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Garage Sale GK: It's the season of the garage sale. Useful items at bargain
prices, like this clarinet here (BENT CLARINET) ---- get that fixed, it'd
play just fine ---- or this old Victrola (VICTROLA), clean that up it'd
be worth plenty ---- and how about this ukelele (UKE), it comes with an
instruction booklet. And how about this electric card shuffler (SFX).
That'd make a nice gift for somebody. Or these parakeets (SFX). It's the season of the lawn mower (SFX), and afterward you doze off in
the hammock (SNORING) and you dream that you're in the boat (HORN) and
you're fishing for giant gator gars (CAST & SPLASH) but instead you
pull in a young woman named Wanda (FN SOUTHERN: Hi. Thank you so much.
Would you have some articles of clothing I could borrow?) and then you're
awakened by the sound of your car starting. (CAR STARTING, REV)It's your
sixteen year old son. (FN: Hey! Wait a minute!) Why is he wearing those
dark glasses? (CAR REV, SCREECH OF BRAKES IN REVERSE OUT DRIVEWAY. STOP.
ENGINE REV, AND SCREECH AS IT PULLS AWAY. SCREECH OF CORNERING) © Garrison Keillor 2003 |
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An Interview with Heather Masse
In a 2009 interview, Heather Masse tells us about her earliest influences, auditioning in a women's bathroom, and a few memorable moments from A Prairie Home Companion.
Old Sweet Songs: A Prairie Home Companion 1974-1976
Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).
