This week I implore you to jump, to take a chance. If you don’t like what happens, you can always start over again. When I have ideas that don’t work out, I call it “putting it back into the ether”.
It’s like returning a product back to the big name department store. No judgement, just give me the refund and let’s see which other pair of shoes is going to fit better.
For this week’s podcast, the first recording I made didn’t capture properly. Yet I had just enough time to do a second one before bed. So I agreed that I would review it in the morning, and if I didn’t like it I could toss it out and tell you, “No podcast for you, come back one week”.
Well I’m happy to say, it’s good. And part of the reason it’s good is because of that first take which got thrown out.
I had worked out the kinks on that one and came into the piece with a bit more hop into the step.
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Housekeeping
In the past, my music on YouTube was separated from my channel that features me playing music or lecturing the public. The music channel is strangely called Elliott Fienberg - Topic which I’m sure you’ve seen when listening to other music on YouTube before.
I’m happy to announce that the two channels have been merged into one profile, so if you happen to listen to my music on YouTube this could be handy.
Check out my YouTube profile here.
Know Your Bagel History
Living in Canada we only think about the rivalry between Toronto’s bagel shops and those in Montreal. However the true king of the bagel is New York City.
By 1900, 70 bakeries existed on the Lower East Side; in 1907, the International Beigel Bakers’ Union had monopolized bagel production in the city. If their demands weren’t met, the bakers went on strike, causing what the Times called “bagel famine.” In December of 1951, 32 out of 34 bagel bakeries closed, leaving shelves bare and sending lox sales swimming upstream. The strike was eventually resolved by the State Board of Mediation’s Murray Nathan, who had reportedly worked similar magic for the lox strike of 1947. With the dawn of the 1960s, the bagel’s popularity had spread to the far corners the nation. The New York Times dubbed New York City “the bagel center of the free world.
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If you spot a great bagel, be sure to send it my way for a feature.
See you next week!
Elliott