[Kzyxtalk] Gifts of the Molby gyrating hammock fitness system.

[Marco McClean]

"A full chest, a small waist, a flexible spine, and the keen relish of a 
healthful existence."


The recording of last night's (2016-06-17) KNYO and KMEC Memo of the 
Air: Good Night Radio show is available to download and keep and skip 
around in via http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com


Stuart Cohen came and played a new song or three. About midnight I read 
something Scott Peterson wrote to Meg Courtney of KZYX, and Jeff Wright 
heard that and stopped in; Jeff is locally famous for, among other 
things, being eighty-sixed from all the not-KNYO radio call-in shows 
around here; and recently the board of MCPB used the police to eject him 
from a public meeting (!) because they couldn’t be arsed to simply 
acknowledge his perfectly reasonable point. We talked for exactly an 
hour. I have given up on ever learning not to interrupt people in 
conversation, and that might bug you a little here, but he managed to 
stay on topic despite my congenital sabotage of that. So just skip ahead 
three hours into the recording if you’d like to hear Jeff Wright without 
anybody hanging up on him /because/ of his ability to keep a topic in 
sight. You can always mentally tune me out. You’re entirely welcome to 
do that. Think of it as an exercise to stretch your capabilities.


And the gyrating hammock episode, whoa. I tried it because, you know, 
you have to try these things to prove to yourself that you’re not a 
pussy, but... It was nice of the Hare Creek Krishnas to donate it and 
install it in the station –it is very attractive antique gym technology 
(gorgeous black enameled metalwork on the mounts for the three electric 
motors, one at your head, one at your feet and one above the middle)– 
but there should have been a warning posted. Before I went home I made a 
sign and taped it over the control box: /Don't use this by yourself. 
Have someone standing by to pull the plug. And don't get in if you just 
ate and you're full of brightly colored soup./ (A rueful visceral image 
always makes the most effective warning.)


Also at http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com you'll find links to an 
assortment of not necessarily radio-useful things to read and play with 
and learn about, such as:


Painting on black water then lifting the image to preserve it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dKy7HNU4vk


Stephen Fry hates dancing, says so, and this dancer dances to that, and 
she's as funny and smart as she is flexible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnqrqRGyFQo


Morning of Owl. What /West Side Story/ would look like if made in the 1980s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzDtdBaXxLU


And a camera drone frolics along after frolicking radio-controlled toy 
planes. Astounding real-time camera work impossible only a short time ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAQqLKDoLHk


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