taintradio announcers post their six-word essays! (An ADD tribute!)
Hello Fellow Tainters!
I hope everyone’s 2009 is getting off to a somewhat respectful start, despite all of the negativity around us. A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to Public Radio where they were having a discussion about Six-Word Memoirs, particularly as it related to the subject of love (Valentine’s Day was just around the corner). The concept of the Six-Word Memoir is an old one, begun by Ernest Hemingway, who, when asked to write a full story in six words, responded: “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.” The link to the NPR story is here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100510986
Listening to this story got me to thinking: What would some of our taintradio announcers submit as their own Memoir? (notice that I did not add the six-word requirement as that would be very un-taint-like to have such a structured format!). After all, these are some of the most creative people I know, it would be interesting to hear their voices on such an interesting writing project.
So, I sent an e-mail out to our announcers and, as I expected, they came through with flying colors! Here, in no particular order, are our submissions for your perusal. Feel free to add your own by commenting on this blog or by contacting your favorite announcer directly.
Enjoy our Six-Word (more, or less) memoirs!
Dave Tilley - “Old microphones, vacuum tubes, quartet wailing…”
Barry Everitt - “NO!!! I can beat the compression!”
“Fuck, whats a watershed?”
“tag team radio rules ok?”
Bob Rogers - “Hey y’all, listen to this!”
Rafi Zabor - “Visse, scrisse, amo. Lived, wrote, loved.”
J. Michael Harrison - “Life is short, make something happen!”
“Sitting at the feet of my Lord!”
“Here to see yet another day!”
“Do fries go with that shake?”
“Get the fuck out of here!”
“Play that funky music white boy!” (to be used where appropriate)!
Ken Field -” I did it my friggin way!”
“Kept an eye out for opportunities.”
“Education in science; career in music.”
Pearl Shelby Sharpe - “My drug of choice Robert Bonner.”
Brian Cullman -”Hey, what’s this red button for?”
“You think this will work? Maybe?”
“License? You need a license to…”.
Mitchell Feldman - “Please pass the salt. Thank you.”
Todd Morman - “Start, stop, turn around, swing, repeat”
“What the hell am I doing?”
Kevin Spurlock - “Destined for greatness - Work in progress”
“Headed to Weight Watchers - McDonalds obstructed!”
“”Radio or Me!” - I chose radio!”
Hey I was just quoting Stendhal.