Media Burn Founder Tom Weinberg visits with singer/songwriter Sally Station who appeared on an episode of the television show “Chicago Slices” in 1993. Watch the Full Episode of “Chicago Slices” featuring Sally Station here. For more on Sally Station and Xumapaz, click here:
Media Burn Founder Tom Weinberg shares a few thoughts on his good friend and Major League Baseball legend Bill Veeck. Bill Veeck Sample Watch the full version of A Man For Any Season (1986). ESPN Classic Bio on Bill Veeck
Media Burn Founder Tom Weinberg introduces a short piece on blues legend Muddy Waters. Muddy Waters Clip
Watch this short piece on Minnesota Fats:
WTTW 1991 Christmas Party Video Clip featuring John Callaway
Media Burn Founder Tom Weinberg shares his thoughts on Edward V. Hanrahan’s recent death and the controversy behind the events of a 1969 raid on one of the main headquarters of the Black Panthers in Chicago, IL. Full Version: Part 1 Part 2
Media Burn Founder Tom Weinberg introduces Esti Marpet’s 1983 documentary “West Bank: Whose Promised Land.” WEST BANK: WHOSE PROMISED LAND? by Esti Marpet, 1983
Things have been on the up and up at MediaBurn recently. Not long ago, through a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, we were able to have a group of our oldest and most vulnerable 1/2″ reel-to-reel videotapes restored and transferred by the talented people at Specs Bros. The first batch includes raw footage from the The Image Union documentary “Five Day Bicycle Race.” The tapes contain hours of footage from in and around the 1976 … Continue reading