Stories by Dobbs podcast

La Vendetta, op. 26 (March 2001)

A simple account of an attack by “bandits” in Saudi Arabia is revealed to be something else entirely.

Mistaken Identity, op. 30 (2006)

Another crazy but true story that was told to me in Kabul by a good friend of the woman in the song.

op.16 September 1995 but finished in a new version today. Visiting the three smallest countries in Europe in a day; a true but comic travelogue. Recreated from old files from 1995. Good story and a funny retelling of it. The title is a reference to the title of the novel Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler. You will see the relevance.

 Interview with the Dwarf, op. 14 (January 1995)

Get the story behind the story of Snow White. One of the Dwarves reveals all but it’s not what you expect.

A send up of "The Messiah" with fake Handel, a fake quartet of soloists (me) and a messiah who died in a state of grace in Memphis. Live recording.

Originally intended for a spot on late night TV that never materialized. Scenes from five movies that just should have ended up on the cutting room floor but didn't.

Bear Naked, op. 39 (2017)

A bear breaks into a home in Vail, Colorado and does what?

In far off Benghazi there lived a poor scullery maid called Hillary. This is her surprising and twisted and satirical, need I say tragic story which will make you laugh I guarantee.... maybe, possibly, if there is any justice in the world definitely.

2. A Parable, op.20 (January 1997)

If you are seeking enlightenment, this story will show you the way. A desert mystic reveals the secret by telling a parable of sheep in wolves’ clothing. Yes this leads to enlightenment and low vibrations.

This is Opus 1.  Telling movies is a way to verbally convey the essence of a movie with no restrictions on balance or truth or fairness, using exaggeration or ridicule and giving false importance to some scenes or some dialogue. In the hands of a master you can be convinced to either definitely see a movie or definitely not see a movie. This technique was used extensively by my group of friends when we were kids back in the 50s in upstate New York.