Professional entertainer, performer, and songwriter Steve Desmond describes an encounter with one music fan who just doesn’t have her facts straight…

• Steve Desmond’s MySpace page.
• McKenna’s On The Bay
• Johnny Cash
• George Lincoln Blackwell, who financed records by Odis Cochran and the Three Bigots

Chris Miller, podcaster, developer, and citizen media advocate, describes the idealism, commitment and duty he’s witnessed among journalists — both “professionals” and bloggers, vloggers, and podcasters.

• Chris Miller’s personal blog and podcast, Unquiet Desperation
• Chris’s community site, The House of the Harping Monkey
• Chris is instrumental in the success of Podiobooks.com
• Chris is also part of the dedicated team doing important work at Six Degrees of Bacon.
• University of Akron
• The Akron Beacon Journal

Nobilis, erotica author and podcaster, explores how he came to have his pseudonym, and how an assumed identity might someday represent who he really is.

• Nobilis’ Home Page
• Nobilis Erotica Podcast
• “Our Robot” by Nobilis
• Nobilis on the Alt.Sex.Stories Text Repository
• The Nobilis Role Playing Game

Mur Lafferty, author and podcasting expert, takes us back to high school for a tale of rock ‘n’ roll, classic guitars, and things unsaid.

• Mur Lafferty’s Podcasts
  • I Should Be Writing
  • Geek Fu Action Grip
  • Pseudopod
  • Heaven
  • Heaven Part Two: Hell
  • Voices: New Media Fiction
• Mur’s books
• Semie Mosely and Mosrite Guitars
• The Ramones
• Ramones: An American Band
• “Strength To Endure” by The Ramones

This edition of Five Minute Memoir brings us author P.G. Holyfield, who shares his tale of pre-adolescent crushes, awkwardness, political campaigning at every opportunity, and a bona-fide movie star and one of her lesser husbands…

• P.G. Holyfield’s personal site, featuring his book “Murder at Avedon Hill”
• Elizabeth Taylor
• The Suffolk Peanut Festival
• Senator John Warner
• Charles Robb
• Planters Peanuts

For this episode, host Matthew Wayne Selznick reveals a tale from his own past, when, as a principled young punk rocker, he found himself working for a defense contractor!

• Matthew Wayne Selznick’s personal site
• Matt’s other podcasts
  • DIY Endeavors
  • Brave Men Run - A Novel of the Sovereign Era
  • Sonitotum
• The TRW Capistrano Test Site
• The TRW Capistrano Test Site — aerial view. If memory serves, the Beer Can is at the lower right, at the base of the white “Y”
• Inside the Beer Can! Courtesy of Cryptome.org

Presenting our inaugural episode!

Our first Five Minute Memoir is courtesy of podcaster and large-format photography enthusiast George Smyth.

• George Smyth’s personal site
• George’s podcasts
• Eclectic Mix
• One Minute How-To
• Andrei Sakharov
• The Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Introducing Five Minute Memoir!

This “episode zero” explains what Five Minute Memoir hopes to become, and invites listeners to contribute their stories.

Podcasters: Please don’t hesitate to play the Five Minute Memoir Promo in your shows — and be sure to leave us a comment if you do!

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