Once upon a time there was a band called Jim’s Big Ego. They were a good band with good songs. In the course of their travels they played their music on a radio show called Radio8Ball in Olympia, Washington. The host of Radio8Ball was a man named Andras Jones. It was a pretty interesting show where he and his co-host answered callers’ questions by picking songs at random and interpreting those songs like they were the callers’ musical tarot cards. Andras had been hosting this radio show for almost ten years. He based the format on dream seminars his father had led in the 70’s. When Jim’s Big Ego experienced this format they liked it a lot and their leader Jim Infantino asked Andras if he would be willing to collaborate with them on a stage show in Boston where Jim’s Big Ego’s songs would be the music and Andras would do the divination. The show would be called The Ego & The Oracle. Andras liked the idea of working with Jim’s Big Ego and he liked the idea of doing the shows in Boston where he had many friends and family.
Jim and Andras worked together for a year and a half developing the show. They produced it in Boston and in Seattle and in Boston again. Unfortunately, when there was a creative disagreement between Andras and the band’s manager over the integrity of the divination an argument ensued and the next day Andras was fired from his own show. This wasn’t nice and it may not even have been legal.
The Ego & The Oracle continued without Andras Jones' consent. The last we heard Jim's Big Ego had enlisted the services of an improv comic to do the divination and audiences were leaving in droves. Perhaps it is karma. The current production does not accurately credit Andras for his contribution to the show, nor is the production compensating Andras fairly for his work on it. Worst of all, The Ego & The Oracle has taken a powerful medium for exploring synchronicity and the interconnectedness of all things and turned it into some kind of not-very-funny comedy and music showcase.
In the mean time Andras Jones continues to host his radio shows and present the Radio8Ball format in cities across America. For those who wish to experience a genuine pop oracle live Andras will be hosting The Radio8Ball Show on stages in Seattle, Minneapolis, Los Angeles & New York City through the summer and the fall with a variety of great musical artists. You can click on the Radio8Ball link in our top friends for more info about The Radio8Ball Show live and on the radio.
The Ego $tole The Oracle is an alternative web-based production featuring musical clips from the history of the ill-fated show and an interactive dialogue about divination & integrity. This page will also feature the evolution of Jones' latest musical composition "A Serious Sincere Question" based upon his battles with The Ego.
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