[Kzyxtalk] Girl power.

[Marco McClean]

"I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we 
used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise 
they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind’s 
door at 4 A.M. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who 
betrayed them, who is going to make amends." --Joan Didion


The recording of last night's (2016-02-26) Memo of the Air: Good Night 
Radio show is available to download or just listen to free with one 
click, maybe two, via http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com


Equipment problems prevented starting on time, but Bob Young showed up 
and made a fricking satellite phone out of an umbrella and a 
Speak-N-Spell, and by 9:30 I stumbled into the air. And after a couple 
of minutes of getting used to weightlessness it went pretty well. Mitch 
Clogg and Elly Cooney came in and Mitch read from his new book. Alex 
called much later and talked about film. I think you’ll like it.


Again, I want to recommend the teevee series /Jessica Jones/. It's 
adapted from the Marvel comix. It's about a self-loathing alcoholic 
private detective with a low-rent superpower (strength) and a reasonable 
explanation for the self-loathing part of it, a both fathomable and 
fathomless remorse. The villain is played by everyone's favorite 
/Doctor/, David Tennant. I especially draw your attention to the 
harridan who lives upstairs with her brother; I know a dozen women like 
that in real life --a terrifying type to be avoided at all cost-- but 
you hardly ever see a creature like that on teevee, probably because 
it's so hard to describe the character, because even a writer's mind 
shies away from it. I'm even having trouble imagining the actress 
training for the bit part. Really, /Jessica Jones/-- it's a year-long 
story arc; start from the beginning.


All that said, also at http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com you'll find 
thousands and thousands of links to not necessarily radio-useful but 
nonetheless interesting things to see and do and learn about, such as:


Weightless but not tireless elephants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYXAoAYKhio


The Chaos read aloud in British English.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfRSvTSY0d4


The greasiest crane he's ever been on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8jkZQxyjA


And I understand you like to look at pictures.
http://tinyurl.com/zwvtxkj


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Marco McClean
memo at mcn.org
http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com