Programming note: I'll be back later today, Saturday, with the latest episode of our eighth-birthday Tale for Our Time, Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome.
~In this week's episode of Mark Steyn on the Town, we mark Golden Spike Day, enjoy songs from Texans and Tuscans, ponder a funny lady's serious turn, and remember all Frank's tomorrows.
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~Thank you for your kind comments about last week's first-birthday edition of our show. Nancy, a Montana Steyn Clubber, says:
Happy first anniversary Mark! On the Town is my favorite non-fattening pleasure. Thank you for the music (and the stories, and the humor, and the characters)!
Thank you, Nancy. Seven time-zones ahead, Fraser's on board with that:
Ah yes, On the Town, let's cut to the chase: the best radio programme I ever heard, anytime, anywhere. May it continue forever. Enough said.
Joe Cressotti, a First Week Founding Member of The Mark Steyn Club, likes the show, but has mixed feelings about "The Sound of Silence":
Congratulations on the 1 year birthday! What a nice celebration. Here's to many more!
BTW It's nice to hear I'm not the only one annoyed by 'A street lamp.' I always loved the song despite that line, which I assumed I misheard or didn't understand. Not crazy about the 'stabbed eyes' either, come to think of it. Yet I confess the song has a strange hold over me.
Alysia, a First Weekend Founding Member, enjoyed our finale:
Mark, you have my blanket permission to play the Al Jolson recording of 'The Anniversary Song' every year for the program anniversary. Simply lovely AND a waltz!
No arguments there, Alysia. That is a great record.
~On the Town is my weekly music show on Serenade Radio every Saturday at 5pm British Summer Time - that's 6pm in western and central Europe or 12 noon North American Eastern. You can listen from anywhere in the world by clicking the button at top right here.
As you know, I'm a great believer in old-school appointment listening, and love the way Serenade's Saturday schedule flows through the day. However, we appreciate that many potential listeners are, at the appointed hour, shampooing the cat. So, as a bonus for Steyn Club members, we post On the Town at SteynOnline every weekend. You can find all our previous shows here.
We do enjoy your comments on our weekend programming. Steyn Clubbers are welcome to leave them below. For more on The Mark Steyn Club, see here - and don't forget our special Gift Membership.
Mark Steyn on the Town can be heard on Serenade Radio back at its regular times next weekend:
Saturday 5pm London time/12 noon New York
Sunday 5am London time/9pm Los Angeles
