About this episode
Hello, my name is George Bartley, and I'd like to welcome you to Celebrate Creativity–this is basically the introduction to a six part series called The 700 Pound Pineapple - and if that title doesn't make much sense right now, stick with me and I can guarantee you that by the end of the series it definitely will. Six episodes for one podcast series out of many may seem like a lot at first, but I have spent a great deal of time on this miniseries, and I hope that you will find this podcast miniseries to be and experience that you will really treasure.
It may seem like I'm jumping around, but there is a purpose to this, and I want to start by taking you back to a specific memory.
I am in seventh the grade.
My family took me to see Bob Dylan in Washington, D.C., in late 1965, one of those legendary nights where he played the first half alone with an acoustic guitar and the second half with a full electric band.
Now, at that age, I wasn’t arriving with a scholar’s grasp of Dylan’s music. I wasn’t cross-referencing set lists or parsing metaphors. I was simply there—old enough to feel excitement, young enough to be overwhelmed.
I remember the anticipation, the murmuring in the hall, the way a room changes right before the lights go down. You can feel hundreds of private lives briefly breathing in sync.
And then Dylan comes out.
Thank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.
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