{"id":1129,"date":"2017-04-02T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2022-01-29T12:01:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T20:01:36","slug":"weekly-mix-13-april-2-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/weekly-mix-13-april-2-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Mix 13: April 2, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we got to today\u2019s show I want to welcome Blumenkraft<\/a> from the pnut<\/a> social media platform to the show. I actually know Blumenkraft from App.Net<\/a>, which was a great social media platform that was ad free but unforutnately shut down last month. Anyway, I promoted my recent show on Pnut and Blumenkraft really enjoyed it and went back to download prevous episodes of The Weekly Mix. Blumenkraft, if you\u2019re listening, welcome aboard and I hope you dig today\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

The other thing I wanted to chat about is the trip my girlfriend and I made to Los Angeles last Thursday to see The Firesign Theatre<\/a>. You probably don\u2019t know who they are but they are extremely important to me. The Firesign Theatre was a comedy group from the 60s who recorded these really complex concept albums. When I was a boy, about four years old, my dad would play them all the time. The Firesign Theatre had a lot of TV and radio commercial skits that confused me because at that age I was still struggling to distinguish reality from fantasy. They sounded like commercials but I knew something was not quite right. The Firesign Theatre shaped my own sense of humor and when I got into radio I would insert bits from their albums into my shows.<\/p>\n

Last Wednesday I was talking to my friend Taylor about working on another show I produce called Pop Culture Intelligentsia<\/a>. We were catching up with each other when he mentioned that he was going to provide sound effect for a life performance from The Firesign Theatre. Taylor only had a vague idea who they were and cetainly had no idea how important those guys are to me. I asked Taylor if he could get me into the show because those guys are senior citizens now, in fact, there are only two members still alive. I\u2019d regret it if I didn\u2019t see them. Taylor was kind enough to get me into the show and I even got to ask Phil Proctor<\/a>, one of the founding members a question!<\/p>\n

Okay, enough out of me. Enjoy today\u2019s show.<\/p>\n