If you missed last night's celebration of choral music in Film and Television, you can listen to it here on the website for free. Tell you ma, tell your pa, tell all your friends. Subscribing costs nothing. There are no paywalls and there's fresh content every week. What are you waiting for? You can find a new download of my radio show, Picture This: Film Music on the Radio (WRIU, 90.3 FM and streaming at wriu.org) , and corresponding Playlist every Monday. And of course, you can also find selections from my catalogue of short stories, along with news and features related to the vibrant literary scene here in Southern New England. Please come to the water. Jump in. Get wet.
Picture This Playlist 124: Radiothon 2026 (Johnny Mercer III)
We had a gas doing Radiothon 2026 and featuring the music of Johnny Mercer last night on WRIU, 90.3 FM (also streaming at wriu.org). Radiothon continues on Picture This with host Wayne Cresser and a show featuring chorale music from Film and Television, next Sunday at 6 PM.
Picture This Playlist 123: Lost in the Stars (with Kurt Weill and Jerome Kern)
Lost in the Stars, the Music of Kurt Weill and in Act II, the Music of Jerome Kern, originally aired on Picture This: Film Music on the Radio, WRIU Kingston, 90.3 FM on Sunday evening, March 29, at 6 PM. Join host Wayne Cresser when he returns to the studio on Sunday, April 12th with more music from the worlds of film and television.
Picture This Playlist 122: Lorenz Hart (and Richard Rodgers)
Amazing time last night with Picture This and a focus on Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and the Great American Songbook. Please join host Wayne Cresser for a program of Kurt Weill and Jerome Kern at 6 PM, Sunday evening, March 29th, broadcasting on WRIU, 90.3 FM, Kingston and streaming at wriu.org.
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.
Picture This Playlist 121: The Lines Blur
Listen here to Picture This 121: The Lines Blur, originally broadcast on WRIU Kingston, 90.3 FM (streaming at wriu.org) at 6 PM Sunday, March 15, at 6 PM. A little 2025 Movie Score music, Paul McCartney, Steve Martin, salutes to Ireland and Canada, plus some Rodgers and Hart. Who needs lines? Please tune in this coming Sunday, 3/22, Picture This with host Wayne Cresser, does a deep dive into the careers of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
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 ...
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.
Wednesday Night, Jamestown, RI: Open Mic for Whatever You Got
Happy to let all readers of the Mischief Time Blog know about the activities of Jamestown literary group, The Rhodeo Poets, whose active citizens have pulled together a monthly open mic at the popular Narragansett Cafe. If you're around. you don't want to miss it. And if you've got the work, they would love to hear it.
Greetings and Salutations after a short time away…
Hello Mischief Time Blog readers...Yours truly has been gone for a while, traveling the beautiful Canadian Maritimes, covering many miles on the Lobster Trail. More about that shortly; I’ve got some goodies on my plate that need to be shared. Much thanks and announcement about an upcoming live event!
