Episode 4: Fun City
We take a lot of flack here in Vancouver about our bars closing early. No Fun City, they call us. I say, the joke’s on them for trying to have fun in bars! This episode explores the bustling underbelly of fun in Vancouver, the sort of thing that squishes out of the bottom when the city regulates the s%@t out of the top. Wait, did I use that analogy last show? No, that was a burrito. Phew.
You’ll hear some high-energy City Council meeting clips, sounds of people bashing things on bikes, secret dinners, and hear tales of parties where innocent people are stacked under chairs. And screaming. There is screaming.
Thanks to all the fun people!
P.S. Those Geist one-year subscriptions are still up for grabs! The first 3 folks to donate $20 or more with our handy button up top win!
Also p.s. I’m taking a break for a few weeks to organize a PARTY. Yes, a Life After Radio PARTY. The night of May 9th will be a live taping, which you can attend in person, at the Western Front. It will be amazing. More info to come.
Episode 3: Bear Country
I get really excited about bear stories. There is a rhythm to them, something therapeutic and chant-like, that I find thrilling. As far as personal myths go, these rank pretty high up on the special scale. On this podcast, you’ll find a smattering of personal bear encounters from all over the country. I even phoned my parents in Cleveland, where they have not seen any bears (yet).
You’ll also find one fake bear story, just in time for April Fool’s Day. Guess which one, and you’ll receive a special thing in a box. Email lifeafterradio@gmail.com with your guesses.
Also, in an effort to raise funds to pay my web developer and artist a small stipend, and perhaps even go to the dentist, I will be posting prizes on the website over the next couple of weeks in exchange for donations (see our handy Paypal button up top).
And have fun listening. This one’s packed full of stories. Like a burrito where you tried to put too much stuff in, and its all kind of spilling down your face as you eat it. Like that.
To tide you over…
Dear Listeners,
I (Sarah) am currently in a frenzy of editing, trying to get the next podcast up this week for all of your fine discerning ears. I know this one is a little late, but it will be worth it. I have discovered that this whole “making a living” thing kind of gets in the way of radio-making.
So, as you wait patiently for the “Bear Stories,” episode, I will entertain you with a thing made by my web developer, Graeme, that I very much enjoy.
It is a stripped down, no bullshit, exact-opposite-of-what-I-generally-do kind of show, and for this, it is great.
Boring Tales of Everyday Life
Also, David Ravensbergen is on it, who is planning to bike across Europe in some crazy stunt to raise money for microcredit, and is also currently pissing off Frank Zappa’s relatives. You can find his website here:
Episode 2: Fermenters
Here it is, a second show, a bit like the first show, but shorter, squishier, and mouldier. Apologies for my terrible butchering of the word “keffir.”
fermenters
This one’s particularly good for toodling around in the kitchen.
Thanks so much to Graeme Worthy (faithful web developer), Aili Meutzner (art whiz), Kat Siddle (research and library hound) and the voices of Heather Johnstone, Emerson Belland, Caroline Walker, Charlotte Hewson, Soula Poulos, and whoever happened to be in the room.
Listen here.
Here are some things you can do while listening:
-fold all of the clothes in your dresser
-make an extravagant soup
-play a game of chess
-place your head in your hands and sit quietly
-snuggle with a loved one/pet/book
contacting us
questions/comments/ideas/how to shower us with financial support so we can make better and better radio:
lifeafterradio@gmail.com
also, my apologies to Emily Hunter and Andy Hudson, who were brutally omitted from the credits, as I added in their lovely voices late at night in a mad frenzy of editing.
so thank you to Emily, Andy, Graeme, Matt, Kat, “Beth”, Aili, the Regional Assembly of Text, and everyone who lent their voices.