The Taxi Tapes

The Taxi Tapes

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The Taxi Tapes episodes

  • Episode 12: Pac-Man

    Sam meets a fellow driver who is fearful of the past.

    https://theroad2shambala.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/dingmantics12.mp3
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  • Episode 11: Sandra From Avenue Z

    Sam knew something crazy was going to happen when the couple got in and asked to go to Avenue Z; what eventually transpired was indeed crazy, but not at all in the way he was expecting…

    https://theroad2shambala.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/taxitapes11fixed.mp3
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  • Episode 10: Sweat and Fortified Wine

    Sam’s interactions with a passenger of uncertain means teaches him a valuable lesson.  Another clip from the live stage version of The Taxi Tapes, as performed at the People’s Improv Theater on November 12, 2011.

    https://theroad2shambala.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/taxitapes10.mp3
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  • Episode 9: Strawberries or Bussed

    A group of drunken Brits guides Sam directly into the path of an oncoming MTA bus, with unexpected results.  This episode is an excerpt from the live version of “The Taxi Tapes,” as performed at the People’s Improv Theater on November 12, 2011.

    https://theroad2shambala.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/the-taxi-tapes-episode-9.mp3
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  • Episode 9: Strawberries or Bussed
    A group of drunken Brits guides Sam directly into the path of an oncoming MTA bus, with unexpected results.  This episode is an excerpt from the live version of “The Taxi Tapes,” as performed at the People’s Improv Theater on November 12, 2011.
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  • Episode 7: Taxi Tapes

    Actual audio from inside Sam’s cab, recorded live throughout a frozen February day in 2007.  There is some freestyle singing.

    https://theroad2shambala.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/the-taxi-tapes-episode-7.mp3
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  • Episode 6: The Real Thing


    While driving along the Grand Central Parkway, minding his own business, a song by The Hold Steady blindsides Sam with the realization that the Plan may have gone horribly awry.

    https://theroad2shambala.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/the-taxi-tapes-episode-6-bounce.mp3
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  • Episode 5: Phantom Planet


    Sam makes a not-so-triumphant return to the Hilton, where an old nemesis rears its ugly head.

    https://theroad2shambala.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/the-taxi-tapes-episode-5.mp3
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  • Episode 4: The Phantom Fifty


    As his taxi dies on McDonald Avenue in Brooklyn, Sam recalls an orange naugahyde sofa, a pay-phone, and a river of chicken blood.

    https://theroad2shambala.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/the-taxi-tapes-episode-4.mp3
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True tales from my days as a cab driver in New York City.