The Manager

The No Show | Mar 30, 2010

PLAYLIST

Theme: “How Long Blues” – Jimmy Yancey, piano
“Radio Man Blues” – Mollie O’Brien
“The Air” – Modest Mouse
“Air” – Incredible String Band
“Home, Sweet Home” – Tami Briggs
“Big Boss Man” – Jimmy Reed
“Who’s the Boss” – Neil Graham

The fourth NO SHOW special edition offers two chapters from Steve Post’s “Work No Longer in Progress” describing his accidental career in broadcasting. After several months as Mailroom Supervisor at WPFR (Peace & Freedom Radio), Steve's big break comes when the station's sole on-air personality goes on a two-week vacation, and Steve is selected from a field of one to be the substitute host of his show. The two weeks go by as the blink of an eye, and as we resume our story (well, Steve's story actually), his bid for fame, fortune, and female companionship is nearing its end. Be listening as Steve answers a few questions we have all pondered in the winter of our souls: Who let him out of the mailroom? Will he ever lose his virginity? Will he find it again?

In the next chapter in Steve’s story, he has been working for some years at WPFR where he has served in a number of positions including mail room supervisor and on-air personality. Now he has reached the apotheosis of his career at WPFR: THE MANAGER.

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