[Kzyxtalk] Poor players.

[Marco McClean]

"It isn't like it used to be. They used to have different shows. Like, 
there was this thing they called a curly-cue show, yeah, Tommy knows, he 
can tell you, where they'd get up on the stage and the band would play 
and these expert curly-cue performers would twist themselves in 
curly-cues and knots and just lie there trying to breathe. All twisted 
up like that. And they'd have to come and get them unstuck. And it was 
hilarious. It was great. People loved it. But of course a few kids died 
trying it at home, and there was that club fire that time, where 
everybody ran out and forgot and left the girl there, what was her name? 
Beautiful girl. So they passed laws so you can’t do it in public anymore 
even if it's only robots or puppets of it, because it still gives you 
the idea. All the old curly-cue stars are dying or dead of old age 
without passing on the craft to a new generation. And another wonderful 
thing has gone out of the world."


The recording of last night's (2017-06-23) KNYO Memo of the Air: Good 
Night Radio show is ready to download for free and enjoy at any time of 
the day or night, via http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com

Besides that, also there you'll find a fresh batch of links to material 
that I waded among while putting the show together that, for being 
mostly visual or requiring too much explanation, might not work well on 
radio, but are worthwhile, fascinating, even. Such as:

Death of the firstborn Egyptians. (From Nina Paley, who made Sita Sings 
the Blues.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMCeQ-IloLg

The wonders of free-market health care.
http://boingboing.net/2017/06/21/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-wonde.html

Robot and scarecrow.
https://vimeo.com/220442625

Honest illustration of the contradictory nature of people and society, 
by Sako Asko.
http://designyoutrust.com/2017/06/honest-illustration-of-the-contradictory-nature-of-people-and-society-by-sako-asko/

-- If your email program breaks that long link, try this one: 
http://tinyurl.com/HonestContradictoryNature

And Joan McCracken imparts wise Native American relationship advice to 
an entire crowded malt shop in infectious frenetic song and dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_6CzxyWGj4

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