Glee Club hall of famer Bob Ford discusses his journey from Evansville, Indiana, to becoming an integral part of Purdue’s basketball team and his recent induction into the Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame. Continue reading
on: 10/30/2024, by: Paul L., 0 comments
Thirty years ago this month (Saturday, April 3rd to be exact), the Glee Club celebrated its centennial with a special performance at Elliott Hall of music, featuring performers from prior eras, combined voices of PMO, and special remarks by President Beering. Continue reading
on: 4/18/2023, by: Paul L., 0 comments
After graduating from Purdue I set out to make a documentary about the Glee Club. The PVGC was singing at Carnegie hall that year, and I met a Purdue grad and filmmaker (forgot his name) who gave me some suggestions for camera techniques, lighting, interviewing, and style. The goal was to be a first-person overview of the Glee Club as an organization, supported by interviews, concert and rehearsal footage, as well as bus-loading, sirs meetings, backstage antics, etc. Continue reading
on: 5/23/2022, by: Paul L., 2 comments
In this recording from First Nighter 1978, Glee Clubber and Ukrainian-American Andrew Werbiansky sang a [popular folk song](https://pvgcdb.com/songs/entry/78-eos-15-ukranian-folk.mp3) from his… Continue reading
on: 3/5/2022, by: Paul L., 0 comments
PMODB, as you might guess, is modeled after PVGCDB with a goal of expanding searchable content to all PMO eras and ensembles. For now, though, it's all Christmas Show music and playlists. I'll add… Continue reading
on: 12/11/2021, by: Paul L., 0 comments
Some observations about how (and from where) the site is being used.
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on: 9/10/2021, by: Paul L., 1 comment
The PVGCDB began as a way to enjoy the archival recordings that were distributed at the 125th weekend. It now serves as a fun way to browse and interact with material from all decades, using a… Continue reading
on: 8/6/2021, by: Paul L., 6 comments
Just in from eBay, a late 50s 45 rpm with 3 tracks. Listen to the result! Continue reading
on: 3/9/2021, by: Paul L., 3 comments
Give me your tapes, your LPs, your buried recordings yearning to be free. Just bought a DIGITNOW Turntable for Cassette/Vinyl to MP3 conversion. I suppose it would be better if it saved to a lossless… Continue reading
on: 3/8/2021, by: Paul L., 0 comments