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Ron on Bear Radio Network :: Eclectic Gay Radio!

Finally I pulled together the new weekly audio spot here on Bear Radio Network :: Eclectic Gay Radio!, which launched Thursday.

The first Bear Soup has an introductory segment; then focuses on the Bears in the movie A Dirty Shame; then the closer. I had quite the time pulling together the tech aspects of it; as usual, I had to figure out how to use new(-to-me) technology, which is challenging and frustrating. I also had to figure out how to acquire and manage sound clips from various sources. The worst part was figuring out how to send the file – an 8M mpg that for some reason wouldn’t compress. Thank goddess, BearRadio guy Joe Maulucci was patient, helpful, and supportive – he suggested that I just break the piece into two. Well, duh, that makes sense. And it worked.

I was so tired of spending so much time on the computer that I couldn’t bring myself to listen to it Thursday. Perhaps I’ll ask him to run it again next week so I can hear it online. All in all, it was a fun endeavor, and I hope it turned out OK.

Published by Ron Suresha

Ron Jackson Suresha is an editor, anthologist, and writer. He is considered an authority on emergent queer masculinities, in particular the subcultures of gay and bi male Bears and of male bisexuality. For Ron's service to the bear community, he was named "Bear of the Year" 2008. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Suresha attended the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, 1976-8), where he studied creative writing, and Vista College (Berkeley, Cal., 1989-92), where he studied American Sign Language. For more than two decades, he has worked as a freelance proofreader for trade book publishers such as Shambhala Publications. He was married in October 2004 to Rocco Russo. He is also a licensed Justice of the Peace in Connecticut, an ordained minister, ULC, and a member of the New London Green Party. Nonfiction works include Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions; Bi Men: Coming Out (coeditor, with Pete Chvany); Bisexual Perspectives on the Life and Work of Alfred C. Kinsey (editor). His latest book is The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, jests, and donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero, published by Lethe Press.