Talk Me Some Art And Other Stories

Earning fine art status only a handful of decades ago, alongside that of painting and sculpture, photography is the study of light and image. It is the burning of reflection and form upon your mind, heart and soul. Whether using just your phone or employing the fanciest of high-tech gear... whether shooting for fun by grabbing an image of baby and dog, or capturing a landscape that would make John...

The ice storm is to end all ice storms. We picked our papers up that cold icy wet February day... the roads were glazed with mirror ice and the paper delivery was in peril. Our usually happy, wealthy customers in this small section of Pawtucket we're somewhat miffed... to say the least. It's the story fortitude or lack thereof... the story of willful abandonment by the Ten Mile River. It's a poem...

Host Guy Masse takes on a heady premise - the psyche - making an attempt at getting into each of our heads in this introductory program. With accessibility as a goal, he offers a curious mix of homespun perspective and practical analysis. Part one of a series, the show aims to be a significant part of making our everyday existence achieve some meaning. Sit back and enjoy this insightful interplay...

Host Guy Masse discusses the ways and means of life and existence as he takes on the heady subject in his Pawtucket, Rhode Island studio along with cohort and good friend Buckles Branigan, star of the so-mentioned western drama, via phone from Barstow, California. Life can be fairly complicated - agreed - but maybe there's a way to make living a bit less complicated in our everyday goings-about. B...

Transplanting a family of eight from a Woodlawn tenement to a Darlington bungalow would seem like going from Earth to Mars but that's what happened in the summer of 1968 with the Masse family. My dad bumped out a wall to maximize a bedroom and removed a door to a stairway as well as other major improvements before we all settled in. This small house served as hard-working living quarters for our r...

Cowboy star Buckles Branigan lays it on as thick as molasses when he presents up and coming "Talk Me Some Art And Other Stories" programs including the new series "AD-13", Buckles Branigan plus other great podcasts slated for later this year. He also reviews past installments such as gardening with Janet and Corey; ecclesiastical music with Pierre; nature, architecture and music with Claude and ot...

I offer up another overnight odyssey... this one set and "Darkwater" USA by a large company that combines Google, Apple and other overtake-the-world ventures. Many of my dreams are about dank, slinky elevators in supertall structures and this is no exception. My new proposed gothic tower will be a showcase at 2500 feet... with part of it submerged in dark water in the unworldly deep Providence Riv...

Expert gardeners Janet Masse and Cory MacLean join Guy Masse for an informative interview on what makes a spectacular garden. Transform your plantings into the showplace of your neighborhood as we discuss everything from marigolds to English roses. We till the topsoil with Janet and Cory's experiences plus some practical gardening know-how thrown in. It's an all-out flora and fauna episode with no...

Apologies all around folks... sorry for the delay in presenting a Grateful Dead Live chronology podcast. Technological equipment issues aside, I am regrouping to bring this show to you in an uninterrupted, uncomplicated format. Stay tuned for more information.

Part two of "Animals" delves into the wonders of the critters that dwell among us. Host Guy Masse reminds us that our pets are smarter than we might think... even smarter still.... with inate abilities that include hearing sounds a split second before we do. As a small child, Guy played with his little pet chick but the bird got sick and died. Nicky and Claude's ducks were fine though - quacking a...

Part 1: Host Guy Masse takes time for followers' questions and responds with some rather succinct answers - hopefully to your benefit - with as much gusto and informative content that he can muster. For questions that didn't make it on the show, we'll try to give them some air time on the next Q&A. This podcast - though short and sweet - is a harbinger to similar episodes in the upcoming months. P...

The phrase hook works all the time - establishing a rhythm to your podcast. Make your message clear as a bell and you'll discover there is a joy in this technogical medium. Whether you're hiking in the woods or at work, find inspiration in everything you do - when it comes to sharing your information with others. As a demonstration, I used poetic form at the beginning of this segment. I attempted...

Dateline Appian Way, Rome (via road to Ostia) - Pilgrims make their way to a nearby town en route to the biannual "Bazaar Populari" when out of nowhere a major interruption occurs to the northeast... distant Mount Vesuvius spews its bilious ash of gaseous cinder with the potential to engulf the entire planet. Remember, it's only a play. We can rely on poetic license to make this mountain cascade a...

The columns and obelisks of Rome are haphazardly preserved with a time-worn patina to the eternal gods. Guy Masse presents another saga - this one west of the Old West. Although Rome's many provinces offer a striking panoply, this program is set in and around the Appian Way - a major commerce route to and from the city. The slinking thoroughfare offers a dramatic backdrop and the emperor is nowher...

God allows decoration and simplicity. Take cathedrals and monasteries, for example. He preordained humankind into existence only a short time ago on the scale of the eternal celestial display. Unimaginable is our own power to see oneself - by looking inward, and observing that we either don't care or are overwhelmed (love itself is in the music and in the chimes). From the bank robber taking his p...

From the kick'm 'back Buckles Branigan saga to our preview of the upcoming AD-13 Ancient Rome street drama, the July review is hand-picked and lovingly hewned for your entertainment. This month I happily presented storms stewing, snows snuffing, stereo hookup, fireworks flaring and meditations meandering - not to mention Pierre and Claude offering thier own informative interviews. There is much mo...

Back in the sixties, the ad launched with the three-martini lunch... and the client's rather large budget. The account executive and creative director hobbled back with their marching orders - to create a campaign - print, TV and direct mail. I review pre- and post- Madison Avenue communications in this rather informative podcast. The lush and lavish poster played its persuasive role as well. Bill...

The Native American-head test pattern serves as a prelude to the compact western dramas, comedy and variety shows during the fifties and sixties. The concise exposition of programs like "The Virginian" served as virtual bellwethers to the era. Guy Masse introduces a new, fun approach to an old genre of the sidewinding sagas. From The writer's pen to the producer's promise to the marketer's message...

Guy and our own Buckles Branigan serve up a somewhat descriptive rundown trough scenes from "The Rifleman". Our television star is left to perish in a mirage-ridden-south-of-the-border desert until our hero is saved by local Mexicali and brought into la casa for recuperation courtesy the bedside aid of la chica para residente... but not before the varmints track him down. Our in-studio guests take...

I take my portable studio this beautiful a.m. to my brother Pierre's backyard - surrounded by hostas in this part of Warwick. The distant traffic - not overtaking the birds chirping - and a lonely dogwood - which still sleeps in the early morning glow is evident. A runner jogs with dog not in tow... he's still sleeping in his corner of the bedroom. A slender, monk-garmented Saint Francis stands by...

Guest Pierre Masse joins brother Guy on the importance of music in a tuneful discussion. It's a riveting back and forth where the topic of the day is the glory and love of conducting and performing. With early experience in the home, Pierre parlayed his trust in his Lord to guide him through life in the everlasting beauty that is the muse. Join us in this quixotic journey and come away with an und...

Announcing a new program coming later this month. It features brother Claude Masse spouting his knowledge - vast as it is - on everything from fauna to Google Maps. Take a winding road in the car or the fast food aisle as you listen to these exciting installments. And make sure you tell everybody about it. Well worth your time!

Amphitheater of love. Return to approximate perch. From savannah to shore, these small vocal creatures offer sheer delight from any angle - anywhere. Darkness imminent.. Dawn divulges self. Prime oneself for this show of intimate beauty. Spread your wings.

Excitement is evident as I announce the debut of this multifaceted discussion dedicated to great composers, works and performers past and present as musician Pierre Masse joins us. His ministry is well-known and the knowledge he shares is something which you can gleefully take away. Listen to this upcoming program... guaranteed to make your day.

Gladfully the Lord is around us! We pray out loud from the hilltop. Verdant and vast. The space between words - the space between hearts and existence - the space between happiness closes with this sadness in a sentence. Is it a Harley starting in the neighbor's yard or a small bird chirping by the window in the brush? Is it in the fields... is it in the fjords? Is it the evening cup of coffee? Is...