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Awkward Hour extra! from May 2 09 with Philip, Sam & @keldwud

All the liquid drained from your body,
Replaced by an artificial chemical
But the outer casings still real
Like the housings of sausages
You will last forever, perched at the
Pinnacle of the ski jump
As though reaching for your
Medal attempt, and you too,
The couple etching their
Love into the ice in cuneiform
Graceful script,
She is eternally arched above
Your head, mid-spin,
So naked and pure
You not only don't need skates
But don't need skin,
You are shed of identity,
But you still have your eyes,
Having been fixed
In the window of time
Before they cloud over,
Still full of color like synthetic
Emeralds. As they
Say, as she, the most recent
'she' in my all-too-real story
Reminded me--'you signed up
For this.' In the name of
What occult science
Are you held in perpetuity,
Never to fall from your apex,
Never to conclude your climb
With an inevitable descent,
You are robbed of your final
Clause, the death
Of the body to match the death
Of your spirit, the one thing
They couldn't preserve. Are
You my parents, looking back
At me from age-tinted decades,
And in the same way myself
Looking back at myself,
Reminding me of the death
Of my own self, the illusion
Of me standing here but
At least you don't hide anything,
Even your penis, reach for
Medal-winning extent. Reminding
Me I am already dead.
The future is now,
But there is no now,
There is only the blood
Threading its way through
The fine lacework of the capillaries,
Under the intense, almost
Inconceivable pressure
Inside the concoursing veins,
That somehow manage never
To burst, the hands on the
Clock never sag under the
Weight of time, exploding the
Glass in front of their face,
The glass that holds you,
Organs calcified, perfect and fibrous,
Any extraneous skin or fat
Shed like seconds from
The skin of time, the pulse
Inside the chest: there is a day
When you will look at them too
And they will look back at you
And you will see yourself
Already eviscerated.

Brian Staker

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I didn’t make it in time. We’d been meaning to go see the building on 337 South 400 East, given over entirely to artists in the meantime about a year ago, before the building would be demolished to be replaced by condos. This is an example of what happens when there’s apathy about art, only this time it was mine. Not to get out and see it when the structure was alive with art works vibrant and vital, giving little visible suggestion of their temporality.


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My guest tonight is a very good friend of mine, David Smith, also known to many and on myspace as Dave 23. Dave and I met almost twenty years ago when we both used to go to City Arts Poetry readings in downtown Salt Lake City, where we both live. In the course of that time we’ve hung out at a lot of concerts, went out to Burning Man twice, and I attended numerous Wiccan festivities that he helped coordinate. We were even roommates for several years, and I can recommend him as a great sharer of space to anyone. I’ve come to admire him for his adventurous spirit in traveling all over the globe and trying things like skydiving, that I might be too awkward for.

Despite a little awkwardness getting the audio levels right (and I later found out they can be potted up in audacity afterwards) we have a lively discussion about Burning Man, Wicca, and his more recent adventures skydiving and climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro.
I don’t mean to be such a tease with this, gonna really try to get the pod up for your listening in next few days. The taping was actually fun, and I think it comes across!

This episode of The Awkward Hour is dedicated to my friend Joe Timpson, who left us last May, and struggled with many of these issues in living in the world with yourself and others. I hope he found some peace.

Friends,

I am excited to announce that the voting for the name of my podcast is over and the overwhelming winner is The Awkward Hour. Damn, you guys know me too well. Officially, 'The Awkward Hour, a Stakercast production,' since Mariah reminded me how I seem to have some franchise with my name 'brand' in the area.

'The Awkward Hour, because I'm tired of listening to myself. Now it's your turn.'
(It's an hour that only SEEMS like two or three. Now get your character-building ennui in easily-digestible podcast form)

And I'll be watching your lips move because that's where the words come out, and the technological miracle of the sounds matching up with the ideas you are trying to speak. And then I'll attempt to form some kind of sound to wrap my gums around and toss back across the room in response; this part could get interesting.

I promise to make the show as awkward as humanly possible. I will make every effort to make it unintentionally funny (the funniest kind). OMG, am I really worried about it not being AWKWARD enough? I was thinking about what 'awkward' really means, and it seems like the awkward moments are when you are being most real. Oh right, that's just me.

Seriously, got the tech part about down & will try to get a couple 'in the can' as it were in the next month and polished for your listening pleasure . Will edit out and edit in, wash rinse and repeat, until it's suitably awkward, salt and pepper to taste. Some of the more interesting people around that you are interested in being interested in. The fine line between cool and geek chic.

The Awkward Hour, because awkwardness doesn't have to hurt any more.

I will be in contact with those of you who might be potential guests. I am open to any ideas, and am open to any suggestions, subliminal or superliminal, post- or Pre-hypnotic.
Bribes, gifts, hospital wings in my name, etc etc.

Stakerized Inc.(tm) Because I am owned by and a subsidiary of myself (after taxes).

Ken Jennings of Jeopardy!

What Mark Strand, Andy Warhol and Ken Jennings have in common. How long one can stretch out one's fifteen minutes of fame. The similarity between trivia and pornography.

Answer in the form of a question!

If you haven't taken the opportunity to vote for the name of my upcoming podcast, there's still time! You can check the myspace results so far, although I have had a few trickle in on my regular email account.

I will have the results soon, and post it here!

Help name my podcast, chatting with people who are fascinating (at least I think so) & maybe playing a few tunes. Working on development, before too long I'll have something for you to put between yer ears. Vote on which name you think is the best:

A Face For Radio
Thinking Out Loud
The Naked Mind
How Do You _Really_ Feel? The Passive-Aggressive Podcast
Stakercast
Ask An Aspie
Interesting People (And Me)
Who's Stakin' Who?
(Not) For Brians Only
Dorkcast
The Awkward Hour
Stating the Obvious