My pal K. called me about a week ago. “You gotta learn to play this song,” he said. I was kinda ambivelent – my original ambition had been to learn a good classic Hannukah song for the Seattle Ukulele Player’s Association holiday party. I started fishing around for music and everything was minor key and somber and not in Hawaiian so much. Or, just kind of dumb, I mean, “I had a little dreidl’ is not a particularly clever bit of songwriting.… continued…
Yup, once again, an episode of “Learn from a total moron’s mistakes.” Take notes, people, so you don’t have to learn the hard way like I am.
Today’s lesson is called Know Your Hardware.
Say you shop around a little and you spring for a cute little mic. And it works good, yessiree, you know that because you’ve tried it out at home. Well, you drive across town and hook the thing up, right?… continued…
Welcome to the next Nerd’s Eye View podcast. It includes three stories about home. In the first segment, Julia remembers home with a song. In the second segment, Jesse asks about the words to the Czech national anthem. In the third (read by me) Marilyn talks about finding home in an unexpected place. The music is by Emmylou Harris, Mark Erelli and Zero 7 – oh, and the Czech National Anthem is by Frantisek Skoup with lyrics by Josef Kajetan Tyl.… continued…
If you go to WGBH Morning Stories and click Home Alone you’ll hear – hey, wait! That’s me! I start at about the six minute mark, but you should listen to the whole thing.
I am giddy with delight to find that I don’t sound like a complete idiot. It is odd to hear the edited version – we talked for probably half an hour and this is just a few minutes with big chunks cut out.… continued…
Update: This is a recycled post from 2006. The project did happen. It’s called “There’s no place like it” and it’s here.
Hey you disaffected disinclined expatriates, wanna be expatriates, travelers, and non-travelers out there! Hey! Hello!
I’ve been listening to a lot of experimental audio lately. And I’d like to try mixing a little podcast comprised of stories – a little “This Ex-American Life” for you NPR fans.
Here’s the deal – you send me some audio, then I produce and podcast.… continued…
