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The Floyd County Store Radio Show (Streaming live)

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Porco Rosso Sequal in the Works?
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According to an interview (listed here at ain't it cool news) Hayao Miyazaki is considering a Porco Rosso sequal called Porco Rosso:…Continue

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Happy Birthday Jackie Robinson! (1919-1972)
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The Art Deco Society of Virginia
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Some more Decodent goodness right here in my back yard! The Richmond-based Art Deco Society of Virginia has just started up but is already attracting quite a lot of local attention. A friend from…Continue

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Cap'n's Cabaret #73: Hell's Angels, Neptune's Chosen

Up in the Heavens, daring Devils bring Hell to Earth! On and under the Seas Men of Iron in Ships of Steel duel for supremacy of the seas. Yes, those Gallant Knights of the Air in their Incredible Flying Aeroplanes! The glory! The romance! The excitement! Oh, and the old "die horribly in a fiery plummet after ripping apart near-defenceless footmen" part of the…See More

Apr 20

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Cap'n's Cabaret #72: Dug In Like a Mole...it's a Gas

War is Hell...why not find a way to dig in faster?It's a year into this horrible war, this Great War, and we're going nowhere fast. The western and eastern fronts have stabilized with no significant progress. Even the Italians joining the Entente have merely created a third static front. All sides have dug in, creating elaborate, labrinthine…See More

Apr 13

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Cap'n's Cabaret #71: The World Gone Mad!! [WAR!]

WAR!!The kerfluffle over the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand has set Europe aflame! Will this madness spread to the entire world?[from peterboroughimages.co.uk]What a mess! To attempt to summarize this amazing cluster of alliances and enmities that are happening here, Austria declared war on Serbia, so Russia declared war on Austria, so Germany declared war on Russia, so…See More

Apr 6

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Diesel Movie Review: Public Enemies (2009)

"What keeps you up nights, Mr. Dillinger?""Coffee."In honor of the late Roger Ebert, who recently passed away, I'm presenting my latest Diesel Movie Review. R.I.P, Mr. Ebert!The midwest, 1930s. The Great Depression is at its worst, people are desperate, poverty is rampant, and crime is at an all-time high. The fledgling Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to establish…See More

Apr 5

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Cap'n's Cabaret #70: Those Moving Pictures!

The Flickers, the Silver Screen, the Moving Pictures...call them what you will, I call them GOLD![image from solarnavigator.net]Yes, the Motion Pictures Industry is coming into its own thanks to amazing new directors, stars, and actors with a keen new eye on what's possible. Folks in faraway places like Southern California and Paris and Berlin are experimenting with the…See More

Mar 30

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The Last of the Wehrmacht's Anti-Hitler Plotters

Sometimes the greatest act of patriotism is to take down the very regime you serve. So thought Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, the youngest of the Wehrmacht plotters who swore to take down Hitler and his rotten Nazi regime.Born to a noble old Prussian military family, von Kleist was as Old Skool as they came, with the rigid Prussian military bearing and a deep-set devotion to the Fatherland.…See More

Mar 25

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Cap'n's Cabaret #69: a Night at the Follies!

What's that ya' say? Lookin' for an act that'll amaze, astound, and amuse even the most hardened of working stiffs, and for only a nickel? Well, step right in, friend, for Vaudeville awaits!We have music, dancing bears, dancing girls (hubba hubba!), amazing acrobatics and feats of strength, and the most gut-busting…See More

Mar 23

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Cap'n's Cabaret #68: The Shock of the New!!

Shock! Riot! A new and scandalous breed of "Modern" artists are violating the ancient rules of beauty!!Broken forms, harsh lines, dissonant sounds...will 1913 become the year that art died?! Some are saying as much as radical new painters like Marcel Duchamp and Picasso and discordant conductors like Igor Stravinsky break…See More

Mar 16

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Cap'n's Cabaret #67: l'Bal Musette, mon Ami?

Bonsoir e bienvenue a'Cabaret, mon Amis! Today we visit romantic Paris, France, for a sample of the new Parisian sound of Bal Musette. It's the Record Cabaret's first visit abroad [1] and away from our US home, and while the long, rocking journey in the belly of a steamer was not the best of experiences for our new band, it was well worth it from the second we saw the French countriside.Paris is a sensual…See More

Mar 9

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Cap'n's Cabaret #66: Get Your Kicks!

The Mother Road, Main Street America, Route 66...call it what you like, it is truly the beaten path of the American Dream!Magnolia Gas Station, Shamrock, TX [image via wikimedia]…See More

Mar 2

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Jackie Coogan - from Kid to Commando to "Creepy & Kookie"

The Diesel Era was filled with exciting, groundbreaking individuals whose contributions and adventures are well known and adored. And then there are those forgotten heroes whose exploits remain largely forgotton. And then there are folks like John L. "Jackie" Coogan, child actor, WW2 glider pilot, and TV icon, who remain known and loved, but only for a single brief moment in a long and amazing life.…See More

Mar 1

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Cap'n's Cabaret #65: A Crooked Road in Appalachia

Hop on into the rumble seat of my Model-T, folks...we're headin' up a Crooked Road and into the mountains!Yes, folks, the Cabaret is taking the road less travelled in search of an Old Tyme sound that's making a new appearance, and to get there it will be a long and dusty drive through the twisting back roads of Appalachia to discover…See More

Feb 23

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The Floyd County Store Radio Show (Streaming live)

The Floyd Radio Show: Views from Buffalo MountainHosted by Elizabeth LaPrelle and Anna Roberts-GevaltTune in for our next show on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 7:30 pm.Live from The Floyd Country Store in the heart of downtown Floyd, Virginia! The second season of The Floyd Radio Show has begun. Hosts Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth LaPrelle bring together a new variety show every month. They write and perform original radio plays, comedy bits, ads, jingles, music and more. Each show features…See More

Feb 20

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Cap'n's Cabaret #64: Shuffle Along Broadway!

Broadway, New York City! The Mecca of Musical Theater! Shuffle Along with Tony, folks, and see what the fuss is about!Yes, sir, it's another episode of the Record Cabaret and we're having a swell time here in New York City [image from…See More

Feb 16

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Porco Rosso Sequal in the Works?

According to an interview (listed here at ain't it cool news) Hayao Miyazaki is considering a Porco Rosso sequal called Porco Rosso: the Last Flight featuring an older Porco Rosso during the Spanish Civil War.Oh, please let this come to pass! See More

Feb 12

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Cap'n's Cabaret #63: All That Jass!

Yet another American musical innovation? Bully! It's Jass Music, the newest sound to emerge from the south!Welcome again, my friendly (and growing) listenership! Today the Record Cabaret visits the Jewel of the Delta, New Orleans, Louisiana, where a whole new sound is emerging, the sound of Jass. My friends in Chicago may have heard this new sound from the same pace I did, the Original Dixieland…See More

Feb 9

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Buddy Bolden and the Birth of Jazz (1900-1910)

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A'Cappella Expresss — Hit The Road Jack

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Leon Theremin playing his own instrument

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Remembering "D-Day", 1944

Posted on June 6, 2013 at 12:53pm 1 Comment 6 Favorites

"…You are about to embark upon the great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you...I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle…”

~ General Eisenhower, just before the D-Day Invasion

Operation Overlord, 06 June 1944

Today marks the 69th Aniversary…

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Dieselpunk Music: Old Grass? Newgrass? Punk-grass? Bluegrass?

Posted on June 4, 2013 at 1:00pm 8 Comments 4 Favorites

Ah, the glorious American music of the Diesel Age! The blaring of the horns, the wailing of the clarinets, the tinkling of the pianos, the plonking of the banjos...wait, banjos?

Yes, and fiddles, mandolins, and jugs too!

While the Hot Jazz and Cool Swing of the cities may steal the Diesel spotlight in many people's minds today, the American…

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Cap'n's Cabaret #79: A Wireless Cabaret!

Posted on June 1, 2013 at 6:30pm 1 Comment 2 Favorites

Calling all Listeners! Calling all Listeners! This is your Cap'n, calling in LIVE over the airwaves in the exciting new media of Wireless Broadcasting!

Yes, exciting times we live in where my voice can be heard, live, from a thousand parlors in a thousand homes! Truly wondrous times we live in.

With a simple wooden box no bigger than a small cabinet anyone can listen to…

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Cap'n's Cabaret #78: I Say...Give the Ladies a Say!

Posted on May 25, 2013 at 6:30pm 1 Comment 3 Favorites

Raise the banner! Strike up the band! Let Democracy blossom here too in this land! VOTES FOR WOMEN!!

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I know, "there goes that frothing radical Cap'n Tony again. Bad enough he thinks Negroes and Orientals and Jews and all are human beings worthy of rights and dignity...now he want to give the vote to…

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