Bill Baird

Travel Stationary

Society EN ↓ 36 episodes

a program that does its honest to goodness best effort to transport you somewhere, all from the comfort of your internet connection. It’s called travel stationary as a play on words. Because, yes, it’s like a place where thoughts get jotted down, as in stationary. It’s also…. You get to travel without moving. To be stationary. Hear me spin yarns and thoughts and meditiation and oblique examinations from the comfort of your ears. My name is Bill Baird, a lifelong musician, tinkerer, traveler, thinker, eater, lover, insecure male, reader, thinker, stinker, dabbler, do-er, and more. I am the host...

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Bill Baird

Episodes

Song Surgery: Man's Heart Complaint 05.12.2019 15:57

Wherein I discuss writing the song, recopying Whitman's Leaves of Grass (1st edition!), and share an unreleased version.

Song Surgery: World Gone Deaf 03.12.2019 10:44

In which I describe writing the song and the story "The Fading Ear" which preceded the tune.

Song Surgery: Goodbye Dear Friend of Mine 03.12.2019 25:54

In which I describe writing the song while working at the zilker train station.... and the various iterations of the tune.

Song Surgery: When Perfect Flames Expire / Not a Perfect Person 02.12.2019 19:40

In which I describe the disconnect between effort and result in my own little personal hell of songwriting.

Song Surgery: "We'll Meet Again Someday, or We Won't" 24.11.2019 15:56

In which I describe the arrival of the song "We'll Meet Again Someday, or We Won't" in a dream and its incarnations up to the present moment.

Song Surgery: "New York Love" 24.11.2019 26:21

In which I describe getting rejected by my teenage first love and by Ethan Hawke. Describes background of the song and some associated humorous stories.

Studio Life 3: An Interview with Tyrone 21.08.2019 18:39

Studio Life, part 2 21.08.2019 27:04

"Change is always the same" Moving in and out of studios. A continuation.

Studio Life, part 1 21.08.2019 26:33

"Change is always the same" A description of my life moving in and out of studios.

Lost Illusions I: Ozzy, Axl, Dylan, Brian, and the Zombies. 25.06.2019 37:33

In which I examine several incidents of lost illusions, focusing on over-hyped rock concerts.

GS455 06.06.2019 1:08:27