Monthly Archives: July 2008

I’ll Get To That Podcast Sometime, Honest

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

Sorry I haven’t gotten one recorded this week.  I know what I want to say and I have the music selected, but time (as in lack thereof) and fatigue (why do I feel like a need a vacation to recover … Continue reading →

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Acting Like I’ve Been Here Before… Oh Wait That’s Right I Have

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

Best laid plans, etc etc blah blah blah… I had genuine hopes to complete the first draft of the chapters for Steve Crumbacher (Crumbächer) and Steve Hindalong (The Choir) last week.  I ended up getting somewhere between a third and … Continue reading →

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It’s My Birthday And I’ll Work On My Book If I Want To

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

Yes, today is my birthday.  One more year until I run headlong into fifty.  Ah well.  No deep thoughts on the subject; I seem to be taking this birthday as far less of a mid-life crisis moment than is my … Continue reading →

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No Podcast This Week

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

Too busy pounding away at the book.  More later.

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In Case You Missed It (Since Most Everyone In The Media Did)

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

A news item came across the wires earlier this week.  Since it had nothing to do with Barack Obama or Britney Spears the story received scant notice on these shores, back page mention if mentioned at all. It happened anyway. … Continue reading →

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It’s. A. MOVIE!!!

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

In these troubled times, there are many disturbing stories flashing across our digital television screens. Wars and rumors of wars (now where have we heard that before), economic woes, social discomfort… … the alarmingly large number of people with nothing … Continue reading →

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Podcast Update — July 16, 2008

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

This week’s podcast talks about the people behind the sport of NASCAR, and also about the shared joy of living. Most of the text this week comes from blog posts I’ve written the past couple of days.  I hope you … Continue reading →

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Heaven Is A Better Place Today

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

We are a society inured to death.  It is filler for the back page, a faceless news item quickly scanned and responded to with clucked tongue and mumbled expressions of what a shame even as the names involved are forgotten, … Continue reading →

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I Bring News: Your News Isn’t News

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

Every once in a while, the San Francisco Chronicle forgets its prime directive of inserting obsessive Giants and 49ers coverage among its daily minimum requirement of Christ and Christian-hating drek by actually reporting the news.  One such slip-up occurred today … Continue reading →

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A Mini-Rock Opera With Real Characters And Plot

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

Depending on your year of birth and musical inclination you might remember Ambrosia, a band which started life in the mid ’70s as an eclectic prog rock ensemble and gradually moved into a more pop direction.  While never a major … Continue reading →

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