Forgotten But Not Gone

The No Show | Mar 30, 2010

Forgotten but not gone, Steve Post is back again and up to his old tricks in this, the first of a limited series of eight NO SHOWS. Steve reminds us, in case we had forgotten, that holidays top his enormous list of least favorite things, a list that grows by the day.

Steve holds up Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve for special ridicule, then submits George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, and Rod Blagojevich to similar treatment. In a doomed effort to advance the public good, Steve offers a partial solution to America’s economic woes -- edible money – along with a suitable marketing slogan: “Put your money where your mouth is.” Be sure to listen. Hearing is believing. Seeing, not so much.

PLAYLIST THEME: “How Long Blues” – Jimmy Yancey, piano
“How Long Blues” – Skip James
“Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion Dollars?” – Roy Zimmerman
“Nobody Knows You” – Bessie Smith
“Happy Holidays” – Percy Faith
“No Happy Holidays”– Mary J. Blige
“Run Mollie Run” – Henry Thomas
“The Cave” – Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
“Cave Dance” – Dreamtime
Medley: “Oh Freedom/Come & Go with Me/I’m On My Way” – Odetta
Medley: “Careless Love/St. Louis Blues” -- Odetta

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