Author: wcresser

Wayne Cresser lives on an island in Narragansett Bay with his wife and dog. His work has appeared in six print anthologies, most recently The Four Seasons (Kind of a Hurricane Press), online at Gravel, Shark Reef Literary Magazine, Jerry Jazz Musician and Story and in such print journals as The Ocean State Review and SLAB. He was co-creator and managing editor of shaking like a mountain (later Shaking) from 2007-2011 and a contributing editor at the Ocean State Review from 2014-2017.

Picture This Playlist 142: Leftovers

There's always playlist stuff you can't get to in a show, and last night on Picture This: Film Music on the Radio, host Wayne Cresser did just that, got to it, with two hours of musical treats from film and television. Join him next Sunday when he goes back to school, mixes in scores and songs from films about our great National Pastime, and spreads a little optimism, among other themes. And if you missed last night's show, just click the link at the top of the playlist and it will take you there (promise).

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Picture This Playlist 141: Laughs

Listen to last night's Picture This; Film Music on the Radio with host Wayne Cresser right here. The show was all about funny, and we hope you think so too. Join Cresser on WRIU 90.3 FM (streaming also at wriu.org),on Sunday 9/13 when he returns to the studio with a whole lot of fresh film and TV music!

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Picture This Playlist 139: Bing Crosby, Van Dyke Parks and All That Jazz

Listen here on the Mischief Time Blog to a playback of last night's Picture This: Film Music on the Radio, during which host Wayne Cresser spun lots of jazz and featured the crooning of Bing Crosby and the wizardry of Van Dyke Parks. Please join him on Sunday, August 23, at 6 PM on WRIU, 90.3 FM (also streaming at wriu.org.), when he shines a spotlight on the songwriting of Jimmy Van Heusen and Frank Loesser.

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Picture This Playlist 138: Going Places

To cities, towns, rivers and islands, real and imagined, host Wayne Cresser of Picture This: Film Music on the Radio, followed the music to far flung destinations, and you can hear it all by clicking on the link that says Listen Here:--Join him this coming Sunday at WRIU Kingston, 90.3 FM and streaming at wriu.org, as he spins the movie songs of Bing Crosby, Van Dyke Parks, and Manfred Mann, among others.

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Catunquit Chronicles (redux)

Listen here to my second guest spot the Catunquit Chronicles Podcast with hosts James Allen and Ashland Comorack. Had a great time and had a chance to read a couple of my short stories, also to hear one of Mr. Allen's.

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Meta-hits of 1967: Spotlight on the Year Pop Music Celebrated Itself in Song

"In the frothy days of hit parades and top forty stations that could in the space of thirty minutes serve up pop songs from Eydie Gorme’ to Frank Sinatra, jazz from Cannonball Adderley to Ramsey Lewis, garage rock from ? Mark and the Mysterians to the Standells, soul from Aretha Franklin to Otis Redding, psychedelic rock, blues rock, folk rock and novelty hits from alpha to omega, the occasional tribute song offered a wonderful little diversion." Read more of Wayne Cresser's Meta-hits of 1967: Spotlight on the Year Pop Music Celebrated Itself in Song, here on the Mischief Time Blog ...

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Gallant Gulls and the Catunquit Chronicles

Listen here to Gallant Gulls, Episode 55 of Catunquit Chronicles, for which your intrepid scribe was invited by hosts James Allan and Ashland Comorack to drop by for a chat and to read some of my short stories for their podcast. I am very thankful for the chance since it was a joy to talk about writing with people who appreciate it and do a fair amount of it themselves.

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