I thought I was done with the Pennystock chaser…but R&F played the audio with Sam singing and talked about it a little, so here’s a snippet of that… [audio: http://radioghost.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/SamSleevesRF.mp3] There was some milk-and-honey New Hampshire talk, so I thought I’d write a song to set things straight. Even though I don’t think there’s much …
Month: November 2009
And he reveals his favorite part! (I hope to the lord this is my last post about Ye Olde Pennystock Chaser…) [audio: http://radioghost.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/SamPenny.mp3] And lastly, did you know…I need a job?
“In which Sherwin is invited to dine aboard the Flying Yankee, which invitation includes a rather mysterious request. Music by: Sherwin Sleeves, The Ink Spots, The Eels, Johann Johannsson, British Sea Power, David Byrne, Mark Kozelek & Elizabeth Cotten” Sherwin wrote “The Dinner in the Dark” for Thanksgiving Day broadcast on New Hampshire Public Radio. …
Ron helped get me ready for the asylum yesterday as he relentlessly played Penny Stock Chaser as Fez tried to do the live read. [audio: http://radioghost.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/PennyStockrf.mp3] And I felt sure I would be very happy never to hear it again. But then Moochcassidy made up this cool video and now I have found peace with …
I understand that WBEZ in Chicago played Sarro’s Balloon yesterday – some people wanted to buy it, but ha ha – it’s not sellable at the moment. I’m hoping to perform this story live in Peterborough in January at the release party for Redwing Blackbird’s new CD. Sam Amidon (I used 2 of his songs …
Sam wanted a snack outside on the porch, so I set the camera up and away we go: I sent my application in to Stonyfield today. 🙂
I don’t think my songs will ever top the charts. But I think they work in the context of other things – like radio shows or stories…or products maybe. I think I would have made a good jingle writer. So here’s a quick Stonyfield Jingle- a part of my continuing mad-and-minor quest to get a …
I’ll be doing three live performances of my new Christmas musical play Whisper, Pray, Make Room this December. Â It’s kind of like Charles Dickens “Christmas Carol” meets Eric Bogosian’s “Talk Radio” meets a crazy steamboat musical. My Scrooge is a virulent talk radio host named Steve “The Sledgehammer” King. He’s bitter, his audience hates …
I was eating lunch and listening to R&F and Ron started singing along as Fez did a live read for Penny Stock Chaser. I was trying to redo what Ron was doing, but after I sat down at the piano I couldn’t really remember. ha ha. Here it is anyway…[audio: http://radioghost.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/PennyStockChaser.mp3] Ron relentlessly playing it …
Lois isn’t feeling well so Sam & I took a drive to Campton Cupboard to get her some soup and orange juice. Along the way Sam asked some questions about growing up – specifically wondering why he can’t “feel” his body growing. [audio: http://radioghost.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bigfeet.mp3]