51: Wake Up and Live, Part 3 - Dancing in the Dark
The history books forgot about the 1944 radio adaptation of Wake Up and Live, a bizarre and disastrous production in which a fascist self-help book adapted into a comedy movie about duelling radio sho...
5 Jun 20242h 24min
50: Wake Up and Live, Part 2 - Machine Men
Please note that the accompanying graphic for this episode has not been chosen lightly and is intended in the spirit of historical education, criticism and artistic commentary. In part 2 of our inve...
16 Mai 20242h 48min
49: Wake Up and Live, Part 1 - Mic Fright
This week we begin a three-part investigation into Wake Up and Live. What is it? Good question. It's a 1930s self-help book, a musical in which a real-life journalist/radio host plays himself, and lat...
9 Mai 202444min
48: Post Time
***SPOILERS AHEAD - LISTEN TO EPISODE 47 FIRST*** It is now post time. Selected resources and links mentioned this week: * Follow @covidconsciousqueersnaarm on Instagram * Godmother of Elvis Sighti...
1 Mai 20242h 15min
47: The Joker is Wild
What if someone slashed Sinatra's vocal cords at the height of his powers? Would he still be able to cut it in showbiz off his charm alone? Could he get into comedy instead of music? More importantly,...
25 Apr 20241h 15min
Authorized x SUDDENLY - Robin and the 7 Hoods
We went on Authorized Novelizations Podcast to talk about Jack Pearl's 1964 novelisation of Sinatra's Robin and the Seven Hoods. This episode was recorded around six months ago and just released by Au...
26 Mar 20242h 40min
46: Why "Our Town" Matters
In Episode 43 ("Love and Marriage"), Rabia and Felix watched the infamous televised 1955 musical version of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, starring Frank Sinatra as the Stage Manager. The songs were so t...
3 Mar 202431min
45: Suspense
We think of Sinatra as emerging as a serious dramatic actor from the early 1950s onwards, shedding his clean-cut MGM image for the first time when he takes intense roles as mentally disturbed soldiers...
26 Feb 20241h 55min
