By Mike Lawson on April 7, 2013
This is a little different from the normal What Some Would Call Lies episode. This week I’m playing music and giving you a quiz. Break out your paper and pencil. And no cheating!
Posted in Simple Story | Tagged Childhood, music, nostalgia, theme songs, tv |
By Mike Lawson on January 16, 2013
Mmmmm! 30-year-old copper never tasted so good. If you like What Some Would Call Lies…might I suggest you give one of my favorite podcasts a try? This week I suggest you try out Nerdonomy: Nerds On History. So good….Christiana from Greetings From Nowhere suggested this one a couple of weeks ago and I’m podcast crushing. [...]
Posted in Simple Story | Tagged accident, Childhood, disgusting, food, independence, penny |
By Mike Lawson on December 18, 2012
Today I’ll be telling you four stories that all have a common setting – a cemetery. It’s going to be a real mood lifter! If you liked the music I used in the episode this week, go download it. The song was Home by Phillip Phillips. download it on Amazon for only $.99. If you [...]
Posted in Simple Story | Tagged brea, cemetery, Childhood, death, grandma, grandpa, grandparents, mom |
By Mike Lawson on December 4, 2012
It’s not like years ago, the fear of getting caught, of recklessness and water. If you like What Some Would Call Lies…might I suggest you give one of my favorite podcasts a try? This week I suggest you try Cocktails and Cream Puffs. Cocktails and Cream Puffs is a gay, comedy, pop-culture show hosted by Joey, [...]
Posted in Simple Story | Tagged Childhood, chlorine, cocktails and cream puffs, illegal activity, pool, REM, storytelling, swimming, teenage |
By Mike Lawson on October 8, 2012
Today I have a story to tell that is kind of peculiar and hard to understand. It plays with logic and you might think is not grounded in reality…but it is! This is a “continuation” or conclusion to the story I told last week… Episode 47: The Autumn Wallace Club. The song used in this [...]
Posted in Simple Story | Tagged anaheim, autumn wallace, Childhood, murder, orange county, pen-pal, rosie alfaro, school, writing |
By Mike Lawson on September 30, 2012
Sure, this story starts with a startling, shocking moment from my childhood…but forget about that horribly tragic murder for a second…I’ve got a story to tell.
Posted in Simple Story | Tagged autumn wallace, Childhood, murder, school |
By Mike Lawson on September 23, 2012
We all have a variety of hangups. Some of them are innate fears or anxieties that we can’t trace back to a particular traumatic moment…and other’s we can blame on mom. I wish that I had more time to write and record this week. I’m super busy, so I made sure to sit down [...]
Posted in Simple Story | Tagged Childhood, mom, oven, trauma |
By Mike Lawson on July 23, 2012
Imagination, and life lessons. Warm weather and playing till the street lights turn on. Summertime and the living is easy.
Posted in Simple Story | Tagged billie holiday, Childhood, growing up, music, sister, sister julie, summer |
By Mike Lawson on July 9, 2012
Many of us have our stories of being bullied when we were younger, and these bullies have made lasting impacts on our lives. Today I’ll share with you my bully story.
Posted in Simple Story | Tagged bully, Childhood, gay, homosexuality, podcast, story, storytelling |
By Mike Lawson on June 26, 2012
One thing that I’ve never had trouble with was coming up with something to say. This gift for gab came rather early for me. Episode 32 is about a little four-year old me that can’t stop talking (and dancing).
Posted in Podcasts | Tagged apartments, child, Childhood, kids, old people, podcast, story, storytelling |
