Life and Hard Times in Radio

The No Show | Mar 30, 2010
Playlist:
THEME: "How Long Blues" - Jimmy Yancey, piano
Nina Simone
"Jelly Roll"
"My Baby Just Cares for Me"
"I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl"
"Trouble in Mind"
Earl King
"Eating and Sleeping"
"Those Lonely, Lonely Nights"
"Big Chief"

Steve Post continues his allegedly fictional recollections of his life and hard times in radio with another excerpt from his work-no-longer-in-progress. Be there as Steve experiences his first recorded technical disaster—with an addressograph machine. In other business, Steve ruminates on the new Sony computer game: "Shock and Awe." The music this week will feature Nina Simone and Earl King.

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