Friday, July 30, 2010

Love is all you need...

This weekend is music heavy on KACV...late Friday night see a rebroadcast of LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN with singer-songwriter David Gray...

Saturday on LAWRENCE WELK the bubbles will be flowing with songs by Johnny Mercer, whose genius included music like "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby"...7pm
And don't miss Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley on Austin City Limits...10pm

And of course no weekend is complete without a Beatle alert when we feature a rebroadcast of the most excellent PAUL McCARTNEY: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE, along with a lineup of singers and musicians and the "cute one" himself performing a lot of our favorite music...2pm

Thursday, July 29, 2010

From Dakar & Djibouti to Detroit & Chicago...

Tonight on LIVE FROM THE ARTIST'S DEN...British singer-songwriter David Gray burst onto the world stage in 2000 with his multiplatinum fourth album White Ladder, boosted by the success of the international hit single, "Babylon." Since then, he's sold over 12 million CDs and released three consecutive charttopping albums in the UK. For PBS David Gray brought his signature mix of acoustic instrumentation and electronic samples to Wall Street for an intimate performance at the Broad Street Ballroom, providing a colorful setting as he played songs from his eagerly anticipated new album...8pm

Globetrekker travels all the way to the Midwest here in the good old USA...9pm

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Hey Jude...

Beatles invasion hits the White House! Never before had any of the Beatles come to the presidential mansion, but when Paul McCartney accepts the annual Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, it will be at the White House, with President Obama doing the honors. Sir Paul performs along with a sampling of the countless musicians and perfomers that were influenced by the most enduring pop genius of our time...7 pm

HOW THE BEATLES ROCKED THE KREMLIN offers a look behind the Iron Curtain and the music fans who listened to the Beatles at the risk of arrest...8:30 pm

This sneak preview of PBS' upcoming series "Circus," gives a sample of the series and a behind-the-scenes look at how the producers documented the dramatic lives of those working under the big tent to put on the traveling Big Apple Circus...9:30 pm

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Who remembers Snoopy?

Tonight NOVA asks the question: who killed the Red Baron? Many suspect Snoopy, but Nova intends to get to the bottom of it...7pm

DAYTRIPPER travels to Burnet at 8, and LIFE (PART 2) takes a close look at the differences between Baby Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y at 8:30...

Port calls allow sailors to blow off steam, but they don't relieve all the pressure. In Guam, a young sailor coming to terms with his upbringing can't play by the rules and is forced out of the Navy. From Guam, the Nimitz sails through the Straits of Malacca, past Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, the last liberty call before the long haul to the Persian Gulf...CARRIER...9pm

Monday, July 26, 2010

She went immediately to the casino...

The last week of July...summer is fading fast!
tonight ANTIQUES ROADSHOW starts a run in Las Vegas, with drawings by Woody Guthrie, and a fabulous five-carat, Asscher-cut diamond ring, inherited from the owner's grandfather, owner of a jewelry store/pawn shop in a Colorado mining town. The tearful owner realizes she's hit pay dirt when the ring is valued at $165,000 to $175,000...7pm

Then the the final installment of TURMOIL & TRIUMPH: THE GEORGE SHULTZ YEARS...
Shultz is in the midst of preparations for the summit meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland, when news breaks that the United States was indeed trading arms for the Nicaraguan Contras to secure the release of the Iran hostages, and Newsweek reveals that the CIA is mining the harbor in Managua. The Reykjavik summit leads to the most significant nuclear arms reduction pact of the Cold War and is the pinnacle of Shultz' career in government service...9PM

Friday, July 23, 2010

How deep is the ocean...how high is the sky...

This weekends television highlights include the very first episode of AS TIME GOES BY...Lionel and Jean meet again by accident after 38 years...9pm

Legendary New Orleans songwriter Allen Toussaint on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS...Saturday 10pm

The Monterey Bay Aquarium is recognized as one of the most significant and spectacular aquariums in the world because of its realistic presentations. Instead of exhibiting collections of animals, the Aquarium presents entire habitats, virtual slices of ocean that include 30,000 animals and plants. But how does an Aquarium work? What's the science behind the magic?
Find out in this edition of NATURE...Sunday 7pm

Thursday, July 22, 2010

He turned 21 in prison, doing life without parole...

Before we talk about thursday...if you missed the American Masters on Wednesday night featuring Merle Haggard, you really missed a great story. Lots of interviews with musicians and friends, lots of songs and stories, lots of Merle being Merle...amazing. Rebroadcast tonight-1am

Tonight we have a continuation of the Newton Centre Project on This Old House Hour...7pm

Live From the Artists Den features Tori Amos in New York City...8pm

And Globe Trekker is living the good life in the Caribbean Islands...wish I was there...9pm