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31:00: Joe talks about liquors (Kessler, Johnny Walker, Old | 31:00: Joe talks about liquors (Kessler, Johnny Walker, Old | ||
Bushmill...) as though they | Bushmill...) as though they're people. He quotes ''[[Wikipedia:A Shropshire Lad|A Shropshire Lad]]'', 'Malt has done more than Milton can...'. | ||
32:10: Bud and Ray return, arguing about drinks. | 32:10: Bud and Ray return, arguing about drinks. | ||
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kissed him, Johnny left, drifted west, ended up in Venice. | kissed him, Johnny left, drifted west, ended up in Venice. | ||
48:40: Joe quotes | 48:40: Joe quotes <i>Matthew</i> 26:48-49 on the betrayal of Jesus. | ||
49:00: Bud and Ray return, this time Bud unhappy that Ray has | 49:00: Bud and Ray return, this time Bud unhappy that Ray has | ||
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*This is largely a retelling of the material from A Kiss is Just a Kiss, cut with poetry and toasts by Joe, and a bar room acted dialog. | *This is largely a retelling of the material from A Kiss is Just a Kiss, cut with poetry and toasts by Joe, and a bar room acted dialog. | ||
*The bar room dialog may have originally been recorded as part of [[In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1)|In The Middle Of Nowhere]]. It features the same actors (Larry Block & Ryan Cutrona), the style seems consistent, and the customer makes references to needing to unwind from a traumatic experience and not having a working car, both of which are consistent with an early scene in which Bud and Ray meet. Both programs also feature a prominent reference to Lourdes. | *The bar room dialog may have originally been recorded as part of [[In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1)|In The Middle Of Nowhere]]. It features the same actors (Larry Block & Ryan Cutrona), the style seems consistent, and the customer makes references to needing to unwind from a traumatic experience and not having a working car, both of which are consistent with an early scene in which Bud and Ray meet. Both programs also feature a prominent reference to Lourdes. | ||
== Commentary == | |||
I didn't listen for years: the opening conversation is hard to | |||
make out and not worth any effort - a witless version of Monty | |||
Python's 'Cheese shop' sketch; I expected the rest to be no better. | |||
Thanksgiving afternoon about 10 years ago I went for a walk, | |||
copied 3 episodes of Joe's shows to my Coby, then added 'To the bar | |||
life' in case I went long, which I did. I found Johnny's story, and | |||
the accompanying music, excellent, one of Joe's best. I don't care | |||
for the rest, especially after re-evaluating Merton.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 13:04, 26 July 2022 (EDT) | |||
I kept track of the last 14 years of the episodes KPFA aired, | |||
the last 13 of those WBEZ and WNYC did, the last 8 years KDVS did. | |||
None of them aired it - perhaps for the reason I didn't listen for so | |||
long.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 13:04, 26 July 2022 (EDT) | |||
A number of homeless people on Venice and Santa Monica beach | |||
have chatted me up. Johnny doesn't sound like one of them. I think | |||
it's fictional - it has too much detail, is too neat. The portions of | |||
'A kiss is just a kiss' that I have heard are much more detailed.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 13:04, 26 July 2022 (EDT) | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||