Mister Ron's Basement II

Fri Nov 12, 2010 Mister Ron’s Basement # 1805 At Mark Twain’s request, the first volume of his lengthy Autobiography has just recently been published, one hundred years after his death. One of the earliest pieces in the book is an interview with Ex-President Ulysses S. Grant. Mister Ron was quite surprised to hear General Grant discuss his classmate at West Point, ‘Squibob,’ and tell some stories about him. ‘Squibob,’ of course, was the pen name of George Horatio Derby, who wrote humorous newspaper pieces while serving as a surveyor and draftsman in the army back in the 1850s. He also used the pen name of John Phoenix. Derby died in 1861, and his book publisher never sent royalties to his widow. So in 1865, she published a collection of some unreprinted pieces called ‘The Squibob Papers.’ This week, we will be reading from that book. Today, Squibob-Phoenix pays a visit to ‘New Orleans - Its Hotel.’ Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of Derby stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/derby.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Thur Nov 11, 2010 Mister Ron’s Basement # 1804 At Mark Twain’s request, the first volume of his lengthy Autobiography has just recently been published, one hundred years after his death. One of the earliest pieces in the book is an interview with Ex-President Ulysses S. Grant. Mister Ron was quite surprised to hear General Grant discuss his classmate at West Point, ‘Squibob,’ and tell some stories about him. ‘Squibob,’ of course, was the pen name of George Horatio Derby, who wrote humorous newspaper pieces while serving as a surveyor and draftsman in the army back in the 1850s. He also used the pen name of John Phoenix. Derby died in 1861, and his book publisher never sent royalties to his widow. So in 1865, she published a collection of some unreprinted pieces called ‘The Squibob Papers.’ This week, we will be reading from that book. Today, Squibob-Phoenix pays a visit to ‘Boston - - A Moral City.’ Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of Derby stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/derby.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Wed Nov 10, 2010 Mister Ron’s Basement # 1803 At Mark Twain’s request, the first volume of his lengthy Autobiography has just recently been published, one hundred years after his death. One of the earliest pieces in the book is an interview with Ex-President Ulysses S. Grant. Mister Ron was quite surprised to hear General Grant discuss his classmate at West Point, ‘Squibob,’ and tell some stories about him. ‘Squibob,’ of course, was the pen name of George Horatio Derby, who wrote humorous newspaper pieces while serving as a surveyor and draftsman in the army back in the 1850s. He also used the pen name of John Phoenix. Derby died in 1861, and his book publisher never sent royalties to his widow. So in 1865, she published a collection of some unreprinted pieces called ‘The Squibob Papers.’ This week, we will be reading from that book. Today we heaar of a boy who learns the ins and outs of relating the truth in ‘Never Told A Lie.’ Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of Derby stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/derby.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Tue Nov 9, 2010 Mister Ron’s Basement # 1802 At Mark Twain’s request, the first volume of his lengthy Autobiography has just recently been published, one hundred years after his death. One of the earliest pieces in the book is an interview with Ex-President Ulysses S. Grant. Mister Ron was quite surprised to hear General Grant discuss his classmate at West Point, ‘Squibob,’ and tell some stories about him. ‘Squibob,’ of course, was the pen name of George Horatio Derby, who wrote humorous newspaper pieces while serving as a surveyor and draftsman in the army back in the 1850s. He also used the pen name of John Phoenix. Derby died in 1861, and his book publisher never sent royalties to his widow. So in 1865, she published a collection of some unreprinted pieces called ‘The Squibob Papers.’ This week, we will be reading from that book. In today’s tale Derby waxes eloquently with poetry about growing vegetables. It is called ‘Phoenix on Agriculture.’ Time: approx seven and a half minutes The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of Derby stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/derby.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Mon, Nov 8, 2010 Mister Ron’s Basement # 1801 Mister Ron’s Basement has returned after a week’s vacation!

We are continuing with our Monday Book Serialization, Edward S. Ellis’s 1868 Dime Novel, ‘The Steam Man of the Prairies.’ In Chapter Fifteen, Baldy and the boys hide out from deadly enemies in a dark cave, in ‘The Attack in the Ravine.’ Time: approx twelve minutes The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Fri Oct 29, 2010 Mister Ron’s Basement # 1800 Halloween is here, and in commemoration, we are presenting scary, but fun stories from Ambrose Bierce’s 1903 collection, ’Can Such Things Be?’ Actually, today’s story is one of the most frightening we’ve ever presented, about a duel, and a gag that backfired. It has the strange title of ‘The Middle Toe of the Right Foot.’ Time: approx twenty-two minutes The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of Ambrose Bierce stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/bierce.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Thur Oct 28, 2010 Mister Ron’s Basement # 1799 Halloween is approaching, and in commemoration, we are presenting scary, but fun stories from Ambrose Bierce’s 1903 collection, ’Can Such Things Be?’ Today’s tale is not about ghosts but is a horror tale of a “thinking machine” called ‘Moxon’s Master’ Time: approx twenty-five minutes The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of Ambrose Bierce stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/bierce.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Wed Oct 27, 2010 Mister Ron’s Basement # 1798 Halloween is approaching, and in commemoration, we are presenting scary, but fun stories from Ambrose Bierce’s 1903 collection, ’Can Such Things Be?’ Today’s ghostly tale concerns a shopkeeper who never missed a day of work for over 30 years, and seems to have not let death break him of the habit. It’s called ‘A Jug of Sirup.’ This one should NOT be missed! Time: approx seventeen and a half minutes The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of Ambrose Bierce stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/bierce.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Tue Oct 26, 2010 Mister Ron’s Basement # 1797 Halloween is approaching, and in commemoration, we are presenting scary, but fun stories from Ambrose Bierce’s 1903 collection, ’Can Such Things Be?’ Our tale today concerns mysterious happenings in the home of a doctor who disappeared ten years previously! It is called ‘A Diagnosois of Death.’ Time: approx ten and a half minutes The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Index of Ambrose Bierce stories is located at: http://ronevry.com/bierce.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!

Mon, Oct 25, 2010 Mister Ron’s Basement # 1796 We are continuing with our Monday Book Serialization, Edward S. Ellis’s 1868 Dime Novel, ‘The Steam Man of the Prairies.’ In Chapter Fourteen, while getting water to make steam, Johnny Brainerd meets a fierce giant of a man who doesn’t believe in the Steam Man. This is a pretty good chapter, entitled ‘The Huge Hunter.’ Time: approx ten minutes The Mister Ron’s Basement Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html *There is a nifty interview with Mister Ron in issue #59 iProng Magazine (now known as Beatweek Magazine) which can be downloaded at a new URL as a free pdf file here. *John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. * Help Keep Mister Ron's Basement alive! Donate One Dollar: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Ron_Donate.html A hint to new listeners - you can use the catalogs to find stories by specific authors, or just type their name in the keyword search field. To find some of the best stories in the Basement, simply click here! -- By the way, if you haven't noticed, you can get the episode by either clicking on the word 'POD' on top of this section, or on the filename on the bottom where it says 'Direct Download' or by clicking on the Victrola picture, or by subscribing in iTunes. When in iTunes, please click on 'Subscribe' button. It's Free! Thank you. Join us on Facebook!