Inside February (again)

Jesus, Marvin. When I told you to release the podcast, I didn't mean put it on the end of a stick and hold it over your head. I meant "release it" in a more modern, technical sense. Are you sure you're a robot? Oh, okay. That's news to you. Whoops.

Well, it appears that Marvin (my personal robot assistant) has learned where his last name came from. Red letter day for him, at least. Me? I have to walk you through a podcast you probably haven't heard because my mechanical friend thinks the act of dropping an episode is something akin to playing lacrosse. No matter - push on!

Here's what we have in this month's THIS IS BIG GREEN podcast:

Ned Trek 36: Grope in the Fold - This installment of our now long-running Ned Trek series (a parody mashup of classic Star Trek, Mr. Ed, and that thing they call the Republican party) commandeers a second-season (1967) script entitled "Wolf in the Fold". Action includes some first-rate screaming, a gripping courtroom scene, and numerous instances of Mr. Ned telling Perle to shut up. Simply can't be missed.

Marvin blew it, man.Put The Phone Down - Matt and I sit down for our usual rangy discussion of whatever floats into either of our tiny brains. This month's random topics include a recap of the Ned Trek episode you just heard; a brief riff on a local meat market and its longstanding sausage-based slogan; Matt's recollection of a backstage fight between actors playing Buffalo Bill and Jesus Christ in a locally-produced musical back in 1978 or so; Our thoughts on the unusual, perhaps singular, playing style of our late friend and one-time guitarist Tim Walsh; Some news of beavers and sweet potatoes .... and so on.

Song: Two Lines - A Ned Trek / Sulu song from a couple of years ago; one of my personal favorites. Sulu sings of the anguish of only having two lines in any given episode. Chorus features common two-line speeches from Sulu's role in classic Star Trek.

Song: Silent as a Stone - Deep archive pick. This song long predates our Big Green moniker, but it's still us. Recorded in the long departed Music Workshop studio in Utica, NY (producer: Bill Scranton) back in 1981, this very weird little number features some of that insane Tim Walsh guitar work Matt and talked about. Head scratcher, but that's how we sounded in 1981.

Song: It Should've Been Me - Closer on our 2013 album Cowboy Scat: Songs in the Key of Rick. Just because.

Song: Don't Tell Rick - A song we produced after Cowboy Scat. It's basically a plea to our audience of five not to tell Rick Perry about the album; particularly about the lyric in "It Should've Been Me" about playing with his dong. Still working on the video.

Song: Slipping and Sliding - Our cover of a Little Richard number. (Don't tell Rick!) This is another deep archive pick, from our very first recording as Big Green - a demo tracked at Ned Danison's brother's garage studio back in 1986 or so. One of the songs we did in those days.

Peace out.

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