Rocky Racoon Lives! Give Luke Shilts a Listen on 1310AM KFKA. Trust Me.
Andrew T. Durham
November 22, 2008
I don´t usually do a shout-out in my writing. What this means is that I don´t usually do reviews of shows, things and such. But sometimes things stand out that need to be commented on.
I´m a rabid researcher. I write because I read. And, being an ultimately flexible person, I take in all sides of everything. Trust me, it´s not a pleasant place to be. Sometimes I wish I were adamant about SOMETHING. It´s a bitch when you can look into the points of view of most everyone.
That being said, months ago I was looking on the Internet to find radio stations that carried a particular talk show that was being pre-empted by this moronic sports show on my local city station 1180AM WHAM. So I went searching around the country. And it was there I found Luke Shilts.
This guy is amazing to listen to. There are very few callers, and he talks about stuff for a couple hours…with almost no "Um´s, Uh´s," or stuff like that. He´s amusing, laid back and I can literally smell the fireplace in the background (even in the summer) and the gas fumes from the pickup truck.
Shilts comes out of Greeley, Colorado and it makes me long to go there. His voice has a strength that is reassuring and solid, and his views are firm, yet not couched in dogma. The practicality of what Luke Shilts talks about is glaring when you strip your own cluttered life from the basics. This is what will survive the next decade, folks. Not Wall Street. Not Conservative rich-boy, private jet-owning blowhards.
There is a comfort in the so-called "rural" way of life that is mystical in its own way. Luke Shilts captures that just by his smooth, easy way. There is nothing that can take the place of seeing your breath on a cold December night, watching the Aurora Borealis…or just being able to see actual stars in the sky, something those of us in big cities have all but forgotten. I mean, have you ever noticed when you´re out in the country, when you look straight on at some stars you can´t see them? But when you look just off to the side you can suddenly see them.
This is the Luke Shilts Show on KFKA 1310AM.
Get online and give him a listen http://www.1310kfka.com/.
Get over yourself for a couple hours, and realize that common sense is not a mystery.
I´m a rabid researcher. I write because I read. And, being an ultimately flexible person, I take in all sides of everything. Trust me, it´s not a pleasant place to be. Sometimes I wish I were adamant about SOMETHING. It´s a bitch when you can look into the points of view of most everyone.
That being said, months ago I was looking on the Internet to find radio stations that carried a particular talk show that was being pre-empted by this moronic sports show on my local city station 1180AM WHAM. So I went searching around the country. And it was there I found Luke Shilts.
This guy is amazing to listen to. There are very few callers, and he talks about stuff for a couple hours…with almost no "Um´s, Uh´s," or stuff like that. He´s amusing, laid back and I can literally smell the fireplace in the background (even in the summer) and the gas fumes from the pickup truck.
Shilts comes out of Greeley, Colorado and it makes me long to go there. His voice has a strength that is reassuring and solid, and his views are firm, yet not couched in dogma. The practicality of what Luke Shilts talks about is glaring when you strip your own cluttered life from the basics. This is what will survive the next decade, folks. Not Wall Street. Not Conservative rich-boy, private jet-owning blowhards.
There is a comfort in the so-called "rural" way of life that is mystical in its own way. Luke Shilts captures that just by his smooth, easy way. There is nothing that can take the place of seeing your breath on a cold December night, watching the Aurora Borealis…or just being able to see actual stars in the sky, something those of us in big cities have all but forgotten. I mean, have you ever noticed when you´re out in the country, when you look straight on at some stars you can´t see them? But when you look just off to the side you can suddenly see them.
This is the Luke Shilts Show on KFKA 1310AM.
Get online and give him a listen http://www.1310kfka.com/.
Get over yourself for a couple hours, and realize that common sense is not a mystery.
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