boblog -- by bob stepno

Here, mostly about music; oldtime-radio research at JHeroes; more general blog, other journalism; and on Mastodon as newsie.social/@BobStep

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Vestibules? Yes, vestibules

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"What's on my mind?" a certain social media app asked me this morning. Honestly, for some reason, what was on my mind was the ...
Tuesday, February 04, 2025

Another Tiple player from the 1920s!

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 I thought I'd written about Frank Crumit before, as a prominent vocalist and ukulele player a century ago... but it looks the site ...
Monday, January 06, 2025

1960s, Dylan, folk music & me ...

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I haven't even seen the A Complete Unknown Dylan-goes-electric movie yet, but Facebook discussions around it and conversati...
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Tiple and mandolin, together at last

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I didn't find these recordings earlier in my searches for players of the 10-string Martin-style tiple ... but now I have! Th...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Almost 1,374 hours in the kitchen making "Smiles" and other great music

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Some wonderful songs here, including "Teddy Bears' Picnic," "I Told Them All About You," "Smiles" and more...
Thursday, October 31, 2024

20 years on Virginia's Crooked Road, plus a contra dance

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 In a rare blogging crossover, it seemed appropriate to write  in my other blog  today about the Cardinal News article  tracing the history ...
Thursday, August 29, 2024

Wildwood Flowering in 2024

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 I just saw a comment on the 1928 recording of Wildwood Flower by the Carter Family that set me off researching so much that I have to shar...
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While this was a more general blog at first, since 2009, Boblog has been for occasional writing about music, part of trying to differentiate my web writing spaces. My other blogs are JHeroes (old-time radio's portrayal of journalists) & Other Journalism, a general-purpose writerly blog, successor to stepno.com/oldblog. When I was teaching, they all sometimes served other purposes. I have worked for two newspapers (one full time for 11 years), several magazines, four software companies, and six colleges and universities, counting part-time, freelance and student jobs. See stepno.com.
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