Lost in the Harbour - Alice [293]

Never lost for a conversation, Jo, Miranda, Martin and Sam take a look at the theatrical and political context of Waits's less-mannered song of longing. We return to some conversations from recent episodes, consider Kathleen Brennan's presence in these songs, and break SbS rules to revisit Lotte Lenya's presentation of the music of Kurt Weill.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Lost in the Harbour, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)

Lost In The Stars, Lost In The Stars, Lotte Lenya / Kurt Weill (1943)


Lost In The Stars, Lost In The Stars, Todd Duncan / Kurt Weill (1949)

Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits on The Late Late Show (Ireland), via YouTube (1981)

Eva Gabors (Miss Bianca) & Bob Newhart (Bernard) in The Rescuers, dir. John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman & Art Stevens (1977)

Lotte Lenya (Rosa Klebb) in From Russia With Love, dir. Terrence Young (1963)

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The Black Rider - The Black Rider [205]

Guest host Jeu Jeu La Foille returns for a second week looking at the opening tracks from The Black Rider, discussing with Martin and Sam the presence and absence of Wilhelm and Käthchen in the play and the music, the mirror the play provides to Burroughs' own history, and how "beauty" and "ugliness" represent themselves through music and performance.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
The Black Rider, The Black Rider, Tom Waits (1993)

Pirate Jenny (English-language TV performance, via YouTube), The Threepenny Opera, Lotte Lenya/Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill (1928/1966)

Seeräuber Jenny (German-language film performance, via YouTube), Die Dreigroschenoper, Lotte Lenya/Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill (1928/1931)

The Black Rider at 4m24s from The Black Rider: The Casting of the 12 Magic Bullets (filmed at the Weiner Festwochen, via YouTube), Wilson/Burroughs/Waits (1990)

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