tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post7584154952811753343..comments2024-03-17T22:58:56.270-05:00Comments on AKSARBENT: Antiquarium Bookstore: rumours of its demise greatly exaggerated; lost Orson Welles radio ad touting the shop; a discount for AKSARBENT readers!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post-63626433121059020192016-04-08T23:52:33.312-05:002016-04-08T23:52:33.312-05:00From Newsweek:
In his memoir Making Movies With Or...From Newsweek:<br />In his memoir Making Movies With Orson Welles, Gary Graver recalls that Welles referred to his commercials as “working in the suburbs of cinema.” But Welles didn’t mind the work. His deep, booming voice lent itself to ads and narration. Welles hated working in giant recording studios, though. He had his own recording equipment, and hired Graver to be his engineer. Welles was Enzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667309559832622964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post-42734127337528039282016-04-08T22:52:27.593-05:002016-04-08T22:52:27.593-05:00I don't believe it is Orson Welles doing the v...I don't believe it is Orson Welles doing the voiceover on this ad. This is Alexander Scourby. He did all the Eastern Airlines TV commercials for many years starting in the 1970's. Scourby was a movie and stage actor who also narrated more than 400 of the Talking Books recordings...including several versions of the Bible. He was described by a columnist in the Chicago Tribune as having&Newshoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10782021790868324561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post-78058893643226860782012-10-12T14:01:55.976-05:002012-10-12T14:01:55.976-05:00Worth mentioning that Brownville has a couple of o...Worth mentioning that Brownville has a couple of other bookstores, restaurant, winery, and stores. Great historic town to spend the weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post-29256912619235705742012-05-05T22:13:30.777-05:002012-05-05T22:13:30.777-05:00Tom Rudlof...what a mensch! He really encouraged ...Tom Rudlof...what a mensch! He really encouraged and supported me as an intellectual as well as a vocalist and performer when I was trying to find my path back in the day. The Antiquarium was a hang out for social/political pundits, chess and trivial pursuit marathons, band rehearsals and art show openings. It was a place where you find other like minded folks have a coffee and hang out in theEbonywahinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438623607998201596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post-1307327804392752962012-03-30T16:27:07.593-05:002012-03-30T16:27:07.593-05:00Ah, memories. Count me among those who wish they c...Ah, memories. Count me among those who wish they could afford to buy the Antiquarium building. <br /><br />I was lucky enough to know Dave Sink before he was the godfather of indie rock, when he was a reporter at the Sun Newspapers and a part-time instructor at UNO. When the Sun papers were closing, Dave took on what was a bunch of disorganized vinyl albums, ruthlessly winnowed out the worn-out, cynicalgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924308227196323755noreply@blogger.com