Andy Lanset appears in the following:
Kurt Vonnegut and L.J. Davis and the Novelist's Relationship to Community
Thursday, December 19, 2013
This May 1, 1978 interview was the third Vonnegut had with Walter James Miller.
William Orton Tewson - WNYC Literary Critic (1928-1934)
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
"Mr. Tewson's topic was Literary Cocktails, and he served them from a full shaker."
Caesar's Commentaries
Monday, December 16, 2013
"I wanted to be a pianist and a surgeon, the general idea being to operate with my right hand and bring comfort and joy to the poor victim by concertizing for him with my left."
Kurt Vonnegut on Slapstick, His Sci-Fi Family Novel
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Vonnegut talks about his strange sci-fi tale of fraternal twins who are brilliant when they can interact with each other but only “dull normal” when separated. He reveals that his por...
Ted Cott: WNYC Wunderkind
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
He was hired as a ticket taker for Staten Island Ferry and reported for work at WNYC.
Consider the Interpreters
Monday, December 09, 2013
"Phonograph records and radio broadcasts have in recent years given the interpreter of music an importance almost equal to that of the composer himself."
Kurt Vonnegut on Breakfast of Champions
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Vonnegut is at the top of his game—confidently proclaiming the novelist’s ability to “make up new myths that people will believe.”
"Are You A Highbrow?"
Monday, December 02, 2013
"As far as I can make out, the word "high-brow" in its current connection with music is a synonym for "undesirable."
Twentieth Century Magic
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
The wonders of radio and its potential to be entertaining, educational, amusing, exciting and appealing to the intellectual as well as the average person.
The American Composer
Monday, November 25, 2013
"The music of America is no longer a foundling, a stepchild or an outcast in its own country."
The Position of Women in Music
Monday, November 18, 2013
"The number of women in the musical profession has been steadily increasing...The art of music is in a state of hopeless decadence, this phenomenon is inevitable." - Sir Thomas Beecham.
Bach is a Modern
Monday, November 11, 2013
"Yes, Bach is a modern. A present-day band-arranger gives free rein to the performer--and so did Bach."
My Day With WQXR
Monday, November 04, 2013
"WQXR has twined itself to the context of my life in an almost obsessive way."
"What About This American Music?"
Monday, October 28, 2013
"American Music is here to be reckoned with, lustily growing, and confident."
Records Make Music Lovers
Monday, October 21, 2013
"Recordings are not only representatives of music; they are also musical ambassadors."
An Orchestral Conductor Looks at Radio
Monday, October 14, 2013
"WQXR allows me to not only hear performances by other men but to take quiet stock of my own."
Commandments for Commentators
Monday, October 07, 2013
A biblical imperative for the newsy.
Paderewski
Monday, September 30, 2013
"His every move in life personally, socially and economically was for the benefit and improvement of his fellow men."
Latin Americans in Music
Monday, September 23, 2013
"It has been my experience that those who really love music have a consuming passion to become familiar with its every manifestation."
