AeschTunesRemembering Scott Simon from Sha Na Na
(December 9, 1948-September 5, 2024)
Starchy Compliment#RIPScreaminScottSimon #ScreaminScottSimon
Photo: David Livingston/Getty
#ShaNaNa #Music #DooWop #ScottSimon #ScreamingScottSimon
DeadlineScott Simon Dies: 52-Year Sha Na Na Singer Who Co-Wrote Song For ‘Grease’ Was 75
#Obituaries #Grease #ScottSimon #ShaNaNa
https://deadline.com/2024/09/scott-simon-dead-sha-na-na-grease-1236080522/
I Voted for McGovernDear Scott Simon,
Longtime listener, going back eons before your dotage. I still warm to your toothy smile and your anodyne observations on life’s vicissitudes and occasional nuggets. This morning though was a punch in gut, another one, as I listened for some sign that you were still actually there, rather than seeming to have become some campy AI version of Scotty Simon telling stories his Mom might have liked once before the country became so troubled?
1/n
#ScottSimon #NPR
Longtime listener, going back eons before your dotage. I still warm to your toothy smile and your anodyne observations on life’s vicissitudes and occasional nuggets. This morning though was a punch in gut, another one, as I listened for some sign that you were still actually there, rather than seeming to have become some campy AI version of Scotty Simon telling stories his Mom might have liked once before the country became so troubled?
1/n
#ScottSimon #NPR
Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦Viggo Mortensen on 'The Dead Don't Hurt', a Western set during the U.S. Civil War 🎥 🍿
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Viggo Mortensen about his role in "The Dead Don't Hurt," a new Western that he's also written and directed.
#Movies #ViggoMortensen #NPR #ScottSimon #TheDeadDontHurt #CivilWar
geesh #NPR, an all day hagiograph for Herr Inskeep yesterday and this morning a long interview with Tom Selleck. NPR has turned into a radio version of Entertainment Weekly, it's a terrible shame really, cuz we used to have a very special public radio institution. disappeared just like that. tell #ScottSimon hello if you see him?
Tracy Chapman raining
Scott Simon's ears are drowning
floods of gratitude
Anybody else a little revolted to learn #steveinskeep is writing a history of #Lincoln ? If you can't read the news or interview history makers with any competence, well, maybe write about it?
#bringbackBobEdwards
#scottsimon #npr
#bringbackBobEdwards
#scottsimon #npr
Richard K 
I loved Moonlighting, but i wish this piece spent a little more time talking about receptionist Agnes DiPesto.
#NPR #ScottSimon #weekendedition
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/30/1202828706/moonlighting-is-finally-coming-to-streaming-34-years-after-going-off-the-air
#NPR #ScottSimon #weekendedition
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/30/1202828706/moonlighting-is-finally-coming-to-streaming-34-years-after-going-off-the-air
AdreanaLangstonJust listened to the NPR Fresh Air interview with #ScottSimon talking about his new audio book Swingtime For Hitler. Interesting that the distributor is Scribd. I hope this means the ideas in #ChokepointCapitalism are having an impact. https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/667919864/Swingtime-for-Hitler-Goebbels-s-Jazzmen-Tokyo-Rose-and-Propaganda-That-Carries-a-Tune
Swingtime for Hitler by Scott Simon - Audiobook | Scribd
"Swingtime for Hitler is strange and subversive, a story that makes us sway and then hate ourselves for swaying. If you think present day politics is at the apex of weirdness, you're wrong – history has us beat, as proven by this toe tapping treasure. No one delivers audio (and Nazis) with as much smooth style as Scott Simon.” –Ann Patchett, bestselling author Tom Lake, Bel Canto, The Dutch House "Brilliant, intriguing, disturbing, thoughtful and thought provoking, I cannot find enough words to describe this mesmerizing audiobook. A timely reminder of the seductive and dangerous power of propaganda, these sounds and voices remind us of a disturbing past, while also revealing the dangers and challenges we face today when voices of totalitarianism are growing louder." –Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, Read Dangerously, and other books "Fascinating gripping and vivid. An amazing piece of research, writing, history, and storytelling. Scott Simon’s audiobook combining war, culture, music, and swing is not just compelling, colorful, and bizarre. It is also searingly relevant to dark times today. Swingtime is a must-listen!” –Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The World: A Family History of Humanity In his long career as a journalist for National Public Radio and host of the popular Weekend Edition Saturday, Scott Simon has traveled the world, covering wars and political unrest. During that time, he grew familiar with the lies dictators and oppressive regimes tell to keep their citizens in check. Simon has become, in a way, an aficionado of propaganda. From Bosnia to Rwanda, he heard it all — or so he thought until he was introduced to the morbidly fascinating work of Charlie and His Orchestra. Created by Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister for Propaganda, Charlie and His Orchestra was a band that played popular jazz and swing tunes rewritten with Nazi lyrics. They were regularly featured on a German radio show that reached airwaves in Britain and the US. The Reich hoped that the hateful messages of the songs would get through to faraway listeners and sway opinion in Hitler’s favor. Simon’s story examines propaganda through the lens of his interest in this repugnant yet magnetic band. It examines the persuasive power of a new medium, radio, and how World War II played out for most people via spins of the dial. Simon also speaks to his own experience with propaganda, which he encountered many times in his decades as a reporter at NPR. More urgently, he addresses the hate speech we increasingly experience today. Propaganda is the blunt tool used by the intolerant and those who want to hold onto power at any cost. And unlike in Nazi Germany, it’s now in the hands of everybody. Anyone with a phone or social media account can reach millions with the aim to deceive and mislead. This fake news is old propaganda in a new guise. By comparison, Charlie and His Orchestra seem almost quaint. To experience this story most fully, Scribd encourages readers to choose the audio option of Swingtime for Hitler. Vintage sound clips from the band’s performances, coupled with Simon’s unparalleled voice and narrative skill, make this a tale that will stay in your mind — and ears — for a long time to come.