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    dear reader/listener/viewer/enjoyer/co-conspirator:
    lest i be judged for it, i inform you now that this project continues to be a scratch pad, a space for experimentation

    in other words, enjoy what you find here, and feel free to participate, but try not to take anything personal, and don't believe that this project presents an accurate view of me or my life

    this is a window, certainly, but one that hasn't been cleaned in quite some time

    your view may be foggy, obscure...you may see things that aren't really there...

    --harold

    want some background music?
    please consider downloading my most recent music podcast.

    and yes, i love my mom and my dad;
    they've always been good to me, no matter what impression you may have received here

    they never locked me in a cellar or anything
     
    highlighted post from the archives: me rambling about a new job (from two years ago)
    i recently messed with the archives, so they may not work correctly, but you may take your chances:
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    i once was an active member of the

    association of music podcasting

    musicpodcasting.org

    along with these fine music podcasters:

    all florida indies - bing futch
    audio gumshoe - rich palmer
    audio popcorn - krash coarse
    aural icebergs music cast - tiffany rapplean
    capital rock show - bucket aka jason
    darkhorse radio - alan carr
    ears to hear - jill lawton
    eclectic mix - george l smyth
    homegrown podcast - nic treadwell
    indiefeed - chris macdonald
    le jazz affair - sal calfa
    rubyfruit radio - heather smith
    sober cafe podcast - gracie hollombe
    sundown lounge - larry winfield
    tempo of the down - harold (that's me!)
    the darkcompass podcast - rowland cutler
    the fabrications podcast - matt macfarlane
    the phill(er) - phill ramey
    the radiozoom podcast - john bollwitt
    thepillarcast.com - jon tucker
    uc radio podshow - michael yusi
    zaldor's world - les zaldor

    ¡the text on this blog wants to leap out of its borders!

    this is...

    something that happened

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    		stories by harold j. johnson, in various formats - including text, audio, video, and podcasts
     
     
    Thursday, July 03, 2008  

    An Evening Excursion

    An old vlog post. In case anyone is interested in production technique: This recording (except for the title sequence) was edited using the "edit as you go" method -- that is, I hit the Pause button as I was recording this video. I'm actually quite surprised the batteries lasted as long as they did (about an hour and a half), considering those same batteries last no longer than ten minutes these days.

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    Wednesday, June 18, 2008  

    Aaaah here come the comedown
    And hitting walls this speed just ain't no fun
    No fun
    -- Love & Rockets

    (I realize that song is about coming down from a more recreational substance, but I am coming down from an andrenaline rush, and doesn't that count? In any case, it's the song playing in my headphones as I drum these words out on the laptop's keys...)

    What was I gonna do, once I confirmed it was him? Certainly I was going to confront him, that's for certain -- since I was already spitting (carrots) in his direction. Certainly my adrenaline was up, as it still is now, less than 30 minutes later. Certainly I was -- or felt, at least, due to the adrenaline -- ready for action. But what action? What was I going to do? Question him? Accuse him? Challenge him to a duel?

    I mean, if he really did break into our neighbor/roommate's room and steal their stuff, did I really expect him to admit it?
    "Why yes, Harold, I did in fact walk into their room, pick up a backpack, and fill it with the following items:

    1) a brand-new Dell laptop,
    2) an Apple iPod, and
    3) one (Genuine?) leather wallet

    Shall I return them now, or would you prefer for me to turn myself in to the local police department?"
    Fortunately, we'll never know what I would have asked/accused/actioned, because when I nearly jumped asked him if he was so-and-so, he responded in his own agressive manner said that he wasn't. So, the encounter having reached its climax, I could only respond (in a somewhat petulant manner), "I'm sorry, I suppose I mistook you for someone else", and then haughtily walk away.

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    Sunday, June 15, 2008  

    The Bubblemen are here!

    Love and Rockets/bubblemen coachella 2008 copyright Judy Lyon

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