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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.com‘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.

On Being Funny In Your Blog – Rant

Thomas Wood — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:45:08 +0000

I’m always searching for funny writers. Often, the search terms lead me just off-center of where I want to be to “How to Be Funny” Land. These little advice columns really piss me off. It’s another example of bloggers blogging about blogging, the disgusting tendency of an industry with a gross name to triple up on their self-importance. Mostly though, the advice is shitty. This is a harsh little rant. A rant is just an expulsion of ideas with a negative or cynical twist, usually stream of conscience. This one is no better.

KQED Interview Response

Thomas Wood — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:00:44 +0000

Last week I did an interview with Scott Shafer of the California Report about my involvement with Organ Transplantation as a Surgical Coordinator for the California Transplant Donor Network. It was a good interview and, for the most part, I was pleased with my presentation. But not totally. There were a few parts where I thought I sounded pretty dumb, and a few points I wanted to get across that I couldn’t. So here’s a little look at some parts of the interview, and some more feelings that I had about it.

“The Domino Fort”- (Short Story:audio)

Thomas Wood — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:08:04 +0000

For my first podcast, here is a reading of “The Domino Fort” which can be read at TheNervousBreakdown.com. ”The Domino Fort” is a story about my father trying to get the attention of a very focused little boy who seemed to be specifically tuned-out to only my father.

The Muppet Show: Behind the Scenes (audio) -EXPLICIT

Thomas Wood — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:49:29 +0000

WARNING: This audio clip is disturbing, even to its author. It is distasteful, probably a big liability and should not be listenened to by anyone. I’ve always loved the muppets, so I apologize for the following-

Sound Quality: Please pardon my lack of popguard.

Back in the days of our old radio show, The Black Spot, Ryan and I used to make little radio sketches, sometimes together, sometimes separately. This one, a spoof of the Muppet Show, was always one of my favorites that I did on my own, mostly because of how it came to be. Basically, we didn’t have a whole lot of content planned for the next show, and I wanted something really terrific to surprise Ryan with.

The good ol' days of our pirate talk-radio

Usually, I’d have an idea for a sketch, and make it. (I’m pretty sure most creativity follows this format.) This piece (and I’ll dare to call it such a haughty term) was different because it was sort of backwards-inspired. Instead of having an idea, and then trying to do the voices, I just started trying to do different voices, until I discovered that, at least passably, I could do Kermit and Miss Piggy (please not the word ‘passably,’ because I don’t want to have to defend myself later if any of you should comment on how unlike miss piggy I sound). After that, it was just me sitting in a lonely little living room for about 6 hours writing, rehearsing, recording and cutting. It’s not the greatest piece of production, but it still makes me laugh/cringe, and I submit it for you approval/raging-hatred.

Please note that the original “The Black Spot” podcast is no longer managed so please don’t try to comment on it as we’re not listening.

“Everything’s Coming Out Bright Eyes” – Bright Eyes Parody Song/Tribute

Thomas Wood — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:01:38 +0000

This is a parody of then semi-popular, infamously morose Bright eyes. This was back in the Black Spot Radio Show days. It first aired in August of 2006.

As with all things Black Spot, please pardon the poor quality of recording and lack of popguard.

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