3:00 PST Wednesdays
A celebration of the art of poetry. A well-known poet himself, Jack Foley’s considerable historical knowledge and his awareness of the current “scene” are incorporated into his radio shows and have made them a kaleidoscopic, always stimulating attraction for anyone interested in poetry.
Today’s show is the concluding half of “Berliner Milljöh” (“Berliner Milieu”), a show KPFA originally broadcast on October 21, 1969. The show is a word/sound montage dealing with the Weimar Republic, the poetry of Bertolt Brecht, and the prose of Christopher Isherwood, passages from whose Berlin Stories (1945)—set in Berlin from 1930 to 1933—are read by the author. Hosted by Jack Foley.
Today’s show is “Berliner Milljöh” (“Berliner Milieu”), a show KPFA originally broadcast on October 21, 1969. The show is a word/sound montage dealing with the Weimar Republic, the poetry of Bertolt Brecht, and the prose of Christopher Isherwood, passages from whose Berlin Stories (1945)—set in Berlin from 1930 to 1933—are read by the author. “ Hosted by Jack Foley.
Saint Patrick’s Day looms once again, and today’s show is Irish themed. But Jack begins the program with a poem for Oakland’s courageous mayor, Libby Schaff, who defied the current miscreant in the White House, moves to the Clancy Brothers, and concludes with James Joyce.
A celebration of the art of poetry, hosted by jack Foley.
Part One: Radio’s interwoven pair—Foley and Serrano, like guitar and piano, like Piedmontese and Siciliano, like tenor and soprano, like Paris and Milano—having survived Trump’s SOTU, are back, unimpaired, to offer their unique blend of whatchamacallit: poetry, music, commentary, what have you. Continues at 3:30 pm.
Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe: January is the birth month of Edgar Allan Poe, who lived from January 19, 1809 to October 7, 1849, dying at the age of forty under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Today’s show is a Poe-pourri, a presentation of the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe. We’re going to begin with his most famous poem, “The Raven.” Hosted by Jack Foley.
A celebration of the art of poetry, hosted by jack Foley.
A celebration of the art of poetry, hosted by jack Foley.
: RustyForward Jack Foley Show
—“Past midnight. Never knew such silence. The earth might be uninhabited.”
—Are there haptics on the radio?
Apologies to Samuel Beckett for swiping most of his title.
Part One of a one-hour program. The show concludes on today’s Open Book. Sretna Nova godina—Happy New Year in Serbo-Croatian! Another year rolls round our earth dwelling, bringing hope—we hope. Nina and Jack return with their call and responsive fol-de-rol, poems, songs, snappy patter all springing from KPFA’s interwoven pair. Serrano and Foley give out with the new vaudeville. Or as James Joyce wrote, riffing on “Rings on her fingers, / Bells on her toes, / She shall have music / Wherever she goes”:
