Where the Wild Things Are

Chris Stevens

Episode 2.05, "Spring Break"

But Max stepped into his private boat and waved goodbye,
and sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day,
and into the night of his very own room, where he found his supper waiting for him.
And it was still hot.

Thank you Mr. Sendak. Thank you for reminding us that we should never ever lose touch with that wild and untamable spirit within us all.

You know mayhem has gotten a bad rap and chaos is taking it on the chin in these pathologically normal and rational times.

Even up here in Alaska, we're turning our back on the beast. We've opted for the zoo, where the lion can't eat you, instead of the jungle where he can.

Quelle dommage. What a drag.

[Chris is reading from Where the Wild Things Are

Purchase Stan Getz's El Cajon, which plays while Chris reads, or download a different version by Herb Geller]

The Script of Life

Chris Stevens

Episode 2.06, "War and Peace"

The place chosen for the duel was some eighty paces from the road on which their sledges had been left. In a small clearing, in the pine woods, covered with snow that had thawed in the warmer weather of the last few days.

If Pierre hadn't married
If Hélène hadn't cheated
If Pierre hadn't lost his temper
A lot of ifs in this life.

The duel itself at our next reading of War and Peace. It's ironic isn't it, that this parallel universe we call reality, we kinda - we've scripted in our own duel. Makes you wonder who's writing this book, huh?

[Buy War and Peace or download a version of the Internationale, which plays during an earlier KBHR broadcast during this episode.]