Our semi-occasional weekly round-up of the most absurd and head shaking news!
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“Probably one of the strangest interludes in my life was the time I spent as an employee in Alfred Wunsiedel’s factory…”
This time, for Labor Day weekend, I’ll be reading a droll story by Heinrich Böll about a pensive worker who finds his true calling in a world that seems to demand action at all costs. It’s called Action Will Be Taken.
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Main Street,
Margaretville, New York
Herein, Part two of our conversation with Jeremy Braddock, author of the book, Firesign.
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Note: Our posting lately has been more sporadic than usual–we hope to be back up to speed in a week or two.
If you are of a certain age, growing up as a high school or college kid during the late 60s or early 70s, then odds are that at least one time as you were toking up, the surrealist record LPs of the Firesign Theatre invaded your brain. As the albums brilliantly shifted in and out of tv, film and radio parody, they broke down walls of time, space and authority. Now in a new book about the Firesign Theater, called Firesign, author Jeremy Braddock provides a wonderful non-linear look at the four influential guys who turned the art of radio and recording upside down. I was happy to have as our guest on the show, the author of Firesign, Jeremy Braddock.
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Part Two here:
Monday morning, It is what it is. Another Jesse Welles gem. This guy is writing topical songs as fast or faster than Phil Ochs and Tom Paxton used to in the Sing Out! days.
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Jules Feiffer, 1929-2025
This is the first I’d heard of Jesse Welles, but he’s quite the songwriter.
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Digital Wizard Zach King delights in this compilation of short videos!
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The brilliant video wizard, Zach King, will make you feel like a kid again with his wonderful visual illusions.
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Monday morning, musician Steve Poltz sings about his utmost wish. I think by the time you reach the end of this video, you, too, will be smiling ear to ear.
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Thanks to YouTuber Shakypix
Austin Nasso, our favorite Donald Trump imitator, also does an awesome Tony Robbins self-help guru imitation. Here he is doing hilarious crowd work as Robbins with his audience.
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After nearly a year off, back from hiatus–which is ten miles east of Dallas–The Jack & Rick Worldwide Network and hamburger stand is happy to announce the return of Jack & Rick’s Radio Shack! Thanks to Rick Tuman!
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Dallas, Texas
