A.M. radio crazies make waking up easier
A narrator praises AM and FM morning radio for easing wakeups. The piece playfully recalls DJs and spoof songs, such as Matt the Cat and Jeff Kinzbach, plus fictional weather and traffic bits that lighten the start of the day. The tone defends radio’s role against alarm clocks.
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A.M
Jeff
Matt the Cat
WMMS
Film Reviewer Reflects on Cinema Pleasures and Pet Peeves
The writer indulges in cinema nostalgia while favoring simple, well made films with clear emotion. They confess bias against movies with cynical characters and criticize technical flaws such as bad acting and confused plots.
Behind the Review Room Screen in Cleveland
A film critic describes the tedious routine of screening notices from studios, traveling to a dim Cleveland room near Public Square, and weighing audience reaction while balancing honesty with restraint. He notes the challenge of avoiding gushing praise and the process of sending reviews to studio reps after publication.
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Public Square
Cleveland
Pasture Long Way Off for Erie County Farmer Krebs
Dave Krebs at 72 buys a blue Ford tractor with cab air conditioning, trading a 1945 McCormick-Deering and a 1940 John Deere. He runs a 150 acre farm near Mason Road, grows soybeans and oats, keeps chickens, and relies on a gas well and coal furnace. The piece traces Krebs family roots in Lorain County, his 1926 farm history, and contrasts rural life with urban pressures.
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McCormick-Deering
John Deere
John Dowdell
Krystowski Tractor
Wellington
Dave
Dowdell
Mason Road
Axtell
Avon
Mason
Hilda
Krebs
Loran
Lawrence Krebs
America
Germany
Avon Area
Avon Lake
John Krebs
Lawrence
Lear Nagle
Ridgeville
From beach bum to Esquire editor at 25
Marilyn Johnson rose from poetry workshop hopeful to associate fiction editor at Esquire in three years. The Oberlin alum, 25, recalls the interview that launched her career, notes Esquire's sexist culture yet persistent female voices, and says her rule is simple when selecting stories. She aims to reflect and influence how Americans view gender and society.
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Marilyn Johnson
California
Esquire Magazine
Ms. Johnson
Oberlin
Esquire
Rust Hills
Charles Simic
New York
University of New Hampshire
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