Rapidly Rotating Records

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On Thursday of last week, I was aboard the tall ship SSV TOLE MOUR in a movie shoot as an "environmental actor" (euiphamism for "extra") for my friend Doug Turner's movie...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On last week's show, we played a "bundle" of records.  On this week's BRAND NEW edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we're going to play a "bunch" of records.  We'll als...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On this week's BRAND NEW edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we're going to play a bundle of music, take a musical trip to Venice, visit some bays and celebrate the bir...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On this week's BRAND NEW edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we're going to take a musical trip to Egypt to visit the pyramids, we'll give a suggestion to a television...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On this week's BRAND NEW edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we're going to celebrate the birthdays of Earl Carroll and Chick Bullock.  We'll also enjoy some apples and...

Welcome to “Rapidly Rotating Records,” Glenn Robison’s weekly, one hour radio program of “toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s”, broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On this week’s BRAND NEW edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we have 13, count ’em, 13 birthdays to celebrate! And we’ll still have time for a couple of “bonus” records...

Welcome to “Rapidly Rotating Records,” Glenn Robison’s weekly, one hour radio program of “toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s”, broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On this week’s BRAND NEW edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, Whitey Kaufman gets his very own entire segment for the first time.  We’re also going to play some “lovey”...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On this week's BRAND NEW edition of Rapidly Rotating Records show, we're going to take some steps, do some steppin', and play some one-steps. Why all the steps? Well, yo...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On this week's BRAND NEW edition of RRR, "The Queen of Tin Pan Alley," Bernice Petkere, gets her very own segment.  And we'll also do some floating, celebrate the birthd...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On this week's BRAND NEW edition of RRR, we're going to have a vocabulary lesson, something we haven't done in a while.  We'll also celebrate 10, count 'em, 10, birthday...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On this week's BRAND NEW edition of RRR, we're going to do some kidding around, celebrate some birthdays, make some friends, make a mad dash and celebrate National Citru...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. This week is a very special edition of RRR, since it's our FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY SHOW!  We debuted on KISL in late July of 2000 and have been on the air ever since, bec...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On this week's show, originall broadcast on July 13, 2008, we'll take some pictures, celebrate the birthdays of George Eastman, Mr. Wizard and the State of Wyoming, and...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. I hope all of our listeners here in the US had a safe and sane 4th of July holiday. The 4th of July might be past, but patriotism shouldn't be confined to a few specific...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. This week it's a shiny, brand-spankin' new edition of the show! We're going to celebrate the birthdays of Gene Austin, Clyde Doerr and Maceo Pinkard, but the first segme...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On this week's brand new edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we're going to celebrate last week's transom.org Traveling Radio Workshop which was held right here at KISL...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. This week's show was originally broadcast exactly six years ago on June 8, 2008. Some of you will have heard the show when it first aired, but for many of you it will be...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. Last week's show featured a topic on the word "synecdoche." As I suspect for many people, it was a new word to my friend Bryan Wright, who runs Rivermont Records (www. R...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On this week's brand new edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we're going to take a musical journey to Pasadena, get serenaded, celebrate Fats Waller's birthday, learn a...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. On this week's brand new edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we're going to have a musical baby shower! As you're listening to the original over the air broadcast of th...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. This week's brand new edition of the show has just four segments instead of the usual five.  But, you get the same number of great records.  This week we'll take a music...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. I hope you enjoyed last week's interview with Andrew Greene about composer Mel Kaufman.  There was one record we didn't have time to play last week, and so it starts off...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. This week is a very special edition of the show. My guest is Andrew Greene, director of the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra.  We will be talking about, and playing...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. This week's brand new edition of the show celebrates the birthdays of Peter Van Steeden and Edward Eliscu.  We'll also go "over there, get melancholy and do some shaking...

Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon. This week's brand new edition of the show celebrates not one, but four birthdays and I don't think Ben Ryan or Albert Von Tilzer have ever had their very own segments be...