Poe’s Children

Wilkinson Tri-Cycle's only album is similar to post-psychedelic heavy rock recordings by East Coast groups like Sir Lord Baltimore and Yesterday's Children in that they combine bluesy heavy rock with psychedelic flourishes, but the effect is largely unremarkable. The album is nonetheless treasured by European collectors, who reportedly command a high price for the LP. Highlights include their cover of Sleepy John Estes' "Leaving Trunk," popularized at the time by Taj Mahal, and the Beatlesque ballads "Poursha Poe" and the elegant "Yellow Wall." It was actually released on a little-known R&B subsidiary of CBS, Date Records.

Imagine that, in one sitting, you could enter a world of imagination and witness the triumphs, tragedies, errors, and epiphanies that arise in the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people. Imagine that, in the time it takes to run an errand, you could gain remarkable insights about the true nature of humanity—its dark secrets and its saving graces. Imagine that, in the space of an hour, you could do this instead:
* Visit a Harlem jazz club and hear the inspired improvisations of gifted bluesmen
* Attend a glittering Parisian ball bedecked in borrowed jewels
* Confront a dangerous criminal on a lonely backwoods road
* Journey back to colonial America and encounter a coven of witches

Professor Eric Rabkin from the University of Michigan speaking about the world's greatest literary works. This two box set of 24 lectures

Inspired by the American poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), the symphonic poem The Bells was written in 1913. Its four parts describe different features of bell ringing: children’s sleigh bells in the first section, the wedding bells of a young couple in the second, alarm bells for a misfortune in the third, and mourning bells in the fourth.

A new radio show for the musically curious: post rock, avantgarde, old time radio, contemporary classical and some fun stuff. Every week a new installment, a new experiment, a new musical statement. This week's highlights: Alfred Hitchcock, Apocalyptica, Basil Rathbone, Danny Elfman, David Bowie, Edgar Allan Poe, Keith Emerson, Marilyn Manson, Mick Karn, P.J. Harvey, Peanuts, Rammstein, Sikitikis, Ulan Bator…