Playlist: O'Dark 30 episode 66 (2-14)
Compiled By: KUT
KUT's O’Dark 30 raises loads 'o cash in the membership drive edition of the show with the best from the world of independent radio production. Every Sunday at midnight on Austin's KUT 90.5 and also at 4pm on digital KUT2 we present 3 hours of a little bit of everything from the world of independent radio production.
Episode 66 (2-14) includes Killer Whales, You're Still My Favorite Color...Funny Thing, Being Mugged...KUT's Portrait of an Artist: Maggie Steber...Snap Judgment #201: Hungry...The Giant Blueberry Bush...Sun Tunnels...Big Time Baseball in a Small Texas Town...How Jen Met Her Husband...Zelda Kaplan on Dancing and Living at 87
Killer Whales
From Jay Allison | Part of the Animals and Other Stories series | 02:07
The whale seduces the wife
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- Killer Whales
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- Jay Allison
A brief sound essay on: a) the derivation of this whale's name, b) its seductive behavior toward the producer's wife, and c) its penchant for making repulsive noises.
(NOTE TO STATIONS: Be sure to frame this piece as "vintage," produced in the 1980s. While the content holds up fine, you need to note the fact that this story was made about 20 years old, so that you don't unintentionally mislead your listeners into thinking these are contemporary voices.)
You're Still My Favorite Color
From One Hello World | Part of the One Hello World series | 01:40
Love is so much more than just being in love.
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- You're Still My Favorite Color
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- One Hello World
Love is so much more than being in love.
// Thanks for reminding us that love is made up of many things.
Funny Thing, Being Mugged
From Jake Warga | 19:00
A personal story of being violently mugged
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- Funny Thing, Being Mugged
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- Jake Warga
Comic/Dark/True wth Kodo Drumming music and Placebo's "Where is My Mind"
Aired KUOW Seattle and HearingVoices.com Crime Special
The Giant Blueberry Bush
From The humble Farmer | 01:17
Get four pints of juicy blueberries every day
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- The Giant Blueberry Bush
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- The humble Farmer
Is that 365 days a year?
Sun Tunnels
From Hearing Voices | Part of the Scott Carrier stories series | 07:39
Marking the solstice with concrete desert art.
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- Sun Tunnels
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- Hearing Voices
Sun Tunnels in the Utah Desert: The summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the official beginning of summer, is makred by an obscure art installation called the Sun Tunnels in a very remote part of the Utah desert. Concrete drain pipes -- are aligned to channel the sun's rays at precise celestial moments.
Big Time Baseball in a Small Texas Town
From Marfa Public Radio | 28:59
The real life version of "Field Of Dreams" takes place in Alpine, Texas in the 1940s and 50s. This is a story about a man, his baseball field and a town that loved both, in Far West Texas.
Mention the “Cowboys” in almost any other town in Texas and you’d likely be talking about a football team from Dallas, but here in the rural town of Alpine, the cowboys are the local baseball team, and the field they play on is the stuff of legends. Built in the 1940’s by a local rancher, at a cost of more than a million dollars, this Wrigley field replica has seen baseball greats like Satchel Paige, Norm Cash and Gaylord Perry pitch, hit and score in the shadows of its imposing red rock walls.
It’s amazing that in this cow & college town of Far West Texas, with a population of less than 6000, the local baseball team could draw such loyal and enthusiastic crowds. Even more incredible is the story of how that town came to have such a beautiful baseball park, named by sports illustrated as “the best little ball park in Texas”. This piece tells the story of Mr. Herbert Kokernot Jr and how he came to build what Sports Illustrated magazine would call “the best little ball park in Texas.”
This piece features interviews with Big Bend Cowboys General Manager JR SMITH; grandson of Mr Herbert Kokernot CHRIS LACY; son of Alpine Cowboys pitcher DJ STOUT; former Alpine Cowboys player CHARLIE DAVIS; owner & founder of Big Bend Cowboys FRANK SNYDER; Big Bend Cowboys coach Donnie Randell; and son of Alpine Cowboys short stop TIM PARSONS.
This is a KRTS Marfa Public Radio production written, produced, & edited by Sam Griffin; with sound recording by Dave Leonnig. Production assistance from Peter McCrady.
How Jen Met Her Husband
From Matt Miller | 15:56
Jennifer Bosworth had to go crazy in L.A. before she could discover that the man she was looking for was in her home town all along.
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- How Jen Met Her Husband
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- Matt Miller
As a producer I'm always trying to find a new way of telling a story. The story of How Jen Met Her Husband isn't just a normal telling of boy-meets-girl.
Jennifer Bosworth told me her story in an hour long recorded interview over Coffee one afternoon. I turned the recorded interview over to novelist Stephanie Kuehnert (I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone) (Ballads Of Suburbia) to rewrite as a narrative short story, and then asked Chicago actress Jennifer Reese Wilson to read Kuehnert's short story version of Jennifer Bosworth's interview.
The piece runs 15:56, but four minutes of the end is a song by Chicago singer/song writer Rebecca Rego, who lent her single "The Best Thing You Ever Gave Me" to the score of the narrative piece.
This story is an interpretation of three different women - the song lending a perfect reflection of the story read by the actress, written by the novelist, and lived by the girl who fell in love after hitting bottom.
Zelda Kaplan on Dancing and Living at 87
From Blank on Blank | Part of the Blank on Blank series | 05:09
87-year old Zelda Kaplan:"I am very interested in fashion. I like to look nice. I still love to dance. My friends are dead. ... So with whom should I go out? If I don’t go out with young people, who else is there?"
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- Zelda Kaplan on Dancing and Living at 87
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- Blank on Blank
Zelda Kaplan was 87 when we met at a bar in Manhattan. It was around 6PM. But her day wasn't ending. Her night was just beginning. After we met for a drink she was off to a fashion show. Then dinner. And dancing at a hot nightclub after that. Its the legend of Zelda. She’ll make you smile.
INTERVIEW NOTES
- The Date: Spring 2003
- The Scene: Irish pub, New York City
- The Source: Minidisc recorder
- The Story: Profile originally ran in The L Magazine.