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A partial record of things heard, seen, and said from the first forty.

David Faulhaber


    • Jun 5, 2008 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 2m AVG DURATION
    • 238 EPISODES


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    First Forty 1978-02-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2008 0:10


    Tonight we signed up for baseball and we had to sell candy. We called our relatives and they bought some candy.

    First Forty 2000-02-27

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2008 3:03


    Yumi and I go in to the office; over to Ted's to study; after Don leaves, Ted and I get back on the topic of "god-in-a-box"; spend hours conceptualizing miniaturized worlds; Yumi upset to lose our Sunday evening together.

    First Forty 1995-02-20

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2008 1:40


    Clear and beautiful — but hot!; everybody down at the beaches; Casey called in the morning; thought about classes for next semester — also about minoring in Philosophy; I need to think about getting a job; called Mom and talked about how Owen’s wedding went; in bed at 11:00 but couldn’t sleep.

    First Forty 1990-09a

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 0:21


    Trish breaks up with Casey

    First Forty 1986-04-08d

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2008 4:28


    Brunch at McDonalds; take the bus to Quebec; sleep along the way; Fred and I picked up by Mme. Champagne; at her house, we're both scared — now it's real; dinner with the family; help daughter with English homework; watch Nordiques game on television; Connie calls; Fred and I retreat to our hideout in the basement.

    First Forty 1978-02-23

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2008 0:34


    Today we started the hockey tournament and we went to Andy’s house. We played with his slime and had loads of fun.

    First Forty 2000-02-26

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2008 4:18


    Kids show at Kuumbwa; Miki comes down from San Francisco with her boyfriend; study kanji at the library; dinner over at Eisuke's apartment; Yumi and I watch Juzo Itami's The Funeral; Miki's car breaks down in San Jose; they phone at 2 a.m., but the connection is lost; nothing we can to do help them.

    First Forty 1995-02-19

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2008 2:00


    Sleep most of the day; finish Farewell to Manzanar; go for a ride; stop and listen to drum circle; missing Meggin; feel foolish for wanting to chase skirts; read essays on culture and technology; will I be able to make it all work out?

    First Forty 1990-08f

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2008 2:20


    Answering machine messages from Dad, Phil, Amy, Patti, Claire, and Andy.

    First Forty 1986-04-08c

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2008 6:50


    Sightsee around Montréal; dinner at Bavarian beer hall; stop in at "Le Club Sex 969" to ask directions; cute coat-check girl; night of clubbing at The Business and The Passport; head back after not getting in to Thursdays; sleep through alarm in the morning.

    First Forty 1978-02-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2008 0:43


    This morning on Ray Rayner they had the winners from the jelly bean count. Nothing happened.

    First Forty 2000-02-25

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2007 2:36


    Clean out old files from computer; PCS wants $120 from Yumi for breaking the lease; the What-Nots (Kevin Northcutt's band) playing down at Whole Earth; call Case but we don't have much to talk about; we're both changing; stop by Kuumbwa; Yumi out playing poker with friends.

    First Forty 1995-02-18

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2007 2:06


    Read most of Farewell to Manzanar; call Grant; head downtown and stop to watch two girls dancing in their house; bad vibe in bar above the Redroom; get too drunk and wake up with a terrific hang-over.

    First Forty 1986-04-08b

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2007 2:35


    Arrive in Montreal; rooming with Fred, Dean, and Dan at our hotel; go out for pizza with some of the girls, then Fred and I walk up and down Ste. Catherine street; Montreal is cool because the people speak perfect French and English.

    First Forty 2000-02-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2007 2:25


    Yumi and I take bus up to campus to eat breakfast; Lisa getting an HIV test, in a funk over finishing her dissertation; have one of Grandpa's navy pictures on my computer desktop; receive an email asking for The Last Vaudevillain review a.s.a.p.; see Yumi at Cabrillo.

    First Forty 1995-02-17

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2007 2:18


    Group-project is frustrating, and I'm confused about the major; first V.A. check finally arrives; Meggin calls with the news that Plouffis has died; I think Hal is growing weary of burying pets; call Mom to pass along the news; she and Tom are making cakes for Owen's wedding.

    First Forty 1990-08d

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2007 1:06


    Rich goes away for a week to an intensive Forum “camp”, to get over his fear of heights; he says that he’s going to cross over a rope bridge spanning a gorge; Claire is hysterical, saying that he’ll kill himself; when he comes back he’s pretty quiet about the whole thing, and I wonder what happened.

    First Forty 1986-04-08a

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2007 2:48


    Miss Poly Sci and French because I oversleep; because I need to finish research on a paper, I also miss English; Mrs. Delaney tells me the work is inadequate, and to get my life organized; race home to pack for Canada; Fred's parents take us to O'Hare; have time to think about how to straighten my life out.

    First Forty 1978-02-20

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2007 0:07


    All we did today was play because we had the day off.

    First Forty 2000-02-23

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2007 4:52


    Scan family photos at Amy's desk; in the market for a DV camcorder; Yumi and I go to classical guitar concert on campus; Joseph is the stage director; I am "monkey hand"; talk of Marcel contributing rent; Yumi resorts to "American" medicine.

    First Forty 1995-02-16

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2007 2:40


    Struggling with Hume; guest speaker in class from Shoshone Nation; cool guy, reminds me of Grandpa; beautiful sunset; attend talk on Hubble telescope; interested in space, once more; night walk.

    First Forty 1990-08c

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2007 1:47


    Go to Naval Reserve Center to find out what I need to do for summer training; they're going to put me on a frigate based out of Treasure Island, in San Francisco; during my physical, the doctor detects a heart condition: mitral valve prolapse; I'm told to lay off strenuous exercise.

    First Forty 1986-04-01h

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2007 4:23


    Grant and I go to Jodie's birthday party in Streamwood; it's been ages since we've seen her; Jodie shows us her pictures of the Europe trip, which bring back a LOT of memories; even Grant is feeling nostalgic; suddenly want to talk to Ann.

    First Forty 1978-02-19

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2007 0:08


    Today Todd and I played and watched Project U.F.O.

    First Forty 2000-02-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2007 3:05


    Amy furious at Baytree for tracking her down while on vacation; Japanese class is a real train wreck; Tajima sensei is great, but totally disorganized; Ted, Don, and I are ready to take out some of the younger punks; Muria has already promised the garage as a practice space for some friends of hers in a band.

    First Forty 1995-02-15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2007 2:49


    No one in Section can agree on a topic; Prop 187 hunger strike planned for the weekend; don't tell me what to do; $7 massage; movies on Western Shoshone; finish National Geographic article on the Universe, which puts everything into perspective.

    First Forty 1990-08b

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2007 1:48


    Decide to get hair-cut at barbershop on Larchmont; while there I meet Huell Howser, from KCET; we get to talking and he wonders if I wouldn't mind working with him on his next project; we exchange information, but I don't expect anything to come of it.

    First Forty 1986-04-01g

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2007 2:15


    Go to another meeting at Stu's; stop by Yorktown to see Grandma and Grandpa at the show; while there I pick up re-mixes of "Sweetest Girl" and "Our House"; ask about getting Madness videos; Grant and I play Subbuteo; Jodi calls me out of the blue; she's having a party and would like Grant and I to come.

    First Forty 1978-02-18

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2007 0:11


    Tonight we were at a pow-wow in Wheaton. The Spotted Pony people were celebrated by Chief Walks-With-The-Wind.

    First Forty 1995-02-14

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2007 3:33


    Gorgeous day!; pick up hotel brochures for Mom; ride up to campus; before riding down, stop to take in the beauty; Meggin calls; tell her that I'm tempted by the women at school; she has similar feelings about the men around her; she tells me to just be careful, if something DOES happen; what!?; talk about my issues with sex and guilt.

    First Forty 1990-08a

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2007 2:56


    August 2: Iraq invades Kuwait; I'm following the news constantly on KCRW; Case is put on alert and sent to Norfolk, where he spends his time digging ditches; while there, he meets a stripper.

    First Forty 1978-02-17

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2007 0:11


    Today we had a feast. We had foods from other countries. Tonight we went to a pow-wow.

    First Forty 2000-02-20

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2007 4:18


    Spend day with Ted, watching movies; see American Beauty first at Cinema 9, then Totoro at his place; Ted has redecorated his apartment; he tells me of his idea to hawk desktop shrines; raining all day; WWII propaganda film; Ted relates his fated meeting of Masako in Tokyo.

    First Forty 1995-02-13

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2007 2:02


    Run into Michael at library; he must think I'm following him; watch Angel Island and bell hooks videos; bike parts come; finally clean room; Case goes out with both Maureen and Amy; he's worried about becoming an alcoholic like his dad.

    First Forty 1990-07j

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2007 3:57


    While you were away... (pt. 3)

    First Forty 1986-04-01e

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2007 3:48


    Change out of Calculus to Government; so many awesome girls at the Field House; cleaning "party" at Stu's; John and I are assigned to the inside the ice-maker; grades come — they're not good; measure blood pressure in class and mine is 150/50!

    First Forty 1978-02-16

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2007 0:10


    Today we started to set-up the things for the foods (on Friday for the dinner).

    First Forty 2000-02-19

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2007 5:08


    Yumi goes to San Francisco with Ted to watch Chinese New Year celebrations; have brunch with Chad, Denise, and Chel; Chad and I play soccer up on East Field; Samba Ngo at Kuumbwa; nice coming home to a quiet house.

    First Forty 1995-02-12

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2007 1:36


    Andy drops by to borrow "China Men"; catches me in my pajamas; racked by anxiety over the situation with Meggin; couldn't get anything done.

    First Forty 1990-07i

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2007 1:30


    Taking classes through UCLA Extension; drop "Music" after one meeting, but stay with "History of the West" right up until the end; harangued about inferior vitamins at drug store on Larchmont.

    First Forty 1986-04-01d

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2007 3:06


    Stay up all night with John watching Scarface; go to meeting the following morning at Stu's; rake leaves all that day; Dan B. stops by before leaving for Georgia; we talk and watch the tape of Comic Relief.

    First Forty 1978-02-15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2007 0:08


    Today we went to Grandma's house and had a wonderful party.

    First Forty 2000-02-18

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2007 1:11


    Harvey Wainapel show at Kuumbwa; Yumi comes to hang out with me; Chad and Denise drop by and we go play darts at the Poet with Chel; I sink a double-bull to win the game.

    First Forty 1995-02-11

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2007 1:36


    Basketball driving me crazy; read, run; bottle of Stoli cuts into my food budget; Celtic rock band at Live Soup; cut on over to Red Room, dance to DJ cuts; drinking vodka that I keep in my socks; what a cheap bastard...

    First Forty 1990-07h

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2007 0:57


    Jason is in L.A., staying with Joe; he comes to the job in Beverly Hills and Joe has us doing batting practice on the new ball fields; buy new glove, but it’s a bit snug.

    First Forty 1986-04-01c

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2007 2:28


    Drive John to Goodyear; Todd cuts off his mohawk; he's being more himself than ever; "flame off" at work in order to complete my scripting requirements; pick up Dad at O'Hare and drive to see the Sting play Dallas (they lost).

    First Forty 2000-02-17

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2007 3:00


    Talk to Kris at Japanese class about his JET interview; Tajima sensei tells us her experience in Japan with domestic violence; Ted and I have a long talk after class; he tells me about lingering sleeplessness related to his father, and his plans to move to Japan.

    First Forty 1995-02-10

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2007 4:35


    On the road to San Francisco by 11; meet Claire and Jesse at Mandarin Oriental hotel; we walk around North Beach, go to City Lights; I get the feeling the girls don't want me around so I take off after only 4 hours; night ride home along the coast makes up for everything.

    First Forty 1990-07g

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2007 2:27


    Sean comes out for a little over three weeks; he works with me one day but decides that the work is too hard; he next finds a job working at a patisserie but he only lasts there an hour; Sean flies Debbie out for the weekend; Kirsten also comes out for a few days; Patti and I hike along the ridge of Topanga Canyon.

    First Forty 1986-04-01b

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2007 3:11


    Employee meeting at Fox Valley Stuart Anderson's; kick soccer ball around at WWHS; car breaks down on Plamondon; Jim and Beth drive by, but don't see me; run to John's, leave car there; John's dad talks me through the repair the next day; it's "a nothin' thing".

    First Forty 1978-02-13

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2007 0:08


    Today we made valentines at home and made a valentine’s bag.

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