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Tonight Show for Authors

I don’t recall if I ever posted this.  Last spring during book tour in Seattle I was invited to sit down with Nancy Pearl, the librarian who has her own action figure.  If you are an author, going on Nancy Pearl’s show (“Book Lust”) is like having an audience with the Pope, being on the Tonight Show, and meeting Elvis – all rolled into one.  As of this typing, I haven’t seen the whole interview, but I did watch enough to come up with a question of my own: Did I even answer her first question?

Book Lust interview

It’s fun to joke, but long before I met Nancy Pearl, long before I sat down to do this interview, she made  couple of mentions of my books on National Public Radio, and those mentions had a very direct effect on the continued life of those books.  So I am grateful, and if you think I look like I’m sitting for this interview in the manner of an eager first grader on his best behavior as he recites his spelling words for Teacher, well, so it was.

You Freak, I’ll Geek

Up the road from here is Chippewa Falls, home of many fine things including Leinenkugel’s beer (which I have never tasted but can spell) and the Freaks & Geeks blog, which very kindly reviewed the show we did recently with QuinnElizabeth.  I’m happy to say the post includes video footage of both QuinnElizabeth and us Long Beds (for the Long Beds clip, look for the highlighted text…the QE video is right up front).  QuinnElizabeth consists of three sisters, and one of the highlights of the evening for me was getting to sign a book for their Dad!

Thank You, Captain Tim

We are working on a new Long Beds album. I’ll explain more when the album is finished (it’ll be a few months).  For one of the songs, we needed about 7 seconds of the sound of an airplane.  Available online in roughly .32 seconds.

But why go online when you can record the real thing?  Here’s Jaime at work:

Jaime and the N3N

That’s a World War II vintage N3N.  An open-air two-seater.  Piloted from the rear cockpit by Captain Tim.  This is the airplane that appeared in Coop.

When the “work” was done, we all got to take a ride.

It was a pretty fun day.  “Pretty fun” is Midwestern Scandinavian for “YEEEEEHAAAAWWW!!!!”

Here’s some video: (more…)

Video – Last Night of Book Tour

What a neat way to remember the Coop tour of 2009: with a video from Wisconsin Public Television.

Coop Tour Video Finale

A special thanks to Frederica for all the introductions over the years and to all the rest of the Here And Now crew for the work that goes on behind the scenes and in control rooms just so I can yap about books and chickens.  I’ll continue to do essays for WPT but they’re switching them to a different show at a different time.  We’ll keep you posted.

WISC interview

Sat down with Neil Heinen last time I passed through Madison, and now the interview is posted.  I haven’t actually been able to watch the whole thing (satellite internet: sounds zippy, isn’t) (yep, aware of other options, none of which are options at this latitude/longitude) (trust me and my blood pressure, we’ve checked), so I’m hoping I didn’t say anything horrifying.

Here is how the interview currently appears on my computer screen:

Mike on TV

Footage of my morning TV interview at KATU in Portland, Oregon can now be viewed here.  Farmer friends, please note I keep trying to wedge in the fact that I am not a real farmer.  Added bonus: Enjoy watching the author scramble for ways to explain that he was bitten on the butt by a coonhound in terms that won’t get him hustled out the back door.

Mister Sleepy
Mister Sleepy

Did this on four hours sleep, nearly curled up on the overstuffed chair for a nap.  Been on the road 13 of the last 14 days, I note I am getting to where I need a haircut.  Will need to locate the proper high-tone salon.

They ran some clips while I was talking.  The complete chicken coop video is here, and the complete dryer episode is here.