Sally Quinn of the Washington Post will be interviewing Richard Dawkins live on Book TV; the subject is his new autobiography. The information about viewing times, which are streamed at special times (but not live) is given below, but you have to go here to see the show (click the “click here to watch online now” line). Note that the Monday shows can be seen at a decent hour in the UK
Here are the times (U.S. Eastern Standard time) that the show will be aired:
Gratuitious information: I used to play in Sally Quinn’s house when we were both kids (she’s 8 years older than I). She was the daughter of General William “Buffalo Bill” Quinn, who was stationed in Athens, Greece at the same time as my father. It was at her house that I first heard “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley, which must have been 1956. That’s generally regarded as the first rock and roll song, and I remember hearing her playing it up in her room while I was at the bottom of the stairs. Quinn, who married Post editor Ben Bradlee, is now the editor of the paper’s “religion” section.
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Holy Felidae, Batman!: You posted this within 2-3 minutes after I told you about the interview. Fast blogger is fast.(¬‿¬)
(And a bit more info re: what you wrote in the first paragraph: everything that airs on all of C-SPAN’s channels (Book TV airs on C-SPAN2)is streamed online for free, but, as you say, specific programs can be watched only at specific times. That’s because C-SPAN livestreams only what’s playing on their TV channels at any given time. So, in other words, their streams are synchronous with what’s airing on TV, and Book TV is airing this interview only at the times you note in your post.)
psst… fast bl*ggwebsiter is fast.(¬‿¬)
bl*ggwebsiter. (trying to strike it out, damn. If this doesn’t work, I give up. y’know what I mean.)I believe Sally Quinn now owns Grey Gardens, the estate which was the subject of a documentary years ago and a movie more recently made with Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange. It’s located on the east end of Long Island.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Gardens_(estate)
Watching it now. Very good. I’d like a penguin tie too!
That is a cool “Small world” story as well!
“Rocket 88” is considered the first rock-and-roll song. It’s older than “Rock Around the Clock.”