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Monday, March 29, 2010
Nick Comes to Internet Radio!
I hope you will join me for my new internet radio show, NICK POFF RADIO
45. It premiers this Wednesday, March 31.
As most folks know, the HANDYMAN books are filled with great pop songs
from the 60's, 70's & 80's. What you might NOT know is that I've been a radio disc jockey for over thirty years.
Finally, my two careers -- writer and disc jockey -- are merging with a fun, two-hour internet radio show filled with wonderful
music, insight into the HANDYMAN books, and probably a wry comment or two on the music, the books, and the world in general.
I'm very excited about this new way to interact with the readers of my
books. I'm also nervous as all get out, hoping you'll enjoy the show I've created for you. I tell you, I feel
like I'm sixteen again, getting ready to flip the switch for the on-air mic for the first time. Putting the
words and music together has been an absolute joy. The technical part of bringing this show to you has been a bit
more challenging. Thank God for my good friends, Matt and Cari, who have helped so much with the audio production,
equipment, and software knowledge to make this happen.
I hope you'll join me for the live premier this Wednesday evening.
And the Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, LIVE every Wednesday evening at 8pm US Eastern. The recorded
show will air later in the week at times more convenient for listeners around the world. Details will
be on the radio station web page,
Again, here's where you go:
Bookmark this page. When the station is "live" the Play button at
the left side will be bright yellow. Click on that button, and a new window will appear. You'll have to suffer
through a commercial, but eventually NICK POFF RADIO 45 will begin to play. I strongly advise you to tune in a few minutes
early to get your connection. Music has been scheduled before the show start. Listeners can secure their connections
and ride through the commercial while an instrumental break plays, so they can listen to the entire show without commercial
interruption.
All feedback is welcome at nickpoff@verizon.net. In fact, if you have any questions or comments for the show, or about the show, please do email
them. Oh, and don't worry. If you don't want me to use your name, I won't. I've been doing radio for a long,
long time, and I know all about discretion when it comes to that!
Best wishes to each and every one of you!
NICK POFF
NICK POFF RADIO 45
PREMIERS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2010
8PM US EASTERN
7PM US CENTRAL
5P US PACIFIC
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When I'm Not Writing...
UPDATE: If you are on Facebook I hope you'll join the NICK POFF Author of
the HANDYMAN series group for discussions, updates, and more.
The sad but honest truth is that most writers need to supplement their income with something other than writing.
I've worked in the radio industry since the tender age of sixteen, and for the same two radio stations for the past fourteen
years. We call it The Hotel California -- you can check out but you can never leave! It's amazing how people go,
but then seem to come back at some time, including me. Radio has been good to me, and although there are still times
I regret not sticking with the writing thing at an earlier age, it's been an interesting ride.
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Things I'm Enjoying....
In The Handyman's Dream Ed and Rick spend time at a cabin on a small lake in southern Michigan.
In a weird fiction-meets-non-fiction kind of way, John Sellers writes about just such a place in his latest
book, The Old Man and the Swamp. It is a must-read for anyone who, like me, has been intrigued by that strange part
of the world at the borders of Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio; fears and respects snakes, and has enitrely too much
memory space dedicated to the 70's & 80's.
I enjoyed Joyce Maynard's latest, The Good Daughters.
I still can't believe All My Children is leaving ABC this September. I was a SLAVE to this
soap opera for 27 years. Even though I stopped watching every day back in '01, I've checked in occasionally, and talked with
co-workers about what was going on in Pine Valley. I mean......a world without Erica Kane? That, to me, is scarier
than facing the end of the Mayan calendar! I have, of course, read Susan Lucci's recent memoir, All My Life.
It's a nice, breezy read, but for diehard AMC fans only. Still...Ms. Lucci is on my list of people I hope to meet someday,
if only to say "THANKS!"
The wonderful thing about "All My Children" is that it was, for many years, more than "just a soap
opera." It was a second family of sorts to its most loyal fans. We can thank the amazing Agnes Nixon, the show's creator for
that, but I also think thanks must be given to the entire production staff, and those incredible actors who made those characters
so special to us. Did I learn some basic facts about life from watching this daytime drama? Yes. Did I learn how to write
a good story from watching "All My Children?" You betcha. Anyone who reads and enjoys the HANDYMAN books can be grateful
for the hours I spent in front of the TV, absorbing the finest writing in daytime television.
Just below is the link to the YouTube video from the intro of the 20th
Anniversary special from 1990. It contains some brief clips from the first 20 years of the show. Although AMC soared wonderfully
into the 21st Century, I gotta admit the best stories were from the first 20 years.
This show ain't dead yet, but it will be in September. Yeah, I'll probably be watching those
final episodes. In the meantime, I want to celebrate some of the best creative writing classes I ever attended. Thanks,
"All My Children!"
And I'm truly finding a great deal of joy in producing and broadcasting my little internet radio
show on www.live365.com. I hope you'll tune in some Wednesday evening for some wonderful old music and chat.
It's all RETRO here at the House of Nick. I also love the occasional old game show clip on YouTube.
I'm all about the retro fun stuff. I'd like to think it reminds us not to take ourselves too seriously in the here
and now. I celebrate old pop music on my internet radio show, NICK POFF RADIO 45.
As most writers do, I love word games, so I always enjoyed the game shows dealing with words. I loved the
$10,000 Pyramid (and the $20,000 and the $25,000 Pyramid, etc.). For those with a short attention span, here's Billy Crystal's
record-breaking trip to the top.
"I can't even watch The New Treasure Hunt anymore because you give me so much shit about it!"
(The above line of dialogue was deleted from the final draft of The Handyman's Dream. Ed's enjoyment
of game shows and Rick's dislike of them would continue to be a source of irritation.)
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Meet two potential victims of global warming.
If you want to save the bears as much as I do, vote wisely in each and every election, and check out the link
on my Favorite Links page.
Nick Poff
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