DAVE MCBRIDE: A Nail in the Head

Dave McBride

A Nail in the Head

© 2000 Dave McBride (679720122424)

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Called "Chicago's wittiest radio essayist" by the Chicago Sun-Times, these 32 most-requested classics from the treasury of Dave's Raves provide cerebal excursions down meandering tributaries of his stream of consciousness.

tracks

1 The National Science Foundation and the Funny Bone
2 The Drum Major
3 A Nail in the Head
4 Day of the Corner Cupboard
5 When Poets Golf
6 My Dinner with Eric Clapton
7 Deserters from the Alphabet
8 Profanity Deficit Disorder
9 Less than Great Expectations
10 The Physics of Frozen Dinner Rolls
11 If I Ran NPR
12 From Out of the Mouths of Coots
13 Fish Die
14 Santa's Little Helper
15 How to Speak to a Teenager
16 A Steamboat Willie World
17 Homosexual Like Me
18 The Festival of Gotmar
19 Tori Spelling's Behind
20 Cloning Elvis
21 Croquet
22 Ode to Sammy Sosa - 1998
23 Those Chatty Neanderthals
24 Those Chatty Neanderthals, Part Two
25 The 12 Letter Skaters
26 Bad Children's Books
27 The Sex Life of the Rattlebox Moth
28 Properous on the Bosporus
29 Out of My Periodic Element
30 A Brief History of the Limerick
31 News of Pi ala Modem
32 My Dinner with Charlie Trotter

notes

Called "Chicago's wittiest radio essayist," by the Chicago Sun-Times, Dave McBride's four minute cerebral excursions down meandering tributaries of his comic stream of consciousness entertained thousands daily for more than a decade.

Here, he contemplates assuming control of the local NPR station, ("Chicago's premier recourse for Madagascan separatist issues, and for the recounting of why percussion is key to Basque folk dances and how they differ subtly from mazurkas"); helps a teenager from Texas realize his dream to become a drum major; and explains his ambition to become a full-blown coot.

With the hip of a Dennis Miller and the wit of a Richard Armour, he enlists his audience to put on its thinking cap.

PRESS QUOTES:

"A tightly scripted string of pop-culture observations and parenthetical asides ... a densely packed combination of obscure historical references and goofball tabloid stories; sentenses so long and convoluted a whole flock of nuns could spend an hour diagramming just one." - Chicago Tribune

"Dave McBride has compiled a collection of his 32 most frequently requested essays known as "Dave's Raves." McBride's stream-of-consciousness gems include the title track "A Nail in the Head," a masterpiece of his droll humor." - Chicago Sun-Times

"Voted best three minutes on Chicago radio ... a verbose symphony of rambling non-sequiturs, odd lexicography, random quotes and freakishly obtuse vocabulary, plus some bizarro science and history facts thrown in for good measure." - Newcity

"Veteran newsman Dave McBride is perhaps the funniest man in the world." - Daily Herald

reviews

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  • Dave is a very funny guy especially when making jokes out of tradgedy
    author: Robert Heiss

    I would like to see somebody put a "spike" in you fucking head you twenty-four carat solid gold prick. Let me know if you get hit by a truck so I can get a good laugh!

  • He's too brilliant not to be more famous
    author: Rick

    Amazing that he used to write one of these every day! Most of the raves are great, a few are downright brilliant. The "Ode to Sammy Sosa" alone is worth the price of the CD. I send this (about 5 times now) to friends when I want to surprise them with something original and fun.

  • Great Fun
    author: Chris

    Bought one of these for myself & another for a friend who used to live in Chicago. It bought back memories of listening to Dave's rants on the radio and he's just as funny delivering them on the CD. The title story is priceless.

  • Nothing short of brilliant.
    author: Johnny

    There are zero duds on this CD. Every track is hysterical. Dave makes you think, but doesn't seem interested in alienating any listener. It makes a wonderful gift (I bought one for my Dad). He was the best thing about the Steve Dahl in Chicago show for years.

  • I laugh every time I here it!
    author: ~~~~~ Panzek

    Out of the periodic table of elements, and The physics of frozen dinner roles are two of my favorites (although its hard to pick favorites). I guess I would call it intellectual modern day comedy poetry (darn funny would work as well).

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