Archive for February, 2010

And the Irving Thalberg Award Goes to…

By Sleeves, 24 February, 2010, No Comment

I thought I had no chance to win this. Lots of great entries and I’m tired of hearing it.

But I am old and have been in the business for a while. Irving Thalberg time.

So I say thank you to Ron & Fez and Mr. East Side Dave and Sir Christopher Stanley. This comes at a good time.

And once more, Pennystock Chaser jingle:

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Here’s the original live Ron & Fez live read:

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“Live Free or Undead”

By Sleeves, 19 February, 2010, 2 Comments

Rick Broussard, Editor of New Hampshire Magazine, is collaborating with Plaidswede Press publisher George Geers, on a new anthology of New Hampshire based horror fiction titled “Live Free or Undead.”

This piece for NHPR should run today about 5:40 or so and then again on Monday morning around 7:30.

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: George Geers

: Rick Broussard

“The Pennbennies” today on WSPS

By Sleeves, 19 February, 2010, No Comment

“The Pennbennies” airs today on WSPS 90.5 FM at 5 pm with music from Pete Seeger, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Stars of the Lid, Eddie Cantor, Labradford, Tom Waits, and Low.

Listen at home on PC via the live stream.

You can also get the stream on your iPhone/iTouch using Internet RadioBOX (simply use the app’s built-in SHOUTcast directory search feature to find “WSPS 90.5″‘s stream).

Or click on the player below:

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Specialist Marc Decoteau, RIP

By Sleeves, 8 February, 2010, No Comment

Most of the stories I’ve done for NHPR have been fun or light. Not this one.

But it was still the most rewarding story I’ve worked on. The world of the fallen soldier is rife with cliche. There’s not much you can do about it, except be careful and try to find the real person beneath the golden memory. My thanks to Tom Quackenbush and Sarah Bunkley. Read more about it here.

Story on NHPR:

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Marc Decoteau

By Sleeves, 5 February, 2010, No Comment

This is just a rough draft of an audio piece on Marc, which will simply be the voices of a few people who knew him well.

As of now, it’s Sarah Bunkley, Marc’s theater teacher from Plymouth High and Tom Quackenbush, a friend. But if you knew Marc and have a story you want to share, please get in touch!

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Who is Sherwin Sleeves?

My name is Sean Hurley and I am Sherwin Sleeves ombudsman, gopher, handyman, internet person, musical assistant, and all around amanuensis. Sherwin lives just up the road from me in the next town over and I visit him once or twice a week to pick up songs or stories or whatever he has to give me. He's an older man of about 79. He lives in a small cabin on top of Marked Mountain, in Lemon, New Hampshire. I believe he spent much of his time working for a traveling theater. He is not married and apparently has no other family. A frequent question: Does he really do all that walking? Yes! He does do a lot of walking. Even with the cane and a slightly bad leg, he walks more than anyone I know and he doesn’t seem to bother with any difference between night or day. He’ll set off at midnight for a 10 mile journey to nowhere. From what I’ve learned, he doesn’t seem to have the least idea where he’s heading to when he goes out – he just puts on his hat and walks out the door and is suddenly gone. Please feel free to contact him at sherwinsleeves(at)yahoo(dot)com.