[Kzyxtalk] Meet me under the giant fiberglass iguana that guards the entrance to the Berlin aquarium. Bring the negatives.

[Marco McClean]

Meet me under the giant fiberglass iguana that guards the entrance to 
the Berlin aquarium. Bring the negatives.


"I want to give you a piece of advice: wear an eye-patch. Wear an 
eye-patch, Bret." -David Bowie in Bret’s dream


The recording of last night's (2016-11-04) 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


A vast amount of information, some goofy, some useful, mostly both. 
Molly dropped off a bag of cheese and apples and grapes left over from 
First Friday, thank you very much. Derek came by. Doctor Spencer. On my 
way in, walking to the door, I made eye contact with the big dog one of 
the people talking in front of the bar had on a long string, and the 
dog, maintaining eye contact, lifted his leg and pissed on the radio 
station. "Really?" I said. The people looked at me past the steadily 
pissing dog, not noticing at all, because why should they? Dogs look at 
dogs. People look at people. That's America.


I read the second part of Scott Peterson’s story /Cowboy School/ 
starting at 11:45. That's 165 minutes into the show, in case you want to 
head straight there. There's a fine letter to the editor of the AVA by 
Scott Croghan. Poetry, math, philosophy, science, ancient medical 
history, tragicomic disaster news. A fine show, even though there's 
faint motorboating going on in the recording all the time the main 
microphone was up. I didn't notice it until just now. That's the 
thumping sound you'll hear throughout. Juanita is away at her project 
until Sunday; I have an extra night before I go to her, so I'll go to 
the radio station tonight about 10 or 11 to try to duplicate the 
electrical problem and solve it. It's probably the little mic pre-amp. 
Maybe while I'm there I'll play a set of music from the shopping bag of 
thrift-store CDs. If you're driving by and the lights are all on, stop 
in. (325 N. Franklin, Fort Bragg)


Speaking of which, there are still some good airtime slots open at KNYO. 
If you've ever wanted to do a radio show, contact Bob Young 
bobb at poetworld.net and say so. He'll show you how to use the equipment 
and you'll be on the air before you're even ready. That's the right way. 
Seneca (or Mark Twain, or Richard Feynman, or Mary Shelley, somebody 
like that) said, "If we wait till we’re ready we'll never start." Boldly 
burst forth. What could happen? /"Wear an eye-patch, Bret."/


Besides all that, also at http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com you'll find 
links to a wheelie bin of things to read and play with and learn about, 
that wouldn't necessarily work via radio but that are nonetheless 
worthwhile, that I found while putting radio shows together, and all of 
it for free. Items such as:


To fly is everything.
http://www.vintag.es/2016/10/otto-lilienthal-glider-king-to-fly-is.html


How NORAD worked.
http://boingboing.net/2016/11/04/vintage-photos-show-norads-c.html


Pertectin' the red white and blue. Gawd bless them Redneck Avinjers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOQnk-hRVuc


And a 6000-year-old Sumerian star map. You might have seen something 
like this in /Prometheus/, the prequel to /Alien/. Based on the true story.
https://www.tumblr.com/search/SUMERIAN


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