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Emmitt Owens

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  • The Importance of Documenting Your Creative Work

    The Importance of Documenting Your Creative Work In the old days, a musician might keep a box of master tapes, handwritten session notes, track sheets, and a stack of receipts sitting in a closet. It wasn’t glamorous, but that paperwork could tell the story of how a recording came to exist. Today, things are different.… Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: The Liberty Overalls

    Mad Mechanics: The Liberty OverallsEpisode 10.4Written by: Emmitt OwensAs narrated by: Waylon Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, let me tell you about the day Derek Pemberton returned and learned that insurance mathematics don’t account for stubbornness, Reedus discovered the transformative power of forty-five dollar workwear, and the whole shop learned that sometimes the funniest thing… Read more

  • BUZZARD DUST RETURNS TO THE AIRWAVES WITH “WHITE COUNTY MOON”

    Discover the enchanting world of Buzzard Dust: White County Moon, a radio station that brings the spirit of Arkansas to life. Featuring timeless folk tunes and fictional stories, this album is a must-listen for fans of Americana and nostalgia. Read more

  • Buzzard Dust: Copper Bonus: Cupcake Island and Coconut Girls

    Get ready for a delightful surprise with Buzzard Dust: Copper Bonus, featuring Cupcake Island and Coconut Girls! This unique collection takes listeners on a tropical detour from the ongoing Copper era rollout, blending music, radio ads, and comedy bits into a short pirate broadcast. Read more

  • The Long Habit of Making Things: A Profile of Emmitt Owens

    The Long Habit of Making Things: A Profile of Emmitt Owens In 1999, Emmitt Owens was recording songs on a five-dollar microphone connected to a Windows 98 computer, using FruityLoops to build tracks in whatever room of the house happened to be free. He released the material under a home operation he called Plizaya Productions,… Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: A Pisces With Blue Eyes

    Mad Mechanics: A Pisces With Blue EyesWritten by: Emmitt OwensAs narrated by: Waylon(Index #05282026) Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, gather close, because this here is the story of how a man who hadn’t caught anything meaningful in six years went down to a creek on a Tuesday morning in April with a pole, a half-eaten… Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: The Accountability Principle

    Mad Mechanics: The Accountability PrincipleEpisode 14.2Written by: Emmitt OwensAs narrated by: Waylon Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, let me tell you about the week Chester learned that sometimes fixing mistakes is harder than fixing engines — and that the difference between a man and a boy ain’t age, it’s whether you own what you break.… Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: Hallelujah Horsepower

    Mad Mechanics: Hallelujah HorsepowerEpisode 12.5 — Holiday Choir Van SpecialWritten by: Emmitt Owens(Index #12012025-12032025)As narrated by: Waylon Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, settle in for a tale about the night when divine intervention met backwoods engineering, when a church van became a rolling miracle, and when the boys at Mad Mechanics discovered that sometimes the… Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: The Dunning-Kruger Mower Blade

    Mad Mechanics: The Dunning-Kruger Mower BladeEpisode 13.9Written by: Emmitt OwensAs narrated by: Waylon(Index #05192026) Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, let me tell you about the day Reedus met a man who proved that confidence and competence ain’t always traveling in the same direction. This here’s a story about Jim Patterson – a 45-year-old fellow who… Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: The Gospel According to Grease

    Mad Mechanics: The Gospel According to GreaseEpisode 14.3Written by: Emmitt OwensAs narrated by: Waylon(Index #05172026) Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, let me tell you about the Sunday morning when a man of the cloth learned that sometimes the best sermons aren’t preached from pulpits … they’re delivered with socket wrenches and cigarette smoke, by men… Read more