Studio Walls--February 7, 2024

 

A weekly update/preview of my latest podcasts, and a look back at some of my previous audio work from this week in history over the past 40+ years.

If you click on this week's Free Kicks you'll hear my tribute to Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp. This week's Minutia Men episode is entitled The Lone Rogainger. And Minutia Men Celebrity Interview finally returns this week with Catfish co-host and 15 Minutes of Shame director Max Joseph.

*February 4--Alice Cooper's birthday

=I told the story of my unusual brush with Alice in this episode of Minutia Men 

*February 5, 1998—Seinfeld episode airs about George’s girlfriend refusing break up. 

=We talked to the actress who played George's girlfriend in that episode, Alex Kapp. 

*February 8, 1971--Earth Wind & Fire released their debut album.

=We talked to Alan Hewitt, who later produced albums for the band.

*February 10, 1994--Landecker & the Legends premieres a new song, "Broken Laces."

=This was written during the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer about Tonya Harding. You can listen that song here, along with the other song we wrote about that memorable story, "Breaking Knees is Hard To Do". If the lyrics are good enough for you, click here. 

Studio Walls

   Every week I send my Minutia Men Co-Host Dave Stern a list from our audio archives for this week's Studio Walls feature. These are the possibilities for this week. Which one will he choose?

*February 7th is the birthday of Coleman Griffith. He was a trailblazer in baseball, one of the first sports psychologists. He was also roundly dismissed by baseball players of the day, and inspired the character in the movie The Natural (We have the audio of his famous scene)

*February 7, 1971, Earth Wind & Fire released their first album. We talked to Alan Hewitt who was one of the producers with the band, and who later joined the Moody Blues (Listen to the entire interview here)

*February 10, 1994, the Olympic Games were taking place in Lillehammer Norway. The big story about that Olympics was the drama between Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding. John Landecker and I wrote two songs about that, including this one. 

*February 11, 2001, Disney released "The Tigger Movie". Little Tommy Kaempfer reviewed the film for the radio show. (We have the audio)

*February 12 is Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Dave's famous award winning poem about Lincoln has been committed to audio, and needs to be played at least once a year.