Brother Russell Podcast

Sometimes you come across something so good that you just have to pass it along in its complete, unedited form. So here is “The Game of Life”, narrated by Jarrell McCracken. Released in the mid-1950s on Word Records, Waco, TX.

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THANKS to those of you who have shown your support for 2008 with a one-time Paypal donation!

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A little morsel of madness to tide you over until the next Bro. Russell Podcast. Please donate today (see below) if you want to hear more podcasts in 2008.

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Thanks to all of you, worldwide, for listening to the Brother Russell Podcast in 2007. Especially those of you in China! (WTF??)

If you would like to continue to hear free Brother Russell Podcasts in 2008, please take a moment to make a one-time contribution of $5 or more. (And thanks to the guy who donated $6.66 last year!) I know there are about 70 of you who subscribe to the feed, and listen to each new show faithfully. If as few as one-third of you made a one-time contribution, it would cover my operating expenses (hosting fees, audio equipment, etc) for the entire year of 2008, and ensure that new weirdness keeps coming your way.

I have a lot of cool ideas for upcoming shows, but there are a few technical upgrades that I need to make before I can really do it right. And I don’t think either of us wants the show to switch over to a subscriber-only format, do we? Of course not, that’s bullshit. I don’t need the pressure and performance anxiety that would result, and you don’t need yet another monthly source of financial bleeding.

So please just show the Brother a little love by going to www.paypal.com and directing a one-time Paypal payment of $5, 10, or $15 dollars to this Paypal account: russmofo@yahoo.com

(That’s right, my Paypal account name is the same as my email address.)

If you are anxious about using Paypal, don’t be. It takes less than 5 minutes to sign up if you don’t already have an account, and it enables me to take donations without having to give a physical mailing address to the entire world. 

If you don’t like the idea of paying ahead of time for shows I may or may not do in 2008, then think of it like this: you are paying for the hours of free material I have already provided to you in 2007.

Respect,

Brother Russell

In the interest of keeping the culture wars alive, I greet all Christians with a hearty Happy Holidays! All atheists with Merry Christmas! And for all my Jewish and Muslim friends (or vegetarians for that matter), I offer a delicious honeybaked ham (figuratively speaking). Money is the Reason for the Season, so be sure and buy some stuff. We must all do our part to help the wealthiest 1% of Americans to amass the billions of dollars they need to pay for the construction of space stations and lunar colonies, to which they will surely escape after they have polluted the last drop of drinkable water and fouled the last cubic foot of breathable air.

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Thanks again to Brother Russell (NY version) for that last podcast, we got a ton of listeners. The “Adventures in the Death Care Industry” series is still on hold. In the meantime, here’s a weird ”reality audio” scramble from my cassette collection and other sources. Features a great prank call from the Pittsburgh Fightsters to a semi-famous record producer, the enraged answering messages left by a disgruntled New Orleans musician for an incompetent sound technician, and Brian Wilson standing up to his abusive dad Murry in the recording studio during the recording session for “Help Me Ronda”.

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This week, my friend The Other Brother Russell, New York’s Russell Scholl, has put together a special stew of spoken word and sonic surprises called “You’re Getting Better”. To receive a complete listing of the 24 special herbs and spices he used, feel free to contact me at russmofo@yahoo.com and I will send it to you in an email. 

And yes, he could just as easily refer to me as The Other Brother Russell.

Enjoy! - Brother Russell (on the Texas side)

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The title says it all, but that still doesn’t stop Brother Russell from playing host on this one and saying even more, including some brief announcements at the beginning and complete artist credits at the end. Just like a normal podcast!

Also… if you missed Bro. Russell’s appearance on the ”Strictly Confidential” internet radio program, you can still listen to an archived copy of it by going to the URL below.(Please note that the last 2 minutes or so were chopped off on the archive copy. Circumstances beyond my control).http://www.strictlyconfidentialradio.com/promos/StrictlyConfidential-(19-9-2007)-ed.mp3

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Melba’s on-air healing from depression and grieving is the centerpiece of this slightly abbreviated edition of the podcast. (Last time, we heard a call in which she was bummed out about all the death and disease that is going around, so this seemed to be a fitting follow-up.. it has never been released on CD). We also hear a lovely example of “Sacred Harp” music (or shape-note singing) from the deep woods of Alabama, a terminally ill Colonel Harland Sanders muddling his way through his last Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial, a cautionary tune about divine wrath, a snippet of a preaching radio show that probably lasted no more than two or three weeks, and as a reward for those who are still paying attention at the end.. a mind-blowing promotional spot for a movie that “will make you come alive when you step out on the streets”.

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List of tracks to follow, if anyone requests it. My humongous apologies for the long delay in getting back to the podcasting. Comments, questions, suggestions, etc. may be directed to: melbapodcast@yahoo.com

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