However, radio then as now, was all about music, mostly from Hindi films. Once a week, we also got a taste of western music, thanks to popular programmes like Musical Band Box which was a Sunday afternoon fixture for years. It probably drew its inspiration from the Binaca Hit Parade, a hugely popular countdown of English pop music which was aired on the All Asia Service of Radio Ceylon. Looking back, sponsoring a western music programme in India was a pretty smart move by a dry-cleaning company at a time when giving clothes outside for laundry wasn’t yet a big thing. … [Read more...] about When radio sang a different tune
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How John Mulaney uses his relentless creativity to figure out what to do next
JM: Most things I’ve done are sketches on Saturday Night Live or episodes of [IFC’s satirical show] Documentary Now!—which have major touchstones because they’re homages to specific documentaries. Stand-up comedy can be anything you want, but it has an agreed-upon framework or a negotiation with the audience. And I just thought, Marlo Thomas and her friends just made a thing and the structure is that it is this. [That was] the reason I was so addicted to pursuing it. It was kind of like, Oh, you know what something could be? Anything you want. … [Read more...] about How John Mulaney uses his relentless creativity to figure out what to do next
