Tom Godell

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[Tom Godell @Tom_Godell]

The essentials of radio production. The brush is for assistant producer Mocha.

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@UgoCannon @grok Hmm.

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@acrphoto We shall agree to disagree. I would have been right at home in 1893 watching the Baltimore Orioles and Willie Keeler bunting their way to the championship.

[Tom Godell @Tom_Godell]

Can't resist another Oscar Levant quote. "Russell Bennett wrote a piece for symphony orchestra about Abraham Lincoln at this time (1929). When Irving Caesar heard it he commented that... Booth didn't kill Lincoln--Robert Russell Bennett did."

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@jennnixon Ha! I never got to see the film, and I woke up before I could beat the guy to a pulp (and/or run like hell).

[Tom Godell @Tom_Godell]

@basarhlt I've got a 3rd Neveu program planned, based around the Brahms Concerto, but I haven't written or recorded it yet.

[Tom Godell @Tom_Godell]

@basarhlt Check out my Ginette Neveu radio shows. If you haven't heard her and Koussevitzky do the Beethoven Concerto, you haven't heard the Beethoven Concerto. https://t.co/wzfv0yNkU7 https://t.co/Xi8TM5vudj

[Tom Godell @Tom_Godell]

@acrphoto Some pitchers could actually hit (Tiger Earl Wilson). Even a poor hitting pitcher got an occasional hit, which was always good to demoralize the opposition (think Lolich home run '68 world series). And then there was the pinch hitter option...

[Tom Godell @Tom_Godell]

In my lifetime...

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

Sixty-eight years ago, police arrested, jailed, and beat two Black children after a white girl kissed them on the cheek in Monroe, North Carolina.
https://t.co/ubxIvqcRkA

[My Feral Neighbors🐈 @MyFeralNeighbor]

A cat shouldn't have to earn the right to feel safe.

[Hollywood Golden Age of Cinema @HGACinema]

In Remembrance of Costume Designer EDITH HEAD on her Birthday (born October 28, 1897 in San Bernardino, California, USA).

With a total of 8 wins out of 35 nominations, Edith Head is the most decorated woman at the Academy Awards.

VIDEO | On August 30, 1978, Edith Head was interviewed by Patsy Swank on KERA TV’s classic program Swank in the Arts. Head was in Dallas at the time for the “Benson & Hedges 100 Greatest Films” event, which featured three iconic movies she had costumed.

The interview provides a rare, candid look into Head's distinct career philosophy, technical expertise, and storytelling acumen:

• COSTUME DESIGNER vs. FASHION DESIGNER

Head explicitly drew a line between her profession and the fashion industry. She famously stated, “I am not a designer, I am a costumer”. She explains that her job is solely to interpret a script and bring a character to life, which means she had to be willing to design “tacky, dowdy, sexy, or horrible clothes” depending on the character's narrative arc.

• THE SCRIPT DICTATES THE DRESS

Head walks the audience through how a screenplay structurally dictates fabric and design choices. Using an example from All About Eve, she recalls that the script stated a character “comes rustling down the staircase”. This prompt alone forced her to use a crisp taffeta material to create that exact sound. Because the script also called for the actress to push up her sleeves and stick her hands in her pockets to light a cigarette, Head designed short sleeves and added specific pockets into the gown.

• NAVIGATING CENSORSHIP

Head discusses the heavy historical constraints of working within Hollywood censorship codes. Highlighting her work on Samson and Delilah, she notes that while extensive research was done for historical accuracy, strict regulations at the time heavily prohibited showing a woman's navel or bosom. This forced her to heavily modify the ancient Egyptian attire into something far more modest than what was historically accurate.

• COLLABORATION AND TECHNICALITIES

Head details how costume choices are highly collaborative political processes. She had to continuously balance director visions, budget restraints, and technical notes from cameramen (such as avoiding a bright white dress in a moonlight garden scene because of camera glare), noting that a design was always fluid until a picture was fully finalised.

[noncomMUSIC Alliance @noncommusic]

Today is Public Radio Music Day! 🎶🏠

Tune in, share the music you love, and celebrate the stations, artists, and hosts that make public radio sound like home.

#PublicRadioMusicDay2026 #SoundsLikeHome #LovePublicRadioMusic

[Tom Godell @Tom_Godell]

Holy shit!

[Caroline Potter 🇪🇺 @carolinefrmus]

Checking dates for @rbo_org performance of #Ravel Daphnis & Chloé (my first opportunity to see it as a ballet): apparently it ‘contains stylised depictions of sexual harassment.’ Er, they’re nymphs and shepherds… it’s a mythical story… oh forget it #FFS

[The '60s at 60 @the_60s_at_60]

“Congratulations” - Lady Liberty and woman voter after ratification of 19th Amendment. Life magazine, October 28, 1920. Illustration by Charles Dana Gibson.

[Marcelo Bufacchi @MarceloBufacchi]

Prokofiev: Piano Sonata N° 8 in B flat Major, Op. 84 (1939-1944) - Barbara Nissman #piano
#music #art #ClassicalMusic
https://t.co/JFnDTycVkC

[Charles Booker @Booker4KY]

The Book of Proverbs reminds us those who are greedy for bribes destroy a nation.

Selling Kentucky out for greed is Andy Barr’s playbook. It’s corrupt, and has hurt us long enough.

Watch and share my new ad, and let’s send corrupt Andy Barr to retirement.

[Today In History @URDailyHistory]

28 Oct 1886: U.S. #President Grover #Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, resulting in the first ticker tape #parade when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape onto the streets of New York City. #NYC #History #ThanksFrance #OTD #ad https://t.co/SvCbBxaGA9

[Teatro La Fenice @teatrolafenice]

Nasceva oggi, nel 1751, Dmitrij Stepanovič Bortnjanskij: compositore di origine ucraina, attivo alla corte dell’Impero russo. Fu una delle figure più importanti della musica sacra del suo tempo. Allievo del veneziano Baldassarre Galuppi, si distinse per la capacità di fondere la tradizione musicale italiana con quella liturgica ortodossa, creando opere di grande intensità espressiva. Compose opere liriche, musica strumentale e numerosi concerti sacri per coro, lasciando un’eredità che ancora oggi testimonia la bellezza e la ricchezza della musica corale europea.
Buon ascolto!

#28ottobre