In Rare Form

The No Show | Mar 30, 2010
Playlist:
Theme: “How Long Blues” – Jimmy Yancey, piano
“Wordy Rippinghood” – Tom Tom Club
“The Typewriter” – Leroy Anderson
“Stage Fright” – The Band
“I Wanna Grow Up to be a Politician” - The Byrds
“Fortunate Son” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
“My Country II” – Dan Bern
“The Empire Strikes First” – Bad Religion
“Masters of War” – Bob Dylan
“Déjà vu (all over again)” – John Fogerty

Steve Post, host of The NO SHOW, is in rare form—lashing out at his producer, his engineer, the New York Times, his brief and unlamented career as a standup comic, and the passing of the manual typewriter—until it is finally time for his nap. The music is some consolation.

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