Porter On The Radio!!
A few weeks ago at bed time Porter said, verbatim, with hopeful smile, “Daddy, wouldn’t it be nice if they had a day at the radio station when anyone who wanted to go there could?” His expression was very touching and for a moment I was a little sad that he thought for some reason he wasn’t allowed to go there. He usually enjoys all access to just about everywhere we go.
So I planned a little mystery date for us this past weekend (the 31st) we trekked down to KDHX to see our friend Paul Stark who hosts the awesomeness that is The Musical Merry Go Round Show. I’ve known Paul for about 9 or 10 years (he hosted Ska’s The Limit for 15 or so years) and he gave me the o-tay to bring Porter down for his first time at the station.
Porter loved the place and spent a lot of time taking it in, studying, and analyzing everything the way he does. His little brain is a wonderful place. So we’re sitting opposite Paul listening to the music and I’m still watching Porter when Paul asks him if he can do something for him, that something being reading the call letters! Porter was very happy to do it and got to talk on the mic a little bit. He did a great job and kept it nice a simple – kid’s got great radio instincts.
Now it’s cool if you just want to hear the best little man in the whole wide world (it’s about 90 seconds edited down) but do have a listen to the whole show at the above link because it’s really good. Paul has a broad range of music and really captures the essence what kids music is while making it fun for grown ups too (remember my sensitive cheese-o-meter).
Even better, it’s becoming a tradition to listen to the latest Show on Sunday afternoons.