Fri, 30 September 2005
Fri, Sep 30 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #144 George Ade's 1904 tale of a boarding house, 'The Regular Kind of Place and the Usual Way it Turned Out' may recall an almost-vanished custom, but it's still very, very funny. Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 30 September 2005
Thu, Sep 29 2005
Mister Ron's basement #143 Mary Austin week ends with an early piece about an effete and proper Bostonian attempting to 'go native' in the Southwest. It's called 'The Wooing of the Sennorita,' from 1897. Time: approx fifteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Thu, 29 September 2005
Wed, Sep 28 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #142 Mary Austin mixed authentic history with magic, as explained by legendary story-telling birds in 'The Pearls of Cofachique - How Lucas de Ayllon Came to Look for Them and What the Cacica Far-Looking Did to Him -- Told by the Pelican' from 1918. Time: approx twenty-five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 27 September 2005
Tue, Sep 27 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #141 Mary Austin's story of a sheep rancher, his daughter, and a dangerous masquerade offers charming characters and a good deal of fun. It's called 'Spring o' the Year,' from 1908. Time: approx twenty-two and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 26 September 2005
Mon, Sep 26 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #140 Mary Austin's tale of Lost Mine Fever and the Family Breadwinner from 1907 is called 'The Return of Mr. Wills.' Time: approx fifteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 25 September 2005
Sun, Sep 25 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #139 Mary Austin gives us the lowdown on 'Jimville -- A Bret Harte Town' from 1903, and Lovey Austin gives us some Low Down Travelin' Sounds. Time: approx sixteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sat, 24 September 2005
Sat, Sep 24 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #138 George Ade's 'The Fable of How He Never Touched George' from 1899 explores wrestling holds and good cigars. Time: approx five minutes Book Relief is an unprecedented, publishing industry-wide effort that will distribute at least five million books to those displaced by the Hurricanes, to schools and libraries supporting the evacuees, and to replenish the schools and libraries ultimately rebuilt in the Gulf Coast. Over 370,000 children are displaced, and over 600 schools destroyed. Help get books back into the lives of those affected by Hurricanes and Floods. Please visit http://www.bookrelief.org to take part in this worthy project. The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Fri, 23 September 2005
Fri, Sep 23 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #137 George Ade's 'The Fable of How Gertrude Could Keep It Up until Ten O'Clock in the Morning,' from 1904, explores the Art of Romantic Intellectual Conversation. Yep. Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html |
Thu, 22 September 2005
Thu, Sep 22 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #136 Bret Harte, a truly great American Writer, gets the Spotlight in the Basement this week. 'Brown of Calaveras,' from around 1870, deals out a convoluted hand of complex relationships, betrayal, luck, love, sacrifice, and joy among three very different people in a small mining town. Time: approx twenty-four and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 21 September 2005
Wed, Sep 21 2005
Mister Ron's Basement #135 Bret Harte, a truly great American Writer, gets the Spotlight in the Basement this week. Putting aside the wild western stories for a bit, here is Harte's 1873 (!) tale, 'My Suburban Residence,' along with some perfectly ducky odes. Time: approx eleven and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
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