Welcome to Dave's World:

If you have been tuning in to Jackie Sauter's Music for a Monday Afternoon over the past few months, you have been introduced to Canadian storyteller Stuart Maclean and to Dave, the proprietor of the Vinyl Cafe. If not, you are in for a real treat. NCPR is picking up this CBC program for broadcast on Wednesdays at 1 pm, beginning next week. For me, it was love at first listen. I take as evidence for the existence of God--and one with a wicked sense of humor--the appearance of hairless cats and wrinkle dogs, and also, the antics of aging family men who try, as Jessica Rabbit's torch number says, to "do right, like some other men do." Dave could easily be named for my own father, Dave Hobson, who could often be found climbing out from under the wreckage of his best intentions. Around my house, whenever something goes spectacularly awry, we are wont to give a disbelieving shake of the head and proclaim "Dave's World." Welcome to it.