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weaverlings · 5 years

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Every Episode of WTNV with Carlos Mentioned

No, I did not keep track of how long I spent on this. Anyway.

Total series count: 89 episodes

In the main podcast, anyway. The list includes at least partial context; however I wasn't counting the number of times Carlos was mentioned per episode, just if he was mentioned at all. So if he came up more than once I didn't necessarily record each time. Still, there are definitely spoilers.

I can't like… guarantee that I didn't miss something, unfortunately. However, I used both "Carlos" and "scientist" all the time, and I additionally used "boyfriend" from 26 onward and "husband" after 100. So it should be pretty close, at least.

I might go through and do live shows later. However, the answer for them is (almost) always yes, as most of them at least have a segment that Dylan Marron performs at some shows, so it'd be more a matter of checking for mentions of Carlos outside of that.

The reason I did this was to see if I was at all correct in my sense that Carlos has been mentioned less over time. My conclusion: well… sort of?

There actually was less of him than I thought in both year 1 and year 2 (year 1 in particular). However, years 3 and 4 had a LOT of him, and it has gone down from there through the end of year 7, when Carlos was only mentioned in 7 episodes total, with very few casual mentions by Cecil (vs when he had a particular role in what was going on).

So the problem (or at least, I consider it one) hasn't been going on for as long as I thought in the grand scheme of the series. I now believe that a significant part of the issue is just… Well, it has at this point been almost three years since that decline. Plus listening live makes everything feel drawn out, so there's a lot of perceived time in between individual mentions.

That being said, I think the actual conclusion is: it's maybe not as I thought, but I also wasn't completely imagining it, especially not looking at very recent events. We don't know what this year will hold, but year 7, as mentioned above, had the least of Carlos in it so far. There are also some significant gaps - Cecil mentions Carlos in episode 91, and after that the next time he comes up in year 5 is in 100 (!!!!)

He is mentioned in a solid majority of the series, but it's pretty front-loaded at this point. Also he has a few appearances in the first novel, and he's a central character in It Devours!

Finally, thanks so much @cecilspeaks because this wouldn't have been possible to do at all otherwise.

The complete list is as follows:

Year 1

episode 1: yes (well of course)

episode 2: no

episode 3: yes (the Telly thing)

episode 4: yes (dissenting at the PTA meeting)

episode 5: yes (Cecil tried to ask him about the moon but couldn't find him)

episode 6: no

episode 7: no

episode 8: yes (Carlos wants to talk about lights in Radon Canyon, not dinner or weekend plans)

episode 9: yes (but in the context of Telly wandering the desert)

episode 10: no

episode 11: yes (Cecil asked about tectonic activity - Carlos is "distracted yet beautiful")

episode 12: no

episode 13: no

episode 14: no

episode 15: no

episode 16: yes (basically the central plot of the episode)

episode 17: no

episode 18: no

episode 19 A+B: no for both

episode 20: no

episode 21: no

episode 22: no

episode 23: no

episode 24: no

episode 25: yes (absolutely)

Total year count: 9

Year 2

episode 26: no

episode 27: yes

episode 28: no

episode 29: yes (Carlos has opinions on subway riders' DNA)

episode 30: yes (checking out the house that doesn't exist)

episode 31: yes (Carlos "promised a certain person dinner")

episode 32: yes (Carlos gave Cecil the watch for their 1-month anniversary)

episode 33: no

episode 34: no

episode 35: yes (Carlos is being industrious!)

episode 36: no

episode 37: arguably (Cecil mentions finding "someone that might make [him] feel better about what has happened today" which probably means Carlos, but he's not mentioned directly)

episode 38: yes (Carlos has scientific opinions about orange grove growth + Cecil almost texts that he loves him but just knocks the imposter out instead)

episode 39: no (but fun fact: Dylan Marron originally did the pre-episode announcements for this one. I don't have the file anymore sadly.)

episode 40: yes (Lauren brings him up though)

episode 41: no

episode 42: no

episode 43: yes (Carlos is looking into the house that doesn't exist again)

episode 44: no

episode 45: no

episode 46: yes (he's on the phone w/ Cecil about the oak doors)

episode 47: yes (but it's Lauren and Kevin talking about how they haven't found him)

episode 48: yes (Cecil doesn't know where he is)

episode 49 A+B: yes (and I don't wanna talk about it :( )

Total count: 14 (ish, because 37 is subject to debate and 47 is different as noted. So maybe 12.)

Year 3

episode 50: yes (people have been asking Cecil about Carlos)

episode 51: yes (he spends most of it on the phone with Cecil)

episode 52: yes (Cecil's been getting calls and snapchats)

episode 53: no (but Steve mentions Cecil had "softened in the right places" over the past year)

episode 54: yes ("A Carnival Comes to Town." that's it.)

episode 55: yes ("The University of What It Is." again. that's it!)

episode 56: yes (Cecil's been isolated w/out Carlos, Cecil talks to Diane about Carlos, and then Cecil has a dream about being w/ Carlos again and sleeps well…)

episode 57: yes (Cecil wonders if Carlos knew the list, and then discusses the "current context" of their relationship - a matter of space)

episode 58: yes (Carlos doesn't want Cecil to say he's trapped in the other world + Cecil misses him)

episode 59: yes (Carlos is on the phone w/ Cecil)

episode 60: yes (Cecil considering whether or not he can visit Carlos)

episode 61: yes (Cecil mentions Carlos to Earl and also wonders if science can help him process the events of 59)

episode 62: no

episode 63: no

episode 64: yes (this episode has the watercolor painting in it)

episode 65: yes (Carlos leaves a voicemail)

episode 66: yes (considering the logistics of the Dog Park)

episode 67: no

episode 68: yes (Cecil talks about visiting Carlos)

episode 69: yes (Cecil announces his "last" broadcast to move to be w/ Carlos)

episode 70: A; yes (but again, context - it's got Carlos still in the otherworld). B; yes, Cecil describes Carlos' return

Total count: 17

Year 4

episode 71: yes (Carlos "participates" in the heist and is safe at home later)

episode 72: yes (Carlos can apparently sleep through anything!)

episode 73: yes (Carlos apparently tells Cecil not to worry about even catastrophic or paradoxical mistakes)

episode 74: yes (certain local radio hosts and scientists may have been using the Dog Park to go back and forth between Night Vale and a desert otherworld)

episode 75: yes (matching lycra shorts)

episode 76: yes (Carlos makes delicious fruit salad! also he's working on a solution to the flamingo problem)

episode 77: no

episode 78: yes (Carlos likes the gory parade + Earl is invited to dinner w/ Cecil and Carlos)

episode 79: no

episode 80: yes (Cecil tells his boyfriend he wants a beret)

episode 81: yes (Cecil spent time w/ Carlos between reeducation sessions)

episode 82: yes (sort of. Cecil mentions knowing what it's like in a long-term relationship, which is cute, and it's obvious who it's about, so I'm counting it)

episode 83: yes (Carlos does the shopping because Cecil has trouble with auctions)

episode 84: yes ("Hey there, Lonely Boy…")

episode 85: no

episode 86: no

episode 87: yes (Cecil considers the possibility of a tropical vacation w/ Carlos)

episode 88: yes (phone conversation, bunny nickname)

episode 89: yes (what Carlos is up to w/ the stranger situation)

episode 90: yes (Carlos is in the crowd against the dog/strangers)

Total count: 16

Year 5

episode 91: yes (Cecil reaches out to Carlos about the train, but he doesn't know :( )

episode 92: no

episode 93: no

episode 94: no

episode 95: no

episode 96: no

episode 97: no

episode 98: no

episode 99: no

episode 100: YES

episode 101: no

episode 102: yes (Carlos who Cecil is closest to other than Josie)

episode 103: yes (they're excited about going to the beach w/ family + they visited Josie together)

episode 104: yes (Cecil and Carlos go together to pay respects to Josie)

episode 105: yes (Carlos discusses dinner + TV viewing plans and has some concerns about the Smithwick house)

episode 106: no

episode 107: yes (Carlos arranges a task force regarding sounds heard under the earth)

episode 108: yes (tied into broken-reality weirdness)

episode 109: no

episode 110: yes (Steve brings him up - asked Carlos about space and Carlos skips away because he's so excited about science)

Total count: 9

Year 6

episode 111: yes (Carlos worries about having grown too used to Night Vale + the material testing in ep1 was an excuse to talk to Cecil)

episode 112: no

episode 113: yes (everything makes Cecil think of Carlos. Also he's out of town at a science convention)

episode 114: no

episode 115: yes (Cecil isn't concerned about robberies at labs or radio stations, but is concerned about librarian attacks on his family)

episode 116: yes (Strip uno… also "just the most vicious outfits")

episode 117: no

episode 118: yes (Cecil knows science… heck yes of course!!)

episode 119: yes (Carlos' hair is used to calibrate equipment)

episode 120: no

episode 121: no

episode 122: no

episode 123: no

episode 124: yes (A Door Ajar pt 1)

episode 125: yes (A Door Ajar pt 2)

episode 126: yes (A Door Ajar pt 3)

episode 127: yes (Carlos and Cecil plan to hold a blood matter viewing party)

episode 128: yes (the viewing party starts + Cecil and Carlos have a houseguest)

episode 129: yes (everyone, including Carlos, is surprised by the depth of the blood matter)

episode 130: no

Total count: 12

Year 7

episode 131: yes (Carlos texts Cecil about a matter of scientific accuracy)

episode 132: no

episode 133: yes (Carlos has a concern about the time situation, and also there's the Telly ending)

episode 134: yes (Cecil and Carlos attend a high school football game together + with the rest of their family)

episode 135: no

episode 136: no

episode 137: no

episode 138: no

episode 139: no

episode 140: no

episode 141: no

episode 142: no

episode 143: yes (Cecil tells Carlos he's coming home but, y'know, no one can hear)

episode 144: no

episode 145: no

episode 146: no

episode 147: yes (Carlos has been studying the moon and… there's other stuff that happens)

episode 148: no

episode 149: yes (once again a lot of stuff but Cecil remembers by the end. It's "already forgotten" apparently)

episode 150: yes (Cecil discusses their anniversary; also Carlos discovers his clock working)

Total count: 7

Year 8 (ongoing)

episode 151: no

episode 152: no

episode 153: yes (Carlos' experiments get messy so he ends up working at Steve and Abby's place)

episode 154: yes (Carlos is continuing to run experiments at Steve and Abby's and is taken in for questioning when Steve is arrested)

episode 155: yes (Carlos is really the one who figures everything out tbh)

episode 156: yes (Cecil is anxious about death/separation from Carlos, and then gets excited when he thinks there's a way for them to be together forever)

episode 157: yes (Carlos has some concerns about the proposed solution and wants to talk it out w/ Cecil)

Total count (so far): 5

#welcome to night vale #wtnv #wtnv ramblings #carlos the scientist #i mean as far as the time question #the answer is more than i probably should have #so

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wtnvquotecollections · 4 years

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Last year, Sandero only completed two out of 130 pass attempt—most notably, because he was in advanced staged of cerebral palsy, and because his throwing hand had been removed due to several overdue library books.

Cecil Palmer (Season 1, Episode 4, ‘PTA Meeting’)

#Welcome to Night Vale #WTNV #Season 1 #Episode 4 #Cecil Palmer #Cecil Baldwin #Michael Sandero #PTA Meeting

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davetheshady · 5 years

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may I politely request ⭐dealer's choice director's commentary⭐for pretty much any part of Love is All You Need to Destroy Your Enemies?

Did you mean: infodump about Chapter 5?

We start off in medias res during Pteranodon Attack-Gate from Episode 4: PTA Meeting. Since most of the fic runs parallel to WTNV’s storyline for the first ~two years, the way I narrowed down which events to feature was to read through the transcripts and take note of which ones had Carlos, which ones featured science/magic/time travel-related elements, which ones had weird discrepancies or unsolved details that could be explained by Carlos/science/magic/time travel/all of the above, and which ones I just liked a lot.

Incidentally, Cecil issues a correction that the winged reptiles in question were actually pterodactyls, not pteranodons, which was then promptly forgotten by the showrunners lol.

"—And then Kelly pulled her hamstring while they were doing the Fixing of a Nail position. I'm trying to convince her that she and Joe should do yoga together, I think it would really cut back on minor injuries and also they both look great in yoga pants. Anything new with you, Carlos?"

"Nothing that compares to... hamstring injuries," says Carlos, from his position on top of the Sciencemobile.

"All right," says Kate, adjusting an enormous pair of mirrored aviator shades. "Then describe the Barstow formation."

Since literal character doubling was such an important part of the plot, I had a lot of fun with thematic character doubling, too. Carlos and Kate (and the other grad students) are actually pretty close in age, and here we see her willing to put herself into danger to get the job done while casually chatting with her colleagues. Also, there’s a nice dose of karma for the books in Carlos having to deal with someone else oversharing details about their relationships, compounded by the fact that unlike his all of Kate’s are actually true. (In nicer doubling news: Kate is the one who gets her degree in science, has functional romantic relationships, AND continues to work in Night Vale, which are all eventually Carlos’ hashtag life goals.)

"Maybe it was future you," asks Julie, who does not sound appropriately concerned for the potentially diverted course of the Currents of Time. Or for the potentially diverted course of the already unlinear life of Carlos.

This is the first conversation where she’s ‘Julie’ in his mental narration. I enjoyed having her be hilariously unsympathetic to his concerns here, because her priorities are still very different, but it also sets up a baseline. She doesn’t bother worrying about hypotheticals from the weird shit, but actual hard data (like, Carlos not sleeping and having minor breakdowns in her lab) is what prompts her to share reactions besides SCIENCE! and snark.

His stomach roils at the thought of more time travel. "Some kind of illusion is more likely," he says: some person or creature temporarily assuming his form, probably for sinister purposes. He reluctantly adds those weird doubles from the sandstorm to his list of possible suspects, though his dissolved right in front of him in the middle of next March and there haven't been any sandstorms recently.

oh hey haha what’s that

One of my biggest pet peeves in fiction is when allegedly intelligent characters ignore obvious plot points so the writer can railroad the story in their chosen direction. On the other hand, it is genuinely difficult to avoid spoiling your plot twists if your main character is actively trying to figure them out. I leaned heavily on “the character has all the basic details… along with so much other information they can’t realistically narrow it down”, combined with some red herrings: an obvious one (illusion magic) and hopefully a more convincing one (time travel as the only relevant plot: it's DEFINITELY involved, but its presence is obscuring another facet of the plot altogether).

There's always a risk that astute readers will figure it out, but, like… so? That just means instead of shocking plot twist reveal, they get an “I KNEW IT!” reveal, which is equally satisfying in a different way. As long as the characters have convincing reasons for not figuring it out, it's hopefully still enjoyable to follow along with them as they wander around in the dark.

(And just for clarification: that was Doppel-Carlos crashing the town hall meeting when he and Dr. Raith were testing out time vortices.)

Andre hands him a copy of the Night Vale Daily Journal. “’Look your best to face the void. Smooth-chinned souls are most enjoyed’,” reads Carlos. “‘Burma-Shave.’”

"No, below the ads," says Andre.

1) ‘character reads wrong piece of information in paper’ is a classic goof (“There’s a sale at Penney’s!”) and I found it very amusing to repeatedly attribute it to Carlos, since he’s genuinely trying to locate the important information. Unfortunately for him, he lives in Night Vale and no longer has a filter for “useless nonsense”, because even the nonsense has proven relevant and/or kinda murdery before.

2) Burma-Shave! This was passed down to me as part of our Great American Roadtrip Family Lore (I come from a long line of roadtrippers) and it’s definitely the kind of kitschy 50s detail that fits so well in Night Vale.

"Oh!" says Cecil. "What were you studying?"

"Bioremediation for contaminated pit lakes via sulfur-reducing bacteria," says Carlos truthfully.

Why? Because I edited one of my friends’ papers on it, that’s why. (Birds kept landing on it and dying, which is also a very Night Vale detail.)

When he returns, he finds Cecil standing by the record player with his back against the wall, staring fixedly at Carlos’ vinyl copy of Ixnay on the Hombre.

One of the DF books (I think White Night) had a hilariously high number of characters showing up wearing band t-shirts, and Carlos’ was for The Offspring. (The original file name for this fic was Original Prankster, back when I thought it would be three chapters long.)

“It’s about a wizard stranded in a strange, uncharted desert territory,” [Cactus Judy] says serenely.

Cactus Jane! I decided to make her a recurring character because 1) she’s in a time travel episode (Episode 18: The Traveler), 2) both she and TMITJ had the detail where no one can remember their real name, which seemed significant, and 3) WTNV itself did not have very many recurring female characters at that point. She’s into Shakespeare because I personally knew a lot of relevant Shakespeare quotes, but also as a hint that’s she’s a lot older (and thus a lot more supernatural) than she seems: Shakespeare was a HUGE part of pop culture in the 19th century, particularly in the southwest. Theater companies used to make more money going on tour through states with precious metal mines than they did during their whole season in the big coastal cities, probably because jaded city folks never threw gold nuggets on stage to show their appreciation.

If life is a contest between good and evil, Cecil would be one of the people handing out stickers just for participating.

This is one of my favorite lines.

My plan is fool-proof! It's sheer elegance in its simplicity!

Look, if you enjoyed this fic, WTNV, and/or The Dresden Files, you should probably go watch The Middleman. Yes, I know it’s not streaming, do it anyway. Load up on antivenom and go rent it from your local library.

“Could you [create a time vortex]?""Oh, for sure," says Carlos. "All I'd need would be a couple years to do nothing but work on a highly illegal spell and figure out a way to steal an entire ley-line's worth of power and excise my sense of morality and self-preservation.”

And WHAT are the odds of THAT

It's not that Carlos doesn't like him. It just wouldn't be fair to lead him on when Carlos wouldn't actually—

Well, Carlos wouldn’t mind asking but he doesn’t normally go for—

Okay, Carlos could definitely make an exception for Cecil and—

And—

oh NO he accidentally used logic to make himself admit he has FEELINGS

One of the reasons I love this pairing is that you have Cecil, who is incredibly emotionally open (all the time, on public radio) as a distinct contrast to Carlos, who is so used to putting up a very specific facade that he even does it to himself and then struggles when he doesn't have it to rely on. It creates conflict, but it also means they have very different perspective they can share with each other.

"Did the earth move for you, too?" says Cecil.

"Bwuh?" replies Carlos.

"At the monitoring station," says Cecil, because right, they're talking about science and not about how Carlos may or may not have accidentally developed a tiny, tiny crush on Cecil, who is standing right in front of him and looking extremely interested in what he's saying and will commit his words to memory and lovingly repeat them for all the world, or at least all of Night Vale and anyone else who received the same odd death curse as Carlos, to hear.

"Oh. Hmm – unh," replies Carlos, then shakes his head. Not talking, that's the way to go. That way he won't accidentally say something he doesn't mean, or worse, something he does mean but probably shouldn't say. Cecil can ask him science questions and he can shake his head yes or no, and maybe refer him wordlessly to supplementary materials, and it will all be very professional and—

"Where did you get your shirt?" asks Cecil. "It fits you so well."

"I'll look at my notes and computer models and see if I can figure out what's going on," Carlos blurts out, and practically runs from the room.

One of the reasons I started writing this fic (SEPTEMBER 2013, BABY god I feel old) was because we all knew Carlos was immensely important to Cecil, but had relatively little information about him, and ALL of it was filtered through our unreliable narrator. So… I just kind of ran with that.

But on top of the obvious unreliability of “didn't notice Carlos was a wizard from a different series”, I wanted to do it on the smaller scale, too, and put a different spin on the touchstones of their growing relationship that everyone was already familiar with. So this interaction is now a crisis for both of them, and for dramatically/hilariously different reasons.

“If you’re worried about going native, I’ve got bad news for you, buddy, because you do more chanting than anyone I’ve met.”

Another one of my favorite lines.

“I’ve had to hunt down people I know before, and trust me, it’s not a fun date night!”

Between Molly and fanon interpretations of Cecil, Carlos’ type is apparently 1) weird tattoos, 2) unusually-colored hair, and 3) can kill him

There's a brief hiss from the TV's speakers, and then Cecil says, in a small, forlorn voice, “I don't know if he listens to me, sometimes.”

Carlos puts his head down and laughs bitterly.

I LOVE IRONY

But even though I wanted to subvert the surface meaning, Cecil DOES still have a point. He got a good look at Carlos’ soul when they first met and still fell in love instantly, but Carlos has a difficult time hearing that because at this point he fundamentally does not believe he’s worthy of that kind of love. In order to truly believe Cecil, he also has to start learning to love and accept himself. (It’s very much a work in progress, but nobody’s perfect.) The title isn’t just meant to refer to romantic love – self-love, friendship, familial love, and unconditional love for the humanity of his trash fire town are equally important, because they all support each other.

hmu for more dvd commentary!

#thusjuniperus #love is all you need to destroy your enemies #Welcome to Night Vale #ask dave #the dresden files #fic #writing

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thatgirlonstage · 6 years

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Podcast Challenge: April Recap

The Adventure Zone

Current

Kept updated with new episodes - got a new TTAZZ and we started Season 2, getting into TAZ: Amnesty in earnest!

This water monster is awesome and I’m so excited to get into a longer arc; I’m already highkey invested in Aubrey and Duck and I’m sure Ned will grow on me (Merle certainly did)

Alice Isn’t Dead

Current

We got teasers for Season 3, the live show, and then the start of S3!

Really happy this show is back, I forgot how much I loved its creepy mood and Jasika Nicole’s unreal voice

I’m very excited to see Keisha get to take action as opposed to just hunting information this season, and to have Alice by her side finally

The Bright Sessions *NEW* *CAUGHT UP*

Started this month!

Also caught up this month!

I binged this whole thing and fell deeply in love with these characters

I really really love all the representation - of sexuality, mental illness, struggles with addiction, survivor abuse, and so much more, and all of them feel so real and dealt with so honestly, and all in the context of a cool superpowers story

Can I Pet Your Dog? *NEW*

Started this month!

Episode 1-5, out of 141 currently

This show is super cute and such a silly and happy thing to listen to

Ear Hustle

Current

Finally the start of S2!

This is a really powerful podcast; they do such an extraordinary job with all of their interviews and creating the soundscape and everything, and if anything this season just seems even more in-depth than the last

The Flop House

Episode #24-#38/Movie Minute #26, out of 256 episodes currently

I really hope the audio will improve in the near future - it’s gotten better, but there’s still episodes where I go in and out of being able to hear them, or one of them will obviously be too far from or too close to the mic.

We moved from 2008 to 2009; I was reminded that The Dark Knight and the first Iron Man came out in the same year, which was bizarre

The McElroy Brothers Will Be in Trolls 2

Current

No new episodes

My Brother, My Brother, and Me

Episode 120-138, out of 404 currently

We’re slooooooowly getting to where MBMBAM actually becomes really good. I moved from twenty-doz to Twenty-DIRT so we’re officially within five years of current time, and I relived Obama’s reelection

Sawbones

Episode “Hysteria” - “Radiation Therapy” | 14/227 episodes currently

Was psyched to see hysteria in there, since I actually know a lot about that one!

In general this show continues to be both hilarious and instructive - and make for good stories I can pass on in the right company

Shmanners

Episode “Holiday Special: Valentine’s Day” - “Weddings: Attendance” | 9/113 episodes currently

Travis and Theresa are sweet, but they’re telling me very little that I don’t know - I wonder if it might actually get better once we get further into the show and we get past some of the more obvious topics

The Thrilling Adventure Hour

Episode #45-#70, out 220 where the podcast ended plus specials

I’ve fallen deeply in love with the Sparks Nevada storyline - I love all of the side characters and the world they’ve constructed.

The new War of the Worlds segment I’m not crazy about - I find it kind of difficult to follow because there’s a weird balance of plot but mostly just fast talking comedy

I’m also rapidly losing patience with the Captain Laserbeam segment, although I found the BatAquaman character hilarious, so if we can get a few more side characters like him to make regular appearances then I’ll enjoy it more

Beyond Belief continues to be a good time and my second favorite segment after Sparks Nevada

Welcome to Night Vale

Restarted from the beginning!

Episode 1-6, out of 127 currently

Really happy to have this show back in my life, I’ve missed it

Within the Wires

Current

No new episodes

Wonderful!

Episode 4-9, out of 31 currently

It’s growing on me, a little bit - but it’s still definitely a podcast to listen to while doing other things

The goal for May is to catch up with this podcast, because I’ve realized there really aren’t that many episodes (comparatively, I mean - certainly a lot less than The Flop House or MBMBAM)

#tal listens #taz #alice isn't dead #the bright sessions #cipyd #ear hustle #the flop house #the mcelroy brothers will be in trolls 2 #mbmbam #sawbones #shmanners #tah #wtnv #wtw #wonderful!

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jmww67-blog · 7 years

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“Five Ways to Parent an Extreme Child Through Elementary School”

Parenting is messy and hard. Teaching is messy and hard. Both are exhausting beyond words. So this is a list from a teacher who is also the parent of a child with invisible disabilities that will help to educate educators and prepare parents for what parenting our children through public education might look like.

5. Build your village. Words don’t do this step justice. This is the most important thing you can do to arm yourself for the battle of public schooling children with invisible disabilities.

As parents of children with behavior disorders, we face judgment daily, but there is no glare like the look of an educator who makes you feel that he or she disapproves of your child or your ability to parent them.

Disclaimer: We need to admit that sometimes we take things like this personally when they weren’t intended in that way. I am both an educator and a mother of a child with behavioral disabilities, so I feel compelled to speak for both sides.

I have received daily notes, letters from daycare, calls to my work, referrals from the bus driver, and seen weeks of sad faces or heated notes in my son’s planner. They all have one thing in common: When I read them, it made me angry, hurt my feelings, or made me feel defeated, but it always made me defensive of my son.

I would think: “They just don’t understand.” “They can’t expect him to behave like all of the other kids!” “They are just nit-picking him.”

Regardless of how I might feel, until we can afford for one of us to stay home and to homeschool our son, or to send him to a private school (which will not be in the foreseeable future), we must be able to remain calm and keep the peace with his educators.

To do this, we must build our village. We must find people with whom we can connect with and reach out to—someone we can text at 7 a.m. when my son just threw his shoe, at 3 p.m. because he was kicked off the bus again, or at 10 p.m. when he screams in a voice straight from the nether realms, “You are the stupidest mommy I have ever known!” You need someone who hears you, someone who gets you, someone who lives your reality.

So when you get the fourth note from your child’s teacher saying that Sally couldn’t keep her hands to herself and she had to move her clothespin down for talking out of turn or moving during carpet time, you can call your fellow villagers and scream, “This is insane! Do they really expect her to be able to sit through a 30-minute story time!? Who can even do that!?”

4. Prepare for war. Parenting is an ugly job. It is food spills and dirty diapers and weird smells in your car. It is messy hair and a questionable number of days in a row without showering. It is carpooling and sports practices, homework and packing lunches. All of that is exhausting in a way that people who aren’t parents will never truly understand.

When you add to that the endless medication adjustments, calls to specialists, visits to new doctors in hopes for different results, IEP and case study meetings with schools, and scouring the shelves of multiple stores to find old packaging because my sensory processing disorder child refuses to eat the blueberry cereal bars he has eaten daily for two years because he swears that the new packaging makes it taste different—it can seem completely impossible.

Battling a teacher, a bus driver, a PTA mom, a guidance counselor, a school system will not come easy. There will be haters. There always are.

There will be parents who don’t know our children and who are unforgiving when our son hits their son on the playground because he was reacting to them being in their face and he couldn’t articulate the way it made him feel. They couldn’t process it fast enough to tell the teacher. They acted on their feelings out of impulse, and we weren’t there to intervene.

3. Understand that you won’t always be…understood. This one is painful. Truly. I can sit here and type these words knowing that this afternoon something will happen with my son that will cause me to go into a panic, get defensive, or lose control and lash out in anger at him. No one will fully understand what that feels like and, for that, I should be grateful.

Not every parent is cut out for our job. The children with whom we have been entrusted to raise—the ones who make us crazy, break our hearts, bruise our skin, and dent our walls—these are not children meant for just any run- of-the-mill parent.

Parenting is the hardest job you will ever have, but these kids….are, well, a special treat. Some moments they are the sweetest angels and you are reminded why you would do anything for them. But all that can change in a second. So we shouldn’t expect others to understand our journey, because it isn’t theirs to take.

The teachers try to maintain growing class sizes, battle issues each child brings in from home, and teach kids who are all on different levels of learning—usually all while outperforming their previous test scores and keeping a safe environment and impressing the other teachers with their Pinterest-perfect room décor. I know. It is brutal.

When we are met with the disapproving glance of other parents, the tired teacher, the principal whose mind is still in the meeting she just attended, or the guidance counselor who doesn’t really have time to counsel because he has to balance testing schedules with class schedules and credits and parent complaints, maybe it is us who should try to be understanding.

Please know that this comes from a mother who sat, unable to speak through sobs, while she showed the behavior chart to guidance counselors, teachers, and a principal where red pen had recorded four pages of physical outbursts from my son…over only two weeks. That did not include angry outbursts or refusal to comply on the basis of, “Oh, well, it’s a Tuesday.” This was only what he had done when his behavior escalated and became physical. I was crying. My hand holding the papers shook as the educators on the other side of the table told me that my son did not qualify for an IEP, a 504, or special accommodations. I felt utterly hopeless and as if they just did not understand.

You’re right. They don’t understand. And that is OK. But we must move on to step number two.

2. Keep fighting. For us, this battle will never end. So now that you’ve built your village and prepared for battle, get the armor out because you’re going to need it.

When people tell you that they cannot accommodate your daughter, you find another way.

When the teacher says she can’t give different work to your child, only extra work if they need to be challenged, you ask someone else.

When the school officials say they don’t offer a gifted program until third grade and your son is in kindergarten, you continue to go up the ladder until someone will hear you.

When the bus driver writes your child up again for not sitting still when his bus ride is an hour long and he can’t have his medicine until 3 o’clock, you calmly try to explain your situation. If they don’t listen, you go to the principal, the transportation manager, and whoever else will listen.

When I tell you to prepare for war, I certainly hope you won’t need the armor, but I’ve used mine many times and my child is only five.

Use your village so you don’t bust up in the school like an episode of Jerry Springer. Let your villagers calm you down, let you vent, and encourage you before you take the crazy train to the school board office. You laugh now, but the day will come!

Don’t stop fighting. Many times, especially while our children are very young, we are their only voice. Keep fighting for them. Our children need to know that we are their biggest advocates.

1. Breathe.You will cry in meetings. It is inevitable. At least it is for me, because that is what I do when I am overwhelmed and angry and can’t just flip out like I want to do.

In order for me to survive, I need to understand that, while it may feel like they just have no clue about my child or they are personally attacking my ability to parent him, they are (in most cases) sincerely trying to do the best they can while following school policies and procedures.

As a teacher, I can tell you that what is best for the individual child doesn’t always follow the handbook. What this means for me as the parent of a child with multiple behavioral disabilities, a sensory disability, and who is also academically gifted, is that I have to breathe a lot. Sometimes it is because I don’t feel truly heard by Briggs’s school, but usually it is because my husband and I are forced to make a decision without knowing for certain if it is the right choice for him.

We were told to consider skipping him a grade or even two. I laughed. I mean, this is the kindergartner who just de-pants himself at a birthday party for comfort and you think he can handle his life with eight-year-olds!? No ma’am. But, academically, we do fight an uphill battle, because when he is bored he acts out, so he must remain challenged.

So, breathe. It won’t always make sense, but if we act out like our children do, it won’t solve anything. You know, like we tell them when they are on the brink of a complete loss of insanity?

1A. Don’t be afraid to try what no one else will. What works for other children is unlikely to work for our kids. So, while Legos are a great mind activity for our son, they are also the source of many a meltdown because a piece that is nearly invisible to the human eye just won’t fit quite how he wants it. So the bucket goes flying and a barrage of tiny blocks that seem to be made of shrapnel rain down from the ceiling.

Some kids can read independently and sit quietly at their desks; others may be able to play educational games on a tablet or keep their hands in their laps while sitting criss-cross applesauce during circle time. Those children are not my son.

Don’t be afraid to try what seems different or weird. Most days, my kid eats dinner standing up. My son sleeps a lot of nights on the hardwood floor, he rolls his shorts up to lengths only known by men on the golf course over 70. And when he needs to calm himself, he punches a punching bag and hits his head on the couch cushions. I no longer question his process. We roll with what works at the time.

This road is long. Public education for children with invisible disabilities may be ugly, and it may get messy, but I can assure you that if you build your village, you ready yourself for battle, you understand that you might not always be understood, you never stop fighting, and you remind yourself to breathe, that we will all get through this and our children will be the stronger for our efforts.

https://www.additudemag.com/parenting-extreme-adhd-ld-elementary-public-school/

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Year 1 - Episode 4 : PTA Meeting

Notes in messy order:

Warning ! long post !

i haven't hear a second of audio but goooood i hope cecil is ok. I mean, i'm basically 100% sure he is fine but i got attched to him what can i say. I'm litterally parasocial for a fake person let's go

He is ok ! he sounds ok at least (talking about death and the insignificance of life)

i'm getting fucking information overload. I keep thinking this can't get worse but it does. what is a teranedon ? ohh pteranedon, the flying dinos NOT THE EASY TO USE AUDIO EDITING SOFTWARE !!!! with what spiders now ? oh thoat spiders ? oh that s great :)

oh fuck election season. "everyone votes for the correct council seats, and there is no confusion" UM PARDON ????? LITTERAL DICTATORSHIP ???? I've been saying this since the very beginning ????? "unknown location that everyone knows is the abandonned mineshaft" great job government, being real sly ????? they have king sized beds ? "Remember this is america. Vote correctly !" is a bit of a chilling sentence. i think "vote correctly" is the one that gets me the most the piano in the back goes hard btw

ok, community journal. weird ad but ok. Oh it was a total accident, cool nothing to see here

i dont really know what a PTA is. But the fact that the portal didnt close is a bit disconcerning. Usually the supernatural events in nightvale go away pretty quickly. OH GOD THEIR HEADS WERE CHOPPED ok they didnt die. thank god 'lmao so like, people are going insane here so how about we dont consider metal health as like….. a health issue anymore <3 ?'

"are we safe from dinosaures ? no waaay B)"

ok basically ever single thing in my house. Oh Cool, Great.

Oh no suspicious. HAHAHHHA the sign litterally keeping them safe -> this is soooo cliche like argh get original already no carlos QWQ ? CARLOS <33333333333333 ok doesnt sound too happy about it. Cecil, man, chill, carlos is just a guy

FUCK oh nevermind pterodactyl are basically the same things as pteranedon (hears far away dino nerd/pos scream) oh they arent even dinos, great OK WAIT WHAT ???????? HOW DO YOU GO FROM 0 TO 38 ???? i legit sat up when i heard that

so we are just gonna skip over that for baseball ? nevermind, ya fuck desert team. ????????????? no more hands ?

appartment building etiquette wow why do i know he is about to be the angry neighbour haha bro, i feel the exact same why, like when my wall is leaking with membrane ARGH the worst We are all in this togetherrr honeslty, ya reasnable

CARLOS :DDDDDD ??? oh nevermind, it's just a hooded figure. wow ! that was horrifying :D

weather sonnnnnnng (((o(°▽°)o))) it's a very nice song, sounds kinda sad tho :(

sounds like cap but ok UMMMMMMM ?????? PARDON ???? awww :( wait what a raffle ? please dont think of the dog park.

"we are not history yet, we are happening now" i fucking love this quote. what a banger of a line

goodnight cecil :)

#liveblogging #welcome to night vale #night vale liveblog #year 1 episode 4: PTA Meeting #notes

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papermoonloveslucy · 8 years

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Lucy is a Chaperone

S1;E27 ~ April 8, 1963

Synopsis

Lucy and Viv chaperone a Spring break trip for Chris and her friends. Feeling they don't fit in, they try to act like teenagers in order to have fun with the girls and their friends.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Candy Moore (Chris Carmichael)

Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael) and Ralph Hart (Sherman Bagley) do not appear in this episode, although Jerry is mentioned.

Guest Cast

Hanley Stafford (Kenneth Westcott, Principal at Danfield High School) was born Alfred Austin in 1899 and changed his name to Hanley Stafford to honor his birthplace, Hanley, Staffordshire in England. He was a radio actor famous for playing Baby Snooks’ father. This episode of “The Lucy Show” is his final screen credit.

In real life, Kenneth L. Westcott is the name of the show's property master. To remind him who she is, Lucy mentions that she baked a pineapple upside down cake for the last PTA bake sale.

Charlotte Lawrence (Elizabeth Westcott, below left) played one of Ethel Mertz's bridge-playing pals in “No Children Allowed” (ILL S2;E22) and neighbor Marge in “The Homecoming” (S5;E6). This is her only appearance on “The Lucy Show” and her penultimate screen credit.

Patty Garrity (Debbie Westcott, above center) started movie acting at age 6 and appeared as Dixie Pollit, one of the “no-neck monsters” in 1958's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. In a 1965 episode of “My Three Sons” she played a girl with a crush on Robbie Douglas, played by Don Grady, who plays Bill in this “Lucy Show” episode. Her final screen role was as Sheila in The Trouble With Angels (1966). She died in 1991 at age 42.

Don Grady (Bill, below left) famously played Fred MacMurray's eldest son Robbie Douglas on “My Three Sons” from 1960 to 1972. This episode of “The Lucy Show” (his only series appearance) aired on CBS the same week that he appeared on ABC as Robbie Douglas. At the time, he co-starred with William Frawley as Uncle Bub. Frawley played Fred Mertz on “I Love Lucy” who will make his final screen appearance on “The Lucy Show” in 1965. Grady died in 2012 at the age of 68.

Eddie Hodges (Georgie, above right) was a child actor who created the role of lisping Winthrop Paroo in The Music Man on Broadway in 1957. In the 1962 film version his role was taken by Ron Howard, who worked on the Desilu lot filming “The Andy Griffith Show.” Hodges returned to Broadway in the play Critic's Choice (1960), which was made into a film starring Lucille Ball in 1963. His role in that film was taken by Ricky Kelman, who was seen in a 1973 episode of “Here's Lucy” coincidentally starring Andy Griffith. Hodges left acting in 1974 and eventually became a mental health counselor in his native Mississippi.

In the previous episode, Chris's friend Georgie was played by Ronald Keith.

Lucie Arnaz (Cynthia) is the real-life 11 year-old daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. She was born in 1951 just before the premiere of “I Love Lucy.” Lucille Ball was actually pregnant during the filming of the show’s pilot. Despite rumors to the contrary, Lucie Arnaz never appeared on “I Love Lucy.” She made an uncredited appearance on this series in “Lucy is a Referee” (S1;E3) as one of the spectators at the football game. This is the second of her two appearances as Chris’s friend Cynthia, a character mentioned in the premiere and in many subsequent episodes. Lucie Arnaz, however, returned to the show in later seasons in other roles. She also appeared with her mother and brother Desi Jr. on “Here’s Lucy.”

Karen Balkin (Vicki) made her screen debut as Mary Tilford in the long-awaited film version of Lillian Hellman's controversial Broadway play The Children's Hour. Her final screen credit (of only four) was also set in a girl’s boarding school, 1974's Our Time.

Jimmy Carter (Guitarist, above left) made only one more screen appearance after this episode of “The Lucy Show.” The year before he had played Herman on “Leave It to Beaver” for three episodes.

This episode was aired opposite the 35th Annual Academy Awards telecast on ABC. Nominees What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, That Touch of Mink, and Two for the Seesaw were all mentioned in “No More Double Dates” (S1;E21). In attendance were future “Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy” guest stars as Shelley Winters, Ann-Margret, Ed Begley, Victor Buono, Joan Crawford, Robert Goulet, Edward G. Robinson, and Robert Stack.

This week TV Guide celebrated the 10th anniversary of their first national edition. Just as Lucy was on the cover in 1953, she is on it again this week.

A surf rock version of the show's theme is played during the episode's opening credits (following the show's regular animated opening). Previously, this theme was adapted for a marching band in “Lucy is a Referee” (S1;E3).

Although the state where the fictional beach town of Sandy Cove is located is never specified, Lucy notes that it was a long drive from Danfield. It could possibly be meant to be Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Like the Brewster street scenes in “Lucy Drives a Dump Truck” (S1;E24), the exterior locations were filmed on a sound stage.

Chris's packing list of Sandy Cove:

6 pairs of Capri pants

4 sweaters

2 pairs of Bermuda shorts

3 sweatshirts

1 pair of jeans

1 jacket

4 pairs of sneakers

2 shifts

5 bathing suits

1 dress

Capri pants were introduced by fashion designer Sonja de Lennart in 1948. The name derives from the Italian isle of Capri, where they rose to popularity in the late 1950s and early '60s. Capris' acceptance in the United States was influenced by the TV series “The Dick Van Dyke Show” (1961-66) where they were famously worn by Mary Tyler Moore (above).

VIV: “Lucy? Do I look like a new bride?”

LUCY: “You look more like an old bee-keeper.”

Lucy and Viv break out the mosquito netting as protection against bites - but end up needing protection against bats, instead!

When trying on the blonde wig hat, one of the girls says she feels like Jayne Mansfield. Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967) was a major Hollywood sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s. The actress and model was known for her platinum blonde hair and her provocative personal life which frequently made headlines. Vicki and Debbie remark that their wigs are red and blonde, just like Lucy and Viv.

While talking about boys, Chris compares one young man to Paul Newman (above). At the time of filming, quietly sexy actor Paul Newman (1925-2008) had been nominated for two Oscars; the first for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, which coincidentally featured Patty Garrity (Debbie Westcott) and of course, Elizabeth Taylor.

This marks the first appearance of Lucy’s transistor radio. It will be seen throughout the series, even when she relocates to California.

When the girls are dancing, Viv mistakes the Mashed Potato for the Jitterbug. When Lucy attempts the steps, Viv remarks that she's got “lumps in her gravy.” The Mashed Potato was a popular dance craze of 1962 made famous by James Brown. It was performed in the John Waters film Hairspray set in 1962 Baltimore. A companion dance song was titled (appropriately) “Gravy”.

Lucy teaches Viv the current teenage slang:

Choice, Groovy, Tough = Good

Fink, Creepy, Scuzzy, Grumpy, Drippy, Raunchy, Flaky = Bad

Diddly Diddly Diddly = And So Forth

Split = Leave

Cracks You Up = Someone is Funny

Having a Blast = Enjoying Yourself

Some examples of slang from Lucy and Viv's youth: “Greetings, gate. Let's cut a rug. Hubba hubba hubba!”

The framed travel poster in the kitchen is by René Jacques from 1960. It depicts the aqueducts Pont de Garde, near Nimes, in Provence, France.

Lucy's wardrobe when she attempts to fit in with the kids has her wearing the dark-haired fun wig and a shift dress with the face of a smiling girl with free-flowing pigtails on the back.

Lucy and Viv perform “Big Girls Don't Cry,” a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio and originally recorded by The Four Seasons. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 17, 1962, around the time this episode was being scripted. It has been heard on many film and TV soundtracks and is currently associated with the Broadway musical Jersey Boys.

Lucy suggests doing the “Surfer's Stomp,” but the gang ends up doing the “The Limbo” instead. “Surfer's Stomp” was a 1962 hit for The Mar-Kets, reaching #31 on the Hot 100 List. In “The Limbo” dancers must pass under a horizontal pole that is at first at chest level, but then consistently lowered. It originated on the island of Trinidad. It was popularized by Julia Edwards (known as the 'First Lady of Limbo') who appeared in several films, particularly Fire Down Below (1957). Chubby Checker released “The Limbo Rock” in 1962 further popularizing the dance.

Bill refers to Lucy as an “overgrown Gidget.” Gidget is a fictional character created by author Frederick Kohner (based on his teenage daughter, Kathy) in his 1957 novel, Gidget the Little Girl with Big Ideas. The novel follows the adventures of a teenage girl and her surfing friends on the beach in Malibu. The name Gidget is a contraction of ‘girl’ and ‘midget'. The character first appeared on screen in 1959 played by Sandra Dee and two sequels in 1961 and 1963. A television adaption starring Sally Field premiered in 1965. The name has become synonymous with any female surfer or beach bum.

Callbacks!

This is the second episode in a row to have scenes at Danfield High School. This is also the second episode in a row that Lucy tries to recapture her youth and wears a black wig. The previous episode was “Lucy and Viv Take Up Chemistry” (S1;E26).

Lucille Ball also wore (partial) scuba gear while Lucy Ricardo was shopping for her Florida trip in “Lucy Meets Orson Welles” (ILL S6;E3). She does so again as a salesperson in the sporting goods department during “Lucy Bags a Bargain” (S4;E17, center).

Lucy Ricardo was seen at a 'sandy cove' when stranded on a “Desert Island” (ILL S6;E8) off Miami Beach.

Fast Forward!

In a 1967 episode of “The Lucy Show” a female dancer in a beatnik club is wearing the same (or same type of) shift dress worn by Lucy in the beach scene, with the face of a smiling girl with free-flowing pigtails on the back. Here the face is worn on the front. It is interesting to see it in color for the first time!

Goofs & Blunders!

Packing Predicament - The striped top hanging in the background is worn by Cynthia in subsequent scenes, so why is it in the Carmichael kitchen? Cynthia (Lucie Arnaz) and Chris (Candy Moore) are definitely not the same size so couldn’t possibly share clothes.

“Lucy is a Chaperone” rates 3 Paper Hearts out of 5

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Part 4 of 4 Conversations with main man Harold Channer - starts out telling the story about Teddy Venus in the Combat Zone - enjoy! Jon Hammond

#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Part 4 of 4 Conversations with main man Harold Channer - starts out telling the story about Teddy Venus in the Combat Zone - enjoy! Jon Hammond Part 4 of 4 Conversations with main man Harold Channer - starts out telling the story about Teddy Venus in the Combat Zone - enjoy! Jon Hammond Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondConversationsWithHaroldChannerPt4JonHammondInterview Harold Hudson Channer and Jon Hammond in conversation Conversations With Harold Channer Pt 4 Jon Hammond Interview Music News Brought To You By Jon Hammond on CONVERSATIONS WITH HAROLD HUDSON CHANNER on MNNTV Intelligent Relevant Television Talk Harold Channer is a talk-show host on public access television network Manhattan Neighborhood Network, or MNN. He is the longest-running producer for the network, having done over 2,200 interviews over 40 years. Speaking here with Jon Hammond of KYOU Radio, Music News Brought To you by Jon Hammond on Conversations, Pt 4 of one hour program

*WATCH VIDEO: Conversations With Harold Channer Part 4 Jon Hammond Interview http://www.archive.org/details/JonHammondConversationsWithHaroldChannerPt4JonHammondInterview Hear Jon Hammond telling Harold Hudson Channer about his days playing Hammond organ nightly in the strip tease clubs in Boston Combat Zone in the mafia clubs as house organist at World Famous 2 O'Clock Club run by mobsters like Teddy Venus and Louie Venus the Venus Brothers. Just back from performing and presenting a Key Note Presentation in Melbourne Australia Ringwood Victoria at Bernies Music Land. Jon brought back a classic Akubra Australian Hat and recorded an album with drummer Michael Jordan LIVE AT BERNIES http://www.amazon.com/Live-At-Bernies-Jon-Hammond/dp/B003K7TMWM and a segment of Jon Hammond Band live in Jazzkeller Frankfurt with introduction by club owner Eugen Hahn featuring Jon's lineup of Joe Berger guitar, Kevin James Mauder tenor saxophone, Heinz Lichius drums and Jon Hammond at the organ Jon Hammond with Akubra Hat from Australia Eugen Hahn introducing Jon Hammond Band at Jazzkeller Frankfurt Harold Hudson Channer and Jon Hammond in conversation Jon Hammond new touring rig with Hammond Sk1 organ, EXP-50 Expression Pedal, Italian keyboard stand by Bespeco, Flight Case by Gator cases, Kart-A-Bag Super 600 wheels Jon and Harold looking at the in-studio monitor in studios of MNN TV on W. 59th St. in New York City Conversations Pt 4 Harold Channer and Jon Hammond Jon Hammond Band onstage at Jazzkeller Frankfurt with Kevin James Mauder tenor sax, Heinz Lichius drums, Joe Berger guitar, Jon Hammond at XB-2 Hammond organ Looking good on the TV Neil Portnow! #ASCAPPOP Great to see NARAS Grammy Award main man Neil Portnow at the reception this evening for ASCAP Pop Music Awards - we spoke about George Greif and Joe Cocker at the 1982 I attended, looking good Neil! Grammy Awards 2017 Live Online - Jon Hammond London, United Kingdom & Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, United Kingdom - from the Bus Big Ben...thanks to the fine folks at Highland Express Airways for their hospitality aboard Highland 747-123 and accommodations at The Old Bell - which dates back to 1485! - Jon Hammond traveling with Joe Berger in United Kingdom Thanks to the fine folks at Highland Express Airways for their hospitality aboard Highland 747-123 and accommodations at The Old Bell - which dates back to 1485! - Jon Hammond — at London Stansted Airport. Glasgow Prestwick Airport / PIK - Thanks to the fine folks at Highland Express Airways for their hospitality aboard Highland 747-123 and accommodations at The Old Bell - which dates back to 1485! - / Tracie Diamond in the lounge! - Jon Hammond — at London Stansted Airport. Special Delivery! - Pine Hill Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, United Kingdom The Old Bell landing pad - Thanks to the fine folks at Highland Express Airways for their hospitality aboard Highland 747-123 and accommodations at The Old Bell - which dates back to 1485! - Jon Hammond — at London Stansted Airport. R.I.P. Al Jarreau Feb. 12, 2017 - Photos ©Jon Hammond International a Musikmesse 2016 with hr-bigband #hrbigband #aljarreau #tonylakatos Tony Lakatos tenor with Jörg Achim Keller conducting *Note: I first saw Al Jarreau in 1977 at a special Warner Brothers showcase at Alan Pepper's Bottom Line club in Greenwich Village NYC along with George Benson and Earl Klugh - he was great! Very successful show, he then stopped his job as a teacher and went full time in to music. Then I had the good fortune to see him again last year on the night of the final day of 2016 musikmesse together with the hr-Bigband - Frankfurt Radio Big Band *see my photos at the Congress Center Messe Frankfurt - and also Al did several shows with my friends in the NDR Bigband as well - JH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau Birth name Alwin Lopez Jarreau Born March 12, 1940 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Died February 12, 2017 (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, United States Genres Jazz, R&B, soul Occupation(s) Singer Instruments Vocals Vocal percussion Years active 1967–2017 Alwin Lopez "Al" Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American jazz singer.[1] He won seven Grammy Awards and was nominated for over a dozen more. He was best known for his 1981 album Breakin' Away and for singing the theme song of the late-1980s television series Moonlighting. Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the fifth of six children. His website refers to Reservoir Avenue, the name of the street where he lived. His father was a Seventh-day Adventist Church minister and singer, and his mother was a church pianist. He and his family sang together in church concerts and in benefits, and he and his mother performed at PTA meetings.[2] He was student council president and Badger Boys State delegate for Lincoln High School. At Boys State, Jarreau, was elected governor.[3] He went on to attend Ripon College, where he also sang with a group called the Indigos. Jarreau graduated in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology.[1] He went on to earn a master's degree in vocational rehabilitation from the University of Iowa, worked as a rehabilitation counselor in San Francisco, and moonlighted with a jazz trio headed by George Duke. In 1967, he joined forces with acoustic guitarist Julio Martinez.[1] The duo became the star attraction at a small Sausalito night club called Gatsby's. This success contributed to Jarreau's decision to make professional singing his life and full-time career. Going full-time[edit] Al Jarreau in Wrocław, Poland; June 25, 2006 Al Jarreau headlining "Jazz in Kiev 2008" festival In 1968, Jarreau made jazz his primary occupation. In 1969, Jarreau and Martinez headed south, where Jarreau appeared in such Los Angeles hot spots as Dino's, The Troubadour, and Bitter End West. Television exposure came from Johnny Carson, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, Dinah Shore, and David Frost. He expanded his nightclub appearances performing at The Improv between the acts of such rising-star comics as Bette Midler, Jimmie Walker, and John Belushi. During this period, he became involved with the United Church of Religious Science and the Church of Scientology, but he later dissociated from Scientology. Also, roughly at the same time, he began writing his own lyrics, finding that his Christian spirituality began to influence his work. In 1975, Jarreau was working with pianist Tom Canning when he was spotted by Warner Bros. Records. On Valentine's Day 1976 he sang on the 13th episode of NBC's new Saturday Night Live hosted, that week, by Peter Boyle (Young Frankenstein, Everybody Loves Raymond). Soon thereafter he released his critically acclaimed debut album, We Got By, which catapulted him to international fame and garnered him a German Grammy Award. A second German Grammy would follow with the release of his second album, Glow. One of Jarreau's most commercially successful albums is Breakin' Away (1981), which includes the hit song "We're in This Love Together". In 1984, his single "After All" reached 69 on the US Hot 100 chart and number 26 on the R&B chart. It was especially popular in the Philippines. His last big hit was the Grammy-nominated theme to the 1980s American television show Moonlighting, for which he wrote the lyrics. Among other things, he was well known for his extensive use of scat singing, and vocal percussion. He was also a featured vocalist on USA for Africa's "We Are the World" in which he sang the line, "...and so we all must lend a helping hand." Another charitable media event, HBO's Comic Relief, featured Al in a duet with Natalie Cole singing the song "Mr. President", written by Joe Sterling, Mike Loveless and Ray Reach. Jarreau took an extended break from recording in the 1990s. As he explained in an interview with Jazz Review: "I was still touring, in fact, I toured more than I ever had in the past, so I kept in touch with my audience. I got my symphony program under way, which included my music and that of other people too, and I performed on the Broadway production of Grease. I was busier than ever! For the most part, I was doing what I have always done … perform live. I was shopping for a record deal and was letting people know that there is a new album coming. I was just waiting for the right label (Verve), but I toured more than ever."[4] In 2003, Jarreau and conductor Larry Baird collaborated on symphony shows around the United States, with Baird arranging additional orchestral material for Jarreau's shows. He toured and performed with Joe Sample, Chick Corea, Kathleen Battle, Miles Davis, David Sanborn,[5] Rick Braun, and George Benson. He also performed the role of the Teen Angel in a 1996 Broadway production of Grease. On March 6, 2001, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7083 Hollywood Boulevard on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue. In 2006, Al Jarreau appeared in a duet with American Idol finalist Paris Bennett during the Season 5 finale and on Celebrity Duets singing with actor Cheech Marin. In 2010, Al Jarreau was a guest on the new Eumir Deodato album, with the song "Double Face" written by Nicolosi/Deodato/Al Jarreau. The song was produced by the Italian company Nicolosi Productions. On February 16, 2012, he was invited to the famous Italian Festival di Sanremo to sing with the Italian group Matia Bazar. On February 8, 2017, after being hospitalized for exhaustion, he cancelled his remaining 2017 tour dates and retired from touring.[6] Personal life Jarreau was married twice. His first marriage, to Phyllis Hall, lasted from 1964 to 1968. His second wife was model Susan Elaine Player, whom he married in 1977. Jarreau and Player had one son together, Ryan. It was reported on July 23, 2010 that Jarreau was critically ill at a hospital in France, while in the area to perform a concert at nearby Barcelonnette, and was being treated for respiratory problems and cardiac arrhythmias.[7] He was taken to the intensive-care unit at Gap late on July 22, 2010.[8] Jarreau was conscious, in a stable condition and in the cardiology unit of La Timone hospital in Marseille, the Marseille Hospital Authority said. He was expected to remain there for about a week for tests.[9] In June 2012, Jarreau was diagnosed with pneumonia, which caused him to cancel several concerts in France.[10] Jarreau made a full recovery and continued to tour extensively until February 2017.[11][12] In 2009 children's author Carmen Rubin published the story Ashti Meets Birdman Al, inspired by the music of Al Jarreau. He wrote the foreword for the book and read from it across the world. Al and Carmen worked together to promote literacy and the importance of keeping music alive in children. Death[edit] Al Jarreau suffered pneumonia and some effective seizures and was hospitalized. He died on February 12, 2017 at the age of 76. El Cerrito High School Jazz Festival: University of the Pacific Jazz Ensemble was sounding real good yesterday conducted by Patrick Langham folks! from the Brubeck Institute - Jon Hammond Oakland, California -- Outrageous colors last night's sunset - seen from Oakland Hills - Jon Hammond Early bird gets the worm...2nd mouse gets the paradiddle! 8AM Alan Hall Drum Master Class El Cerrito High School Bands Jazz Festival - Jon Hammond http://echsbands.com/festival/ "The Third Annual El Cerrito Jazz Festival is taking place on Saturday, February 11, 2017 in the ECHS Performing Arts Center" First bands up Albany High School Instrumental Music HS Jazz Lab and Northgate Instrumental Music Boosters - NIMB Jazz Band II 4 minutes ago Times Square, New York City is the most famous and oft-visited place in the world - always exciting and non-stop action here in 'The City That Never Sleeps'! Always well lit and with giant interactive TV screens - the ultimate tourist location and for locals alike. In the days before LED lights and screens, the very first large outdoor TV screen was the Mitsubishi USA Diamond Vision Screen - and then followed by the Sony Jumbotron. I personally produced clips that were shown on the Diamond Vision Screen at 47th & Broadway (across from TKTS, at the time it was on top of Bowery Savings Bank branch) - the clips were shown 80 times daily for 3.5 minutes, and we did the psychedelic countdown to the New Year on New Years Eve twice, seen by millions live and on ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve - c u there folks! - Jon Hammond — Times Square, New York Hammond organ concert to benefit family of Gregg Gronowski - from Chicago Tribune Kathy Cichon Elgin Courier News in Land O' Lincoln folks! - I'll be playing with Joe Berger and 2 local cats: Sam Jewell drums and Steve Eisen tenor sax for 'Gregg' Gregory Gronowski Feb. 22nd in St. Charles IL Arcada Theatre *thanks Ron Onesti - Hammond Organ USA http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-ecn-hammond-organ-st-0217-20170210-story.html : Feb. 10, 2017 10:31 AM "The Hammond organ seems to inspire not just loyalty amongst the musicians who play it, but also a spirit of camaraderie. "It's not joining the Elks or the Moose Lodge or something, but it is a fraternity/sorority... People helping and coming together. A lot of this was formed by Gregg. If you needed help, Gregg was there to help," said Scott May, organist for the Ides of March and project manager/artist liaison for Hammond USA. "That selflessness and brotherhood became the order of the day, and it's been wonderful to have that with so many artists and so many big names. It started with Gregg, and now we perpetuate. More than 20 Hammond artists will come to together Wednesday, Feb. 22 at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles for the sixth annual Hammond Sound Soul Summit. The concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m., features musicians from across the genres including rock, jazz, pop, Gospel and more. During this year's Summit - the first time the event is held in the Chicago area - they will celebrate the life of Gregg Gronowski, Hammond USA's director of sales and marketing. Gronowski, who is credited with helping to create the family-like relationship among the Hammond musicians that's affectionately dubbed "HamFam," died in August 2016 following a massive stroke. All proceeds from the concert will benefit Gronowski's family. "He was a great guy, a special guy. He's brought together this Hammond family," said Robby Robinson, longtime music director for Frankie Valli. "He was kind of the Papa Bear of the HamFam. All of this Hammond organ people have this affinity and brotherhood so to speak, that it really is kind of a family. It's really special, and I'm so blessed to be a part of it." The night of music features what May calls "an unprecedented lineup" of Hammond musicians across a variety of musical genres. "You don't get to see these artists together in one place. You'll never see Mark Stein from Vanilla Fudge and Dr. Lonnie Smith together in the same show," May said. "You'll never see some of the Gospel artists and some of the rock artists together in the same show. It demonstrates the depth of Hammond family and the camaraderie we have." Among those performing are jazz legend Dr. Lonnie Smith, Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge, Emiko, Rev. Jimmie Smith, Red Young of Eric Burdon's The Animals, Kevin McKendree of the Brian Setzer and Delbert McClinton bands, Yates McKendree, former Tower of Power musician Ellis Hall, Kim Tibbs, Jon Hammond, Jim Afredson, Tommy Leershen, Justin Dillard, Anthony Williams of the Bobby Jones Gospel TV show, Marine LaCoste of Uncle Kracker, Gary Swan from Etta James' band, Steven Eaklor, Peter Gallinari of Leslie West's and Richie Scarlett's bands and Jim Kozak. Also performing is May with the Ides of March featuring Jim Peterik, as well as Robinson with members of the Jersey Boys cast. "We're going to do a medley of Frankie Valli songs," Robinson said. "I've been living those songs for ever and ever. " During the Summit, musical equipment donated by Addison-based Hammond – including an organ – will be raffled, with those proceeds also going to Gronowski's family. "Gregg was very, very special to the company. He wasn't a keyboard player, he was a bass player by trade," May said. "He learned a lot about the instrument and did a lot to bring the company up to a modern level." Robinson said Gronowski was a genuinely warm person who connected with everyone, and that he had a real passion for music and the Hammond organ. That passion for Hammond is something Robinson shares. "I've been playing Hammond since the 60s. I own eight Hammond organs," said Robinson, who is also a composer and producer. What is it about the instrument that inspires such devotion? "There is no other organ in pop music or rock music or Gospel music that has become the standard bearer for the instrument in any of those genres. It just doesn't happen," Robinson said. "It's a one of a kind instrument. It's hard to quantify exactly … but there's no doubt that anybody who is Hammond organ player has a love affair with the instrument. "I love to play piano but when I sit down at the Hammond organ, it's the most fun thing I do in music," he said. "There's a special connection that I cannot articulate what it is, because it's such an emotional experience that it's hard to define it. But it is consistent and it is real." And during the Sound Soul Summit, audience members will have a chance to share that experience when the artists perform. "Guitarists get all the press. Everybody loves guitar players. They get all the press and all the action. The keyboard players kind of sit back," May said. "Now this is time for the keyboard players to step to the front of the stage and shine." Kathy Cichon is a freelance reporter for the Elgin Courier-News. Hammond Organ Sound Soul Summit When: Feb. 22 Where: Arcada Theatre, 105E. Main St., St. Charles Tickets: $25-$100 Information: 630-962-7000 or www.arcadalive.com Copyright © 2017, The Naperville Sun Hammond heaven -- playing my mostly stock 1965 Hammond B3 + 122 Leslie speaker - I opened it up so you can see a few mods by the late great master Bill Beer / Keyboard Products of Los Angeles - I bought this organ rig at the age of 18, not too long ago folks! - Jon Hammond http://www.jonhammondband.com/news.html Part 4, Conversations, Harold Channer, MNN TV, Gregg Gronowski, Arcada Theatre, Chicago Tribune, #HammondOrgan #B3 #Arcada #Chicago

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