Here's the Tower

As a very lucky adult, I have toured the US and Europe many times, singing and playing guitar for people. But in my younger years – when I was the handsome young man you see in this photo – the music I made was keyboard based. 

When I was a senior in high school, I was in a synthesizer band called Pink Aftershock. We released a cassette tape of some of our originals songs on this date 35 years ago, November 17, 1986. That tape was the first release from a small indie label I operated called Slamdek which issued more than 40 releases by Louisville artists over the following decade. 

I have always loved the way all the notes are just laid out in front of you on a piano or synthesizer. It makes more visual sense to me than the way they are stacked on a guitar. You can see all the notes at once and choose the colors you’d like to blend. 

For today’s episode, I used some sounds and techniques that reminded me of the music I loved while growing up, and had a lot of fun combining them with some of the approaches I have been using in music since then. I hope you enjoy it. 

Music: “Throwback Wednesday” by Scott Ritcher 
Nov. 17th Music BMI 

Associate producer: Betsy McClimans 

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After a long summer’s day on the countryside, two special friends lie in the grass at look at the stars. As their slow, sleepy conversation winds along, some important questions are discussed. 

Special guest voice: Sararose Willey 

Music used with permission: “This Is Where He Went” by David Celeste 

Associate producer: Betsy McClimans 

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In the middle of the supermarket, the protagonist of today’s 44-second audio drama comes to a painful realization. 

As omniscient observers, we know he shouldn’t be so hard on himself. Despite what the product’s name might suggest, Bisquick can be used for much more than quickly making biscuits. Pancakes, quiches, and pizza crusts can also be found in its wheelhouse. 

Music: “Ipanema Daydream” by Bird Creek 

Associate producer: Betsy McClimans 

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From the producers of the groundbreaking documentary “The Greatest Events of World War II in Colour” comes an all new documentary experience: “The Greatest Speeches of the 20th Century in Stereo.” 

Experience the century’s greatest orators as you’ve never heard them before. 

Music: “American Frontiers” by Aaron Kelly 

Associate producer: Betsy McClimans 

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The charming and affable Chattahoochee River Strangler stops by with a personal message for listeners of Here’s the Tower.

He doesn’t care for the nickname the media has invented for him, nor is he a fan of the way he was portrayed as evil and mysterious on an earlier episode of this program. He’s so likable and easygoing, the least we can do is give Terry Wayne MacAnaulty a few minutes of our time to set the record straight. 

Music: “Blue Creek Trail” by Dan Lebowitz 

Associate producer: Betsy McClimans 

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Today we’ll take a look back at some pivotal moments in American history as they unfolded on YouTube… and we’ll enjoy some of the lowest hanging fruit in the world of impersonations. 

If you take anything away from this episode, I hope it is this catchphrase: What you want to do is just go ahead and jump out of the dirigible. 

Associate producer: Betsy McClimans 

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Today, in a 40-minute special, we’ll hear all 13 episodes from the fifth season of Here’s the Tower. These episodes debuted weekly from January to May 2021.

Every second Wednesday this summer, we’ll hear a complete season in its entirety. In five special shows, we’ll take a whirlwind trip through 104 episodes totaling 3 1/2 hours of action-packed entertainment.

You can find credits for the music, guest voices and more info about the individual episodes at kcomposite.com/tower, where you can also see the complete schedule of summer specials.

These are the episodes from Season Three that we’ll hear today:

The Search for Life In the Universe 

Exclusive Interview from Moscow 

Lester’s Mail Bag 

Beers On the Balcony 

Put It On the Bottom 

Casablanca 

Priceland 

Your 7-inch 3-day Forecast 

The Unboxer 

Theme Song Sing Along II 

Dem Cawds 

Fantasy Cabinet Has a Winner 

Chekhov Foxworthy Returns 

Associate producer: Betsy McClimans 

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Today, in a one-hour special, we’ll hear all 13 episodes from the fourth season of Here’s the Tower. These episodes debuted weekly from September 2020 to January 2021.

Every second Wednesday this summer, we’ll hear a complete season in its entirety. In five special shows, we’ll take a whirlwind trip through 104 episodes totaling 3 1/2 hours of action-packed entertainment.

You can find credits for the music, guest voices and more info about the individual episodes at kcomposite.com/tower, where you can also see the complete schedule of summer specials.

These are the episodes from Season Three that we’ll hear today:

Fantasy Cabinet 

What Will Life Be Like In the Future? 

Twenty Years Since Everybody Was On Earth 

Views On the News: How to Talk to Your Pets About Coronavirus 

Your Hands Are Everything 

November Leap 

Thank You For Flying With Us Today 

Shhh! Li’l Tower Is Sleeping 

Views On the News: Adobe 

The Academy of Dirty Country Music Awards 

Davidson’s Sausages 

America’s Top 10 Beeps 

Views On the News: Where Is Tom Selleck? 

Associate producer: Betsy McClimans 

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Today, in a 51-minute special, we’ll hear all 13 episodes from the third season of Here’s the Tower. These episodes debuted weekly from May to August 2020. This was the season when a few episodes broke through the one-minute mark and made way for the special audio play Smart Home Merle Haggard, Part One.

Every second Wednesday this summer, we’ll hear a complete season in its entirety. In five special shows, we’ll take a whirlwind trip through 104 episodes totaling 3 1/2 hours of action-packed entertainment.

You can find credits for the music, guest voices and more info about the individual episodes at kcomposite.com/tower, where you can also see the complete schedule of summer specials.

These are the episodes from Season Three that we’ll hear today:

Everything You Touched

Appalachian Getaway

The Dirty Statler Brothers

Donny Edge

I Don’t Even Know If I Should Be Opening the Door

Coin Commemorative Coin

Play Some Mendelssohn

The New Walkman

More Useful Swedish Phrases

That’s So Tower!

The Heist, Part Two

Smart Home Merle Haggard, Part One

Come Along Everybody

Associate producer: Betsy McClimans 

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Today, we’ll hear all 13 one-minute episodes from the second season of Here’s the Tower. These episodes debuted weekly from September to November 2019.

Every second Wednesday this summer, we’ll hear a complete season in its entirety. In five special shows, we’ll take a whirlwind trip through 104 episodes totaling 3 1/2 hours of action-packed entertainment.

You can find credits for the music, guest voices and more info about the individual episodes at kcomposite.com/tower, where you can also see the complete schedule of summer specials.

These are the episodes from Season Two that we’ll hear today:

Marty Klein

Hey Tower

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Of Corpse

Go Ahead, Caller

You Know Who Loves Oktoberfest?

The Roast of JD Salinger

Useful Swedish Phrases

Autumn

Chekhov Foxworthy: You Might Be a Russian Spammer

Fleeting Like the Wind: Haiku Episode

The Statler Brothers Revealed

My Battle With IPS

Associate producer: Betsy McClimans

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