Tonight is my radio debut as StryderLee hosting "Strange Cucumber" an eclectic, engaging, varied and unexpected radio show that combines music, audio collage, sound effects, commentary, spoken word, interviews, local soundscapes, interesting audio history and more. My first time slot is Monday mornings 1AM-3AM, a time when most folks are asleep but many college students are catching up on the studying they should have done over the weekend, so I hope I can engage them.
The origin of the title is in a remark one of my fellow students made to me one afternoon at the Eastern School of Farriery: "Stryder....you sure are a strange cucumber." An old friend gave me the name Stryder because I walk so fast, so I used it at horseshoeing school. The other guys taking the 6-week summer training course didn't know what to make of a guy who read books and didn't join in conversations about "niggers, faggots and bitches." When I tired of being kept up until 2AM (when we woke at 6 to work on horses!) I packed up and moved my gear from the men's bunkhouse (population 15) to the women's side (population 3) and these guys didn't know what to think - hence, "strange cucumber."
So, I hope the title doesn't scare anyone off and that for my two short hours I will be able to entertain, inform, provoke thought and surprise my listeners.
