The show jumped the shark a looong time ago. It was brilliant from about a year after it started until his big hiatus. I'll be sad when he dies, though.
@The Curse of Millhaven: i think phc is all about being a show that perpetually jumps the shark. i admit, though, that i am terribly biased due to the fact that my mother is from minnesota, and ive spent way too much time in a tiny town exactly like lake wobegon, out on the frozen tundra of the prairie.
Um, death metal started in Tampa, FL, not Sweden or Norway (or Denmark if you want to be totally Scandinavian-inclusive). I love the Gothenburg sound as much as the next In Flame'r', but they were inspired by the likes of Death and Morbid Angel.
Aw, call me sentimental, but I'm glad he's back. Winter twilight evenings from 4-6 PM on Saturdays are meant for Garrison Keillor. He's almost as good as having a fireplace in your home.
@Adah: I like this sentiment. The show is cozy. (A word that's the opposite of hip- but have you seen Those Fucking Hipsters? Or lately, Those Hipsters Fucking? Don't. )
I used to listen to the show regularly, and even went to a couple of live broadcasts at Town Hall when he visited NYC. This may get me to remember to listen to it live again, only now from the WYNC website.
I know he's considered terribly middle brow, but that's a dark heart in there, folks. His people are Nordic, remember. And we urban malcontents owe more than just a little to our Norwegian bachelor farmer uncles.
@Lizawithazee: True, there's that melancholy undercurrent- those long dark winters of the soul. I like GK very much, and even though there's a slight pomo quality of the radio show, I do enjoy it unironically- it's often quite funny, and the nostalgist in me likes the olde-radio format. And I believe he's owned a pad on CPW for years, so part of him is a secret urban malcontent himself.
@Lizawithazee: I love the term "middlebrow." It is supposed to be derogatory, but it often gets applied to things that are smart, but not so narrow as to be inaccessible.
@Foster Kamer: Photo chosen to match Julia's pic. ...where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average...
It would appear our as of recently flame-haired temptress is busy working hard for that money, honey, and is thus unable to respond to her many loathsome detractors on this site.
On a related note, I wanna see her boobies, and I'll pay $60 bucks, each, for a gander.
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Thanks for the corection. I'll do some studying.
But they did give us Vikings.
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Spontaneous PHC liveblog?
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My dad: "Wait, Garrison Keillor had a stroke?"
Me: "Yeah, like 3 weeks ago."
My dad: "How could anyone tell?"
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Agreed. His Scandinavian cousins are the people who came up with death metal.
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not a fan of the whole cornball shtick, but that's an impressive recovery
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(Photo chosen for the "I'm having a stroke" look, I presume?)
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@Foster Kamer: Photo chosen to match Julia's pic. ...where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average...
(PHC on in one minute!!)
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On a related note, I wanna see her boobies, and I'll pay $60 bucks, each, for a gander.
Smails, please feel free to augment that offer.