This Week Was Last Week

... but next week should be next week, until it becomes this week.

Episode #36, which was posted here last week, didn't air on the radio till this week, due to pledge break mayhem (which is actually the most fun time to be at the station).

Here's the skinny on last week's (this week's) show:

This week's poem, "October," is that same old story: it's over, but no one can admit it. It might be the first time I've written a fictional narrative poem. The characters and situation is invented, but I think we've all been there.

The song this week is from Freddie Hubbard's Here to Stay. A track played in honor of my dad who would have turned 81 on October 17: "Father and Son." Personnel include Hubbard (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Reggie Workman (bass) and Philly Joe Jones (drums).

Click below to listen to the episode:

Report #36

And since you came here for something more than a rerun of last week, here's Billy Collins doing his poem "Lanyard." (Since the song above is for my dad, here's something for my mom).