July 29, 2004
Today on Sonic Detour
Get Up with MorningWoodGet some Wood in the afternoon! I'll be hosting WMNF's Sonic Detour from 4 to 6 PM this afternoon. on 70,000 Watt Community Radio WMNF 88.5 fm, Tampa, and streaming at wmnf.org. 4 to 6 am (eastern) every Tuesday!
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MorningWood Needs Your Vote!
The WMNF listener survey is out, and somehow MorningWood got left off of the list for favorite shows. This sucks.
You can help to rectify this tragic error by filling out the survey online and writing in your vote for MorningWood wherever it may be even remotely appropriate.
Survey hints: The answer “MorningWood” would work nicely for the following questions: (the page numbers correspond to the printed version, in case some of you are following along with a pencil)
Favorite Daily Shows Section: Early Morning Free Form (4 - 6 AM) (Yes - this includes MorningWood, but MorningWood is nowhere mentioned as a unique entity. That is the crux of the problem.)Page 18, “Listening Preferences” section “One show I would listen to more...”
Page 19, “Weekly Shows” section: This is the one where MorningWood was inexplicably left off of the ballot. If using the printed program guide, please “Write In” MorningWood in this section. Don’t worry - I’ve received firm suggestions from people very low in the station hierarchy that your ballot wont be rejected as an “overvote” just because you write in your vote.
Page 20, “News” section: How ‘bout a plug for BlogWood.com under web sites!
Section 23 (Online): One could, if one were so inclined, type, or even paste the following: “I love to get up with MorningWood!”
Okay - that’s it for the cheat sheet. Good luck. I know you’ll do your best...
THANKS!
Thanks to all the loyal WMNF and MorningWood listeners who called in during last week’s marathon fundraiser for our new building. MorningWood continued a streak of making goal. In fact, MorningWood has never fallen short in any marathon. This time, the goal was shattered, and MorningWood was one of the best performing overnight shows. MorningWood listeners rock.
Blogging on the radio
Mama Cass! Pig tales! Judi Bari! More?!? I’m outa time... I’ll just cut and paste and run. See you on the radio.
This afternoon on Sonic Detour, get your Wood on! I’m Norwood, and I regularly host MorningWood, Tuesdays from 4 to 6 am, every week here on WMNF. I’m sitting in for Nell today on Sonic Detour, and, as fate would have it, circumstances well beyond my control have conspired to essentially plan this show for me.
First, I am in the midst of a 2 week stint of Pig Sitting. I’m hosting the True Majority Pig Mobile, a stunning representation of the enormous financial costs of the war in Iraq.
The "Pig Mobile," conceived of by Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's, consists of three different-sized piggy banks strung together to illustrate just how big a financial disaster the Iraq war has turned out to be.
The largest pig (by far) shows the financial cost ($200 billion) of America's attack on Iraq, including the projected minimum cost of reconstruction. The smaller pig illustrates how much the federal government spends on K-12 education ($34 billion) . And the third pig, which is a wee little pig, shows America's dedication to lessening world hunger and poverty ($10 billion).
These piggies, all built out with striking pink fiberglass and featuring an oinking soundtrack, are pulled by a full-sized Chevy van towing a trailer.
For more information on the TrueMajority Pig Mobile and where to see it during it’s last days in the Tampa area, go to BlogWood.com or give me a call in the studio.
Anyway, the Pig Mobile inspired me to do a Pig themed special a few weeks ago on MorningWood, and, by popular demand, I have boiled that special down to a single hour of porcine power. From 5 to 6 PM today, it will be all pig music all the time.
But what about the first hour? Well, if I ever finish talking, you’ll notice that the first hour of this afternoon’s Sonic Detour is dedicated to Mama Cass, who died 30 years ago today with a half eaten HAM sandwich by her side. How’s that for a segue?
Disclaimer: The coroner later determined that this particular ham sandwich had absolutely nothing to do with Mama Cass’s untimely demise.
So, as you can see, I really had no choice in the programming of today’s show: Mama Cass and the Pink Piggies, now to be forever attached deep in the bowels of my faulty memory by the thin strands of a leftover lunch.
And, as I recently found out, unexpected pig references often pop up in the least expected places, so don’t be surprised if there’s a bit of an unforeseen overlap between the sets.
Playlists
Each week, I bring my planned songs in on CD. I usually end up playing most or all of them in the planned order. But sometimes things go askew. Sorry - no guarantees or refunds.
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(Updated at 3:20 PM)
Posted by Norwood at July 29, 2004 07:29 AM