Your host sings Kirsty MacColl's first single, "They Don't Know", which was a top ten hit for Tracey Ullman in the U.S. and U.K. in the eighties. It has one of my favorite hooks, which MacColl sang herself on Ullman's cover because Ullman couldn't hit the high note.

My three day Career as a postal worker taught me respect for the hard work postal employees do, and appreciation of my own limitations.

Lots of prejudice and not so much pride describes a lot of the history of Southern Indiana that I recall, including persecution of and armed warfare against Italian limestone quarry workers. Hear the graphic gunfight descriptions in the old newspaper articles from the early 1900's, which included reports of considerable violence against shoes.

The clouds where I grew up in Southern Indiana weren't just made of moisture - some were floating cement dust. Also sharing a related memorable explosion from 1961.

One thing a lot of folks from southern Indiana are simply unwilling to do is bargain for something - it just goes against the grain of who we are.

My home town's version of the Keystone Cops makes a big bust in 1959, nabbing 5 poker players (including my father), 5 decks of cards and $110, striking a righteous blow against the evils of gambling. Hear the complete newspaper report from page one of the May 2, 1959 edition of the Bedford Daily Times-Mail!

Fond memories of switches and paddles at home and school, and the rules and practices that went with them.

Where I grew up, shooting at people and missing, or shooting them with a shotgun with shells filled with rock salt, was not considered an arrestable offense.

You can buy a real haunted house for sale in my home town. It's located not too far from the remains of the Limestone Replica of the Great Pyramid.

Our Scoutmaster was the school janitor. He was also the smartest Man in town.