That image up there is the one my friend Russell chose as the "press photo" of his "alter ego" Brother Russell. It appeared on his prank CDs & on his old website (now defunct) but surprisingly not on his Bandcamp page where you can listen to & purchase his old prank calls. I have no idea where he found it.
Russell died last year but for the longest time he appeared on Self Help Radio as my spiritual mentor The Rev Dr Howard Gently, a charlatan & con man in the grand tradition. Our interviews were improvised around the show's theme. Russell was also my oldest & dearest friend & I have been playing his appearances on the show in chronological order since his passing. I'll do that every three months until that sad day when I have exhausted them. Or who knows I'll start all over again. It's a sad comfort to hear his voice. I feel profoundly grateful to have these recordings.
We collaborated a lot in 2016 & it's taken three shows to present all the interviews we did. Heck, we actually might not conclude the year! We will begin with his sixty-seventh appearance on the show - from September 28, 2016, when the show aired in Lexington, Kentucky - & we'll go from there. Listening through the bits, he continued to make me laugh out loud. Like he did in life.
Russell died last year but for the longest time he appeared on Self Help Radio as my spiritual mentor The Rev Dr Howard Gently, a charlatan & con man in the grand tradition. Our interviews were improvised around the show's theme. Russell was also my oldest & dearest friend & I have been playing his appearances on the show in chronological order since his passing. I'll do that every three months until that sad day when I have exhausted them. Or who knows I'll start all over again. It's a sad comfort to hear his voice. I feel profoundly grateful to have these recordings.
We collaborated a lot in 2016 & it's taken three shows to present all the interviews we did. Heck, we actually might not conclude the year! We will begin with his sixty-seventh appearance on the show - from September 28, 2016, when the show aired in Lexington, Kentucky - & we'll go from there. Listening through the bits, he continued to make me laugh out loud. Like he did in life.
That will happen tonight, from midnight to 2am, on 90.7fm in Portland, on kboo dot fm everywhere. If you enjoy the bits only half as much as I do, you will love them.
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