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Estey Pipe Organ at Epsilon Spires

May 5, 2022 Ben Model Leave a comment

This is one of a series of posts I’m doing on organs that I’ve had the honor to be able…

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Posted in: organs

Episode 46 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast

March 28, 2022 Ben Model Leave a comment

The Kansas Silent Film Festival 2022 and other Adventures in Returning to In-Person Performance The Kansas Silent Film Festival 25th Anniversary…

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ep. 46: Kansas Silent Film Festival…and Other In-Person Shows, plus some new Undercrank Projects

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Ben talks about: being a guest accompanist at the 25th annual Kansas Silent Film Festival; playing for Edward Everett Horton…

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Ernie Kovacs on Game/Contest Shows

March 25, 2022 Ben Model 4 Comments

Sitting in the theater of what used to be called The Museum of Broadcasting in 1985 (it’s now the Paley…

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Episode 45 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast

February 14, 2022 Ben Model Leave a comment

Video releases, Kickstarters, Marion Davies, and MOMA Ben’s live appearances seem to be increasing in Winter 2022 Festivals are announcing…

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ep. 45: Home Video Releases, Kickstarters, Marion Davies, Wesleyan and MoMA

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Ben talks about: the process of scoring “Zander the Great” and “Beverly of Graustark” for home video release; a recent…

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silent film music podcast

ep. 08 (re-posted): “A Trip to the Moon” in Tromsø, an Organ in Oslo, live comedy show “Everybody Gets Cake”, Marcel Perez

February 1, 2022 Ben Model Leave a comment

This is a re-posting “flashback” of episode 8, which originally posted on February 4, 2015. Welcome – News from January:…

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silent film music podcast

ep. 07 (re-posted): News From the Road, “Peter Pan”, Hitchcock’s “Blackmail”, physical comedy show “Everybody Gets Cake”

January 27, 2022 Ben Model Leave a comment

This is a re-posting “flashback” of episode 7, which originally posted on January 21, 2015. Welcome – News from the…

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ep. 44: Exploring the Music of “City Lights”…From Inside the Score

January 24, 2022 Ben Model 3 Comments

Ben relates the journey of playing piano as part of a full orchestra live accompanying Chaplin’s City Lights under the…

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ep. 06 (re-posted): Re-Starting the Podcast, Recap of 2014, “The Spice of the Program”, Marcel Perez on DVD, Arthur Kleiner, SFSMA

January 15, 2022 Ben Model Leave a comment

This is a re-posting “flashback” of episode 6, which originally posted on January 7, 2015. Welcome — Mea culpa, and…

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  • ep. 46: Kansas Silent Film Festival…and Other In-Person Shows, plus some new Undercrank Projects
  • Ernie Kovacs on Game/Contest Shows
  • Episode 45 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
  • ep. 45: Home Video Releases, Kickstarters, Marion Davies, Wesleyan and MoMA
  • ep. 08 (re-posted): “A Trip to the Moon” in Tromsø, an Organ in Oslo, live comedy show “Everybody Gets Cake”, Marcel Perez
  • ep. 07 (re-posted): News From the Road, “Peter Pan”, Hitchcock’s “Blackmail”, physical comedy show “Everybody Gets Cake”
  • ep. 44: Exploring the Music of “City Lights”…From Inside the Score
  • ep. 06 (re-posted): Re-Starting the Podcast, Recap of 2014, “The Spice of the Program”, Marcel Perez on DVD, Arthur Kleiner, SFSMA

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