By Gum, Phantom Dancers,

I ran out of time on the 8 July show to play you the great live 1930s radio swing and jazz by Fats Waller, Duke Ellington I had listed in the play list for you. And I had to talk over Count Basie to say goodbye and close the show. Plus, I missed out playing you the scheduled Singing Sam track and Big Noise From Winnetka live on the wireless by the Bob Crosby crew.

So this week all those wonderful airchecks will be played, plus more swing and jazz from 1930s-50s radio and TV by Vaughn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Bunny Berrigan and more. See the play list below.

Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is a fine example of how valuable it is to record your favourite radio shows, like The Phantom Dancer, at home.

Here is a home recording made 29 January 1931 of four…

When Hong Kongers held an unofficial referendum last month to call for democratic reforms, Beijing branded it as “illegal” and Chinese state media called it “mincing ludicrousness.” Now residents of Macau, China’s other special administrative region and the world’s largest center for gambling, are planning an unofficial referendum of their own.

Like Hong Kong, Macau is governed by a chief executive chosen by an election committee that critics say is largely pro-Beijing. Unlike Hong Kong, Macau has been mostly apolitical since the city’s return to Chinese control in 1999. (For instance, while a proposed national security law prompted half a million people to protest in Hong Kong in 2003, a similar law was approved easily in Macau in 2009.)

But now the Macanese, angered by growing inequality and an influx of migrants from the Chinese mainland, are becoming more politically active. In May, Macau’s chief executive withdrew a bill that would grant officials lavish retirement packages after more than 20,000 protesters…