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Steve Reynolds Program - I Just Want To Have Something To Do
September 28, 2023
Zzitcrack! Last week, a thunderstorm rolled through my town in the wee hours and lightning struck my house. It was LOUD. I screamed in surprise, emitting a...
Steve Reynolds Program - Hymn 43
September 14, 2023
Jello There! That greeting is the hot catch phrase of a guy named Otto is working his way through an old cookbook of Jello recipes and documenting it on...
Steve Reynolds Program - Hot Topic
August 23, 2023
Zemblanitous Hello! The word “serendipity” means “the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.” Today’s song is titled...
Steve Reynolds Program - Homemade
August 16, 2023
Hey all! I’m back from an epic road trip with wife, child and dog. We explored the northerlies with focus on paleontology and chill-ass touristing. It was...
Steve Reynolds Program - History Lesson- Part II
May 25, 2023
Ob-La-Di, Fam No, that song is not on my top 100 songs. It’s not even on my top 100 Beatles songs. I’m just trying to say life goes on. Sorry for the delay....
Steve Reynolds Program - Hate The Police
April 25, 2023
stuff on top A dad joke thing I’ve done forever is if someone wants my attention and says “hey, Wampus,” I say “Hey! How are ya!” Like they were saying hi,...
Steve Reynolds Program - Grounded
April 17, 2023
the intro In the 90’s, I read a lot of alternative comic books, the kind of comics without half and non-humans with magical powers running around. I liked...
Steve Reynolds Program - Greyhound
April 11, 2023
hello Went for a low-key greeting this time. Feels weird to do the lowercase thing. I’m not Daria, for emo’s sakes. It’s just that I try to start these...
Steve Reynolds Program - The Great Curve
March 31, 2023
Good Morning! It’s been a hot minute. “Wha’ happened, Wampus?”You ask. Well, I kind of put this thing to the side and then forgot about it. Sorry! My bad! I...
Steve Reynolds Program - Gossip Folks
March 7, 2023
¿Qué Onda? In Mexico, “¿qué onda?” is another way of saying “what’s up?” Literally translated as “What wave?,” kind of a “what’s the vibe?” thing to say. In...
Steve Reynolds Program - Good Fortune
March 3, 2023
Hello, Larry et al! Watched the first episode of season three of The Mandalorian. There better be a big twist coming up, because if the whole season is this...
Steve Reynolds Program - Going To California
February 28, 2023
FW: fw: Read This! IMPORTANT! If you know me, you know my preoccupation with forwarded emails and the underdiscussed influence they have on the national...
Steve Reynolds Program - Glittering Parliaments
February 24, 2023
Sego, Utah! Today, we’re one quarter the way through this top 100 songs series. Thanks to a website I just found, I know if this were a car trip from Los...
Steve Reynolds Program - Gates of Steel
February 16, 2023
Short Month, Long Wind Heaven-o! Never mind the lame heading above this and never mind the tardiness of this missive. I’m in a weird “what are even words?”...
Steve Reynolds Program - Felt Good To Burn
February 7, 2023
Hear It Is, Your Refuge Hey, buddies! Yes, this is the little nook of the internet that will NOT mention that thing everybody is making the same three or...
Steve Reynolds Program - Everybody's Fool
January 30, 2023
Power Through! It’s a cold-ass January! It’s fine, though I’d prefer some good snow instead of this thunder sleet. Can’t build a thundersleetman in the front...
Steve Reynolds Program - Else
January 24, 2023
Blackjack! Song number twenty-one. Now I’m thinking of when I lost way too much at a blackjack table in Vegas. Damn you, house advantage! It’s snowing...
Steve Reynolds Program - Electronic Windows To Nowhere
January 19, 2023
One-Fifth of The Way There! Howdy ho! Twenty songs done. What a milestone! For the intro, here’s a recently rejected list. I hate online reviews— Yelp being...
Steve Reynolds Program - Eindhoven Chicken Masque
January 13, 2023
Back Again Hey all y’all! As a change-up, I decided to type up a McSweeney’s-style list for this section. I then realized McSweeney’s is still going strong....
Steve Reynolds Program - Each Is Good In His Own House
January 6, 2023
Happy What The Hell Day! Two years ago today, the culmination of abiding and/or ignoring the dumbest ecosystem of fear, ignorance and privilege happened. How...
Steve Reynolds Program - Doowutchyalike
January 4, 2023
New year, new attitude! “Hey Wampus, a facetious headline is deffo not a new attitude.” Yeah, that’s right. Sorry. Thanks for reading The Steve Reynolds...
Steve Reynolds Program - Dirty Boots
December 12, 2022
A defense and/or celebration of Wampus's choices of top 100 songs in the form of prose around 500 words
Steve Reynolds Program - Destroy
December 8, 2022
A defense and/or celebration of Wampus's choices of top 100 songs in the form of prose around 500 words
Steve Reynolds Program - Dazz
December 1, 2022
Slumber, Interrupted Happy December, all! The newsletter had a hiatus due to technical issues, work and other stuff. At the start of the year, I set my...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Class Clown Spots A UFO
November 10, 2022
A New(sletter) Era! Hey You Guys! New look! I procrastinated switching over to this platform, scared that it would be a pain. Turns out it was really easy...
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November 8, 2022
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The Steve Reynolds Program - The Christian Life
October 25, 2022
What the "H" is up, You? Sorry, for the week's delay. We opened up the shop a couple of days and that took up my time. Then this weekend, we went to...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Checking In
October 12, 2022
Newsletter Subscribers! This is the first issue for some of you. Welcome! Hope this didn't go to spam and you never see this. What a loss for you. I love...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Buzzards and Dreadful Crows
October 9, 2022
Hello! I'm one-tenth done! This calls for celebrating by watching another episode of McDonald & Dodds, the very British, very tame mystery series I've...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Bury Me Happy
October 4, 2022
Hi! As Yoda would admonish, "truckin', keep on." Now I want a shirt with a Yoda with big R. Crumb feet and that slogan in bubbly quasi-Cooper font. If I...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Blabber 'N Smoke
September 30, 2022
Ogale* Paxis! That's what this sci-fi character, Zan-R, that hosted a show on a local UHF channel would say at the beginning of his segments. A graphic at...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Big Boring Wedding
September 27, 2022
Dear Sir/Madam: Five random thoughts that I'll try to make as unmediated as possible. "Skam Lykely" would be a good MC name.Chali 2na is not a good MC name,...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Before I Lose My Style
September 21, 2022
Hi Menschen! These are getting easier to write. It's a good morning exercise to get the mind going. In fact, I've been busting out prose like Irving Wallace...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Beercan
September 19, 2022
Hello! Another 500 worder. I found a kindred spirit/guiding light for this project and that's Subgenius artist/prankster tENTATIVELY a cONVENIENCE's...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Bam Bam
September 13, 2022
Another day, another rambling you don't have to pay for! How lucky can you be? (the answer is "noticeably") I'm in the middle of watching La Belle Noiseuse,...
The Steve Reynolds Program - And Your Bird Can Sing
September 9, 2022
Hello! The queen of England died. Sorry this is the way you're finding out. It happened yesterday. No foul play suspected. One of her sons is king now. Weird...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Ain't Got No/I Got Life
September 2, 2022
Hello, Subscribers and Looky-Loos! It's tough to write about music. I'm not going to type out the cliched sentence, but just link to it. In the aughts, I...
The Steve Reynolds Program - 99 1/2 Won't Do
August 23, 2022
Good morrow, Noble Sirs and Mesdames! Remember this thing? Sort of? I as well! I pinned an easy sign up button (thanks, Revue and suck it, substack!) on my...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Issue #21
September 20, 2021
This Newsletter Just Hit Blackjack! The 21st issue! Who would've thought that little old me, the man who likes to start things and then run far far away from...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Issue #20
August 3, 2021
The first issue of the Bidarris Era! What what what? Up from a long deep slumber arises another missive from your pal Wampus! If I were to sum up my output...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Issue #19
January 6, 2021
IT'S TWENTY TWENTY FUN, Y'ALL! Yes, this is the NINETEENTH issue of the newsletter with the slogan "Out of sight; out of mind!" That would be my mind and...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Issue #18
August 31, 2020
Happy late August! This summer was hot and humid and weird and gross and all the other adjectives that don't paint a pretty picture. In early July, I bought...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Issue #17
July 13, 2020
Hey, hey! Lots of things have happened since last issue. Personally, I turned fifty! It's a strange number to process. I'm still wrapping my head around it....
The Steve Reynolds Program - Issue #16
May 14, 2020
Issue Sixteen and it comes one week after Issue Fifteen? Who the hell am I, Wee Willie Keeler? I'm not sure, but let's just do what Terry Kirkman's biggest...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Issue #15
May 6, 2020
Whoa! Do you remember this? I started doing these in Fanta Sé and then fizzled out after we moved back to The City of Festivals. Ah, simpler times. A...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Issue #14
July 8, 2018
hey HEY hey! What's going on? Besides the systemic dismantling of the safeguards from evil? Just hot horrible weather and the attempt to withstand those who...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Issue #13
June 21, 2018
Hey! Is this late? I think it is, even though there is no promised schedule. Sorry about that. We just saw Guided by Voices in Dallas at the same venue we...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Issue #12
June 2, 2018
An oppressively sultry hello to you all! This comes a little late. Some idiot forgot to pack the remote for the Roku so I haven't discovered many shows to...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Issue #11
May 21, 2018
Hello, Peoples! A friend sent me a picture of himself drinking a spiced colada as discussed in the last newsletter. And that made this weekly endeavor a...
The Steve Reynolds Program - Issue #10
May 14, 2018
"What's your second favorite Paul F. Tompkins bit?" I almost texted that to a comic friend today. Because we (and people we respect and love) agree what the...
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