Archive for June 2016

Michael Feldman, Bella, Whad’ya Know, Podcasts, Pigs Ears

June 8, 2016

Hello, I’m Michael Feldman, former host of Michael Feldman’s Whad’ya Know? on Public Radio, and this is my Beag-a Poo Bella, who has never not heard her dad say ‘I’m going to the office, honey, to earn you the treats and high-end kibble you like so much.’ I still say it, of course, but Bella has been turning up her nose at the dog chow and pig ears now the norm in these uncertain days. Hey, I know there are folks and dogs in far worse straits, and that Garrison’s retiring and it looks like it’s going to stick this time, and yes, 31 years is a goodly stretch of time, but, heck, I still have a lot to give, or pretty much. Depends on the day. Anyway, since I have no retirement skills, I thought to try my hand at this new-fangled whad’ya call it, podcasting, which is when, instead of broadcasting to a whole bunch of folks schlepping their kids to soccer or adding softeners to loads from coast to coast, you fill the ear buds of a middle-aged man on an elliptical at the health club hoping to distract from his shortness of breath. Sounds very rewarding on both ends, this podcasting. My hope is to Radiocast–the live excitement of Whad’ya Know audience shows with all their elements and make it downloadable and, like, totally convenient. Because this will cost me money, very nearly all of that earmarked beachfront Belize condo cash, I have Kickstarted ‘Whad’ya Know the Podcast’ on Kickstarter, which is redundant for emphasis, to help out. For pennies a day you can bring Whad’ya New to a set of buds in your ears and the ears of those you love. Please don’t make me run the 6 minute video of this appeal with the sad dog eyes and the panting. And Bella’s, too.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/379917133/michael-feldmans-whadya-know-podcast

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Michael Perry on Whad’ya Know June 4, 2016

June 8, 2016

Michael Perry on Jesus on the side of a calf, burdock and box elder as cash crops and gratitude

 

https://soundcloud.com/michael-feldman-2/michael-perry-on-whadya-know

Kickstart the Whad’ya Know Podcast! Win Fabulous Tee!

June 8, 2016

Kickstart the Whad’ya Know Podcast!

June 7, 2016

 

Kickstart us Back to the Future with the Whad’ya Podcast! Coming fall, 2016

 

Problems in Podcasting 4: Trump Jokes

June 6, 2016

https://soundcloud.com/michael-feldman-2/problems-in-podcasting-4-trump-jokes

All the Trump News That Isn’t

June 6, 2016

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We live in an age when Riley is the man and Justin is the dog.

 

‘All the Trump News That Isn’t’ begins with a disclaimer:

Donald Trump has passed the point where stupid is provocative; it is now merely stupid.

  1. Trump’s African-American fails to respond to his summons.
  2. “I’m building a wall it’s an inherent conflict of interest” was not the incoherent rant of a man on the bus.
  3. Great relief as Californians learn there is no drought.
  4. Calling Elizabeth Warren Pocahontas earned the response “You’re Stinky Pete the Prospector.”
  5. When non-existent global warming submerges your golf course where will you drop the ball?
  6. 3500 harassment suits do not necessarily indicate a great legal mind.
  7. In his defense, Fraud was the most popular major at Trump U.
  8. No you cannot tweet the State of the Union.
  9. I hope you have kidnapping insurance, although that would be The Ransom of Yellow Chief.
  10. A man who can’t backdate checks to prove donations he didn’t make is not presidential.

Glad I got that out of the way, because I won’t be here to help you through the Trump administration.

Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton, Bush 2, Obama–c’mon enough’s enough.

In All the Non-Trump News That Isn’t–

Cavs and the Warriors, Beast and the Beauty.

 

Dad of the 6 year old who turned him in for running a red light tells him “I’m very proud of you, see you when you’re 18.”

 

Sure enough, the woman whose 3 year old tumbled into the Gorilla Enclosure was back the next week with the other one.

Because you can’t take one and not the other.

 

Speaking of child rearing, I just hope the boy left in the forest for 6 days has learned an important lesson about parenting.

 

Proponents of Brexit–the UK leaving the EU–have  taken the Trump approach:

Let’s Make Great Britain Great Again.

Great Great Britain?

Great Again Britain?

Great Squared Britain?

Jolly Good Britain?

 

The fact that American nuclear alerts are on floppy disc at least gives you a little time to think.

That they are delivered by Paper Clip Guy, though, is disturbing.

 

After 15 months Taylor Swift breaks up with someone name Calvin Harris.

Meanwhile, “Calvin,” shoots to number 1 on iTunes.

 

With AHI–artificial horn intelligence–Google self-driving cars can now lean on the horn if you’re not out of the house pretty quick, and can play “Dixie” at intersections in the South.

 

Facebook AI–‘Deep Text’–said to have near human accuracy.

Hell, I have near human accuracy.

 

And, Roots 2 is such a success that next– 2 Fiddlers on the Roof.

 

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Tweet if You Get Work (Refiredment)

June 3, 2016

Tweet if You Get Work (Refiredment)

 

 

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Michael Feldman@myfeldman 6m6 minutes ago

damn I’ve been talking to the #algore from u rent furniture in denver #LinkedIn #refiredment

Michael Feldman@myfeldman 16m16 minutes ago

dont see a #caitjenner solution for me #refiredment

too easy to fall back on inspirational speaker #refiredment

can’t go back to english teaching because I suspect these kids would not find simon & garfunkel groovy #refiredment

Michael Feldman@myfeldman 20m20 minutes ago

on the other hand in commercial radio would have been fired 30 times in 30 years #refiredment

Michael Feldman@myfeldman 21m21 minutes ago

radio went the way of radio shack #refiredment

Michael Feldman@myfeldman 23m23 minutes ago

was nice to people on way up doesn’t help #refiredment

Michael Feldman@myfeldman 26m26 minutes ago

the jobs I’m qualified for don’t exist anymore. liveryman. #refiredment

Michael Feldman@myfeldman 28m28 minutes ago

one thing for sure don’t have time to work my way up #refiredment

Michael Feldman@myfeldman 29m29 minutes ago

I mean I wouldn’t have to work at all but I need the proof of existence

Michael Feldman@myfeldman 31m31 minutes ago

I’ve done the celeb cab driver thing around here & people don’t tip you because they think you don’t need it #refiredment

Michael Feldman@myfeldman 33m33 minutes ago

see they got 2 guys in the #badgerpopcorn truck so they probably don’t need nobody

Michael Feldman@myfeldman 43m43 minutes ago

what I won’t be is somebody’s little ride ho #uber

Michael Feldman@myfeldman 44m44 minutes ago

just remembered I could go back to driving cab! #unioncab #refiredment

Feldman Q and A : Feldmangate

June 2, 2016

Q:  So, no reruns of Whad’ya Know?

A:  No, they said they already had a dead guy on weekends.

Q: Click?

A: No Clack, I believe.

Q: So how many reruns would that not be?

A: Well, had to use a logarithm, but averaging downward we came up with 1178 shows, although Lyle has a slightly higher figure, but that’s just Lyle (Anderson).

Q: Certainly there must be some value in all those shows, in mass alone.

A: Yes, according to Einstein. Well, one man’s legacy is another’s shmegacy.

Q: Are you saying that Wisconsin Public Radio does not recognize or value the Epic Odyssey that was Whad’ya Know?

A: Are you saying that? I never used the words Epic Odyssey. Redundant, anyway.

Q: But Feldmangate?

A: Gotta call it something. Always room for another -gate.

Q: You were heard to say you were being ‘disappeared,’ I believe.

A: Well, you know comedy and tragedy–always butting masks.

I was surprised that there would be no reruns even on the Olde Timey Radio Hour, and somewhat flummoxed, if one can be somewhat flummoxed, that there would be no archive available of Whad’ya Know shows (a project I’ve been working on for a while, having digitalized WYK up to 1996, a start) but that’s just me.

Anyway, after June 25, 2016, scrubbed–nothing in the fossil record.

Q: Which explains the Kim Jong Un remark.

A: Yes–being treated like Kim Jong’s Uncle.  You know, stand here while we get the howitzer.

Q: Why the total lack of regard not just for you but for your audience?

A: I don’t know, but if 2400 hours of tape end up in the vacant Atari hole at Alamogordo, NM, it can only increase their value to posterity.

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Problems in Podcasting 3: Say Anything

June 1, 2016

https://soundcloud.com/michael-feldman-2/sets/problems-in-podcasting