THE LOST BISTRO: Absurd Short Fiction

THE LOST BISTRO: Absurd Short Fiction

Xavier Combe & Jim Hall invite you to take a listen to absurd stories filed from the Paris bureau of Muffy Drake. This Franco-American alliance promises to fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds liberated from the mundane... MD Ingredient List: A twist of wry humor with literary merit dunked in an absurd sauce of fantasy seared with fiction. Evidently, what you are about to hear doesn’t Suck! We are so grateful for the recognition: Platinum/Gold Medal winner 2023! Honored by the National Audio Theatre Festivals, known as the Sundance of Audio Fiction. Contact: muffydrake@gmail.com

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ESMERALDA DEPARTED (Episode#6) 21minutes
February 01, 2025
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ESMERALDA DEPARTED (Episode#6) 21minutes

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there...

RADIO FREE PARIS (Episode #1) 15 minutes
January 26, 2025
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RADIO FREE PARIS (Episode #1) 15 minutes

Introducing: RADIO FREE PARIS A Brand Spanking New Muffy Drake Media Podcast! Featuring Music created by the MotherShip in Paris. This Ersatz presentation relies heavily on Superficial Knowledge gleaned from decades of consuming Insignifica to a saturation point. In this episode, MD explores the BLU...

RADIO FREE PARIS (Ep.#2) 15 minutes
January 19, 2025x
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RADIO FREE PARIS (Ep.#2) 15 minutes

In this second episode of Radio Free Paris, we delight in bringing you songs from the Heart. In particular, there's a tribute to a restaurant owner named "Joe". The name of his Cajun style Bistro is YATS. The name of the song is "What's a Matta, Yats got your Tongue?"  Songs written by Executive Pr...

FALLING DOWN (Special Inauguration Episode #5)
January 15, 2025
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FALLING DOWN (Special Inauguration Episode #5)

A Podcast can teach, it can illuminate; yes, it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it's nothing but Joe Rogan electing a president... -Muffy Drake Media

REHEARSAL: This too shall pass...
January 08, 2025
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REHEARSAL: This too shall pass...

In this Bonus preview of The Lost Bistro Cabaret, we have a front row seat at a REHEARSAL for an upcoming episode. Things are not going well. Always behind schedule. Madame Doreen is told to take center stage for what she thought was going to be a sound check. It was not. The nightclub is always ope...

THE LOST BISTRO: Space Cadet (Episode 4) 26 minutes
January 04, 2025
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THE LOST BISTRO: Space Cadet (Episode 4) 26 minutes

In this episode the Lost Bistro Cafe & Cabaret sings the songs for the New Frontier. Do we find that New Frontier by slipping the surly bonds of earth? Or, do we find it by exploring deeper, the inner space of the Human Heart? Written & Narrated by Xavier Combe Produced & Edited by Jim H...

REHEARSAL!!!
January 01, 2025
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REHEARSAL!!!

In this BONUS EPISODE: The Lost Bistro is LOST in REHEARSALS!!! Madame Doreen would like to stick to the script. This coming Sunday is all about SPACE CADET. Tik Tok...the Broadcast Clock! The show is behind schedule. There is tension on the stage. EVERYONE is aware, if the Download Situation doesn'...

THE LOST BISTRO: Steal Blues (Episode 3) 26 minutes
December 20, 2024x
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THE LOST BISTRO: Steal Blues (Episode 3) 26 minutes

In this episode of The Lost Bistro Cafe & Cabaret: A Blues Guitar is lost in a dice game late at night in the alley behind the club. The owner of the instrument interrupts the show to accuse "Jinny" of stealing his axe. What happens next...well, hit play and find out. Short Stories Written &...

LOST BISTRO: Tommy had a Tuba (Episode 2) 25 minutes
December 08, 2024x
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LOST BISTRO: Tommy had a Tuba (Episode 2) 25 minutes

Live! From the Lost Bistro Cafe & Cabaret, a brand new Spanking & Sparkling Episode from Muffy Drake. In this episode we uncover the incident that got Xavier & Jim kicked out of Le Cordon Bleu while on scholarship with the marching band. Evidently, "someone" poured Bouillabaisse down Tom...

THE LOST BISTRO (Episode 1) 22 minutes
November 24, 2024
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THE LOST BISTRO (Episode 1) 22 minutes

In this episode, Muffy Drake invites you to attend the Grand Opening of our new BLUES & JAZZ nightclub (Le Lost Bistro) in Paris. The club serves as a temporal anchor from the start of the podcast to the end with a beautiful Pink & Blue String. Stuck Smack-Dab in the middle is the story of "Del...