Pop Shield

I’m sitting in a Little Sister workshop doing some work. I become aware of a pounding thump above my head. I am sitting directly below one of the Nations Favourite’s studios. I look at the Little Sister workshop clock. Looks like it didn’t survive the hour change again. Instead of getting itself in the usual perpetual 4pm pickle, it’s stuck on old time, one hour fast. Some simple arithmetic leads me to conclude that Zen Hoots is on air above me.

Zen Hoots is a drummer in his spare time. The thumping overhead is at a reasonable meter. I select Nations Favourite to an outside source fader and fade it up on my desk. Aha, it’s gibberish classic ‘Do Da Do Da Ron Ron Ron Ron’ from The Decanters. The thump fits perfectly. A familiar voice starts back announcing the record. Thump stops.

Jerry Wobegon used to do the same except his foot never stopped tapping after he had opened the mic. Causing the ducking unit to go quackers.