Papa Twister

Space Face: The Rock Opera

2009-12-08T16:00:00.000-08:00

Who will be the first human beings to colonize Mars? What type of person would want to leave Earth with little chance of returning?

Space Face Episode One: Say Goodbye

2009-12-08T15:25:00.000-08:00

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Space Face Episode Two: Departure

2009-12-08T15:22:00.000-08:00

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Space Face Episode Three: Arrival

2009-12-08T15:21:00.000-08:00

Is there consciousness when you're in a hibernation chamber floating through space for a year? Or do all those angst ridden dreams occur in the final seconds before waking? You don't know. All you know is that you have a very distant memory of leaving Earth when you wake up at the orbiting Martian space station/rest area, the Martian Frontier. For most, a permanent position as host of the Martian Frontier would be claustrophobic and oppressive, but for Bill, a quadriplegic since childhood, space offers liberty and independence.

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Space Face Episode Four: Martian Life and Death

2009-12-08T15:20:00.000-08:00

So there you are on Mars at the government settlement station. Get your supplies and follow the instructions. Your life depends on them. You move into your studio geodesic dome and watch the dust blow by, day after day, night after night. There's nothing to do but wander and wander and wander away...

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Space Face Episode Five: Martian Love

2009-12-08T15:19:00.000-08:00

Some kinds of love give life, and other types of love give eternal life.

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Space Face Episode Six: The Grand Finale

2009-12-08T15:18:00.000-08:00

10,000 years is a long time to be with anyone, especially an electronic love beast. Eventually, the time comes when you have to leave the cave and venture into the unknown...

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Visual Proof of the Existence of Santa Claus

2008-03-27T09:18:00.002-07:00

In Memory of Mike Prichard

2008-02-22T16:40:00.000-08:00

Here are some songs from my recently deceased friend Mike Prichard. Mike was a great guy and was loved by many. He lives on in his music, machines and teachings. His advice still guides me. This podcast will grow as I download more music, so subscribe or comeback and you will hear more.
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Proud to be a Secular Jew

2008-02-20T16:18:00.000-08:00

A couple definitions from The Joys of Yiddish by Leo Rosten, an excellent book.

Mishegoss: Literally: insanity, madness. But mishegoss is more often used in a lighter vein to describe not mental disease, but 1) a wacky, irrational, absurd belief... 2) A state of affairs so silly or unreal that it defies explanation... 3) A piece of tomfoolery, clowning... 4) A fixation...

"Every man has his own mishegoss." -- Folk Saying

Shiksa: A non-Jewish woman.

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Los Angeles Songs from the 90s

2008-02-12T21:47:00.000-08:00

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Return to Griffith Park

2008-02-04T21:45:00.000-08:00

I became so used to going to Elysian Park rather than Griffith Park since the fire that I didn't even realize it was open. Unfortunately, it's not completely open yet. Isaac really wanted to go to Bee Rock. He's been talking about it for a while. We got all the way to the top of the trail which is not an easy hike for a six-year-old, and we were greeted by a bad sign.

Bureaucracy

2007-09-14T13:00:00.000-07:00

Bureaucracy is draining and hard to spell.

Los Angeles is Burning

2007-05-08T21:46:00.000-07:00

These pictures were all taken today from my front yard.

Good News/Bad News

2007-04-08T20:44:00.000-07:00

Good News: The angel of death passed over our house.

Bad News: Elijah did not come.

Good News: The Easter Bunny came.

Rattlesnakes

2007-02-18T15:52:00.000-08:00

A couple of years ago, one of our dogs, Hattie, a ten pound Jack Russell Terrier, got bit through the eye by a rattlesnake. Here are some before and three after pictures. Hattie is still alive today but her right eye is a little smaller than her left eye.

Lake Mishegoss

2007-01-08T14:58:00.000-08:00

Like mishugge, mishegoss means "crazy" in Yiddish. However, unlike mishugge, mishegoss is used playfully to describe idiosyncrasies rather than actual insanity.

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Landfill

2006-12-18T22:05:00.000-08:00

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My Pillow

2006-12-05T13:51:00.000-08:00

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Fear

2006-10-19T17:42:00.000-07:00

"After September 11, 2001, fear became the dominate emotion in the U.S. At the time, I couldn't be bothered with all this fear because my first child was born October 3, 2001. I was predominately listening to Leonard Cohen, especially the song, 'The Story of Isaac'. It's a play on the Abraham/Isaac 'test' from the Torah (Old Testament). It seemed very appropriate at the time. Ironically, during the recent birth of my second child, I mainly listened to John Cale, especially the song, 'Fear is a Man's Best Friend'."