An Al Green impersonator (he was listening to the Temptations at the time) woos customers to a clothing store downtown. 

Al Green on Fourth Street

A Louisville Downtown Ambassador hands out candy to passersby. 

Valentine Man

Several Ramones countoffs at the same time

Just like so many pop songs, the series starts with a countoff. 

If it's too loud, it's not on this episode. 

I interviewed David Sedaris in 2009, and I asked him about this essay: http://nyr.kr/BSaPI


Gabe Bullard is a journalist and radio producer in Louisville and news and program director at WFPL.