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Anyone else have "The Panic Is On", the DVD and CD compilation by 'Shanachie.com'? Just got it after an Amazon search for 'Depression movies' and it captures an essence of the era, especially the CD. What great selections! Mind, I am grateful my judgement of 'an essence' is based on reading and my grandparents' and mother's stories, not first-hand experience!
So much humor, dark as it was, in the music! The sound quality was very good. I may have to get some Bessie Smith recordings, and Hezekiah Jenkins too.
The DVD's are mostly newsreel or 'propoganda' footage but very evocative and great pictures of 'everyman's clothing. The two "Mr. Zero" reels are a hoot. The guy was real but whoever really had that diction? Wow.
So much humor, dark as it was, in the music! The sound quality was very good. I may have to get some Bessie Smith recordings, and Hezekiah Jenkins too.
The DVD's are mostly newsreel or 'propoganda' footage but very evocative and great pictures of 'everyman's clothing. The two "Mr. Zero" reels are a hoot. The guy was real but whoever really had that diction? Wow.