Listen to Shep again

June 8, 2008

From Lois to Shep

Lois Nettleton Estate
Shep releted items for sale

Lois Nettletons estate is selling off some items on ebay, some of which are Shep related, such as line drawings he did. The goal is to help raise money to be contributed to her old alma mater in Chicago, to set up a scholarship. As per her wishes, all her professional materials are being donated to the school.

May 25, 2008

Too Hot for the Networks
Ace Magazine

Here's an article from June 1959 about radio host that were a bit 'radical' in their days and among them is Shep.

May 21, 2008

What The Clown Knew
We'd like to know

Steven Hart, New Jersey journalist, writes an interesting piece about Charles Mingus "The Clown" which was narrated by Jean Shepherd.

May 1, 2008

"Days of Infamy"
by Newt Gingrich and William R Forstchen

The second installment in the Pearl Harbor series of books written by long time Shep Fan William Forstchen, and co-author Newt Gingrich has now been released. This follows the highly successful "Pearl Harbor" and Gettysburg series co-authored by Bill and Newt. Bill is also the author of the ongoing "Lost Regiment" series of books.

April 30, 2008

"Dig the Folks"
Village Voice

Another Village Voice column by Shep from 1958 has surfaced

March 29, 2008

Shep in the Crosswords
Answers to the puzzle

Here are the answers to the crossword puzzle from last week posted below.

March 22, 2008

Shep in the Crosswords
from the 3-17-72 show

On the 3-17-72 show played on Mass Backwards last week, Shep told of a crossword puzzle in the NY Times which featured many Shep related references. Try it out. I'll post the answers next week.

February 29, 2008

More Shep to Digest!
More weekly shows

Thanks to the generosity of Gary from California who recently made a large acquisition of early shows, we will be hearing many of them on the new Shepherd Revisited page. A new show each week to compliment the highly successful and legendary Mass Backwards shows.

February 28,2008

More Syndicated Shep!
From Radio Spirits - formerly Radio Again

Two more sets in the 3rd release of Syndicated Jean Shepherd shows from the Hartwest archives. "Pomp and Circumstance" with 8 shows and "Kicks" with 4 shows. A total of 12 new, never aired shows!

February 3, 2008

Shep in the Amazon
Teaching the Jewsharp

Another rare photo of Shep on his trip to the Amazon. Thanks to Rich B.