Tales of... by Josh Alan Friedman show

Tales of... by Josh Alan Friedman

Summary: TALES OF. . . MY DEAD HEROES is the second season of podcasts from Josh Alan Friedman. But DEAD is a politically incorrect term. Their songs and books and records resonate everywhere, and if you haven’t heard their actual voices, pull up a chair and listen. Novelist Mario Puzo, songwriters Jerry Leiber (Leiber & Stoller) and Doc Pomus, Broadway composer Cy Coleman, original Thunderbirds bassist Keith Ferguson, Atlantic Records producer Joel Dorn, Tiny Tim. . . . And check out TALES OF TIMES SQUARE: THE TAPES. This 17-episodes series captures the voices of Lost New York. Old fighters, strippers, burly-Q men, peep show girls, cops and the priest who tried to save them. Come bend your ear. www.blackcracker.fm

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 #17: Josh in Times Square | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:43

Old Times Square was at the brink of extinction and my job was done. The finale of this series.

 #16: Old Flesh Agents | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:10

Irv Charnoff and Jess Mack were the last remaining vaudeville/burlesque booking agents in 1984. They mourned the decline of wholesome American show-biz, as it devolved into pornography.

 #16: Old Flesh Agents | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:10

Irv Charnoff and Jess Mack were the last remaining vaudeville/burlesque booking agents in 1984. They mourned the decline of wholesome American show-biz, as it devolved into pornography.

 #15: Gentle with the Girls | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:12

Al Kronish, one of the Melody Burlesk’s owners, was the first CPA to do tax returns for porn stars. Under constant legal harassment from the city, he kept Times Square’s last bastion of old burlesque open and spread-eagled.

 #15: Gentle with the Girls | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:12

Al Kronish, one of the Melody Burlesk’s owners, was the first CPA to do tax returns for porn stars. Under constant legal harassment from the city, he kept Times Square’s last bastion of old burlesque open and spread-eagled.

 #14: The Life | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:19

No sooner than the neighborhood rid itself of filth, pimps and whores came dancing back into the hearts of Broadway. Composer Cy Coleman and writer David Newman discuss their hit musical in 1997.

 #14: The Life | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:19

No sooner than the neighborhood rid itself of filth, pimps and whores came dancing back into the hearts of Broadway. Composer Cy Coleman and writer David Newman discuss their hit musical in 1997.

 #13: The Hooker Bus | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:33

Girls from all over the country gravitated to NY to make more money in street prostitution than anywhere else. Missionary Arlene Carmen ran a mobile van that gave them a respite from the cops, the tricks and their pimps.

 #13: The Hooker Bus | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:33

Girls from all over the country gravitated to NY to make more money in street prostitution than anywhere else. Missionary Arlene Carmen ran a mobile van that gave them a respite from the cops, the tricks and their pimps.

 #12: The Princess of 42nd Street | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:34

Fanny Gold ran her family’s 42nd Street newsstand as an eight-year-old girl in 1915. Living in poverty one block away, she was enchanted by Times Square’s aristocratic era. And was mugged six times

 #12: The Princess of 42nd Street | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:34

Fanny Gold ran her family’s 42nd Street newsstand as an eight-year-old girl in 1915. Living in poverty one block away, she was enchanted by Times Square’s aristocratic era. And was mugged six times

 #11: The Man Who Booked the Movies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:40

Martin Levine, president of Brandt Theaters, booked most of the movies across 42nd Street for 50 years. His office reflects the faded glamour of a once mighty theater empire now reduced to kung-fu, grindhouse and porn flicks.

 #11: The Man Who Booked the Movies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:40

Martin Levine, president of Brandt Theaters, booked most of the movies across 42nd Street for 50 years. His office reflects the faded glamour of a once mighty theater empire now reduced to kung-fu, grindhouse and porn flicks.

 #10: Uncle Lou’s Scrapbook | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:50

That’s how Uncle Lou, a geologist turned chauffeur, saw many of the girls in Times Square, who affectionately called him Uncle. His scrapbook documents an era of burlesque queens and porn starlets, whom he remains loyal to decades after their careers ended.

 #10: Uncle Lou’s Scrapbook | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:50

That’s how Uncle Lou, a geologist turned chauffeur, saw many of the girls in Times Square, who affectionately called him Uncle. His scrapbook documents an era of burlesque queens and porn starlets, whom he remains loyal to decades after their careers ended.

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