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PEOPLE/ARTS Thursday 7 sepTember 2017
Webcast marks TV Review: Neil Young’s lost 1976

milestone, unsung acoustic record finally out

pioneer behind it By SCOTT BAUER

Associated Press
In 1976, Neil Young walked
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hap- into a Malibu recording stu-
py 90th birthday, television! dio, armed with his acous-
A live webcast will cel- tic guitar and harmonica,
ebrate the transmission of and laid down a bunch of
the first electronic TV signal tracks in a single session.
on Sept. 7, 1927, and the They sat unreleased for
man behind it, Philo T. Farn- more than 40 years until
sworth. now.
The webcast is set for 6 Dubbed “Hitchhiker,” the
p.m. Thursday from the 10-track archival release is
original location of Farn- a treasure trove for Young
sworth’s San Francisco lab. fans with two previously In this May 18, 2016 file photo, Neil Young poses for a portrait in
It’s available on www.the- unreleased songs and inti- Calabasas, Calif.
historyoftv.com and will be In this Dec. 9, 1930, file mate renditions of some of Associated Press
repeated at 9 p.m. and photo, Philo T. Farnsworth, his best loved tunes. Horse’s electric mayhem No studio versions of “Ha-
midnight Thursday. San Francisco-based in- One of those, “Powder- behind it. Two other songs waii” or “Give Me Strength”
Veteran producer Phil ventor of the television, finger,” takes on a much that also later showed — a standout on “Hitch-
Savenick created the site poses in New York. more haunting tone than up on 1979’s “Rust Never hiker” that Young has oc-
to detail the medium’s his- Associated Press when it was officially re- Sleeps” get an early run- casionally performed live
tory and the contributions leased in 1979 with the full through here: “Ride My — have made it out of the
of Farnsworth and other TV waged a successful legal force and weight of Crazy Llama” and “Pocahontas.” vault before.q
pioneers. battle to be recognized as
The website includes what the inventor of electronic
Savenick calls a “virtual television.
museum” of photos, videos The largely unsung scien-
and stories. tist, a Utah native, died in
In the 1930s, Farnsworth 1971 at age 64.q
Oprah Winfrey and

Alec Baldwin among

Emmy Award presenters

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS says ing and Lea Michele.
Oprah Winfrey, Alec Bald- Rounding out this first roster
win and Jim Parsons are of presenters, announced
among the stars who will Wednesday, are Shemar
be handing out trophies at Moore, Kumail Nanjiani,
the 69th Primetime Emmy Tracee Ellis Ross, Adam
Awards.Other presenters Scott and Reese Wither-
include Riz Ahmed, Antho- spoon. More presenters will
ny Anderson, Jason Bate- be announced later.
man, Jessica Biel and Edie Stephen Colbert will host
Falco; Anna Faris, Allison the Emmys, to air live on
Janney, Rashida Jones, Ni- CBS at 8 p.m. Eastern on
cole Kidman, Debra Mess- Sept. 17.q