WHO IS OKIE BABBLE?

I am no one special.

But I believe that the people I know are special.






Those that we meet in our every day lives have stories to tell. There are interesting facts about everyone that no one would guess upon first glance.


One of Okie Babble's Facebook friends had her pilot's license at 16 but didn't get her driver's license until she was 18 (not because she couldn't drive but because she was grounded from using the car).


Another FB friend worked as a DJ in a strip club when he was 13 or 14.


Another friend lived for 8 years on the prison property in McAlester where her father was chaplain.


And yet another friend is married to a former employee of Jefferson Airplane.






What's your story?

3 guests confirmed

Good news! The Babbler has three confirmed guests.

1st up will be Shelia Lazar, a local favorite from Norman, OK. Shelia's mother allowed her to attend rock shows when Shelia was too young to drive. Sometimes, she even made the three hour trek to Dallas. On a school night. Can you imagine? This was in the early eighties, so Shelia was witness to some great acts. She's a sassy gal that will be taking calls from listeners. You wanna know what D. Boon was like? Call and ask!

2nd show will be Fred Walden. Fred is the owner of Walden Cleaners, the second oldest business in Norman. Sounds boring right? Believe me, Fred is anything but boring. There is no telling what will come charging out of his pie hole. Call and ask him about his experiences in Mexico for those seven months he lived in south Texas. He just might tell you. And if you're really good, we'll reveal to you who his brother is. You locals who don't already know the answer will be shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

Our 3rd guest is the one-of-a-kind Jim Spurr from Shawnee. He has recently been nominated for Poet Laureate of the state of Oklahoma. But throw those poet stereotypes out the window. In fact, throw all your stereotypes out the window. Spurr defies them all. He loves Eleanor Roosevelt but he also has a film collection of which she would most certainly disapprove. At least, I think she would disapprove. You never know about people. Spurr taught me that.

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The Okie Babbler

Pleased to meet you...

I'm the Okie Babbler and I've got something to say. Problem is, I'm not quite sure what it is yet. This is my first foray into blogging, so we'll have to see how it goes.

I plan to start an audio podcast in a couple of weeks and two people have committed to being guests on my first two broadcasts. We're going live and taking callers!

Feel free to leave comments about how lame this first blog post is but, please, be gentle.

The Okie Babbler