Friday, July 26, 2024

THE DISTRACT AND DISABLE PROGRAM 63: TO/FROM -- LIVE IN THE WGXC STUDIOS -- SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER 2024 -- 1-4 PM EDT


Glue Banta is back for this live three-hour broadcast. We know he's back (we being The Others) because he's been sending cryptic postcards to a mailbox hidden in the Vermont woods. And his time in the "wilderness" has yielded some interesting questions, like: why aren't tardigrades more friendly and why are they so hard to see (got to be good-lookin?)? And, why do some bats look like professional wrestlers? Also, does Iggy Pop really drink coffee? All these questions will probably just lead to more questions, but never fear! Glue will give you all the clues you need to piece together what exactly it is you should be doing while waiting for it all to come crashing down. Tune in won't you? 



Friday, May 14, 2021

 

Glue Banta has a lot of 'splaining to do. Like, how does he actually think he will achieve escape velocity from Planet Abu? Will his Zappos order arrive on time (before he leaves) and will they send him only the one shoe he needs? Does space food taste like algae or seaweed? Is his FTL drive science fiction or fact? In either case, how old will he be when he gets back to Earth? Will his radio slot still be available for him? Does duct tape actually work as advertised? Some of these questions may be asked, but none may be answered. What you can count on is Glue's cryptic way and sonically coded "show and tell." Tune in won't you and prepare for two hours of your life that you won't want back. 

"D&D...is as good as advice and better than gossip." -- Eton Musk
"In no way shape or form is this guy forreal." -- NASA
"I can't wait for the next episode of the D&D P...can't live without it". -- The International "Can't Wait and Can't Live" Society.

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

THE DISTRACT AND DISABLE PROGRAM 61: AFTERBURNER -- LIVE IN THE WGXC ACRA STUDIO -- SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2020 -- 4-6 PM EDT

Afterburner. Some say it was ZZ Top's finest work. Other's know it was a documentary about space exploration in a chopped '33 Ford. The Eliminator it was called. What was it built to eliminate? How did a rock band from Texas get hold of it? Can you really have a long beard in space? Wouldn't it float up and cover your eyes? Oh, wait. They are from Houston. Now it all makes sense. Anyway, thankfully none of these questions will be answered on this, the latest edition of The Distract and Disable Program. Instead you will be happy to know that Glue becomes unlost AND finds his transmitter (it was right where he left it). And that the escape from Planet Abu is not all it's cracked up to be. Tune in, won't you? What else are you going to do? You can't go outside! Saturday 21 March 4-6 pm EDT. LIVE from the WGXC Transmission Arts Studio in Acra, NY -- 90.7 FM if you have a receiver handy.

Friday, January 15, 2016

DISTRACT AND DISABLE PROGRAM 59 -- SATURDAY 16 JANUARY 2016 -- 2PM EASTERN/1PM CENTRAL/11 PM PLANET ABU TIME

Do you have space fatigue? How's about freezer burn? Road rash? Peeling paint? Pink Eye? Chronic halitosis? If so, then tune in to The Distract and Disable Program #59 and feel it all melt away. We don't promise satisfaction, we guarantee it, or your money back. Well, actually there's no money. The show is free, but if you are not completely satisfied, then you can always try our Distract and Disable topical ointment. Just rub it in where it hurts and let the cream do the rest. Yes, it stings a bit at first, but if you blow on it, that seems to make it sting a bit less.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

DISTRACT AND DISABLE PROGRAM 58 -- SATURDAY 19 DECEMBER 2015 -- 2PM EASTERN/1PM CENTRAL/11 PM PLANET ABU TIME

All the animals in one spaceship headed toward the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Will they make it? Will Glue hold together or be stretched out into an infinite plane. Only one way to find out. Tune in to The Distract and Disable Program today(!) and let it all sink in. You'll need to know what it's like as we are all fast approaching the event horizon.

Friday, November 20, 2015

DISTRACT AND DISABLE PROGRAM 57 -- SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2015 -- 2PM EASTERN/1PM CENTRAL/11 PM PLANET ABU TIME


It's not often that you hear from deep space, let alone from an event horizon. Likely you only hear once from a place like that, or else how can you even understand what you are hearing? Could this particular show be real? Could it be actually be emanating from such a place? Well, there's only one way to find out and that is to tune in. Oh, and as the host mentions, don't bring a watch. And as the host forgot to mention, it is OK to wear your moon boots, so long as you can do the funky chicken in them.

Friday, October 16, 2015

DISTRACT AND DISABLE PROGRAM 56 -- SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 -- 2PM EASTERN/1PM CENTRAL/10 PM PLANET ABU TIME

Once in a while it is really important to just take a look into the eyes of another creature, even if that creature is terrifying, and even if you don't understand what is happening to you in that strange interval of frozen time in which you are somehow bound to this other being, looking deeply into the energy and soul of another living thing, wondering how it is experiencing the same moment, fleeting, intense, completely aware of only you as all else falls away in a pure life or death moment where seemingly nothing can break the spell of this engagement. Oh, and by the way, Distract and Disable is on again.