Me versus the Microphone

Every week, I step behind a big, suspended microphone and record my show. Usually though, before I get to recording that week’s program, I make a series of liners: short commercial-like spots that promote the show on radio stations. Sometimes, last week in particular, saying ‘You’re listening to … on W-A-C-K Radio!’ in a deep radio-announce-style voice uncountable times into a microphone, whilst the house is empty and devoid of life, a certain, echoing madness comes upon me which causes me to break from my script and burst out into different voices, for no apparent reason other than I go temporarily mad. Take this clip for example:

A total waste of time, energy, and whirling sound effects! And how the words ring true. Here’s another result of me and a mic:

There I go. Could I stop there and end it while there was still time? Obviously not, because I made a short series of Rancher Hicks, with this one coming next:

And another:

And as a grand finale, I tried my hand at being a crazed hippie:

After those, I was nearly convinced to launch an entirely new scheme which involved people sending in questions to either Rancher Hicks or Perry Hip, who would in turn answer them online to more-or-less satisfactory results. No wonder it takes all day to get these shows done.