/ Recent content in Truck Stop Coffee - Piper Bly 's Blog on Truck Stop Coffee Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us All work written by Piper Bly . Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0052_febjazzweek4/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0052_febjazzweek4/ It’s Tuesday, and you all know what that means–it’s time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on your favorite radio station, datafruits.fm! Here’s what we’re playing tonight! Talkie Time : Mercury Theatre’s The Campbell Playhouse - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd (This program originally aired March 13, 2023.) CURES WHAT AILS YA On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and his troupe at the Mercury Theater repertory company broadcast one of the most infamous radio plays ever aired. /post/0051_febjazzweek3/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0051_febjazzweek3/ Hey, y’all! Good to see you. It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means; it’s once again time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on your favorite radio station, datafruits.fm! Let’s see what we’ve got playing tonight… Talkie Time: Pat Novak For Hire - The Only Way To Make Friends Is To Die / Shirt Mix-Up At The Laundry "dude, where's my boat" --this guy, probably Before he was solving crimes as Sergeant Joe Friday, Jack Webb was getting his ass beat as Pat Novak, a boat-hire man down at Pier 19 who simply cannot stop running face-backward into leather saps and straight into trouble he didn’t want. /post/0050_whatsup_feb26/ Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0050_whatsup_feb26/ It's Been A Half Year So, the last time I made one of these was…. hold on gimme a sec checks notes June. Bloody June.. Damn. Time flies when you are…well, having a time. I’ve been busy as hell, struggling more than I should, and now, six months after the last move, I am once again hundreds of miles away from where I was when I last wrote to y’all. /post/0049_febjazzweek2/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0049_febjazzweek2/ Hey, y’all! Good to see you. It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means; it’s once again time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on your favorite radio station, datafruits.fm! Let’s see what we’ve got playing tonight… Talkie Time: The New Adventures Of Nero Wolfe - Killer Cards / Calculated Risk This is an advert for the Nero Wolfe comic strip, not the radio play. The Daily Cartoonist and The Stripper's Guide both have some fantastic write-ups on this obscure piece of both detective fiction and comic strip history, and I highly recommend giving both a read. /post/0048_febjazzweek1/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0048_febjazzweek1/ Hey, y’all! Good to see you. It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means; it’s once again time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on your favorite radio station, datafruits.fm! Let’s see what we’ve got playing tonight… Talkie Time: Mr. District Attorney - Case Of The Living Dead Man / Case Of The Pyromaniac Murder (This program originally aired January 16, 2024.) hey man it's a good office policy to have, alright /post/0047_janjazzweek4/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0047_janjazzweek4/ Hey, y’all! Good to see you. It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means; it’s once again time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on your favorite radio station, datafruits.fm! Let’s see what we’ve got playing tonight… Talkie Time : Dick Lawrence Review - Lost Pilot Of A Lost Age (This program originally aired May 16, 2023.) RIP to yet another fantastic classical music station. And yes, I am still mad about what the LCMS did to Classic 99. /post/0046_janjazzweek3/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0046_janjazzweek3/ Hey, y’all! Good to see you. It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means; it’s once again time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on your favorite radio station, datafruits.fm! Let’s see what we’ve got playing tonight… Talkie Time: Box 13 - Triple Cross / Three To Die (This program originally aired April 11, 2023.) Good ol' trouble in your mailbox, courtesy of the Mayfair Transcription Co. Three’s usually a lucky number, but there’s nothing lucky about anything if it involves Dan Holiday. /post/0045_janjazzweek2/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0045_janjazzweek2/ on da roooad agaaaain...just can't wait to be on da rooad agaaaiiin... Hey, y’all! Been a minute, ain’t it? I’ve been a bit AWOL while I work on picking my entire studio up and moving it three hundred miles away (as I seem to do every half-year or so), and that’s sadly left my slot in the Datafruits schedule jazz-less while I play Jenga with my worldly belongings. HOWEVER, after much tribulation and trials, I am more or less moved in, and we are back on the air this evening with another limited-time only three-hour goof Totally Legitimate Special Episode of The Jazz Program! /post/0044_decjazzweek2/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0044_decjazzweek2/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and you know what that means–it’s once again time for bad jokes1 and research rabbit holes, as we go over tonight’s programming for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on datafruits.fm! It is worth noting that – as we are every year at this time – we are currently under the lead-fisted rule of the Holiday Seasonal Happenings Installments Table. If you don’t know what that is, check out last week’s post, where I explain the Totally Not A Hostage situation that we’ve got going. /post/0043_decjazzweek1/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0043_decjazzweek1/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and you know what that means–it’s once again time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on datafruits.fm! Read on below to find out what we’ll be playin’ this evening! But First, Some Housekeeping… JAZZY FUCKIN’ HOLIDAYS 2025 (albeit a week late for one of ’em) This year's poster. It's our fifth year runnin, so I had to cook up somethin' special. /post/0042_novjazzweek3/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0042_novjazzweek3/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and you know what that means–it’s once again time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on datafruits.fm! Read on below to find out what we’ll be playin’ this evening! Talkie Time : X Minus One - Saucer Of Loneliness / Venus Is A Man’s World "hey, if you think THIS is bad, this is only PURGATORY!" --crow (This program was originally aired May 14, 2024. /post/0041_novjazzweek2/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0041_novjazzweek2/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and you know what that means–it’s once again time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on datafruits.fm! Read on below to find out what we’ll be playin’ this evening! Talkie Time : That Hammer Guy - 14 Saddle Shoes / The Laura Fenton Case (This program was originally aired May 7, 2024.) ♬ pizza party '90s Hammer, ultra-violent-noir-dick! whisky power ♬ /post/0040_novjazzweek1/ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0040_novjazzweek1/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and while I’ve unfortunately had to be AWOL for most of spoopy month due to various and definitely not-spoopy reasons (sorry!), we are back on the air again tonight on datafruits.fm!! Read on below to find out what we’ll be playin’ this evening! Talkie Time : Pat Novak, For Hire - Rita Malloy / Wendy Morris "ey pal, the sign sais anythin' BUT moidah. /post/0039_octjazzweek2/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0039_octjazzweek2/ *spoopy cat laff* Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and it’s still October! So, get ready for more of the October Spoopy Programming Block, where I turn my entire timeslot into the spoopiest place to be for the entirety of Halloween month! We’ve got some great radio dramas and some interesting jazz-adjacent records picked out to get you all into the Halloween spirit this year, so read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits. /post/0038_octjazzweek1/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0038_octjazzweek1/ time 4 spoops from ur favorite talking radio cat Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again,and wouldn’t you LOOK at the MONTH? That’s right, it’s once again time for our October Spoopy Programming Block, where I make the entire slot into its own running theme night for the entirety of Halloween month! We’ve got some great radio dramas and some interesting jazz-adjacent records picked out to get you all into the Halloween spirit this year, so read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits. /post/0037_sepjazzweek4/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0037_sepjazzweek4/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and we’re back on the air this week! Read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time : The Man Called X - The Silver Scarab / Worth Her Weight In Gold (This program originally aired April 9, 2024.) Herbert Marshall, otherwise known as The Man Called X. Look at this suave, suave motherfucker. /post/0036_sepjazzweek3/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0036_sepjazzweek3/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and we’re back on the air this week! Read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time : Broadway Is My Beat – The Alice Mayo Murder Case / The Joey Condon Murder Case The legendary Larry Thor, in his element. Some of the most poetic lines you'll ever hear in old-time radio came from this man right here. /post/0035_sepjazzweek2/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0035_sepjazzweek2/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and we’re back on the air this week! Read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time : Rocky Fortune - Oyster Shucker At The Fifty Fathoms / Rocket Racket "hey man can i bororw twenty bucks" -- this guy, probably Francis Albert Sinatra was no stranger to either acting or radio–the crooner had multiple incarnations of fifteen- to thirty-minute variety programs throughout his career and a good many fantastic films. /post/0034_sepjazzweek1/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0034_sepjazzweek1/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and we’re back on the air this week! Read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits.fm! PASS THE CIGARS BOYS, AND LEMME TELL YOU ABOUT THE QUAALUUUUDES -- the big man from brooklyn nero wolfe, probably Talkie Time : New Adventures Of Nero Wolfe - The Impolite Corpse / The Hasty Will It’s been a minute since we’ve heard some of my favorite Big Man on this program, and oh will you just look at the time. /post/0033_augjazzweek2/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0033_augjazzweek2/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and we’re back on the air this week! Read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits.fm! birthday cat birthday cat birthday cat Talkie Time and The Jazz Program WILL NOT BE HEARD TONIGHT…It’s Time For My Yearly Birthday Show!!! That’s right, it’s time once again for that one show a year where we celebrate the birthday of your favorite radio DJ on your favorite radio station. /post/0032_augjazzweek1/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0032_augjazzweek1/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and we’re back on the air this week! Read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits.fm! A lot of turn-of-the-century fictional detective-man types have ended up in some off-kilter film adaptations; Mike Hammer's '90s TV incarnation and about half of everything Sherlock Holmes has ended up portrayed in immediately come to mind. One of the most niche, however, belongs to Philo and Italy, with a very by-the-book three-episode miniseries featuring WWII Italian fascist lieutenant turned television actor Giorgio Albertazzi as Vance released in 1974. /post/0031_julyjazzweek4/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0031_julyjazzweek4/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and we’re back on the air this week! Read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits.fm! A Minor Introduction To Some Datafruits Lore And The Holiday S.H.I.T. List sigh Alright, look. I don’t often go into contextual details for these re-runs, but I think this one requires a liiiittle bit of an introduction. A few years back, we had a little something runnin’ for the entire month of December that was doled down to us from the brass up at Shrimp Shake Co, called the Holiday S. /post/0030_julyjazzweek3/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0030_julyjazzweek3/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and we’re back on the air this week! Read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time: Richard Diamond And The Case Of The Vaguely Phallic Episode Names: The Bald Head Case / Little Chiva Mr. Richard Diamond clockin' into the hotel register before he heads upstairs to bang ur mum Sometimes, shortened forms of names don’t age as well as you’d like them to. /post/0029_whatsup_june25/ Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0029_whatsup_june25/ nyoom nyoom cat on da move Hey y’all! Sorry this is a bit late; I have been moving to Chicago! That’s right; this cat is now (more or less) a formal resident of the Windy City, and will be for a while until I figure a couple more things out. I might stay, I might not, but while I’m here, I’ll be doing my best to make the most of my time. /post/photoroll001_chicagospring25_1/ Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/photoroll001_chicagospring25_1/ I’ve been doing an awful lot of wandering around my new home city of Chicago with my camera in tow when I have a spare morning as of late. These are some of the shots I’ve taken in the early morning light of Logan Square and Ravenswood, as I was crashing with friends while working shifts at a local restaurant to get the cash to move into a room of my own. /post/0028_julyjazzweek1/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0028_julyjazzweek1/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and we’re back on the air this week! Read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time: The Phyl Coe Mysteries: The Dead Magician / The Case Of The Missing Masterpiece / Mystery Of The Death Ray Tube / Murder In The Sky BUY A PHILCO RADIO OR YOU AIN'T WINNIN' THIS CONTEST! --the phylly co corporation, probably /post/0027_junejazzweek4/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0027_junejazzweek4/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and we’re back on the air this week with two all-new programs and two fresh new write-ups! Read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time : Casey, Crime Photographer: Wanted–A Gun / Woman Of Mystery truly the face of a man who has shat his pants on the job I made a joke last week about my photojournalist cat ass enjoying a good by-the-numbers police-procedural detective story despite not being the biggest fan of the boys in blue. /post/0026_junejazzweek3/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0026_junejazzweek3/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s Tuesday again, and we’re back on the air this week with two all-new programs and two fresh new write-ups! Read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time : 21st Precinct - The Nolen Brothers (07.07.1953) / Case Of The Young Incorrigible (07.14.1953) "hey there sonny would you mind turnin that there Jazz Program up a bit? /post/0025_junejazzweek2/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0025_junejazzweek2/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. We were absent last week, but we’re back on the air this week with two all-new programs and two fresh new write-ups! Read on down to learn more about what we’re playing tonight on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time : Broadway Is My Beat – The John Lomax Case / A Fixed Prize Fight Old newspaper ads for radio programs are the best, man. Lookat dat font layout. /post/0024_mayjazzweek4/ Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0024_mayjazzweek4/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. We’re back on the air this week, and it’s time for yet another walk-through of the history behind the subjects of tonight’s episodes of Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time : Night Beat - Number 13 / I Wish You Were Dead (This program schedule was originally aired May 9, 2023.) "eat your wheaties and drink your pabst, kiddo, and you can look as cool and constipated as i am. /post/0023_mayjazzweek3/ Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0023_mayjazzweek3/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. We’re back on the air this week, and it’s time for yet another walk-through of the history behind the subjects of tonight’s episodes of Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time: Murder by Experts - Prescription For Murder / Two Can Die As Cheaply As One (This program schedule was originally aired January 9, 2024.) If you enjoy the last program on tonight's show, by the way, and you want to dive deep into H. /post/0022_mayjazzweek2/ Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0022_mayjazzweek2/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s been a hectic couple of weeks for sure–sadly, we were out last week, as I was completely fried and knee-deep in commission work–but we’re back on the air this week, and it’s time for yet another walk-through of the history behind the subjects of tonight’s episodes of Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on datafruits.fm! I'm not sure who did the cover design for this Penguin Classics edition of the book, but I absolutely love it; that hectic random-note lettering and the woodcuts pair masterfully with the story we'll be hearing tonight. /post/0021_apriljazzweek5/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0021_apriljazzweek5/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s been a hectic week for sure, but wouldn’t ya know it, it’s Tuesday yet again! Time for yet another walk-through of the history behind the subjects of tonight’s episodes of Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time : Boston Blackie - Evelyn Jones Murder / Hypnotic Murder (This program schedule was originally aired March 19, 2024.) The 1941 movie, "Meet Boston Blackie", is also very much worth a watch, with Chester Morris in the role he would later reprise on the airwaves. /post/0020_apriljazzweek4/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0020_apriljazzweek4/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best. It’s been a hectic week for sure, but wouldn’t ya know it, it’s Tuesday yet again! Time for yet another walk-through of the history behind the subjects of tonight’s episodes of Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time: Defense Attorney - Client: Joseph Moriano (Audition Tape) / Client: Mike Tully (This program schedule was originally aired February 13, 2024.) No, I am not joking: this is a photo of the lady who went on to play one of the scariest voice acting roles in all of film. /post/0019_whatsup_march25/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:18:50 +0000 /post/0019_whatsup_march25/ it been a Long one friends ;_; Hey y’all! Sorry this is a bit late; I’ve been fairly swamped as of the past month, and haven’t gotten to sit down and write much. However, I did still want to try to make a habit of putting up the Monthly Update, where I take the time to sit and talk with y’all a bit about photos I’ve taken, pictures I’ve drawn, and things I’ve been up to this past month. /post/0018_apriljazzweek3/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 02:18:50 +0000 /post/0018_apriljazzweek3/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best this week. It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for yet another program schedule as we go over what we’re playing for tonight’s episodes of Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time : It’s Tax Day, Assholes - T Men - The Case Of The Subtle Approach / Treasury Agent - The Hate Racket man this newspaper advertisment sure does make united states treasury agents seem a lot more interesting than they actually are /post/0017_apriljazzweek2/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0017_apriljazzweek2/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best this week. It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for yet another program schedule as we go over what we’re playing for tonight’s episodes of Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on datafruits.fm! Talkie Time : New Adventures Of Nero Wolfe - Party For Death / A Slight Case Of Perjury (This program schedule was originally aired September 19, 2023 .) "Smoke if you got 'em" /post/0016_apriljazzweek1/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0016_apriljazzweek1/ Real-life photo of the two Steely Dans themselves Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best this week. It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for yet another program schedule as we go over what we’re playing for tonight’s episodes of Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on datafruits.fm! Or it would be…except that jazz is lame now and we’re not doing that anymore. We’re in the day of the expanding man now. /post/0015_marchjazzweek4/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0015_marchjazzweek4/ Talkie Time And The Jazz Program Will Not Be Heard Tonight….In The Meantime, Here’s THE FUZZY JAZZ HOUR feat. DJ Fuzzy me these days Look, I hate to duck out on the last show of the month, but while I’ve been doing my best with the hand I’ve been dealt, I’ve had nothing but off-suit twos and fours this past month, and it’s been ‘bout all I can do not to fold. /post/0014_marchjazzweek3/ Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0014_marchjazzweek3/ Hey y’all! It’s Tuesday, and that means it’s time once again for my weekly radio block on [datafruits.fm]! Here’s what we’ve got rolling tonight… Talkie Time BY REQUEST : The War Of The Worlds And no, I am NOT kidding about the nation getting thrown into a panic. This is an actual newspaper article from The Lewiston Daily Sun in Lewiston, Maine on Oct 31, 1938; click the image above to check out the whole thing. /post/0013_marchjazzweek2/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0013_marchjazzweek2/ Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing your best this week. It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for yet another program schedule for tonight’s show on datafruits.fm! Unfortunately, I’ve been having a fairly rough go at things this past week, so we’re falling back on re-runs again. Don’t worry though–they’re some damn good ones. Here’s what we’ve got going on… Talkie Time : Talkie Time : Mysterious Traveler - Death Is The Visitor / Death Comes To Adolf Hitler (This program schedule was originally aired March 12, 2024; if you’re wondering about the constant gags at Henry Kissinger’s expense, that’s why. /post/0012_marchjazzweek1/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:18:50 +0000 /post/0012_marchjazzweek1/ mfw it is tuesday night on datafruits dot eff emm It’s Tuesday once again, and we’re back on the air on datafruits.fm with ACTUAL PROGRAMMING THIS WEEK! …and no, I will not be apologizing for last week1. How could you even ask that of me. Ska will never die. Faux outrage aside, let’s get into our evening’s programming; we’ve got a lot of ground to cover and a lot of records and in-jokes to get into. /post/0011_whatsup_feb25/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 01:18:50 +0000 /post/0011_whatsup_feb25/ live footage of me working on my silly lil website soooo…I should probably bother using this blog as a blog, huh crazy shit, man. wild ideas up in here Anyways, I’ve been up to a decent amount lately (feels good to finally be able to work through the mental cloud and darkened haze of the modern world after far too long in the depression Bad Lands!) and I want to share some of the fun places I’ve been and nice folk I’ve talked to with y’all. /post/0010_februaryjazzweek4/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0010_februaryjazzweek4/ OI U GOT A PERMIT FOR THAT THERE SAXOPHONE M8 It’s Tuesday, and you all know what that means–it’s time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on your favorite radio station, datafruits.fm! Here’s what we’re —- oh no. Wait. What are you doing with that saxophone. Get off that rooftop. GET OFF THAT ROOFTO– . . . Oh god damnit. Talkie Time And The Jazz Program Will Not Be Heard Tonight…. /post/0009_februaryjazzweek3/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0009_februaryjazzweek3/ It’s Tuesday, and you all know what that means–it’s time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on your favorite radio station, datafruits.fm! Here’s what we’re playing tonight! Talkie Time: The Black Museum - The Champagne Glass / The Claw Hammer (This program schedule was originally aired January 23, 2024.) The coldest motherfucker to ever do it. You can’t step five feet into the history of old-time radio1 without running into the man himself, Orson Fucking Welles. /post/0008_februaryjazzweek2/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0008_februaryjazzweek2/ It’s Tuesday, and you all know what that means–it’s time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on your favorite radio station, datafruits.fm! Here’s what we’re playing tonight! Talkie Time Presents A Valentine’s Day Special…Kind Of : The Shadow Commits Bigamy – The Bride Of Death / The Devil Takes A Wife And yes, I do own a copy of this. …Yes, I am aware that no one is going to get this joke. /post/0007_februaryjazzweek1/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0007_februaryjazzweek1/ It’s Tuesday, and you all know what that means–it’s time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on your favorite radio station, datafruits.fm! Here’s what we’re playing tonight! IN THIS EPISODE, OUR BRAVE HERO STUBBORNLY RESISTS MAKING EVEN ONE JOKE ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF AMERICAN POLITICS DESPITE BEING THREATENED BY A LITERAL CLOWN WITH A GUN! Talkie Time: Casey, Crime Photographer - The Loaded Dice (09/04/1947) / The Tobacco Pouch (09/18/1947) (This program schedule was originally aired January 2, 2024. /post/0006_januaryjazzweek4/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0006_januaryjazzweek4/ It’s Tuesday, and you all know what that means–it’s time for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program on your favorite radio station, datafruits.fm! Here’s what we’re playing tonight! Talkie Time : The Blue Beetle - Smashing The Arson Ring / Blasting The Dynamite Ring (This program schedule was originally aired July 18, 2023.) yeah man I don't even have a joke to go along with this cover art. Anyways you can read the original Golden Age comics on the Internet Archive if that's something you're into. /post/0005_januaryjazzweek3/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0005_januaryjazzweek3/ Talkie Time : The Big Story - Murderous Kid / Three Coins Spell Death (This program schedule was originally aired June 13, 2023.) FREE CIGARETTE MONEY AND COOL STORIES? SIGN ME THE FUCK UP I’m a cartoonist and writer by trade (if you didn’t know that for some reason), and let me tell you right now–if I got five hundred bucks and some cigarettes for winning a “best journalistic work” competition, I’d be first in line to drive out to New York, bop some poor bastard one over the head, stuff him in a locker, take his press card, and head out to bust some scoops. /post/0004_januaryjazzweek2/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0004_januaryjazzweek2/ Talkie Time : …Will Not Be Heard This Week, Because I Fucked Up …Yeah, I knew there’d be at least one hiccup this month. This one’s on me, I’m not back in the weekly groove just yet and I’m also drowning in freelance work this week, so I literally forgot it was Tuesday. It’s now 8:36 PM as I’m writing this, and I’m currently on the air. Joys. Thankfully, I have an immense music library and am never really at a loss for Random Shit To Play, so I hope you all enjoy a smattering of what I’ve been listening to as of late. /post/0003_whatiuse_1/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0003_whatiuse_1/ Who Even Draws Without A Computer Anymore? Not to be confused with "cow tools". Different tools. Answer: me, apparently. This may be mildly surprising to some of you1, but the vast majority of professional illustrators working today do not use traditional media. I’m the odd one out. The reason for why I stick with pen and bristol isn’t as ideological as one would think, given how much of a Luddite I tend to be. /post/0002_januaryjazzweek1/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0002_januaryjazzweek1/ piper irl It’s the first Tuesday in January, and after a two-hour Rippingtons marathon to test the sound last week I think it’s about as good a time as any for Talkie Time and The Jazz Program to hop back on the airwaves. For now, I’m going to primarily be re-playing some of my favorite show programs from the original “second run”1 of the program. These aren’t going to be rebroadcasts, mind–none of the original shows were archived, an intentional choice I made at the time to avoid dealing with my discomfort with my voice. /post/0001_hittheswitch/ Sun, 05 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /post/0001_hittheswitch/ WHAT YEAR IS IT?????? It’s been a whole year since I updated this, ain’t it? Shit. me in 2024 Well, later rather than sooner, but the blog is back. At the moment, I’m mostly going to use this to host The Jazz Program/Talkie Time show schedules since (after another and completely separate long hiatus) I’m back on the air doing those as well, as well as some photo rolls for the photography work I’ve been doing. /post/oldphotoroll10/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /post/oldphotoroll10/ Autumn █████████ and I went out on Christmas Eve to get both of us out of our heads a bit and for me to go shooting. Here's a little sample of what Imogen and I shot today. All of these were edited with Darktable on Linux Mint. Some pretty goosies. the gooses are on the looses! Keeping watch. I took a few of the geese on the lake. This one's my favorite, to be honest. /post/oldphotoroll09/ Sun, 05 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /post/oldphotoroll09/ Drafting, Pencilling, and Inking Starting in on pencils. The lettering and all that was done (as always) on graph paper and glued up as I went; for a more in-depth look at how I do that, check out this process thread. Here's the rest of the lettering, glued up and into place. Starting in on inks. Two passes later. I was originally going to black the entire poster's background out, but I decided to sketch in some variations in tone for the sky and trees as opposed to simply a blacked-out sky covered in snow. /post/oldphotoroll08/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /post/oldphotoroll08/ Initial pencils and lettering. Starting in on inking. First and second pass of inks down. I wanna point out here that the lil' guy there in the witch's hand was designed by Datafruits' own Zaxy. His name is Beamsprout, if you were curious. As with nearly everything else, I'm doing the lettering by hand. Inking the lettering... ...gluing it into place... ...and affixing it to the drawing. Yet another pass of inks. /post/oldphotoroll07/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /post/oldphotoroll07/ Polyhymnia was supposed to be a service dog for my autism and PTSD, but the training she was supposed to get never actually happened. So now she’s just my favorite dumbass who tries her best. Here’s yet another gallery worth of cute photos of her over the years. hey, how ya doin' lik lik lik. One of the last photos of her in our old apartment. Poly doesn't like the new apartment that much, and she's been a lot more picky about what she wants to eat. /post/oldphotoroll06/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /post/oldphotoroll06/ Falling down a rabbit hole. Most of these suggestions came from my good buddy Miranda Thomas, who thankfully and helpfully suggested KEH as a reputable used reseller. Which is good, because I sure don't have new-camera money. A glamour shot, taken with my old Oneplus 7 Pro that I've used for the past few years. Imogen is named after Imogen Cunningham, if anyone was wondering. A couple of the first photos I ever took with Imogen here. /post/oldphotoroll05/ Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /post/oldphotoroll05/ Part one of a series of progress photo galleries of me working through Our Lady Maven, Issue 2. Hand-lettering, as usual. It's how we do it here. Pencilling in a facsimile of the Chicago skyline. Roughing in the other two panels. Blocking in the kids with some more rough pencils. I'm using a General's carpenter's pencil here to scratch in some shading to mark where I'm going to put some thick swatches of black ink. /post/oldphotoroll04/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /post/oldphotoroll04/ Part two of two sets of progress photos of me working my way through the concept art for The Garden. Initial pencils for the concept art for Kaia here. Pencilling in the adults.... ...and the other kiddos. Adding in some inks on the concept art of the adults. Inked kiddos. Karina, Penny, and Bobbie on the top, and a full sheet of Kaia on the bottom. Final scanned and digitized inks for the adults. /post/oldphotoroll03/ Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /post/oldphotoroll03/ Part one of two sets of progress photos of me working my way through the concept art for The Garden. The initial pencils for the concept art image. I hid [Gnome Chompski](https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Garden_Gnome) in there somewhere--see if you can find 'im! Starting in on inks, going section by section. Layer layer layer Most of the sections are filled in now; only a few more adjustments then it's digitization time. The final, digitized inks. /post/oldpost01_thefinerthings2023/ Wed, 31 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /post/oldpost01_thefinerthings2023/ (Reader note: this is an old blog post from the old version of this site, which I’m bringing back simply as an example of how long the The Finer Things used to run before I reigned it in a bit.) (Also, eventually that “Ballerina” John Wick spin off is gonna drop, I’m gonna see it in theatres, and I inevitably am going to want to link back to this to point out that I Have Opinions On John Wick. /post/oldphotoroll02/ Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /post/oldphotoroll02/ Some in-progress photos of me working my way through Our Lady Maven Issue 1. Inking panels from the comic. Full art for Page 8. Close up inks. You can see the ink smudges from the typewriter real well here. Probably my favorite panel. Sneaking in an overt homage to one of my favorite adventure game detectives Pages 12 and 13. Corkracks full of pages in progress. Inking page 14 Even more corkracks. /post/oldphotoroll01/ Fri, 07 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /post/oldphotoroll01/ Polyhymnia was supposed to be a service dog for my autism and PTSD, but the training she was supposed to get never actually happened. So now she’s just my favorite dumbass who tries her best. Here’s some cute photos of her over the years. Baby Poly Not-quite-baby Poly, sunnin' on my old sofa. OH LAWD SHE TONGUE "Look mom, I can DJ too!" Old photo of me performing live as Ophelia Drowning at Glitter City, with Poly napping in the foreground. /post/about/ Sun, 20 Apr 1969 00:00:00 +0000 /post/about/ I’m Piper. I’m an underground cartoonist, professional illustrator, and wandering ne’er-do-well. I’ve been telling stories and creating work for what is basically my entire adult life, and this is where I’ve decided to place my thoughts on doing so, as well as ramblings about life in general. This blog is mainly where I write about things that hold my interest, and is also where I put notes on books, records, and other such things that I’m working on. /post/faq/ Sun, 20 Apr 1969 00:00:00 +0000 /post/faq/ Note: This FAQ page is a constant work in progress, as is most of the site. As I get new questions, think of things I might want to make sure my readers know, and invent new answers and/or questions for those answers, I’ll be adding them here. If you can’t find an answer to whatever it is that you’re curious about, send me an email and I might just add it here. /post/links/ Sun, 20 Apr 1969 00:00:00 +0000 /post/links/ The following are links to websites of folks I think are cool. Note that I said websites, not accounts. I don’t want to use this page to promote social media networks, and the vast majority of folks (specifically, other cartoonists/DJs) who I know all have social media accounts in place of a website, so this list shouldn’t be considered an exhaustive compendium of folks I think are neat. f you’re not on this list but think you should be, I probably can’t find your website or I haven’t gotten around to adding you yet because I’ve been busy with other obligations. /post/misc/ Sun, 20 Apr 1969 00:00:00 +0000 /post/misc/ The following is a series of links to random accoutrements that I just couldn’t figure out a way to shoehorn into a post, but didn’t want to build a whole new website for. So, I’m putting them all under a lil’ umbrella here for those of you who would be interested in these types of things. Note: This list is VERY incomplete at the moment–I’m in the middle of a bunch of things and need time to code a bunch of the things I plan on including here. /post/misc_mainsiteupdate/ Sun, 20 Apr 1969 00:00:00 +0000 /post/misc_mainsiteupdate/ 2023 November 11, 2023 Added and changed the featured images on the Full Color Samples and Black And White Samples pages. Added an actually recent photo to the About page and cleaned up the design. Cleaned up the formatting on all text pages. 2024 December After a fairly dark year, I’m finally (more or less) back on the ball! Added in photography sections Added in certain biographical details to the About Me section Cleaned up CSS and formatting, made sure burger menu works on smaller screens. /post/misc_truckstopupdate/ Sun, 20 Apr 1969 00:00:00 +0000 /post/misc_truckstopupdate/ 2023 July 3, 2023 Added this update log! Formally added a bunch of features, including the Miscellany section, the Project Update Threads, and more. Added Listening List entries from when I started keeping track in mid-June, up through July 1st. Finished the first entry in How To Cook Shit Started in on two additional entries Minor CSS updates, including different colors when hovering over the menu July 4, 2023 Added post 14, the Jazz Program schedule for July. /post/photoroll002_quadcitiesspring25/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /post/photoroll002_quadcitiesspring25/ Caption goes here. Caption goes here. Caption goes here. Caption goes here. Caption goes here. Caption goes here. Caption goes here. Caption goes here. Caption goes here. Caption goes here.