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SPOKEN THINGS: radio segments which are broadcast on the radio
Below you'll find a bunch of radio segments I've recorded for a local radio show, Bill Scher's Liberal Oasis on WHMP (Northampton, Mass). These lil' audio stories are supposed to be funny. Or at least mildly entertaining. Or at least not so bad that you'd bother to change the station. I mean, you're probably not going to want to cut yourself when you hear them. They are sorta interesting, especially if you are one of those rare listeners who likes to listen to me talk. A new piece airs about once a month.
Click on the segment title to play, right click to download.
MY SIDE OF THE STORY In which the author smells an opportunity.
This is a parody of a local story, which means that no one outside of western Massachusetts will understand it, and probably only 20% of people in western Massachusetts will understand it, and probably only 3% of them will hear this segment, and only 1% of them will think it's funny. Oh, well. Trust me, it's SCATHING. This piece can also be seen as a comic over on my freelance cartooning page. This segment aired on WHMP (western Mass.); original radio show podcast available here. Closing music by Terry Bell with Friends.
Keywords: Houses, You smell, Northampton, Landfill, Exercise, Ripeness.
(3:00, posted Aug 18, 09)
HOUSES & STUFF In which the author peers suspiciously through the curtains and auto-dials the police. This is little thing I wrote to be used as a radio piece, and also as a 2-page comic, which you can read over on my freelance cartooning page. This segment aired on WHMP (western Mass.); original radio show podcast available here.
Keywords: Houses, Insecurity, Materialism, I'm a big fat jerk.
(2:30, posted Aug 3, 09)
NOT LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF A GUN In which the author almost loses his jelly.
This is a major rewrite of a short thing I wrote years and years ago. The background music is “The Setup", by the fiercely talented No-Shadow Kick. This segment aired on WHMP (western Mass.); original radio show podcast available here.
Keywords: Dunkin Donuts, Armed robbery, Haverhill, Bad New England accents, Boring lives.
(4:11, posted July 13th, 2009)
I THINK YOU SHOULD SHUT UP In which the author accidentally leaves the microphone on while watching YouTube clips of Glenn Beck. The background music is “Easy Feeling Good Time", which I recorded on a 4-track a long long time ago. You can hear it all by its lonesome over on the music page. This segment aired on WHMP (western Mass.); original radio show podcast available here.
Keywords: I think, You should, Shut up.
(1:49, posted June 15, 2009)
THE FIGHTIN' SEEBEES! In which the author stacks boxes, doesn't go anywhere near a submarine, and mispronounces "nuclear" in an unrepentant manner. The background music is “Oh, What a Lovely War” by The Jolly Old Fellows (1930) and “Down in the U-17” by Billy Murray (1916), two vaguely-relevant songs I found on a very interesting website, FirstWorldWar.com. This segment aired on WHMP (western Mass.) - original podcast available here.
Keywords: Submarines, Seabees, Box-stacking, Toxic poisoning, Government dummies.
(5:02, posted May 18, 2009)
TI-99/4A In which the author discusses his old computer and general dorkitude.
The background music is from the TI game Alpiner and a program called Video Graph, which I captured off of the nostalgia-inducing Win994a emulator. And just to give you an idea of how shameless I am about recycling my own old bits, here is TI-themed comic I drew in the early 2000s (and I have yet another comic of the same idea, from 1997). This segment aired on WHMP (western Mass.) on May 9th.
Keywords: TI-99/4A, Home computers, 1982, programming, video games, I am sort of a loser.
(4:06, recorded April, 2009)
HOUSES & STUFF
NOT LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF A GUN
I THINK YOU SHOULD SHUT UP
THE FIGHTIN' SEEBEES!
TI-99/4A
