The Oh, The The Hello John Williams fans, Williams fans, Indiana Jones fans, welcome to the Magic of John

Williams Special Number 60. This is our John Williams birthday special, which if you have any knowledge at all about

John Williams, we are completely laid on. You know, recording dates, slip, things happen, life intervenes, but you know something? There's been so much John Williams news that this is like the after party podcast I mean anyone could do a birthday

podcast and hit his actual birthday in February 8th which was only his 90th

birthday which is humongous achievement but we're we're gonna celebrate the celebration because the news just keeps on coming.

The music is timeless and everything about John Williams is amazing and probably at, I don't know, the peak almost now.

I mean, this is starting to approach the madness of like when he was composing all of his big big films in the 70s and 80s and

taking over the Boston pops and conducting it everywhere Hollywood Bowl Carnegie Hall

whatever it may be.

So we are here to celebrate the man, the person who gives the oxygen of music to our lives,

and of course, as always I am here with my partner Ron Longo.

Ron, welcome to the 60th and the 90th.

Yes, and happy birthday John Townler Williams.

We're really excited, just like Laird said,

yes, we could have you know maybe

released this on the day of his birthday or week but we'd like to be unique here at

the Magic and John Williams Special and just like Laird said you know news

you know, news, you know, reports, birthday wishes all week from all

different various media outlets for John Williams, some great articles released on, you know,

just his life and music. There's been so much really so much out

there you can consume of John Williams. It's been a great week so it actually

works out that we're here today to celebrate his birthday and I'm going to announce in about one minute here,

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