The DC Chronicles: Dave's Book and Broken Ankle Sagas

[killersmom]

Yes the interview was excellent and I liked the setting outside.

I was more interested in the interview, but I can understand Lydia, being from Kentucky!!!

It was an amazing upset. 50 to 1 long shot. But I always root for the underdog!!

[Dave Cullen]

Did Dave start speaking right at the beginning of the hour?  I missed the first 15 minutes of the show.  It's only 6:45 PM now, and his interview is over, so I saw the last half hour of it.

I thought he gave a really good interview.

Thanks. Yes, it started right at the top of the hour.

Thanks for the nice words, also Linda. I've only watched a bit of it. It was a little hard to watch myself. I thought I rambled too much, and it was also hard to get past how I looked from that angle. (It's funny: in the mirror, you only see yourself from certain angles, so I had no idea I looked like that. It was jarring watching someone different than my mental image of myself. I know all that is trivial and not what it's about, but I've talked to lots of people in the past, and it's  apparently common. It can be hard to watch yourself on TV.

The same thing goes for WHAT I said. I think in concepts and I have this clear little nuggets in my head, and then I hear myself spending way too many words on it. That's why I'm a writer, not a speaker. I would have edited 80% out of that if I wrote it, and given a much tighter talk.

So it's hard to be objective and may take me a little while before I can view even a little objectively.

I do think my real personality comes through though. That's me, for better or for worse. I tend to forget the camera and get lost in the memories of reliving/retelling the little stories.

[Dave Cullen]

Yes the interview was excellent and I liked the setting outside.

Thanks. I loved the setting, too. It was a gorgeous day, and the crowd was so friendly and happy, and I had no idea that the UCLA campus was that beautiful. When I got to the bus--a mobile studio--it felt so sterile in there, and I was thrilled that they wanted to do it outside.

Initially they were going to have me sit on those huge roots, so I'd be right in the tree. I said OK, I'll do whatever you want, but then Peter said no, bring the guy a chair.

It was also kind of cool that people passing by got interested and stopped and stayed for much of it. That made me feel better as I did it.

[killersmom]

I do think my real personality comes through though. That's me, for better or for worse. I tend to forget the camera and get lost in the memories of reliving/retelling the little stories.

That's what counts Dave. It IS you and that is how you come across. Very genuine and knowledgable.

[Dave Cullen]

I do think my real personality comes through though. That's me, for better or for worse. I tend to forget the camera and get lost in the memories of reliving/retelling the little stories.

That's what counts Dave. It IS you and that is how you come across. Very genuine and knowledgable.

Thanks. I was worried watching it that I could be much more concise, but that might be unrealistic for me. At least I'm myself, and comfortable doing it.

BTW, I'm halfway through my 3-hour coast to coast interview. It's going well and the host is interesting, so it's OK so far, but I'm getting a kinda tired. It's 1:35 a.m., on commercial break. Actually, not quite: The host is doing a little recap thing. The first three segments, I kept thinking I was on the air and he was leading toward a question. I've finally learned that he's doing a two-minute preview segment where all I do is listen, then another commercial break, and then I come back and respond. It's easier knowing when I have to be on the edge of my seat and ready to react. Just three segments left. Then bed.

I tried taking a nap from 10-11:30, but got a late start and then was too wired to sleep.

I thought it might also be useful to start fooling my body into thinking it was supposed to sleep during some of the time period that will be night-time in the UK. So far, no success on that.

I don't do well with jet lag, and that's going to kick my butt.

Oh, there's the music. We're coming back.

[killersmom]

Listening to it now Dave, and you sound OK.
Making sense and all despite the hour.

[Dave Cullen]

OK, we're going to callers in the next segment.

[killersmom]

Hope you don't get any crazies like in Mountain View.

[dejavu]

I do think my real personality comes through though. That's me, for better or for worse. I tend to forget the camera and get lost in the memories of reliving/retelling the little stories.

That's what counts Dave. It IS you and that is how you come across. Very genuine and knowledgable.

I was going to say this same thing, but Linda already said it.

Giving a "looser" talk is just what happens during a conversation, and that's how it came across.  Really enjoyable to listen to.

[Zudos]

Hey Dave,

Sounds like its a flying visit to London... I am in London on Wednesday, so would be great to see you if at all possible, perhaps Wednesday evening...?

How will you let us know where you could potentially be...?

 

[Dave Cullen]

Hey Dave,

Sounds like its a flying visit to London... I am in London on Wednesday, so would be great to see you if at all possible, perhaps Wednesday evening...?

How will you let us know where you could potentially be...?

 

hopefully here, maybe from lydia. or maybe facebook.

i have no idea how i'll be able to comminicate over there when i'll have time to access.

[huntinbuddy]

Did any of you other insomniacs besides me catch Dave's interview on George Noory's coast to coast am (late night radio talk) last night?
Ian Punnett was the host.....here is the link.....

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2009/05/02

.....apologies if this is not the right thread to post this in.
 mod.....a copy of a post from the Reunions tread....

[Dave Cullen]

They are still booking things, but here are a few radio things I'll be on tomorrow (Tues) in Ireland:

11am - 11.30 - Radio interview - LIVE - The Gerry Ryan Show RTE 2


6pm - 6.30pm - Radio interview - LIVE - The Last Word with Matt Cooper Today FM

[KittyHawk]

An Irish friend of a friend of Dave's sent these links. We should be able to hear two of his Dublin interviews on Tuesday.
(The times Dave lists in his message above are Dublin time - 5 hours ahead of our Eastern time.)

Gerry Ryan:

http://2fm.rte.ie/show/11/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=Gerry+Ryan+Show

Matt Cooper:

http://www.todayfm.com/Shows/Weekdays/Matt-Cooper/Matt-Cooper-Blog.aspx

They say Gerry Ryan has a huge listenership!

If you catch one of the programs, let us hear about it!

[Dave Cullen]

But I'm afraid I didn't appreciate it. I didn't catch a wink on the flight from Chicago, so I've been up 36 hours now. I just got to London, checked into my hotel in what looks to be a nice section, called Earl's Court, and just laid down on an actual bed. Ahhhhhhh.

I can't wait to close my eyes.

Dublin was beautiful, despite the sleep walking. I did two BBC national Ireland radio shows--The Gerry Ryan Show and The Last Word with Matt Cooper--and they both knew their stuff.

I also spent an hour with a very bright woman from Hot Press magazine, which will be out next month.

Then I strolled around central Dublin for a few hours, laid on the quad at Trinity College, and signed a bunch of books at several local stores. Very nice people, the Irish. Makes me proud to call it my mother country.

Tomorrow we've got a lot of radio planned in London, and more of the same Thursday. I think I'll be able to appreciate it more.

Also, I signed a ton of books at the Hudson stores in all three concourses at DIA. Looked for autographed copies if you're going through that airport.
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We're going to try to arrange a place for me to be tomorrow or Thurs at a bookstore if anyone wants to meet me.