The Times They Are A-Changin': A Radio Symposium on Bob Dylan & His Times
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A unique panel discussion commemorating the 40th anniversary of Bob Dylan's historic Philharmonic Hall concert in New York City. This live radio symposium explores how Bob Dylan's music and the events of 1964 helped alter the course of American culture, and asks whether music can still have a similar impact in today's cultural and media landscape. 1964 was a tumultuous year in America. The country was still reeling from the Kennedy assassination, the summer saw the murders of the civil rights workers in Mississippi, America's involvement in Vietnam was escalating and the Beatles debuted on the Ed Sullivan Show. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" was recorded live at the Museum of TV & Radio in New York, NY in March, 2004. Panelists include Sean Wilentz (Princeton University American Studies professor), author David Hajdu ("Positively 4th Street"), well-known rock historian Dave Marsh, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell, and MTV Networks executive Bill Flanagan. The moderator is WFUV's Music Director, Rita Houston. "The Times They Are A-Changin': A Radio Symposium on Bob Dylan & His Times" is produced and distributed by WFUV in New York, Public Radio from Fordham University, and Columbia Records. Host: Rita Houston. Executive Producers: Rita Houston & John Vernile; Producer: Tara Anderson
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Review of The Times They Are A-Changin': A Radio Symposium on Bob Dylan & His TimesI really enjoyed listening to this on WFUV (New York, NY). The members of the panel were all insightful and provacative, as well as lively and entertaining. |
Broadcast History
Aired live on WFUV and uplinked on PRSS on March 23, 2004.
Timing and Cues
RUNDOWN FOR "THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' -- A RADIO SYMPOSIUM ON BOB DYLAN AND HIS TIMES"
TOTAL TIME: 01:59:00, INCLUDING :59 LOCAL CUTAWAY AT END OF HOUR 1, PLUS ONE :30 LOCAL CUTAWAY IN EACH HOUR.
------------------TIMINGS AND CUES------------------
------------------HOUR 1 -- 58:52 + :59 BED MUSIC = 59:53 TOTAL------------------
HOUR 1 INCUE: MUSIC IN, "HI, THIS IS RITA HOUSTON."
34:19-34:49---- :30 LOCAL CUTAWAY
OUTCUE: "WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM ALL OF OUR PANELISTS HERE IN NEW YORK IN JUST A MOMENT, AS OUR LOOK BACK ON BOB DYLAN 1964 CONTINUES."
INCUE: "FROM THE MUSEUM OF TELEVISION AND RADIO IN NEW YORK, THIS IS 'THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' -- A RADIO SYMPOSIUM ON BOB DYLAN.' I'M RITA HOUSTON."
58:53-59:53 ---- :60 LOCAL CUTAWAY
OUTCUE: "IN THE NEXT HOUR, THE PANEL TALKS ABOUT JOAN BAEZ, DRUGS AND THE FUTURE OF POLITICAL MUSIC, WHEN OUR DISCUSSION CONTINUES."
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------------------HOUR 2 -- 59:00------------------
HOUR 2 INCUE: "LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY -- IT'S 'THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN': A RADIO SYMPOSIUM ON BOB DYLAN. I'M RITA HOUSTON."
29:46-30:16 ---- :30 LOCAL CUTAWAY
OUTCUE: "MORE ON THE WAY, AS OUR CONVERSATION ON BOB DYLAN CONTINUES."
INCUE: "LIVE FROM NEW YORK, WE'RE TALKIN' BOB DYLAN. THIS IS 'THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN',' AND I'M RITA HOUSTON."
59:00 PROGRAM ENDS
OUTCUE: "OUR RADIO SYMPOSIUM ON BOB DYLAN AND HIS TIMES HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY COLUMBIA RECORDS AND WFUV, PUBLIC RADIO FROM FORDHAM UNIVERSITY. FIND US ON THE WEB AT WFUV-DOT-ORG. THANK YOU ALL." [APPLAUSE FADES.]
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Musical Works
**AN IMPORTANT NOTE ON STREAMING RIGHTS: This program contains five (5) songs from the new Columbia recording, "The Times They are A-Changing' from The Bootleg Series Vol.6, Bob Dylan Live 1964." This quantity exceeds the standard limitations of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. HOWEVER, Columbia Records and artist management have issued a waiver to allow stations to stream the program on their web sites. You may stream this program without concern for copyright violation.
SONGS IN ORDER OF BROADCAST:
HOUR 1
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Who Killed Davey Moore
Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
HOUR 2
Mr. Tambourine Man
If You've Gotta Go
Additional Files
- Bob Dylan poster 1964 (dylanpostersmall.jpg)
- Bob Dylan poster 1964 (dylanpostersmall.jpg)
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Mary McGrath
Posted on May 25, 2004 at 07:51 AM | Permalink
Review of The Times They Are A-Changin': A Radio Symposium on Bob Dylan & His Times
The occasion for the discussion is the 40th anniversary of Dylan's Halloween concert at Philharmonic Hall in New York City and of the release of the live concert cd (Bootleg series, Volume 6). I listened over a long car ride and found it to be mostly interesting. I kept waiting for the conversation to take off in a kind of free for all and away from the controlled Q followed by A format. One of the panelists, the historian Dave Marsh I think, quotes the line "talking about songwriting is like doing card tricks on the radio." This is much livlier than that and it's also instructive for thinking about how to turn a live event -- a lecture or discussion, say -- into an hour or two of radio. This program had the music going for it and the conversational thread about the impact of music in the turbulent period of the 1960's as compared to the times that are a changin' in America right now. The radio hour could have been improved with more post production -- more songs, more music intervals, funkier opens, breaks and closes and voice overs that let us keep track of who the speakers were -- but that's probably not what the producer had in mind; more likely it was to simply let us listen to an event we couldn't attend. So for that I was grateful and I think lots of other listeners would be too.