The Nourishment is Palatable: The Comedy and Satire of John Green (lost radio essays CD; 2003)
CD cover by Hank Green
Status: Lost (audio)
Found (text)
The Nourishment is Palatable: The Comedy and Satire of John Green was a CD of radio essays written by author John Green for WBEZ, Chicago's public radio station. (The title was a reference to Millard Fillmore's last words, which were ) Since WBEZ owned the recordings of these essays, Green released the CD for free on request from approximately 2003 to 2006 on his now-defunct website sparksflyup.com:[1]
The CD includes 16 John Green commentaries that aired on WBEZ. It is about 70 minutes long, and also has some nice bluegrass songs as intros and outros, thanks to Hank.
So here's the deal: You email me a domestic address. And then I will send a copy of the CD to that address. Even if you don't want to listen to the CD, you might still want to request a copy, as it makes for a fine coaster, or, in a pinch, a makeshift frisbee. There are a lot of uses for "The Nourishment Is Palatable," and you will be able to explore all of them, because -- after all -- it will not cost you one red cent.
In 2017, John Green's brother Hank tweeted an image of the cover that he designed for the CD. The cover had a tracklist and production credits:[2]
- Nine Girls I have kissed and what I learned about them from google.com (Text Found)
- College (Text Found)
- Speed Dating
- Smoking
- Saving the World
- The Illinois Budget Crisis
- The Accidental Terrorist
- Instanter Gratificatbn
- A Modest Proposal
- Flying High on Corporate Welfare
- Economic Stimulus
- Your Next Governor
- The Garre
- RATS!
The Nourishment is Palatable is a production of http://www.sparksflyup.com the 2,854,352,413rd most popular website in the world. John Geen wrote and spoke the words. Hank Green produced the CD and designed the cover. Mike Green helped out in several ways. Sydney Green provided invaluable support. This is in short a Green family production. This compact disc is free and should be distributed freely.
Hank Green was unsure if the MP3s still existed and wondered if they were "hopelessly outdated and problematic" and if he would "ever let them be released".[3]
Text versions of these essays are archived on the Wayback Machine. However, downloads of the audio no longer work.[4]
Reference
- ↑ The Nourishment Is Palatable: An Entirely, Completely, Free CD
- ↑ The CD cover art I did for John's spoken essay CD. JOHN HAD A SPOKEN ESSAY CD YOU GUYS!
- ↑ The real question is...are these so hopelessly outdated and problematic that there's no way I will ever let them be released?
- ↑ The Archive: Here you'll find older satire and commentary that aired on WBEZ.