Listener comments!

Fri. 3/27/09 9:03am From: chris

oh yeah

Fri. 3/27/09 9:06am From: PMD

Second comment - woo hoo!

Fri. 3/27/09 9:08am From: Hillary

My morning just got better.

Fri. 3/27/09 9:13am From: PMD

Interesting how a northern boy can sing with such soul. Thought only southern boys could do that...

Fri. 3/27/09 9:14am From: Hillary

Must be a northern boy in a southern boy's body.

Fri. 3/27/09 9:15am From: annie

morning folks, sorry to be a slacker, major windows meltdown in my puter. what link should i use for a very slow puter?

Fri. 3/27/09 9:19am From: Hillary

Annie, maybe the 20k windows?

Fri. 3/27/09 9:23am From: annie

oooohhh.... nectar!! sweet music and the voice of doug, what joy!!! so good to be back.

Fri. 3/27/09 9:23am From: PMD

annie, I agree with Hillary.

Poor Doug, jobless. So sorry...

Fri. 3/27/09 9:26am From: annie

i'm using the windows media strem.. seems to be fine
my puter got smacked with a major shutdown... so sad. thank god for tekkie friends and favours returned!

Fri. 3/27/09 9:29am From: gumby

Doug,
Sorry to hear your getting your walking papers, but at least spring is a nice time of year to have some free time. Go check out the big blue marble.

Fri. 3/27/09 9:30am From: annie

i've had to resort, these last couple days, to an oldies station out of eastern penna.. wow.. go work for them doug and shape em up a little.

Fri. 3/27/09 9:34am From: Drummer Some

Hey Gumby (and hey all y'all):
I had that thought, too. This is the best time of year to have lots of free time. Ah the silver lining!

Fri. 3/27/09 9:40am From: megisi

wow ... it's Cinco Hold de Mayo

Fri. 3/27/09 9:49am From: gumby

The birds are shouting, the maples are exploding in burgandy buds, there's crocii out, tullips on th eway and the snow fences are coming down. It must be spring.

Fri. 3/27/09 9:52am From: PMD

I'm experience my first spring in my new home, and I found out I have some crocuses in my front lawn! So great.

Fri. 3/27/09 9:55am From: megisi

Much as I'm sending good thoughts to the folks in Fargo, I find I can't look at the vids from there. We have winter on the run here and that's just shiver-time all over again up there.

Fri. 3/27/09 9:56am From: miki

Ah....the sweet sounds of the Kirk Meister!

Fri. 3/27/09 9:56am From: annie

so neat pmd, huh?? i was in formed that the crocus are up in my lawn in my old house, surely a harbinger of good wearther.. yes, it's a shame about ND.

Fri. 3/27/09 9:58am From: Roy Pea

Doug, although I am unemployed due to a move rather than a layoff, I empathize. The job market SUX right now! What kind of work do you do?

Fri. 3/27/09 10:02am From: Drummer Some

Roy Pea,
I am a editor/writer. Had been in magazine publishing but that oasis is just about dried up.

Megisi:
I've got a set come up with Faro in mind. Stay tuned...

Fri. 3/27/09 10:05am From: Parq

I wish I had some practical, actually-make-it-better advice for you, Doug. I know quite a few writer/editors, but very few potential clients. Hold fast to the love of your family and friends during these rough days. Your fans here are with you 100%.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:06am From: Roy Pea

That's the same field my wife is in, albeit in Boston area. You are right, from what she's told me, that industry is in a world of hurt. She has a book about career change coming out in June that might prove helpful, should you opt to go in a different direction, career wise. Have to say, you're doing a great job keeping my OWN spirits up with your awesome program!

Fri. 3/27/09 10:11am From: PMD

Doug, do you do web writing/editing? Can you move into that? Are there listservs of such people up there? I'm on a web women list in the DC area, and there are often job postings.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:14am From: Drummer Some

PMD,
I surely can do Web-based work. No problemo. Soon, it seems, there will be no print publications left. (Not really, but it feels that way.)

Fri. 3/27/09 10:14am From: Cecile

Doug, that sucks.
No advice. Just good wishes.

Annie, my WMP has been evil this week, but the 20k stream is usually good. What they said.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:17am From: megisi

Good for you, doug ... we're going to see some major league suffering up there in the next few days.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:18am From: annie

it's what i'm listening to now. very sweet to see all three windows in the same screen. even the chat box. my computer doesn't do that..

Fri. 3/27/09 10:19am From: Cecile

aw, doug, so cool. Byard makes great music.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:24am From: texas scott

Good morning,all and Greetings,
from west of the mighty Mississipp!!

Fri. 3/27/09 10:28am From: still b/p

I've seen others ask and get leads from cranky_editors/editors unleashed members on livejournal. Relevant job info gets swapped sometimes among the gripes and jeers. What could hoit to post/inquire?

http://community.livejournal.com/cranky_editors

Fri. 3/27/09 10:29am From: Pearlÿ Sweets

Work has been getting the best of me the past two days. It is keeping me away from what I want most.... listn'in' & a'chatterin'

Fri. 3/27/09 10:29am From: G

To add to what others have said -- Online work can work. I teach college, and started shifting into doing some all-online teaching three years ago, because it allows me to work from anywhere in the world that I have internet. Last year it treated me 50% better than non-online did in its best year.

I too see ads and websites for online writing/editing work.

Negative stuff almost always opens up other positive possibilities :-)

Fri. 3/27/09 10:30am From: Drummer Some

Hey Still B/P:
Thanks a ton!

Fri. 3/27/09 10:32am From: stingy d

good morning everybody, today i can stop being tired a little bit... but i have to do all this shit first. and then there's all this shit i gotta do after some shit i gotta do. i can almost feel the sleep washing over me, it's wonderful.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:33am From: nasok

is this one of those songs that was banned way in the back then for being too close to certain words that certain agencies feel are unsavory?

Fri. 3/27/09 10:35am From: Doug in DC

Thanks to the new administration, the DC area is one place where jobs can still be found.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:35am From: still b/p

Thank YOU for fortifyin' my Fridays.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:37am From: bcsterrett

Good morning from Utah. Loved the Rod Morris and Jimmie Ballard.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:38am From: Ike

Annie, this response is a bit late, but for quality, the little AAC+ stream *destroys* the Windows Media stream. It only works in Winamp or Foobar 2000 or VLC Player. Foobar is probably best for a very slow computer. Very simple, basic, small, free. Much faster, tinier, and more nimble than WM Player or iTunes.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:39am From: stingy d

oh dip! i'm gonna eat a good bacon egg and cheese, it's decided. time to get ready for the day.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:40am From: annie

ike, thanks.. this is a borrowed puter. and so have to be judicious about downloads. . mine will be back and running next week.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:41am From: dentron in denton

Good morning everyone!

Fri. 3/27/09 10:42am From: Cecile

what happened in Fargo? I am living under a rock these days.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:43am From: dentron in denton

Cecile?!?

Fri. 3/27/09 10:43am From: annie

bad flooding cecile

Fri. 3/27/09 10:44am From: Cecile

Oh, jeez. Oh, oh, oh dear
dentron?

Fri. 3/27/09 10:45am From: bcsterrett

Is that Tom Brosseau on vocals?

Fri. 3/27/09 10:45am From: GP

Doug+Friday morning = all is good.

I can offer no advice right now, just a prayer and some good thoughts. At first I did not know anyone hit by the trainwreck economy, now I'm hearing more and more stories and knowing more and more people affected.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:47am From: Listener James from Westwood

Doug, if you have your talk w. HR re: healthcare today and COBRA comes up, ask about the stimulus-plan subsidy. Dept. of Labor site has details; search for "ARRA COBRA subsidy" there. Qualifying COBRA recipients can get 65% of their monthly COBRA premium subsidized for 9 months. Your mileage may vary etc., & not to be nosy about your biz, but this got very little press & I knew more than my insurer's cust serv rep about the plan.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:47am From: dentron

Just givin' you a hard time C.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:47am From: PMD

Have you ever heard the soundtrack from the Song Catcher? This sounds like the woman who sang many songs on it...

Fri. 3/27/09 10:48am From: annie

my train wreck started about a year ago... here i am in the middle of nowhere and still alive.. the adjustment is the hardest part... long as i have fmu. it's all good

Fri. 3/27/09 10:49am From: Cecile

ah, I'm just slow today.
Listener James, that is great.
Cobra is handy, but very, very expensive.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:49am From: annie

PMD. this is iris dement. one of the finest singers to come down the pike lately. and yes i think she was in that..

Fri. 3/27/09 10:50am From: Drummer Some

bcsterrett:
Yep, that is Tom's voice. Keep ears open for another of his tracks coming up.

Listener James From Westwood:
I am all OVER that 65% Cobra subsidy. Thank you President Obama. (That'll save me $1,000 a month for the next 9 months.)

Fri. 3/27/09 10:52am From: PMD

Thanks for the COBRA info. HOpefully I won't need it, but you never know.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:52am From: megisi

And, another good argument ... the employer must front the subsidy, but can claim it on their next federal 941 filing.

Iris DeMent sang "Prety Saro" on "Songcatcher."

Fri. 3/27/09 10:54am From: still b/p

Media in your 'hood, Cecile, must be in a full-press lather about the state's power-washed hip and shoulder, yah? Almost hear the swole-up Red River if you crack your door then, you betcha, yah.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:55am From: annie

greg brown latched on to her couple years ago and john prine has done alot of duets with her. she is very much in demand...

Fri. 3/27/09 10:57am From: Cecile

yes, yes, yes, b/p. I just haven't been paying any attention to anything. I'm sure there's relief gigs and food drives going on.

Floods are tough, to understate things.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:58am From: PMD

Oh, that would be interesting - with John Prine. Not that I need to spend the money, but may need to look that up.

Fri. 3/27/09 10:58am From: Listener James from Westwood

That's very true, Cecilie. Like all insurance, it's a gamble, and the ins. co's and healthcare system are the house: Don't take it, maybe stay well, maybe get sick to the tune of more money than the COBRA would've cost; take it, get sick, save thousands. And even insurance coverage has its limits. But sometimes if there's a break in coverage, it's tougher to get the next health insurance, esp. if you self-insure (which is MUCH more expensive than COBRA for many).

Doug, you may also be offered the chance to pick a different, less costly plan under your company's suite of plans, but not all co's offer that to outgoing laid-off employees. E.g., my first layoff, I took a small step down in coverage but saved $100/month in COBRA. But your plan may not offer. Can't hurt to ask. Again, YMMV, IANAL or an HR person, just a 2x layoff person.

DOL site info:
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/faqs/faq-cobra-premiumreductionEE.html

Fri. 3/27/09 11:00am From: Carmichael

Good morning Doug, as well as the somber and practical here this morning. Don't know about you (except maybe Stingy), but I'm hittin' the ground running.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:02am From: Listener James from Westwood

One more thing and I'll stop clogging the chat: Be careful what reason you put down in NJ (NJ for you?) unemployment. Don't put "terminated" or "fired." It can set off an alarm bell and lead them to think there was misconduct. This delayed my $ for a month and required a chat w. NJ Unemployment. Ask your HR what the specific term should be.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:03am From: annie

PMD.. "in spite of ourselves" that's the name of the duets cd ...

Fri. 3/27/09 11:06am From: still b/p

Who wants a temp job bullying, biting, grinding, knocking, deflating and leaving stripped on the asphalt the car dealer minions/mooks of Satan that I'm CONTRAdancing with?

Fri. 3/27/09 11:08am From: Sean Daily

Not even close to first comment! Woo hoo!

Fri. 3/27/09 11:10am From: Parq

So many Euro-ancestry musicians have tried to duplicate this jangly African style of rhythm guitar, and nobody can pull it off but the real guys.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:11am From: Cecile

sounds hawt b/p

Fri. 3/27/09 11:14am From: megisi

still b/p ... can I do a clog dance on their tender parts? Cuz I can work up a hate.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:15am From: still b/p

Absolutely. Submit resume. I'm payin' thirty bucks and a grilled cheese that stingy would sell his soul and sneakers for. Bonus: a souvenir video of the work.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:16am From: Carmichael

B/P, try using e-mail. Pick out the cars and config you like from the mfgr website, and e-mail the local dealers with minimum requirements. Tell them not to bother you with counter-offers. Just give me a price for what I'm calling out. Then go down and get it!

I bought my last 2 cars this way. Carmax is another great option, if you have one in your area. Shop and buy online.

Car lots (and their *sales associates*) are headed the same direction as drive-ins.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:17am From: stingy d

what's this i see about a soul-worthy grilled cheese?

Fri. 3/27/09 11:18am From: Cecile

or you can go to Duluth, MN and get a car from my friend who is an absolute stand-up prince of a guy.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:21am From: still b/p

Muenster and tomato on choice of Big Sky German Rye or Sunflower.

email inquiries may be convenient and pared to essentials, but I wouldn't expect simplicity or earnestness in replies.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:21am From: Carmichael

I can see the guy who plays the devil in the TV show Reaper, standing and smiling with a grilled cheese in his outstretched palm, saying, "Come on Stingy, just a little taste."

Fri. 3/27/09 11:22am From: Carmichael

You may be pleasantly surprised, b/p. These ain't the salad days for them.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:22am From: stingy d

i am afraid of the devil.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:23am From: megisi

Cabot 5-year cheddar, a nice Jewish rye and beurre noisette and you gotcher boy. Hell, I'd heat that on the exhaust manifold of a '93 Taurus.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:24am From: Cecile

I actually have the cookbook Manifold Destiny.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:24am From: Ike

Carm, that guy makes a pretty great Satan, doesn't he? Maybe even better than John Glover.

This music is awesome!

Fri. 3/27/09 11:24am From: stingy d

nah just kiddin! where's my fuggin sangwidge devil!

Fri. 3/27/09 11:25am From: PMD

damn, now I'm hungry and it's not even close to noon...

Fri. 3/27/09 11:26am From: ?

give the drummer some . . .job.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:26am From: megisi

any venison recipes, cecile? this is Michigan after all. drive far enough NW and you can steal asparagus alongside the road to garnish.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:29am From: Cecile

my venison recipe is to marinade in red wine vinegar, a little sugar, juniper and sage and only cook to medium rare.

My father in law is 87 and still brings us deer meat.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:29am From: Carmichael

My next album will be titled The Road To Garnish.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:30am From: still b/p

Maybe work out the truck buy by end of day, and if I feel violated and low, or like roadkill, all may be well with a Sunday night Big Blood appearance here in town.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:30am From: stingy d

that's a lot like my venison recipe! except i don't use juniper. because i've never had juniper, or thought to use juniper. i use a little sauteed red onion. and a vegetable. asparagus sounds right on.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:31am From: stingy d

i want a big blood appearance in town.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:31am From: annie

hhmmmm venison... up here we call it mountian meat due to the fact it can't be "sold" i just roast it slowly.. no vinegar.. and baste it with butter and garlic.. yup medium rare..

Fri. 3/27/09 11:33am From: Cecile

juniper I use because the deer eat pine needles up in the UP and are gamey. Juniper is piney, but in a pleasant way and works with the natural gaminess. You need a big, rough red wine with that. And I'm not a wine person, but you do.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:34am From: GP

James from Westwood thanks for the good info. You may have a career as a benefits advisor.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:34am From: PMD

Oh still b/p, I'm so jealous. I also want Big Blood...

Fri. 3/27/09 11:34am From: megisi

cecile, I'm new in these here parts ... you're in the UP, Michigan's prettiest? holy wah

Fri. 3/27/09 11:35am From: SueB

does you think it means something when I am typing "Trans-Pacific Contract Negotiations: " right when the DJ says "TransPacific Sound Paradise"??

Fri. 3/27/09 11:35am From: Cecile

AWESOME
doug

No, I'm from there. and we go there a fair amount, still have family. I'm in MN now.

oh, jah you betcha.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:36am From: Hugo

Hey, that Macenta piece was special, but then it was on Syliphone, so only to be expected.

Didn't catch last week's show as I was on a brief trip to Antwerp in the Flemish part of Belgium. Trip financed by the EU. Planning for a trip to China in the first part of May.

Yes, it looks as if the print media is in retreat; cutbacks on this side of the Atlantic as well. We shall all be online in the future, it seems, though I dread the day when we shall all be required to lug around a portable wherever we go. Still, no lack of print media; the library had a clear-out and I've accumulated piles of books. Now, where to put it? Ah, well ...

Fri. 3/27/09 11:39am From: Cecile

I love soul country.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:39am From: Cecile

Did you know there are less than 5000 African-American farmers left in this nation?

Fri. 3/27/09 11:41am From: stingy d

bye everybody time to take care of every little thing that could possibly need even the slightest bit of attention.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:41am From: still b/p

BB show is a benefit with other acts -- might be short set, but eager to hear what sound they make in a small live setting.

Ag. Dept. policies/attitudes seem to have helped whittle them numbers down, Cecile.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:43am From: Parq

Wait, wait, wait -- D's sneakers are for sale?

Fri. 3/27/09 11:43am From: Drummer Some

The range and versatility of you Commenters is astounding. Just read these comments from beginning to end is a massive lesson in music lore, labor law, geography, automotive sciences and more. Freaking astounding. Wow!

Fri. 3/27/09 11:43am From: Cargill -ConAgra

All your farms are belong to us

Fri. 3/27/09 11:44am From: Cecile

Yes, I do think so, b/p.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:45am From: Ike

Hugo, China? Get ready for rudeness, excellent food, horrifying bathrooms that will haunt your nightmares for the rest of your life, beautiful scenery, and the thickest, foulest clouds of cigarette smoke imaginable. Well, that's out west anyway. I can't speak to Beijing etc.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:45am From: reid

Holy Wow its funky Granny!

Fri. 3/27/09 11:47am From: GP

This reminds me of an early video of James Brown that I saw the other day on the YouTube. He was demonstrating some funky dance moves, and MAN could he move...he was much much younger then..and oh yeah, not dead.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:48am From: PMD

GP, LOL!

I think we need some KC and the Sunshine Band after this. Yeah, I know, I'm shallow.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:48am From: Cecile

good call PMD
or Troglodyte
or something by War

Fri. 3/27/09 11:53am From: Ken From Hyde Park

I was in the car and heard the flood songs. Thanks for the shout-out to N.D. I grew up there and attended NDSU. I wish them well.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:53am From: Ike

Ugh, good thing it's not a request show. That Ames Harris Dester Water Bag Company absolutely *demolishes* KC and the Shoeshine Band.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:55am From: Parq

KC's "Boogie Man" was put to effective use in "Watchmen". Just saying.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:56am From: Cecile

They are two different things, Ike.
It's the difference between a jello shot and a fine glass of wine. Sometime you need the jello shot.

I love KC and the TK sound

Fri. 3/27/09 11:57am From: annie

parq, you thought it was ok, watchmen?? i have yet to see it

Fri. 3/27/09 11:57am From: PMD

Thanks Cecile for the heads up on toglodyte... gonna check them out.
And exactly on the jello shot. Though I don't normally do those. My analogy would be more a Ho Ho or Kraft Macaroni and cheese.

Fri. 3/27/09 11:59am From: Cecile

my husband really liked it.
troglodyte is a song by the Jimmy Castor Bunch, BTW.

Annie, my husband liked Watchman a lot. But it is long, he says, and violent.

Fri. 3/27/09 12:01pm From: bc sterrett

Good luck Doug!

Fri. 3/27/09 12:01pm From: Ike

I don't like jello shots (unsurprisingly).

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