Wrap It Up: Sarah X Gets a Podcast & Going to the Opera With Storm

Friday, 06 November 2009 12:11 | Written by Byron

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER PODCAST: Cort and Fatboy aren't the only twosome rollling out a new podcast. So are a couple of their fellow ex-KUFO'ers, Sarah X. Dylan and Greg Nibler. They've already rolled out Episode One on the site they call Funemployment Radio (catchy name, kids). It's awesome to see these two back on the audio airwaves. I can't wait to listen to their shows, which will air daily Monday-Friday. And to make sure that listeners understand that this not just another variation of the Rick and Sarah Show, here's what they have to say on their site (and oh by the way, the photo above is Rick and Sarah at last night's tight-as-the-Titanic opening of the Indigo Building that looms above Jake's Restaurant): "Yes, my friends, we have been podcasting for a few days to occupy our time while we wait patiently for the next installment of The Rick Emerson Show to return. This isn't some spin-off of The Rick Emerson Show (please no comparisons to Joey), it's just a daily conversation between the two of us, while we imbibe Mickey's malt liquor and talk about being unemployed - with some Ball Talk, music & pop culture news, soundbites, and chatter about our lives as unemployed "Broadcast Professionals" thrown into the mix. There is a bit of drinking, a bit of profanity, and a bit of...shall we say... crazy, but it's a hell of a lot of fun to be in a (make-shift) studio again!"

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA: I will blogging tonight. At an opera. Yes, I am going highbrow for a couple of hours and letting the world know my instant reaction to the work of Philip Glass. I know very little to absolutely nothing about the opera I am watching, Portland Opera's Orphee, but as a young 'un I was totally intrigued by Glass and his "Einstein on The Beach" (at the time I was totally obsessed with Robert Wilson). Things I am excited about: I have a friend in the show, Carl Halvorson, who I've never seen perform in an opera, the show is being commercially recorded, and oh yeah, Storm Large is one of my fellow bloggers. One of the best theater critics this town has ever seen, Bob Hicks, has much more about the show at Art Scatter. See ya' at the opera!