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Confluence

Wherever I am standing when I say it, I am from – and of – New Auburn, Wisconsin.  Nothin’ without Nobbern.  And these days I get my mail at the Fall Creek post office (where Shirley knows your name).  But beginning in the fall of 1983 and running right up into the present, the river city of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, has forked me into tangents I never saw coming.  That’s a story I’ve already told.  What I like about this story is how it focuses on the new generation and what they’re doing.  (Full – as they say – disclosure: in addition to his writing career (and dare we say it, banjo career) Andy Moore is also the Wisconsin Public Television producer who converts my bloopers into what has become known around here as “The Clodhopper Report“).

Bald-Headed Author on Video

Videographer (and author) Steve Betchkal came by the farm recently and asked me about writing, New Auburn, and why it’s funny when someone gets hit in the head with a wrench.

The piece includes footage of my beloved hometown, and Steve even tracked down two of my high school teachers.  He also interviewed Jay Moore, the host of the Moose Country morning show.  I’ve written about Jay and Moose Country radio in Population 485 and Truck: A Love Story.

WQOW Interview

The full length, uncut interview is also available.  I yap about my dad’s first milk cow, more about why I love New Auburn, the emergency service I run with now that I’m in a new township, and what my childhood neighbor Ramona said about me using big words.  You can see one of my most cherished possessions – the genuine “Population 485″ sign – in the background.  At the end there is also footage of me performing two Long Beds songs, Unplugged style.  By the end, the sound and image aren’t quite in sync, but you’ll get the idea.  I myself am not in sync.