I was watching a documentary from the 70s, and this Italian-American family were talking about a time when there was no TV, and how important and regular an event like storytelling was.
On this Louis CK site, someone posted this video, and so I’ll check out “The Moth” later, although after a quick scan, they didn’t seem like stories I’d be interested in, but I’ll dig later. But first I wanted to ask if you knew of a site with storytelling. It would be great to compare modern storytelling to the past.
By the way, its a story of when Louis CK went to Russia as the USSR was collapsing. Good story… When I wake up tomorrow, I’ll try to find some, and if I do, I’ll reply back. I’d love to check out any stories you have to post
Not what your looking for, but my old man was a killer story-teller. He’s long since dead, and I’m about the only one who remembers them, and have no one to relate them to.
Such great stories, so much adventure and craziness, Fighter Pilot Lore, hunting and apre-hunting yarns, and it will be like it never happened when I go silent.
Depresses me, it does. Maybe I should post them all here. But they wouldn’t fly in this era, sadly.
My Uncle Bob could tell a story, let me tell you. They just never ended. Family joke was he was always telling the same tale just the next chapter would be added at the next reunion or family gathering. On and on. Someone said at his funeral, “We’ll never know the ending now”
But The Moth has hundreds of stories. Both in the studio and live versions. I’ll bet people here could recommend some of their favorites… Neil Gaiman told a poignant one about waiting for his parents as a child, not getting picked up after a… music lesson?
MortFan, what kind of stories do you like? You might like humorous stories told by the classy-but-inebriated Lord Buckley (a few good ones on You Tube). I discovered him when I heard Jimmy Buffet stop playing his hits at a concert, settle down and… tell a long Lord Buckley story, about drinking with a bear… God’s Own Drunk. And here it is live.
Occasionally there are story telling conferences. If you get a chance, go to one. Recordings are a whole lot better than nothing; but they’re nowhere near as good as live.
