The Mikie Show

Guest Update

March 03, 2014

We like to keep track of our guests—in a good way. So check out clarinetist John Moses’ little video he was asked to do for Legere Reeds. We were honored to have John as a guest way back in episode seven (click here to listen, it’s a good one). Congratulations, John!

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Why Am I Stabbing Myself In The Head!?

February 22, 2014

Okay, okay, I’m not really stabbing myself in the head. I mean, the pointy end is pointing the wrong direction, see? I’m actually stabbing my otherness in the head. Not sure why my otherness is wearing shoes but no matter, I’m still here in the real world, unstabbed.

There is a point to all this (sorry): there’s a new episode of The Mikie Show just outside the ether, waiting for your psyche to absorb! All you have to do is click the first two words of this post to head on over there, shoeless or not!

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Candy Discovered on Mars!

January 26, 2014

Scientists are baffled by what appears to be candy showing up everywhere on Mars. That’s all they said, they were baffled. When asked what that meant, they said they were baffled by that as well. Reporters were subsequently baff…

“Hey, wait a minute, none of this true and you know it.”

Guess you’re right, just kidding, no candy on Mars. But there is a place not far from here that’s as sweet as can be: planet Internet, home to a new episode of The Mikie Show! Just click the sweetest word in the first sentence and get there before it’s all gone!

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Happy New Year!

January 06, 2014

Let us be the last to wish it. It’s only fair since we here at The Mikie Show tend to be some of the first to, ahem, start celebrating it.

So we hope you have had a joyous holiday season and are ready to ignore that list of New Year’s resolutions! I’ve already ignored two: get to bed on time and stop with the chocolate, already! Yes, we’ll be tired and a little plumper but we so look forward to getting our next show out soon! Thanks so much for all your support this past year!

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Thank You, Again!

December 23, 2013

We’ve had another wonderful year and we want to thank you for helping us make that happen. In fact it’s been the best year ever as we’ve expanded our listenership to forty-five States, DC and seventy-seven countries! Hi ho Finland, Vanuatu, Ghana and Paraguay! On Kenya, Pakistan, li’l Andorra and Peru!

Without you, we’d be singing in the rain on a sunny day, waiting for Godot at the wrong stop, filling in the blanks with more blanks, so, yes, we thank you and wish you all a joyous holiday season.

Yours truly,

The Mikie Show

PS: We’re enjoying the season as well, see you in January with a new show!

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What To Do?

December 09, 2013

I know, listening for a half-hour, even to the best in first-rate entertainment like The Mikie Show, can be difficult. You gotta just sit there and listen? Stare at the walls or something? It’s a problem. But fear not, we’re here to help with a list of first-rate suggestions for listening to the show (some of these are what actual listeners have told us they do):

1. Sort stuff. Like photos, old emails, spices, anything will do. I sort my haunted pillows.

2. Tidy up. Dust bunnies usually get me through The News, then it’s folding paper towels for the remainder.

3. Cook. I can get in two meals per show!

4. Eat. It’s right after cooking!

5. Nightcap. Meaning: lights off, glass of wine, use us to pass out.

6. What’s so bad about staring off into space for a half-hour?

7. Drive. That’s right, it’s easy to get The Mikie Show in your car if you live in a town that doesn’t broadcast us on local radio. Just download a few shows (there’s a download button under the play arrow of every show), burn them to a cd and voila! (you can fit two shows on a CD and if your car can play mp3s, you can fit up to fifteen shows on a single CD)

8. Subscribe. You can subscribe to the podcast which will automatically put them on your mobile device (there’s a button on our home page for that). Then you can listen in the produce aisle or in the waiting room or on a train!

Hope this helps. See you soon with a new show!

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Onward!

November 29, 2013

Upward and Onward Against the Wind to The Heights!

See why I just shortened that to “Onward.” It’s longish the other way. Yup, everything always gets shortened these days. Kind of a bit.ly life, no?

So, not wanting to be left behind, we’ve just shortened an hour to a half-hour! I know, ur thinking: Holy cow that’s awesome!

But what does one do with that extra half-hour? Well, how about you click the tallest phrase in this post and climb that hilly spot of free-time-well-spent: the newest episode of The Mikie Show! Go ahead, you’ve got the time!

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Holidays!

November 25, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving! Even to the turkeys! Okay, not so happy for the turkeys but the taters don’t care a bit, neither do the peas! And I’ve never heard an onion complain, not once! (I did have an issue with a tomato once but I’ve chosen to let that go)

What say you, shall we have a jolly good feast?

Aye, good choice!

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Stories In Our Music

November 06, 2013

Yes, who knew? There are stories behind some of the music you hear on the show. Mostly it involves the soundscape that follows each interview. In general, it’s more fun to make up your own tale but, for example, here’s the thought behind the soundscape in Episode 65, Paul (it’s titled Models): Imagine somewhere in the Galaxy that two solar systems with highly intelligent life are near to each other. They made contact a thousand years ago and are easily 10,000 years ahead of us. Still, a detective has been assigned to go undercover on that neighboring world looking for a suspect; and her technology allows her to change her appearance and her environment. No word on the outcome, though.

Just something to ponder while listening. Thanks as always for your support!

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