Bay Bridge Blues January 16, 2010 Coming to you again this week from The War Memorial Opera House, in San Francisco, a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion. With special guests, American blues master Elvin Bishop, mezzo soprano Frederica von Stade, choral singing ensemble Chanticleer, and legendary Scottish balladeer Jean Redpath. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
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| Prairie Home on the Big Screen  A Prairie Home Companion is coming to the big screen, at a movie theater near you! In an exciting first for the show, on Thursday, February 4th, 2010, a performance of A Prairie Home Companion at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, will be beamed live in high-definition exclusively to some 500 participating movie theaters and performing arts centers across the U.S. and Canada. Buy Tickets» |
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| Western Caribbean Cruise  The Prairie Home cruise has become legendary on two of the Seven Seas and now is setting sail on a third, a weeklong spring break cruise of the western Caribbean along the Mexican coast, and it leaves March 14 from Tampa. More Information» |
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Last Week's Show
January 9, 2010  Out of the Ice Box, Into the Cooler
All about last week's live broadcast from San Francisco. Featuring Sara Watkins, Raúl Melo, and more.
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| Inga Swearingen: First Rain  Our sporadic interview series continues with the talented jazz singer Inga Swearingen. She talks about "Swedish Farm Jazz," singing with the birds, and the recording process for her new album, First Rain. Read the interview» |
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Post to the Host GK Answers your questions To the Host:
Making the drive from MI to MN for a couple years at the language immersion camps of Concordia near Bemidji, I was glad to see the many Indian communities in the area. Since my impression is that Lake Wobegon is Up North, possibly in the Paul Bunyan area, I reflected that few if any Indian relationships or experiences or stories appear in your monologues. I have no idea if that is by mutual agreement or simply thematically difficult. But I would be curious to know if there is creative room for Native Americans among the characters of Lake Wobegon. G.P. Witteveen
St. Johns, MI -- This is what we call a Large Delicate Question, sir. Lake Wobegon is not close to any Indian reservation, and so the appearance of Native Americans in the stories has been infrequent — a stranger appearing in town, distant rumors of a romantic liaison, a story of a heroic rescue long ago. I suppose this is due to cowardice on my part: anything I might say about Indians that is less than adulatory would horrify a lot of listeners who would write me long single-spaced letters calling me to account and I hate to put people to the trouble of writing long letters. I've met Native Americans who enjoy the stories, however, and none of them has suggested I should insert an Ojibwe or Dakota into the mix. If I were to do that, I guess I'd want to put my friend Jerry into a story. He lives on a reservation in northern Wisconsin and every time I see him he brings me a bag of wild rice. He has a spiritual gift of friendship that's mysterious to me, but the moment he walks into the room, though I haven't seen him for a long time, I feel bound to him, feel understood by him. He's a man acquainted with grief, having lost his son, and he is full of love that comes out in everything he says. We became friends about ten years ago and it happened within minutes after we met and I can't explain that. And if I can't, then how can I tell a story about it? Permalink | Comments (0)
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the latest and greatest from the joke machine Three guys walk into a bar, a freshman med student, a senior med student, and a Urologist. There is one half-filled glass sitting on the bar. The freshman med student looks at it and says,"That glass of beer is half full." The senior med student says,"No, that glass of beer is half empty." The Urologist picks up the glass and studies it, puts it back on the bar, and says, "Hate to tell you this, but that isn't beer." This joke was sent in by Jay M., of Van Buren, Arkansas. Thanks Jay! |
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  Not All Whacked Out and Fuzzy
(Jan. 12, 2010)
Listened to the show Saturday and it was not bad. The kids were occupied with their new video games and I was doing a bit of trimming on my latest haircut which was a bit longer on the right side...
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(Jan. 05, 2010)
The cruise ships sail from Tampa and Fort Lauderdale and Miami, great ocean-going pueblos, 10 decks high, passengers lounging on their verandas, gazing at the sea, workhorse Americans trying to get out of cell-phone range for a week and sweeten...
 Making Smithereens
(Oct. 12, 2009)
Breakin' rocks in the .. huh ..Bam! — Hot sun I fought the law and the .. huh ..Bam! — Law won I fought the law and the .. huh ..Bam! — Law won I needed money 'cause I .....
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