 
tists and arts. Moderated by Courtney Cal- 
lender. (January 6th.) 


8:30 MISCELLANY 


8:45 ELECTRONIC MUSIC 


Electronic music placed in a socio-economic 
context, emphasizing isolation of musical 
environment by today’s music industry. 
Musical selections consist mostly of com- 
positions that are either commercially un- 
recorded or unavailable in the U.S. Many 
composers and musical personalities from 
the U.S. and abroad are often guests on 
this program. Produced and presented by 
Ilhan Mimaroglu. 


10:15 MAJOR CONTEMPORARY 
WRITERS 
Donald Barthelme, 
“The Dead Father” 

This program contains controversial 
subject matter. If you feel you might be 
offended by such subject matter, please 
tune away for the next hour and a half 
and rejoin us gain at midnight. 

Donald Barthelme reads selections from 
his latest novel, The Dead Father, and his 
uncollected stories. In the interview with 
Judith Sherman and Charles Ruas which 
follows, Donald Barthelme discusses his 
ideas about writing, and the relationship of 
his work to the visual arts. Executive Pro- 
ducer, Charles Ruas. Producer, Linda 
Rosechild-Harris. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 SWAN SONG 
Live radio with Mickey Waldman. 


TUESDAY, 
JANUARY 6th 


5:00 MORNING WATCH 
Live radio with Bill Monaghan. 
7:00 TAKING IT EASY — BUT 
TAKING IT! 
With Larry Cox. is 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


9:05 NEWS 
A rebroadcast from January 5th. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 


Or what you will. Presented live by Judith 
Sherman. — ; 


12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:05 LUNCHPAIL 
Live radio with Paul Gorman. 


2:00 AEC/ALTERNATE ENERGY 
COMMITTEE 


Lindsay Audin continues his investigations 
of energy and science with an effort to ex- 
pose the economic bases of technology. For 
details, listen to the Program Announce- 
ments. (January 4th.) 5 


3:00 GETTING AROUND 


Discussions, whispers, and guffaws on ar- 
tists and arts. Moderated by Courtney Cal- 
lender. (January 5th.) 


4:00 JAZZ SAMPLER 


A usually free-associative, more-or-less 
historically-inclined, approximate two 
hours of recorded jazz. Presented by Bill 
Farrar. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
BOARD 


MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 


A report of the day’s events by Marty Gol- 
densohn. (January 7th.) 


7:30 NUCLEAR SNOW JOB. 


A lot of money is spent by the industry to 
convince the public that nuclear power is 
safe. In November, 1975, Bonnie Bellow 
was taken on a trip by the Atomic Indust- 
rial Forum to visit Salem I and II, the nu- 
clear power facility under construction in 
southern New Jersey. Here is the industry 
side of the argument (that nuclear energy 


is safe and cost saving) — mixed with re- - 


sponses from the opposition to the growing 
nuclear industry. 


8:30 MISCELLANY 


WEDNESDAY, 
JANUARY 7th 


5:00 MORNING WATCH 
Live radio with Bill Monaghan. 


7:00 ROOM 101 
With Steve Post. 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
NEWS 


A rebroadcast of last night’s News. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 


Works of the twentieth century, with spe- 
cial consideration given to composers who 
are now breathing, or whose spirit was of 
our time. Also some jokes. With Jim 
Theobald. 


The Immigrant Experience, Tuesdays at 9:15 pm. 


8:45 POETRY IN OUR TIME 


Raymond Patterson, the author of 26 Ways 
of Looking at a Blackbird, and other vol- 
umes, reads his poetry. Produced by Paul 
Oppenheimer. 


9:15 THE IMMIGRANT 
EXPERIENCE 


More than any other American city, New 
York’s history and essence is shaped by its 
ethnicity as the Ellis Island of America. On 
The Immigrant Experience we will be in- 
terviewing old immigrants — Jewish, Ital- 
ian, Irish, Polish, Black — about their ex- 
periences, memories, their families, rela- 
tionships and work. And we will talk with 
younger immigrants and migrants about 
their lives and hopes for the future. 


10:15 This slot has been left open for 
a program of special interest. For 
details, listen to Program 
_Announcements. 


11:00 GAY ALTERNATIVES 


A program about alternate gay lifestyles. 
Produced for and by the gay community. 
Hosted by Ronald Gold. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 TCB/TAKING CARE OF 
BUSINESS 


12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUN CEMENTS 


12:05 HOUSING NOTEBOOK |. 
Produced by Esther Rand. 


2:00 THIS IS JAZZ 


Host Larry Davis presents a variety of jazz 
and often talks with guest artists. 


4:00 PRAXIS 


Live radio with Paul MclIsaac. A critical 
look at “Zero Work.” 


6:00 MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS - 
A report of the day’s events. With Marty 
Goldensohn. (January 8th.) 


7:30 INTERNATIONAL REPORT 


A series of interviews and reportage on 
major international developments, and the 
international stories that often go un- 
noticed by the press. 


8:30 WIDE WORLD OF MUSIC 


A program of Indian Classical Music with 
one of the great Indian musicians, Visant 
Rai, playing the sarod. Produced and pre- 
sented by Mare Gold. 


9:00 ART & ARTISTS 


_ An artist and his work, or an issue current 


Page 6 
in the world of the visual arts will be pre- 
sented during this hour. 

10:00 THE SWING ERA 


Join guest host John Lissner as he presents 
an hour of silver sounds from a truly golden 


era. Produced by Ken Davis & the Swing 


Era Collective. 


11:15 MAG TIME #8 


This program contains frank lan- 
guage. If you feel you might be offended, 
please tune away for the next hour and 
rejoin us at midnight. 

Pacifica’s literary magazine of the air. 
Presenting work from Fiction —a story by 
Mark Mirsky, excerpts from novels by 
Joyce Johnson and William Goyen. Nar- 
rated and produced by Leonard Chabrowe 
with the help of a grant from the National 
Endowment for the Arts. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 NUANCES 
Live radio with Pepsi Charles. 


THURSDAY, 
JANUARY 8th 


5:00 A CONSORT OF EARLY MUSIC 
Obrecht: Mass — “Sub Tuum Praesidium,” 
Bach: Canonic Variations on Bach’s “Von 
Himmel Hoch;” Stravinsky: Chorale Vari- 
ations on Bach’s “Von Himmel Hoch.” 
Presented by Ted Cohen. 

7:00 ROOM 101 
With Steve Post. 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


9:05 NEWS 
A rebroadcast of last night’s News. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 


Richard Harris loses the G Clef and enter- 
tains you this morning. 3) 5 


12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS __ 


a 


12:05, LUNCHPATL © iene 

Live radio with PaulGorman, | 
2:00 GRASS ROOTS OF MUSIC » 

Rebroadcast from January 4th. 


3:00 INTERNATIONAL REPORT 
Rebroadcast from January 7th. 


4:00 WEATHERBIRD 


Gary Giddens presents jazz recordings 
from New Orleans to the Avant Garde. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
BOARD 
‘MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 
A report of the day’s events with Marty 
Goldensohn. (January 9th) 
7:30 BETWEEN THE LINES: 
A Newsmagazine 
A news magazine combining cultural criti- 


=~" 


-3 


cism, political analysis, labor news, con- 


sumer and environmental information and | 
maybe even some entertainment! Pro- 
duced by Gail Pellett and the Public Affairs 

and Drama and Literature Departments. 


8:30 POLITICAL ECONOMY: 
A TEN-WEEK COURSE 
Session Seven: Understanding 
Problems of Society 


We continue our ten-week course in politi- 
cal economies, which has been designed to 
stimulate critical discussion about the 
economic system — its history and its fu- 
ture. The course is conducted by radical 
economists David Gordon and William 
Tabb. Supplementary material is available 
by sending a stamped, self-addressed en- 
velope to Economics Course, and phone 


calls from listeners are encouraged. Pro- — 


duced by Bonnie Bellow. 


10:00 CHASING THE TRANE 


Verna Gillis talks with J.C. Thomas, who 
has just written a book on John Coltrane. 


11:00 FILMS Z 


A program that explores film as enter- 


tainment, as big business, as art, and fi- 


nally, as the prime cultural force in molding — 
the consciousness of our society. For de- — 


lh bo Tn) homer 44, 


Page 7 


tails, listen to Program Announcements. 
Produced by Paul MclIsaac. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


FRIDAY, 
JANUARY 9TH 


5:00 HOUR OF THE WOLF 


The Friday Morning Science Fiction Ex- 
travaganza. With Jim Freund. 


7:00 ROOM 101 
With Steve Post. 


- 9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
- NEWS 


A rebroadcast of last night’s News. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 
With James Irsay. 
12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


BETWEEN THE LINES 
A Newsmagazine 


A rebroadcast from January 8th. 


1:00 DANCE TODAY 


A discussion on the changing face of mod- 
ern dance with choreographers Merce 
Cunningham and Murray Louis, and 
dancer Eivind Harum who has recently 
joined Martha Graham. Produced by Moira 
Hodgson. 


2:00 ECHOES IN BLACK MUSIC 

-Jazz from past years, with a sprinkling of 
blues, gospel, rock, and current releases. 
* Presented by Gene Lewis. 

4:00 UNSTUCK IN TIME 
_ Live radio with Margot Adler. 

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 

COMMUNITY BULLETIN 


BOARD : 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS - 


' A report of the day's events with Marty 


nsohn. (January 10th) 

7:00 COMMUNITY NEWS REPORT 
A weekly roundup of news on the 
neighborhood level, selected primarily 
from the various community newspapers in 
the city’s boroughs. Presented each Friday 


evening following the news, and produced 
by Nathan Weber. 


7:30 WBAI THEATER 


Part I: 
A Fable Telling About A Journey 
This collaboration of Claude von Itallie’s 
text, Richard Peaslee’s music, and Joseph 
Chaikin’s direction was taped live at 
Westbeth’s Exchange Theater. The even- 
-ing will also feature excerpts from rehear- 
sals and interviews with the cast and direc- 
tor Chaikin. 

Part II: 
Off Broadway Rhythms Presents: 
Boy Meets Boy. 
Tonight we raise the curtain to look in ona 
- musical that is rapidly becoming a cult 
favorite. Jeffrey Shaw talks with author 
Bill Solly about the show that is proving 


that a gay play need not appeal only to gay _ 


people. Highlights with the original cast 
are featured, as wellas areview. Tuneinto 
hear about this unusual musical. Produced 
by Jeffrey Shaw with technical production 
by David Rapkin. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


Produced by Paul McIsaac and Jane Solar. 

9:00 IMAGINE! Paul, Bruno, 
Michel, Juan Alex, Sue, Phillip, Terry, 
Elizabeth and you will have more 
stories, more imagining. 

10:00 RITES OF PASSAGE — with 
David Nasaw. “The High School Re- 
volutionaries’” — High school students 
were active participants in the ’60s 
anti-war and student movements. A look 
backward with some questions. 

11:00 GROW YOUR OWN — with 
Liz Christy. 

11:45 Nina Mende and Gerry Hatch 
continue their Living History of Our 
People. 


12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
LUNCHPAIL 


Live radio with Paul Gorman. 


2:00 This slot has been left open for 
a program of special interest. For 
details, listen to Program 
Announcements. * 
3:00 WOMEN’S STUDIES 
As American as Apple Pie 
Viv Sutherland interviews feminist play- 
wright Myrna Lamb, whose new play, 
Apple Pie, opens for previews on January 
20th. 


4:00 LATIN MUSIC 
Sometimes live, sometimes on recording. 
Hosts of this series are Max Salazar, Dr. 
Kennth Leo Rosa, and Carlos De Jesus. 


6:00 NEWS 
With Abraham Aig. (January 11th) 


7:00 SALUD % 
Transfusions 
Richard Rosenblum keeps you informed 
about the latest developments in the 
patient-doctor relationship. 


8:00 BEYOND THE BEDROOM WALL 


Arthur Larry Woiwode reads passages 
from his latest book, Beyond the Bedroom 
Wall, a poetic saga tracing three genera- 
tions of a North Dakotan family, the 
Neumillers. Mr. Woiwode is interviewed 
by Lin Rosechild-Harris. — 


~ 


WBAI Theatre, Friday, January 9th, 
7:30 pm. Right, Boy Meets Boy. 
Below, A Fable Telling About A 
Journey. 


January 1976, Folio 


9:00 THE WBAI FREE MUSIC 
STORE: 
The Dorian Woodwind Quintet 
The Quintet will perform transcriptions of 
Beethoven's String Quartet No. 131, the 
Francaix Quartet and other works. John 
Solum, flute; Charles Kuskin, oboe; Jerry 
Kirkbride, clarinet; Barry Benjamin, 
French horn; and Jane Taylor, bassoon. 
Join us Live in Studio C, 359: East 62nd 
Street, just west of Ist Avenue. Produced 
by Ira Weitzman. Broadcast live and in 
stereo. 


11:00 READING EXPERIMENT 
John Giorno’s Dial-a-Poem Poets 
— Part VIII 


This program contains frank lan- 
guage. If you feel you might be offended 
by such language, please tune away for 
the next hour and rejoin us at midnight. 

Tonight’s show will explore the work of 
William Burroughs, Charles Olson, Robert 
Duncan, Robert Creely, Denise Leyertov, 
Leroi Jones, Frank O’Hara, Diane 
Wakoski, Tom Clark, and Maureen Owen. 

The Dial-a-Poem Poets are available by 
writing to the non-profit organization: 
Giorno Poetry System, 222 Bowery, New 
York, N.Y. 10012. 


‘11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


SUNDAY, 
JANUARY 1lith 


5:00 THE MORNING AFTER THE 
NIGHT BEFORE 


Live radio with Gary Fried. 


8:00 NEWS 


Rebroadeast from last night. 


8:30 HERE OF ASUNDAY MORNING 


Words and music to wake up to on Sunday 
morning. This morning J.S. Bach’s Can- 
tata No. 124, “Meinum Jesum lass ich 
Nicht,” and works by Dunstable (1370- 
1453) and Dufay (1400-1474), including 
Dunstable’s Salve Regina Misericordie, 
Preco Proheminencie, and Veni Sancte 
Spiritus — Veni Creator Spiritus, and 
Dufay’s Supremum Est Mortalibus and 
Ave Virgo Quae De Caelis. Presented by 
Chris Whent. 


11:00 IN THE SPIRIT 

Varieties of religious experience. For de- 
tails, listen to Program Announcements. 
Produced by Lex Hixon. 


12:30 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:35 This slot has been left open for 
a program of special interest. For 
“details, listen to Program 
Announcements, 


Kenn Duncan 


Inge Morath 


Bat 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


SATURDAY, 
JANUARY 10th 


5:00 THE MORNING AFTER THE 


a oe mies, 
em as 
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Coto 
oiled 


St oa 


NIGHT BEFORE : Fy A 
Live radio with Gary Fried. : es it i \ 
8:00 NEWS ‘ ‘ 


A rebroadcast of last night’s News. 
8:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


9:00 THE SATURDAY MORNING 
SHOW 


7a 


GAAGE 


= 


Folio, January 1976 


2:00 GAU CONFERENCE 


A panel discussion from the Gay Academic 
Union Conference held this past year on 
Nov. 28th-30th. At press time we were un- 
able to get listings for the specific panels 
we would broadcast, so please listen to the 
Program Announcements. Produced by 
Margaret Mercer and Bill Monaghan. 


4:00 UNSTUCK IN TIME 
Live radio with Margot Adler. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 
With Abraham Aig. (January 12th.) — 
7:15 AEC/ALTERNATE ENERGY 
COMMITTEE 
Lindsay Audin continues his investigations 


of energy and science with an effort to ex- 


pose the economic bases of technology. For 
details, listen to the Program Announce- 
ments. (January 13th.) 


8:15 MISCELLANY 


8:30 GRASSROOTS OF MUSIC 
Produced by Tom Whitmore. (January 
15th.) 


9:30 This slot has been left open for 
a program of special interest. For 
details, listen to Program 
Announcements. 


10:00 FEMINISM 

This on-going, bi- veekly series of pro- 
grams will consider the theoretical, mate- 
rial and spiritual dimensions of feminism 
today. Produced by Nanette Rainone. 
Next program January 25. 


11:00 MUSIC OF INDIA WITH RAVI 
SHANKAR 
The seventh program in a twelve part 
series broadcast on alternate Sunday 
nights at this time. Tonight’s program: 
Ravi Shankar speaks of the tala sustem 
(rhythm), Raga Adama, and Indian in- 
struments. Produced by Ann MeMillan. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


MONDAY, 
JANUARY 12th 


5:00 COUNTING SHEEP 


So who’s counting? Live radio with Jan Al- 
bert. 


7:00 TAKING IT EASY — BUT 
TAKING IT! 


With Larry Cox. 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
NEWS 


Rebroadcast from January 11th. 


9:30 MORNING MUSIC 


Through the Opera Glass presented by 
Martin Sokol. Wolf-Ferrari: Le Donna 
Curiose 


PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:05 MAG TIME #9 — 


Pacifica’s literary magazine of the air. Pre- 
senting work from The Paris Review — 
poetry by Ira Sadoff, a story by Gail God- 
win, recollections of lesbian Paris by Tru- 
man Capote. Narrated and produced by 
Leonard Chabrowe with the help of a grant 
from the National Endowment for the 
Arts. 


1:00 FOUNDATION OF AFRICAN 
HISTORY 


“Episodes in Northern African History, 


continued.” Lecturer: Ira Smith, noted 
historian. 

2:00 ADVENTURES IN JAZZ 
Presented by Mickey Bass. 


4:00 IRSAY IN THE AFTERNOON 
Live radio with James Irsay. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
BOARD 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 


A report of the day’s events with Marty 
Goldensohn. (January 138th.) 


7:30 GETTING AROUND 
Discussions, whispers and guffaws on ar- 
tists and the arts. Moderated and produced 
by Courtney Callender. (January 18th.) 


8:30 MISCELLANY 


8:45 MUSIC OF PRIL SMILEY 


Judith Sherman talks with composer Pril 
Smiley about several of her works. Pril 
shows how she put together an electronic 
piece of theater music from live sound 
sources. 


10:15 MAJOR CONTEMPORARY 
WRITERS: 


Donald Barthelme, City Life, 


NEWS 
Rebroadeast from last night. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 


Ira Weitzman presents some exciting 
live-on-tape moment from the WBAI Free 
Music Store, and other tidbits. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 LUNCHPAIL 
Live radio with Paul Gorman. 


2:00 AEC/ALTERNATE ENERGY 
COMMITTEE 


Rebroadeast from January 11th. 


3:00 GETTING AROUND 
Rebroadeast from January 12th. 


4:00 JAZZ SAMPLER 


ZERO WORK 


How could anyone in their right mind suggest less work during the period of 


depression/recession? 


What people need is full employment, right? Working people are the victims 


of this crisis right? 


Working people (that’s most of us) want more control, better working 
conditions, they want work to be more meaningful, right? 


Wrong! or so says this new body of thought called ‘‘Zero Work.”’ 


During the month of January on Praxis (Wednesdays 4 to 6 PM) for a Critical 


look at ‘‘Zero Work.”’ 


Sadness, Unspeakable Practices, 
Unnatural Acts 

works of fiction and essays, and in the dis- 
cussion with Charles Ruas and Judy Sher- 
man discusses the direction of his writing, 
the relationship of his shorter pieces to his 
novels, and those writers he admires. 
Executive Producer, Charles Ruas. Pro- 
ducer, Lin Rosechild-Harris. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 SWAN SONG 
Live radio with Mickey Waldman. 


TUESDAY, 
JANUARY 13th 


5:00 MORNING WATCH 
Live radio with Bill Monaghan. 


7:00 TAKING IT EASY — BUT 
TAKING IT! 


With Larry Cox. 
9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


A usually free-associative, more-or-less 


historically-inclined, approximately two 
hours of recorded jazz. Presented by Bill 
Farrar. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
BOARD 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 


A report of the day’s events with Marty 
Goldensohn. (January 14th.) 


7:30 WORK 


A montage of selections from the Work 
Series, rebroadcast from Praxis (Wednes- 
day 4-6 p.m.), as well as live commentary 
on questions surrounding the phenomenon 
of work; Marxist theories of the wage, 
labor, surplus value; and current percep- 
tions of how the content of work and work 
relationships have changed. Producer, Gail 
Pellett. 


8:30 MISCELLANY 
8:45 POETRY IN OUR TIME 


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Tom Weatherly reading his poems. 


Tom Weatherly is the author of Maumau 
American Cantos, Cantos 1-11, 1970; 
Thumbprint, 1973; Natural Process: An 
Anthology of New Black Poetry, edited by 
Ted Wilenz and Tom Weatherly. Produced 
by Susan Howe. 


9:15 THE IMMIGRANT 
EXPERIENCE 


More than any other American city, New 
York’s history and essence is shaped by its 
ethnicity, as the Ellis Island of America. 

On The Immigrant Experience we will 
be interviewing old immigrants — Jewish, 
Italian, Irish, Polish, Black — about their 
experiences, memories, their families, re- 
lationships, and work. And we will talk © 
with younger immigrants and migrants 
about their lives and hopes for the future. 


10:15 A special program produced too late 
for listing here. For more 
information, listen to Program 
Announcements. 


11:00 GAY ALTERNATIVES 


A program about alternate gay lifestyles. 
Produced for and by the gay community. 
Hosted by Ronald Gold. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 FREEDOM’S JOURNAL 


“We wish to plead our own cause. Too long 
have others spoken for us.” — Freedom’s 
Journal, March 16, 1872. Produced by 
Clayton Riley of TCB Productions. 


WEDNESDAY oe 
JANUARY 14th 


5:00 MORNING WATCH 
Live radio with Bill Monaghan. 


7:00 ROOM 101 
With Steve Post. 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
NEWS 


A rebroadcast of last night’ S reves 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC ~ 


Works of the twentieth century, amex’ ss 
cial consideration given to composers who 

are now breathing, or whose spirit was of 
our time. Also some jokes. With Jim 
Theobald. 


12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:05 THE FORUM 
Produced by Deloris Costello of TCB Pro- 
ductions. 

2:00 THIS IS JAZZ 
Host Larry Davis presents a variety of jazz 
and often talks with guest artists. 

4:00 PRAXIS 
Live radio with Paul MclIsaac. A critical 
look at “Zero Work”. 


6:00 MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS of 


A report of the day’s events. With Marty 
Goldensohn. (January 15th.) 


7:30 WASHINGTON REPORT 


A close look at the news from the capitol. 
Produced by Pacifica’s Washington 
Bureau. For details, listen to she An- - 
nouncements. 


8:30 THE RADIO 
Original radio drama. (January 18th.) 


9:00 TALKING ABOUT ART 


Judith Vivell covers an opening: Interview 
with Jeffery Deitch, curator of “Lives” a 
Group show at the Finearts Building. Also 
interviewed are other people of interest, 
including artists, erities and dealers pre- 
sent at the opening. The program repre- 
sents an experiment in arts coverage. Pro- 
duced by Judith Vivell. 


10:00 A DELICATE BALANCE 


Marian McPartland shares music and re- 
miniscences with fellow musicians. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANN OUNCEMENTS 


12:00 NUANCES. 
Live radio with Pepsi Charles. 


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_ THURSDAY, 
JANUARY 15th 


5:00 A CONSORT OF EARLY MUSIC 


Isaac: Mass Proper for the Feast of John 
the Baptist; Gabrieli: Various works for 
multiple choirs; Schuetz: Magnificat 
(1619); A secular work by Purcell. Pre- 
sented by Ted Cohen 


7:00 ROOM 101 
With Steve Post. 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUN thy ha) 
NEWS — 


A rebroadcast of last night’s News. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 


One hundred years of music America loves 
best presented by Sara Fishko. 


12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:05 LUNCHPAIL 
Live radio with Paul Gorman. 


2:00 GRASS ROOTS OF MUSIC 


Produced by Tom Whitmore. (January 
— 11th.) 


3:00 WASHINGTON REPORT 
e; A rebroadcast from January 14th. 


E 4; 00 WEATHERBIRD 


Betty Giddens presents jagz recor dings 
from New Orleans to the Avant Garde. 


a 6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


a COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
BOARD 
MISCELLANY 

6:30 NEWS 


a 
: A report of the day’s events with Marty 


Goldensohn (January 16th) 


Pal: 15 BETWEEN THE LINES: 
~A NEWSMAGAZINE 
. ‘or some time we have talked about a news 


magazine that would combine cultural 
at criticism, political analysis, labor news, 


1 maybe even some entertainment. So 
ew are! Producer: Gail Pellet and the 


Perce (January 16th.) 


Le 


285 ‘MISCELLANY 
~ 8:30 POLTICAL ECONOMY — 


. __ ATEN WEEK COURSE. 
__-_—__—s Session Eight: Understanding the 
__ Roots of the Present Crisis 


_ The Eighth session in our ten week course 
on political economics, conducted by radi- 
cal economists David Gordon and William 
_ Tabb. Supplementary materials are avail- 

_ able by sending a stamped, self-addressed 

envelope to Economics Course, and lis- 
tener participation is encouraged by tele- 
phone. Produced by Bonnie Bellow. 


10:00 This hour has been left open to 
es present a program of special interest. 
__—__—- For details, listen to Program 
Announcements. 


11:00 FILMS 


A program that explores film as enter- 
tainment, as big business, as art, and fi- 
nally, as the prime cultural force in molding 
the consciousness of our society. For de- 
tails, listen to Program Announcements. 
Produced by Paul MclIsaac. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. ee 


FRIDAY, 
JANUARY 16th 


5:00 HOUR OF THE WOLF 
The Friday Morning Science-Fiction Ex- 
travaganza. With Jim Freund. 


7:00 ROOM 101 
With Steve Post. 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
NEWS 


Rebroadcast from last night. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 
With James Irsay. 


co n isumer r and environmental information. ; 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 BETWEEN THE LINES: 
A NEWSMAGAZINE 


A rebroadcast January 15th. 
1:00 This hour has been left open to 
present a program of special interest. 
For details, listen to Program 
Announcements. 
2:00 ECHOES IN BLACK MUSIC 
Jazz from past years, with a sprinkling of 
blues, gospel, rock and current releases. 
Presented by Gene Lewis. 
4:00 UNSTUCK IN TIME 
Live radio with Margot Adler. 


January 1976, Folio 


SATURDAY, 
JANUARY 17th 


5:00 THE MORNING AFTER THE 
NIGHT BEFORE 


Live radio with Gary Fried. 


8:00 NEWS 
A rebroadcast of last night’s News. 


9:00 THE SATURDAY MORNING 
SHOW 
Produced by Paul MclIsaac and Jane Solar. 
9:00 IMAGINE! Paul; Bruno, 
Michel, Juan, Alex, Sue, Phillip, Terry 
and you will have more stories, more im- 
agining. 


The Saturday Morning Show: Rites of Passage, Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
BOARD 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 


A report of the day’s events with Marty 
Goldensohn. (January 17th.) 


7:00 COMMUNITY NEWS REPORT 


A weekly roundup of news on the 
neighborhood level, selected primarily 
from the various community newspapers in 
the city’s boroughs. Presented each Friday 
evening following the news, and produced 
by Nathan Weber. = 


_ 7:30 FRIDAY NIGHT 
ENTERTAINMENT 
Over There: The Expatriate 
Experience of the Twenties 


Profoundly transformed by the Great War, 
Americans and Britons bring their lost in- 
nocence to the Continent: Fitzgerald, 
Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, Joyce, Rupert 
Brooke, Henry Miller, Gertrude Stein, 


’ George Gershwin and all that jazz. Pro- 


duced by Eroll Selkirk and Rick Harris. 
11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


3: 


10:00 RITES OF PASSAGE — with 
David Nasaw. “Schoolhouse Rock” — 
from Chuck Berry to Bruce Springsteen. 
The ups and downs of the youth culture. 

11:00 FOOD STAMPS — What’s 
going on, who's eligible and what’s the 
future of this program. 

11:45 Nina Mende and Gerry Hatch con- 
tinue their Living History of our People. 


12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:05 LUNCHPAIL 
Live radio with Paul Gorman. 


2:00 This slot has been left open for a 
program of special interest, produced 
too late to include details in the Folio. 
For further information, listen to 
Program Announcements. 


3:00 WOMEN’S STUDIES 
White Wine in the Morning... 
Women and Drugs 
A look at the rising incidence of alcoholism 
among women, the persistant pushing of 
tranquilizers by the men who dominate the 
medical profession, and other related to- 
pies. Viv Sutherland hosts. : 


4:00 LATIN MUSIC 


Sometimes live, sometimes on recording. 
Producers of this series are: Max Salazar, 


Dr. Kenneth Leo Rosa, and Carlos de 
Jesus: 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 
With Abraham Aig. (January 18th.) 


7:00 SALUD 
Essential Amino Acids 
This month — infant nutrition. Hosted by 
Richard Harris. 


8:00 THE NIGHT IS DARK...- 


Jonathan Kozol, author of The Night is 
Dark andI Am Far From Home and Death 
atan Early Age, talks with David Nasaw 
about the American system of mass educa- 
tion and the turmoil it produces within 
children and the society at large. 


9:00 THE WBAI FREE MUSIC STORE 
Jazz! 

With Ted Cursen, trumpet; Chris Woods, 
alto and flute; William Goffigan, drums; 
Lyn Christie, bass; David Lahm, piano; 
Butch Cursen, percussion. Join us live in 
Studio C, 359 East 62nd Street, just west 
of Ist Avenue. Produced by Ira Weitzman. 
Broadcast live in stereo. 


11:00 THE READING EXPERIMENT 
Performing Poets 


This program contains frank lan- 
guage. If you feel you might be offended 
by such language, please tune away for 
the next hour and rejoin us again at mid- 
night. 

An evening of poetry performances 
sponsored by John Giorno, taped at Saint 
Marks in the Bowery. With Michael 
Brownstein’s Geography, William Bur- 
rough’s The Sinking of the S.S. America, 
works by Anne Waldman, John Giorno, 
Robert Wilson, and Patti Smith. An even- 
ing that shows the great variety of per- 
forming styles popular today. 

The Dial-a-Poem Poets are available by 
writing to: Giorno Poetry System, 222 
Bowery, New York, N.Y. 10012 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


SUNDAY, ‘ 
JANUARY 18th 


5:00 THE MORNING AFTER THE 
NIGHT BEFORE 


Live radio with Gary Fried. 


8:00 NEWS 
Rebroadcast from last night. 


8:30 HERE OF ASUNDAY MORNING 


Words and Music to wake up to on Sunday 
morning. This morning J.S. Bach’s Can- 
tata No. 3 “Ach Gott, wie manches Herze- 
leid”; Sivius Weiss’ Fantasia in E minor for 
lute; Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No. 3in A 
major, Opus 69; Schubert’s Trio in B flat 
major for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Verdi's 
String Quartet, and Dvorak’s String Quin- 
tet in G major, Opus 77. Presented by 
Chris Whent. 


11:00 IN THE SPIRIT 


Varieties of religious experience. For de- 
tails listen to Program Announcements. 
Produced by Lex Hixon. 


12:30 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:35 This slot has been left open for 
a program of special interest. For 
details listen to Program ~ 
Announcements. 


2:00 THE WBAI FREE MUSICSTORE 
The Composer’s Forum. 

A broadcast of the first of six Composer's 
Forums held at the free Music Store. This 
one featured the music of Andrew Frank 
and Jon Gibson, and recorded on Thursday, 
October 16, 1975. Produced by Ira 
Weitzman. The Composer’s Forum will be 
heard the third Sunday of each month, for 
the next five months, at this time. 


4:00 UNSTUCK IN TIME 
Live radio with Margot Adler. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
MISCELLANY 


on 


Folio, January 1976 


6:30 NEWS 
A report of the day’s events with Abraham 
Aig. (January 19th.) 


7:15 AEC/ALTERNATE ENERGY 
COMMITTEE 


Lindsay Audin continues his investigations 
of energy and science with an effort to ex- 
pose the economic bases of technology. For 
details listen to the Program Announce- 
ments. (January 20th.) 


8:15 MISCELLANY 


8:30 GRASS ROOTS OF MUSIC 


Produced by Tom Whitmore. (January 
22nd.) 


9:30 THE RADIO 
Original radio drama. (January 14th.) 


10:00 AN AFTERNOON WITH 
ADRIENNE LOCKHART. 

“In the summer of 1974, I traveled to Bryn 
Mawr College tointerview a young woman 
who was interested in talking about her 
struggle in dealing with terminal cancer. I, 
was told by a friend that Adrienne Richard 
Lockhart was an extraordinary woman — 
a writer, a feminist, and most importantly, 
a person who would not give in to her phys- 
ically deteriorating condition. I spent the 
afternoon with Adrienne and her closest 
friends talking about death and how to go 
on living imthe face of it.” Bonnie Bellow. 


11:15 ECHOES FROM TARA 

An interview with members of the Irish 
Arts Center. Included in the program will 
be music played by the members of the 
Center. Produced by Bill Monaghan. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


MONDAY, 
JANUARY 19th 


5:00 COUNTING SHEEP 
Live radio with Jan Albert. 


7:00 TAKING IT EASY — BUT 
TAKINGIT! ~ 


Live radio with Larry Cox. 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
NEWS 
A rebroadcast of last evening’s News. 


9:30 MORNING MUSIC 
The Laughing Cavalier Presents: 
Homage to Percy Grainger 
The great Australian pianist is heard in 
performances of his Ramble on Bach’s 
“Sheep May Safely Graze,” his Concert 
Paraphrase on Tchaikowsky’s Waltz of the 
Flowers; Bach Transcriptions by Liszt and 
Busoni; the Chopin B Minor Sonata, Op. 
58; the Liszt Hungarian Fantasia; andthe 
Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 NEBRASKA’S BICENTENNIAL 
PLANS! 


Interstate 80: 2,920 miles of highway, to be 
punctuated by avant garde sculpture. 
Much has been said about the project and 
this program replaces sensationalism with 
the truth. Paul Von Ringelheim, participat- 
ing artist, talks with artists Bradford 
Graves, Linda Howard and Steven Urry. 
Produced by Barbara Londin. 


1:00 A program of special interest 
produced too late to be ineluded in the 
Folio. For details, listen to Program 
Announcements. 
2:00 ADVENTURES IN JAZZ 
Presented by Mickey Bass 
4:00 IRSAY INTHE AFTERNOON °: 
Live radio — talk, music, ete. — with 
James Irsay. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
BOARD 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 


A report of the.day’s events with Marty 
Goldensohn. (January 20th.) 


Sa tusay 


7:30 GETTING AROUND 
Discussions, whispers, and guffaws on ar- 
tists and arts. Moderated by Courtney Cal- 
lender. (January 20th.) ; 


_ 8:30 MISCELLANY . 


8:45 BILL HOWLE’S MAGGOTS 


Spanish miniatures. Music evocative of the 
Spanish landscape from the Middle Ages to 
the present. 


10:15 DONALD BARTHELME: 
The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine, 
A Children’s Book and Guilty 
Pleasures, A Collection of 


Parodies, Political Satires and 
Other Pieces 


Naturally, Donald Barthelme reads the 
children’s book while putting Judy and 


Charles to bed. He reads selections from 


Guilty Pleasures in the course of an inter- 
view by Charles Ruas and Judith Sherman 
in which the nature of political satire and 
language as well as his method of teaching 
creative writing are discussed.: 

Also, The Friends of the Family, a 
dramatization of two stories from Donald 
Barthelme’s collection Come Back, Dr. 
Caligari. . 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 SWAN SONG 
Live radio with Mickey Waldman. 


TUESDAY, 
JANUARY 20th 


5:00 MORNING WATCH 
Live radio with Bill Monaghan. 
7:00 TAKING IT EASY — BUT 
TAKING IT! 
With Larry Cox. 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
NEWS 


Jim Theobald, host of Wednesday Morning Music, 10:00 am. 


© 


A rebroadcast of last night’s News. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 


Post Partum Depression. Presented by 
Manya la Bruja. 


12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:05 LUNCH PAIL 
Live radio with Paul Gorman. 


2:00 AEC/ALTERNATE ENERGY 
COMMITTEE 


A rebroadcast from J anuary 18th. 
3:00 GETTING AROUND 


A rebroadcast from January 19th. 


4:00 JAZZ SAMPLER 


A usually free-associative, more-or-less 
historically inclined, approximate two 
hours of recorded jazz. Presented by Bill 
Farrar. : 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
BOARD 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 


A report of the day’s events. (January 
21st.) ' 


7:30 BETWEEN THE LINES 
An in-depth exploration of current events, 
issues, and phenomena in New York and 
around the country. Historical roots, fu- 
ture implications. Produced by Gail Pel- 
lett. 


8:30 MISCELLANY 
8:45 POETRY IN OUR TIME 


9:15 THE IMMIGRANT 
EXPERIENCE 
More than any other American city, New 
York’s history and essence is shaped by its 
ethnicity — as the Ellis Island of America. 


carlo wiy we sk PUG A, GGG 


Jim Demetropoulos 


10:00 WEATHERBIRD 


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P. 
Page 10 — 


On the Immigrant Experience we will be 
interviewing old immigrants — Jewish, 
Italian, Irish, Polish, Black — about their 
experiences, memories, their families, re- 
lationships and work. And we will talk with 
younger immigrants and migrants about | 
their lives and hopes for the future. 


10:15 This slot has been left open for a 
program of special interest. For 
details, listen to Program 
Announcements. 

11:00 GAY ALTERNATIVES 

A program about alternate gay lifestyles. 

Produced for and by the gay community. 

11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ 


12:00 REFLECTIONS * 
Produced by Deloris Costello. 


WEDNESDAY, 
JANUARY 2st 


5:00 MORNING WATCH 
Live radio with Bill Monaghan. 


7:00 ROOM 101 
With Steve Post. 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
’ NEWS 


A rebroadcast of last evening’s News. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 


Works of the twentieth century, with spe- 
cial consideration given to composers who 

are now breathing, or whose spirit was of 

our time. Also some jokes. With Jim ~ 
Theobald. 


~ 12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
12:05 TCB MAGAZINE ~ 


A monthly round-up of local, national, and 
international news; interviews with 
newsmakers; and an extra feature of the 
program: Speaking Out, asegment where | 
women/men from all walks of life will com- 
ment on various subjects andissuesasthey _ 
view them. Produced by Ronald Francis. 


; & AE FER ee 
2:00 THISISJAZZ ae) ot 
Host Larry Davis presents a variety of jazz 
and often talks with guest artists. — } 


4:00 PRAXIS 


Live radio with Paul McIsaac. A critical — 
look at “Zero Work.” 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS | 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
BOARD 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 


A report of the day’s events. With Marty 
Goldensohn. (January 22nd.) 


7:30 INTERNATIONAL REPORT 


A series of interviews and reportage on 
major international developments, and the 
international stories that often go un- 
noticed by the press. (January 22nd.) 


8:30 MUSIC OF THE WORLD’S | 
_PEOPLES ; ; 
Presenting music of Hungary and Ruma- 


nia. Presented by the late Dr. Henry Cow- — 
ell. 


9:00 HOW THE MOVIES 
INFLUENCED OUR 
CULTURAL LIFE Piva. om 

Robert Sklar, author of Movie Made — 
America, talks with Risha Meledandri. 


fee tet 


Gary Giddens presents two hours of re- 
cordings of Louis Armstrong accompany- 
ing women blues and pop singers in the 
middle 20's, 4 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS ~~ 


12:00 NUANCES ae 
Live radio with Pepsi Charles. 


THURSDAY, 
JANUARY 22nd 


5:00 A CONSORT OF EARLY MUSIC 


Medieval music of France and Italy, Isaae: 
Missa Carminum; Bach: 6-voice Ricercar. _ 


Page 11 


from “A Musical Offer ing” (38 versions, in- 
cluding Webern’s orchestration) 

7:00 ROOM 101 
With Steve Post. 


- 9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
NEWS 


A rebroadcast of last evening’s News. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 


_An abridged, concert version of Richard 


Wagner’s early opera, Rienzi. Produced by 
Mickey Waldman. 


12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:05 LUNCHPAIL 
_ Live radio with Paul Gorman. 


2:00 GRASS ROOTS OF MUSIC 
A rebroadcast from January 18th. 


3:00 INTERNATIONAL REPORT 
Bs A rebroadcast from January 21st. 


4:00 WEATHERBIRD 


_ Garry Giddens presents jazz recordings 
_ from New Orleans tothe Avant Garde. 


00 “PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 

2 BOARD 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 


A report of the day’s events. With Marty 
_ Goldensohn. (January 23rd.) 


7:30 BETWEEN THE LINES 
Be. A Newsmagazine 


A news magazine combining cultural criti- 
_ cis, political analysis, labor news, con- 
umer and environmental information and 
s oe ybe even some entertainment! Pro- 
_ duced by Gail Pellett and the Public Affairs 
and Drama and Literature Departments. 
Ganuary 23rd.) 


15 MISCELLANY 


ee ee > 


session inour ten week course on 
ical penonornics, conducted by 


( ope to: Economies Course, WBAI, 
East 62nd Street, New York, N.Y. 
21. Listener participation by telephone 
encouraged. Produced by Bonnie Bel- 


10 A program of special interest 

_ produced too late to be included in 
_ these listings. For details, listen to 
~ Program Announcements. - 
1 1:00 FILMS 


A program that explores films as enter- 
tainment, as big. business, as art, and fi- 
nally as the prime cultural force i in molding 
he consciousness of our society. For de- 
ails, listen to Program Announcements. 


FRIDAY, 
JANUARY 23rd. 


5:00 HOUR OF THE WOLF 
“The Friday Morning Science Fiction Ex- 


a 


“travaganza. Hosted by Jim Freund. 
7: 00 ROOM 101 

With Steve Post. 

8:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


9:00 NEWS 

A rebroadcast of last evening’s News. 
10:00 MORNING MUSIC 

_ Presented by James Irsay. 


_ 12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


a a A Newsmagazine 
_ Arebroadcast from January 22nd. 


1:00 BICENTENNIAL THEATER 
AT BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF 
MUSIC 


Talks with actors and directors of three 
American plays, A Long Day’s Journey 
into Night, directed by Jason Robards; The 
Royal Family, directed by Ellis Rabb; and 
Sweet Bird of Youth, directed by Edwin 


. Sherin. Produced by Moira Hodgson. 


2:00 ECHOES IN BLACK MUSIC 
Jazz from past years, with a sprinkling of 
blues, gospel, rock and current releases. 
Presented by Gene Lewis. 


4:00 UNSTUCK IN TIME 
Live radio with Margot Adler. 
6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 


BOARD _ 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 


9:00 THE SATURDAY MORNING 
SHOW 


Produced by Paul McIsaac and Jane Solar. 
9:00 IMAGINE! Paul, Bruno, 
Michel, Juan, Alex, Sue, Phillip, Terry 
and you will have more stories, more im- 
agining. 

10:00 RITES OF PASSAGE — with 
David Nasaw. “Hey, what’s in it for me?” 
— New forms of vocational education: 
career, cooperative and occupational 
schooling. 

11:00 GROW YOUR OWN — with 
Liz Christy. 

11:45 Nina Mende and Gerry Hatch 
continue their Living History of our 
People. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 LUNCHPAIL 
Live radio with Paul Gorman. 


2:00 This slot has been left open for 


Patti Smith, The Reading er ainieat: Beerrmning | Poets, Saturday, January 24th at 


11:00 pm. 


A report of the day’s events with Marty 
Goldensohn. (January 24th.) 


7:00 COMMUNITY NEWS REPORT 


A weekly roundup of news on the 
neighborhood level, selected primarily 
from the various community newspapers in 
the city’s boroughs. Presented each Friday 
evening following the regular news, and 
produced by Nathan Weber. 


7:30 WBAI THEATER: 
The Tooth of Crime 


The Performance Group’s production of 
Sam Sheppard’s The Tooth of Crime, 4di- 
rected by Richard Schechner, taped live at 
the Performance Garage, followed by an 
interview with director Schechner. 


11:55 PROGRAM AN NOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. _ 


SATURDAY, 
JANUARY 24th 


5:00 THE MORNING AFTER THE 
NIGHT BEFORE 


Live radio with Gary Fried. 


8:00 NEWS 
Rebroadcast from last night. . - 


8:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


a program of special interest. Kor 
details, listen to Program 
Announcements. 


3:00 WOMEN’S STUDIES: 
Women & Power 
An attempt to define what “power” is, the 
ways it’s used against women, and what 
women do with it when they get it (if in- 
deed they ever do). Viv Sutherland hosts. 


4:00 LATIN MUSIC 
Sometimes live, sometimes on recording. 
Producers of this series are Max Salazar, 
Dr. Kenneth Leo Rosa, and Carlos De 
Jesus. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
MISCELLANY 
6:30 NEWS 


With Abraham Aig. (January 25th.) 


7:00 SALUD Grow Your Own 
“Creating a Healthier Environment in New 
York City.” Liz Christy interviews Dr. 
Howard S. Irwin, president of the New 


York Botanical Gardens about pressing- 


environmental problems facing New Yor- 
kers. 


8:00 WILLIAM GOYEN 
William Goyen, whose collected stories 


have just been collected and published in 


one volume, will read a selection from his 
work, followed-by an interview with 
Charles Ruas. 


January 1976, Folio 


9:00 THE FREE MUSIC STORE 
Concert to be announced; listen for details. 


Join us Live in Studio C, 359 E. 62nd St., 


just west of First Avenue. Broadcast live 
and in stereo. 


11:00 THE READING EXPERIMENT: 
Performing Poets 

This program contains frank lan- 
guage. If you feel you might be offended 
by such language, please tune away for 
the next hour and rejoin us at midnight. 

An evening with balladeer Helen Ad- 
ams, followed by poet-singer-songwriter 
Patti Smith, accompanied by her rock 
band, taped at the WBAI Free Music Store 
last June. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


SUNDAY, 
JANUARY 25th 


5:00 THE MORNING AFTER THE 
NIGHT BEFORE 


Live radio with Gary Fried. 


8:00 NEWS 
Rebroadecast from January 24th. 


8:30 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
HERE OF A SUNDAY MORNING 


Words and music to wake up to on Sunday 
morning. This morning J. S. Bach’s Can- 
tata No. 111, “Was mein Gott will, Das 
g’scheh allzeit,” followed by a Mozart 
birthday programme including the Piano 
Sonata in B flat major (K281), the Six 
Variations in F major on “Salve Tu 
Domine,” the Fantasia in D minor (K397), 
the Comic Opera “The Impresario,” the 
String Quartet in B flat major (K589), and 
the Concerto for Two Pianos and Or- 
chestra in E flat major (K365). Presented 
by Chris Whent. 


11:00 IN THE SPIRIT 
Varieties of religious experience. For de- 


tails, listen to Program Announcements. 
Produced by Lex Hixon. 


12:30 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS . 
MISCELLANY 


1:00 A program of special interest. For 
details, listen to Program 
Announcements. 


2:00 GAU CONFERENCE 


A panel discussion from the Gay Academic 
Union Conference held this past year on 
Nov. 28th-30th. At press time we weré un- 
able to get listings for the specific panels 
we would broadcast, so please listen to the 
Program Announcements. Produced by 

Margaret Mercer and Bill Monaghan. 


4:00 UNSTUCK IN TIME 
Live radio with Margot Adler. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 
With Abraham Aig. (January 26th) 


7:15 AEC/ALTERNATE ENERGY 
COMMITTEE 


Lindsay Audin continues his investigations 
of energy and science with an effort to ex- 
pose the economic bases of technology. For 
details listen to the Program Announce- 
ments, (January 27th.) 


8:15 MISCELLANY 


- 8:30 GRASS ROOTS OF MUSIC 


Produced by Tom Whitmore. (January 
29th) 


9:30 A program of special interest. 
For details, listen to Program 
Announcements. 


10:00 FEMINIST CONVERSATIONS 
This ongoing, biweekly series of programs 
will consider the theoretical, material and 
spiritual dimensions of feminism today. 
Produced by Nanette Rainone. Next prog- 
ram February 8th. 


11:00 MUSI€ OF INDIA WITH RAVI 
SHANKAR 


nee et sie ee 


nee 


Folio, January 1976 


The eighth program in a twelve part series 
broadcast on alternate Sunday nights at 
this time. Tonight’s program: Ravi Shan- 
kar speaks about his own training, guru, 
and his development as an artist. Also, he 
teaches a sargam (song) about Saraswati, 
the Goddess of Learning. Produced by Ann 
MeMillan. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


MONDAY, 
JANUARY 26th 


5:00 COUNTING SHEEP 
Live radio with Jan Albert. 


7:00 TAKING IT EASY — BUT 
TAKING IT! 


With Larry Cox. 
9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


9:05 NEWS 
A rebroadcast of last night’s News. 


9:30 MORNING MUSIC 


Through the Opera Glass presented by 
Martin Sokol. A Salute to conductor Jonel 
Perlea. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 MAG TIME #10 
Pacifica’s literary magazine of the air. Pre- 
senting work from a variety of sources —a 
story by Carla Tomaso from Ploughshares, 
voetry by Miriam Levine from Decatur 
House Press, an excerpt from an unpub- 
ished novel by Eugene Leonard. Narrated 
and produced by Leonard Chabrowe with 
the help of a grant from the National En- 
dowment for the Arts: 


1:00 PORTRAIT OF AN 
UNKNOWN LADY 
Eleanor Wylie has been called the finest son- 
neteer in the English language since 
Shakespeare. She was a product of the 19th 
centuryneo-classical literary tradition, but 
Ser personal life flouted all the conventions 
of her time. Marian Seldes is the voice of 
the poet in this literary portrait of one of 


the most remarkable women of the 20’s. 


Produced by Bruce Kenyon. 


2:00 ADVENTURES IN JAZZ 
Presented by Mickey Bass. 


4:00 IRSAY IN THE AFTERNOON 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
BOARD 

Have your announcement to us at least 10 
days in advance of broadcast, and in writ- 


ng. 
6:15 MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 


A report of the day’s events by Marty Gol- 
fensohn. (January 27th.) 


7:30 GETTING AROUND 
Discussions, whispers and guffaws on ar- 
tists and arts. Moderated by Courtney Cal- 
cender. (January 27th.) 


8:30 MISCELLANY 


8:45 ELECTRONIC MUSIC 
Poem in Cycles and Bels. 


judith Sherman talks with composer Vla- 
dimir Ussachevsky, a pioneer in electronic 
music composition, about music and 
technology. 


10:15 MAJOR CONTEMPORARY 
WRITERS 
Donald Barthelme, “Snow White” 
and “Come Back Dr. Caligari.” 


Donald Barthelme reads Sections from his 
first novel, Snow White, and his first col- 
‘ections of short pieces. In the interview 
with Judith Sherman and Charles Ruas, he 
discusses his social satire of the sixties in 
Snow White, and his early career as a wri- 
ter. Exec. Prod. Charles Ruas. Producer, 
Linda Rosechild-Harris. 


21:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 SWAN SONG 
Live radio with Mickey Waldman. 


TUESDAY, 
JANUARY 27th 


5:00 MORNING WATCH 
Live radio with Bill Monaghan. 


7:00 TAKING IT EASY — BUT 
TAKING IT! : 


With Larry Cox. 
9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


9:05 NEWS 
A rebroadcast of last night’s News. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 


A program that discusses no relevant 
questions. Produced by Judith Sherman. 


12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:05 LUNCHPAIL 
Live radio with Paul Gorman. 


2:00 AEC/ALTERNATE ENERGY 
COMMITTEE 


A rebroadcast from January 25th. 


3:00 GETTING AROUND 
A rebroadcast from January 26th. 


4:00 JAZZ SAMPLER 


A usually free-associative, more-or-less 
historically inclined, approximately two 
hours of recorded jazz. Presented by Bill 
Farrar. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
BOARD 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 


A report of the day’s events by Marty Gol- 
densohn. (January 28th.) 


7:30 WORK 

A montage of selections from the Work 
Series rebroadcast from Praxis (Wednes- 
day 4-6 p.m.), as well as live commentary 
on questions surrounding the phenomena 
of work; Marxist theories of the wage, 
labor, surplus value; and current percep- 
tions of how the content of work and work 
relationships have changed. Producer Gail 
Pellett. 


8:30 MISCELLANY 


8:45 POETRY: 
Larry Fagin 
Larry Fagin is the editor of Adventures in 
Poetry magazine and pamphlets, and he is 
associate director of St. Mark Poetry Pro- 
ject. He is the author of Rhymes of a Jerk, 
published by the Kulcher Foundation. 
Produced by Susan Howe. 


9:15 FIVE WOMEN AGAINST 
THE TSAR 


The 1870's and 80’s were perhaps the most 
exciting and passionate in Russian re- 
volutionary history. The young people of 
the new middle classes posed new ques- 
tions about human freedom, social living 
experiments, and radical change. For 
women it was the first break with the 
slave-like conditions women had experi- 
enced in feudal Russia. 

The women from this period left behind 
volumes of diaries and writings, previously 
untranslated. Tonight we will be talking 
with Barbara Engel and Cliff Rosenthal, 
who have just published a book of their 
writings: Five Sisters, Women Against the 
Tsar. There will also be dramatic readings 
from the diaries. Produced by Gail Pellett. 


11:00 GAY ALTERNATIVES 

A program about alternate gay lifestyles. 
Produced for and by the gay community. 
11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 T.C.B. MAGAZINE 


A monthly round-up of local, national and 
international news; interviews with news- 
papers; and an extra feature called Speak- 
ing Out, where women/men from all walks 
of life comment on various subjects and is- 
sues. Produced by Ronald Francis. 


WEDNESDAY, 
JANUARY 28th 


5:00 MORNING WATCH 


4p tae 


Five Women Against the Tsar 
Tuesday, January 27th, 9:15 pm. 


The 1870’s and 80’s were perhaps the most exciting and passionate in Russian — 
revolutionary history. The young men and women of the new middle classes 
posed new questions about human freedom, social living experiments, and 


radical change. 


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For women it was the first break with the slave-like conditions women had 
experienced in feudal Russia. The new women rebels and revolutionaries of 
this period fought hard to enter the universities and professional schools, they 


had ‘‘mock’’ marriages to get out of their parental homes, so they could live in 


communes where they studied and developed theories of political revolution. 
Women actively participated in the two dominant political tendencies of that 


time: the back to the people movement 


eer oe taking their skills to the peasants 


and workers, learning from them and propagandizing among them; and the 
later terrorist scheme—to assassinate the tsar and other high officials, 
thereby proving the vulnerability of a seemingly permanent oppressive 


regime. 


The women from this period left behind volumes of diaries and writings, 


previously untranslated..... Tonight 


we will be talking with Barbara Engel 


and Clifford Rosenthal who have just published a book of their writings: Five 
Sisters, Women Against the Tsar. There will also be dramatic readings from 


the diaries. \ 


Vera Figner, on choosing the revolutionary 


cause: ‘‘It was the victory of a principle 
that had been imprinted long ago on my 
thirteen year old mind, when I read in the 
Bible, ‘Leave thy father and thy mother 
and follow me. . . .’I left the university 
without earning my diploma; I abandoned 
Switzerland, where I had found anew 
world of generous, all embracing ideas, 
and, still feeling the effects of my recent 


emotional turmoil, set off for Russia, I was 


twenty-three years old."’ 


| Vera Zasulich: “‘Even before I had revolu- 


tionary dreams, even beforel was placedin _ 
boarding school, I made elaborate plansto 
escape becoming a governess. Itwould = j 


= have been far easier, of course, hadI been 


fe a boy: then could have done almost 
= anything. . . . And then, the distant 


Elizaveta Kovalskaiv: ‘‘From my earliest 
years, life seemed incomprehensible and 


cruel to me. I think I was barely six when I 
became aware that there were landowners 
and peasants in the world; that landowners 


could sell people, that my father could 


' separate my mother and me by selling her 


to one neighboring landowner and me to 
another—but my mother could not sell my 
father.”’ 


i struggle. 


= spectre of the revolution appeared, making 


me equal toa boy, I, too, could dream of 
‘action’ of ‘exploits’ and the ‘great 


poe 


Olga Liubatovich, on learning of the death 
of her child: ‘‘Yes, it’s a sin for revolution- 
aries to start a family. Men and women 
must stand alone, like soldiers under a hail 
of bullets. But in your youth, you somehow 
forget that revolutionaries’ lives are — 
measured not in years, but in days and 
hours."’ 


Praskovia Ivanovskaiv, on operating an 
underground press: ‘‘I remember those 
tedious work nights when, to dispel our 
fatigue and keep us awake, Semyon would 
start recounting fantastic tales of his flight 
from the Orloy military school or of his 
numerous other adventures; then 
sometimes Lila would softly and tenderly 
sing her favorite song. Those nights 
slipped away like sand in an hourglass, 
gently and imperceptibly. How fine and 
Joyful it was!"’ - 


is 00 ROOM 101 
With Steve Post. 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
NEWS 


‘Eee of last night’s News. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 


~ Works of the twentieth century, with spe- 
- cial consideration given to composers who 
are now breathing, or whose spirit was of 
our time. Also some jokes. With Jim 
- Theobald. 


12:00 T.C.B. MAGAZINE 


A monthly round-up of local, national, and 
international news; interviews with news- 
_ papers; and an extra feature of the prog- 
ram: Speaking Out, a segment where 
~ women/men from all walks of life will com- 
be ment on various subjects and issues as we 
_ view them. Produced by Ronald Francis. 


_ 2:00 THIS IS JAZZ 


_ Host Larry Davis presents a variety of jazz 
and often talks with guest artists. 


4:00 PRAXIS 
_ Live radio with Paul MclIsaac. 


7 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ 
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“BOARD 

MISCELLANY 


‘6:30NEWS Areport of the day’s events 
with Marty Goldensohn. 
(January 29th.) 


:30 WASHINGTON REPORT 
ose look at the news from the capitol. 
duced by Pacifica’s Washington 
eau. For details, listen to Program An- 
cements. (January 29th.) 


on F dman 0 
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‘from the dealer's point of view. Pro- 
ose Vivell. 


iniscences with fellow musicians. 
PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


/ NUANCES 
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JANUARY 29th 


b 5:00 A CONSORT OF EARLY MUSIC 


(a ‘s senfl: Missa Per Signum Crucis: Mon- 
erdi: “Selva Morales,” selections. Music 
Mozart on his 225th birthday. 


i: :00 ROOM 101 
WwW th Steve Post. 


oe: :00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
~ NEWS 

A rebroadcast of last evening’s News. 

00 MORNING MUSIC 

fteen of the 61 known relatives of J.S. 
ch — an extravaganza of the Thuringian 


oque, presented by Richard Fiora- 
nti. 


_ 12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
12:05 LUNCHPAIL 
Live radio with Paul Gorman. 


2:00 GRASS ROOTS OF MUSIC 
_ Rebroadeast from January 25th. 


3:00 WASHINGTON REPORT 
A rebroadcast from January 28th. 


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6:30 NEWS - 


A report of the day’s events. With Marty 
Goldensohn. (January 30th.) 


7:15 BETWEEN THE LINES: 
A NEWSMAGAZINE 


For some time now we have talked about a 
news Magazine that would combine cul- 
tural criticism, political analysis, labor 
news, consumer and environmental infor- 
mation and maybe even some entertain- 
ment. So here we are! Produced by Gail 
Pellett and the Public Affairs and Drama 


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and Literature Departments. (January 
30th.) 


8:15 MISCELLANY 


8:30 POLITICAL ECONOMICS: 
ATEN WEEK COURSE 
Session Ten: Thinking About Other 
Economic Systems 


The final session in our ten week course on 
political economies. Special thanks to 
economists David Gordon and William 
Tabb for conducting this experimental 
course for WBAI. Produced by Bonnie Bel- 
low. 


10:00 THE BEST OF MADMAN’S 
MATINEE — If 


Frank Heller presents the second com- 
pedium from the infamous Madman’s 
Matinee series. Selections from programs 
8 through 15... plus a few new selections. 

Madman’s Matinee; for the unsuspect- 
ing, is music and comedic fantasy sketches 
written, recorded and performed by Frank 
Heller all by | his lonesome, Produced in not 
so living stereo by Frank Heller. 


11:00 FILMS 


A program that explores films as enter- 
tainment, as big business, as art, and fi- 
nally as the prime cultural force i in molding 
the consciousness of our society. For de- 
tails, listen to Program Announcements. 

Produced by Paul MclIsaac. 


Virginia Woolf, subject of Saturday Night Special, Saturday, January 31st at 


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11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


FRIDAY, 
JANUARY 30th 


5:00 HOUR OF THE WOLF 
The Friday Morning Science Fiction Ex- 
travaganza. With Jim Freund. 


7:00 ROOM 101 
With Steve Post. 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
NEWS 


A rebroadcast of last evening’s News. 


10:00 MORNING MUSIC 
Presented by James Irsay. 


12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:05 BETWEEN THE LINES: 
A NEWSMAGAZINE 


A rebroadcast from January 29th. 


1:00 REPORT TO THE LISTENER 


Larry Josephson, WBAI’s Station Man- 
ager, reviews recent developments and 
spews forth financial data pertaining to 
this station. Listener phone calls invited. 


2:00 ECHOES IN BLACK MUSIC 
Jazz from past years, with a sprinkling of 
blues, gospel, rock and current releases. 
Presented by Gene Lewis. , 

4:00 UNSTUCK IN TIME 
Live radio with Margot Adler. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
COMMUNITY BULLETIN 
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6:30 NEWS 


A report of the day’s events with Marty 
Goldensohn. (January 31st.) 


7:00 COMMUNITY NEWS REPORT 


A weckly roundup of news on the neigh- 
borhood level, selected primarily from the 
various community newspapers in the ¢i- 
ty’s boroughs. Presented each Friday eve- 
ning following the regular news, and pro- 
duced by Nathan Weber. 


7:30 500 YEARS OF SONNETS 
In Italian, English, German. Produced by 
Judith Sherman, Michael Lobel, Paul Op- 


penheimer and with the help of a host of 
others. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 


Live radio with Bob Fass. ’ 


SATURDAY, 
JANUARY 31st 


5:00 THE MORNING AFTER THE 
NIGHT BEFORE 


Live radio with Gary Fried. 


8:00 NEWS 
A rebroadcast of last evening’s News.. 


9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
THE SATURDAY MORNING 
SHOW 


9:00 IMAGINE — David, Bruno, 
Michel, Juan, Alex, Sue, Phillip, Terry 
and you will have more stories, more im- 
agining. 

9:30 THE LEARNING COMMUN 
ITY — with Jane Solar. A visit to a pri- 
vate, non-graded open classroom school 

~ for children 2%-13. 

10:00 RITES OF PASSAGE — with 
David Nasaw. “Where have all the free 
schools gone?” The alternative schoa! 
movement is as much in the news as hula 
hoops. The death and life of the 60’s ex- 
periments. Some survivors. 

11:45 Nina Mende and Gerry Hatch 
continue their Living History of our 
People. 


12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
12:05 LUNCHPAIL ~ - 
Live radio with Paul Gorman. 

2:00 WOMEN’S STUDIES: 

Making It... 

A discussion of how to get to the “top” and 
what happens when you get there. Viv 
Sutherland hosts. 

4:00 LATIN MUSIC 


Sometimes live, sometimes on recording. 
Producers of this series are Max Salazar, 


~Dr. Kenneth Leo Rosa, and Carlos de 


Jesus. 


6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
MISCELLANY 


6:30 NEWS 
With Abraham Aig. (February Ist.) 


7:00 SALUD Beating the System 
Jerry Hatch continues her odyssey 
through the food corporation mill and 
brings us her monthly report. 

8:00 SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL 
Nigel Nicholson, who is currently editing 
the correspondence of Virginia Woolf, wil} 
be interviewed by Charles Ruas on the 
period of Virginia Woolf's life covered by 
the first volume of letters (1888-1912), 
when she had published her first novel, The 
Long Way Out. 


9:00 THE WBAI FREE MUSICSTORE 
Details of this concert to be announced. 


11:00 THE READING EXPERIMENT 
Performing Poets in Support of 
WBAI 


The following program contains frank 
language. if you feel you might be oa 
fended by such language, please tune 
away for the next hour and rejoin us aé 
midnight. 

This program was taped at WBAI’s 
Studio C last spring. The poets reading 
are: Russell Edson, Paul Metealf, Joei 
Oppenheimer, Rochelle Owens, Charles 
Reznikoff, Muriel Rukeyser, Armand 
Schwerner, and Quincy Troupe. Produced 
by Mark Weiss and Ira Weitzman. 


11:55 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 


12:00 RADIO UNNAMEABLE 
Live radio with Bob Fass. 


Folio, January 1976 


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I think of The WBAI Free Music Store as a 
very joyous place. On Thursday and Satur- 
day evenings at 9:00, when the concerts 
begin, I always feel myself being taken 
over by the life in the music. That is the 
exact feeling that David Byrd captured in 
his poster for The Free Music Store. As you 
can see by the schedule below monotony 
has not been one of our major problems. As 
usual, I extend a personal invitation to you 
to join us at The Free Music Store, in 
WBAI’s Studio C, 359 East 62nd Street, 
just West of ist Avenue. And if you can’t 
make it in person, listen to our live broad- 
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which are in unbelievable, glorious full 
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and 23’’ X 37’’) send a request and either 
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Here are.the upcoming concerts: 


NEW YEAR’S EVE, WEDNESDAY DE- 


CEMBER 31 : 


- The Audience Oratorio led by Kirk Nurock. 


Kirk Nurock’s Natural Sound event, The 
Audience Oratorio is quite a knockout. Join 
us for this unique New Year’s Eve event. 
At 10:00PM we’ll take the Oratorio into the 
Streets for a Parade to the New Year’s Eve 
Festival in Central Park. For this concert, 
the Audience, YOU, are the stars. Broad- 
cast Live. 


THURSDAY, JANUARY 1 
Happy New Year! 
No concert. We’re recovering. 


SATURDAY, JANUARY 3 
Don MacLean 


The Riverside Theatre Dance Festival 
the Theatre at Riverside Church 


490 Riverside Drive 
Presents 


BILL 
VANAVER 


AND 
LIVIA DRAPKIN 


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The Coming Together Festival 


of Dance and Music 


through Sunday January 25th at 8pm_|| 

Sunday January 25th matinee 2pm_ | 
Contribution $3.50 TDF Vouchers accepted _ 
Children’s matinee Saturday January 24th 2pm__|| 


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- other works. John Solum, flute; Charles 


« To be announced. Listen for details. 


cast Live. 


THURSDAY, JANUARY 8. 
Jazz Pianist Wayne Smith 


SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 


Kuskin, oboe; Jerry Kirkbride, clarinet; 
Barry Benjamin, french horn; and Jane 
Taylor, bassoon. Broadcast Live. ; 


THURSDAY, JANUARY 15 
To be announced. Listen for details. 


SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 
Jazz is 
Ted Cursen, trumpet; Chris Woods, alto 
and flute; William Goffigan, drums; Lyn 
Christie, bass; David Lahm, piano; Butch 
Cursen, percussion. Broadcast Live. “i 


THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 
To be announced. Listen for details. 


SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 


THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 

Traditional East African Music 

Traditional vocal and instrumental music — 
performed by Benny Kalanzi on African 
Harp, Bowl-lyre and other instruments. — 
Traditional dance will alsobe included. __ a 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 4 
Soprano Catherine Malfitano and Violinist 
Joseph Malfitano 4 
The Soprano from the New York City Opera _ 
and her father will perform works by 
Brahms, Debussy, Harold Arlen, George ~ 
Gershwin, Mozart, Hovhaness and others. — 
Broadcast Live. 


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pance: The dances of ‘‘The Best oe Pants,”’ 
: Loudest Shirt,’’ ‘‘The Best Looking Um- 
;’ “The Shapliest Pair of Women’s Legs,’’ 
a _ Weirdest Looking Shoes,’’ ‘‘The Most 
ous Hat,’’ and many other zany things sold 
gani’s dances. For ‘‘El Baile De Los Coco 
elao’s (The Dance of the Bald Heads) half the men 
‘this 1943 dance had their heads shaven. 
After the war musicians Tito Puente, Rene 
B fernandez and Joe Loco began to gain recognition 
as Latin music’s best arrangers. Vocalists Tito 
_ Rod riguez, Bobby Escoto and Vitin Aviles were 
al ways” in demand. In 1948 Perez Prado,’ 
Afro-Cuban who then resided in Mexico, Sets 
“Mambo #5”’ for RCA and it became a smash hit. To 
é date no one really knows who invented the mambo as 
no one recorded the event, however, there is vinyl 
= which strongly suggests that Cuban flutish 
ntonio Arcano’s orchestra was the first to record 
e mambo. ‘‘Arriba La Invasion’’ (Right On With 
‘The Invasion), a September, 1944 RCA recording, 
- includes the mambo. Yet Perez Prado was the first to 
document the word ‘“‘mambo’’ on sheet music in 
1946. While playing a concert in New York City’s 
Town Hall in 1947 Machito met Stan Kenton, a 
popular west coast bandleader. Kenton was 
__ overwhelmed by the Afro-Cuban jazz he heard for 
1e first time. Kenton then began to record Latin 
Progressive Jazz and he utilized Machito for his 1947 
_ Capitol recording of The Peanut Vendor. In 1948 jazz 
_ impresario Norman Grantz’s ‘“‘Jazz At The 
Philharmonic’ concerts were an international 
_ success. Grantz contracted jazz giants Charlie “‘The 
Bird’ Parker and Flip Philllips to record with 
_ Machito. The Latin jazz Verve label recordings of 
“No Noise,’ ‘‘Caravan,’’ ‘‘Flying Home’’ and 
“‘Bucabu”’ are gems. But this new form of jazz didn’t 
5 Seatch fire until February 11, 1949 when the Machito 
orchestra made history at Carnegie Hall. The 
orchestra thrilled a racially mixed audience with 


E music as a popular rhythm. 
_ The handful of popular bands during the last part 
of the 40’s were Machito, Miguelito Valdes, Jose 


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Curbelo, Pupi Campo and Noro Morales. The two 
additions at the time were Tito Puente and Tito 
Rodriguez. The 1949 recordings of Machito’s ‘‘Asia 
Minor,’’ Noro Morales’ ‘110th Street & Sth 
Avenue’”’ and Tito Puente’s ‘‘Abaniquito,’’ created a 
band between a few of New York City’s ethnic 
groups. Jewish, Italian, Greek, Irish and Afro- 
Americans danced side by side with Cubans and 


._ Puerto Ricans at the Palladium Ballroom then 


located at 53 Street & Broadway. 

By19S52 the Anglo-American was sold on the 
mambo. The legend of Chico O’Farrill, a Cuban 
music composer, began. O’Farrill stands alone as 
the 20th century’s most exciting composer of 
arousing Latin Jazz. The popularity of the Cuban 
Cha Cha Cha in 1954 induced the formations of other 
bands. In 1956, the orchestra field continued to grow 
when the Dominican Republic’s favorite rhythm ‘‘E] 
Merengue”’ became popular. A few merengue bands 
were formed and a few were imported. The following 
year when Rafael Cortijo popularized Puerto Rico’s 
folkloric rhythms and they became hot commercial 
discs, 10 more bands were organized to play La 
Bomba and La Plena. In 1958 mambo afficionados 
were floored by Tito Puente’s RCA LP ‘‘Dance 
Mania.’’ Its tremendous impact resulted in Puente 
becoming an international name. 

For the following two years Latin music 
experienced a recession. Sales were down because of 
the watered down cha chas and mambos. Latin 
bandleaders may have believed that diluted cha chas 
like Warren Covington’s ‘‘Tea for Two’’ would 
have mass appeal. They were wrong. Perez Prado’s 
tremendous sales of ‘‘Cherry Pink and Apple 
Blossom White’’ was an exception. There were 
many notable things that occurred in the field of 


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music during the 1950’s but most people will 
remember it as the era of The Palladium 
Ballroom—Home Of The Mambo. It was here that a 
few ethnic groups got together just to dance and 
learned about each other. 

During the 60’s new music trends became the 
death knell for bandleaders who could not play the 
new rhythms. The Pachanga, introduced by Puerto 
Rican pianist-bandleader Charlie Palmieri, was good 
only for Charangas. In 1962 the jazz samba which 
later became the Boss-Nova was a rhythm very few 
bandleaders could sell. Unless they could arouse 
people the way Stan Getz and guitarist Charlie Byrd 
did in ‘‘Desafinado,’’ their’s was a wasted effort. 
The exciting ‘‘Mozambique’”’ was introduced in New 
York in mid-1965 by Eddie Palmieri, and it fizzled 
out a year later. Joe Cuba’s ‘‘Bang Bang”’ kicked off 
the Latin Boogaloo era. Months later Johnny Colon’s 
““Boogaloo Blues’’ was released and it indicated the 
Boogaloo would be around for awhile. This new 
sound enabled King Nando, Joe Battan, and the 
LeBron Brothers to become top attractions. The 
trend was over in 1969 and for the following 5’ 
years no new rhythms were introduced. Bandleaders 
reverted back to the Afro-Cuban roots. Each added 
his unique flavor, and each arrangement was spiced 
with a unique sauce. At this writing it is my opinion 
that the hottest bands in Latin music, barring 
propaganda and biased views are: Machito, Tito 
Puente, Eddie Palmieri, El] Gran Combo, Larry 
Harlow, Ray Barretto, Johnny Colon, Willie Colon, 
Bobby Rodriguez, Carlos DeLeon, Mark Diamond, 
Oscar Garcia and Ricky Marrero. We are currently 
experiencing the ‘‘Latin Hustle’ craze. Only the 
musicians previously mentioned know if a new trend ~ 
will emerge in 1976. 


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