Back in the Olden Days, when the internet was new…and email was still in its infancy, I was the guy who was sending funny stuff to his friends. I loved doing it, and at one point, I had several hundred people who had contacted me and asked to be put on the list to receive any new mailings. And when I started building web sites, one of my first was a site to share clean humor called Made Me Laugh (which is still around all these years later…and better than ever). Why “clean” humor? Well, it’s pretty easy to find raunchy humor all over the web. I wanted to create a resource that was, for the most part, OK for mixed company and stuff you wouldn’t mind sharing with your grandma.
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Fred Haring has been a friend of mine for many years. He’s a very gifted songwriter (along with all the other things going on in his life). I’ve been meaning to get his two music videos posted on YouTube for a long time, but finally got to it this morning. Check them out on the music videos page on Fred’s site. By the way, the second video is for the song “This Grand Parade”, which Fred wrote with Dan Baird…the driving force behind The Georgia Satellites, who had a big hit in 1986 with “Keep Your Hands to Yourself”. Dan also produced that album for Fred.
If you like what you hear, check out some of Fred’s best songs here (especially Hey Joe Carter and Where to Begin).
While Fred and I both have written a lot of songs during the time we’ve known each other, we only collaborated one time songwriting-wise, when I helped out on his song Carousel…which you can download on this page.
Enjoy!
For many of you, part of this will be old news…especially if you’re already a fan of NPR (National Public Radio). I’ve been a sporadic listener for over 15 years now…having first noticed them in September 1991 during the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings, when they were the only place I could hear the proceedings on the radio.
Public radio has been criticized over the years for its plodding style and its left-leaning political views. To be sure, you can find plenty of both there. But there are a number of other wonderful things there as well that…in my experience…make it a resource well worth delving into. There are at least four public radio programs that you should know about (and I’d bet you haven’t heard of two of them), plus one other cool audio book.
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