Evan O’Television

When I was in Kindergarten, our Canal Street class went on a field trip to West Brattleboro, to the Chelsea House– a converted barn which served as a folk music venue back in the day.  Unlike many of the other 5 and 6 year-olds in the crowd, I had been to the Chelsea House before, [...]

This week’s podcast is full of lovely, regretful gems, epic declarations of passion, and artful ballads of bitter ambivalence. The flavor is not far from the first O’Pinionated podcast in May-”Lost Verses.”  And it contains such treats as a brand new track by a dear old friend (Lands = Ramiro Fernandez recording with Troy Kidwell), [...]

No better place to be, than at my mother’s side, when I hear the great man, Cronkite has passed. She had read that Walter recently befriended, as a sailing partner, Mickey Hart– percussionist for our beloved Grateful Dead. So, at the outset of this worthy media reverie, I am treated to my mom’s best routine [...]

Today’s mix is like an after-hours midsummer night’s cooldown from the dance party marathon that was the Summer Pop series of podcasts.  It is also a sequel (of sorts) to the most popular podcast so far — namely the second 2Bougie2Strong (Jazz & Soul) mix.   This one doesn’t have any jazz instrumentals but it is [...]

“Can you hear me, that when it rains and shines,  (When it Rains and shines.) It’s just a state of mind?  (When it rains and shines.)  Can you hear me, can you hear me?” So, five weeks ago, when I kicked off this Summer Pop Podcast series, I had no idea that my particular choice [...]