Elephants, Acid, and Exploring the Inmost Cave

 

I just finished Act Two of my newest Pig on the Wall series (A Long, Long Road: The Secrets of Tom Petty's Sustained Success) . . . if you don't have the time or energy to listen to the whole thing, there is a musical quiz in the first few minutes, and at the 23-minute mark there's something else I made that I'm quite proud of, which turns into another oddball, one-question quiz—check it out and see if you get the answer.

Dave (and Shakespeare) Stick the Landing

Shakespeare's Hamlet has one of the finest endings of any piece of drama, and I think I did a pretty good job ending my podcast ABOUT the ending of Hamlet (and endings in general) but all I can ask is that you give it a listen and decide for yourself: Hamlet: Act Five, Part Two . . . The Readiness and the Silence . . . and if you like, leave a favorable review please . . . I just listened through, found one error, corrected it, and reposted the audio, and now it is as done as it will ever be—although I did forget to put in a clip from the very silly Steve Coogan film Hamlet 2 . . . perhaps I will go back at some point and add that, but for now I'm taking a much-needed break from recording, editing, and mixing  . . . hopefully, it will be easier when I record my next episode, which I'm going to try to write soup-to-nuts while I'm on vacation, and then record on a new computer (if it ever gets shipped).