spc_wspc_TheDisabilityShow 0009

spc_wspc_TheDisabilityShow 0009

media files:

m4a -> http://media.libsyn.com/media/msb/spc_wspc_TheDisabilityShow_0009.m4a

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Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer!

This show is "not" any kind of a medical show /podcast.

It is by and for the disabled, and if we can help reach across the chasm of questions and indifference to the other side of the rainbow of ability ... well and good.

Its purpose is to keep us entertained, to explain our symptoms, to remark on our discoveries, and to raise the general consciousness about our disabilities.

The path to disability is shadowy, murky and rough strewn.

The path to wellness is lit by the lamp of knowledge.

---- "Tiny Bubbles" by: "Idle Fingers" http://www.myspace.com/ziggyzu

We got PSAs:

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Campus Safety urges students, faculty and staff to sign up for text alerts, online @ spc.edu/alerts

This will be used to inform students, faculty and staff in an emergency.

This was useful last year in the bomb scare.

To sign up, students must know their Spirit ID # (Bring their Saint Peter's College ID.)

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Here's a proper, honest to goodness, real promo. :-)

Promo_WSPC_PeacockNation2008/12/05

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Cross-promo with Pauwwow.com

---- We got a sponsor!

Sponsorship message: Prince of Pizza

Portions of today's programming are underwritten by

Prince of Pizza
763 Bergen Avenue in
Jersey City
ph: 201-434-9453

Pizza, Hot food, Salads, Wings, Heroes, Panini and Cold Beverages.

Prince of Pizza; serving St. Peter's College and Jersey City for more than 40 years.

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Intro

I've just spent a sleepless night reading, nay devouring, "The Dead Man" by "Joel Goldman" http://www.joelgoldman.com/content/index.asp

I loved reading the book.

The plot was tightly written, the characters were believable, their motivations were just as believable and the whole thing was masterfully crafted.

So well crafted that it going to take me a few days to try and come up with a review that does the book justice without revealing a thing.

---- "Space Bubbles" by: "Chad Nantai" http://chadnantais.com/

Thesis:

Mr. Goldman is turning into a master writer; one who can be compared with the best mystery writers out there, alive or passed away, and he needs not fear being out-shined by the company.

This book was a delight to read and kept me wondering from beginning to the penultimate chapter.

His description of the motivation was masterful and he didn't stretch my credulity in the least. (Some writers I have been tempted to review I ultimately didn't because they committed the sin of stretching the thin film I call my ability to suspend disbelief until the bubble burst.

---- "Bursting Bubbles" by: "cat malojian" http://www.catmalojian.com/

Synthesis:

Like I said last week, I enjoyed reading abut a hero who's life is as crapped up by disease as mine is (different disease means different crap but the same general reaction to it.)

The manifestations of the disease may be different but the feeling of interruption and my reaction to it are entirely too familiar.

In Mr. Goldman's case, it manifests less intrusively that an MS exacerbation but because it is more violent though of shorter duration doesn't mean that its any less disruptive.

---- "Funk Bubbles" by: "Funk Bubbles" http://taiwanmilk.com/

Synthesis continued.

In effect, I am going to make this show episode about nothing because I am still wondering about how to treat the review in such a way that it tantalizes and teases while revealing nothing (sort of like a stripper doing a fan dance. :-)

Suffice it to say that I do NOT want to reveal the McGuffin of the book, that crucial detail without which the book is entirely puzzling but when revealed explains so much.

The other characters in the book are fleshed out enough to be believable.

Mr Goldman successfully returns to the theme of familial loss enough to retain the sympathy he had created in the first character that the books ultimate conclusion is fitting (even though the return of his spouse and the departure of his friend with benefits leaves the reader with a sense the tragic.)

---- "Burst The Bubble" by: "Cruiserweigh" http://www.myspace.com/cruiserweight

Conclusion:

The books ends with an entirely optimistic sentence.

There will be an interesting sequel.

---- "Creative Burst" by: "Sean Boyle" http://www.modernbizzle.com/

Outro

The show notes, incuding the complete text of this episode, and any and all links to the artists featured, are on a server ... somewhere.

And this show is also being podcast in m4a format, which means that it you use a compatible player, like iTunes, you get the content divided up into chapters with images and "hot links" to the the web, on the topic of the chapter or to accompany the music.

Sponsorship message: Prince of Pizza

Portions of today's programming are underwritten by

Prince of Pizza
763 Bergen Avenue in
Jersey City
ph: 201-434-9453

Pizza, Hot food, Salads, Wings, Heroes, Panini and Cold Beverages.

Prince of Pizza; serving St. Peter's College and Jersey City for more than 40 years.

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The music this time was

"Tiny Bubbles"
by: "Idle Fingers"
http://thoughtprocess.blogspot.com/
album: "none"
via: http://music.podshow.com/

"Space Bubbles"
by: "Chad Nantai"
http://chadnantais.com/
album: "none"
via: http://music.podshow.com/

"Bursting Bubbles"
by: "cat malojian"
http://www.catmalojian.com/
album: "none"
via: http://music.podshow.com/

"Funk Bubbles"
by: "Milk"
http://taiwanmilk.com/
album: "none"
via: http://music.podshow.com/

"Burst The Bubble"
by: "Cruiserweigh"
http://www.myspace.com/cruiserweight
album: "none"
via: http://music.podshow.com/

"Creative Burst"
by: "Sean Boyle"
http://www.modernbizzle.com/
album: "none"
via: http://music.podshow.com/