Michael Perry's Blog, page 36
November 7, 2022
Upgraded…
…to the progressive lenses package.
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October 30, 2022
A Quiet Halloween
Brother John on left, me on right. The hair was dyed sheepskin scraps mom got somewhere—probably in the fabric store bargain bin. Realize as I write this caption I’m pretty sure this wasn’t Halloween—note the candy cane Christmas pencils. They had little elf heads at the eraser end. I can tell by the exposed studs and heating ducts in the background that dad was remodeling the house for the first time, as there were many more of us urchins inbound.This week’s “Voice Mail” is available to subscribers and non-subscribers alike. Click here for more pictures and to listen.
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October 29, 2022
This Week’s Tent Show Radio: Steve Earle and the Dukes
Check out Mike (Twitter: @SneezingCow) hosting Tent Show Radio (Twitter: @tentshowradio) episode 22-44.
This week on Tent Show Radio, enjoy a high-voltage hour featuring the rough-neck poetics of troubadour Steve Earle and The Dukes (Twitter: @SteveEarle).
Michael Perry shares humorous stories throughout on the Big Top stage (Twitter: @BigBlueTent). If you prefer to watch this and previous episodes, follow this link for all the available viewing options.
Stream it here along with other Tent Show Radio episodes.
Tent show Radio is broadcast each week on many fine independent stations, which can be found here: https://sneezingcow.com/ten-show-radio-stations/
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October 25, 2022
“ALR”
Al Ross (I knew him mostly as “A-L-R.”) wasn’t just some radio dude (although he did a hilarious impersonation of same). He knew what it was to pull shifts in a paper mill. He preferred hot beefs in a small-town tavern to three-fork dinners. More than once we watched the sun rise over the Mississippi sloughs from a duck blind.
No one ever made me laugh harder, longer, or so helplessly. So many bits: huff-and-puff exercise guy, cheesy deejay guy, fake laugh guy… On the air or in the recording studio, he combined velvet pipes and sterling technique. Every time I step to a microphone, no matter the setting, I’m drawing on very specific things Al Ross modeled.
Some day–allowed the breath and time–I’ll write what this man did for me, taught me, and meant to me. It’ll be a while, though, because the stories are tumbling around one after the other and I want to sort it all out some. For now I’ll just nod to his family, and thank Rich Kremer for writing this profile of the man I knew as “ALR.”
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October 24, 2022
Blowhard Pup
Dad made his farm equipment last mainly thanks to two simple rules: Grease it, and store it beneath a roof. Part of that process included blowing all the moisture-gathering chaff out of the haybine between cuttings, which I had been doing here, but we had a dog that liked to attack the air when it hissed from the nozzle and so you had to spend a little time entertaining yourself with that.
Wrote a lot about this part of our life in Coop.
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October 22, 2022
Dear Earth: A Love Song-Letter of Hope
Check out Mike (Twitter: @SneezingCow) hosting Tent Show Radio (Twitter: @tentshowradio).
This week on Tent Show Radio, the Big Top celebrates Earth Day, with performances from the Big Top Chautauqua original show, Dear Earth: A Love Song – Letter of Hope. This episode features Big Top’s very own Blue Canvas Orchestra musicians and singers as they perform original songs and sentiments that celebrate the Earth.
Michael Perry shares humorous stories throughout on the Big Top stage (Twitter: @BigBlueTent). If you prefer to watch this and previous episodes, follow this link for all the available viewing options.
Michael Perry hosts episode 22-43.
Stream it here along with other Tent Show Radio episodes.
Tent show Radio is broadcast each week on many fine independent stations, which can be found here: https://sneezingcow.com/ten-show-radio-stations/
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October 15, 2022
This Week’s Tent Show Radio: Buffy Sainte-Marie (Part Two)
Check out Mike (Twitter: @SneezingCow) hosting Tent Show Radio (Twitter: @tentshowradio).
This week on Tent Show Radio enjoy the second half of a special two-part episode from the archives. Enjoy electric folk-rock from the powerful, unyielding, and ultimately uplifting Buffy Sainte-Marie (Twitter: @BuffySteMarie), as she performs tunes from across her career.
Michael Perry shares humorous stories throughout on the Big Top stage (Twitter: @BigBlueTent). If you prefer to watch this and previous episodes, follow this link for all the available viewing options.
Michael Perry hosts episode 22-42.
Stream it here along with other Tent Show Radio episodes.
Tent show Radio is broadcast each week on many fine independent stations, which can be found here: https://sneezingcow.com/ten-show-radio-stations/
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October 10, 2022
Goddang Deerz
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October 8, 2022
This Week’s Tent Show Radio: Buffy Sainte-Marie (Part One)
Check out Mike (Twitter: @SneezingCow) hosting Tent Show Radio (Twitter: @tentshowradio).
This week on Tent Show Radio enjoy a very special two-part episode from the archives. Enjoy electric folk-rock from the powerful, unyielding, and ultimately uplifting Buffy Sainte-Marie (Twitter: @BuffySteMarie), as she performs tunes from across her career.
Michael Perry shares humorous stories throughout on the Big Top stage (Twitter: @BigBlueTent). If you prefer to watch this and previous episodes, follow this link for all the available viewing options.
Michael Perry hosts episode 22-41.
Stream it here along with other Tent Show Radio episodes.
Tent show Radio is broadcast each week on many fine independent stations, which can be found here: https://sneezingcow.com/ten-show-radio-stations/
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October 7, 2022
Teaching Population 485
If you’re one of the many teachers or professors we’ve heard from who teach Population 485, or are looking to give it a try, you may be interested in this study guide (written by a teacher, this is not Mike’s product, he doesn’t profit from it, just sharing it).
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