http://foolishsage.com The out-of-context contextuality of a foolish sage Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:51:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 CreativeCommons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ trappermark@gmail.com (the Foolish Sage (aka Mark Traphagen)) trappermark@gmail.com (the Foolish Sage (aka Mark Traphagen)) http://foolishsage.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/lip_podcast_logo144.jpg http://foolishsage.com 144 144 An exploration of out-of-context contextualities. Stories, excelsior and other effluvia. Stories of out of context contextualities out of the head of storyteller Mark Traphagen (aka The Foolish Sage) of foolishsage.com comedy, storytelling, stories, humor the Foolish Sage (aka Mark Traphagen) the Foolish Sage (aka Mark Traphagen) trappermark@gmail.com no yes http://foolishsage.com/2011/04/08/alan-helms-afternoon-of-glory-conclusion-monti-grandslam-story-video/ http://foolishsage.com/2011/04/08/alan-helms-afternoon-of-glory-conclusion-monti-grandslam-story-video/#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:37:00 +0000 Mark Traphagen http://foolishsage.com/?p=3043 http://foolishsage.com/2011/04/08/alan-helms-afternoon-of-glory-conclusion-monti-grandslam-story-video/feed/ 1 http://foolishsage.com/2010/08/10/podcast-6-geeks-nerds-and-cockroaches/ http://foolishsage.com/2010/08/10/podcast-6-geeks-nerds-and-cockroaches/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:13:23 +0000 Mark Traphagen http://foolishsage.com/?p=2784 http://foolishsage.com/2010/08/10/podcast-6-geeks-nerds-and-cockroaches/feed/ 0 0:10:28 A brief hiatus from our story of high school band guts and glory, in which our hero sacrifices himself for science to become the Jane Goodall of the geek/nerd kingdom, if only for four days. A brief hiatus from our story of high school band guts and glory, in which our hero sacrifices himself for science to become the Jane Goodall of the geek/nerd kingdom, if only for four days. comedy, storytelling, stories, humor the Foolish Sage (aka Mark Traphagen) no no http://foolishsage.com/2010/07/18/podcast-5-alan-helms-afternoon-of-glory-part-3/ http://foolishsage.com/2010/07/18/podcast-5-alan-helms-afternoon-of-glory-part-3/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:05:33 +0000 Mark Traphagen http://foolishsage.com/?p=2518 http://foolishsage.com/2010/07/18/podcast-5-alan-helms-afternoon-of-glory-part-3/feed/ 0 0:16:22 In Part 3 of this story, we follow our hero back into the murky recesses of the school band farm team system, where his fate is about to be decided without his knowledge, as is the wont of fates. Listen to Part 1 of this story | Listen to Part [...] In Part 3 of this story, we follow our hero back into the murky recesses of the school band farm team system, where his fate is about to be decided without his knowledge, as is the wont of fates. Listen to Part 1 of this story | Listen to Part 2 of this story Listen to the podcast using the player below, or use the link provided to download it to your computer. Subscribe to The League of Inveterate Poets Podcast on iTunes by clicking here. If you like what you’re hearing, please leave a rating and review on iTunes. Thanks! (It may be 24 hours or more after this post was published before this episode shows up in iTunes.) Theme music: “This Year” by The Mountain Goats Other music: “Hora Nuca” by Gipsyork (source site). Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) License. Related articles by Zemanta Podcast #3: Alan Helm’s Afternoon of Glory, Part 1 (foolishsage.com) Introducing the League of Inveterate Poets Podcast! (foolishsage.com) The Bus, the Bench, and the Chamber of Doom (Podcast Version) (foolishsage.com) comedy, storytelling, stories, humor the Foolish Sage (aka Mark Traphagen) yes no http://foolishsage.com/2010/07/13/podcast-4-alan-helms-afternoon-of-glory-part-2-2/ http://foolishsage.com/2010/07/13/podcast-4-alan-helms-afternoon-of-glory-part-2-2/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:21:25 +0000 Mark Traphagen http://foolishsage.com/?p=2448 http://foolishsage.com/2010/07/13/podcast-4-alan-helms-afternoon-of-glory-part-2-2/feed/ 0 0:09:14 In Part 2 of this story, our hero finds marching band as a secure, if only seasonal, safe haven in the social storms of high school. His contentment only lasts until he hears of a further Promised Land just over the horizon. It’s a story of ho[...] In Part 2 of this story, our hero finds marching band as a secure, if only seasonal, safe haven in the social storms of high school. His contentment only lasts until he hears of a further Promised Land just over the horizon. It’s a story of how a marching band geek became a rock star, if only for one brief but happy moment. Listen to Part 1 of this story | Listen to Part 3 of this story Listen to the podcast using the player below, or use the link provided to download it to your computer. Subscribe to The League of Inveterate Poets Podcast on iTunes by clicking here. If you like what you’re hearing, please leave a rating and review on iTunes. Thanks! (It may be 24 hours or more after this post was published before this episode shows up in iTunes.) Theme music: “This Year” by The Mountain Goats Other music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0″ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Related articles by Zemanta Podcast #3: Alan Helm’s Afternoon of Glory, Part 1 (foolishsage.com) Introducing the League of Inveterate Poets Podcast! (foolishsage.com) comedy, storytelling, stories, humor the Foolish Sage (aka Mark Traphagen) yes no http://foolishsage.com/2010/07/02/podcast-3-alan-helms-afternoon-of-glory-part-1/ http://foolishsage.com/2010/07/02/podcast-3-alan-helms-afternoon-of-glory-part-1/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:29:43 +0000 Mark Traphagen http://foolishsage.com/?p=2353 http://foolishsage.com/2010/07/02/podcast-3-alan-helms-afternoon-of-glory-part-1/feed/ 3 0:09:29 In Part 1 of this story, a chance mention of a rock band to a friend opens the door to a memory of my 15 minutes of fame. It’s a story of how a marching band geek became a rock star, if only for one brief but happy moment. Listen to the podcas[...] In Part 1 of this story, a chance mention of a rock band to a friend opens the door to a memory of my 15 minutes of fame. It’s a story of how a marching band geek became a rock star, if only for one brief but happy moment. Listen to the podcast using the player below, or use the link provided to download it to your computer. you can subscribe to The League of Inveterate Poets Podcast on iTunes by clicking here. If you like what you’re hearing, please leave a rating and review on iTunes. Thanks! (It may be 24 hours or more after this post was published before this episode shows up in iTunes.) Listen to Part 2 of this story Theme music: “This Year” by The Mountain Goats Other music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0″ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Related articles by Zemanta Introducing the League of Inveterate Poets Podcast! (foolishsage.com) comedy, storytelling, stories, humor the Foolish Sage (aka Mark Traphagen) yes no http://foolishsage.com/2010/06/27/the-bus-the-bench-and-the-chamber-of-doom-podcast-version/ http://foolishsage.com/2010/06/27/the-bus-the-bench-and-the-chamber-of-doom-podcast-version/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:57:13 +0000 Mark Traphagen http://foolishsage.com/?p=2129 http://foolishsage.com/2010/06/27/the-bus-the-bench-and-the-chamber-of-doom-podcast-version/feed/ 1 0:11:56 Here’s a new edit of my story of middle school terror and certain doom. I went all out on this one in preparation for my upcoming storytelling podcast. I was able to improve the audio of the voice considerably (warming it up with some equaliza[...] Here’s a new edit of my story of middle school terror and certain doom. I went all out on this one in preparation for my upcoming storytelling podcast. I was able to improve the audio of the voice considerably (warming it up with some equalization), and added a theme song and background music. Would love to hear what you think of this new version, even if you heard the original. WARNING: Explicit language is used in this audio presentation. CREDITS: Theme song is “This Year” by The Mountain Goats. Background music this story is “One Eyed Maestro” by Kevin McLeod at incompetech.com. Related articles by Zemanta The Bus, the Bench, and the Chamber of Doom (foolishsage.com) comedy, storytelling, stories, humor the Foolish Sage (aka Mark Traphagen) yes no http://foolishsage.com/2010/06/26/somewhere-my-love-anywhere-but-here-podcast-version/ http://foolishsage.com/2010/06/26/somewhere-my-love-anywhere-but-here-podcast-version/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:44:21 +0000 Mark Traphagen http://foolishsage.com/?p=2124 http://foolishsage.com/2010/06/26/somewhere-my-love-anywhere-but-here-podcast-version/feed/ 1 0:09:59 Story I performed at The Monti Story Slam on 22 June 2010. A tale of unrequited love and the most terrifying movie of all time. WARNING: Contains explicit language. (NOTE: I’ve begun experimenting with a podcast, hoping to put up at least one [...] Story I performed at The Monti Story Slam on 22 June 2010. A tale of unrequited love and the most terrifying movie of all time. WARNING: Contains explicit language. (NOTE: I’ve begun experimenting with a podcast, hoping to put up at least one of my stories each week. I’m shifting hosting to my own site, so as soon as I’m sure that the feed is working properly, I’ll post a link to subscribe via iTunes.) Podcast the Foolish Sage (aka Mark Traphagen) yes no http://foolishsage.com/2010/06/17/podcast-desperate-plans/ http://foolishsage.com/2010/06/17/podcast-desperate-plans/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:54:21 +0000 Mark Traphagen http://foolishsage.com/?p=2090 http://foolishsage.com/2010/06/17/podcast-desperate-plans/feed/ 0