H.L. Mencken Speaks
November 9th, 2009 | 
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H.L. Mencken tells it like it was. This is the only known recording of his voice and it is incredibly rare. I’ll load the rest of the interview if anyone requests it.
Duration : 0:9:51
H.L. Mencken tells it like it was. This is the only known recording of his voice and it is incredibly rare. I’ll load the rest of the interview if anyone requests it.
Duration : 0:9:51
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Mencken wrote some …
Mencken wrote some painfull truths about American society. No wonder why those rightwing republicans hated and scared him.
Wow! Thanks for …
Wow! Thanks for posting this! I’m reading “Notes on Democracy” now and am looking forward to much more. It’s wonderful to hear him speak.
his voice seems …
his voice seems like a mix of lenny bruce and george carlin!
H.L Mencken has …
H.L Mencken has influenced me in so many ways. His essays were entertaining and his writing style was incredible.
this guy rocks! …
this guy rocks! thanks for this. good stuff all around
Incredible News! I …
Incredible News! I have been made aware that H.L. Mencken was not only made a solitary venture into voice recordings, but also a solitary venture into silent movies. Camille was directed in 1926 by Ralph Barton and features a cast including Mencken. I will try and track it down.
Prose! We lost …
Prose! We lost lovely prose with the advent of political correctness. Mencken is the master of laugh out loud criticism. I love it!
um sorry, I was …
um sorry, I was tired, sorry bout’ the part. I meant to say R. E. Lee and J. Lawrence really seemed to capture the whole judgementativeness (excuse me if that isn’t a word but I think you get what I was saying) and I was very surprised by the sound of the voice, because even though he was fatigue, he seemed a calm for someone portrayed as fast and clever.
e k hornbeck bitches
e k hornbeck bitches
He’s up there with …
He’s up there with La Rochefoucauld, Chamfort, Lichtenberg, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. A real hard ass. But he had a feeling for the lighter side of life.
I don’t recall …
I don’t recall Terry Teachout mentioning this recording in his biography, “The Sceptic”. An amazing upload! Thanks, Kaiser.
Mencken has the …
Mencken has the BEST quotes!
Cool!!! Mencken …
Cool!!! Mencken you’re a hero to many.
Thanks!
Thanks!
“I believe it is …
“I believe it is the nature of the human species to reject what is true but unpleasant and to embrace what is obviously false but comforting.” H.L. Mencken
I love Mencken
I love Mencken
Thank you for this, …
Thank you for this, Kaiser. Pls post the rest. Resonate Mencken!
Thank you for this. …
Thank you for this. If you have anything more of Mencken that you haven’t posted yet please do. It will be much appreciated.
This is amazing. …
This is amazing. Thank you SO much for finding and posting this treasure! I always wanted to hear him speak.
It’s H.L. Mencken!! …
It’s H.L. Mencken!!!
wow
Any explanation for …
Any explanation for why segment VII is blank/mute?
Everything else is tickiteeboo, but that segment is silent.
split the audio …
split the audio track at the 10 min mark, select the second part.
under the menu, click extract audio.
just from memory, probably not exact.
Read the …
Read the Chrestomathy or the Vintage Mencken. He was, in my opinion, the greatest American social critic. He exposed all kinds of fooleries in American Kultur, and you’d be surprised how many such fooleries are still around, so he’s quite relevant. And he’s very funny, so that’s a plus.
Excuse my ignorance …
Excuse my ignorance but who is this Mencken guy? How is he relevant?
Thank you very much …
Thank you very much, KaiserAl32. These Mencken recordings rank among the best uploads ever posted on Youtube.