On Demand
The No Show Archive
June 2006
No More Pencils, No More Books
Sunday, June 25, 2006
School is out, and you can cut the pathos with a knife as Steve Post recounts his two-year long childhood banishment by one of his wicked stepmothers to a boarding school of Dickensian quality “in the wilds of New Jersey when New Jersey still had wilds.” In other business, The Broken News presents its Teacher of the Year Award, and the NO SHOW Musical Necropolis inducts June Pointer of The Pointer Sisters and jazz pianist, Hilton Ruiz. By and large, a pretty good show, for people who like that kind of thing.
Worth Missing
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Steve Post thinks about thinking but then thinks better of it. His producer, substitute host, utility infielder, and chief cook and bottle washer, Frank Millspaugh, delivers The Broken News in a state of complete undress, and Billy Preston joins The NO SHOW Musical Necropolis. The music will arouse your prurient interests. All in all, a show very much worth missing.
Camp Counselor
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Steve Post concludes his tale of travail as a Fresh Air Fund camp counselor with a radio first: a demonstration of his ability to “mother-rank” in Spanish sign language. It has to be seen to be believed, and of course (given the limitations of radio), you can’t see it, so you will be forgiven if you don’t believe it. In other business, The Broken News explores the interface between food and anti-social behaviour, and The Musical Necropolis inducts a new member. Caution: the music may induce severe nostalgia.
Camping
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Steve Post relates a tale of his tortuous trials and tribulations in summer camp – first as a camper, then as a counselor. A cumulative experience of nearly eight summers, but he never did get it right. In other business, a giant earthworm resurfaces in Washington State – an annelidan anomaly – and three new members are inducted to The NO SHOW Musical Necropolis. Listen. You’ll like it. And if you don’t, you can always stop listening. And do something constructive with your life.