9th Story: Episode 11

9th Story Podcast

9th Story: Episode 11

January 23, 2014

Episode 11: Jobs, Authors, and the Magic of Nine

For Episode Eleven, we had some great ideas about incorporating certain music elements to underscore the importance of the work of the great author, Sammy Hagar. Unfortunately, we encountered a few legal set-backs which gave us a moment to recount the work of Billy Shakespeare who, in Henry VI wrote “…kill all the lawyers.”

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The legal set-backs notwithstanding, we were still able to focus on the mathematical wizardry kickin’ around in the cranium of the aforementioned Red Rocker: Sammy Hagar.

Aside from Craig and Dan, guess who else loves Sammy Hagar: Emeril Lagasse. BAM!

The hosts at 9th Story love the number “9” as much as Sammy does. Why? Because 4 x 9 = 36. And, 3 + 6= 9. And, 9 x 6 = 54. And, 5 + 4 = 9. Get it? It’s magic! BAM!

The main topic of episode eleven’s second segment is the career choices of noted authors before they became noted authors. We talk about Carroll, Vonnegut, Grisham, Salinger, Tolkien and others.

In this discussion we pose a lot of great questions and make some fascinating and scintillating observations, including:

• Are there some books you would rather eat than read?

• Is Euclidean a dirty word?

• Oxford University has some bright guys amongst its faculty and student body.

• What happened to us as a people?

• Did Lewis Carroll do his best writing after he was dead?

• Was Tolkien the inspiration for Deep Purple’s “Knocking At Your Back Door” because he was,

after all, a common, cunning, linguist and a master of many tongues.

• Why is Tolkien revered as a great author and Lucas is a writer of gibberish?

• Was JD Salinger a pre-cursor to Julie McCoy from “The Love Boat”?

• Was Harper Lee responsible for McCartney’s dreadful flight on BOAC?

In the "Use Your Allusion" segment we dissect Shelley’s “Ozymandias” sonnet from 1818. We focus mostly upon its recent pop culture relevance in Breaking Bad. But, some listeners may also recognize the “Look on my works ye mighty…” from the opening of Chapter XI of “The Watchmen”

By the way, 1818…Really? That’s 1 + 8, which is 9…followed by another 1 + 8, which is also 9. Add the two nines and what do you get? 18. 1 + 8 is 9…It’s magic! Sammy Hagar is right! BAM!

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Produced by Dan Foytik

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