In this bonus episode, podcast co-host Kerr Lockhart talks with Rick Benjamin, musical director of The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, about…
In this episode: Ben trusts his instincts and has a little magic happen during a show of “The Patsy”; makes…
Episode 47 Show Notes: accompanying The Patsy, The Cameraman and Gilbert Gottfried Live performances are slowly returning The Patsy with…
Last week, I played my first in-person show at the Cinema Arts Centre since February 2020. Before the show, CAC…
Ernie Kovacs’ ”Albert Gridley” sketch is one of the better-known ones. Its simple premise, a talk-show guest who can’t remember…
Virtual Cinema, for most art-houses and film viewers, was a stop-gap measure during the pandemic. It was a way to…
This is one of a series of posts I’m doing on organs that I’ve had the honor to be able…
The Kansas Silent Film Festival 2022 and other Adventures in Returning to In-Person Performance The Kansas Silent Film Festival 25th Anniversary…
Ben talks about: being a guest accompanist at the 25th annual Kansas Silent Film Festival; playing for Edward Everett Horton…
Sitting in the theater of what used to be called The Museum of Broadcasting in 1985 (it’s now the Paley…