Report #66

This episode is the first to be recorded at my new home & writing studio, tucked deeper into the Absaroka Mountains than the Grizfork is. This cabin is on Suce Creek, the next drainage downriver from where I was. It's a beautiful place, though I will always miss the old place.

I recorded this Report as a transitional episode into a new take on the show. The old theme music, "Hat & Beard" by Eric Dolphy is being retired, and new theme music -- a new recording by an amazing band -- will debut next week. So in this week's show, the old theme flows into "Going Out West" by Tom Waits -- which could be my personal theme song, or at least one of them. The new official theme music will remain a surprise for now, but will be unveiled in next week's episode.

To say my last good-bye's to my former digs, this week's poem is a revisiting of "Writing at Grizfork Studio," from my book The Moon Cracks Open: A Field Guide to the Birds.

Music this week is the title track from Grab This! (Riverside 1962) by Johnny Griffin. The album features Griffin on tenor sax, Paul Bryant on organ, Joe Pass on guitar, Jimmy Bond on bass and Doug Sides on drums.

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Report #66