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Happy New Year!  I wish all reading this post a blessed 2024! I’ve enjoyed very much trolling through the video archives, strolling down what Robin Williams always referred to as “Amnesia Lane,” and rocking and rolling through these videos these … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas! I hope you had a wonderful day yesterday and are enjoying the second day of Christmas, you and your two turtledoves. We wrap up this 50th anniversary celebration of Man and His Music and Pop Music, U.S.A. with this … Continue reading →

It’s been a few weeks (end-of-the-semester busyness), but I’ll try to finish off this 2023 look at my father’s two public-access TV shows in their 50th anniversary year (well, for the first one, Man and His Music; the second one, at … Continue reading →

Though piano was Dad’s forte, he always had a soft spot in his heart for mainstream pop singers.  In episode 7 of Pop Music, U.S.A., we get biographical snippets of everyone from Al Jolson to the Mills Brothers to Ethel Merman … Continue reading →

Work has been a little crazy (in a good way, but still. . .). Dad’s first-half look at the world of rock and roll forthcoming next week, Lord willing.

We’re winding down this 50th-anniversary celebration of the public-access TV shows my father, Dr. Simon Anderson, took part in creating: Man and His Music and Pop Music, U.S.A.  If you’re “tuning in” for the first time, the former consisted of material Dad taught … Continue reading →

In today’s episode of Pop Music, U.S.A., Dad gives the audience the second half of his look at jazz, which features the following highlights: A cold opening with Dad in full beatnik-hipster regalia: beret, sunglasses, and goatee More of his textbook look … Continue reading →

I continue to be pleased to share the 20 episodes of the two TV shows my father, Dr. Simon Anderson, created with the local Cincinnati PBS affiliate, WCET-TV, channel 48, in association with his teaching music appreciation and pop music … Continue reading →