commanderpants http://commanderpants.podbean.com Absurdist tales set to original provocative music. All from the warped imagination of The Commander. Podcasts too! Alter your consciousness without paying for drugs. Tune in! Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:07:39 +0000 http://podbean.com/?v=3.2 en © 2003-2009 Music & Words 1440 Absurdist tales set to original provocative music. All from the warped imagination of The Commander. Podcasts too! Alter your consciousness without paying for drugs. Tune in! commanderpants@verizon.net No No http://commanderpants.podbean.com/mf/web/pfuvxf/CommanderPantsShorts2copy.jpg commanderpants http://commanderpants.podbean.com 144 144 A Fish Story http://commanderpants.podbean.com/stories/a-fish-story/ http://commanderpants.podbean.com/stories/a-fish-story/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:05:20 +0000 commanderpants Uncategorized http://commanderpants.podbean.com/stories/a-fish-story/ The article excerpted below appeared in The New York Times (The Commander thought that you’d probably want to know the story behind the story, so he wrote A Fish Story):

Miracle? Dream? Prank? Fish Talks, Town Buzzes

By COREY KILGANNON
Published: March 15, 2003

And so it came to pass that a talking carp, shouting in Hebrew, shattered the calm of the New Square Fish Market and created what many here are calling a miracle.

Of course, others are calling it a Purim trick, a loopy tale worthy of Isaac Bashevis Singer or just a whopping fish story concocted by a couple of meshugenehs.

The story goes that a 20-pound carp about to be slaughtered and made into gefilte fish for Sabbath dinner began speaking in Hebrew, shouting apocalyptic warnings and claiming to be the troubled soul of a revered community elder who recently died.

Many people here believe that it was God revealing himself that day to two fish cutters in the fish market, Zalmen Rosen, a 57-year-old Hasid with 11 children, and his co-worker Luis Nivelo…

PS: In case you’re interested, and want to read the whole story, just go to nytimes.com and check their archives for “apocalyptic carp” (for whatever reason, the whole link refused to fit here).

]]> http://commanderpants.podbean.com/stories/a-fish-story/feed/ The article excerpted below appeared in The New York Times (The Commander thought that you'd probably want to know the story behind the story, so ... The article excerpted below appeared in The New York Times (The Commander thought that you'd probably want to know the story behind the story, so he wrote A Fish Story): Miracle? Dream? Prank? Fish Talks, Town Buzzes By COREY KILGANNON Published: March 15, 2003 And so it came to pass that a talking carp, shouting in Hebrew, shattered the calm of the New Square Fish Market and created what many here are calling a miracle. Of course, others are calling it a Purim trick, a loopy tale worthy of Isaac Bashevis Singer or just a whopping fish story concocted by a couple of meshugenehs. The story goes that a 20-pound carp about to be slaughtered and made into gefilte fish for Sabbath dinner began speaking in Hebrew, shouting apocalyptic warnings and claiming to be the troubled soul of a revered community elder who recently died. Many people here believe that it was God revealing himself that day to two fish cutters in the fish market, Zalmen Rosen, a 57-year-old Hasid with 11 children, and his co-worker Luis Nivelo... PS: In case you're interested, and want to read the whole story, just go to nytimes.com and check their archives for "apocalyptic carp" (for whatever reason, the whole link refused to fit here). , No No 8:57