You nailed the essence of me
Podcast: Michael Angel’s Cosmic Grab Bag
Date: December 28, 2009
Title: Episode 114
If there’s anything I enjoy more than self-promotion, it’s promoting podcasters who devote substantial portions of their programs to talking about me.
I struck the jackpot with Michael Angel, host of Michael Angel’s Cosmic Grab Bag and benevolent overlord to a modest cohort of Halo Heads, which is the name he gives to the people who download his podcast.
All it took was a few careless lines of criticism in the old Podcast Roundup, and Michael gushed buckets about my own perceived talent as a media provocateur. Takes an unchecked ego to know one!
As a result, Michael bestowed “featured artist” status upon me, replaying my song (Jerry Lewis) Fly Me To The Moon and adding The Ballad Of Morris The Cat for good measure.
Journalism is dead
“Ken, you nailed the essence of me,” Michael said upon reading my review in its entirety.
“Hey, Ken, I think you’re a great musician. But if you ever decide you don’t want to do that any more…Just writing op-ed pieces in a paper. I mean a big, major paper. Cause you got a talent, man; you got a way with words.”
How about that? Michael’s suggesting if I give up on one brutal, thankless career, I can go back to the brutal, thankless one in the dying industry I left behind. Thanks, Mike!
He kindly declared my Fly Me To The Moon “a classic” but lit up like a kid on Christmas while reading back his own words, as reproduced on my blog.
“It’s weird hearing a review of your show and having somebody see you through their eyes and what you seemed like. He nailed it; what can I tell you?”
Do the right thing
I’m just following the philosophy of Michael Angel, who closes each and every show with this benediction:
“I want you all to be good humans. Do something wonderful for somebody just because you can. And just because it’s the right thing to do, man. It’s great karma. And it will never ever, ever steer you wrong.”
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Did I do something to piss you off?
No, no, no! To the contrary — I’m very happy to be featured artist on the Grab Bag.
It’s the irony, isn’t it? I took it too far again, didn’t I? OK, let me apologize….
Unless…you’re being ironic with your comment, to have a good laugh at my expense.
I get it, now. I’m on to your game, Michael Angel!
But thanks again for playing my songs. And I mean that sincerely!