We cover a few things in show #2. We get off to a great start, as I forgot to press the record button until we’re 10 minutes deep into the show. I talk about the hot streak I’ve been on, a special pair of shoes that I believe hold some sort of mystical power, play some Randy Moeller goal calls, and chat with the Old Man and my 3 year old hockey loving nephew Logan. Songs include My Sweet Lord by Billy Preston, Who Put the Bomp? (In the Bomp Bomp Bomp Bomp Bomp) by the Big Bopper, Live from the Moon by Trooper and Man on the MTA by Kingston Trio.
Archive | April, 2014
Polka Dot Crock Pot: Episode 2
28 AprPDCP Episode 1
23 Apr(Show begins at 6:00)
Coming to you now from a new medium. It is the most intensive, the most frigid, the most.. audial of all media… the radio. . the the long-stretching, rolling waves of radio land. Except I’m not on a wavelength, I’m on bandwidth, at Radio Depaul. The Polka Dot Crock Pot airs live 8:00-10:00 am Monday mornings. You can catch me there or listen to recordings as I post them weekly.
The first show included Packback co-founder, ABC’s Shark Tank winner, and most importantly fellow class of 2008 Fenwick Friar, Mike Shannon and KHQA Sports Anchor Will Wilson. I tell my graduation story and ramble on here and there and play a few songs from vinyl.
Longtime Grandson, First-time Eulogizer
1 Apr
I stood before four-dozen friends and relatives at my Grandpa’s funeral on Monday, charged with the task of delivering his eulogy. A week earlier, it had been decided I’d be the one to deliver his farewell toast at the reception. Being given the honor of storyteller, I gathered my thoughts, and those of others at the wake the night before, and tried to create some kind of coherent sendoff. There is so much more to say about Midnight Lenny, but here’s the brief address I delivered on Monday.
When we think of the greatest minds in the 21st century, the familiar names come to thought: Einstein, Curie, Salk, and a slew of others. I’d like to argue you could add one more name to that list: Leonard G. Berent, my Grandpa. Continue reading
Jake Berent 