Inside the carpeted corridors of the Straubinical mind, the next episode of "Hot Plate! The 120 Minute Radio Hour" is coming together.
The central item will be Karl's chat with funnyman Dave Nuttycombe about Neil Simon's older and considerably less famous brother Danny Simon, a comedy writer who was a huge influence on Woody Allen.
We'll also have some new Straubinical music, but it's not clear yet which recording we'll finish in time for the episode. We are working on the first song of the new Fuzz Project, a dark number about suburban adultery with tons of fuzz guitar from Karl and Jeff Lang. Jeff's gotten himself ensnared in various other endeavors, like opening for Bonnie Raitt (apparently he couldn't get out of it), so it's hard to predict when that track will be wrapped up. In the meantime, we have a single from trending heartthrob Millicent Ratskiwatzki, a new addition to the Hot Plate team. I'm also excited to report that Karl's intern, Rhonda Marvell, broke into song during a recent recording session, so that's another contender.
We've also got a new installment of Bedtime Story, with Shakespearean actor Sir Theophilus Bathysphere-Mayhew doing a dramatic reading from Angelica Huston's classy memoir, "Of Jacuzzis Thrice-Gentle,"
and in another attempt to ratchet up the British content, we'll be broadcasting the maiden voyage of new segment "Get On With It" with Colin "Tenners" MacTenleyson.
Many Karl Straub music discussions are planned, including a rumination about pop snobbery on the first installment of "Pop Despot," where topics may include the Beatles, Clint Eastwood, and god knows what else, and an Apple Vs. Orange segment where Karl will compare electric violist John Cale to bluegrass fiddler Scotty Stoneman. Rabid fans of political blather can look forward to the second hunk of Karl's two hour gabfest with Tom Alderson.
All that and-- if we can make it fit-- a snippet from new police procedural Amish Homicide.
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