As we are almost exact contemporaries, Proops being just a couple years younger than yours truly, I find most of his material completely relatable. Lots of current events and commentary along with his insights relying on his breadth of knowledge of literature, history, music, sports and visual art. And he's funny, of course.
Here's the link to his site, which includes the link to the podcast we attended:
http://www.gregproops.com/blog/
And an exact link to the show in particular, which was entitled "Flyers" (a nod also to Philly and our local hockey team):
Check out this cool episode: https://itunes.apple.com/us/
All this to get to the point as it relates to the Lover's Knot:
Fans of Greg's podcasts know that before every show he literally walks through the audience and shakes every person's hand or sometimes, as was the case at the Bellhouse in Brooklyn last year, he greets everyone at the door as they enter!
Many people take this opportunity to grace Greg with personal gifts of art, music, books, sports memorabilia, or even "substances", so to speak. Thus, I brought along the small piece of stationery I designed featuring the Lover's Knot artwork and some of the extracted poetry to give Greg that evening.
To my great pleasure, he read the first few lines of Hugh Pugh's Lover's Knot aloud to the live audience at the beginning of the show (when he acknowledges these gifts from his adoring fans) and it can be heard on the recorded podcast at about minute 6:10 in.
So, a small thrill, to have one of my favorite entertainers speak the words to his listening audience that Hugh recorded with quill and ink for posterity in December of 1801.
I'm looking forward to the publication this Spring of Greg's first book: The Smartest Book in the World. (Of course!)
http://www.smartestbookintheworld.com/
