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June 9, 2015 Favoriting
Thank you for your decency and bravery, Joseph Welch
(June 9, 1954)
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Artist Selection Album    (Label / Recording date)
Theme Music:
 James Brown  		Cold Sweat (pt. 1)   Favoriting b/w Cold Sweat (pt. 2)
(King 1967)

Howard Lawson  HUAC Testimony   Favoriting
Hazel Scott  Valse in C Sharpe Minor   Favoriting
Artie Shaw  Dr. Livingstone, I Presume   Favoriting
Aaron Copland  Music for the Theater: Dance   Favoriting
Sharon Kam (composed by Morton Gould)  Derivation for Clarinet and Band — 4/4 Ride Out   Favoriting


Herbert Biberman  HUAC Testimony   Favoriting
Pete Seeger  Sacco's Letter to Son   Favoriting
Alfred Drake  Was I Wazir?   Favoriting Kismet
Howard DaSilva and the Politicians  Little Tin Box   Favoriting Fiorello! (Original Cast Album)
Zero Mostel  Old Faithful   Favoriting Old Faithful
Oscar Brand  The Finest Fucking Family   Favoriting Brand X


Joseph Welch eviscerates Joe McCarthy  "Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last?"   Favoriting Army-McCarthy Hearings
(June 9 1954)
Earl Robinson  The House I Live In   Favoriting
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg  Over the Rainbow   Favoriting
Dalton Trumbo  HUAC Testimony   Favoriting

Closing Theme:
 Specks Williams  		We Gave the Drummer Some   Favoriting b/w Specks Blues
(Jax 196?)

Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:41pm Doug Schulkind:

Here is a blog post I wrote commemorating the 55th anniversary of Joseph Welch's heroic act: blog.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:56pm Gary:

Yep
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:58pm dave:

Got back in time today - looking forward to the decency!
Avatar 5:58pm ndbob:

evening Doug, Gary, et al
Avatar 5:58pm ndbob:

figuring out my new computer
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:59pm Doug Schulkind:

Gary, dave, ndbob, and ndbob's new computer — welcome!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:01pm listener james from westwood:

Whoa, that's spooky, I was just thinking of this today, in a different context. Had no idea.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:01pm Doug Schulkind:

Boo, Listener James!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:06pm Doug Schulkind:

Howard Larson: en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:08pm Doug Schulkind:

Hazel Scott's birthday is June 11.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:09pm Doug Schulkind:

Red Channels: en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar 6:11pm Ike:

Hello hello hello!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:12pm Doug Schulkind:

I like like like Ike!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:12pm dave:

Liking this clarinet solo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:13pm Doug Schulkind:

Lenny Bernstein is conducting this Copland number. Both men were included on the infamous "Red Channels" list.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:16pm Doug Schulkind:

@dave
More killer clarinet coming next!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:16pm dave:

Thanks for doing this, Doug. People really need to think more about this chapter in history and how it relates to our own times.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:18pm Doug Schulkind:

You are very welcome, dave.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:19pm Doug Schulkind:

The clarinetist here is the Israeli Sharon Kam. The piece was composed by the blacklisted composer/conductor, Morton Gould.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:24pm Doug Schulkind:

Herbert Biberman: en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:26pm Doug Schulkind:

Pete Seeger mocked and belittled the House Unamerican Activities Committee on August 18, 1955. Read his testimony:

historymatters.gmu.edu...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:30pm Doug Schulkind:

Couple of brilliant Broadway belters here. First Alfred Drake. Next, Howard DaSilva.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31pm Doug Schulkind:

When that prick actor Robert Taylor went before HUAC and named names, one of the names he named was that of Howard DaSilva.

Fuck you, you prick Robert Taylor.
Avatar 6:31pm northguineahills:

It's been a while since I read that....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm Doug Schulkind:

And fuck you, too, Burl Ives, for naming names. Burl Ives' name was included on the Red Channels list, but he capitulated before HUAC and renounced many of his fellow artists. Fuck you, Burl Ives.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:35pm Doug Schulkind:

I urge you to seek out the Youtube video of Zero Mostel doing this Old Faithful. It is jawdropping.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:35pm pacific standard simon:

Hi Doug! It would be interesting to me if WFMU had a show on the schedule of all show tunes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:36pm Doug Schulkind:

I would be first in line to listen, pacific standard simon!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:37pm Doug Schulkind:

Get ready for some blue material from Oscar Brand!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:39pm pacific standard simon:

Maybe an hour in the 6-9 evening stretch.

Hey, it's The Aristocrats!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:41pm pacific standard simon:

At last, sir, have you no sense of decency?

How close did I get?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:43pm Doug Schulkind:

thisclose, pss!

My second favorite moment herein:

Welch: "If it were in my power to forgive you for your reckless cruelty I would do so. I like to think I am a gentle man, but your forgiveness will have to come from someone other than me."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:44pm Doug Schulkind:

Here is the organization that Fred Fisher was a member of, the honorable National Lawyers Guild: www.nlg.org
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:46pm Doug Schulkind:

GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT...
Jesse Kaminsky's radio wonderment, Kaminsky Kaminsky, is up next! Playlist page here: wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:49pm Doug Schulkind:

In the film "Tailgunner Joe," Burgess Meredith played Joseph Welch; Peter Boyle played Joe McCarthy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:49pm pacific standard simon:

Scars such as these have a way of becoming badges of honor.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:50pm Doug Schulkind:

In 1973, Fred Fisher became president of the Massachusetts Bary Association.
Avatar 6:51pm ndbob:

wow - was just going to ask about him
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:51pm Doug Schulkind:

It is likely that McCarthy learned of Fred Fisher's membership with the National Lawyers Guild from a New York Times interview with Joseph Welch weeks earlier.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm Doug Schulkind:

Balladeer and composer Earl Robinson was the father of the brilliant clarinetist Perry Robinson.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm Doug Schulkind:

Yes, pss, nice observation.
Avatar 6:55pm ndbob:

super excellent show Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm Doug Schulkind:

The next selection is quite touching. Yip Harburg singing maybe his most famous lyric.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm Doug Schulkind:

Another video well worth seeking out. This had me tearing up big time.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:58pm listener james from westwood:

IIRC there was originally going to be a reprise of this in "Wizard of Oz," when Dorothy was running short on time in the Witch's clutches, but it was so grievously heart-rending that it wasn't included in the film.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm Doug Schulkind:

Grievously. Heavy word.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:01pm listener james from westwood:

Many thanks, Doug! Never forget these times!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm Gary:

A more than decent show, sir!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm dave:

Thank you, Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm Doug Schulkind:

Love you all, gals and guys! See you Friday, nice and oily!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm pacific standard simon:

A show decanted, sir.
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