Eric's cousin Pamela Shandrow talks about her two stints touring North America with a couple of the biggest box-office successes in the history of musical theater. We mostly talked about "Phantom of the Opera" (where she played Carlotta in 76 performances!) and "Wicked." She lives in NYC city with her two dogs, Sweet Pea and Puddle. Theater Geeks Anonymous podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theatre-geeks-anonymous-podcast-by-ebony-and-pamela/id1244753494 or @TGABway or www.pamelashan...
Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 2 min
This was mostly seeing what Eric could do without an actual microphone; just the hand-held recorder and no headphones (totally naked of anything other than the recorder, and how well Garageband works for editing at this point). Meh. But not horrible. Mike was tremendous. Just stellar. The editing on Garageband to make all of the pieces work together...it needs a better piece of software. Its just frustrating getting levels synced. So enjoy this as bonus track in the learning process......
Jun 22, 2019•22 min
Bob MacMahon, or as he's called around Marymount, "Battery Bob," touches on his early life, how he first met Harold LeMay, and other things he's experienced in a long and varied life around cars. The music comes from Marymount volunteer Jack Mueller from a 1968 album for car dealers titled, "In My Merry Oldsmobile." Basically, a maestro named Glenn Osser took the original 1908 music and led different bands to play it in 30 different styles. It's pretty cool. www.lemaymarymount.org...
Jun 17, 2019•36 min
Currently an editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, Pete Wevurski talks with Eric about his storied history with newspapers, journalism and sports; he also offers some great thoughts on the value of journalism and the future of newspapers. This is a long one, clocking in at 90 minutes (you're lucky...it could have been four hours).
Jun 10, 2019•1 hr 33 min
Eric's mom, Sharon LeMay, talk about what happened when her cousin, a recluse, died in Minnesota and she was one of the heirs. But there's a lot more to the story, as she tell Eric and Pilar.
Jun 03, 2019•56 min
Eric has "known of" Rachel Kerr since Shining Mountain Elementary School where she was a year younger -- right through junior high and high school. But, as a Seahawks fan and season ticket holder, he kept paying attention to her career and life because she was a SeaGal (or Seahawks cheerleader) most of the 1990s. She is passionate, smart and really great at articulating her thoughts and beliefs (as opposed to Eric who has several stumbles in this 80 minutes.) Find her on FB: @shimmerseattle, IG ...
May 28, 2019•1 hr 22 min
Annalaan and Lane sit down with Pilar and Eric to talk about the second half of their journey from Seaport, New Jersey to Seaport, Oregon. Heads up: This was Eric's first time with four hot mics all plugged in at once creating four separate tracks, so some of the sound levels are a little funky because we were all sitting so close together. (This is still a production learning process.)
May 20, 2019•58 min
Eric's daughter, Annalaan, and her boyfriend, Lane, are traveling about 2800 miles from West Long Branch, NJ to Spanaway, WA. It's their first big cross-country road trip. They've made it to Fargo. Here are their impressions so far when they talk to Eric and Pilar.
May 14, 2019•53 min
Due to something that came up, Eric's scheduled guest this week had to bail at the last minute (That's what he gets when he waits until Sunday for a show released on Sundays.). But this is the story of getting lost in the woods near Mr. Rainier (The Mountain). Its about 30 minutes...and we'll be back to our regularly interview format next week.
May 06, 2019•34 min
Artists Philip Mack talks about his art, his process, and learning how to create a career out of being an artist. Check out his stuff: Website: www.dran2draw.com Instagram: drawnIIdraw Facebook: Drawn to Draw This was Eric's first time using a multidirectional microphone in a huge space. He thinks the sound quality is great, but you might need to turn it up a little in mono. :-)
Apr 29, 2019•33 min
A frequent visitor on the early episodes of "Level E," first-time feature film director John Crye talks about the experience of making the movie "Chance" and the story itself. CHANCE trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KAr4EFAF5oY CHANCE on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chance-The-Movie-1606511052799111/ CHANCE on Instagram: @Chancethemovie
Apr 22, 2019•59 min
Eric and Pilar talk with his dad Norm LeMay about his approach to teaching junior high art in the in the 1970s and 1980s. There are some interesting things about technique, philosophy and education. If you're an artist or educator, this is a fun hour. (A few of the historical references are clunky by Eric, so ignore them, please, with a grain of salt.)
Apr 15, 2019•1 hr
Eric and Pilar talk to Jack Mueller about his early days in television and growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Apr 08, 2019•44 min
LeMay-Marymount docent and volunteer talks about his friend, industrial designer Brooks Stevens. Consider this a bonus preview episode of a possible future Marymount podcast about art, design, cars, technology and culture. It's done in the Marymount library, so there are echoes.
Apr 04, 2019•44 min
Which cars do you think changed the world? Name 20 right now... This is a panel discussion from the 2019 National Association of Automobile Museums annual conference in South Bend talking about (and still debating) their answers to that question. But it's also an interesting insight into how historians, curators, and other museum professionals can collaborate to at least get a little consensus on some big questions. The audio isn't great; it was captured pretty raw in a large auditorium by Eric....
Apr 01, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Eric kicks off opening day of baseball season with the story about when he was 10 years old and might have stolen signs the Yankees were using and MIGHT have contributed to two wins by the Mariners.
Mar 28, 2019•23 min
Eric talks about his time in South Bend, Indiana for the National Association of Automobile Museums annual conference hosted wonderfully by the Studebaker National Museum. This includes trying to get onto the Notre Dame Stadium grass and some observations South Bend. But the bulk of the show is a presentation by CPAs from the firm Kruggel Lawton talking about the effects of the new tax laws on non-profits and things non-profits should be thinking about as we roll through 2019.
Mar 24, 2019•1 hr 1 min
This episode, television comedy writer Bill Daly gives some insight into how the sausage is made in the writer's room. He also talks about writing a key episode of "8 Rules for Dating My Daughter" that dealth with the death of TV icon and show star John Ritter.
Mar 17, 2019•41 min
Eric and his Emerson College roommate, Bill Daly, discuss how Bill ended up in Los Angeles being a comedy TV writer. WARNING: There are some rough edits in here because they started gabbing like old women who have know each other forever. (Mostly, Eric is just happy anytime he can get Bill on the phone for an extended period...so the chatty stuff had to be edited out.)
Mar 16, 2019•46 min
Stacy is was one of the founding employees of the LeMay Collections at Marymount and continues as a volunteer to help the organization. This is Eric and Stacy sitting down at Marymount and just talking about travel in general, some things we've learned on road trips, and some observations along the way.
Mar 11, 2019•54 min
John Crye and Eric LeMay were both freshman at Emerson College ca. 1990 (Eric went to Bridgewater State College his first semester). This is just a complete outtake of when John was helping Eric learn how to capture sound over the phone when he first got his fancy new recorder. It's rough and not edited. Its just two Emersonians remembering "those days" in the Back Bay.
Mar 08, 2019•23 min
John Crye talks about various ways he's experienced "do it yourself" show business. In the second, he talks about "The Elect Stories," a subscription fantasy series he's started as his own brand. Here are some links: True Development: http://www.truedev.sharpcrye.com/ The Elect Stories: http://www.theelectstories.com/ FEWDIO’s YouTube page: https://m.youtube.com/user/Fewdiodotcom Instagram: @John.Crye Facebook: @SharpCrye...
Mar 05, 2019•43 min
John Crye talks about various ways he's experienced "do it yourself" show business. In the first part, he talks about arriving in Los Angeles and some basic things he learned. Here are some links: True Development: http://www.truedev.sharpcrye.com/ The Elect Stories: http://www.theelectstories.com/ FEWDIO’s YouTube page: https://m.youtube.com/user/Fewdiodotcom Instagram: @John.Crye Facebook: @SharpCrye...
Mar 05, 2019•46 min
Elaine Philippi is the executive director of In4All. In4All is an Oregon non-profit which aims to mobilize support communities, training industry professional and other leaders to implement standards-based activities in classrooms across the state, ultimately connecting with students that are historically underserved. Elaine's own story is as significant as the work she does for her organization.
Mar 05, 2019•1 hr
Eric and Jerry have known each other for more than 40 years. They grew up on the same street in Spanaway, WA. This episode is about changes, both in Spanaway and Seattle. (And this was recorded a while ago, but you can tell Eric was sensing impeding doom for Amazon on Long Island...) Not-live from The Little Park Restaurant...
Feb 26, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 3
A discussion about Eric's background and goals with the podcast with his wife, Pilar.
Feb 26, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Story telling time! Eric tells about the when his parents left him home alone for a week as a pre-teen and the entire plan was for him to fly himself and meet at a specific time at a specific park at a specific ride. There was no backup plan.
Feb 22, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 4
A brief introduction to Eric LeMay's "Level E" podcast with a bonus of hearing the entire bumper music of John Louviere's "Are You Listening" from his wonderful album, "The Future is Now."
Feb 22, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 1
