So in 2000 I heard Todd Cooper play live at a dive in New York City and he really impressed me. Then, of course, life happened and the memory of the show faded... but not completely. I still had the memory of the memory...

I'm not sure what triggered it, but the other day I remembered that I had a memory worth remembering.

Armed with that little bit of knowledge, Nola and I went on a quest to see if we couldn't dig up what it was that I was trying to remember.

Turns out what I was trying to remember was a song by Todd Cooper called "Shine Shine Shine". Gig is, I couldn't remember the name "Shine Shine Shine", but we did manage to find Todd Cooper. He has a myspace page, check it out:

http://www.myspace.com/toddcoopersongs

He has some good music there for you to listen to. However, "Shine Shine Shine" was not on his list of goodies, and, at that time, I still didn't know the title of the number...

Nola and I were determined though, so we sent the guy a letter. I fully expected that to be the end of the matter. Nope, Todd wrote back. I explained that I was looking for something he did, but couldn't remember anything about it other than Nola and I really needed to hear it.

So he sent us a number from the right era of his career. (how cool is that?) It was a nice number, a groovy number, but the wrong number *sighs*. Embarrassed for consuming so much of his time, Nola and I sent him another note thanking him for his efforts but, sad to say, that wasn't the one we were looking for.

To wit Todd got back to us with Another song... and this time it was IT! I was floored. Nola, who had Never heard this song before in her entire life, starting singing the song right away, in that four year old, "I've never heard this before in my life but I like it so I'm going to sing at the top of my lungs to it anyway" kind of way. Then she slipped down off of my lap and started dancing around the room to it.

That was that. I burst into tears. Everything about the moment, the exchange between Todd and I, the song itself and Nola's reaction to it just gave me Hope...

Hope is a luxury I seldom grant myself: I have very little faith in the human animal *shrugs*.

The next day Todd sent us another version of "Shine Shine Shine" and permission to "run with them". This is the second version he sent us. The first version can be found in the Torbtown Library, lazy feed 16 (hunt for it, I could use some page views *grins*)

This is another standard Torbtown podcast, silly logo, a few Star Trek clips, and the ditty. When you are done here, go say hi to Todd, he's way cool.

Rock on
twj
gleeble (aka nsj)

Arthur Miller

Poker

Square dancing in the round.

Oil, the other white meat. Ask for it by name.

This guy is on my mind... don't know why... maybe he died... perhaps I'll cry... Like a Dribbling Fram.

Jack's back with fancy fiddle and foot work.

A little sunshine

alien virus or space madness?

I know what I know.

More of the same, with Scotch.

More of the same. Just probing the area of darkness.

Nothing fancy... do they still have smog alerts?

This is a little demo podcast that Gleeble and I whipped up to show LAByrinth Theater Company just how easy it is to do.

Just a moment off the cuff, nothing fun or fancy here folks.

Gleeble grooves with Tom Cat in that ever popular number, 'Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby"

rock on

Another boring story with a blast from the past.

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Huge thanks to Simon Napier-Bell for being so cool.

Huge thanks to Ray Singer for being so creative.

Huge thanks to Don Watkins for being so helpful.

and Special Thanks to my daughter for destroying my last copy of this, accelerating my search, and bringing so much joy, love and happiness into my life.

Arcana Remix

Lyrics by Gleeble
Riff by Wimple Winch

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Dedicated to the kids at PS 58.

"....it is the opinion of this reporter that if this nation, or in fact, the world, ever needed Heroes, That Time Is NOW..."

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Some NASA, some news, some Star Trek, some editing....

Sounds like another boring episode of Torbtown

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Just playin' around.

'nuff said.

rock on

More nothing fancy, just playing around.

This one is dedicated to Dave Rabbit. Check 'im out when time permits.

Rock On

check 'em out at:

http://www.sister7.com

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Buhbuh baybee,

Gleeble ah, mm-tsk, duba duba bleedoe eee way!

Spock On

Buhbuh baby,

Gleeble dee glume? Ah, oompeech deeble ah, duba duba duba Ay.

peedeepoo.

Rock On

YAY!

Finally, my first "official" permission to use someone else’s stuff on my podcast.

The dude in question?

Dave Rabbit.

Let's say that name again, shall we?

Dave Rabbit.

Don't ask, don't think, don't scratch your thingy, just Do It.

Listen to him here:

http://daverabbit.podomatic.com/

Chat with him here:

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/132/pg1/srtpages

His home page is here:

http://radiofirsttermer.com.vn/

Still not enough?

GOOGLE the Guy!

Finally, we get to really, truly and officially
Rock On
twj

Okay, so I'm a little wet, but I don't have trench foot yet.

Standard TT logo, a little lame chit chat, a song.... is that an episode?

not yet...

but it IS Torbtown.

Rock on
twj

More nothing fancy. Bored yet? Ya, don't hold your breath. So, I used the mic, there's some sounds, a song... *shrugs* Does that make it an episode?

Nawww....

Just makes it Torbtown.

Rock on
twj

again nothing fancy, just playing with audacity, found a mic, said 'torbtown', a pd tune *shrugs* oh, nothing 'explicit' here, just going to lable them all that way in case there ever is...

be winter before I'm up to speed

rock on
twj

Hey people,

Just getting my feet wet, nothing fancy. 'ell, I don't even have a microphone yet *laughs* Doubt I'll be getting one for some months, so don't hold your breath.

This is just an experiment in editing... A little Star Trek, a little Dr. Who, some public domain surf song *shrugs* like I said, nothing fancy, just playing with the tools and learning the ropes.

Rock On
torb