Long-time listeners may remember my Year 2016 interview with Mr. Ling, the man behind the podcast, Antique Shanghai Pop Music. On this American Thanksgiving holiday weekend I thought our newer audience members would enjoy my conversation with Ling about the pop music scene in 1920s, 1930s and 1940s Shanghai.
The tumultuous history and cultural upheavals in 20th century Shanghai was like nothing anywhere else in the world. It's pop music scene uniquely blended elements of Chinese, American and Japanese influences with new recording and broadcasting technologies. Ling's commentary explains in context "a unique sentimentality that is not only understood through the context of history; it can be thought as a discontinued school of aesthetics, a lost craft."
On this American Thanksgiving holiday weekend I wish to convey to all of you my sincerest gratitude to so many of you who tune-in each week, and to all of our show's supporters -past and present- and to 1490 WGCH/WGCH.com who work hard to make Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim possible. May all of your lives be filled with good things and safe travels. May your homes be filled with laughter and happiness.
Please tune-in this coming Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern USA Time/11:30 p.m. Beijing Time for the next broadcast of Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim. I look forward to welcoming you.
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