I got, in the mail, the greatest package from Ms. Paula of Perils of Leisure.
It contained two Pixies articles, a CD with the Pixies on a Holland radio show and some of Paula's favorite Throwing Muses songs, and the kicker -- a copy of Radio: an Illustrated Guide by Jessica Abel.
The comic is a behind-the-scenes account of how a This American Life show is conceived and produced and why the show is just so darn great.
Speaking of TAL, the Real Audio of Hitler's Yacht is now online.
In the late eighties, a group of Holocaust survivors towed the rotten hull of an old boat into the sea several miles off the coast of Miami, dropped it off a barge, and watched it sink to the bottom of the ocean. The boat was believed to be Hitler's personal yacht. The story of how it came to be called Hitler's yacht, and how it made its way from the boatyards of prewar Germany to a swampy marina in Jacksonville, Florida, is a long, strange monumentally entertaining yarn which takes up our entire hour.
So much to hear. So much to read. Thanks Paula!
