KFAI's MinneCulture Presents

This week on the program, we are going to feature two stories -- each starring Christmas Baby, Humphrey Bogart . Born on December 25, 1899 in New York City, Bogart's screen career lasted almost 30 years as he appeared in over 75 feature films. We’ll hear two of his most notable roles adapted for radio by a charitable anthology series called The Screen Guild Players .  The Maltese Falcon from the Screen Guild Players After his partner is killed, private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette . Originally broadcast September 20th, 1943 with original film stars Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Mary Astor. Casablanca from the Screen Guild Players In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escap

Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell  from Buena Vista Records A long time ago there was an era when  kids craved new Star Wars adventures ...and when they did come, it seemed to be eons apart. No more . Well, we 're going to  transport ourselves back to  that golden age by   laying belly-down on the living room floor and  spinning some vintage vinyl.   Let's start with  an audio drama scripted by Brian Daley  and played by  a totally uncredited and unfamiliar cast.  It was released in 1983 by Buena Vista Records and remains the lone "expanded universe" LP put out by Bantha Music . After that, Threepio regales us with some of the gang's lesser known adventures and even some spacey poetry. These additional tales come to us by  a pair of 1984 7"s from the short-lived " Star Wars Adventures in Learning Fun /  Star Wars Discovery Series." Along with proper narration from a familiar voice,  Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, "A dventures in ABC" is c o-narra

Music and War  from The Nerve Tonight, we survey the bloody, entwined histories of war and music. The Israelites used trumpets to bring down the walls of Jericho, Scots went to war with bagpipes , and music can also be used an instrument of torture. From pipes, to drums, to thunder runs , The Nerve takes a serious look at the dark side of music.

Pioneer of the Minneapolis Sound from MinneCulture Wee Willie Walker's life began in Memphis, amid a hotbed of musical influences. In 1959 he ventured north to Minnesota and began performing in a variety of doo-wop, soul, and blues groups for decades to come. Walker is unquestionably one of the pioneers of what music critics have dubbed " the Minneapolis Sound ." Story produced in 2014 by KFAI's Britt Aamodt. Minnesota Music Profiles from Jazz88 Interviewer Phil Nusbaum visited Willie at his St. Paul home in 2016. They talk about the blues and Phil inquires about Willie's current projects. Willie had and has a long career in music, singing everything from gospel music to down-home blues, as well as playing the guitar. Willie reflected on the many ways his career has heated up since his retirement -- and how he's come a long way from where he started out. Willie Walker with Willie West Live from Minnesota In 2010, Twin Cities musician Paul Metsa h