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The Black Spot: Real Estate

Thomas Wood — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:06:49 +0000

I was trying to remember 2006. Really, though, I was trying to remember if Ryan and I were actually as funny as we thought we were on the Black Spot back in 2006. We were. Sort of.

I found this clip of the two of us bantering back and forth on voices and infomercials and real estate.

What’s interesting is the Then-and-Now aspect of it. This was the absolute peak of the real-estate boom, when absolutely everyone was talking about getting into it.

Jeeze, I wonder if I can even do redneck voice anymore.

The Black Spot: Returns

Thomas Wood — Thu, 12 May 2011 21:12:04 +0000

This would be a semi-clever title if it were a sequel to a podcast about finance or anything business related. It isn’t.

I used to have a little weekly radio show up in San Francisco, a talk show, with my buddy Ryan. It was called The Black Spot and it ran Monday nights from 10-midnight on Pirate Cat Radio back in 2006.

We weren’t terribly clever then and we aren’t now, but the bug of mediocrity has run its course and Ryan and I are eager to, once again, take a stab at making regular Asses (that’s capital A) of ourselves via voice and ramble.

In other words, we are giving the Black Spot another shot.

So here’s the question, really…”what the hell is this about?”

The trouble is, we have no expertise. And since we don’t produce anything, we haven’t got any kind of credentials to back up us deserving an opinion on any topic.

But people always liked listening to us.

Is that enough?

You Sound Sick

Thomas Wood — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:14:29 +0000

I’m sick. I’ve got the throat, the lungs, the seven pound headache. Swallowing is an exercise akin to squeezing a porcupine up against a wolverine.

But the weird thing is that it totally mellows out my voice. Draws it deeper and smoother. Sure, it hurts like a sonuvabitch, but you gotta love that smooth.

“The History and Future of Friendship” – Podcast

Thomas Wood — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:40:17 +0000

Read from “The History and Future of Friendship.”

M3 Ep. 2 – Auditions

Thomas Wood — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:28:07 +0000

About how funny it is to imagine talking to one person when I’m all alone, nearly drunk, at 3am. Related posts:Modern3: Ep. 1 Modern3: Ep. 1.1 – What Is It? You Sound Sick Related posts:

Modern3: Ep. 1.1 – What Is It?

Thomas Wood — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:19:53 +0000

What is the Daily3? Truth is I’ve no idea except that it seemed like a good way to sort of push through a lot of the daily, little ideas that just didn’t want to go into writing. Some ideas want to be talked about. Some opinions need a voice. Some voices need to be heard so much that they are willing to acknowledge both vanity and a complete lack of polite self-discretion.

Meanwhile, is “self-discretion” a word? Did I just make that up? Did I mean some other word or am I fulfilling a need or a concept that has been previously unexplored? I’ve no idea about that either.

Note: You might notice I called it the “Daily3.” I have since (as in, just now) changed this thing to be called the Modern3. Makes more sense, no?

Modern3: Ep. 1

Thomas Wood — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:37:03 +0000

In this first episode of the Daily3 I take a little less than three minutes to explore the absurdity of trying to record anything with by bloody cat around. Naturally, the cat gets a bit of the stage fright just as I concede its mewing.

Thomas Wood Reads Live at San Francisco’s TNB Literary Experience

Thomas Wood — Fri, 28 May 2010 04:01:32 +0000

In case you missed this interesting event, here is a clip of my reading for TheNervousBreakdown‘s San Francisco Literary Experience. The show was at the Makeout Room in the mission district.

Having gaged the audience to be both short in attention span and long in their need of laughs I decided to read two of my quicker, punchier pieces, “Why I’m Allergic To Mint” and “Cats Know Where The People Poop.” You can listen to them both here, or click on the links to read them via TheNervousBreakdown.com

Other Ways to End the Slavery Blame-Game

Thomas Wood — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:23:29 +0000

Hear my thoughts on an article on reparations for slavery.

I was surprised to read about reparations and ending the Slavery Blame-Game in an Op-ed piece today by HenryLouis Gates, Jr. I was surprised because I didn’t know the idea of reparations was still being actively discussed and because I hadn’t realized that, as seems implied by the controversy of this piece, slavery is still on a lot of people’s minds.

How the ‘Red-Eye’ to Harlem Gave Me an STD – (audio) *Adult-Themes

Thomas Wood — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:00:30 +0000

I had taken a flight to Manhattan, the red-eye, and awoken with a mixture of horror and certainty that I had an STD.

The rest of the morning has me trekking through a snow-covered New York, desperate for assistance, dismissed, and finally accepted, in one way or another, at an AIDS clinic in upper Harlem. I learned an awful lot that day. This is an audio recording of a story I wrote back in September, 2009.