Episode 10: A Handsome Hiatus + Special Announcement
Handsome Afternoons
Friends,
Episode 10 of Handsome Afternoons, “the last installment of an audacious debut season,” to quote Podcast Quarterly, is now available for your enjoyment. We’ve kept you waiting for too long a while so we sincerely hope it does not disappoint.
It’s with regret that we must also announce that this episode marks the beginning of A Handsome Hiatus. As we are all now in different parts of this fine country and abroad, these Handsome Afternoons are now contingent on the effectiveness of internet telephony technology. Rest assured, we will make our best efforts to continue. But for now we are taking a break from this beautiful adventure.
We want to express our heartfelt appreciation to you, our dear listeners, without whom we would just be talking away into an absent twilight. If you have favorite moments from this first season, please let us know, as a cassette only ‘best of’ compilation is forthcoming on Death Row Records.
May your afternoons stay handsome.
Ever grateful,
Handsome Afternoons
http://handsomeafternoons.posterous.com/
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“Bear witness to these truth-telling Angelenos. Oh yes, when you love your mama, you always gotta acknowledge your hometown. It’s a tradition that comes out of the blues. And the blues are an autobiographical chronicle of a personal catastrophe expressed lyrically, which means you gotta sing your way through the storm. And there’s a connection between what goes on in Handsome Afternoons and what B.B. King was sayin when he said, “Nobody loves me but my mama and she might be jiving too.” Because you gotta dig deep into your soul and you’ve got to find your voice – you can’t just be an echo, y’know. Oh yes, these brothers from Handsome Afternoons have found their voice, following in the great revolutionary tradition of this country. Handsome Afternoons speaks and podcasts for the common man.” - Cornel West
"Let me be clear. The only thing that kept me going after that infernal debt limit negotiation was knowing Episode 10 was about to drop." - Barack Obama, 44
“Roses are red, violets are blue, but these Handsome boys are fucking pink.” - Andrew Dice Clay aka The Diceman
“I find it interesting that Handsome Afternoons started broadcasting in April of 2011. It's now August and the Dow has fell from almost 13,000 to around 11,000, our credit rating has been downgraded, and rioters have besieged London. I’m not saying there’s a connection, and I’m not an economist, or a scientist, or a criminologist, or a deep thinker, but I just think it’s interesting.” - Michele Bachmann, Member of the Grand Old Party
"We were thinking about going with Handsome Afternoons for our shit. But naw, ya'll deserve that shit more." - Kanye West and Jay-Z on other potential titles for "Watch the Throne"
“We were thrilled to become the first corporate sponsor of Handsome Afternoons. Our partnership has been defined by mutual respect and buttermilk. After this first season, worldwide sales of cornmeal and associated constituent cornbread-based foodstuff products have increased 34%. Numbers don’t lie – Handsome Afternoons saved the cornbread industry just like the Obama Administration saved the auto industry.” - Abe, CEO of Cornbread Express
“I fucking love Handsome Afternoons. Honestly, I don’t know why your cume ratings aren’t higher.” - Sarah Geismer, Former Foremost Handsome Afternoons Detractor
"They have altered the landscape through podcast in a way I thought only possible through architecture." Frank Gehry
“If the United States Congress showed the kind of leadership and mettle that Handsome Afternoons showed in this inspiring first season, there’s no doubt that this country would still be rated AAA.” - Dave Wyss, S&P Chief Economist
“Operation Neptune Spear, which successfully carried out the mission to kill or capture Osama bin Laden could not have been carried out without the tactical support provided by Handsome Afternoons. While the wifi in the hills of Abbottabad was spotty, we set up a secure internet connection through the North Arabian sea to ensure that Handsome Afternoons came through.” - Michael J. Morell, Acting Director, Central Intelligence Agency
“There are four things that I love in this world: anabolic steroids, Kaiserschmarrn, Planet Hollywood, and Handsome Afternoons. After Maria left me, I bided my time by alternating between listening to Season 1 of Handsome Afternoons and watching Kindergarten Cop. Without the former, I would certainly have fallen into a depression bigger than Lou Ferrigno’s triceps.” - The Former Governator
"In the last half century, almost every single important cultural trend and technological trend originated from California—like computers, like Handsome Afternoons, like the free-speech movement, like accepting gay and lesbian people as an integral part of society...on and on and on." - Werner Herzog, Filmmaker and Cave Enthusiast