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Thursday, November 30, 2023

The Uber Mensch #10 – Death Jinx (11/30/23)

49:51 – Holed up in his bunker, Dave reports a tragic casualty list. Be forewarned: this is a depressing episode that you might just be better off skipping.

Show art: Mama & Her Babies, with Angels (2023) by Dave in Kentucky.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky – more info at onsug.com.

posted by Dave at 9:08 am filed in Dave,Nov23  

Sunday, October 15, 2023

The Uber Mensch #9 – Platinum Pro & the Ghost Cat (10/15/23)

35:59 – In the spirit of the Halloween season, Dave regales us with some ghostly goings-on involving his former familiars, as well as more of the usual adventures while driving Uber.

Show art: “Lav-Urn” (2023) by Dave in Kentucky.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky – more info at onsug.com.

posted by Dave at 9:14 am filed in Dave,Oct23  

Sunday, October 8, 2023

The Uber Mensch #8 – “You’ll Danke Me Later” (10/8/23)

35:07 – More recent driving adventures, an extended digression about the show “Monk” and its place in the Great Detective subgenre, and a brief review of Kenneth Branagh’s “A Haunting in Venice”. Plus: speed bumps vs. speed humps.

Show art: German propaganda poster (1942), artist unknown, Public Domain.

Theme music: Clip(s) from “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (1896) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Public Domain, performance Fair Use.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky – more info at onsug.com.

posted by Dave at 7:53 am filed in Dave,Oct23  

Monday, September 25, 2023

The Uber Mensch #7 – “The Uber Cat” (9/25/23)

34:42 – An episode devoted entirely to the life and death of “die Überkatze” a/k/a the Dominant Female, Laverne.

Show art: “Laverne Edited to Slate” (circa 2018) by Lisa in Kentucky (1960-2021), used by permission of her spirit.

Theme music: Clips from “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (1896) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Public Domain, performance Fair Use.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky – more info at onsug.com.

posted by Dave at 4:03 am filed in Dave,Sep23  

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

The Uber Mensch #6 – Back on the Autobahn (9/13/23)

30:08 – The Uber Mensch gets back on the road again, albeit intermittently, but most of this episode is about off-the-road activities like binge-watching old mysteries, sitcoms, and religious programs, as well as planning an outing to see a brand-new movie.

Show art: German propaganda poster (1942), artist unknown, Public Domain.

Theme music: Clips from “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (1896) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Public Domain, performance Fair Use.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky – more info at onsug.com.

posted by Dave at 11:49 am filed in Dave,Sep23  

Saturday, September 2, 2023

The Uber Mensch #5 – Near Death Experiences (9/2/23)

26:20 – More infections, nose bleeds, and failing kidneys. Nobody died, though.

Show art: German propaganda poster (1942), artist unknown, Public Domain.

Theme music: Clips from “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (1896) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Public Domain, performance Fair Use.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky – more info at onsug.com.

posted by Dave at 4:21 pm filed in Dave,Sep23  

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

The Uber Mensch #4 – Ubermensch or Untermensch? (8/23/23)

26:21 – One of the hazards of driving Uber is that you get exposed to random people’s germs, and that will occasionally slow down even the most Uber of Uber Mensches.

Show art: German propaganda poster (1942), artist unknown, Public Domain.

Theme music: Clips from “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (1896) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Public Domain, performance Fair Use.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky – more info at onsug.com.

posted by Dave at 5:48 pm filed in Aug23,Dave  

Saturday, August 19, 2023

The Uber Mensch #3 – Ubermenschlich Misadventures (8/19/23)

31:40 – Dave in Kentucky regales you with three Ubertales of incidents that he’d probably rather had never happened — a kind of Trilogy of the Terrible. The sound isn’t terrible, though; it’s way better than last time.

Show art: German propaganda poster (1942), artist unknown, Public Domain.

Theme music: Clips from “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (1896) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Public Domain, performance Fair Use.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky – more info at onsug.com.

posted by Dave at 9:03 am filed in Aug23,Dave  

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

The Uber Mensch #2 – Two Kinds of Weight Loss (8/16/23)

31:53 – If you’re willing to put up with a little road noise, you can ride along with Dave in Kentucky on his Uber Commute to Lexington.

Show art: German propaganda poster (1942), artist unknown, Public Domain.

Theme music: Clips from “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (1896) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Public Domain, performance Fair Use.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky – more info at onsug.com.

posted by Dave at 4:15 pm filed in Aug23,Dave  

Sunday, August 13, 2023

The Uber Mensch #1 – “Today Lexington, Tomorrow the World!” (8/13/23)

35:40 – Dave in Kentucky’s into something new. Take a listen to find out what it is. It ain’t what it looks like.

Show art: German propaganda poster (1942), artist unknown, Public Domain.

Theme music: Clips from “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (1896) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Public Domain, performance Fair Use.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky – more info at onsug.com.

posted by Dave at 3:56 pm filed in Aug23,Dave  
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