Retired Austin librarian lends her voice to the Texas Talking Book Program and Beyond Two of the longtime volunteers - Mindy Reed & John Long - that I worked with in my decades serving the Talking Book Program, has gotten much deserved recognition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42ivLnnEA6Y&t=16s Retired Austin librarian lends voice to those who can't read on... Continue Reading →
SMiles’ Appearance on The AP Strange Show
Going Down the Rabbit Hole with SMiles Lewis ... Recent Appearance on The AP Strange Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi0yX9pa-zA Apr 12, 2026 The AP Strange Show This week, SMiles Lewis joins AP for a wide-ranging discussion about fringe and conspiracy narratives and the ways in which many of these ideas have mutated as they have made their... Continue Reading →
Farewell to Talking Book Narrator Ric Furley
Farewell Ric Furley... You Friend, Drummer, Narrator, and All Around Good Human. July 29, 1962 - October 29, 2025 I first met Ric Furley in 2003 when I was transferred from the Texas Talking Book Program's Circulation Facility (on Shoal Creek Blvd) to the downtown Audio / Studio department situated inside the State Library building... Continue Reading →
Encounters With The Fantastic: The Transformative UFO Paradigm (1995)
Encounters With The Fantastic: The Transformative UFO Paradigm Presented by SMiles Lewis to the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness conference at UC Berkeley in 1995. In 1995 I traveled to the University of California, Berkeley, to present a paper to the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness conference. I’d never spoken in front of... Continue Reading →
City of Songs Premieres on PBS
Longtime friend and amazing musician, singer, song writer - and House of Songs founder - Troy Campbell, has worked with an incredible crew to create City of Songs with Stephanie Hunt. After a special screening at the Crystal Bridges its now available to watch online via PBS: Austin: A City of Songs Episode 1 |... Continue Reading →
Another Local Longtime Talking Book Program Volunteer: Mary Lou Gibson
Since my retirement after 27 years of working for the Texas Talking Book Program (running its Audio Operations & Volunteer Recording Studio from 2003-2024) I occasionally hear about some of my favorite volunteers... Like Mary Lou Gibson. - SMiles Lewis Austin Elders: Meet Mary Lou Gibson, Journalist and Austin’s Voice of Saints A woman... Continue Reading →
#DroneDreams 2024 and 2023 via Oneironauts.com
#DroneDreams ... from SMiles Lewis' Dream Journal via Oneironauts.com The following audio version (of the dreams below) was narrated on the Dec. 18th, 2024 edition of the Anomaly Archives‘ weekly “Anomaly-NOW!“ show (YouTube Link). December 7th - “The drone / ufo hoax above the archives - we’re on a mountainside and we see a military... Continue Reading →
Homegroan
Homegroan: Volume One of K-NACK 107.7 FM's Music Anthology CD FLASHBACK - Austin, Texas in the mid-1990s ... I used to listen to this music compilation CD all the time. Ye Olde PsychoBaby! “homegroan” compilation CD volume one - from austin's KNNC-FM (K-NACK), 1994. tracklist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7AbeAzRamc 00:00 Bitch - Sincola 3:56 This Kind of Love... Continue Reading →
One of my longtime audiobook narrator volunteers: Sue Bilich
Sue Bilich was already a seasoned volunteer voice-talent at the Texas Talking Book Program's Volunteer Recording Studio when I became its Administrator & Manager back in 2003. - SMiles Austin Elders: Meet Doris “Sue” Bilich, Creative and Comedy Queen: Nearly seven decades of Austin memories - News - The Austin Chronicle BY MAYA WRIGHT, FRI., APRIL 26,... Continue Reading →
Coming Soon: New Show Lineup at the Anomaly Radio Network
AnomalyRadio.com My personal hobby web-radio station has been on the internet airwaves since “last century” and has been streaming nonstop for over 20 years now. However, it’s been several years since I updated the lineup of shows there on the Anomaly Radio Network. We’re very excited about this long overdue update in programming. Stay Tuned... Continue Reading →
Taste the Mystery Biscuit…
TWO years ago today, I discovered a "Mystery Biscuit" sitting just outside our front door. Our dog has been obsessed with that spot ever since. Since then, I've discovered this amazing song by Toasters 'N' Moose called, "Taste the Biscuit"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GchgAvD1fxA And just for good measure... let's let "The UAP Colonel" stare you in the... Continue Reading →
Alex will eat your ass
Aaah, good times, right after the lockdowns beginning... "I will eat Your leftist ass like corn on the cob - I'm ready!!" https://youtu.be/o5EKuIus-oE And if you aren't familiar with the folk music musings of Alex Jones, try this old standard: https://youtu.be/KGAAhzreGWw Or if you're more into dance, rave, house electronic tunes: https://youtu.be/uVqOC-G_Qqw
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