Concert Friday Night at 7:30
Workshop “Don’t Be Afraid to Be Amazing” Saturday and Sunday.
Call for tickets: 757-725-1398
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WILLIAMSBURG STORYTELLING CONCERT and WORKSHOP: JAN 8-10
Published 12/24/2009 THE LATEST NEWS ClosedFUN FACTS ABOUT THE EXCITING NEW MEDIUM: CD, an essay by Andy Offutt Irwin
Published 11/27/2009 Notes from Kay Closed
Compact Discs (or CDs for short) were developed primarily for 2 reasons. First, to allow a sound recording to last for 74 minutes, thus making it possible for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to run nonstop without the bothersome and often damaging stacking and flipping of phonograph records. Secondly, with the increasing popularity of giving and receiving sound recordings, Santa Claus requested that the people at Sony and Phillips laboratories develop a smaller, lighter, and more stocking-stuffable format.
At a press conference with Santa Claus, Sony president, Norio Ohga reported: “Our development people consulted with St. Nick, and we found that the average Christmas stocking has an opening of 11 cm, stretchable to 13-14 cm. Thus, the 12 cm Compact Disc was born. We are all very pleased.”
Santa concurred: “Yes, this is just so much better; these things are not just easier to stuff into stockings, but they are lighter and easier to transport. In flight tests, the reindeer and I have decreased rooftop-takeoff-and-landing times up to thirty percent.”
Andy’s discs, and for Santa, infinitely lighter MP3s are available at CDBaby.
Written and Performed by
Andy Offutt Irwin
2009 Storytelling Album of the Year Just Plain Folks Awards: Bootsie in Season. “The Beauty Pageant” from this CD won 2009 Storytelling World Award: Stories for Adult Listeners.
All content © Andy Offutt Irwin 2009. All rights reserved. So there.
