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Sleeves

12-18-2007, 09:18 AM

I joined the cast of "11 Central Ave" (http://www.11centralave.com/) a family radio drama that's played on Friday/Saturday/Sunday during Morning Edition on a lot of NPR stations. The show's creator heard one of my stories at a conference in Chicago and asked me to "write myself" into her show.

Aside from being in the next few episodes, I wrote the upcoming 2. I think they start their rotations this Friday.

mikeyboy

12-18-2007, 09:19 AM

Awesome! That's so cool. Congratulations!

MadMatt

12-18-2007, 09:21 AM

That is outstanding news Sleeves! Way to go Budday!

Do they offer a podcast/download or do you have to catch it on a local PBS station that carries the show?

Death Metal Moe

12-18-2007, 09:22 AM

Do us a favor. Leave some garlic in Bob Edward's coffin while you're in the NPR building.

Death Metal Moe

12-18-2007, 09:23 AM

Other than that, good job bro, and good luck.

ralphbxny

12-18-2007, 09:50 AM

Congrats!! 2008 is shaping up well for you!!

Sleeves

12-18-2007, 09:53 AM

That is outstanding news Sleeves! Way to go Budday!

Do they offer a podcast/download or do you have to catch it on a local PBS station that carries the show?

all the episodes are available for dl at the 11centralave.com site...I don't know when she posts them...probably a day or so after they play...

I'm gonna try to get Bob Edwards to listen to R&F...

I'm gonna tape his coffin shut and make him listen to the R&F coffin show...

Ritalin

12-18-2007, 10:24 AM

That is really fucking cool. Good for you.

Have fun.

Tall_James

12-18-2007, 10:25 AM

That's flipping awesome! My wife was listening to that program this weekend and I asked her what it was. Now I know a cast member! Sweet!

Congratulations buddy!

Chigworthy

12-18-2007, 11:05 AM

Sherwin Sleeves powers activate.

hexy68

12-18-2007, 11:08 AM

congrats Sleeves!!...love to read good news like that! :thumbup:

EffMeBoobs

12-18-2007, 03:48 PM

Sherwin Sleeves powers activate.
teehee.

Congrats Sleeves!!! Quite an accomplishment! Gets better and better!

spot

12-18-2007, 04:05 PM

cool, I look forward to hearing it.

DiabloSammich

12-18-2007, 04:11 PM

Congratulations to the most talented resident of Lemon, New Hampshire! We will be listening!

Gvac

12-18-2007, 04:19 PM

I'm getting pretty sick and tired of Sleeves being a success at everything he does.

Prick. :tongue:

Sleeves

12-18-2007, 04:35 PM

I'm getting pretty sick and tired of Sleeves being a success at everything he does.

Prick. :tongue:

I had 40 years of nothing - and now one year full of strange things. I blame Ron and Fez.

And I'm sick of it too.

I seriously spent the first 99% of my life just laying back in the weeds...I just never even tried to do anything cause I thought it was a lost cause. I thought the world would hand me my ass. So I just wrote in little journal books and played music on a four track and that was it.

Gvac

12-18-2007, 04:36 PM

Now you're just rubbing it in.

TonyBagels

12-18-2007, 05:08 PM

Congratulations! We'll be listening

Lawson

12-20-2007, 01:04 PM

I’m at the door… I’m at the door… I am at the door

I just felt compelled to say that… I’m done now

DiabloSammich

12-20-2007, 01:28 PM

I had 40 years of nothing - and now one year full of strange things. I blame Ron and Fez.

And I'm sick of it too.

I seriously spent the first 99% of my life just laying back in the weeds...I just never even tried to do anything cause I thought it was a lost cause. I thought the world would hand me my ass. So I just wrote in little journal books and played music on a four track and that was it.

So that's what I've been doing wrong! This hard work business is for the birds! Please document your secrets in a self-help book, that we will instantly turn into the hottest new religion. Sleeventologists.

EddieMoscone

12-20-2007, 01:29 PM

I misread the thread title. Thought you were going to say you were teaming up with the New Power Generation.

Kathleen From The Bronx

12-20-2007, 02:16 PM

Sleeves- This is very, very cool..... Good, good news! Congratulations to you! You'll kick ass... This I know.

Badinia

12-20-2007, 02:42 PM

That's so wonderful! Congratulations Sleeves, and thanks for keeping us up to date!

Sleeves

12-21-2007, 05:29 AM

thankee very much my old Bailey building and loan pals!

the first episode can be heard on the WBEZ live stream (http://wbez.org/Default.aspx) at 9:34 Eastern time I think...

Also if anyone listens to Day to Day (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17), I did a piece in my normal voice on a guy who gives away Xmas trees that will air about 20 minutes into that show...

I got to say "For NPR News, this is Sean Hurley in New Hampshire"

am I ghey now?

Lawson

12-21-2007, 05:46 AM

Sleeves

12-21-2007, 10:02 AM

Who's Sean Hurley?

(not that old gag)

Honestly, I couldn't say. But he did file this report (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17504668).

deepinthewoods

12-21-2007, 10:17 AM

You look good in a laurel. Well done!

Lawson

12-21-2007, 11:25 AM

Honestly, I couldn't say. But he did file this report (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17504668).

I actually heard it live on the Connecticut NPR station... too cool!

You do need to work on perfecting a speech impediment if you ever want Daniel Shaw or Carl Castle’s job. Try about 3-4 marbles in your mouth…

Well done Mr. Sleeves-Hurley-something! ...now who's this Bob guy...

moochcassidy

12-26-2007, 05:05 AM

i totally missed this. congrats budday

patsopinion

12-26-2007, 10:38 AM

can we get show listings and air times

or the shows themselves posted somewhere?

Lawson

12-26-2007, 10:52 AM

can we get show listings and air times

or the shows themselves posted somewhere?

The 11 Central Ave shows are on:

Friday mornings at 8:35 on Chicago Public Radio, Sunday morning at 9:34 on Boston's WBUR, and Friday afternoon at 12:24 on WUSM, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Sunday mornings on Seattle's KUOW, and on Austin's KUT, Saturday mornings on Miami's WLRN, and Mondays at 11:45 AM on WUGA, Athens, Georgia.

Also the shows are available as free podcast downloads from iTunes as well as from:
www.11centralave.org (http://www.11centralave.org/Documents/Shows.html)

Also links to everything are on www.radioghost.com (http://www.atomsmotion.com/PublicRadio.htm) under the public radio button

Hope to see some R&Fers in NH on Jan 5th! :drunk:

Sleeves

10-11-2008, 04:46 AM

I haven't posted one of these in a while...but I did a story for Day to Day (http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=17) on the Boston Typewriter Orchestra...

Their site (http://www.bostontypewriterorchestra.com/).

yojimbo7248

10-11-2008, 04:50 AM

Congratulations, Sleeves! I can't wait to hear it.

Don Stugots

10-11-2008, 04:52 AM

very cool Sleeves.

Sleeves

11-20-2008, 01:10 PM

Story on the Quidditch World Cup (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97260173)...

Lawson

12-17-2008, 10:40 AM

~Katja~

12-17-2008, 10:55 AM

Today Sleeves had a story on the National Public Radio show Day to Day:

A Fierce Debate For Road Repairs (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98392092)

"The snow coming down like a falling anesthesia", what a great image!

I could listen to Sleeve's voice all day long.
I wish he would make some children's songs and story telling productions... I think it's very soothing and would be awesome at bed time...

Sleeves

12-17-2008, 04:25 PM

I wish he would make some children's songs and story telling productions...

I love the children's story idea. I'll try that sometime. :)

Puggle_kicker

12-17-2008, 04:31 PM

Just when I thought it couldnt happen . . . . your awesomeness has expanded again. Congrats!

DiabloSammich

12-17-2008, 04:32 PM

Well done, sir.:clap:

Sleeves

05-11-2009, 03:34 PM

Sherwin reflects on the difficult transition from winter to spring (http://www.nhpr.org/node/24800).

Death Metal Moe

05-11-2009, 03:38 PM

Sherwin Sleeves comes from the imagination of writer Todd Hillier, who lives in Thornton, New Hampshire.

Tee hee. Just kidding, nice work Sleeves.

Sleeves

05-11-2009, 04:20 PM

Tee hee. Just kidding, nice work Sleeves.

Well, it was a thinly disguised Fezatorial.

Oh well, the jig is up!

Death Metal Moe

05-11-2009, 04:36 PM

Well, it was a thinly disguised Fezatorial.

Oh well, the jig is up!

No no, I was just laughing that they had to put your real name in there, like Ron likes to do to Fez on air. Can't they just let you use your pen name and leave some stuff up to the mystique that is Sleeves?

tanless1

05-11-2009, 05:15 PM

I'm gonna tape his coffin shut and make him listen to the R&F coffin show...

let me recomend the "liquid nails" coffin caulk.... i think you will be pleased w/ ease of applicaition and available volume.

tanless1

05-11-2009, 05:23 PM

crap; old thread.

Sleeves

05-11-2009, 06:27 PM

No no, I was just laughing that they had to put your real name in there, like Ron likes to do to Fez on air. Can't they just let you use your pen name and leave some stuff up to the mystique that is Sleeves?

No I was just jokin back. They're pretty serious about reality on the old Pub Radio stations.

If they could they'd explain it all at the beginning - in the middle, and then once again at the end that there's man behind a curtain...

Death Metal Moe

05-11-2009, 07:55 PM

No I was just jokin back. They're pretty serious about reality on the old Pub Radio stations.

If they could they'd explain it all at the beginning - in the middle, and then once again at the end that there's man behind a curtain...

Hmmmm, they need to loosen up a little, especially when they are allowing someone to write some observations, just let the persona take over.