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Enjoy our recent "Funky Friday at Five" which is the 4th part in a series that focuses in on the beauty of 70s cinema. Your host, Mitch Hampton , a 70s scholar, explores how Filmmakers in the 70s seemed keen to document the wild, outrageous, garish or simply unusual aesthetics of the decade, particularly in filmed locations and public spaces. More on this special livestream film series,...

Notes on this "Book Lunch" from your host, Mitch Hampton: "For this book lunch I revisit a contemporary classic - Jean Baudrillard's poetic, impressionistic, polemical book , "America" , from the early 80s. It is most interesting to reread the book now as the United States and the world is so very different than then, and yet in many ways, as his text reveals, the same...

Inside this Episode with host, Mitch Hampton One of my goals and themes in this podcast is the presentation and exposure of very difficult yet valuable and important human works of culture to a wide audience rather than assuming that their difficulty means that anybody who wants to be exposed to them doesn't have the right or ability to do so.  My reasons for this are really twofold: firstly,...

Thanks to all who joined us for our recent Book Lunch" livestream featuring a book from 1992 by the late Neil Postman called “Technopoly” . We loved your insightful thoughts and questions. I took the deep dive into one of the last great polemical works on culture and technology - Neil Postman's Technopoly . I situate Postman as one of the greatest examples of New York Jewish intellectual...

Inside this Episode with host, Mitch Hampton When it comes to nonfiction prose, surely the work and accomplishments of biographers and cultural and social historians might be at the forefront of meaningful documents of a given society. When you being to consider what is involved in narrating the life story of a well known and public figure in the arts it becomes clear that this too is an art in it...

In this the third part of an ongoing 70s cinema series I discuss the treatment of emotions -from detached humor, to intimate domesticity . More on this Funky Friday, Here: Seventies cinema is, above all else, about the undiluted, raw and immediate expression of human feelings in all of their authenticity. The emotions I have in mind are not only those of the characters in the films but the attitud...

Inside this special livestream with your host, Mitch Hampton, here: Alexandra Lange's "Meet Me At The Fountain" , the first major book on the history of the mall a phenomenon that had an outsized influence for the past sixty years and, a Lange, makes clear in her book is often misunderstood and a force for as much positive as negative. Lange's  advantages as a writer are that she...

More from Mitch on this special event! “As Spring is associated with creativity in general, I thought it would be fitting to do a trio concert of all original compositions." The music is Yves Klein Blues , the first movement of Hampton's Second Jazz Concerto - "Because After All One Must Begin" - The (Count) Basie Plus, and two others to be announced. All the music was written i...

Rob Chalfen is one of the living connections to the history of Boston and Cambridge's countercultural performing arts scene. I have had the opportunity to perform in at least two of his iconic venues over the decades but did not know in those years just how knowledgeable he was about the political economy of the arts, though I did know him as a serious jazz historian and scholar and recording...

In this 2nd part of our ongoing series exploring the beauty and pathos of 1970's films, with your host Mitch Hampton! More on this series, here: In this, the second part of a 70s movie series, I will explore the most unusual editing style of 70s cinema. Many people think that 70s movies are unique for their slowness or long takes and the enormous attention paid to the actors on screen and, whi...

Enjoy our recent "Book Lunch" livestream featuring Douglas Coupland's iconic "Generation X" ! More on this special event from your host, Mitch Hampton: "In this book lunch I go back to the novel that helped start the Gen X category, discuss Coupland's prose style and what it is like being in the generation that bears the name. On this book lunch proud (but never fl...

When first I was introduced to our guest it was courtesy of our producer. At that time I was not acquainted with her work and career. Purvis is interesting in the theatre for a number of reasons, not the least of which is her equal proficiency in performance and direction as well as serious theoretical work, a breadth that is less common. Her work in the theatre takes diversity most seriously as m...

Thanks to everyone who came to our recent "Funky Friday at Five" livestream that was a first in a series all about the beauty of 70s arts, culture and film.  If you missed it, here it is and please share it with us!    You may not know your host, Mitch Hampton is a 70s scholar  and currently working on a book about the decade!  More on this stream, here:  Funky Friday...

In this book lunch I discuss Judy Blume's classic popular novel "Forever" with special attention focused on her special style of her prose and how this is in fact is what has most contributed to its popularity over so many years, more so than even the innately attractive subjects of love and sex.

In a part two of a series started in January, this F unky Friday at Five continues your host, Mitch Hampton's discussion of the many styles of representing two characters in art with the example of Yasujirō Ozu - one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. More on this very special livestream event with podcast host Mitch Hampton, here:  "In a part two of a series started in January,...

Listeners, we are honored to feature our delightful talk with artist and comedian, Teresa Roberts Logan who shares with us her inspiring journey ! Inside this episode with host, Mitch Hampton: Teresa Roberts Logan is one of several guests who comes to our podcast courtesy of our producer, Laurie Strickland.  Initially I was most impressed with the artwork she did for our show ( pictured below...

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our evening of romantic piano music by our host, Mitch Hampton.   In case you missed it, please enjoy and share it with us!   More on the piano recital, here:  In 1993, at the age of 25, Mitch Hampton made his first recording as a pianist. On that recording he composed and performed an original work for solo piano named Free Valentine, which was...

"I always want to make a film that I feel like no one else is going to make." Andrew Bujalski More on this special livestream interview from your host, Mitch Hampton: There are so many wondrous things to say about our livestream guest Andrew Bujalski .  The first that comes to mind is how long I have known him.  Having met him on his first feature, the groundbreaking Funny HaHa wayback i...

We discussed Wulf's new book on the birth of Romanticism in Jena and how this cultural, artistic and intellectual revolution made much of our world today. More on this special livestream event: Join your host, Mitch Hampton for his first “ Book Lunch” of 2023, Wednesday the 25th on our show Facebook page! We welcome your thoughts and comments during the stream. More on this special event here: “Th...

Listeners, thank you so very much for joining us for our "FUNKY FRIDAY AT FIVE" featuring your host, Mitch Hampton! We had such a great time with our livestream audience and hope you will share this with us. More on Mitch Hampton's art talk, here: On this Funky Friday Mitch discussed the varieties of stylistic expressions using examples from stage, screen, and more! #funkyfridayatfive #arttalk #po...

Inside this Episode with Mitch Hampton My very first familiarity with Todd Berliner comes from a single book: his book on 70s movies, “ Hollywood Incoherent”. Although my incentive to read this was partly due to ongoing research for my own book, there were many things I found intriguing about Berliner's book. Only gradually over time did I begin to realize that my commonality with him was wider th...

Enjoy Mitch Hampton's recent "Funky Friday at Five" Part 3 of his special music series. He discusses writing for larger ensembles as well as the development of his solo piano "hard listening".   Link: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1S60hCAReiM… #musician #composer #composerlife #jazz #piano

“The Madame B and Mitch Hampton Morning Holiday Show!” More on this bonus stream, from your host, Mitch Hampton, here: “An opportunity for a livestream episode with Madam B will be an occasion for many possibilities for discussion, including her deep knowledge of culinary matters, living in France and our shared interest in arts and culture.” Madame B’s You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@h...

“The Madame B and Mitch Hampton Morning Holiday Show!” More on this bonus stream, from your host, Mitch Hampton, here: “An opportunity for a livestream episode with Madam B will be an occasion for many possibilities for discussion, including her deep knowledge of culinary matters, living in France and our shared interest in arts and culture.” Madame B’s You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@h...

Hello listeners, thanks to everyone who joined us last night for our holiday concert featuring the Mitch Hampton Trio! In case you missed,here it is, please enjoy and share it with us! #concert #jazztrio Mitch Hampton #mitchhamptontrio #piano #music #holidaymusic #holidayseason #Christmas#christmas2022 Interlochen Alumni