[Kzyxtalk] A great guy with a mini excavator.

[Marco McClean]

A GREAT GUY WITH A MINI EXCAVATOR.

Judith Greenleaf wrote to the MCN Announce listserv:

He recently dug a hole for me. Extremely competent with his mini 
excavator and very nice guy. Ben Feinburgh 357-4992. And you can say 
that Judith recommended him.


Judith, Marco here. Here's what that sets off in my noggin: There's the 
fanfare from the beginning of National Lampoon Radio Hour's short piece 
/Stand Up/, the one that begins, "A man walks into a nightclub with a 
beautiful girl on his arm." Here's that, for reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL0cDxTB6Sc

But, instead, in something between the compelling 
sardonic-but-obviously-impressed announcer-voice of Ultimate Evil from 
/Time Bandits/, Robert Preston's delivery of /Trouble/, the Beatles' 
/For the Benefit of Mister Kite, and Emerson, Lake and Palmer's /Welcome 
Back, My Friends (Come and See the Show)/, it's this:

"Hello, folks, I'm /sure/ you're gonna wanta put your hands together for 
this next act. He's a great friend of yours and a good friend of mine, a 
very, /very/ talented fella and a very nice guy-- a /great guy with a 
mini excavator/; ladies and gentlemen: Ben Feinburgh 357-4992! /Ben 
Feinburgh!!!/"

Crowd goes wild, whistling and cheering and wetting themselves in a 
frenzy of excitement as Ben Feinburgh crashes out onto the stage in his 
own real, working, proudly mud-caked mini excavator, steering while 
standing on his hands in the vehicle's safety cage, spinning plates on 
his toes /and/ his knees, blowing streams of soap bubbles out his nose, 
ears and arse that *pop* in a dazzle of dazzling flashbulb-bursts of 
fire, and then there he is, singing (nicely) an improbable though lovely 
mashup of /O, Danny Boy/ and /The Star Spangled Banner/.

A great guy with a mini excavator! Gee-whiz, what a show! Recommended 
him? Well, I should say!

SPEAKING OF WHICH, though without the fire-sports, plates and 
earthmoving machinery, Memo of the Air: Good Night Radio is on tonight, 
it being Friday and all.

If you want to talk about your project on KNYO or read aloud your 
writing in person, or bring your instrument(s) and fellow 
instrumentalists and play a song or a short set, or otherwise 
demonstrate your skills using any piece of equipment you can fit through 
the front door, you can drop by 325 N. Franklin, Fort Bragg after 9pm 
tonight and just barge in. Head for the lighted room at the back and get 
my attention. You're never interrupting me; I'm happy to see you. I have 
plenty of material to read to fill up the time whether you come or not, 
so there's no pressure. You can even show up, panic and skedaddle at the 
last instant without ever saying a word, and that will be good work; 
next time you'll go a step farther.

Memo of the Air: Good Night Radio: Every Friday, 9pm to about 4am on 
107.7fm KNYO-LP Fort Bragg, including midnight to 3am 105.1fm KMEC-LP 
Ukiah. And also there and anywhere else via http://knyo.org or 
http://TuneIn.com

And/or you can have your own show on KNYO. Contact Bob Young: 
bobb at poetworld.net and express your radiophilic desires. You'll be on 
the air before you know it. It's easy and fun. And it's /your right/.

Also, p.s., the deadline to email your writing to be read on the air is 
always about 5 or 6pm the night of the show. So, what is it now, just 
after 5; you have a little time to get that together for tonight. Paste 
it into an email and press send.


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