David Barr Kirtley

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October 26, 2005 by David Barr Kirtley Leave a Comment

My friend (from high school) Derek James has his first album on iTunes. (A search for “derek james stray” will bring it up.) You can listen to half the album for free on his website, but you need to go to iTunes to get some of the other songs, including my current favorite song, “Dust in the Wind.” (She’s like dust in the wind / see her once and then she’s gone again … She’s so hard to comprehend / convoluted messages she sends / so much time with her friends / does she know she’s fucking with my head?).

And in the “Awwww….” category, you can watch video of my cousin Zach showing off his new trick … walking.

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David Barr Kirtley

David Barr Kirtley is the host of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast, for which he’s interviewed over four hundred guests, including George R. R. Martin, Richard Dawkins, Paul Krugman, Simon Pegg, Margaret Atwood, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Ursula K. Le Guin. His short fiction appears in the book Save Me Plz and Other Stories.
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