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...discovered Private Lightning," Falk smiles proudly. "And the first time The Talking Heads were heard on the radio was here." Their song "Psychokiller" has gained them acclaim in punk rock circles...
...offer an alternative to the top 40," says rock programming director Rob Falk '79. Clad in a black leather jacket and omnipresent t-shirt, Falk is a self-confessed punk rock aficionado. "You're not going to hear The Shirts on just any station," he insists...
Stewart Kagan '80, head of classical programming, echoes Falk in defending the originality of selections played on the station. "We avoid playing the classical 'warhorses' of WCRB--the popular classical music station." Beethoven's Fifth, Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet" and Mussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain" all qualify as warhorses, says Kagan...
...Most radio stations won't experiment. They only play what sells," comments Falk. One of the station's nine rock dj's, Falk says WHRB has helped launch the careers of many local groups by giving them airtime. As examples, he cites The Tweeds and Private Lightning...
...abundance of talent in the supporting cast cannot make up for a weak Macheath or Jenny. Morton Pierce stands out as the eminently bribable police chief, a bald-headed buffoon; so does Kathryn Falk as Lucy Brown, his daughter and Macheath's other wife. Falk's delivery of the pathetic "Barbara Song" was the best number of the evening. In most productions this is Polly's lament; I suppose Lucy took this one on after Polly got "Pirate Jenny." Playing a game of musical numbers like this may match singers up with the songs they can perform, but it also...