Celebrating 2007 and the spirit of freedom with nifty stuff from 1922 to the present day! The show is peppered with moments from the classic James Stewart vehicle
Shenandoah, which should be mandatory viewing for kids of all ages.
The picture of Hemi the cat in the sink has nothing to do with this show; I just think it's cute. Hemi occasionally drapes his body over my left arm and falls asleep while I'm typing, so he's kind of a silent partner to the podcast.
Courtesy of the
Podsafe Music Network comes
Rockosaurus Rex with "Auld Lang Syne," the only way to start the new year, says I.
After a Marines recruiting ad from
Lefty Frizzell, we welcome back Billy Murray and Aileen Stanley, who spiced up
UWA #3 with their rendition of "Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann." This time around they perform a piece I found at the
Internet Archive called "I'll Stand Beneath Your Window Tonight and Whistle." All that whistling inspired me to follow it up with a vintage excerpt from
Lux Radio Theater; I bet you can guess what it is!
"I Wonder How You're Doing" is a song I wrote and recorded at home in 1985; it becomes the latest Uncle Warren project to be hauled out of the attic and shared with the world.
Then it's back to the present day for
Jonathan Coulton's wonderful a cappella tune, "
When You Go," and a brand-new piece by
Los Gallos called "Free the People" - a terrific sentiment to start the new year with, says I.
After an ad for the new Sunday edition of
Newsday, we close out with
Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter doing his song "
Where Did You Sleep Last Night," perhaps best known as the piece that
Kurt Cobain made his own when
Nirvana played MTV's "
Unplugged."
All this and 22 seconds of
Firefly, too - what are you waiting for?
Download the darn thing!
Back to rummaging around the Attic. In addition to some lovely clips from It Happened One Night and other flicks, UWA 43 includes:
It’s long past time I gave you a little more taste of Maria Daines with her partner and guitarist guitarist Paul Killington. After launching the show with Carne Cruda’s “Amazing Artichoke of World Peace,” we dive into Maria’s “Tear Down the Walls” and “Alright When The Morning Comes.”
We extol the wisdom of saving Top Value Stamps, and then it’s time for a little Boo Boo Davis. The tasty blues tunes “Tell Me What to Do” and “Boo’s Boogie Woogie” close out our 39th adventure together. By the way, Maria and Boo Boo were last heard back in the legendary Episode #20.
If you haven't been watching "American Idol," this little seven-minute tribute will make no sense to you. If you have, it speaks for itself.
Celebrating 2007 and the spirit of freedom with nifty stuff from 1922 to the present day! The show is peppered with moments from the classic James Stewart vehicle Shenandoah, which should be mandatory viewing for kids of all ages.
I'll give you eclectic, my pretty - and your little dog, too!
